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**Mushy** · June 24th, 2008, 06:35 AM

Riley was escorted out of the waiting room and down the long corridor by two servicemen. He was terrified and yet excited at the same time. He was only eleven, but in those eleven years he'd endured too many horrific experiences - being experimented on until the military had taken action against the laboratory. After that, he'd been in foster care for more than a year along with many other kids - all of them under the care of one woman who let them do as they pleased. As a result, Riley and many of the other kids were cute and shy one minute, and defensively aggressive the next. They'd been allowed to do what they liked, and now he was being moved yet again?

He didn't really approve, but he followed the servicemen into the office where he would face his new caretaker.

**Spunny** · June 24th, 2008, 10:48 AM

Alex sighed as he waited for his new son. He was going to have to take care of someone who went through some troubling times. Of course, he was actually assigned to, but he think he would've anyway. He went through horrific times like Riley did, and so he was hoping that maybe if he was with someone who went through it too, it would be the best way for him to try to make him feel..safer again.

It wasn't long before the servicemen went into the office, Alex smiling as he stood up. He had wavy black hair that fell to his back, emerald eyes that shone with kindness and was in his twenties. He walked over to Riley and ruffled the boy's hair. "Hi, Riley." he said in his clear, gentle and calm voice.

**Mushy** · June 24th, 2008, 11:58 AM

Riley shied away from the man's hand at first, but when he realized he was just ruffling his hair, he winced, one eye open to stare at his new caretaker.

He thought about biting the hand or wrist in response, but thought better of it. His heart thumped faster in fear, and he tried hard to act his age. He'd been just another experiment, pushed beyond the limits mentally and physically. Now he'd been reduced to an emaciated, weak state. He didn't have the strength to bite anyone right now - he was more like a rabbit. He looked a bit like one too - his soft brown hair had been combed earlier, and he'd been washed down by the orphange caretaker.

He could sense nothing malicious from the other man - Alex, according to the lady at the orphanage. He decided he certainly liked him more than this tall, demanding servicemen.

"Can we go to your home then?" Riley asked impatiently.

**Spunny** · June 27th, 2008, 08:41 AM

Alex sighed mentally as the boy shied away from his hand. He hoped he would make this boy feel safer around him. He hoped he could make him feel like no one was going to do that to him anymore.

"Sure, we can go to my house." he said as he reached down, grabbing the young boy's arm gently and stood up.He then began to lead him. Thinking it would be best to get to know him better, and possibly make him seem like he wasn't going to hurt the young boy, he asked"Riley, how old are you?"

**Mushy** · June 29th, 2008, 04:01 PM

"They said I was eleven," Riley explained, looking a little confused. He didn't actually know if what they had told him was truth - being in a laboratory, he didn't have a chance to keep an eye on a calendar.

Riley suddenly clung to Alex's arm, feeling a certain amount of security in comparison to the the servicemen that he'd dealt with earlier. Those types of people intimidated him, though he couldn't deny that Alex scared him a little as well.

"What kind of house do you have?" Riley asked.

**Spunny** · June 30th, 2008, 11:06 AM

Alex smiled as Riley clung to his arm. It was at least a good start that the boy felt a bit..safer when he was with Alex. "Well, you certainly look eleven. And as for my house..hm..what do you mean what kind? I just have a small, little house where I live at, though I hope that you'll like it."

**Mushy** · July 5th, 2008, 04:30 PM

Riley just nodded, his grip tightening on Alex.

"I hope it looks like a real house," Riley finally said, in such a vague way that most people probably couldn't understand what he meant. But Riley remembered the doctors telling him, "this is your home" before leading him into a bare room with just beds and a bathroom. Everything was either barren or dark, or barren and bright. He'd always imagined a home with furniture and blankets and stuff.

Maybe Alex was his normalcy. And maybe...Riley could deny the strange powers he'd been granted as he'd been experimented on.

**Spunny** · July 11th, 2008, 10:31 AM

Alex smiled and petted the young boy, saying "It is a real house. One with a bed, blankets, food, other furniture, and things you can actually do."

It struck him as sad that the the scientist would use children as experiments. It was one thing to do it on full grown adults, but even worse to do it on children.Who knows, the kids mind could be so damaged that some part of it is in-repairable. But that why's why Alex was there. To make the boy feel safe and OK the best he could.

"We're here!" he said as he got to the door of the house, the house itself being thee stories tall.

**Mushy** · July 12th, 2008, 03:39 AM

Riley looked up at the large house in excitement and peeled himself away from Alex to run to the door. He snooped around the windows and everything, trying to sneak a peek inside.

As soon as Alex had unlocked the door, Riley gently poked his head through the door and peered around. There were no white walls, or overly bright lights - nor was there complete darkness in gray-walled rooms. The smells were different - no smells of latex gloves or heavily bleached areas. Riley relaxed. There were colors, multiple colors, and he wanted to sit on the couch, which looked so soft.

Believing it would be safe, Riley stepped into the house and ran to the couch, jumping on it and snuggling against one of the pillows immediately.

"You're not a mean person, are you?" Riley's trust in Alex was now increased. He was usually bright and optimistic. He would try not to think everyone or everything was bad, just because people had been cruel or unattached to him.

**Spunny** · July 27th, 2008, 05:52 AM

Alex smiled as he saw how Riley reacted. He understood that reaction. One where even the smallest things made you happy. Where you felt like you were finally out of a nightmare and got into a place where it seemed nothing bad happened. Without the familiar smells and monochromatic colors, feeling warm and as if nothing bad could happen. That was just how he was trying to make Riley feel.

At the question, Alex closed the door behind him, walking over to Riley and ruffling his hair. "No. I'm not mean. I just have a few rules is all, Riley." he said, smiling at him. "Trust me, you don't want to break them, or I might seem mean. But remember, I'm not like those scientist you were with. I think about your safety first, and I do what i need to to make sure you'd stay safe and listen to me."