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Because his house was useful for going places and it seemed like a good meeting point, Alexander asked Orion and Mel to meet him there, so that they could discuss Orion's obsession with Eric. He had told Orion that he wanted to show him something, but didn't elaborate on what. Mel, of course, knew what was going on already as she had helped plan it.

He stood leaning against the back of the couch, idly petting Rosie who hung around his neck like a scarf, waiting for the others to arrive.

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"To the future. And I was very careful with this, so it's your future, not some alternate's that we're going to be looking at."

Orion crosses his arms and shrugs. "Okay."

She sighs, and looks at Alec. "Let's go."

They disappear once again, and this time reappear in a very large and comfortable looking room. It even had a very nice sound system. It was well lit with windows. And there was an Eric there. "Orion, Eric. Eric Orion."

Eric was sitting on the couch, eyes closed. They popped open when he heard someone and he started to stand, stopping half way and sitting back down. His body was tensed the minute he realized he wasn't alone, almost vibrating with...something. Nervousness, fear, trepidation. "And friends. Hi." His face and eyes were blank.

Mel looks around the room. It was nice enough, but still a prison. She saw how scared the boy was. "Hello," she says softly.

Orion looks around the room, eyes pausing on Eric with a strange look in his eyes. "Alec, what the fuck is this?"

His voice is unusually harsh.

"Ask him," He says with a head gesture to Eric. "He lives here, after all."

Eric shrugs, any confusion or uncertainty showing in the cautious darting of his glances, from Orion to Alec, from Orion to Mel, back to Orion. "What's going on?" Even his tone is blank, void of emotion.

"It's a long story," she says simply. She's going to let Orion and him talk.

"Eric, what happened?" Two can play at the emotionless game.

"Nothing since you left." It seems he can't keep his gaze on Orion for too long; he'll glance at the angel for a few moments and then at something else in the room. He always goes back to Orion. "Is something wrong...Love?" The 'love' is added almost as an afterthought, any affection with the word sounding a little forced.

"Yeah... what're you doing here? What's going on?" There's bewilderment and anger there, barely concealed.

Mel may or may not intervine if Orion lashes out at Eric. She simply stands and watches.

An attempt to hide a flinch and he stiffens, stopping himself from moving backwards. "I...live here. You set this up for me so I'd be...happy." He says that last with a twinge of bitterness. "I'm grateful," he hastens to add. "It's very. Comfortable."

"Happy? What about Mary? And everything? Why did I think this would make you happy, what the fuck is this?"

He turns to glare at Mel and Alec. "This is a fucking setup, isn't it?"

"No. No, as much as I hate to say it, it is not."

She turns to look at Orion. "Congratulations. You got your Eric. He'll never leave you now. He's 'safe' from all harm. Have you made him immortal yet?"

She's a bit bitter sounding.

"This is your third... fourth Eric. After the others have died. It is not a set up. It is not a lie. I have never lied to you," Alexander says, speaking for the first time.

Orion looks from the two personifications to Eric and back. "I wouldn't. I don't believe you and I don't believe this. Fuck you."

His voice is deadly calm.

"You wouldn't? Are you sure? This Eric seems to believe it, and seems to live it every day."

She's trying to help, Eric, really.

"You saw your other self, the one with the younger me. The one with the collar sewn into his skin and the scars on his arm. Your name on his arm. You did that to him. You have that capability. I've seen it. I'm showing it to you. This is what you will do to keep your Eric," Alexander says hotly.

"No. You're wrong. You're fucking lying and you're wrong. I'm going now. Fuck you. Leave me alone."

He does a half-turn on his heel and disappears.

And Alexander follows him. There's no where he can go where Alexander can't follow.

"Orion... wait."

"Go. AWAY. I mean it, you piece of shit. Leave me out of your petty need to make everything better. I don't care if I'm broken."

He shudders a little. "Just go away."

"You're not broken, Orion. You're not," he says, staying a few feet away from him. "And there is life without Eric for you. Children even."