• One Lifestand [BxB] •

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Zales PoV:

"Surprise my love~ Are you shocked that I came to pick you up this fast?
Come on out, we'll go home now, I already prepared everything for you."

"...No-" is all that left my paralyzed brain cells in a barely heard breath.
Mario who is still behind me freezes almost in sync with me and both of us just sit there unmoving and so tense, I wasn't sure whether I felt my own straining muscles or Mario's that tightened impossibly around me.

Why was he here HOW was he here?! Here of all places!
So much to being safe in this massive Building with tight security. Not even here could I get a break from this haunting past of mine.

I want to cry. I really just want to sob my fucking heart out here and now, but my throat has clogged up the second I recognized Elvis' voice, and no sound would come out of it. Instead I can feel my body come to it's senses after the initial shock and start rocking in soundless sobs, hot tears now literally flooding down my already hot and sore cheeks.

"Who is that?" Mario's voice boomed into my mind, his voice tense and furious, nothing like the soft and caring baritone it usually held. I'm sure he must be all over the place with his nerves, now that somebody broke into his apartment and sprouted such nonsense without any ties for him to connect to. I want to answer him, I need to answer him quickly to clear whatever false impression he got from this bastards words, but no words would leave my mouth, I just silently gaped at a single sob that tore through my clogged throat.

"Is that Elvis?" Mario grits out, his voice even colder than before.
I whip my head around at his words so fast, it wouldn't have surprised me if it had just flown right of or had been broken by the motion, my eyes wide in surprise, horror, fright I couldn't even count all of the confusing negative emotions that washed over me in one massive tidal wave.

He knew Elvis?! He... HE KNEW HIM?!

All reason lost one me I scramble out of Mario's lap with all the strength I could muster, kicking and pushing away from him, still on my bum, and backing off against the massive locked door, eyes never leaving Mario, who had stopped trying to get closer after I slapped away his first and only attempt at reaching out to stop me.
My breathing picked up rapidly, head pounding with the headache of a lifetime, signaling a panic attack just one step around the corner, my wide eyes now drying up thanks to the load of adrenaline surging through my veins.

Mario's cold gaze remains, still set on my pathetically curled away form, not helping to soothe the alert state I'm in, both of us just staring at each other, not daring to look away.
The tense silence is broken when a deafening bang shakes the room, particularly the door that I'm curled up against, drawing an unexpected and mortified shout out of me, making me nudge away from the door instinctively and hiding my head between my arms and legs.

"What do you want from me?!" I sob out helplessly, the sound muffled by my limbs covering my head and mouth as the room shakes over and over, loud crashing sounds coming from the assaulted door.

"I'd like to know that from you" Mario's voice bellows in return, "What's the meaning of this shit?!"

I can only sob in return, "you already know, don't you?! You're going to let him take me away..." my body growing increasingly heavy with defeat, as all kinds of worst case scenarios and flashbacks shake my very core in desperation. Linda, Charles... I'm sorry! Why couldn't I just die... why do I have to go through this again

Piece for piece I can steadily feel my sanity crumble on me, sounds dying down until silent sobs are the only thing ripping through my body, drowned out by the ongoing attempts to break down the door from outside.