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claire winchester is not your typical superhero (goallbuffyonus) wrote in colligo_threads,
@ 2010-06-09 16:46:00

Entry tags:

!@event, !closed, claire winchester, elle bishop, noah gray

WHO: Claire Bennet, Elle Bishop, Noah Gray, and possibly Dean Winchester and Peter Petrelli
WHAT: Elle and Noah come to retrieve Maddie.
WHEN: Right after this.
WHERE: Apartment #206A
RATING: TBD
STATUS: In Progress

Even though Maddie was napping, Claire still hadn't let the baby out of her sight. She couldn't help it. Although she was all but positive that Sylar wouldn't try to hurt his daughter, she wasn't about to take any chances. So almost immediately upon arriving back at her apartment she had dragged the portable crib that she kept in her bedroom on those rare instances when Maddie was there, into the living room. And now that the baby was sleeping soundly in the aforementioned portable crib, Claire had taken to pacing.

Just a few steps away, toward the foyer, then back toward the crib to glance at the balcony doors. Her stomach was in knots and she was slightly shaking from nerves as she moved. Every so often she glanced back down at the baby as though afraid Sylar had somehow figured out a way to show up and steal the her right out from under her nose. He hadn't, of course, and logically Claire knew he probably wouldn't. They'd had their altercation and he wasn't going to risk another now that she'd had a chance to surround herself with people who could keep her safe.

Which, really, was the problem. Claire hadn't surrounded herself with anyone as of yet. She'd simply hauled ass back to her apartment with Maddie, sounded the alarm via the message board, and told Dean what was going on. She hadn't even heard from Peter or her dad yet and kept glancing at her PDA every few seconds in the hopes that one of them had replied. Then she sighed and continued her pacing. She told herself Elle would be there any minute, presumably bringing Noah with her, and she simply had to wait to make a more concentrated effort to contact her own family until after they'd arrived.

Which she assumed would be soon and even moved a bit closer to her front door in the hopes that her assumption was right.

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messedupasiam
2010-06-13 07:07 am UTC (link)

Elle's entire world had tilted on its axis. Gabriel had gone back to being Sylar. It wasn't something her mind could comprehend. She had thought that things were good between them, with their relationship and Maddie. She couldn't imagine that he would start killing again. But she also knew that Claire wouldn't lie...and even if she would, she was a terrible liar. She would never be able to convince anyone. Except maybe Noah Bennet, an he had a spectacularly large blind spot when it came to his daughter. No, Sylar was really back. And Elle didn't know what to do.

She wanted to go to Claire, get her baby and not let her out of her sight, but she couldn't. Her emotions were a mess and it was like a repeat of the days after her father's death. Her ability was freaking out and she couldn't reign it in. So she waited for her son. When Noah reached her, she looked like she'd been crying for hours and electricity was crackling along her skin. His own ability had taken care of that much, at least, and she had hugged him long and hard before they headed to Claire's.

She knocked and didn't bother waiting before opening the door. "Sorry," she said quietly. "I just really needed to-" She didn't even finish the sentence, just made her way over to Maddie and picked her up, careful not to wake her. She felt more at ease now that her daughter was in her arms. "What happened?" she asked Claire. She might not want to hear it, but she needed to know.

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sonofsylar
2010-06-13 07:34 am UTC (link)

Noah hung back a bit as his mom crossed over to where Maddie lay sleeping. He didn't have to be directly beside her in order to keep her ability under control and he wasn't about to impede upon her reunion with her daughter. Not to mention he wasn't all that close with Claire and wasn't incredibly comfortable being in her apartment.

He was, however, curious as to just how his father had gone back to killing. Or perhaps more importantly, why he'd done it. So when his mother asked the inevitable question, Noah's own gaze flickered to the younger blond as well and waited to see what she would have to say.

"I went by to see how you guys were doing," she began, sighing softly as she glanced briefly at Noah before looking back to Elle. "And I overheard Gabriel talking to Maddie about how he was going to get respect, even if he had to kill almost everyone in the city to do it." She swallowed, shook her head, and continued.

"Then he realized I was there and that I'd overheard him. We... argued, then we fought, then he..." Claire paused, studying Elle for a moment before frowning. "Well, he tried his damndest to kill me, and finally lowered his guard enough that I was able to get Maddie and get out of there."

Clearly there was more to the story than that. Specifics that she was leaving out for whatever reason - likely to spare the feelings of those involved. Noah had to admit that while he was mildly annoyed she would pick now to start thinking about others before herself, he was also a bit grateful that she hadn't just spit out some of the more sordid details if only for his mother's sake.

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