A Nation of Millions

by **Sara Stanton** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 6:42 pm

"Excuse me?"

by **Legion** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 6:44 pm

"You're excused. Don't worry, most normal people let one slip every now and then. Try using less beans in your diet."

by **Sara Stanton** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 6:47 pm

"Bloody hilarious. What, have you kidnapped Wills from other universes?"

by **Legion** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 6:49 pm

"Of course not. There's no need. You've stifled his development, you should be ashamed of yourself."

by **Sara Stanton** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 6:50 pm

"What the hell are you even talking about?"

by **Legion** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 6:56 pm

"One Will. That's a fucking joke. What the hell can one do. Confined to one, solitary, body. Useless. Pathetic. Limiting."

by **Will Stanton** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 10:26 pm

"We're done here."

by **Legion** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 10:28 pm

"Grow a spine, Stanton. I look at you, and I see everything I have strived my entire life not to be. I see someone who was given a gift, and is throwing it away. I know how you think."

by **Will Stanton** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 10:28 pm

"I said, shut. Up."

by **Legion** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 10:28 pm

"How's your joints?" he said, with a sly grin.

by **Will Stanton** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 10:29 pm

"C...come again?"

by **Legion** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 10:32 pm

"Your joints. Do they hurt? Do you keep training, and stretching, hoping to fend off the inevitable? Or have you given up? Resigned yourself?

I know why you wake up in the middle of the night, Stanton. I know what you ache for, even if you don't. I know about that hole inside you, that pain that never quite seems to go away. I know, like no one else, the wall. The wall you've broken down, and then, painstakingly, rebuilt, brick by brick. Because of normalcy."

by **Will Stanton** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 10:33 pm

That got Will's attention, and he went up to the bubble.

"Wh...how can you..."

by **Legion** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 10:43 pm

"This isn't you. You've let yourself be shoehorned into a role, because that's what everyone expects of you," Legion continued, staring into Will's eyes. "You're a house nigger. We're not different at all, you and I. The difference is, you hide as people want you to be. I am all that I can be. All that YOU could be.

You've let yourself be whipped and tamed and molded. You've let yourself be constricted and restrained. You've given up everything that makes you better than them. I may not get to make my own decisions, but at least I am true to what I am.

You're a sick freak, they say. You're a monster and inhuman, you're twisted. Your brain doesn't function right. You're a perverted little bitch who has to hide to fit in. That's what they say about you, isn't it? Or what they would, if you weren't trying your damndest to tap dance yourself into their favor--everyone's favor,all the time? Little Willy Stanton, everything to everyone, nothing to himself.

I don't ache at night. I never clutch at my chest, wondering if this is it, if this is the last night. You call what you have freedom? You're just as much a slave as I am, only your shackles you've bound yourself with. I will continue on long after you've kicked the bucket, because I know what I am, and I accept it. I REVEL in it. You stand there, saving the day, the hero. A dumpy...pathetic...person. Doomed to live out your days in misery."

by **Will Stanton** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 10:44 pm

"I said, SHUT UP!" Will said, slamming his hands against the glass. "Hold your mouth, you little son of a BITCH, or I WILL get in there and show you that you have NO IDEA what you're talking about, you...you...you twisted...." he sputtered.

by **Legion** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 10:46 pm

"Did I hit a nerve?" Legion asked, mock-innocently. "Or maybe I'm wrong, and we ARE different.

That would explain why you're taking it...so well..." he smirked, shooting a glance at Sara.

by **Sara Stanton** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 2:10 am

"Will what the hell is he talking about?" she asks, sounding a little worried after his outburst.

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 2:13 am

"Nothing," Will said, turning around. "Nothing at all..." he said, storming down the cells, away from his doppelganger.

by **Sara Stanton** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 2:14 am

"Will, wait!" she shouts after him, shooting Legion a glare as she runs after Will.

by **Legion** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 2:15 am

Legion laughed as Sara ran off to Will.

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 2:15 am

"Sorry, he, uh, just got on my nerves. A load of hot air," Will grumbled, glancing back over his shoulder.

by **Sara Stanton** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 2:16 am

"Will don't lie to me..."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 2:20 am

"I'm not lying....little prat....I could take him..." Will grumbled, glancing back over his shoulder again.

by **Sara Stanton** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 2:21 am

"I know you. And I know when something upsets you and right now you're not just a little upset."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 2:24 am

"It's nothing. Nothing. The...the little fucker is just....it's nothing," he said.

by **Sara Stanton** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 2:27 am

"Look at how shaken you are. Is there anything wrong? Come on, talk to me. Please."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 2:28 am

"I...just...I need a few minutes, OK?"

by **Sara Stanton** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 2:29 am

"Sure, of course." she says, hugging Will.

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 2:33 am

Will returned the hug, preoccupied, and headed towards the stairs.

by **Sara Stanton** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 2:34 am

Sara frowns a little but decides not to press the issue for now and just follows him.

by **Sara Stanton** » Thu Aug 11, 2011 3:51 pm

A while later...

Sara returns to the prison area and just stares at Legion.

by **Legion** » Thu Aug 11, 2011 3:54 pm

"I was wrong. Took you an hour longer than I thought."

by **Sara Stanton** » Thu Aug 11, 2011 3:55 pm

"Yes, you're a brilliant mastermind."

"Now tell me what the bloody hell you were talking about when you chased him out of here."

by **Legion** » Thu Aug 11, 2011 3:57 pm

"Can you be more specific? I think I hit every button at once," he smirked.

"What's he doing--in the gym, punching something? Push-ups?"

by **Sara Stanton** » Thu Aug 11, 2011 4:00 pm

"Running. Why don't you start with the 'waking up in the middle of the night'."

by **Legion** » Thu Aug 11, 2011 4:04 pm

"Restless. Can you blame him? It probably hurts like hell."

by **Sara Stanton** » Thu Aug 11, 2011 4:08 pm

"What hurts like hell?"

by **Legion** » Thu Aug 11, 2011 4:10 pm

"Solidifying. Spending nearly every minute of every day as a faint imitation of a lesser being."

by **Sara Stanton** » Thu Aug 11, 2011 4:14 pm

"Bullshit! He's anything but solid half the time."

by **Legion** » Thu Aug 11, 2011 4:21 pm

"Is he? Is he really? And be honest."

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