(Ward H, Infirmary, Site-19 - 9:05 AM)
Little Rodeo was sitting on a bed with Amelia wrapping a bandage around his right hand while Carlos, Evan and Green were just looking at the adorable scene.
"You didn't need to test your 4th bomb out, you know." Amelia said.
"Sorry, I just wanted to show it to you how it works."
"Still it wasn't necessary, Rodeo."
"I know."
For a moment, Amelia had finished wrapping the bandage around his right hand.
"Thank you. You're very nice :3"
Amelia smiles and pats him on the head, then she starts pulling his cheeks out of curiosity. As she did, Little Rodeo was finding it a little bit annoying.
"Yameru!"
"I am amused." Evan chuckles in the distance.
Carlos just chirped, finding it not amusing, but cute.
'Well, she seems to be enjoying herself,' Green thought as he watched Amelia continue to pull Rodeo's cheeks.
The door opens to reveal Collingwood and she saw Amelia smiling and pulling Rodeo's cheek, which surprised her actually because she's never seen her smile and be playful before.
"Dr. Buck?"
When Amelia hears her, she quickly lets go of little Rodeo's cheeks and looks at her.
"Oh ! Collingwood when did you get here?"
"Right now actually... What were you doing?"
"I was.... just uhhh observing Rodeo's adorable face."
Collingwood: Adorable?
"Coughs! I mean his childish face." She said, feeling embarrassed.
"Wow, the great Dr. Buck is smiling and playing with a child. What is this world coming to?" Collingwood sarcastically said.
"I'm just being friendly to him so that he doesn't see me as a bad person."
"Of course you are."
"I really mean it."
"Hello :3" Little Rodeo said, waving at Collingwood.
Collingwood then noticed his right hand had bandages on it and quickly approached him with a worried look.
"Rodeo, what happened to you?! How did you get hurt?"
"I was told to test my bombs."
"By who?"
Little Rodeo then looks at Evan which he was gesturing to him not to tell Collingwood. But Little Rodeo being a child he is tells the truth without a care.
"He told me to do it." He said, pointing to Evan.
Collingwood looks at the one Little Rodeo was pointing to and saw it was Evan.
"YOU!" Collingwood shouted, glaring at Evan angrily.
"Now. Now. Let's talk about this."
But Collingwood ignored him and started to approach him... menacingly.
"Oh shit biscuits! Za Warud-!"
Before he could finish his sentence, he was grabbed by Collingwood and was put in a choke hold by her.
"Guys... *choke*... help me!"
Green, Carlos and Amelia looked at each other for a moment before Green replies.
"No, I don't think we will."
Amelia and Carlos nod in agreement.
"Is this revenge for taking your embarrassing photos and beating you in arm wrestling?" Evan asked the three while being choke holded by Collingwood.
""Yes.""
Carlos nods.
"Motherfu-"
*Crack*
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(Timeskip, Brought to you by Chibi Rodeo and Chibi Miguel Both Holding Lightsabers and Facing Each Other Off in a Duel of Fates)
(Collingwood's Office, Site-19 - 9:28 AM)
In Collingwood's office, the woman herself was sitting on a chair and was looking at Little Rodeo playing with an SCP-999 plushie.
"So cute! :3" The little kitten said while snuggling the 999 plushie.
Collingwood chuckled seeing him like this. Rodeo then started to carry the plushie on his arms and said to Collingwood.
"Up! Up!"
Collingwood follows as she lifts him up and puts him on the table in front of her and she patted him on the head. Little Rodeo looked to his left to see an old photo of Dr. Amelia Buck, who seemed to have a not so happy look on her face and Dr. Molly Collingwood who had long black hair and was looking happy as both were shaking each other's hands.
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"Why is that nice lady unhappy?" Rodeo asked Collingwood while looking at the photo.
Collingwood looks at the photo, picks it up and looks at it for a few moments.
She sighs, "Dr. Buck was different back in the old days."
"You mean nice lady?"
"Yeah. When I first joined the foundation, I was a research assistant to Dr. Buck. She was like a mentor to me and she taught me so many things regarding the SCPs. But she was very strict and serious with her work and she... had a cold heart. I saw her show no emotions when it came to sympathizing with someone like D-class and she always maintained her composure in the toughest of situations. But I didn't leave her, because I knew she couldn't face all of her problems and she was also a friend to me as well. Time passed and she went through some hard things and the person I once knew started to become bothered by the SCPs. And then you came and made her feel something she never felt before..... happiness."
After she had explained, Collingwood looks back at Little Rodeo who just cutely tilted his head.
"You didn't understand half of what I said right?"
"Yep :3"
Collingwood facepalm herself, "Why did I even ask? He's a five year old child and I explained my entire story knowing that he wouldn't understand most of it."
"But I'm glad you still see her as a friend and I'm glad she's happy as well :3"
Collingwood smiles, "Yeah I'm glad as well."
"But why is your hair short now rather than long?"
"I just decided to make it short."
"You look nice in long hair."
"Awwww, that's so sweet of you." Collingwood pulled one of his cheeks, but Rodeo waves her hand away from it.
"Don't pull my cheeks."
"Ok I won't... but I can do this instead!" Collingwood then started tickling him which he laughs hard and trying to stop her.
"Hahahahahahahaha! Stop it, That tickles!" He said said while laughing and being tickled by Collingwood.
Collingwood stopped and Little Rodeo started throwing a cute tantrum at Collingwood, but she just laughed and found it cute.
"Let's take a picture together." Collingwood carries Littlr Rodeo in her arms and brings out her phone.
"Look at the phone, Rodeo."
Little Rodeo looks at the phone, Collingwood then takes a selfie of themselves using her phone and looks at the picture and even shows it to Rodeo.
"Do you like it?"
"Yep! :3"
Collingwood then transfers the picture from her phone to her computer since its foundation policy not to take any photo evidence regarding any anomalous creature with them to their homes. She opened the picture gallery on the computer to see the picture she took from her phone just now and smiled.
'A memory to remember and never forget.' She thought.
Collingwood then looked at little Rodeo who was sitting on the floor and looking at her with those adorable red eyes.
"Want to go meet Dr. Buck?"
"Yes! Yes! Yes! I want to meet nice lady!!" He said as he hops around the room in excitement.
Then they both left the office.
Pretty much the entire day went like that. Little Rodeo played with either Amelia or Collingwood and sometimes Green as well and with Carlos but still he didn't see much in Evan and saw him as a 'Baka', so he would never play with him. Yes, it was quite a bizarre and adorable day for the gang in Site-19.
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(Underground Parking Lot, Site-19 - 10:00 PM)
It was now night time and most of the staff were going back home for some peace and quiet. Amelia Buck used her car key to open the car door, then closed the door and started the engine, not noticing that a small figure was hiding in the back seat as she drove out of the parking lot.
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(Outside of Amelia's Apartment Building, America - 10:50 PM )
Amelia parked her car outside, gets out of the car and was about to close the car with her car key until her phone started ringing, and so she picked it up.
"Hello?"
[Buck, we got a problem! Rodeo is not in the facility!!] Collingwood's loud voice was heard through the phone.
"What! But how!?"
[I Don't know! Evan, Carlos, Green and the guards looked everywhere and even checked the containment cells. I...I....think....he could have been taken away by a Stand user. I don't know....he's....]
As Amelia listens, she heard a glass being tapped, she quickly looked at her car and found...
... Child Rodeo inside her car tapping at the glass.
"...Collingwood, I found him." She said deadpanned.
[Really? Where!?]
"In my car."
[.....What?]
"Tell Emma, that he snuck into my car. I'm already next to my apartment and that I will bring him back to the site tomorrow since it's already late and going back now might be risky. I'll make sure that nobody sees him."
[Ok, I'll let her and the rest know. Thank God, he's alright at least. I'll see you both tomorrow then I guess. And please take care of him, Buck.]
"Don't worry, I will."
Then the call ends.
"Good grief."