Thanks everyone for waiting so patiently.
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Outside, forest, 10pm
Jess: *running* Where is it!
Delko: I don't know!
Jess: Shoot it!
Delko: I don't know where it is!
Jess: It's going to get us!
Delko: No it's not!
Jess: How do you know!
Delko: I don't know!
Carly: Why are we running!
Colton: And yelling!
Delko: Wubba monster!
Katie: *screaming*
Jess: I can't believe we're falling for this again!
Delko: Hey Jess, watch ou-
Jess: AH! *bangs into two trees*
Delko: ....
Carly: Ouch.
Katie: *starts laughing*
Calleigh: Oh my.
Colton: That's a dilly of a pickle. I could go for some pickles.
Jess: I'M STUCK BETWEEN TWO TREES! MY GAZONGAS!
Delko: Now don't worry honey, we'll get you out.
Jess: YOU DID THIS! IT'S YOUR FAULT!
Delko: Hey I'm not the one with the double D's.
Jess: *sigh* At least my epitaph will be colourful and amusing.
Katie: Nah we'll get you out. *grabs large stick* Okay suck in your gut and cross your legs and close your eyes.
Jess: What is that going to do?
Katie: I don't know I was just giving some helpful suggestions. *jams stick between Jess and tree*
Jess: *screams*
Katie: Whoops.
Delko: *grabs stick* Stop hurting her.
Katie: Hey I have the right to hurt her. She got herself stuck between a tree. No one does that.
Jess: Hey don't discriminate.
Katie: Against what? People with large breasts?
Jess: Yeah.
Katie: Well excuse me I'm not up to your level.
Jess: You want to get stuck next? Because I'll throw you in here when I get out.
Katie: Yeah well I'll just end up falling.
Delko: Okay, let's knock it off and get Jess out before it gets too dark to see. Jess, can you move?
Jess: If I could move, I'd be out of here already.
Delko: Maybe you should think about surgery.
Jess: *kicks Delko*
Delko: OW!
Calleigh: I have an idea. Let's chop down the trees.
Delko: ...Chop down the trees.
Calleigh: Yeah.
Delko: We can't just chop down a tree. We don't even have an axe.
Colton: Ask Speed, he has a lot.
Katie: *slaps Colton*
Colton: Ow.
Ryan: *runs over* Hey I came over as fast as I could.
Colton: You're still here?
Ryan: Horatio invited me along.
Colton: *narrows eyes* Not enough room for us both I'm afraid.
Ryan: Sure there is. I'm a small guy.
Colton: *punches Ryan*
Ryan: OW! Calleigh he hit me.
Calleigh: Stop beating each other up. We have to get Jess out.
Ryan: And what was this noise I was hearing on the way over? It sounded like a large growl.
Delko: What do you mean a large growl?
Ryan: Well it's nothing an animal or human could make.
Delko: 0_0
Ryan: ...What.
Delko: WUBBA MONSTER! *runs into the woods screaming*
Jess: Way to go.
Ryan: Oh....My bad, it was my stomach.
Calleigh: Okay Jess, we'll get you out.
Jess: I don't trust you guys to get me out. Everytime you try, I get even more stuck.
Katie: Ah come on, it'll be fun. You can see a whole bunch of spots and different colours.
Jess: *frowns*
Katie: *grabs stick*
Jess: Do not use the stick.
Katie: ....*drops stick*
Ryan: I have an idea. Why don't we just pull her out?
Calleigh: That's been done.
Jess: THERE'S A BUG IN MY HAIR SOMEONE GET IT OUT!
Katie: *slaps Jess in the head*
Jess: OW!
Katie: Hey I got it out.
Jess: You didn't have to
beat it out.
Hummeerhome
Horatio: Where did JC and Missy go?
Speed: They went to an outhouse. Apparently the toilet here is 'gross'.
Horatio: ...Did we not fix it?
Speed: No.
Horatio: Where's Megan?
Speed: She's their designated walker. They keep getting lost so she's taking care of them.
Horatio: A lot of people in this Hummerhome.
Speed: Yeah.
Horatio: When we first started out with this, there was only the four of us.
Speed: Yeah and it was less chaotic.
Horatio: That's for sure. Where's Anni?
Speed: She must have went with JC and Missy.
Horatio: *nods* You two seem pretty happy.
Speed: We are.
Horatio: It's my understanding that you were with Katie when we came to get her.
Speed: Anni was there too. We visited her.
Horatio: Who got there first?
Speed: ...I know what you're thinking and you're wrong.
Horatio: Am I.
Speed: Yeah.
Horatio: What am I thinking?
Speed: You think I went there to cheat on Anni.
Horatio: No, that's not what I think. I know you love Anni, but you also love Katie and this isn't going to go away.
Speed: Great, so now you're lecturing me too.
Horatio: I've been asking myself why you keep holding onto her, despite the fact that you've already gotten re-married and it's a happy marriage.
Speed: It's not really any of your business.
Horatio: Anni doesn't want a family, you do.
Speed: What's your point.
Horatio: Katie was able to give you that.
Speed: Yes, she was. And that's only half the reason. I feel responsible for her.
Horatio: Why is that?
Speed: I don't know. But I have to protect her.
Horatio: That's why you bought her the drugs.
Speed: *stares at Horatio*
Horatio: Nothing in my lab gets past me.
Speed: *nods*
Horatio: Speed, if we feel responsible for everyone else, the responsibility for ourselves is lost.
Speed: Is that supposed to get me to stop caring for her?
Horatio: No. I'm just letting you know that this could make life difficult for you. And your wife.
Speed: Thanks for the advice.
Horatio: Just out of curiosity, are you still going to those therapy sessions that the lab provided?
Speed: Yes.
Horatio: Good. Your anger's been under control.
Speed: Yeah.
Horatio: Did they talk to you about Lori?
Speed: *frowns*
Horatio: I realize it's privelaged discussion, but if you wouldn't mind...
Speed: I do mind.
Horatio: Alright that's fine. I was just curious to know how things are going with it.
Speed: Things are fine.
Horatio: So you've learned to deal with your anger.
Speed: If your daughter was slaughtered and you were five minutes too late, would you be angry?
Horatio: That was not your fault.
Speed: It was my fault, I was her father and I couldn't protect her.
Horatio: So now you're protecting Katie instead. You think it'll redeem you?
Speed: I don't have to listen to this.
Horatio: It's been a long time since she died, Speed.
Speed: Yeah and when your brother 'died' I'm sure you were a ray of sunshine and rainbows two years after. Don't give advice if you're not going to take it yourself. *leaves, slams door*
TBC.............