Aphrodite (RDJ / Scar Jo)

High voltage

“Sir… please I just want to… AAAAAH!!”

“I am gonna shoot, Robert!” Emma yelled, trying her best to keep a serious and calm tone.

But it was impossible at that time.

There were too many emotions in the air.

On the other side of the basement, Belle was calmly lying down next to her boy, Theo. The boy would not fail in doing exactly as Robert had told him. And he had refused to leave his mother to sleep alone.

However, the boy soon fell asleep, after they went to bed.

It was pretty late already. She was trying to keep awake and wait for Robert to return.

But she knew it could be a tough and lasting night for him.

So, she tried to close her eyes

And she was almost succeeding, when there was a loud knock on the door.

Theo jumped on the bed, in a fright

“Shh, it is ok, baby, go back to sleep, shhhh, sleep” she hugged him, laying him down again, gently

Quickly, then, she stood up and ran to the door. Lisa was already walking to see what was happening too.

“Who the hell can it be at this time of the night?” Lisa opened the door.

“Ed!” Belle frowned as she saw a breathless Ed, leaning against the door

“My lady, I believe we are really needing you now”

“What’s wrong?”

“Please come with me, I believe you would be the only one capable of stopping agent Reilly right now”

Her eyes widened.

Oh my god, his symptoms are back.

That was her first thought.

But, oh, if only she knew.

At the interrogation’s room, Emma was still pointing a gun to Robert. Or, at least, she was trying to.

Robert was not listening to anybody.

The agent was completely out of himself.

But the president could not easily get herself to truly shoot that man. She knew Robert a lot better than that. She had heard most of the conversation.

She was aware of what was going on. And she had to admit he was probably the best agent she had ever met.

“Robert, don’t make me do this, don’t…” she whispered to herself as she watched him taking down yet another of their agents, another of their colleagues.

“ROBERT!” The agent seemed to take notice of Belle’s appearance, but still fought the agents that tried to stop him.

“Easy, easy, he will…” Ed held Belle, wanting to protect her.

“HE WILL NOT HURT ME AND DON’T YOU TOUCH ME!” She yelled at Ed, who immediately stepped back.

However, at the same time, someone rushed inside and ran through her and towards Emma “I have a Taser Gun here”

“Perfect! Lower the voltage!” she quickly said and waited for her man to do as he was told

“NO, DON’T!” Belle yelled, but she was not on time.

Emma did not hesitate in shooting Robert at that moment

“Aaaah hmmmm…” His body finally failed, not completely unconscious since they lowered the voltage, but yet, in pain.

“Don’t do that…” Belle cried, approaching Robert “Rob… hey”

His eyes looked at her, begging for something she could not understand. He had tears in his eyes, but he did not seem to be having one of those symptom crisis. No, he seemed to be very aware of everything.

“Rob” she hugged him, as he eventually fell unconscious on her lap “Why did you  shoot him?!” Belle turned to Emma, madly

“He was unstoppable, he hurt and injured many men!”

“What happened? Robert is not just… violent” Belle caressed his hair

Emma looked down “Robert was just mad, and he has the right to be. It just turned out to be an ugly moment, but it is ok… we will all solve this. Take him to a room. Let him rest” she then glanced at Belle “He’s gonna need you”

Belle frowned, still without understanding what was, indeed, the cause of all the mess. But, it could not be his privation. That would not be like that, and Emma’s words were not surely be those.

He has the right to be, she said.

So, Belle just stood there with him as they helped bringing him into a room to rest. It was actually a good thing it was not their place. He probably needed some space without anyone worried and asking what happened.

So, patiently waiting for him to wake up, she changed his clothes into some more comfortable that they had in there and she took care of the small bruises he had while worriedly wondering what could possibly have happened.

But, she had no problem in noticing when he woke up. The agent jumped on the bed, confused, hurt and, also, mad. “Where… where…” he looked around

“Rob, shhh” she quickly caressed him “You were exalted and they had to calm you down… but it is ok”

He looked at her, hyperventilating and shocking his head “No… no… I gotta…”

“Robert” she caressed his face, watching as his tears started to fall, yet again “What happened? What are you feeling?”

“They… they took her…” he whispered “She’s not dead… they took her… my baby girl they…”

Her eyes widened “w-what?”

“Belle… they have her…” he looked down, crying so much, as she did not remember seeing him “They took my baby… and I never knew…”

She hugged him tightly, with her jaw dropped and with a huge wave of mixed thoughts herself “Your baby daughter was kidnapped for child trafficking?”

“My baby…”

Oh my god…

Hello!

What do you think? What will happen now?

Just a small note: the baby girl was kidnapped when she was about 7 months old and ever since that day and all the events that happened until this point time passed by. A long time as I mentioned throughout the story.

Please comment and vote!

Love,

Carly*