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Gordon groans as he sits down for a quick rest, he just needs some time alone so he’s in a different room to the others. He takes off his glasses and rubs the temples on his forehead in slight frustration, Tommy has been shooting wildly all day, Dr.Coomer has been running into barnacles whenever he gets the chance, Bubby has been extra loud and Benrey has been annoying Gordon all day. He hears a sound and quickly puts his glasses on, he looks around the room, he can hear the others in a different room but something is in here, he stands and looks around before spotting a head crab with a cool colouration and blue speckles on its back, “shit” Gordon says in a panic as he struggles to get his gun or crowbar out but when he does he notices that the head crab seems to be passive, Gordon knows he should kill it but he decides to get closer. He kneels down near it and holds his hand near it, ‘perhaps it doesn’t know anyone is here?’ He thinks as the head crab just seems to gently place a foot on his hand and feel his hand before making a somewhat calm sound and getting close up to him and seemingly laying down next to him. Gordon just blinks in confusion before risking petting the oddly behaving alien.
Gordon got up soon as he heard the rest of them getting annoyed about him taking so long, he had gently got up as to not startle the alien and left the room and met up with the group, “sorry for taking so long, I really needed to have some quiet time” Gordon spoke apologetically, “hello Gordon! It’s fine we all needed a break anyways!” Dr.Coomer spoke cheerfully, “I didn’t, I want to go home” Bubby spoke upset with Gordon. Gordon sighs a bit, “mister Freeman, there’s a- a head crab next to you” Tommy spoke pointing down to Gordon’s feet, Gordon looks and sure enough the head crab he had been sitting next to had followed him out and it idly poking at Gordon’s feet with its little feet, Gordon blinks, “it seems friendly Gordon, we should give it a name!” Dr.Coomer spoke as he went to pick up the head crab, the head crab jumped back a bit hiding behind Gordon, like it was a shy toddler, “I think we should call- maybe call it Freeman jr!” Tommy spoke, “why are we naming an alien? It’s probably waiting for us to fall asleep-“ “yo, a little baby man” Benrey cut Bubby off with an unintentional shoulder check, “how old is the little Freeman?” Benrey asked deadpan while trying to reach for the head crab only for it to hide even more behind Gordon. Gordon just blinks before he realised it had started climbing him and is now on his shoulder, “uh…I think it’s shy? And I don’t know how old it is” Gordon spoke as he picked the head crab off of his shoulder and held it, it seemed content being held by him. “Oh! It’s like a pup- puppy! Or maybe a baby!” Tommy spoke happily as he came closer to Gordon and the odd head crab.
‘Looks like I’m stuck with either a puppy or baby like head crab’ is all Gordon thought as everyone, even Benrey, crowd around him to look at the odd head crab.
They have been walking for a few hours now, Gordon is still holding the head crab as it seems to have fallen asleep in his arms. Benrey is walking to close for Gordon’s comfort, looking at the head crab every now and then before looking at Gordon and then smiling ever so slightly, so slightly that Gordon only noticed the small slight smile after the 20th time he caught Benrey staring at Jr, “little Freeman needs food soon” Benrey voice cuts through the voices of the others who turn and look at Gordon and Benrey, “a break room is just up ahead!” Dr.Coomer spoke excitedly as he bhops down the hall, “I hope it has soda!” Tommy exclaimed as he follows Dr.Coomer, “let’s go!” Bubby spoke enthusiastically as he chases after Tommy, leaving Gordon with Benrey who shrugs.
“Little Freeman won’t eat that shit…I’ll go find food” Benrey spoke before walking ahead and turning a corner, when Gordon looked down the hall that Benrey turned down, he wasn’t there, Gordon shivers a bit as he goes to the break room the others went to.
Benrey noclips through the rooms, trying to find the perfect meal for the little Freeman, “man Gordo is kinda hot as a dad…like huge dilf vibes man” Benrey spoke outloud to himself before spotting what he was looking for, a living human. He shoots them and begins harvesting the best organs for the growing little guy. Once satisfied with his harvest he decides to eat a bit too.
Gordon groans as he sits down, his feet are hurting especially his left foot, he’s been having issues with it since he was 20 and he has no clue why, he just sighs as he sits down, the head crab he holds is gently poking at his HEV suit with its little feet. Tommy comes over with two sodas and a few snacks from the vending machines in the room, “look! Some soda for you and Jr, mister Freeman” Tommy spoke happily before sitting down in front of Gordon and handing over the soda and snacks to Gordon. Gordon opens a can of soda for himself first and starts chugging it because he’s extremely thirsty before opening the other can to see if Jr wants it, Jr seems to inspect the soda by poking the can with its little feet before seemingly trying it by poking its foot in and bringing it to its mouth on its stomach and then trying to put the can into its mouth. Gordon is about to stop them from doing so but is stopped by the sound of it crunching down on the can and somehow flipping over on its back to chug the soda, Gordon just stares before Tommy speaks up, “wow! They must’ve been very thirsty, mister Freeman”, “a growing baby needs so much fluid in their body Gordon, for 10 play coins I can tell you more on how to raise babies” Dr.Coomer spoke from the vending machine as he crushes a can on his head, Gordon just stares in confusion at the scientist before shaking his head “I know how to raise a baby Dr.Coomer, have a 6 year old son, remember?” Gordon spoke, “your sons are beautiful” is all Dr.Coomer responded.
Gordon doesn’t see Benrey till they are settled down for the night. Gordon is sitting upright, trying to fall asleep, holding the head crab close to him, usually he is a heavy sleeper but he keeps waking up at the smallest sounds, perhaps his brain is being tricked into thinking he needs to be alert because of Jr. He hears footsteps walking towards where he tries to sleep, holding Jr, he opens his eyes a little when the foot steps stop and almost jumps out of his skin at seeing Benrey’s face just inches away from from his own, “I got food for lil Freeman” Benrey spoke before trying to get the sleepy head crab out of Gordon’s arms, Gordon panics and quickly shields Jr from Benrey, “no, you can’t hold Jr, Benrey, what if you try to kill them” Gordon whisper shouts at him, “yo, I won’t eat our young Gordon, that’s kinda cringe, top 10 cringiest moments” Benrey spoke deadpan, what he said baffled Gordon so much that he didn’t realise when Benrey sat down next to him and took Jr from his arms. It’s too dark for Gordon to really see what Benrey is feeding Jr but the sleepy head crab seemed to wake right up as soon as Benrey held the food in front of their mouth, Gordon’s hand twitches, he doesn’t know why he’s gotten a paternal instinct for the head crab and he’s slightly distressed about not holding them.
Benrey fed the little Freeman all the organs he got for them, he notices out of the corner of his eyes that Gordon seems distressed about not holding their young, just means he can’t have some time holding their young which is unfair, Gordon got to hold them all day and now he gets to hold them all night too? Benrey stews on this while feeding the little Freeman before coming up with an idea, he could probably hold them both after Gordon goes to sleep, he tries to hide his excitement of this idea.
Gordon sighs in relief as Benrey handed Jr back to him, he holds the head crab carefully as it goes back to sleep, he hears Benrey let out a melodic voice, he looks at Benrey just has some blue sweet voice his face, “calm down” is what he heard after the stream of blue finished, Gordon just blinks in confusion as he tries to wipe the blue off of his face. “Man I don’t want your balls, just let me sleep and don’t try taking Jr” Gordon spoke as he laid down on the floor, he has to admit the blue did calm him and make him sleepy. He yawns as he closes his eyes and holds Jr close to him as it makes a content sound.
Benrey waits a bit before carefully laying down in front of Gordon and carefully then wrapping his arms around him, he lets out some pink and blue sweet voice by accident but it doesn’t wake Gordon. Benrey watches Gordon and the head crab as they sleep, he doesn’t usually sleep but he closes his eyes, content to know he has Gordon and their young in his arms.
Gordon starts to wake up, he feels like he’s not on the ground, he opens his eyes to see he has the still drowsy Jr in his arms but to see Benrey is carrying him bridal style, “yo, he’s awake” Benrey spoke with a mischievous smile but no mischievous tone to his voice, “finally! I was starting to think he was dead” Bubby spoke nearby, “hello Gordon! We are currently balancing on a metal beam that is over a massive pit, Benrey insisted he carry you and your baby boy” Dr.Coomer spoke cheerfully, Gordon blinks before looking over where he heard their voices and they indeed are balancing on a metal beam that’s over a massive pit, Tommy had already made it across somehow. “Kinda cringe that you slept in but best friend Benrey is here to help” Benrey spoke as he continues effortlessly balancing while walking across the beam, Gordon holds Jr close to him as he shakes, he’s not usually scared of heights but he isn’t in control of his balance and he has Jr with him so he’s obviously scared that Benrey will just decide to drop him in the pit.
“Yo, Gordo Shakeman, you are shaking like a…what’s it called? …A chinchilla” Benrey spoke with a laugh “I think the phrase you are looking for Bibble is, shaking like a chihuahua” Dr.Coomer corrects Benrey before Gordon could, “chihuahuas are hellspawns” Bubby spoke with annoyance, “that’s not nice! My neighbour- my next door neighbour has a chihuahua who is really nice and they love playing with Sunkist!” Tommy spoke seemingly very upset about Bubby’s comment.
Once they finally crossed over the pit, Benrey had finally let Gordon down to walk, Benrey pretended to not notice a faint crack sound and hiss of pain from Gordon as he stood up, keeping as much weight as he can off of his left foot. Did Gordon break his foot? Why is he so sensitive with that foot? He noticed it yesterday too. As they continue walking Benrey tried to think of any fall that could’ve broken his foot and why is the HEV suit not fixing it.
“Yo, Feetman, your HEV suit is kinda useless” Benrey spoke from right behind him as they walked, “why do you say that?” Gordon asked with a confusion tone, “it’s not fixed your broken foot yet” Benrey spoke deadpanned “should like get a new one or take it off, let me carry you around till it fixes, Gordon Weakman”, Gordon didn’t think anyone noticed, shit he doesn’t want Benrey to carry him again, he has to come up with an excuse, before he could, Tommy gasped, “your foot is broken mister Freeman!” Tommy rushes over to check the foot he isn’t putting much weight on, “the HEV suit should fix broken bones so this is concerning- hello Gordon!” Dr.Coomer spoke as he came closer, “I think we should let our dear friend Benrey carry you some more till we find a different HEV suit, till the foot heals itself or till it’s at least stable! It won’t do any good to just ignore it and walk around with a broken foot” Dr.Coomer spoke cheerfully. “Benrey better carry him soon, I want to go home and I am not going to wait for Gordon to catch up” Bubby spoke while tapping his foot impatiently, Gordon has no time to respond before Benrey picked him up and immediately started walking.
Benrey is trying so hard not to purr, he’s being a good best friend to Gordon, carrying him while injured, helping feed their young, Benrey is happy that he refused to help the military with their plan on ambushing Gordon when they asked.