alien_isabel ([info]alien_isabel) wrote,
@ 2005-08-13 11:51:00
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Redemption

That had been the plan.

She'd kill him.

She'd be freed.

And yet ever since she's hid away in her old room at the bar, sitting atop the bed, knees up to her chest. She has not come out, not even for food, but perhaps she has some in the room.



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[info]rebelheartalien
2005-08-13 03:58 pm UTC (link)
Michael remembers where the room is. And when he realizes nobody saw her leave, he checks there just in case.

There's a knock at the door.

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[info]alien_isabel
2005-08-13 04:01 pm UTC (link)
She doesn't answer. She doesn't want to see anyone. And if it was Warren she'd be tempted to throw something at him. But Michael can probably sense that she's definitely inside.

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[info]rebelheartalien
2005-08-13 04:02 pm UTC (link)
"Izzy, I know you're in there." He doesn't, really, but it's worth a try. "Come on, open the door."

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[info]alien_isabel
2005-08-13 04:04 pm UTC (link)
It was Michael. She knows that voice. "Open it yourself."

His powers could probably open the lock, she'd imagine. Hers have been able to in the past and Michael was far from the uncontrolled boy he used to be.

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[info]rebelheartalien
2005-08-13 04:05 pm UTC (link)
"Fine." He presses a hand to the lock and waits for the click, then pushes the door open.

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[info]alien_isabel
2005-08-13 04:14 pm UTC (link)
She doesn't look at him, in fact she pointedly stares at the wall where he's not. "What?"

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[info]rebelheartalien
2005-08-13 04:18 pm UTC (link)
"You been in here since we got back?"

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[info]alien_isabel
2005-08-13 04:19 pm UTC (link)
She gives a shrug and a nod at the same time. Just don't ask her how long that's been because she doesn't know.

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[info]rebelheartalien
2005-08-13 04:25 pm UTC (link)
He closes the door and leans against it, watching her intently.

"Why?"

He's guessed, but wants to hear her say it.

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[info]alien_isabel
2005-08-13 04:30 pm UTC (link)
There's another shrug. But then she reaches out and pats the spot next to her on the bed.

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[info]rebelheartalien
2005-08-13 04:31 pm UTC (link)
Michael pads forward and sits down next to her.

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[info]alien_isabel
2005-08-13 04:32 pm UTC (link)
She lets her weight shift so it's against him. And then she gives a little whimper. And slowly it grows. She hasn't let herself cry up to this point. Not even one little tear.

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[info]rebelheartalien
2005-08-13 04:34 pm UTC (link)
Michael holds her automatically, letting her cry. He's surer than ever that he knows what this is about.

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[info]alien_isabel
2005-08-13 04:38 pm UTC (link)
And cry she does, for a very long time. She clings to her lifelong best friend. Michael understood, and that made it slightly easier. "I...I didn't know I could...with...it was just defense, I didn't even know what I was doing...it...but this time...Oh God..."

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[info]rebelheartalien
2005-08-13 04:39 pm UTC (link)
Michael closes his eyes.

"I wish you'd let me do it, Izzy."

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[info]alien_isabel
2005-08-13 04:44 pm UTC (link)
She shakes her head. "I had to. It was my fault! None of you get that! He became King because of me! All those people died because of me! I had to be the one to end it I just didn't..."

She forces herself to swallow. "I didn't understand...I was so angry...there wasn't even a part of him left!"

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[info]rebelheartalien
2005-08-13 04:53 pm UTC (link)
But that's just it. I wanted to kill him. I mean, that's all that I could think about. I wanted him dead. Knowing that, I just did it. It just happened. What kind of person does that make me?

We would have been dead if you didn't help us.

No! The bottom line Maxwell, I kill people. I kill people, you heal them. You're good, and I'm bad.

"I do get it, you know, Izzy", he says quietly, eyes dark.

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[info]alien_isabel
2005-08-13 04:55 pm UTC (link)
"I know you do." She whispers. She moves onto his lap, wanting to be completely protected. Michael could do that in a way Max could never do right now. Max could never understand.

"But do you get why it had to be me? Michael, when I saw them...the people I betrayed..."

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[info]rebelheartalien
2005-08-13 04:57 pm UTC (link)
He holds her close, and there's nothing more than brotherly in it.

"I know. But I hate seeing you like this over it. Kivar wasn't worth that."

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[info]alien_isabel
2005-08-13 05:04 pm UTC (link)
"I couldn't let you hurt more over mistakes I made. Everything you've had to go through in your life was because of me...Hank, Pierce...all of that was my fault. I would never add more pain to your life."

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[info]rebelheartalien
2005-08-13 05:06 pm UTC (link)
Michael blinks, moving her away a little to look at her.

"Izzy... no. It wasn't. I've tried to tell you."

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[info]alien_isabel
2005-08-13 05:08 pm UTC (link)
"Yes it is!" She nearly screams, moving off of his lap and walking across the room. She stands in a corner, facing the wall. "I don't know why they brought me back. Did they not realize what I'd done? It should have just been you and Max."

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[info]rebelheartalien
2005-08-13 05:10 pm UTC (link)
Michael stands, watching her.

"Because your parents love you, Izzy. And Max needs you. So do I. You think we'd've made it this well without you? You deserved your second chance."

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[info]alien_isabel
2005-08-13 05:14 pm UTC (link)
"You would have been fine without me! What did I ever contribute? I was just there to mediate the fights between you and Max. And maybe if I hadn't been there, Tess would have been and she and Max would have been together and then Alex would never have died! He died because of me! He died and I miss him so much... All I do is cause death..."

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[info]rebelheartalien
2005-08-13 05:18 pm UTC (link)
"And we needed mediation!" he snaps back. "If you hadn't been there, do you think we'd've stuck together all this time? And Alex's death was Tess's fault. Not yours."

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