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[The Purge]
This is bullshit.
Darrow can be dangerous, Eddie is well aware of that, but most of the danger can be avoided if one is careful. Eddie is careful, most of the time anyway, and maybe one could argue that his friendship with Lestat isn't careful, but he doesn't see it that way. He takes care not to put himself in situations where he might end up dead or even maimed, because he very much likes being alive and having all his parts. He likes his life in Darrow.
It's probably his fault he and Chrissy are stuck in this situation now. The Purge had sort of seemed like a joke. He knows Will and a bunch of others are holed up in a bunker, which had honestly seemed kind of dramatic to him, and while Eddie loves a good bit of drama, he also hadn't wanted to freak Chrissy out.
And it had sounded too insane to be real. A night where all crime is just suddenly legal? That's fucked up.
But people are howling in the halls of their building and Eddie can hear other people screaming amidst the sound of breaking glass and pounding fists on doors. At one point, he's pretty sure he even hears a gunshot and now he's freaking out.
"We should try to get to the bunker," he says to Chrissy, wishing he had some kind of a weapon besides a shitty pocket knife. It isn't going to do much against a gun.
Darrow can be dangerous, Eddie is well aware of that, but most of the danger can be avoided if one is careful. Eddie is careful, most of the time anyway, and maybe one could argue that his friendship with Lestat isn't careful, but he doesn't see it that way. He takes care not to put himself in situations where he might end up dead or even maimed, because he very much likes being alive and having all his parts. He likes his life in Darrow.
It's probably his fault he and Chrissy are stuck in this situation now. The Purge had sort of seemed like a joke. He knows Will and a bunch of others are holed up in a bunker, which had honestly seemed kind of dramatic to him, and while Eddie loves a good bit of drama, he also hadn't wanted to freak Chrissy out.
And it had sounded too insane to be real. A night where all crime is just suddenly legal? That's fucked up.
But people are howling in the halls of their building and Eddie can hear other people screaming amidst the sound of breaking glass and pounding fists on doors. At one point, he's pretty sure he even hears a gunshot and now he's freaking out.
"We should try to get to the bunker," he says to Chrissy, wishing he had some kind of a weapon besides a shitty pocket knife. It isn't going to do much against a gun.
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He can't let that happen. Even if it means stashing Chrissy somewhere safe, hiding her, and then leading people away if he has to.
It's what he's done before, in a different world, and he'll do it again.
"Here," he whispers, pulling her down a different street. They're the only ones there and he tries to keep their footsteps from echoing. "Do you have your phone? Can you call Alex?"
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Scrolling through her contacts, she taps on Alex's name, then almost presses the button to call her. She quickly thinks better of it, though. "I'll text her," she decides instead, shaking her head slightly. "Less noise."
Even that is easier said than done. As she begins typing out a message, she can't stop her hands from shaking.