Apocalypse Of The Damned (BMC fanfic)

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Lafayette sat against the wall with his knees pulled to his chest. His eyes remained glued to the floor. No one spoke to him. They tried to, but he refused to listen to them.

Everyone eventually fell asleep. Well, almost everyone. Theo and Laf stayed awake, but the silence remained there. Theo got up and went to sit next to him. He didn't look at her.

"I'm sorry about what happened to him." She mumbled quietly.

Laf was silent for a moment, and then he mumbled back, "Il était mon amour..."

She tilted her head. "I didn't know boys could love boys."

He looked at her. "You understood?"

"Yeah, my dad taught me French and Latin."

"Ah. And, who is your father?"

"His name is Aaron. Aaron Burr."

Lafayette gave a small smile. Looking into his eyes, Theo knew he was still in pain, but he smiled at her like he knew something.

"What?" She started to giggle.

"Your father, I know where he is."

She gasped. "Really!?"

"Yes. He is with the rest of our group. I'm sure he will be very happy to see you."

Theo bounced on her toes, squealing. "I can't wait! I didn't even know he was alive!"

Laf chuckled. "That seems to be the case with a lot of people." He glanced over at the others and sighed. "We should sleep."

Theo nodded and sat down again. "Okay. Bonne nuit."

"Bonne nuit."

~*~*~*~
Jeremy tapped his foot anxiously, watching the door from the couch. He hadn't slept. He was too worried about the others.

Connor walked in and sighed. "Jeremy."

Jeremy looked up. "Huh? How's Cameron?"

"As good as she can get. Phillip's in there talking to her."

He nodded. "Okay."

"Jeremy, you need to give it a rest. They'll be back soon."

"I can't 'give it a rest', Con, I'm worried."

"I know you are. We all are. Evan's done nothing but worry. You know he blames himself?"

"For what?"

"For Cameron's arm. Him and Phillip, both. You're not the only one who--"

The front door opened. Connor and Jeremy looked up as Alana walked in, leading the others into the lodge. Laffayette's eyes were red, as if he'd been crying.

"You're back!" Jeremy smiled. "W-what happened?"

Lafayette didn't even look up. He walked away from everyone and went to his and Mulligan's room. Michael sighed and walked over to Jeremy. "Hey, Jer. We, uh... We lost Hercules."

"What?" Jeremy asked, a saddened look in his eyes.

Michael nodded. "Someone has to tell the others."

Connor stepped up. "I'll do it."

Jeremy nodded in thanks, and Connor walked into the other room.

"Um," Michael hummed. "Actually, a lot of stuff happened. We got all the stuff for Cameron."

"Well, that's great." Jeremy smiled a bit.

"Yeah. And we found Jake."

Jake pushed ahead to Jeremy, who looked up in disbelief. "Jake! I-I thought you were dead. Oh my god, we gotta tell Rich!"

Jake looked suddenly excited. "Where is he?"

Alana smiled. "I'll go get him!" She went into a different room to look for him.

"And, one more thing." Michael interjected again. He looked behind him. "Come on out, Theo."

A little girl stepped out timidly from being Jake, looking meekly up at Jeremy. "Hi..."

"Hi there." Jeremy smiled. "I'm Jeremy."

"Theodosia." She looked up at Jake. "Is he here?"

"Oh," Jake said as he remember something. "She said that Laf told her that her dad is here. His name's Aaron? Burr?"

Jeremy smiled and held his hand out to Theo. She slowly took it. "I'll take you to him. C'mon."

Jeremy walked through a set of double doors into a lounge room just as everyone was taking a drink in Mulligan's memory. Jeremy waited a moment before trying to get Aaron's attention. "Hey, uh, Aaron."

Everyone looked up. Burr raised an eyebrow.

Theo walked into the room, and for a moment it seemed as if time had stopped. The entire Rev. Set was staring at the little girl in stunned silence.

Theo beamed. "Daddy!!"

Aaron smiled wider than anyone had ever seen him smile. He stood up, tears in his eyes, and ran to scoop Theo into his arms. Aaron held her close like a precious gem he was afraid of breaking, a few tears slipping down his cheeks.

Theo pulled back and looked at him. She wiped his cheeks with her little hands. "Daddy, why're you crying?"

"No reason, Theodosia. I'm so happy to see you."

"I'm happy to see you too, Dad."

Aaron announced that he was going to show Theo their room. She wanted to stay with him.

As everyone was calming from the sudden stun, there was a loud "Holy shit!!!" from the other room.

Jeremy panicked and ran back through the doors to see what was up. What he saw was Jake, holding Rich in the air, who was practically vibrating with excitement. Jake wrapped his arms around Rich and kissed him. Of course Rich kissed back. After a bit, Michael chuckled. "Alright guys. Rich, why don't you show Jake to your room?"

They broke apart and Rich smiled. "Yeah, okay. C'mon." Jake set him down, and they left.

Jeremy smiled and pecked Michael's lips. "Let's go get that stuff to Eliza. Cameron's doing alright. Her and Phillip are talking right now."

Michael nodded, smiling back and taking Jeremy's hand. They found Eliza and gave her what she needed. Phillip walked out while Eliza was doing her thing, and Jeremy and Michael sat on a couch together.

"You know, I'm pretty sure Pip has a crush on Cameron." Michael smiled.

Jeremy snorted. "Oh, yeah. The kid blushes when she so much as pokes him. Hey, he's just like you." He smiled and poked Michael's cheek.

Michael blushed, more out of embarrassment than anything else. Jeremy laughed. "See! I knew it."

Michael rolled his eyes. "Yeah, whatever."

~*~*~*~
It was the middle of the night, and everyone but Eliza had gone to bed. At around maybe 3 or 4 in the morning, she walked out into the foyer to wake Jeremy and Michael from the couch.

Michael groaned and blinked awake. He saw Eliza smiling at him and shook Jeremy awake. "Jer, get up."

"Mm... What?" Jeremy whined and rubbed his eyes.

Eliza whispered, "I'm sorry to wake you, boys. But I just wanted to tell you that you can come see your daughter now."

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