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elle bishop (notmyfirstday) wrote in stringtheory,
@ 2008-01-14 21:19:00

TITLE: Where Did It All Go Wrong?
TIME/DAY: January 11, Afternoon
TAKES PLACE AFTER: Everything so far
CHARACTERS: Adam ; Elle
WARNINGS: Adelle smut

It was unlike Adam to do something like this, having no reason to just up and leave without even calling to tell Elle what was going on and where he was. It had been an entire night and an entire day and there was just no word from him. She couldn't even sleep in their own bed, the empty spot next to her being enough to keep her wide awake. The countless messages left on he cell phone stopped when his voicemail became full, denying her of leaving more.

Elle didn't even know who to call, didn't think it would help any if she did. There was high doubt in her mind that someone else knew about Adam's whereabouts where she was clueless, and she didn't want to get anyone else involved until she found him.

She took the streets of New York at daybreak, making it a bit difficult to walk since the cold morning air was almost unbearable to travel in. The color in her face was painted over with a pale surface, her features cold and expressionless as she searched for hours - the afternoon coming so quickly she almost missed it.

The electric blond took a break near the newspaper stand around the corner from where their apartment was located, blue eyes slowly running over the countless magazines that stood lined up in front of it. Nothing was really catching her eye, which was unusual seeing how Elle could stand there for hours just reading up on the world; the gossip.

"Where are you, Adam?" The words slipped when the date on the newspaper reminded her just how long he'd been away, her face scrunching up in that worried manner as she slowly turned to walk back home.

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	dont_dream 2008-01-16 06:41 am UTC (link)
	"Huh," he commented, his tone still casual, his expression unaffected by hers. "Didn't peg you for the type to beg." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

notmyfirstday
2008-01-16 06:51 am UTC (link)

This isn't happening. This can't happen.

She was fighting with herself inside of her head, those blue eyes searching Adam's for the devotion and the love he had for her, but no matter how hard she tried or how much she wanted to see, it wasn't happening.

His eyes looked dead.

Cold..

"Adam, I love you." They were word that filled her heart that tugged on the strings there, a last ditch effort that could probably trigger something - anything. Elle didn't even know what was going on or why this sudden appearance of this version of him was here.

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	dont_dream 2008-01-16 07:00 am UTC (link)
	"Well yeah," he said, laughing quietly. "Who wouldn't?" He paused and studied the look on her face. It reminded him of...oh god. "Wait, you're not...this," he motioned toward the two of them, "baby it's nothing more than what it just was." How did he keep getting these blondes so stupidly in love with him? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

notmyfirstday
2008-01-16 07:15 am UTC (link)

"What the hell happened to you?!" Her voice suddenly picked up quickly, not remembering when she had yelled so loudly at him - she never had. This was the first time she nearly screamed at him.

"This? This is more and you know it. I don't know what happened but you're not Adam. You're not him - you can't be. You wouldn't say that to me." she was babbling and she couldn't help the sobs that just started to bellow out on their own between her words. "Give him back to me."

She was in front of him now, those hands actually coming to push him forcefully, electricity crackling loudly around her fingers. "Give him back!"

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	dont_dream 2008-01-16 07:28 am UTC (link)
	Well this was a kinky new game he had no interest in. He would have taken a step back mostly because her hit annoyed him, but Adam Schaffer never walked away from a possible fight. "I don't know who you think I am, lady," Adam told her, his tone of voice amused, "but I can assure you that you're confused as hell." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

notmyfirstday
2008-01-16 07:44 am UTC (link)

"Confused?" It was like meeting Adam Schaffer all over again. That cocky tone and the amused attitude was all coming back to her now. She couldn't take this kindly - didn't want to take it at all.

Adam didn't remember her. He didn't remember anything and that was killing her. There was suddenly this thick black hole where her heart was and it was sucking in everything to leave behind only misery and the pain. The love she had for Adam was slipping as his mind didn't comprehend anything.

"Look into my memories," she said quite suddenly, wiping away stray tears that were starting to form. "If you think I'm confused then look into my memories with your uncle's ability." He was calling him out on it, her body trying to stand still. "Do it."

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dont_dream
2008-01-16 07:57 am UTC (link)

Adam started laughing, and then he realized what she'd said. She'd known he'd killed his uncle. How could she possibly have known that? His smile faded, and he stared at her, looking for any sign that she was lying.

"No," Adam said finally in defiance. "No, I...there's no way I'd get involved with someone else after..." Not after Evelyn. He was too broken. "No," he snapped, glaring to cover his sudden inner turmoil.

He wouldn't look into her memories, because he was afraid she was right. And how could he do that? How could he just forget about Evelyn and move on?

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	notmyfirstday 2008-01-16 08:02 am UTC (link)
	"After her?" If he wasn't going to bring her up then she was. She wasn't afraid of it - didn't care what he did to her for utterly it. "After Evelyn? You couldn't possibly let that go? Guess what? You did. You've been here for a while that what happened back then doesn't matter now. It doesn't matter anymore." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

dont_dream
2008-01-16 08:22 am UTC (link)

His reaction was violent. He used Simon's gravity ability to throw her up against the ceiling, the power holding her there so tightly breathing would be difficult. Adam kept one hand held out towards her to keep her there, and glared up into those blue eyes of her. "Don't you ever say her name again!" he yelled through gritted teeth.

"You? You're nothing more than a three minute fuck," Adam told her darkly. "There is no way you could ever make me feel anything but electric, so get it out of your overly blonde head right now. And she's the only thing that's saving your sad, sad life at the moment." Because Evelyn did tend to frown on his killing--especially when it was pointless.

He stepped into the air and flew up until his face was near hers. "I could never love you."

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notmyfirstday
2008-01-16 08:41 am UTC (link)

She wasn't expecting it, despite having brought out Evelyn. She slammed against the wall, the plaster almost cracking from the weight that was shoved into it. She struggled, but his gravitational ability was too power that she couldn't even activate her own ability to stop him.

Yet, that didn't even matter. The words that came next were so horrible and cruel that being unable to breathe seemed easier to take. She couldn't say anything, couldn't argue over what he was saying to her as her throat was being forcefully pushed into - the strain on her face mixed in with the pain she felt.

The black hole lifted and it expanded, it consumed her entirely at the last words uttered. She closed her eyes, being unable to look at him from how badly it hurt - how much it felt like her heart was going to just give out so easily. She didn't want to believe that he was telling her this, that this was all just a dream and not some hellish nightmare.

Tell me I'm the only one.

You're the only one. You'll always be the only one.

"Adam-" His name was spoken in the mixture of her emotions all colliding and being ripped apart all at once in a flurry. The oxygen in her lungs were completely cut off, her eyes fluttering closed as she tried to keep herself from passing out.

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	dont_dream 2008-01-16 08:52 am UTC (link)
	All at once he let go of his hold on her gravity, letting her fall to the floor. "I fucking hate this place already," Adam muttered, glaring down at her as he touched his feet down to the floor next to where she'd fallen. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

notmyfirstday
2008-01-16 09:06 am UTC (link)

She fell hard and God, did it hurt. Her body tumbled, falling roughly on her own arm which caused her to cry out in pain, having to turn on her side quickly so couldn't put weight on it. She cried out through clenched teeth, trying her best to ignore the pain that shot up her arm. Did she break it? Sprain it?

She was coughing loudly, trying to regain the air in her lungs she so desperately needed as she looked up at Adam, despair written so neatly on her face.

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	dont_dream 2008-01-16 09:16 am UTC (link)
	"You..." he hissed, glaring at Elle. Adam paused, trying--trying--to be angry with her. But that look on her face, it affected him more than he wanted it to, and he couldn't explain it, nor did he want to. "You stay the fuck away from me," he finally told her, stepping over her as he started for the door. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

notmyfirstday
2008-01-16 09:23 am UTC (link)

"Adam, please..." She actually tried to get up as her begging words were released, her knees shaking so hard she couldn't stay on them long enough as she fell back down, her shoulder hitting the carpet floor painfully as she buried her face into it, letting it soak in her sobs. "Adam, you said you never leave me."

She lifted her face up, trying to crane her neck as far as she could, trying to see him through the messy strands of blond locks that stuck to her face because of her wet cheeks.

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	dont_dream 2008-01-16 09:45 am UTC (link)
	Please. That word spoken by her made him literally freeze. He started turning his head to look at her, but stopped himself barely in time. "I say a lot of things," he finally told her, his voice bitter. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

notmyfirstday
2008-01-16 10:06 am UTC (link)

"Adam, I need you stay. I can help you." She was pleading, trying so desperately to make him stay because if he walked out that door she was going to see that as the end of it. The end of them. She didn't really know what caused his mind too rupture, her thoughts too clouded to pinpoint the one man she knew was responsible.

"Stay so I can fix you."

Like you fixed me.

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dont_dream
2008-01-16 10:12 am UTC (link)

Oh no. She did not just say that. How many times had he heard Sylar say the very same thing, albeit worded slightly differently. How dare she?

"Do I look like I'm broken?" he asked sarcastically, turning to look at her. "I'm not the one crying on the floor, baby," he reminded her. "See, the difference between you and me? It's simple. I'm a god, and you're weak. Look how fucking dependant you are on something that could never possibly happen."

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notmyfirstday
2008-01-16 10:19 am UTC (link)

"Don't you fucking dare say that it didn't happen. It did. I know it did. I lived it where you just forgot about it. You have no idea how badly I'm going to kill whoever did this to you." The Haitian suddenly popped inside of her head, popping out of his Jack-In-The-Box would and it made the light bulb flicker on and how his ability worked - how it was used on her countless of times to make her forget what her father did to her.

"You're not broken? You can honestly say that to me without knowing that you're lying? You couldn't lie to me when you loved me and you can't lie to me now." She attempted to get up finally, using her strong arm to lift her up as she then cradled the one that was sprained.

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	dont_dream 2008-01-16 10:25 am UTC (link)
	Wow, she really wasn't giving up. His expression softened just a little as he looked at her, saw she was in pain. "Don't do this," he told her quietly. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

notmyfirstday
2008-01-16 10:31 am UTC (link)

"I'm not letting you leave. I can't have you out there when you're not yourself." She finally came to stand fully, letting her arm go which simply flopped lazily to the side; unmoving. Her muscles were tightening on their own accord, making her agonize a bit more as pain radiated through it.

"I'm going to fix you and I need to keep you here to do that." Tough love. Elle didn't want to fight Adam, but he was leaving her no choice if he was going to just get up and walk away. Her stabilized mind had been shattered the moment Adam said he could never love her. She wasn't thinking this all the way through.

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	dont_dream 2008-01-16 10:39 am UTC (link)
	"Sweetheart, there is nothing to fix," he assured her with almost casual sympathy. She was pathetic. "Now," Adam added, "don't make me put you down." Because he would if he had to. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notmyfirstday 2008-01-16 10:47 am UTC (link)
	"We've been through this before, honey. You can be a good boy that I know you are and listen to me or we're going to have to get our hands dirty again." Electricity was already circling around the digits of her left hand, bringing it up as the sparks surged in the middle of her palm. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

dont_dream
2008-01-16 10:54 am UTC (link)

"You don't want to do this," he assured her. And then, because he felt sorry for her more than anything, Adam struck out at her, hoping to hit her hard enough to knock her out. He didn't want to deal with her emotionl drama at the moment.

But his hit wasn't as powerful as he'd intended. He'd only just barely gotten his uncle's ability, and he wasn't that great at controlling it yet, so the contact with her skin sent a rush of memories through his mind. He didn't understand them, and he didn't want to. They were lies.

"You stay the fuck away from me," he told her again.

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notmyfirstday
2008-01-16 11:00 am UTC (link)

The build up of electricity caused her vision to flutter just barely and that gave him the opening as she didn't see him launch his fist out to strike her. She didn't even have the strength to dodge as she was made the perfect target for his blow

The force of the punch made her hit the wall again, her head bouncing off of it easily which made the feeling worse. She was to the point of unconsciousness when her body toppled forward, the electricity quickly dispersing as she hit the floor with a thump.

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dont_dream
2008-01-16 11:53 pm UTC (link)

There was something about seeing her fall--he almost saw it play out in slow motion. It broke his heart.

Literally.

He felt the pain of it, as if someone were ripping his heart out, and Adam fell back against the wall, sliding to the floor. He stared at her for the longest time, and it wasn't for a while that he noticed he was looking through tears. Adam didn't understand it--didn't want to--but there was a very real part of him that was hurting with her, for her.

Had he really just let Evelyn go? And if he had, then why the fuck couldn't he remember it? Shouldn't he remember something like this? And when would it have even happened? He'd only just gotten to this reality, and yet she seemed to know him better than anyone. He had only met the Elle of his universe once, so this just wasn't possible. He would never give up on Evelyn. Would he?

"Forgive me," he whispered to no one in particular, staring ahead blankly.

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