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[hostage]

[The video's shaky when Jesse starts transmitting. He's at the baseball diamond and it's the middle of winter and he's shivering, dressed for a New Mexico summer in a hoodie that's barely thicker than the t-shirt he's wearing underneath it.]

I'm here.

[He's saying that to the NV, but his attention is away from the camera, directed to the road.]

Where's a goddamn taxi...

[He stops walking for a second and raises the NV so he can talk to it properly.]

I'm here. I'm okay. How long's it been? What year is it?

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[hejhej]

Two thousand thirteen.

[oooh god she's not sure if she's gonna hug him or choke him out.]

[hostage]

[At that response, he lowers the NV momentarily so he can shut his eyes and take a deep breath and fight back tears without making a whole spectacle of it. No one can possibly understand how good it is to hear Lisbeth's voice right now. When he's gathered himself, he looks at the NV again.]

I'm on my way home. I just gotta get a ride. You're at home, right?

[hejhej]

Yes.

I can meet you.

[hostage]

[So she's okay, she's alive, home still exists - He presses his hand to his mouth for a second, nodding, and then:]

Yeah. Okay. Yeah. I'll wait here.

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[hejhej]

[Grabbing one of his jackets on the way out, she leaves the house on her motorbike. Call it an impulse buy to make herself feel better when he left. She breaks nearly every posted speed limit to make it to the baseball field, pulling up to the curb with a screeching halt that jerks her forward.

She kicks the stand out as she pulls off her helmet.]

[Video]

[treehopping]

Jesse! You came back.

[There's so much relief in her voice]

It's not been long. It's February 2nd.

[hostage]

Rue!

[Thank god. Thank god. He gives her a strained smile.]

So it's only been like a week, huh?

[treehopping]

Mmhm. [She looks at the camera after glancing down.] I missed you, I was worried you wouldn't come back... Are you okay?

[hostage]

Yeah, I'm good. I'm great. Are you? I mean, okay?

[manicpixiedreamgirl]

Oh my god.

[Cue Alice dropping her NV and freaking out.]

Jesse, are you okay?

[hostage]

[Allow him to quickly reassure:]

Yeah! Yeah, I'm fine! Nothing happened, I just - I got sent home, I guess.

[manicpixiedreamgirl]

Oh thank god.

[She sags in relief, releasing a breath she didn't know she was holding. Still getting used to that part of being human.]

When I heard you were gone I couldn't...I'm just glad you're home.

[hostage]

God, I'm sorry. I wish I could've... I would've at least said goodbye. I didn't wanna go.

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[the_dead_pool2]

Welcome back to Paradise city where the grass is green and the girls are pretty.

[hostage]

Good to be back.

[Fucked-up that he means it sincerely.]

[the_dead_pool2]

Well sure, you got a decent set up here.

[Place is better then Deadpool's usual life]

[hostage]

Yeah, I guess I do. Kinda forgot about that.

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[momchester]

[Oh my god she's so relieved she might just cry.]

You're back- you're okay.

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[hostage]

["Okay" is relative.]

Yeah.

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[momchester]

[She runs her hands through her hair, stressed.]

Uh- are you okay?

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[hostage]

I'm fine.

[...Not at all. He sounds worn and hollow.]

Sorry if I, um... Were you worried? I'm sorry.

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[reassures]

How long was it for you?

[hostage]

A few weeks. Um... A little more than a month, I guess.

[reassures]

Are you alright?

You don't look very good.

[hostage]

Yeah, it's just... the Pull thing. A little sick.