And Miles To Ge Before I Sleep - [Open||R]

[Joshua D. MacArthur]

April 19th, 2009


Central Park



Two weeks! It had taken him the course of two weeks since Levi had finally found him for the young telekinetic to get used to everything again. Joshua had suffered greatly at the hands of his Grandfather and Helios, to the point that his nerves were raw to anything other han his own thoughts and so for the next week after waking he stayed secluded. It was the coma that saved him from the onslaught of thoughts that would have ripped him apart and would have ended with him putting a bullet through his head. Even now his mind was still recovering from the battle from more than a month and a half ago with his powers slowly coming back "online", so Joshua was at a level as a person just coming into their powers...which irritated him to no end.

He had at first greatly appreciated the attention he got from Levi and had found the overreacting quite endearing, yet now it lead to nothing but the lashing out of his powers which would in turn exhaust him totally and make him feel even shittier than before. So it was today that Joshua had decided that it was time for him to test himself outside Levi's headquarters and see how strong his inner mind's shields were now, he had resolutely refused any guards his lover tried to send with him and stopped any more discussion with a heated kiss. And now, it was in a secluded area next to a man made pond deep in the heart of Central Park that he found solace and finally in what had seemed like an eternity opened his mind's shields just a fraction. Joshua's eyes widened and in a split second screamed hoping for a swift death to end the pain racking his body, he hadn't thought that his mind had been this damaged and with swift action shut his mind off from outside influence. His chest slowed down from the quick movement from before and his eyes opened warily to find himself looking up at tree cover, apparently he had fallen from his seat on the tree and now rested on his back on the dirty ground. "Never thought i'd end up so quickly on my back without some guy nearby to fuck..." his brow furrowed slightly at the sense that someone was standing near to him and turned his head to see a pair of feet standing a yard from him.

[Revi Balalaika]

The feet where bare and dirty the dirt trailed up to a pair of shredded and tattered cargo pants that where now due to wear and tear shorts, but they now looked a green brown instead of the dark olive they had been not too much a change there. He had no shirt on, but instead a tan piece of canvas had been fastened into somewhat like a cloak that was shredded as well, it overlapped from one portion to another but covered from the waist of his pants to the bottom of his chin. Under it was also a dirty body the man was contemplating the water to bathe it had been a bit since he had especially since his time in Canada so cold it was and the cave so nice, but what he needed to do to stay there was a bit much for anyone else but him just had to fight some bears.

He smirked as he saw the man on his back reminded him of the bears again "You seem to be frustrated... what seems the problem?" He asked as the dirty, but oddly only stubbled face tilted, and the chest shook letting out laughter. He had found this to be soemwhat amusing, and was waiting for the moment where he would flee or call for the police like most seemed to do when he talked to them, most likely his appearance but he cared not it gave him fun games to play while he searched this place he had spent much time to find, New York, in order to find the man who imprisoned him that bastardly Liam MacArthur.

[Joshua D. MacArthur]

Joshua's left eyebrow rose in curiosity at the site of the strange man hard on his luck who was looking down at him and laughing, something knotted in his gut urging him to put the man in his place. It seemed sad that the first human contact he's had since awakening from the prolonged coma, other than Levi, was a man who kinda looked like Tom Hanks from Castaway "Well my mind almost exploded due to the fact that i'm struggling to hold onto my control, i'm currently on my back on the ground and had just got done telling myself there's usually a guy around to fuck me when im in this position...the ground aspect is new though." He allowed his eyes to roam over the other man as he explained his "frustration" and found that under the whole Castaway look there was a handsome man, if you could get over the scraggly beard and some smell he couldn't place. To Joshua it mattered not if he came off as crass as the battle in Utah had changed something inside of himself, it was deep down though and so unless you knew what to look for he was still Joshua. "You're probably not even interested and now it got all weird between us before we learned eachother's names, though if it did lead to sex then it would be even more awkward as there was no name exchange before that happened. See the way i see things now is that you have to grab life and the guy you want by their balls, or else risk them dying on you before you let them know how much you love them and then you end up an evil old man like my Grandfather. Anyways let me get up seeing as there's not going to be any sex, also i'd like to point out that i do have a lover so the whole "fuck" talk is mainly me being me. Ya dig?"

Slowly getting to his feet, he brushed off the dirt and debris that had attached itself to his backside making himself more presentable to the man with no name as of yet. Joshua took stalk of his surrounding in case he needed to book it out of here quickly seeing as his powers were pretty much shit still, there seemed to be only one exit/entrance from this area of the park which made him uneased. Returning his gaze to the Castaway he promptly held out his hand hoping this wasn't a monumental mistake on his part ""Nice to meet you, i'm Joshua MacArthur and this city is my home. Well it used to be my home...but hey i still live here kinda. Just kinda more underground than highrise penthouse condominium and less with the clubbing, also no access to my family fortune except for what i his away. But hey i still have my guy and man doesn't that just sound like some country song from the 70's." His lips turned up into a brilliant smile as he waited for the other man's response, he could feel his powers slowly rise to him and knew he'd have some kind of protection...even if it was pretty pathetic to what it once was.

[Revi Balalaika]

Revi looked confused he was in no way offering to do any sort of sexual act with this man, and he leaned back looking somewhat upset or almost as if he would head butt the other, but he stayed calm and let the other speak. He seemed a heavy talker rambling on, but he paused and Revi simply sighed and nodded, as he took the extended hand and shook it before the other talked again. Name exchange of course, and he listened, and then his chest inflated as he took a deep breathe to stay calm "MacArthur?!" He growled.

Revi had poor memory skills, and couldn't recall his previous meeting almost a year ago on this day since well it was not long enough nor beared any note worthy event for him to remember this man. He popped the joints in his fingers and wrists "I.. am.. Revi Balalaika... and I have been searching over a year now to exact justice on the Liam MacArthur... who is he to you?" He growled feeling his body heat up with anger, and the bones in his body almost reciprocating his anger began to bulge at the points of his skull knuckles, and along his spine, and knees and elbows.

[Joshua D. MacArthur]

The tension between them rose to critical levels forcing Joshua to take a few steps back and assess the situation, his body had siezed up at the way the man had growled his last name leaving him with a bitter feeling in his gut. Joshua had known many people who hated his Grandfather enough to want him dead at their own hands or another's, but never in his life had he come face to face to one of them. It was disconcerting to say the least and so with a heavy sigh he began to explain things to the man before him "He's my Grandfather and the man who pretty much raised me, not too long ago i was still his employee and worked on numerous projects within the company. That ended when he had me captured and sent to die in a battle simulation for one of his pets, at that point i lost any access i had to him and any of his business ventures."

Joshua would have to give the whole truth to this man which left him feeling as if he could smell any lie coming from him, he imagined it was a slightly bitter smell if it were indeed true. There was still some things he would have access to as coding within the company's mainframe would take too long to delete as a member of his Grandfather's family would have permanance "I'm sorry for any wrong he has done to you and i do realize how short that comes to satisfying your anger, if you need any information on him i can help with that yet it would do no good since im not sure where he could be. Now i need you to calm down for me since the feeling im getting from you isn't so friendly and if i have to i will defend myself." The first time since he had refused any guards from Levi, he found himself wishing he had accepted the offer or had asked Levi himself to join him. It was the stubborness within him that refused to die which lead him into the kind of situations and once again he would more than likely pay for his Grandfather's indiscretions.

[Revi Balalaika]

He laughed a thick almost chuckling laugh "Oh.. boy I have a feeling there is not much you can do in defense to keep me from tearing what information on Liam I need." He said nodding, as the bones on his knuckles slowly broke the skin and pointed out further likes spikes.

The left hand raised to his face and rubbed the bridge of his nose Revi was once patient and some what care free, still is in any other situation when it was not on the topic of soemthing he wanted to finish once and for all, but here he was.

He nodded to himself "So you tell me where Liam is.. and I will leave you unscratched in this case, but lie and I will find you again and I will tear you apart please make no mistake seeing as you are his grandson I am sure there is some amount of pull you have to get him here possibly." He nodded and let the hand fall to his side. His eyes then widened "Oh and I am sorry I am not usually this angry.. if you do happen to help me that's why I say sorry.." He said laughing a bit more in a happy manner.

[Joshua D. MacArthur]

Joshua shook his head in astonishment at the man, if there was a clinical test for psychosis this guy would have scored across the board and as it stood there was a level of fear in Joshua's eyes. "Psychotic much? I just got done telling you i would give you the information you needed on my asshole of a grandfather, and i do remember telling you that the man almost killed me so there really is no love lost." As he talked to the other man he slowly shifted his weight to his right foot which was behind him, there was a small chance that he could pull off a powerful enough blast of telekinetic energy to make the guy stumble. If so he would take it and make a run for it, if the man decided to attack him though. "There are a number of facilities located throughout the United States and our family home being another place he could be at, your best bet would to search the ones in Kansas and Montana seeing as they're the most secluded and he would more than likely launch an offensive from those locations. And don't think i'm going to make a good bargaining chip as he'd more than likely put a bullet in my head than negotiate for my release, also if Levi were to find out he'd hunt you down and kill you without hesitation."

Joshua really didnt know if that part was true as much as he wanted it to be correct and if it wasn't then he'd handle it on his own, he had survived up until this point on his own and he wouldn't suffer for it. Now as he waited for the guy to either attack or seek more specific information, there was a quick moment when a name flashed across his mind as he studied the other man's power on display "Bone manipulation? You're Revi right?"

[Revi Balalaika]

He tilted his head a bit confused as his mouth opened "I said my name to you earlier.. You only listen to me when I get real angry or somethin? Well what ever I guess my name may have gotten around I been in and out of some shit namely a couple years of my life as a guinea pig for Liam." He said grinding his teeth at the end.

He was just a being of pure anger at the moment, but he was able to hold still not lunge out and he then laughed a bit "Oh.. and I would enjoy to see someone try and kill me.. so far nothing I have ran into including mother nature has been able to do as much, and Kansas or Montana you say? Well shit thats another long ass walk and that was about close to where I had originally started this treck when someone tipped me off about him having a penthouse in new york... I swear I find that prick he's dead..." He said rambling mostly to sort the thoughts in his brain.

He then looked around and sighed "Well I guess if he isn't in New York any longer and asuming what you say is true on all grounds I have no use to bring you with to draw Liam out so I can kill him... Uhmmm... well anything else you would like to tell me since I am sure you won't mind him being dead with the grounds your relations with him are on." He said smirking at the end.

[Joshua D. MacArthur]

What are you stupid or something? I just got done telling you that there were a number of places he could be hiding out at and guessing where he's at is only going to lead you to dead ends, or you being dead."

[/color] Joshua understood what drove Revi to want his Grandfather's blood on his hands and if he was more capable than he was at the moment, he'd go after the bastard himself and end it once and for all. Now that he was at the power level of a person just coming into their powers he had to rely on Mr. Not-Quite-All-There to do the job for him, is that was what it took then he would resign himself to being key informant. "Look i'm not trying to be rude or whatever, but we have places in Maine, Colorado, California and then the family estate deep within the Rockies. If you want my Grandfather so badly then make him come to you by becoming a huge threat to whatever he has planned, also if it ends up being Montana i'd avoid it all together...nothing good comes from that place."

He had of course read the reports detailing just what went on deep within the sub-basement labs within that facility and his mind wouldn't let him forget the graphic pictures of the many failed experiments. "Liam MacArthur doesn't have a penthouse in New York, he wouldnt demean himself to living anywhere but the family estate and there is no way that you're getting close to that place. I felt threatened at that place and i'm family, so you'd get picked off within 50 yards of that place...or you know succeed by some miracle. This whole thing with his Grandfather was getting more and more crazy as the days wore on, he wouldn't be surprised if another person slighted by the man showed up seeking some vengence from him. Maybe he should inform Levi to watch out for angry men with huge ass chips on their shoulders.[/size][/center]

[Revi Balalaika]

HE sighed, and rolled his eyes "Look... I can't die... at least thats what I have come to the conclusion of.. even having my skin stripped from my flesh for your grandfather's experiments had not killed me." He said groaning the imagery in his mind the smell of his blood soaking the ground there.

His nostrils flared the smell was back in his memory, and he ground his teeth together his fingers curling white knuckle grip to his fists "Ahh.... so Montana would be the best way to get his attention if I start a shit storm over there?" He asked curiously his body flushing with a fresh anger again no longer for the one in front of him now just towards his target and those who aim to get in his way from that.

[Joshua D. MacArthur]

'It's suicide if you try and take Montana on, that place is a fucking sick place that no one would wish on their worst enemies and that's saying a lot considering how much of a bastard i know my Grandfather is." There really wasn't any reason for Joshua to be concerned over the life of this individual no matter what was done to him by his own family, to be honest there was a nagging voice within him urging the young telekinetic to let Revi go on his way. But that wasn't his style and he would not change that for any reason or risk losing his identity within the storm of emotions that would come with that action, and so with a sigh reached into his backpocket and pulled the object hidden there. "I came here to think long and hard about what my next steps would be and just who else i could try to trust, for nothing would be gained if i solely relied on Levi. And so i made a few extra flash drives just like the one i gave to Levi with the exception of the passcodes, that is just for Levi and his operations to further his plans. It wouldn't do any of us good if some renegade decided to 'storm the Bastille' as it is, so just make do with floor plans and other general information i compiled before my sudden departure from the company."

Joshua tossed the flashdrive to Revi expecting the man to catch it and not let it slip into anyone elses hands, not that he feared it would lead back to himself as he had erased that trail in the beginning. No, he worried that it would make its way back to his Grandfather and then the man would have no choice but to step up his plans. "It goes without saying that if you get caught then you're on your own as you're going all vigilante against my Grandfather, Levi has his own plans and they do not fit your current level of revenge. So if you are caught and i am not saying that you were weak enough to fail this, but if you are then we never met. I can tell you're a good man without reading all of your thoughts and memories so i would be hurt to lose you to that man, just remember that he feels more than what he appears. I could never really get into his mind and the times i did...it was fucking creepy and left me feeling like death was hot on my heels, so yeah."

[Revi Balalaika]

Revi listened and caught the thing that was tossed at him he was sure it was meant for a computer, but he was never allotted the chance to use them or learn their function, and that made this gift somewhat useless to him in that sense but it was a nice token, and he appreciated it. He simply smiled and sighed hearing him go on, and he shrugged "Well Kid.. I have been shot maimed gored and essentially keel hauled through an entire labs experiments through to a mad scientists fantasies, and close to the world of vlad the impaler.. And my regeneration has not let me die yet.. so I think me going gun Ho into there may work best for me since it is the best strategy I know of." He said nodding.

He took a step as he turned away and looked back smiling "Oh... which way is Montana? And what type of building do I look for out there?" He asked letting out a light chuckle as he knew it was off on the road again for him and this time with a hot trail.

[Joshua D. MacArthur]

Joshua didnt bat an eye at the description of Revi's encounter with his Grandfather and the scientists at whatever facility he was taken to, he remembered a file on a power user with the ability of regeneration. "I remember something about that, though the file didnt mention a name to go along with the whole 'fun time at sadist mountain' adventure." he said with a shake of his head at the idea that the man could be related to him and still condone such acts of torture. There had been a time when he had first started at the company when he really thought they were working on the cures for diseases, sure they had knocked out many of the big ones like HIV/AIDS and Cancer but all was an act for what they were really doing.

"Montana is due west from the city and you're going to want to find Helena National Forest, it snows pretty much year round these days and that'll make it harder to spot unless you know what you're looking for. Deep in a massive grove of pines where the tourists are forbidden to enter due to 'abandoned mine shafts', you'll find a shack that is kinda eerily similar to Jason Voorhees'. It's not the main entrance but it'll get you into the maintenance shafts that rn the length of the facility, and you're on your own from there." Joshua felt the shift in the air that meant Levi was looking for him close by and if he wanted to prevent a conflict he'd need to end this conversation quickly, he hoped that Revi wouldn't fall victim to the bastard again but if it happened then the man would be on his own. Slowly he returned to the tree he fell from and picked his messenger bag from the ground and shouldered it, Joshua quickly made for the exit and stopped to look over his shoulder for one last look. "That place is evil Revi, and i dont mean because of what they do there. It bleeds pure evil into you and changes you if you stay for a prolonged period of time, and im not one to give into rumors but they say that the depths of that place carry things the devil would fear to tread against. All i'm saying is get out quickly, maybe next time we can do something other than talk about sex and bastards." With a wink he jogged off to meet Levi where the other man's presence was felt greatest, he was steadily returning to his former power level and the time would come when he would have to confront the man who played a part in siring him. Until then he would lend whatever he could to Levi's cause and wait for the day when he could rip a man's spine out from a mile away.