Nov 21, 2010 08:08
With sigh that toed the ambiguous no-mans-land between soft and explosive, Yuffie collected a plateful of waffles with all the toppings. She was sure that, if nothing else, it'd making a pretty satisfying splat if-when?-she launched it at somebody's face, and that was all that counted
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leela,
kirk,
klavier,
japan,
kay,
badd,
anise,
the doctor,
sam winchester,
indiana jones,
goku (dragonball),
zex,
niikura,
taura,
franziska,
claire bennet,
peter parker,
snow,
shinichi,
lana skye,
ruby,
mello,
xemnas,
natalia,
minako,
stefan,
heiji,
watson,
peter petrelli,
mele,
two-face,
yuffie,
ritsuka,
kanda,
tomoe,
isaac,
erika,
edgar,
neku,
tifa,
the scarecrow,
sync,
matt,
maya,
okita,
sanosuke,
ishida,
russia,
yukari,
zack,
kratos,
shinji,
carter,
kenshin,
jo,
asuka,
bella,
scott pilgrim,
kaito,
gumshoe,
izaya,
claire littleton,
sora,
holmes,
prussia,
chuck,
woody,
claude,
guybrush,
gant,
dean winchester,
brook,
sakura,
shizuo,
guy,
kairi,
venom,
peeta,
ilia,
kibitoshin,
lightning,
castiel,
katniss,
celty,
trickster,
fai,
aerith,
yue,
aidou,
claire stanfield,
edward cullen,
kaworu,
ema skye,
mccoy,
scar (tlk),
muraki
The Company hadn't even been trying to capture Sylar at that point to make sure that he wasn't a danger to others. They'd probably sacrificed someone's life (maybe multiple people, if there had been complications) just to see how Sylar worked, the same way that Sylar wanted that of his victims. Whatever had been left of Peter's appetite was completely gone upon realizing that.
No wonder Sylar had wanted Elle dead, then. Not that it excused what he'd done, but Peter could see how being toyed with would piss the guy off. He was used to messing with other people, but having to deal with that himself had probably been a serious wake-up call.
"How could you not know?" he asked, his tone sharp -- at this point, he couldn't really hold it in. "I know you said that you were forced to do it, but how could anyone have thought that was a good idea?" Still, Elle did seem to regret it now, and for good reason, since Sylar was clearly going to be out for her blood no matter what happened if this was what had happened.
Unless he thought he could get revenge better by using her in return, but Peter wasn't even going to pretend that he knew how Sylar's disturbed mind worked.
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"He seemed harmless! If you met him back then, you wouldn't have thought he'd be all … you know. And he really -- he'd only killed one guy then, and he was so guilty and sorry over it, I didn't think he was going to do it again."
And then the tears started.
"I told you, I didn't want to do it. I told Benne-- Claire's dad what I thought. And he said if I didn't do it, he was going to leave me in New York and I could find a job waiting tables." She pushed her plate away. Hunger was a long-gone dream. But she took a sip of water to recollect her thoughts. And attempt to sound like less of a mess.
"So, yeah. It's the Company's fault. They created the same monster they spent all that time hunting down." She choked back a sob. "And it's all my fault..."
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Sylar being guilty just didn't compute, though, and he was caught between complete disbelief and perplexity over what the girl was telling him and panic when he realized that he'd made her cry.
He hadn't realized it was such a tender spot; if he had, he might not have pressed so hard. Either way, Peter ended up staring at her with wide eyes as he tried to figure out what to say. "Hey, hey," he started in as soothing of a tone as he could muster.
But she had more to say, and so he shut his mouth for a moment to listen. It was hard to imagine that Mr. Bennet had approved of such a terrible idea, but it had also been pretty clear that he wasn't the most straight-and-narrow guy out there. Peter felt that he was someone he could work with if need be, but there was no denying that there was something a bit shady about him. It made him feel kind of bad. If he was going to be totally honest, Claire wasn't doing so well in the father department, Nathan included.
He didn't quite see how trying to get someone to commit murder was preferable to waiting tables, but he wasn't going to start nitpicking now. As Elle's crying only worsened, Peter reached forward to try and awkwardly pat her shoulder across the table. "I'm sorry," he said. "I didn't mean to upset you, I just... wanted to understand. But if that's how it was, then you can't blame yourself so much." He wasn't quite sure if he even believed that himself, but what he was most interested in now was reassuring Elle.
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"I do. That's why-- I really wanted to catch him. And drag him back into the Company. Because it'd be like I fixed my mistake, right? And Daddy would be proud of me for once."
That started a whole new wave of tears. "He killed him! He killed my daddy and then I got fired and then my powers stopped working and now I'm here and now I don't have anything." Elle was dangerously nearing scene-making territory, but didn't have the social skills to even remotely notice or care.
With that out of her system, she sniffled again and tried to regain composure. She wasn't going to look that threatening if she kept bawling in the middle of the cafeteria.
Her expression turned into a determined scowl. "That's why I have to kill him. I have to get revenge for Daddy and everyone else Sylar killed. … I can count on you to help me, right? And make sure he doesn't…" She drew a line in the air to demonstrate.
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What he hadn't expected to hear was that the man was now dead, seeing how Elle had been visited by a brainwashed version of him before Sylar had gotten to her. He stared at the girl for a moment, but quickly decided that he shouldn't share that bit of information. It was possible that Landel had revived the man and then brainwashed him, but if that was the case, then did Elle really need to know? It would probably just make those tears flow even faster...
When she made the motion with her finger, though, Peter frowned and shook his head. "That definitely won't be happening again." He had already decided that Sylar needed to die, and had even said that he would be the one to do it, if it came to that. Still, actually mustering up the courage to take someone's life was something that Peter was still struggling with. "We'll take care of him," he said nonetheless, because he wanted to be strong for Elle right now.
"Anyway, I know that we're pretty powerless here and it's a tough situation, but we've just got to focus on what we can do. If we just sit around and wallow over it, nothing's going to happen... so try to work with us, okay?" Peter wasn't totally willing to trust Elle just yet, but getting her on their side would definitely be a good starting point.
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Their plotting together had given Elle the strength to finish off her waffle and down some more water. "So, um, I'll work for you. I guess. Do you want to … shake on it or something?"
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But Spock was just weird in general, so he wasn't going to blame himself too much for that.
"You'll work with me, not for me," he corrected her. It wasn't like he planned to order her around, and he wouldn't have liked an arrangement like that anyway. Shaking on it sounded like a good way to make it more official, though, and so he nodded and extended his hand toward her.
Peter still didn't know how much he trusted Elle, but at least he was on better terms with her now. Either way, they had at least one goal in mind (maybe two, since he assumed that she wanted to escape), so that was a step in the right direction.
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