Raven and Gifteds random 1x1s

[Raven]

Ben grimaced and pulled out all the pieces of the picture, shut the drawer, and went back to the locked door he'd been trying to knock down. He kicked it right beneath the doorknob.

[Gifted]

The door flew open, but the drawer apparently was meant for the room behind the metal door, because this was just another fairly normal-looking bedroom. There was a Bed, a desk, a normal-looking closet, a small shelf of books, some exercise equipment and the only computer in the house. It was very messy, with bloody clothes all over the floor.

[Raven]

Ben grimaced and shut the door as well as it would now that it was broke. He went to the desk and started trying to reassemble the picture, hoping Olivia wouldn't come in here.

[Gifted]

It took half an hour, but Ben finally managed to reassemble it. There were three pieces missing,but none of them were faces so they weren't really needed.
It was of a wedding, and the timestamp was six years prior to the current date here. The bride and groom were Xander and Sharie, Sharie looking beautiful with her frizzy hair straightened, in a strapless flowing white wedding gown with light green and pink embroidered flowers growing on vines on the bottom half of the dress. Olivia was the maid of honour, standing directly beside beside Sharie in a floor length, V-necked dark green gown, still looking strong, happy and confident. She'd curled her hair for the occasion; it was up in a ponytail and fell over her shoulder. There were two other bridesmaids, Joan and Elose, who both wore lighter green, strapless silk dresses that came just above the knee. Joan still looked healthy and happy in this picture, only a scar or two on her arms showing the hell she was going through even at the point this picture was taken. Xander's best man was Alex, and he had three groomsmen; Adrian, Adam and Nicholas. They were standing in a green field under the bright blue sky, with a forest quite a ways away in the background.

[Raven]

Ben frowned, wondering why his other self had kept this picture, torn up or not. He swept it into the desk drawer. He wasn't sure whether it was worse or better to see them happy when most of them were now dead, and Olivia was the way she was. Some cruel part of his mind wondered how soon after that photo was taken Xander and Sharie died. What had he done to them?. It was even worse to see them happy like that knowing that Isobel would have been there, but she was a recluse. What would happen to her even if he killed his double? He couldn't stay here. He didn't know that she would even want him to. Ben had killed almost everyone she knew. He sat down and held his head on his hands. Would Olivia ever be returned to normal? And for that matter, what if Joan and Ben tried to kill him again? What if they succeeded? Ben would just kill Joan, and then go off doing whatever it was he did for fun. From the looks of it, that appeared to be torturing people.

[Gifted]

Olivia came upstairs a few minutes later and went rifling through the kitchen, looking for their client book. "Master?" She said as she looked. "Mrs. Johnson put in an order for red velvet cupcakes so I need to run her delivery over to her... if, that's okay?"

[Raven]

"Yes, be careful, the last thing we need is more trouble after Wenkeling saw you," Ben said.

[Gifted]

"Of course, Master." Olivia nodded and found the book she was looking for. She wrote something down and then turned to leave.

[Raven]

"Oh, and while you're out, pick something up for me. I'd like to have a look around without alerting everyone I'm there," Ben said. He didn't know if it was any use.

[Gifted]

Olivia nodded. "Yes Master. Of course. I won't be out long." Olivia smiled and left.

[Raven]

Ben started doing his work out to try to take his mind off everything, but it didn't really work very well. It was only so challenging at the start. He was glad Olivia was such a good healer, though.

[Gifted]

Olivia came back about half an hour later with a blonde wig, some fake facial hair, contacts and a button up shirt... which was ALSO two sizes too big because she was used to buying for the other Ben. "Will these work?"

[Raven]

Ben nodded. "Yes, thank you. I'll take them." He put it on his alternates bed, though he almost hated to do that, and continued with his one-handed pushups.

[Gifted]

Olivia smiled and went back downstairs to continue tending to the bakery.

[Raven]

An hour or so later, Ben came down with his disguise. It kind of surprised him that Olivia and Ben ran a bakery, but of course, he didn't comment. He hesitated, wondering if Ben usually let Olivia know he was leaving, or if he just left.