You'll be my detonator...

[madesomenoise]

She dreams she's in the Zones. The Witch is nowhere to be seen, but Cherri's body is there, sprawled lifeless on the sand. She feels an ache for him, tucked between her ribs. He'd been so kind to her in the few hours they'd spent together, close together. She'd started to wonder if that kindness was what love really felt like.

Cherri's isn't the only body. All of her family are there: Poison with a scorch mark under his jaw, Kid with his arms outstretched for his brother, Jet with his hair all crazy across his face and Ghoul with blank, unseeing eyes, his gun still in his hand.

And then they come for her. They talk hold of her, rough handed, and there's an exterminator with her father's face. He looks her in the eye.

"Say hi to your mommy for me," he says. And then he pulls the hood down over her eyes.

The world goes dark, goes grey and lightless, and Girl sees terrible things, horrible things. Help me, she thinks. Help me, help me, help me

She had a name, but she can't remember what it was.
In the mask, she screams.

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[afabulouskilljoy]

Poison smiles faintly. "Yeah, baby girl. I think you did a little bit." He isn't sure what she means by detonate, and it scares him a little, but... it kinda seems like that's what happened. Like an EMP weapon going off or something.

[boywhoflew]

Carson shot Dee a skeptical look if only because clambering into bed with his girlfriend and her dad sounded like the world's most uncomfortable idea ever, but he decided to take to the selfless route and only huffed a little bit before climbing up onto the mattress. Even then, he sat with her bracketed between them because it seemed like the least awkward option.

At least he was wearing pants.

"Looks like it," he shrugged because at the end of the day, the only person who knew hadn't been fully conscious for it. And had hit him in the face. "Can I just say, the whole power going out is a step up from the explosion I would have expected."

[madesomenoise]

When Carson's up on the bed, Dee leans away from Poison, tucks her head in against Carson's shoulder. She keeps the fingers of one hand wrapped in the hem of Poison's t-shirt, keeps as many points of contact as she can.

"Cherri said something about it when he was teaching me to shoot," she says. "Feeling the waves. Guiding your shot."

[afabulouskilljoy]

"Always thought Cherri had been in the sun a little too long. Maybe he knew more than we did." Then again, maybe Poison had always known there might be something extra special about Girl. He always knew she was more than just a child, anyway. A symbol of resistance. Everything. He wraps his hand gently around hers.

"You okay, Sunny?"

[boywhoflew]

Cuddling in bed with Poison there would be weird no matter the circumstances, but it didn't stop Carson from relaxing a bit and tipping his chin to rest on Dee's head. Most of the conversation at this point had him halfway to zoning out, only names stirring a bit of recollection from past conversations, but otherwise going over his head. He had a feeling like he might need to brush up on his science fiction if Dee was going to start causing power outages out of the blue.

"What he said," he remarked, jerking his chin in Poison's direction.

[madesomenoise]

"Neither of them know the truth about Cherri and now? Now isn't the time to tell them. Dee just nods sleepily and burrows in against Carson a little. "M'okay," she says. "Think I want to go back to sleep? Maybe?"

[afabulouskilljoy]

"You want me to stay or are you okay with Carson?" he asks, offering them privacy if they want it. He doesn't want Dee feeling like he's hovering, but... he wants to - needs to - make sure that she's okay.

[boywhoflew]

Carson would have gladly and quickly kicked Poison out, but it wasn't his call. It was Dee's room and her fucked up night, so instead he just tipped his head to rest it against her's. Whether she wanted him there or even if she wanted him to leave so she could have a night with her dad, he figured the only supportive motion was to just go with whatever she wanted. Even if surrendering the reigns to any situation still felt bizarre and more than a little uncomfortable.

"We can definitely sleep," he said, considering they had all had kind of gotten a rude awakening. And he still had class the next day. Shit. "But if you need your dad I can deal with that." Mostly.

[madesomenoise]

"I'm okay," says Dee, nodding, and then she leans away from Carson for a moment to press a kiss to Poison's slightly stubbled jaw. "Seriously. I'm fine. Go back to bed."