The New Guest (Part 5) 7

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The New Guest 5

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Coco woke up when she heard Scooter yelled from falling off the roof, which was caused by a seagull pecking at his head. Coco peeked her eyes open and groaned. Her head throbbed and her eyes hurt. She looked and saw the picture in her hand still.  Folding perfectly. She bit her lips and sat up. She had to tell Leon. Sitting up she held herself, trying to get over the pounding in her head before heading to the door. It was 6:37 pm, he'd be downstairs eating. She followed the faint smell of Larias Australian fried shrimp. Leon was the only one at teh table, trying to carefully fend off Laria in he rskinmpy halter top which threatened to split open. "Leon...?" Coco called softly. Leon looked over, happy to have a reason to leave. "Can I...talk to you?"
"Yeah, sure kiddo. Laria." He nodded to her and went off. "What's up?" Coco silently handed him the picture, not looking at him. Leon raised an eyebrow and opened it.
He spent a few seconds staring at the picture, flipping it over and over before making eye contact. "Where'd you find this?"
"It was in my book." Coco mumbled. Leon swallowed and looked at the picture again and sighed.
"Was Ratchet in your room?"
"Haven't seen him all day...do you think....it's..."
Leon looked at her and pulled her close to a hug, "shhh, sshhh, don't worry, you're safe here with me, it's okay." Coco buried her face in his chest and sobbed softly. Leon stroked her hair and rocked her slowly.
Maxxi came in from the front door and smiled for a moment before frowning in a mix of shock, wonder and worry. Leon held the picture to him. Maxxi looked at it for two seconds before ripping it into tiny peices. Coco's sobs had slowed slightly, her shoulders still shook every now and then.  "Is everything okay?" Laria called.
Maxxi opened his mouth to respond but shut it and went to talk to his mother. Leon looked over his shoulder, seeing Maxxi whisper to his mother and Laria covered her mouth in shock, eyes wide. Laria looked at Leon, who nodded before slowly picking Coco up in his arms. Maxxi followed him to their room. Leon set her on the bed and tucked her in.
"What options do we 'ave?" Maxxi asked.
"We're on a beach with the nearest place two miles in either direction and a fucked up horny rapist coyote on the loose or my brother, either way I'm not sure." Leon growled, stroking Coco's hair. Maxxi paced the room, thinking.
"What about Dante? She can stay with him." Maxxi offered.
"You think he'll tolerate a kid in his room?"
"Dante has some respect for Coco, I've seen her spend time in his room, and he tried to protect he rlast time, remember? I'll call him." Maxi decided, marching out with his phone. Coco flipped onto her back, looking after Maxxi. Leon smiled slightly and stroked her cheek.
"You okay, kiddo?" He asked, cupping her cheek.
"Yeah...kinda." Coco said.
"Don't worry, kid. Since I don't like Houser at all, I won't have any problem killing him."
"What if it was Ratchet?"
"Then I'll put him in a coma and dump him in the outback in a wild hyena pack." Leon said, smiling and chuckling. Outside, they could hear Maxxi talking ina  slightly raised voice before it went quiet and he came back in.
"Dante says alright, he's got to room in his suit. And...he's been smiling Houser around lately, so that's a problem."
"Maxxi...I don't want to leave you..." Coco said, tears brimming in her eyes.
"Sheila, I know you don't, I don't wanna see you go either. But it'll keep you safe, okay?" Maxxi said. Sitting on the other side of the bed.
Coco nodded.
"Don't worry, kid, we won't let anything repeat itself." Leon assured.
"Dante says bring her over now, while it's still bright out." Maxxi said, forcing a small smile for Coco's sake. Leon nodded and patted Coco's thigh, before getting up and helping Maxxi pack Coco's bag. Coco sat on the bed and watched quietly. Leon zipped her bag up and sighed.
"Kid, I don't like this any more than you do, but if you can be safe, that's good enough for me." Coco slipped out of bed and followed Maxxi down to his car. Leon gave Coco a small punch on the shoulder. "I'll stop by tomorrow or later tonight, alright?" Coco nodded.
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Dante pacde around the suit and set up all teh things he needed. He had small cameras set up in different areas int eh suit that Coco couldn't see.  "These will turn on at ten tonight, be in bed at that time and do not get up for anything." Dante said, checking his computers. "If you get up and walk around the alarm will sound and I might shoot you. These are motion sensitive."
"Wha if I move around on the bed.?"
"I already set your body to the camera system, it'll remember your shape and size only ont eh bed, if you get out or something else is on teh bed,it'll sound." Dante was talking a little fast, wanting to get this all explained so teh kid would shut up. Coco nodded. Dante left and went into her room before coming out. "There are three guns in your room." He handed her a piece of paper. "Make sure you're the only one who can see that." Coco curled herself and looked at the sheet of paper, under the pillow, bottom drawer left side, taped to bottom of the sink. Coco memorized them and ripped the paper. Dante took the peices and flushed them down teh toilet. "You know the rules?" Coco nodded. Dante looked at his watch. "Shower and do anythign you need to do, lights off in half an hour." He said, going to the kitchen. Coco spent her time showering, brushing her teeth, eating a toaster strudel and taking her sleeping pills before heading to bed. Dante looked around her room before leaving, turning the lights out. She sighed and flipped over and closed her eyes, listening as Dante moved hsi covers and laid down. From the sound he was sitting up.  She heard the small ticking of his laptop before sinking into sleep.
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Dante sat there, watching the different camera views. All of them were night vision. He switched from the living room area to Cocos room. He turned to the camera with a full view of the bed and three feet to either side of it. He watched the shadows, seeing if one of the moved when a camera view on teh side bar blinked red. Dante glanced, saw it was teh living room and grabbed his gun, going out.  He turned the lights on and loked around. No one there and nothign different except the pile of pictures dumped onto the table. Dante walked over and glanced down at them. They were all of Coco and Houser. He growled and looked around, trying to pin-point the smell of blood. He only smelt a small wiff of it, but it was no where near Coco's room. He holstered his gun and grabbed a bag, dumping the pictures into it. Houser was delivering pictures right now, trying to make Coco weak before tking advantage of her. Sooner or later he'd slip up.
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