Tutus Locus Chapter Five
Claire moaned as she came out of her sleep to the feel of lips pressed against her skin. Opening her eyes she saw Elle kissing down her stomach. “Hey.” She sighed.
“Good morning.” Elle replied and continued to travel down her stomach, stopping to flick her tongue over Claire’s bellybutton, eliciting another moan.
“Having, ooh, fun?”
“Uh huh.” She said as she slipped Claire’s boy-shorts off of her tiny waist.
Claire bit her lip and arched her back as Elle’s lips came into contact with her pussy. “Oh, oh,” she said over and over as her girlfriend hit her sensitive spots. “Please, Elle, please.” She begged.
“What do you want, Claire?”
“Please, I need,”
“Oh my god!” someone shouted causing Elle and Claire to jump up and cover themselves. It was Peter. “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean,”
“What do you want Peter?” Claire was still angry with him.
“Breakfast is ready.” He muttered and turned to leave the room.
“Where’s Sylar?” Claire questioned and kissed her girlfriend.
“He’s downstairs talking to Parkman.”
“Really? He’s getting along?”
“He’s trying.”
“Oh, well, I guess we’d better get dressed.”
“Yeah.” Elle said dejectedly but got up anyways.
They had found Sylar with Parkman at the table. He was explaining how the whole safe house operation worked and they came in just in time to join the conversation. Each of them kissed Sylar on the cheek and sat down beside him to listen to Matt.
“So, um, like I was saying, Micah gets all the information he can from their computers. We try to save as many people as we can, but sometimes we can’t do it.”
“Why can’t Hiro just pop in and get them before the agents get there?”
“He’s sick. He has a brain tumor and it gets worse the more he teleports.”
“Oh, that’s awful.” Claire liked Hiro and it hurt her that he was dying because of his ability. “Well, what about Peter?”
“He goes when it’s really important but every body kind of sees him as the leader and nobody wants to risk him getting caught.”
Sylar rolled his eyes, “So Micah gets the names from them. What else can he get?”
“We’ve got floorplans. We know how everything’s laid out and who’s being held where.”
“So why can’t we just go in and get them out?” Elle questioned.
“Well, we figure it’s going to take everyone. Even with our abilities, there are a lot more agents. And, not everybody knows how to use their ability to their advantage.”
Sylar nodded. “Well, then I guess it’s a good thing that I’m here.”
“Why?” Matt asked.
“So I can save all of your sorry asses.” Claire popped him on the back of the head and he glared at her before rectifying his statement, “Sorry. So I can help you save your sorry assess.”
“You’re so nice.” Claire mumbled. “Look, is there even a gameplan?”
“That’s what everyone assumes Peter is trying to come up with. Most of us are just trying to understand our abilities or help other people understand their abilities.”
Claire nodded and bit her lip in thought. “Where’s Peter?” She hadn’t seen him since he rushed out of their room and she figured it was time to sit down and talk to him.
“I’m not sure. He’s usually with Micah or Molly though.”
“Okay.” She turned to Sylar and kissed him quickly before muttering and leaving to find Peter. She knew that the conversation wasn’t going to be fun, especially after their argument last night, but they needed to work together. And, he needed to realize that she wasn’t a child. She found him with the two kids upstairs in his room and kindly asked to speak with him alone. Once Molly and Micah had left, she sat down and sighed. “I’m sorry for blowing up at you last night.” She started, guessing that it was a good a place as any.
“I’m sorry too Claire. I’m just worried about you.”
“I know Peter. But, Sylar is and will take care of me. I know that it doesn’t seem right and I can’t explain how I know it, but I do.”
“He’s not a nice guy Claire.” Peter protested.
“I know. But, he got dealt a bad hand.” She countered and then continued before he could speak. “And, no, that doesn’t excuse how he handled it. The things he’s done are wrong but you don’t know the whole story. And, you can’t deny that Angela has done things that are just as wrong or that what Nathan is doing isn’t wrong.”
Peter sat solemnly and she wished she knew what he was thinking as a myriad of emotions crossed his face. She was patient though and hoped that he would understand, and when he finally spoke, she wasn’t disappointed. “Alright Claire, I will give him a chance because I love you. And, I’ve seen for myself that he can be a good guy.” She smiled, knowing that Peter’s martyr spirit wouldn’t allow him to not at least try and accept Sylar. Even if it was only to save the countless lives that Sylar would inevitably take if sent away.
“Now, we get down to business.” She said her smile falling away in favor of a serious expression. “Matt says that you’re the unofficial leader of this operation.” He nodded. “Well, we need a plan. And, Sylar is pretty adept at making plans.”
Taking the hint, he nodded. “I’ll talk to him, I guess.” Her smile was back in place as she leaned forward and hugged him. “Now, you get to do something for me.”
Pulling back she asked, “What is that, dear uncle?”
“Please, for the love of God, keep your door locked.” He said with a disgusted look and she could only laugh and nod.
Sylar didn’t like Peter anymore than Peter liked him. But, he was going to be nice because he really didn’t want Claire mad at him. Inwardly, he groaned at that thought. He was already wrapped around her finger. What made it worse though was that Elle had him wrapped around her finger too. So, either way, he was screwed.
“So, tell me about this ragtag operation.” Sylar smirked as he waved his hands around indicating the various Specials that littered the room.
“I don’t think we’ll have a problem getting in the building. It’s what we’ll do when we get in there that I’m worried about.”
“You kill them. All of them.” He said with emphasis trying to make Peter understand that Nathan was the enemy. “If you don’t, then they’ll keep coming. As long as they know about us then they will keep hunting us.”
“I know.” He was resolved and Sylar could clearly see how much it pained him to be so. He still wanted to believe that Nathan would help them in the end. Sylar knew better though. “And as much as I hate to say this, we do need your help.”
“Glad to see that you can acknowledge that fact.”
“Yeah, well, my ability is all screwed up so we’re going to have to rely on you since I can only have one ability at a time.”
“You need a plan. You’ve got floorplans and an arsenal of people who can do amazing things. Use it.”
“I don’t want to ask these people to do the things that we’re going to have to do.” He protested. “Matt, Elle, you? You’ll all be fine with doing everything it takes. But there are innocent people here. Young people who don’t need that kind of thing hanging over them.”
Sylar understood perfectly what he was saying. Matt was a cop and knew that sometimes you had to kill to protect. Elle had been trained since birth to be a killer and him; well he was the monster in the closet. Even Claire knew what they had to do. Hell, she had already done it once. But, people like the speedster and the teenage boy that could fly had never done the things they were going to have to do. His conscience, the voice that was unmistakable and completely Gabriel, told him to keep blood off of their hands. “Well, then I guess it’s good that I’m here.”
Elle looked around at the table where she sat with Claire and Sylar along with Peter, Matt, Hiro, Ando, and Mohinder. They were apparently the ones who were going to be taking down Building 26. She thought it was odd that Peter and Sylar were getting along so well but then again, Sylar had spared Peter’s life when Arthur had wanted him killed. Sylar clearly had a soft spot for the younger Petrelli and Elle was pretty sure it was because the part of him that was still Gabriel was drawn to a kindred spirit. Peter had always wanted to be special, just like Gabriel. Peter had always wanted to do the right thing, just like Gabriel. She couldn’t help but wonder how different Sylar might be today if he had gotten Peter’s ability instead of his father’s. He might never have become Sylar at all.
“We’re going to Washington in one week.” Peter said addressing the group. “Everyone at this table, excluding Hiro, is part of the group going in to Building 26.”
“Peter Petrelli? Why am I not going?” Hiro asked.
“You’re sick Hiro. We need to keep you well until we can get a doctor to look at you. We don’t want anything to happen to you.”
“But, you cannot transport all of these people by yourself.”
“I’m not going to. Sylar will help.” Everyone, obviously not knowing about his empathic ability, looked confused so Peter quickly explained and they all visibly became more accepting. “We’ll go in two groups-Elle, Sylar and Claire together and Mohinder, Ando, and Matt with me. We’ll transport to the alley outside of the building.” He said motioning to the layout of the area that Micah had printed for them.
“Once we get there then Matt, Peter, and I will convince the guards to let us in.”
“What about cameras?” Claire asked.
“Elle and Ando will get rid of those as we go.” Peter answered. “We want to keep as many people alive as possible. The only ones that we, that we kill are the ones who are apart of the operation. Guards and other personnel stay alive.”
“When we get in, Peter and I are going to the control room. And to find Danko. We’re getting rid of all information on Specials that the government has. If we have to, then we’ll stop time.”
As they nodded, Peter spoke again, “While we’re doing that, you three are going to get the others out.” He pointed to a place on the floorplans as he spoke to Ando, Matt, and Mohinder. Then he pointed to another place and looked to Elle and Claire. “You two are going after Noah. When everyone has done their job, go here.” He pointed to a room near the control room.
“But, how are we going to get everyone out?” Elle asked.
“There are going to be a lot more people to transport out than in.” Matt added.
“Between me and Peter and Ando’s super charge thing we should be able to do it.”
“If it doesn’t work?”
“Then we’ll go in groups Mohinder.” Peter answered for Sylar. “I’ll take three at a time. Sylar will stay with the rest in case something happens.”
They all nodded, seemingly satisfied with the plan. “Between now and then, we need to be fine tuning our abilities. Training ourselves better.”
“Mohinder, you should learn technique to go along with your strength. Matt, you need to become more apt at pushing thoughts.”
“How?” He questioned after Sylar finished.
“You’re good at pushing thoughts, but you need to be able to do it on large groups of people. You need to practice here. Use your ability when there are a lot of people around. Breakfast would be a good time.” Matt nodded. “And, Mohinder, you’ll need someone to train with.”
“I suppose that would be you.”
Sylar smirked. “You always were so smart.” Elle rolled her eyes at his response. Apparently, it was time to be a smartass again.
Nighttime found Claire and Elle snuggled up to Sylar in their room, with the door locked of course. They had spent hours going over the plan that afternoon and then had to wait for Sylar to empathize with Hiro, Matt, and Mohinder so that he could gain their abilities. By the time dinner had rolled around, they were starving. And, by the time the cleaning after dinner was done, they were exhausted.
“Today was productive.” Claire commented.
“Yeah, it was.” Elle agreed. “We’re proud of you. For playing nice and all.”
“It wasn’t easy. But, you two obviously know that I can’t tell you no. So, what choice did I really have?”
“I think you liked it.” Claire smirked and sat up, crossing her legs Indian style.
“Oh really?” he questioned with raised eyebrows.
“Yep.” Elle agreed with Claire again and then joined her girlfriend in a sitting position. “I think you like being able to boss people around.”
“And, have people look to you for directions.”
“You two obviously didn’t understand the part where I got to take their abilities.” He tried to protest.
“That was just a bonus.” They giggled together.
“Whatever you say.” He said as pulled them both down towards him, kissing one and then the other. “But, that’s not what I want to be talking about right now.”
“And, what would you like to talk about?” Claire sighed as he kissed her neck.
“Your,” he kissed her collarbone. “Incredibly,” he turned to place a kiss in the same spot on Elle. “Sexy,” turning back to Claire he kissed her jawbone. “Bodies,” he said kissing Elle’s jawbone and relishing the way she bit her lip. “And how much I’d like to feel both of you under me.” He finished placing a soft kiss to each of their lips.
“Why do you have to be so sexy?” Claire complained as she leaned forward and kissed him again before kissing Elle.
With a laugh he pulled his girls down to him caressing and touching each of them until they were moaning and begging for more.
End Chapter Five