Multiple Choice, Yours Or His {Trent & Bently}

[niki]

15th June, 2009

Niki had now been looking after Brooke and Peyton for Trent for almost a month and she was enjoying herself very much. Both girls were a treasure to look after, and Niki herself was now almost eight months pregnant. Soon, she would be looking after four small children, two of them her own. But somehow Niki knew she'd cope, or at least she hoped she would. She really needed this job, she needed the money. She was about to be a single mother to three children, so yeah she definitely needed the money.

Trent had given her a spare key, so she could let herself in without having to knock the door. This was just in case either of the girls were still sleeping, but it was rarely the case. She had a feeling today would be no different, as she opened the door, and closed it. "Hi Trent, it's only me." She called out, not too loudly, but loud enough for him to hear, and hopefully not loud enough to waken up the girls if they were indeed still sleeping.

"How are you this morning?" She asked in a bright voice, and then after he had replied, she asked her next question. "I was wondering, since it's a really nice day, would it be alright if I took the girls for a walk in their buggy to the park?" Niki had enjoyed the sun on her face as she had made her way to Trent's house, and she was really looking forward to spending some time at the park with the girls feeding the ducks.

[trent]

Trent was running late for his next gig. He stepped out of the shower putting on a towel before he walked into the living room smiling seeing Niki. “Hey Niki. I’m good just late. How are you?” He didn’t feel awkward being in just a towel around Niki. He wasn’t sure why but the two formed a close bond in the month they had known each other. Trent very much knew why he felt comfortable around her. He had started to have feelings for his daughters’ babysitter.

If that wasn’t the worst of it all, Trent had feelings for a women who was pregnant. Sure that wasn’t a huge no-no in the real world it just felt weird to him but he looked at Niki as just a women and not someone who was pregnant. When she asked about taking the girls out he smiled. “Oh of course. I know the girls would enjoy that.” He walked into their room coming back out with the girls who were already dressed. “The girls seem excited to be going.” He gives her a playful smirk.

[niki]

After Niki had called out, she soon saw Trent walk into the living room with a towel around his waist. Not that it bothered her at all, in fact she felt extremely comfortable around Trent and his girls. She had really bonded with Brooke and Peyton, they were the most adorable little girls and their father Trent, well he wasn't so bad either. In fact, he was pretty damned handsome and she thought she might be harbouring feelings for him. But she wasn't going to act on them. For one, he had two young children and probably wouldn't have the time for Niki, two, he had two young children and wouldn't want to be involved with a woman with soon to be three kids of her own.

Then there was the whole Brennan thing. As far as Niki was concerned he was no longer in her life. He had done a disappearing act not long after they went for the first scan of the twins. She remembered him being a bit strange the whole time they had been there, but she had put it down to first time father nerves. Funny though, that now, he wasn't around, he had never come back home.

Niki had gone to a lawyer and explained the situation, and because they hadn't been married for six months or more, she was able to get the marriage annulled under the extreme circumstances she had found herself in. So, she was technically no longer married and in many ways it was a relief to Niki. She felt like she could properly move on with her life again.

"I'm just fine Trent, thanks. Good to be back here seeing you and the little ones again." Niki replied, finally coming away from her thoughts and answering Trent. The words 'running late' swimming around in her head. "You should get ready, and stop me from holding you back." She said, as she realised she had held him back already by taking too long to answer his greeting. She hated having a head full of thoughts.

After Niki had asked if she could take the girls out today, he smiled saying they would love that. "Awesome, I've got bread crumbs with me at the ready." She said with a grin, as she watched him go into their bedroom and a few seconds later he was there with both of them. He said they were both excited about it, although Niki didn't really need him to say that, she could see it for herself.

"Yeah, I can see that." She said, and then bent down as much as she could anyway to their level. "We're going to have so much fun today, aren't we?" She asked, and she smiled as they both giggled at her. They were awesome girls and again Niki was glad to have them in her life.

{Sorry it's big, but I got carried away with her thoughts lol}

[trent]

“Aw you can never hold me back Niki.” Trent stated as he sat the girls down in the pay pen when he arrived back into the room with them. He wasn’t sure if that was his way of flirting with her but still he couldn’t help but give her a warm smile before he went into his room leaving the door open. “I went there will always be bad guys out there for me to catch.”

As he started to get dressed he couldn’t help but smile even more when he thought of Niki out there watching his girls. It was all so strange to him but at the same time he was ready to get back into a relationship but he wasn’t so sure that Niki would even be thinking about that right now. “Sounds good. Ducks love bread.” He comes out pulling his shirt over his head as he grabbed his duffle bag with his weapons as he kissed the girls as he went over to Niki about to kiss her. He played it off as he handed Brooke off to her. “I gotta go.” He walked to the door looking back at Niki unsure of what he was about to do as he walked out the door.

(OOC: Niki can stop Trent or you can have Bently come into play doesn’t matter to me.)

[niki]

When Trent said she could never hold him back, she gave him a bright smile. It was good to hear him say that, even if she did have a feeling she had been doing just that with her head full of thoughts seconds before. "Well, that's nice to know Trent, thanks." She replied, before watching him leave to go into his room leaving the door opened and still talking to her.

"Unfortunately, that's very true, there's always bad people around, no matter where you look." Niki replied back to Trent through the open door. He then came back into the living room saying that it sounded good, and how ducks love bread. "Yeah, pity you can't come with us, eh?" She replied and smiled at him, as he grabbed his bag and got ready to leave her with Brooke and Peyton.

After he kissed the girls, he made to come over to Niki and for a split second she could have sworn he was going to kiss her. Not that she would have minded, but instead he handed her Brooke, whom she hugged to her chest. As Trent looked back at her, she couldn't stop herself. She walked toward him, put her hand on his arm and said, "Be safe Trent." And then she kissed him on the cheek, allowing him to get on with his job.

{okay, up to you if you feel Trent wants to respond to that - if he does, great, if not, then I'll modify the post some more and have Niki take the girls out and then Mel can post with Bently}

[trent]

“I guess that helps that I will always have a job.” He chuckles as he made his way back into the room. Niki wanted him to come with them. That was a sweet thought, knowing he would enjoy being with the girls and their babysitter. “I wish I could come as well but like I say bad people are still out there.” He watched as Niki walked over his way, grabbing his arm, he had no idea what was happening till the women kissed his cheek. It was warm and made him feel great. “I’ll do my best.” He winked at her before he walked out the door. Today was going to be a hard day at work while he would be thinking about Niki the whole time.

(OOC: the thread can move on and get awesomer)

[niki]

{ooc - alright Bambi and it sure will be awesomer lol}

Niki had to laugh lightly when Trent said that it was good there was always bad people around, it kept him in a job. She had to agree that it was true. The more bad people out there, the more Trent had to do, but with the growing feelings she was having for him, she somehow wished that wasn't the case. She would sooner have him doing a much safer job, but also knew it wasn't really any of her business what job he done. The main thing was, she would be here to help look after Brooke and Peyton whenever he needed her to.

"I guess you're right there Trent." She replied, finally acknowledging what he said about it keeping him in his job. When Trent had said he wished he could come as well, but that bad people were still out there, Niki just nodded her head. "Yeah, I know. Still, would have been nice." She replied, but soon enough he was ready and heading out of the door. They would do it another time, of that she was sure. Of course she had then chosen that moment to kiss him on the cheek telling him to be safe. She wasn't sure how he would have responded to that, but he said, he would do his best and winked at her. Oh boy, did that trip her heart, she gave him a beaming smile then.

Then they were left alone. It was such a good day that Niki thought it might be good if they went for lunch to the park, so that meant she would have to start getting things ready now. Putting both girls into their playpen, Niki smiled at them both. "I'll be back in a few minutes." They just gave her a smile as they began to play with their toys. Niki then quickly went into the kitchen, made up some formula for them, and some baby rusks, she then made some sandwiches for herself, took out some juice and some baby desserts which she knew could be eaten cold and then packed everything into a cool bag.

She then lifted both the girls out, put them into their buggy, and packed some nappies into the baby travel bag and off she went. "Here we go girls, for a lovely day at the park." She said, as she turned locked the door, and was soon on her way to the park. The park wasn't so very far away, so they would get there within a few minutes, and then they would have fun. Niki even had her camera in her bag, so she was going to take photos of both Brooke and Peyton throwing the bread to the ducks. It would be so sweet.

[bently]

Bently Finch decided that he needed to find some trouble today. He felt it in his bones. Just thinking that he hadn't caused any mayhem for sometime scared him. Bently was your guy if you wanted to really rattle someones bones. He had heard of others who thought they were bad, but compare to him, they were cats, trying to be lions. You would never want to come across Bently. Not many people were able to tell the tail of their near escape from him. Normally they ended up dead.

Bently decided to arm himself with a few implements, having them there in his coat, just in case they were to come in handing. There was no need for a bag to carry the stuff. He really only had a couple of knifes, a small gun, and a couple of other implements which were good to use when torchuring people. That was his skill, along with many others. Bently never needed anyone to do his dirty work, he did it himself.

Once everything was in place, he grabbed his sunglasses, and headed out the door, locking it behind him. You don't know who might want to break in these days, but he was always careful, knowing not to ever be followed back here. This was his sanctuary, his place to rest up until the next big gig. Though he didn't have any at this point in time, so was going out to find it for himself.

He didn't necessarily indeed to head to the park that moring, but it felt like the destination to go to today. Bently began to walk along the foot path, heading in that direction. Though sooner as he started, Bently spotted a blonde woman walking, pushing a buggy. In the buggy sat two children, one slightly older than the other, by the looks of it in the distance. The buggy was packed, and it looks like that they were going to the other park in the other direction. Mmm, Bently thought, maybe I should go in the other direction.

No, Bently instead quickly ducked into the nearest house's yard. Pretending to walk up their stairs, he saw the woman and the buggy go by. This then led to Bently going back to the path, and this time following the woman. Up head there was an alley way, in between two shops. Perfect. Bently walked a bit faster, soon catching up, and when the alley way came into view, he began is attack.

Touching the woman on the shoulder, Bently smiled wickedly at her. "I am sorry miss, but you have to come with me." He then grabbed her arm, and dragged her and the children into the alley. The area around them was clear, so if she screamed, no one would hear her.

[niki]

It was such a lovely day, and Niki was happy with her idea to take the children to the park. As she walked along the road in the general direction of the park, she began to sang some nursery songs to Brooke and Peyton, just to pass the time, and every so often they would giggle, which made Niki smile down at them. She really had bonded with the girls, and thankfully and luckily they had bonded with Niki as well, which made looking after them so easy.

As she was singing the nursery songs, her mind would drift to Trent every so often. He really was a very handsome man, and he always seemed so nice to Niki. She wasn't sure of her feelings for him, because it had only just been over a month, or just under a month since she started sitting for his kids, but she knew she was feeling something for him. However, she was a little scared to act on these feelings or let them show, because of what happened with her and Brennan, that had been a total disaster. She now realised, she had been blind to him, because of the way he had felt about her. Plus she was certain, she was still in love with D.L. at the time, so she had entered the relationship wrongly with Brennan.

But she wouldn't make that mistake with Trent. She wasn't going to wear her heart on her sleeve like that, besides, that picture of D.L. falling from the wall, when she had taken it as a sign to move on, she actually began to wonder if it was his way of telling her to stay away from Brennan. She seriously wished she had stayed away from him now.

She was so lost in her thoughts, she didn't hear the person behind her, but then, she was in a street, where lots of people walked up it, so she wasn't expecting anybody to grab a hold of her. But that's exactly what happened, and because she was grabbed from behind, she wasn't prepared obviously and she got a terrible fright. Her heart was pounding in her chest, and what was worrying her the most, wasn't for the safety of herself, it was for Brooke and Peyton, because they were just babies. She could more than take care of herself, but could her own unborn children?

She was being dragged into an alley. She immediately twisted the guy's arm around, with her strength, "I don't have to go anywhere with you. And you are not taking me with these children, they aren't even mine." She said in a panic, however, just at that point, she took a massive pain in her abdomen, and fear came across her, was she about to go into labour? Surely not, she had over a month to go yet. Of course, with being doubled up in pain, she couldn't concentrate on her ability enough and of course she had let go of the guy's arm.

[bently]

When the woman twisted Bently arm around, he grunted in pain, but soon realised that she had an ability, and it would have to be one of strength. Then he began to laugh out loud as she began to back chat to him. "I don't care, you are..." His sentence hung in the air as he saw her bend over. The look on her face, made Bently think that he was really making her scared. But then he soon realised that maybe she was in fact having contractions. "Oh, look. I might have more leverage yet on you. You just might have something that I can use."

Bently grabbed a hold of her arm, dragging her and the buggy along. He then saw a door on the side of one of the shops. He let go of the buggy, and rattled the handle, which moved a lot, and then the door opened. Bently pushed Niki inside, though not enough to let her fall, as he didn't want her unborn children to be harmed, just yet. He then pushed the bugging inside the shop forcefully, letting it roll a few metres, before it slowed down. Bently then closed the door, and locked it from the inside. Now, what to do?

He slowly walked to where the woman ended up. He wondered, before he started, whether he should introduce himself. Bently looked at her, and smiled sweetly at her, like he was going to be a nice villain. "I am so sorry, I have been so rude. I haven't introduced myself. The name is Finch, Bently Finch. And I will be your kidnapper today." He extended his hand out, wondering what the woma would do with it. Maybe twist it off his arm? More than likely. But in her current state, he doubted it.

[niki]

Niki was very worried for the two girls, she really hoped this guy would just give up and change his mind, however, she soon realised that wasn't going to happen. When she spoke back to him, he was about to speak, but then she doubled over in pain and so he trailed off. She had so wanted to fight him off, for the benefit of Brooke and Peyton, but the pain was too severe, and it was all she could concentrate on. As he began to talk again, Niki looked up at him and gave him a look of twisted anger. "I don't know what you are talking about, but you leave those children alone, do you hear? They're only babies." Niki snapped, but then another massive pain took hold of her again.

This wasn't right, she was only just over seven months pregnant, although she had heard, that premature babies at seven months had a better survival chance than those born at eight months. Still, it didn't do anything to make her feel any better about the situation. The next thing she knew, she was being dragged along the road by him, and he was pushing the buggy with him. Great, she thought. I told Trent the kids would always be safe in my care, and now look what's happened.

As Niki was pushed into a shop, and the buggy went rolling in on its own after he had pushed it, both girls began to cry, as they were very upset and scared. "Look, you're scaring them, leave us alone, you don't need them." Niki said in a strong voice. She immediately went over to them both and bent down to try and soothe them, playing with their hair, and after a few moments, as if under Niki's spell, they began to stop crying.

Niki looked at him dumbfounded as he then introduced himself, what villain does that? It was almost as if he was trying to be very nice, showing off amazingly good manners or something. Niki shook her head. "I'm actually not interested in who you are. Although it's good to have a name for when I report you for what you've done." Niki screamed at him, and that's when her waters broke.

"Damn it." She shouted, as the pain became to severe, and she began to slide down onto the floor, holding her stomach, and then another massive pain took over which almost made her pass out. Labour wasn't as excessive as this with Micah, and the only thing Niki could think of was that the twins were in distress, which was hardly surprising given what had just been happening. She began to think she should call Trent's mobile and leave the line open and hope he'd figure out they were in trouble, but then she thought it might be a bit too soon for that. With a bit of luck she'd get a burst of strength and be able to kick this Bently into touch.

[bently]

Bently watched the woman try and calm the children in the buggy. He didn't care if they did in fact keep crying and carrying on, more noice the merrier in Bently's book. That was always part of the fun for him when torchuring humans. The more they squealed like pigs, the more Bently kept going. But unfortunately the woman was able to calm them down. All Bently could do was roll his eyes, and reach inside his jacket for an implement.

When Bently introduced himself, and the woman screamed a reply at him, he laughed. And he laughed. He thought the look she was giving was funny, and then he witnessed her waters break. This made Bently clap. "Very good. I had hoped that would happen. And now my plan will work." Bently watched as the woman slid down onto the floor, holding her stomach. "Well, I don't think that you will be talking to anyone about me at the moment. How can you do that while you are in labour? Interesting predicament you are in now."

As the woman sat there, holding herself, Bently slowly walked, with his hands behind his back, over to the children in the buggy. He was soon face to face with both of them, and smiled sweetly at them. "Aww, are they cute. But unfortunately, they won't be around long enought to get any cuter." He then stood up, and eyed off the woman. "So. What are you having? One child or two?" Bently wondered if they were in fact twins who were on the way, more for this woman to consider. Though only time would tell.

[niki]

Niki was getting angry at this guy, especially when he just stood there and laughed at her. If it weren't for the fact she was so worried about going into labour, what with the pains she was having, she'd have torn him into pieces with her strength. However, she had to think of her unborn children first. Then her waters broke, which seemed to please the guy all the more. "Whatever plan you're thinking of, you wont get away with it." Niki said in a strong voice, even if she wasn't exactly shouting. She was in too much pain to shout.

She might not be in much of a position to talk, but she knew what she could do and she would do it, when she felt the time was right for it. Sadly, she didn't think she would be getting any energy to kick him into touch soon. She was beginning to fear for her safety, especially when he mocked saying she was in an interesting predicament now. "Well, I might just surprise you." She spat in an angry voice.

She then watched as he made his way over to the girls in the double buggy. No matter how much pain she was in she would not let him anywhere near them. "You leave them alone, do you hear me." She snapped, then he began to talk to them, saying how they were cute and how it was unfortunate they wouldn't get any cuter. Niki scrambled to her feet then, and moved to sit down in front of the buggy, just as the girls began to cry again.

"You don't get to talk to them, and you don't get to touch them, do you hear." She shouted again, wanting to calm the girls down, but being too worried about what he was going to do to take her attention away from him long enough. Then he asked her how many babies she was having. "Not that it's any of your business, but two." She answered him, thinking it be best to answer him and not to ignore him.

Her pains were getting worse and the contractions were not that far apart. She hadn't went through labour as quickly as this with Micah, but then that was a good few fourteen years ago. She didn't want to give birth, here and now, not like this. Not without being in hospital, and she suddenly realised how much she would have wanted Trent to be by her side. Sadly it wasn't going to happen like that. She started breathing in and out deeply, to help ease the pains of the contractions.

[bently]

Bently just smiled and shook his head as the woman kept speaking to him, in a very angry tone. He kept waiting for an outburst from her, but that never came. It might have been to do with the condition she was in right now. Though for Bently, that was probably a bonus, as he knew that if she wasn't pregnant, and not in labour, she would probably try and stop him from what he was going to do with them.

Bently ignored what she was saying, as he moved towards the children in the buggy. After the woman moved over to the buggy to try and soothe the children in the buggy, he rotated the scalpel in his fingers, behind his back. Then as she answered his question, Bently smiled. He then looked at her sternly, and came down to her, eye level. With the scalpel, he placed it under her chin, but with hardly any force. "Well, that was the answer I was hoping for." Bently then removed the implement from under her chin, and then got up.

He then witnessed more of the woman in pain. He had heard about all the birthing stuff, but never saw it first hand, and it was kind of interesting to him. Bently saw her begin to breath a bit more deeply, and wonder if the time was coming for them to be born. He had no experience in dealing with this situation, but knew that he didn't want any part of it, just the part where his plan will then be starting.

Bently walked away, with his back to her, but for only a few seconds. He could still hear her breathing, and knew that this was more or less what would be happening for the next few minutes or more. He could wait, that was for sure. Bently liked to finish what he started. He then turned around, and placed the implement back inside his jacket. "You just tell me when you have delivered your little bundles, and then I will tell you what I will do, okay?"

[niki]

When Niki saw the scalpel in Bently's hand, she began to really panic. She may have super strength, but she wasn't invincible. She could get hurt, and one quick movement with that thing, could have Niki's life ended in minutes. After she had answered his question about how many babies she was having he said that was the answer he had hoped for.

"What difference does it make to you, whether I have one or two babies?" Her voice was shaking, she wasn't sure she wanted to know the answer to that question, but at the same time, she really couldn't help but ask it. The pains were also getting more severe, and she had a very strange feeling her labour wasn't going to last as long as she would have liked.

He was now turning away from her, and she wondered if she could get up and make a quick exit out of the place, but she really didn't think she'd be able to make it, and she had to think of Brooke and Peyton's safety. If she collapsed then she wouldn't be able to protect them. He then turned to face her again and told her to tell him when her little bundles were born and then he would tell her what he was going to do. She was now very worried for her all of their safety.

Niki could only nod her head, slowly, because the pain was too severe now to actually say anything. She would have told him to take a hike, but she had to think of Brooke and Peyton. Her pains were getting more severe now, and she realised nothing was going to stop her twins from being delivered there and then. It was all happening too fast. It really shouldn't be happening this fast, and not here, not like this, not now.

Half an hour passed roughly of heavy breathing from Niki, of course having no midwife at hand to tell you when you could start pushing, Niki was using her own initiative and pushing every five minutes. Suddenly the next sounds to be heard were the cries of a newborn baby. She wouldn't even have to tell him they were born, and a few minutes later, the second baby was born. Niki could only look at them on the ground helplessly. Unable to do anything, unable to move as their chords will still attached to Niki's placenta.