Not What You Will Say

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Characters: EVIL!ALEX; AU!ERIK
Date&Time: October 22nd/night; after this.
Setting: the mansion
Summary: Havok is back.
Rating: N/A
Status: open to cooler!erik, possibly au!amara and au!ben, and probably au!jay later.

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It was obscenely late, and since there seemed a natural short term 'break' in the torture of Jessica that excessive bleeding usually engendered, even in those with healing abilities, Erik had come up to bed

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There was a moment of concern in his expression, but it quickly passed as the Havok persona took over. He'd had to take on the role of a leader more than usual lately, and that meant keeping the mask on around Erik to, because the last thing they needed was Erik spiraling worse because he thought that they weren't capable of running the school.

Which they very much were, and truth be told, Alex enjoyed it on some level.

But something was wrong here, and he could see it in Erik's eyes. "What did I miss?"

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He thought he saw some flicker of concern for him in Alex's expression, but the thought better of it, knowing his mind was playing tricks with him. Why would Alex be concerned?

Alex's duties were to the school now, as Erik had alway intended for that time in the future when he wasn't around. And he did it so well.

Ice cold water was dripping down his legs and pooling on the floor at his feet from beneath his robe.

"Your doppleganger locked Jessica Guthrie in one of the crypts to starve a hundred times over, and she talked her way out of it. Ben has her, downstairs.

I didn't realise, Alex... she was so emaciated, seemed just a child... I didn't realise... i'm sorry."

And that wasn't like Erik at all to apologise, of all insane things. But this Erik, the one who sat in bathtubs full of cold water, and drank a few bottles a day, and smashed things, and had hallucinations, and hated himself... this Erik was capable enough of it.

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The first thing that alarmed him was the fact that Erik was apologizing for something. It wasn't normal, even if the other mutant was intoxicated, and it caused Alex to literally take a step back away from Erik. After he recovered from it, he realized what else Erik was telling him and it caused the rage to rebuild within his body so quickly that his power manifested on his hands without Alex caring or realizing it.

"You did what!?" he yelled, his voice echoing through the hallways. "You brought a Guthrie here? WHERE THE FUCK IS SHE!?" Under normal circumstances, especially given their recent arguments, Alex wouldn't have spoken to Erik like this, but the idea that any Guthrie--especially Jessica--fogged his thinking and caused him to disregard any past boundaries of respect. That and the fact that he had been running the school with the others made him feel his anger was appropriate as well.