Cut You A Piece

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Stone stood in the kitchen area of the van and was working on the lattes. It was strange to be making the lattes after such a long time of not making them. He was very cautious when he made them, hoping to make just as good as before. As Stone did that, the back of his mind wanted to forget everything that happened in the past few months. He began to unconsciously suppress the memories. He finished the lattes and brought them back into the lab. The doctor was still where he was when he left him, sitting on his desk working on blueprints and seeming to have trouble as he did so. Stone walked over and placed one of the lattes next to the doctor grabbing the busy man's attention. The doctor grabbed the latte and said," Thank you, Stone." Stone gave the doctor a soft smile and said," Anything for you, doctor." The doctor nodded silently before stressfully looking back to his blueprints." I have the idea of what i want, but i haven't been able to figure out how to put it together!!" The doctor vented in anger. Stone stared at the blueprints for a bit before saying," May I, doctor?" The doctor stared at Stone for a minute and said," Knock yourself out. If i couldn't do it, what makes you think you can??" The agent only had one degree compared to the five the doctor had, but that didn't mean he didn't know anything about planning out stuff.

 It took Stone a minute before he organized a brilliant setup for the invention. The doctor looked at it in surprise. It would work." St-Stone... This is brilliant! This is amazing!" The doctor said aloud getting up and grabbing the man's shoulders. Once he realized what he had done, the doctor let go of Stone and said," Ahem, i mean... good job Stone. You've proven yourself as my assistant and shown that you are much more intelligent than those other useless peons out there." With that, the doctor sat back down hiding his embarrassed expression from the agent. The agent felt his face light up with a tint of red." Th-thank you sir!" Was all the agent could muster up. With that, there was a long moment of silence. The agent felt he was throwing the doctor off and left the room. The moment he left, he felt his heart flutter. The doctor had complimented him with such passion was amazing. The look the doctor gave when he recomposed himself was adorable to the man. The agent stood by the door daydreaming of the moment as the day continued.

The doctor was continuously working on the new invention non-stop when he decided to take a break before he would ruin his health. The last time he decided to work non-stop, he was sidelined for several days resulting in a lack of time for proper research. A downside of being human in his eyes. He hated being human because of all the weaknesses that came with it. A vulnerability was not something he wanted to have a part of him. He absolutely despised the idea. Then his mind wandered to his close agent Stone. Stone was the one exception to the rule. Stone was able to be close or about the doctors' level making him more important than all the others. Stone could, in other words, speak the doctors' language. If the doctor were to ascend being human, would that mean he would lose his agent? Would he lose the special feelings he had when his agent and he had? If to ascend being human meant sacrificing that feeling, then he didn't want to. He didn't want to lose that special feeling the two had. he didn't want to lose it again.

The agent was in a lounge-like area when other agents began to enter the van to work for the doctor once more. Each of them looking depressed by the simple fact that they had to work for the psychopath. Stone just sat there silently trying to keep himself occupied in order not to talk to the other agents. While it was working, he grew to slightly despise the other agents. They were all talking crap about the doctor and this enraged the man inside a bit. It took every inch of his will power to hold back his urge to defend his boss. He decided that sitting there was doing nothing for the urges and went off to check on his boss. When he got to the lab door, he placed his ear to the door to see if he would be allowed to enter. There was silence, so the agent knocked on the door to see if he could be let in. There was a loud," Enter!" From the doctor and the agent did so. Once inside, he saw messes of wires, parts, and tools everywhere. The doctor was a mess within the lab as he tinkered with making the invention on the blueprints." What do you need Stone?" The doctor asked not needing to turn around to know who it was. Stone looked a bit surprised by the easy acknowledgment but decided that it would be a topic to discuss later." I came to see if you require any assistance, sir."  The agent said simply. The doctor halted his working for a moment causing the agent to feel worrisome that he had done something wrong." Yes, I need you to grab all the scattered items here and to organize them for me. When i require an item, I will have you hand it to me." The doctor explained bluntly gesturing to the messy room. Stone nodded and did so with persistence. Stone glanced at the doctor and his work every now and again as he picked up pieces scattered throughout the room. Stone felt himself be lured towards the doctor like a hurricane sucking him in. Once he gathered all the pieces, he sat next to the doctor and began to sort out the objects. The two sat there silent with only the noise of the tools the doctor was using. 

Once Stone finished sorting, he waited for the doctors' instructions. Stone stared at the doctors' work in amazement and astonishment. Stone may have seen this dozen of times but every time it still had its way of entrancing him. The techniques the doctor uses and how precise he could be with his movements. The doctor turned to feel the agent staring and said," What is it Stone?" Stone just sat there trying to figure out something to say as he was still astonished by the work." Nothing, sir just that... The way you work is impeccable." The doctor felt his heart flutter by the compliment but kept a straight face on the entire time. He turned back to his work and held his hand out saying," Hand me the 8x10 in' pipe Stone." Stone nodded and did as he was told. Stone was quiet the whole time when his mind began to wander to....unpleasant places. His mind was stuck there for a while until he heard a strong," Stone!" From the doctor that shook him from his thoughts. Stone apologized and said," What did you need again, sir?" The doctor pointed to the item and Stone got it handing it to the doctor with haste. Stone let his mind wander again and the doctor looked at the agent with concern.  The doctor then decided to keep tabs of the  agent as the days progressed. Every time the agent seemed down, he wrote it down. Whenever the agent smiled and seemed happy, he wrote it down. Of course, he kept these writings from Stone. What would the agent think? He would think strange of the doctor to stalk and keep tabs of the agent. He would probably think the doctor was planning to do something bad to the agent. That was something the doctor did not want...