Ezekiel manages to roll out of the way and evade the first two punches but then Stone is all over him, giving him one hell of a beating. At first he's desperately trying to fend him off, but Jake hits him again and again and eventually all he can do is curl up and bring his arms up in an attempt to protect his head, muffling his surprised cries. He's too stunned by the turn of events to even feel the hurt at this point.
He doesn't understand.
"Okay! Okay alright, I'll tell you, I'll tell you!" he eventually cries out.
"Wait." Flynn's voice breaks through the haze of pain. "Stone, give him a break, I want to hear this."
And then the punches stop and Ezekiel crawls backwards, trying to get some distance between himself and Jake. He's panting, eyes wide and panicked and this time when he brings his hand up to his face it comes back red. "I-I used the video game to distract him! To get to the flowers! I destroyed at least a dozen of them!"
There's a moment of silence and a flash of rare surprise on Flynn's face before his eyes narrow. "Why didn't you tell me right away?"
Right, the tattoos. Suddenly terror washes over Ezekiel because with what is happening right now (what is happening right now?!) Flynn can't-- Stone can't-- they can't know they're not working on him. "I-I just wanted to brag, you know, make a big reveal." He points at Stone. His hand is shaking. "What did you do to him!?"
"Me?" Flynn's eyebrows shoot up. "I didn't do anything. Maybe you should take some responsibility for your actions? Really now, Jones." He tsks, sounding almost disappointed. "Did you ditch Stone to go hang out with your Celestial friend? Did you think working for him is maybe more rewarding? Or... maybe that's not it? Maybe you wanted to wait until Stone is gone to tell me how you destroyed more flowers than him?"
"I would never!" Ezekiel yells back, real anger making its way through the pretense. His eyes drift back to Stone, his voice turning softer, more pleading. "I-I would never."
"And yet you just lied to us again. Ezekiel Jones, always lying, always looking out for himself." Flynn's eyes dart over to Jacob. "You know, maybe it's no surprise he got along so well with the egomanic being that's trying to destroy our planet."
Okay, that actually hurts. "I was distracting him!"
Flynn ignores him. "Maybe we should teach him a little lesson. Show him that we don't take kindly to people who try to hurt Earth."
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Ezekiel manages to roll out of the way and evade the first two punches but then Stone is all over him, giving him one hell of a beating. At first he's desperately trying to fend him off, but Jake hits him again and again and eventually all he can do is curl up and bring his arms up in an attempt to protect his head, muffling his surprised cries. He's too stunned by the turn of events to even feel the hurt at this point.
He doesn't understand.
"Okay! Okay alright, I'll tell you, I'll tell you!" he eventually cries out.
"Wait." Flynn's voice breaks through the haze of pain. "Stone, give him a break, I want to hear this."
And then the punches stop and Ezekiel crawls backwards, trying to get some distance between himself and Jake. He's panting, eyes wide and panicked and this time when he brings his hand up to his face it comes back red. "I-I used the video game to distract him! To get to the flowers! I destroyed at least a dozen of them!"
There's a moment of silence and a flash of rare surprise on Flynn's face before his eyes narrow. "Why didn't you tell me right away?"
Right, the tattoos. Suddenly terror washes over Ezekiel because with what is happening right now (what is happening right now?!) Flynn can't-- Stone can't-- they can't know they're not working on him. "I-I just wanted to brag, you know, make a big reveal." He points at Stone. His hand is shaking. "What did you do to him!?"
"Me?" Flynn's eyebrows shoot up. "I didn't do anything. Maybe you should take some responsibility for your actions? Really now, Jones." He tsks, sounding almost disappointed. "Did you ditch Stone to go hang out with your Celestial friend? Did you think working for him is maybe more rewarding? Or... maybe that's not it? Maybe you wanted to wait until Stone is gone to tell me how you destroyed more flowers than him?"
"I would never!" Ezekiel yells back, real anger making its way through the pretense. His eyes drift back to Stone, his voice turning softer, more pleading. "I-I would never."
"And yet you just lied to us again. Ezekiel Jones, always lying, always looking out for himself." Flynn's eyes dart over to Jacob. "You know, maybe it's no surprise he got along so well with the egomanic being that's trying to destroy our planet."
Okay, that actually hurts. "I was distracting him!"
Flynn ignores him. "Maybe we should teach him a little lesson. Show him that we don't take kindly to people who try to hurt Earth."
"I wasn't trying to hurt Earth!!"