Damaged

8

A/N: so I'm going to do what I said in the last chapter and basically skip this episode, I don't like it that much and don't have much to write on it.

So much has happened in the last couple of days that I really started to miss Addy and Mack. The mission at the nuclear plant was barely successful. Wilbur, the dad, was overtaken by the radiation poisoning; leaving him dead. His daughter, Amelia, tried to escape the dangerous zone in an airplane with Murphy as he is the only hope for mankind. The plane crashed and she died. Meanwhile, back at the core, 10k decided to help this guy put rods into it to try and stop the explosion. I refused, knowing that it would be extremely dangerous and he might not make it back out but 10k only ignored me and went anyways. Luckily for all of us, 10k made it out alive. Not much could be said about the other guy, Homer, he dropped himself into the container filled with something blue and radioactive. 10k was utterly distraught when he came out. He was upset that he couldn't save him. I was upset that Cassandra comforted him instead of me.

The two days that followed were uneventful and I had managed to avoid confrontation with 10k. But I missed Addy dearly, she would know what to do.

So now, here we are, walking around in an abandon building and aiming at any noise we hear. Warren noticed someone walking so she stopped him in his spot. "Hold it right there." He snapped his head up at us and we could finally their faces.

"Oh, it's the damn wonder twins." Murphy said as a flashlight shined in his eyes.

"Guys." Warren was shocked but happy.

"Addy!" I exclaimed happily. Her eyes landed on mine and the instantly lit up.

"Mari!" She said, pulling my much shorter body in for a hug.

"I've missed you so much! So many things have happened since we split. You wouldn't believe!" I told her excitedly. I wanted to tell her about the kiss between me and 10k but I definitely was t going to do that with an audience.

"You can tell me all you want." She said, a smiling never leaving her face. Actually, a smile didn't leave any of our faces. Even Murphy was happy to be reunited.

Everyone else engulfed them in hugs and began to chatter when I made it over to Mack. He pulled me in for a hug. "You did good, kid." I told him.

"Kid? I'm older than you!"

"Yea but mentally... uuuhh." I joked, only having him smack my arm.

"So what'd I do good with?" Mack asked, still with a grin stretching across his face.

"Keeping the scarlet princess alive." 

His smile dwindled and he slowly pulled me away from the rest of the group. "I kept her alive but something happened. She's acting- um- she's just not the same."

My brows furrowed, she didn't act differently to me but I guess I just haven't seen it yet. "What happened?"

He shook his head. He either didn't know or didn't want to tell me. Either way, I wasn't fixing to find out.

The reunion with the group quieted down and we joined them. "Citizen Z send you guys?" Mack asked them.

Cassandra answered. "Yea, he told us there was food and somebody named Chester that could help us out."