Prototype: MN 10

New home (For now at least)

Whew. Sorry for not updating sooner, been having a good holiday.

Eli was incredibly tired now. He had been following Raychel across the rooftops for hours now and he was getting more than a little annoyed, hadn't she said that her home wasn't that far away? Fortunately Raychel was beginning to slow down now and- Oh what the hell? Eli looked down the street and saw the alleyway they left and right behind him was a small block of apartments, one of which Raychel was opening the door to. "Y-you ran around the city for 5 hours with me... And your home was right here all the time?" Eli panted out trying to catch his breath. Raychel shrugged nonchalantly, "I was hoping you'd stop following me. I figured you'd give up sooner or later. Guess I can't expect a mighty number to give up so easy huh?" Eli frowned in annoyance, "I followed you because you helped me. I was hoping you'd continue helping me." He said as his breathing calmed down. Raychel shook her head while smirking, "Sure, whatever. I guess you can sleep here tonight. Just don't be annoying else I might assimilate you. Got that?" Eli nodded, he had no desire to die. "What have I gotten myself into?"  He thought dismally.

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Raychel watched the kid as he slept. Creepy maybe but necessary, after all he was a mighty number. No matter how adorable they might be they could be incredibly dangerous, Ray tensed in anger as she remembered Beck. She didn't hate him... Just disliked him, he tried to do the right thing sure but he did the opposite of the right thing. "Idiot." She muttered, "He really should have studied the situation before he decided to act." Shaking her head she continued to watch the child in her bed. Of course, that was one of the downsides to keeping a child in her temporary custody, she just couldn't bring herself to make him sleep on the floor so of course she gave him the bed. Ray didn't need to sleep anyway, she could survive for months on end without rest or sustenance but then there was a high chance she would flip her shit and go feral. She shuddered as she thought of her other self. "Never again. Especially not around the kid." Then she stopped and thought about what she had muttered. she could go on for two more months at most, those scumbags in the alley would see to that but she had included a child in her thoughts, and a near stranger who happened to be a mighty number at that. Shaking her head she decided to try and sleep, it was late after all. Getting up Ray stopped and stared at Eli for a moment, then pulled the blanket tighter around him and gave his silver hair an affectionate ruffle. She didn't expect what came next though.

One of Eli's hands snaked forward and tightly gripped Raychel's wrist. The Xel predator looked mildly surprised and tried to pull her arm away, but the damn kid's grip was too strong. Ray stood there slightly annoyed, she wanted to sleep dammit! She was about to shout at the kid and wake him up but before she did the sleeping child pulled her arm closer thus pulling her closer. Raychel landed on the bed and was about to scold the child but again the kid acted before something bad happened. He wrapped his arms around Ray and rested his head on her stomach. Ray looked at the child and the position he subconsciously put himself in. Sighing Ray decided to roll with it and just laid down on the bed pulling some of the sheets over herself. "If you wanted a spooning buddy kiddo you should've just asked." Raychel murmured. The only response she got was Eli snuggling up closer to her. Sighing again Raychel wrapped an arm protectively over his shoulder. Tomorrow was going to be interesting. 

Eli yawned as his eyes opened slowly, he vaguely remembered what happened last night and he did remember where he was. As his A.I began to boot up his senses began to activate. He could feel that he was lying on something soft. Eli frowned, the pillow Raychel had given him wasn't this soft, it wasn't this smooth either. He turned his head to see what he was lying and instantly turned completely red from embarrassment, he curled into a ball to try and hide his blush. He blushed even more when he heard Ray begin to chuckle, "How were the pillows Kid?" Eli hid underneath the covers to escape his embarrassment. Ray stopped laughing eventually and gave Eli a pat on the shoulder, "I'll go make some breakfast. You stay here and get rid of your facial recolour." Eli squeaked out a response that sounded positive. Ray grinned and walked off into another part of the apartment. Eli crawled out from under the duvet and glanced around, looking to see if he could spot Ray. When he was positive he couldn't see her he crept out of the room intent on getting Raychel back. He saw her pacing around the kitchen grabbing pots and pans and prepping something that smelled good.

Eli thought of how he could get back at Raychel. Scratching his head he had an idea, she didn't like being tickled. He knew this because yesterday she had burned  a piece of fabric after it had tickled across her face. Eli then began examining her movements and mannerisms, Brandish had told him that if one looks close enough you can see everything about whoever you are examining. Eli watched Ray very closely, she was older and taller than him he knew that much. Eli saw that every so often she covered her ribs, that must be where she was sensitive. One problem though, Eli was too short to reach her rib cage. Glancing around he saw a stool in a corner. Sneaking over to it he stood on top of it and waited for Raychel to walk over. When she did he shrank back into the corner. When she was facing the opposite direction Eli reached out and began to tickle her ribs. Raychel snapped bolt upright and began to laugh uncontrollably, In attempt to stop Eli tickling her she doubled over but that didn't work. Eli just jumped up on her back and continued tickling.

Eventually Ray collapsed to the floor and Eli decided to stop. Panting Raychel got up from the floor and shook her head at Eli, "Not funny kid." Eli grinned, "Well it was for me. Also you have rather nice cushions." Eli then scampered off laughing at Ray's now red face.