OOM: Leaving Neptune
Aug. 3rd, 2005 05:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
awesome_lillyThe next time Aaron wakes up, Lilly’s leaning over him again, smiling. She only gets as far as “What up-” before the EKG machine practically explodes.
After the nurses leave, Sheriff Lamb comes in to formally discuss the charges, and Lilly pops into view just behind his shoulder, blows on his neck, and watches Aaron’s eyes widen as Lamb complains about the cold draft in the room.
She lets a day or so go by with no appearances, until Aaron’s lawyer comes in to discuss the case. He asks Aaron for information to use against the Kanes, to discredit them and take away sympathy for the victim. Aaron snorts.
“That should be easy enough,” he replies. “Lilly Kane was a bitch and a wild child, and everyone knew-”
“Um, excuse me?” Lilly says in Aaron’s ear, and takes immense satisfaction in the way he starts and falls back into bed, his face going white. The lawyer’s staring at him.
“Tell him you think it’s wrong to speak ill of the dead,” Lilly says brightly. “Otherwise you might find out just how much of a bitch I can be.”
Aaron doesn’t say exactly that, but he stutters something along the lines of not wanting to go that way, and the lawyer leaves disgusted.
The day after that, Aaron’s well enough to walk to the bathroom. He unzips his fly, and glances up to see Lilly’s bloody reflection in the mirror.
“Oh, look at that mess,” Lilly clucks from behind him. “Terrible aim there, Aaron. You really need to be more precise when you’re working with such a small instrument.”
The cops come, talk to him, and when one of them asks him for his version of events Lilly can see the wheels turning in his head. She concentrates on her hand again, and draws an icy finger across his throat. The wheels lock up, and Aaron has nothing to tell them.
It’s exhausting, fading and materializing all the time. Lilly’s head is killing her… which, not surprising as it killed her once already, but still painful. She’s sick to death of hospital rooms and cops and spending all her time with the guy who killed her.
And then a day or so later, she hears the cops talking. Aaron’s been indicted, and from their conversation, it’s clear they believe completely in his guilt. Even Sheriff Lamb has to admit that Keith Mars was right, and when she hears him back down… Lilly realizes it’s over. Duncan’s safe.
There are a few stops on her way, but it’s almost no time at all before Lilly’s standing in front of Veronica’s bedroom door again, more than ready to return to Milliways. She’s done in Neptune.
It’s time to go home.
After the nurses leave, Sheriff Lamb comes in to formally discuss the charges, and Lilly pops into view just behind his shoulder, blows on his neck, and watches Aaron’s eyes widen as Lamb complains about the cold draft in the room.
She lets a day or so go by with no appearances, until Aaron’s lawyer comes in to discuss the case. He asks Aaron for information to use against the Kanes, to discredit them and take away sympathy for the victim. Aaron snorts.
“That should be easy enough,” he replies. “Lilly Kane was a bitch and a wild child, and everyone knew-”
“Um, excuse me?” Lilly says in Aaron’s ear, and takes immense satisfaction in the way he starts and falls back into bed, his face going white. The lawyer’s staring at him.
“Tell him you think it’s wrong to speak ill of the dead,” Lilly says brightly. “Otherwise you might find out just how much of a bitch I can be.”
Aaron doesn’t say exactly that, but he stutters something along the lines of not wanting to go that way, and the lawyer leaves disgusted.
The day after that, Aaron’s well enough to walk to the bathroom. He unzips his fly, and glances up to see Lilly’s bloody reflection in the mirror.
“Oh, look at that mess,” Lilly clucks from behind him. “Terrible aim there, Aaron. You really need to be more precise when you’re working with such a small instrument.”
The cops come, talk to him, and when one of them asks him for his version of events Lilly can see the wheels turning in his head. She concentrates on her hand again, and draws an icy finger across his throat. The wheels lock up, and Aaron has nothing to tell them.
It’s exhausting, fading and materializing all the time. Lilly’s head is killing her… which, not surprising as it killed her once already, but still painful. She’s sick to death of hospital rooms and cops and spending all her time with the guy who killed her.
And then a day or so later, she hears the cops talking. Aaron’s been indicted, and from their conversation, it’s clear they believe completely in his guilt. Even Sheriff Lamb has to admit that Keith Mars was right, and when she hears him back down… Lilly realizes it’s over. Duncan’s safe.
There are a few stops on her way, but it’s almost no time at all before Lilly’s standing in front of Veronica’s bedroom door again, more than ready to return to Milliways. She’s done in Neptune.
It’s time to go home.
