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VIII. [ location: sanctuary for all (the shoe) ] i'm walking wounded, and i'd say it to your face.

Nov 26, 2009 00:23

The Shoe was where the worst of the worst were kept. At least, that was what Peter remembered from the flood of memories from Dr. Magnus. The place in the Sanctuary where they kept the Abnormals that could never be allowed to intergrad with others were kept. The ones that they could hardly let roam free in fear of hurting others. It was the first ( Read more... )

{ nathan petrelli, { peter petrelli, { ashley magnus, { gabriel 'sylar' gray, { max guevara

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[location: sanctuary for all: the shoe] the_flyingman November 28 2009, 23:35:24 UTC

Nathan wasn't sure he should be here.

What he did know was that he'd done nothing but hate himself the last few days for staying out of the way. He'd been in and out, getting updates and only looking in on Peter when he was sure he was asleep. Every time he'd left feeling worse, feeling like a coward.

But seeing him, for all the good it clearly wasn't going to do his brother, hadn't been an option. Now that it'd been some time, Nathan was hoping he was starting to get better. If only so he could talk to him.

Walking down the hallway, however, it still felt like a bad idea. Nathan reached up and rubbed the bridge of his nose between two fingers tiredly, and looked down to where the cell was. He'd try. If it turned out to be detrimental, he'd leave. But he knew Claire'd been by more than once, and she hadn't mentioned anything about trouble.

He'd try.

The shoe. Interesting term. Nathan walked up to the glass and stopped in front of it, looking inside.

"Peter." He started carefully, folding his arms in front of himself and standing as resolutely as he knew how. He could do this. They could do this. "How're you feeling?"

[location: sanctuary for all: the shoe] makeshisownway November 29 2009, 03:36:05 UTC

"Bad."

Peter was on his back, laying in the chair, staring at the ceiling of the cell. He was still trying to come to terms with it all. Claire had talked to him plenty of times, then Sylar visited him... and Max. He sighed and ran his hands down his face. What the hell was he supposed to do? He didn't know.

"You?"

Re: [location: sanctuary for all: the shoe] the_flyingman November 30 2009, 00:43:44 UTC

"I'm fine."

Sure he was.

Nathan's eyes darted around to the cell at large. It looked like something you'd find at Primatech. And he was about as pleased as Peter had to be for the reminder. He wanted him out of here. Now.

"Are they taking care of you here?"

[location: sanctuary for all: the shoe] makeshisownway November 30 2009, 06:28:51 UTC

"Yeah." Peter sighed slowly. "Everyone wants me to leave it, though." He shifted slightly in the chair.

It was too dangerous for him to leave.

[location: sanctuary for all: the shoe] the_flyingman November 30 2009, 06:41:00 UTC

"I can't say I don't agree with them." Nathan admitted carefully, sighing himself. "But I know it'd be better if you left when you're ready." Whenever that turned out to be. He was doing the best he could to get it.

"I'm sorry for all this, Pete. I wish it'd been handled better." Nathan hesitated before he spoke again. "... You know Magnus is fine, right?"

[location: sanctuary for all: the shoe] makeshisownway November 30 2009, 06:47:04 UTC

"Mohinder told me, but... it's good to hear she's still okay." He hesitated. "Don't be sorry, Nathan. It's not your fault. I should of been stronger." Peter kept telling himself that. Not that he felt any different, but he couldn't let others think it was there fault.

"What am I going to do?"

[location: sanctuary for all: the shoe] the_flyingman November 30 2009, 21:59:43 UTC

Nathan opened his mouth to argue, as was the usual reflex, then promptly closed it. If he was supposed to be helping, that wouldn't do much of anything. "You'll stay here as long as you need to." He said simply, because that was all there was.

"When it's over, which I'm hoping it will be soon, or when you feel you can control yourself, you should get out of here. Whichever comes first." He glanced to the code panel, and looked vaguely irritated over the code he didn't have. He didn't like the glass separating them, however necessary it was or wasn't. "What I don't think you should do is take off, like I know you've been thinking." And that, he had to say.

[location: sanctuary for all: the shoe] makeshisownway December 1 2009, 11:08:12 UTC

Peter pushed himself up and looked at his brother through the glass. He had already known this was his real brother, just because the other Nathan broke the code box (and then eventually returned to being Sylar). Even beyond that, he knew it was Nathan because only Nathan would of been up front like that.

It took a moment but then he pushed himself from the chair and over to the glass. He tilted his head slightly and gave Nathan the look he always did when he was challenging him.

"Why not?"

[location: sanctuary for all: the shoe] the_flyingman December 1 2009, 18:08:16 UTC

Where the challenge would have annoyed him in the past, the normality of it almost makes him smile. Nathan shook his head, meeting Peter's gaze through the glass with the same calm sureness he'd always give when he was telling him what he thought he should be doing.

"Because hiding out like that? Isn't going to make you feel any better." He said it like it was fact. "Think about it. When I got here, I offered you a room at the house. When it was still standing. You were the one who wanted to stay here. You've made friends here, right? So it wouldn't be just cutting yourself off from your family. What does leaving get you?"

[location: sanctuary for all: the shoe] makeshisownway December 2 2009, 07:55:26 UTC

"Making it easier not to hurt."

It was one thing he had learned in those last six weeks. Being connected to less people meant it didn't hurt as much. He could focus on other things. He didn't have to think about Nathan betraying him or his mother wanting to rebuild the Company.

[location: sanctuary for all: the shoe] the_flyingman December 2 2009, 16:13:11 UTC

"It doesn't work like that, Peter." If it did, Nathan thought he probably wouldn't argue with him on this. "You still have the memories, and trust me on this, they're not going to go away."

But Peter was capable of being as stubborn as he was, so maybe this was fighting a losing battle. Nathan still felt some kind of warning should be there. "Look, you decide to do this, I'll still be there whenever you need me. But it's not going to be the cure all you think it is, and I think you need to know that now."

[location: sanctuary for all: the shoe] makeshisownway December 3 2009, 02:55:29 UTC

"There is no cure, Nathan." Peter stared at him. "There's no cure to heartbreak, you should know that. All that I can do is try and cope with it. That doesn't make me lose control and go on killing people."

[location: sanctuary for all: the shoe] the_flyingman December 3 2009, 04:26:52 UTC

"This could end." Nathan argued, sighing at him and rubbing the bridge of his nose between two fingers. "What happens if this stops, and you don't feel like this anymore?"

[location: sanctuary for all: the shoe] makeshisownway December 3 2009, 04:35:16 UTC

Peter shook his head. "So, if I lose my ability? Then I'm not a threat. I'm still heartbroken, though."

[location: sanctuary for all: the shoe] the_flyingman December 6 2009, 02:13:25 UTC

Watching his brother through the glass, Nathan's jaw set in frustration, and he finally looked away. "Fine." His back straightened, and he nodded. "Like I said. I'm here if you need me." And hopefully he'd decide that he would.

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