[center][h3][color=A2ADD3]Nikolaus[/color][/h3] [color=silver]
[color=A2ADD3][b]Time:[/b][/color] 4pm
[color=A2ADD3][b]Location:[/b][/color] OH Infirmary 
[color=A2ADD3][b]Interaction:[/b][/color] Nathanial Trotter & Angel briefly [/color]
[color=A2ADD3][b]Mention[/b][/color] [color=silver] [@princess] Angel & [@FunnyGuy] Sean [/color]
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[color=silver][color=lightblue]“Nikolaus, I expected better of you.“[/color]Trotter started disappointedly, shaking his head as he moved into the room hands folded behind his back. He continued after an exasperated sigh. [color=lightblue]“Going off on your own in the daytime? Paying a guard off? Really? I’ve had this issue with Angel and Remy, but from you? And now look at what it’s done to you. You could have died!”[/color] Once the man had started, he couldn’t be stopped. [color=lightblue]“You deliberately disobeyed me. Do you know how much importance your life is? I will have to revoke privileges from all of you! Oh and then apparently you ran into Drake and did not immediately report it to the HQ!” [/color] He stressfully sat down in a seat near the bed and put his face in his hands. After a pause, he mumbled the following question into his hands, separating his fingers to look at him, [color=lightblue]”Was it Angel or Remy who got you to do this?”[/color]

Nikolaus watched his father begin his rant and stoically stared ahead. Disappointment, huh? He’d expected him to be angrier, and the dissatisfaction began crawling in. Still, the man wasn’t done yet. Niko fought to remain impassive. The guilt burned at the edge of his mind which he too ignored. The thought of him being upset at him dying piqued his interest. He tilted his head to one side and raised an eyebrow. It was short-lived, however, as his ranting began forming into anger. Then Niko felt his blood begin to boil as he clenched his fists. His heart monitor began beeping loudly. How dare he bring Angel into this? He emitted a low growl and resisted the urge to bite his tongue, as the fangs would draw blood. He turned away and thought he saw movement outside indicating people eavesdropping. This only increased his annoyance. He listened to Trotter and fought to remain silent. His mind was racing with retorts. 

Niko turned to glower at him once he’d finished. With daggers in his eyes, Niko began his retort. [color=A2ADD3]”I had low expectations, but damn.”[/color] Niko glared him down and wished looks could kill. [color=A2ADD3]”You’re blaming this on Angel and Remy? The child you manipulated into this mess, and the other one you permanently screwed up? You’re blaming my actions on them?”[/color] He clenched his fists which began turning white. [color=A2ADD3]”Maybe if you weren’t so blinded by your war on the supernaturals, you would take the time to notice it was my own actions and no one else’s. When’s the last time I spoke to those two, huh? Oh, wait. Fucking never, because you won’t let me near them but especially Angel.”[/color] Niko let his words sink in as he pushed on with venom in his voice.  

[color=A2ADD3]”Maybe you should start seeing your assets as people instead of just your toys to use. I’m fucking sick of your training. Do you want to know a fun fact? I nearly broke my back the other day, and Emily told me to rest, but you pushed me to go on. What kind of a person does that to their son? Huh? You. Go screw yourself, Trotter.”[/color] He then picked up a bottle of water and almost whipped it at him. He sucked in a deep breath and drank some water. One finished, he set it down and glared venomously. He drank some water and awaited the waves of fury that would emit from this son of a bitch. 

Trotter did a double-take, blinking. He let Nikolaus finish his rant and gave him a cold stare. [color=lightblue]“This isn’t about those girls. I just did not expect this behavior from you and being that the two have a track record, I came to that conclusion.” [/color] He got up suddenly and stood over him. [color=lightblue]“Son, I did not raise you to react in pure emotion. You need to think critically here. Your feelings are not important right now. You ran into Alexander Drake. The creature is responsible for hundreds of deaths. Even the deaths of Angel’s family. Yet you are making this about you being upset because you don’t get to hang out enough with the girls and you had a hard training session? This is nonsense.”[/color]

He stood up suddenly and waved his hand as if to wave off the conversation. Nikolaus was going off on a tangent in his eyes and not giving him the answers he needed and the boy seemed unnecessarily fixated on Angel just as he had been in his youth. [color=lightblue]”Nevermind. Clearly you are covering for [i]her[/i]... Nikolaus, I need you to explain to me what happened with Alexander.”[/color] 

Nikolaus listened to him and felt his fury rise. The man's assumptions were wrong and he went to interject. However, the Colonel did not waste time and continued. He clenched his fists. The beeping of the monitor kept increasing, and it was likely his blood pressure rising. Dizziness was making the room spin, and he felt as if he couldn’t focus on Trotter. Unfortunately, it did not tune out his voice. He let go of his fists and felt his stomach churn. He fought his reaction and took deep breaths to slowly relax. Stress would only make his conditions worse. Sadly, there wasn’t any fixing it right now. The man had the nerve to pin it on Angel? Why was he surprised he wasn’t listening? Niko gritted his teeth and began to draw blood inside. He spat it out on the floor callously and turned back. He hated his fangs. The guilt was rising and he felt helpless and powerless as he had numerous times in the past. 

Once he’d finished, Nikolaus glared vehemently. [color=A2ADD3]”Blame Angel one more time,”[/color] He began low in a menacing tone, [color=A2ADD3]”and I will make sure that the trip to Alexei’s look like a fucking field trip.”[/color] He sat up and shook his head as he began laughing sourly. There wasn’t humor in his laugh or eyes. He sat up and coughed hard. Briefly, he remembered his ribs had been bruised the nurse had said. He ignored it. A bruised rib wasn't enough to hold him back. [color=A2ADD3]”Nothing happened with Drake. On the bright side, he was much nicer to me than you are, and he tried to have me unsuccessfully killed. If you wanted someone without emotions, you should have hired a robot.”[/color] He said nothing more and waved him off as he had done so previously. [color=A2ADD3]”I’m done talking to you."[/color] He swallowed hard as not to show emotion and laid back down. His monitor was beeping loudly, and he was trying to take deep breaths to control it. He glanced at his blood pressure; it was higher than normal. Niko growled and faced the other way to avoid looking at the Colonel. 

Trotter was silent as his eyes traveled to the heart monitor whilst listening to Nikolaus threaten him. He wasn’t sure how to get through to him and reach any understanding. The conversation was apparently stressing him out to an extreme and adding to his irrationality. To have his own son threaten him in such a way disturbed him and his own limit was getting pushed. His face reddened when Niko went as far as to compare him to Drake. Trotter had contained his composure this long, but Niko was to find out that his father was not a robot either. 

His countenance indicated that he was ready to smack Nikolaus across the face, but he didn’t move to. He was glaring him down as he fought against his rising anger and instead concentrated on trying to pinpoint what was lighting this fire in Nikolaus, his usually rule-abiding son. The problem was clear from Nikolaus’s fixation in the conversation and she conveniently walked right into the room as if the universe was answering his question. 

[color=B72B26]”Remy’s missing.”[/color]

Trotter stared as the young woman moved swiftly into the room and sat down on the edge of the bed, changing the topic and inviting herself in as if nothing else had been happening. 

Niko watched as the angel herself strode into the room. Shocked, he watched her stride in casually and then take a seat nearby him. His heart monitor which had been slowing down, was now picking up again. Damn it.  He began fidgeting with the cord until her words registered. Remy was missing? Oh God. He stared at her with wide eyes. [color=A2ADD3]”What?”[/color] His voice was filled with horror.[/color]