A/N: This is a story I wrote on Mibba but never finished. There are some small things I've changed to the prologue, but it isn't that much. I might change my original storyline, so there might be changes for the rest of chapters. It may be different from my original draft. I added a few things here and there. The characters are going to be out of character since I'm rating this for T. There would be a bit of language and violence. And if I find it suitable, I will rate it M. But for now, it would be rated T. I hope you like it, and reviews would be appreciated. Disclaimer: I do not own Repo! The Genetic Opera. I do not own the original cast of Repo either. I own only the OCs and the story I am making.
Prologue
Tears had fallen from Shilo's eyes as she looked at the picture of her father and herself when she was only five. It had been four years that he died that fateful day at the Opera. GeneCo had left her alone when Amber Sweet took over. In those four years, she went through so much and had grown from such experience. The world out there, she found out, was more distorted than her shielded life. But even though she had some tough times, she also had hope in her life. Now, she was a woman taking care of orphans using the sheltered home she lived with her father as their home. She started helping out two years ago; though hard, she gave hope to those lost children. The children she picks up were usually in the streets, starving, thirsty, and near death. Sometimes, she could see herself in their eyes, and that was all she needed to save them. But of course, she wasn't alone in taking care of those five children she found. Once in a while, her two female friends would come by to help out.
It was on one fateful day that Graverobber came to visit. It was starting to get dark out by the time he rings the bell to her home. She looks out through the window and sees Graverobber outside. She looked hesitant but sighs as he rings the bell again. If he continued any further, he would have woken up the kids. She opened the door carefully and closed it behind her when she got outside. She stood in front of the gates but not yet opening it to Graverobber.
"Hey, kid! It's been a while," Graverobber said and then smiled at her, trying to seduce her. Obviously, Shilo wasn't affected at all.
"You need something, don't you?" She asked, straight to the point. Graverobber just shrugged innocently and started pointing at the gate that stood between them. Shilo sighed before opening the gate for him. He entered quickly and walked around her.
"What made you think that?" Graverobber asked as one of his arms were on her shoulder. She sighed as then a little girl suddenly tugged on Shilo's pants. Shilo was surprised to see the girl come out of the house without her knowing for a moment, but Shilo then smiled and kneeled beside the girl.
"What's wrong, Emma?" Shilo asked the little girl as the girl sniffed from crying.
"Tommy took my teddy bear again, and he won't give it back," she answered as Shilo wiped the girl's tears away with her thumb and nodded.
"All right. Let's get your bear back, okay?" Shilo told her sweetly as the little girl nodded with a smile. The girl ran quickly back inside the house.
"When did you have a kid, Kid?" Graverobber asked when he watched the scene. Shilo chuckled before she locked the gates and helped Graverobber inside the house. As they entered, she opened a room downstairs to show the five orphans that lived here.
"If it's not on the magazines then it's a good thing. I'm taking care of the orphaned children whose parents were killed by the Repo men," Shilo said brightly.
Shilo and Graverobber saw a little boy sticking his tongue out at Emma while holding the bear high over his head. Shilo walked towards the boy and gave him a stern look.
"Tommy, what did I tell you about stealing other children's toys," she asked as Tommy was shocked to see Shilo. His head lowered as he gave back the toy to Emma.
"Sorry, Emma," Tommy whispered as Shilo got to his eye-level.
"You are a good boy, Tom. Surely, I will find good parents that will take good care of you," Shilo told the boy as the boy shook his head and hugged Shilo.
"I want to stay with you, Shilo. You're already like a mom to me," Tommy said as all the children started to come towards Shilo and said the same thing that Tommy said.
Graverobber saw the whole scene and was rather surprised that Shilo was loved by those children. He was equally shocked that Shilo was willing to take care of all the children living here. He saw how Shilo had changed after the death of her father. And now, he felt quite bad to ask her if he could spend his nights here, and thought that there would be no space for him anyways.
After Shilo calmed all the children, she went back to Graverobber's side and guided him outside the room. She closed the door and looked over at him with full attention.
"What was it that you want again," Shilo asked as Graverobber shrugged his shoulders once more.
"Can't I just visit you," he asked as Shilo rolled her eyes.
"If you need a place to stay, just ask," Shilo told him as Graverobber was surprised at her reply.
"I didn't say I wanted to stay here," he told her. Shilo sighed and sat on the first step of the stairs.
"Graverobber, you live on the streets selling Zydrate. I'm sure you are getting tired of sleeping with rats," she told him. Graverobber was surprised at how grown-up Shilo sounded.
"Kid, I'm used to it. What made you think I want to stay here with little brats like them," Graverobber asked while pointing at the room the children were staying in. Shilo ran up the stairs suddenly.
Graverobber didn't know what to do now. Did he say something too far? Was she going to get something to hit him with? Obviously, he questions why anyone would be nice to a guy like him. Should he leave or stay? He took the first choice until a little girl, Emma, came towards him and tugged on his pants, which was about to come loose if she had tugged one more time. He looked down at her while trying to hold his pants up at the same time.
"What do you want kid?" He asked the girl. Emma smiled at him.
"Are you going to be our daddy," Emma asked innocently. This led to Graverobber being speechless for a moment.
"Daddy," he asked, hoping he didn't hear right. The girl nodded.
"You're married to Mommy, right? You're the only guy that enters here other than Trent," the girl told him. Graverobber shook his head immediately. He knew the 'Mommy' was Shilo, but what made her think he was going to be their 'Daddy'? And who the heck is Trent?
"Sorry, kid. I'm single and proud. Now go along with the other little kids," he told her as the girl frowned and walked back inside the room.
Shilo finally came down the stairs with a pillow and blanket and gave it to Graverobber.
"Here you go, Graverobber. You can have the other vacant room upstairs, and the kids won't be going upstairs unless they need something from me. Are you happy with those arrangements?" Shilo asked him as Graverobber was speechless again.
"Oh, um... I didn't say I was going to stay," Graverobber told her. Shilo just smiled.
"Of course not. It's just a place for you to sleep until you find a better home," she corrected him. "It's that much I can do for you since you did help me a lot on that fateful day."
"Kid, you aren't that ungrateful after all," he told her and messed with her (real) hair. "I'll think about it. If I come to your house tonight, it means I've decided to stay here for a bit." She smiled and nodded.
"See you tonight then, Graverobber," she told him before she entered the room where the children were.
"This place isn't that bad at all," Graverobber thought with a smile and then left to go back selling his Zydrate.