"What of Love?"
Characters: Nyssa-Vex, Seg-El
Disclaimer: I don't own these characters or anything DC (I wish though)
Warning: Rated T for brief mentions nudity.
Note: Story takes place S1E4. Mostly set in Nyssa's POV
Chapter One
She stood behind the two holograms of herself, debating on which dress to wear for the upcoming lawmaker guild Nova cycle celebration. Sure the gold one was beautiful. It's shimmering pattern sure to capture second glances from people, but the black one had more personality, a cunning edge that reflected her charm.
Moving to the side of the holograms, she pressed the button on her glass tablet to see a turnaround. She cocked her head to the side, annoyed with her dilemma as she watched the smiling holograms.
What would holograms know of fashion.
"Nyssa, you have a visitor," the tablet announced, interrupting her thoughts.
Looking down at her tablet, she saw Seg standing out her door.
No camera or painting could ever really show how beautiful this man is in real life and through my eyes, she mused.
"Open," Nyssa said as she put the tablet down on the table near her white moon shaped couch.
Hearing Seg's footsteps enter her room, she turned around and asked him, "Which one?"
His mind elsewhere, Seg quickly formed an answer after realizing Nyssa was asking about the dresses. "The gold one."
She turned around to look back at the chosen dress.
Sad, I was beginning to think that dress is vulgar. What a pity.
She then turned back around and took off her robe, revealing her nude self to him. Seg's eyes went wild has he crossed his arms and looked away.
Hmmf. Child.
"Something wrong?"
Seg stuttered. "Yes. Uh, no." Then taking a deep breath and looking Nyssa in the eyes, he said, "Yes. I need your help."
"With what?" Nyssa said smirking and turned around to dress herself.
Seg sighed. "Getting charges of treason dropped against Lyta-Zod. We have to help her." Nyssa froze for a second and continued.
Of course it's about her. When is it not about her.
Nyssa grabbed the black dress and turned to Seg as she was putting it on. "Lyta-Zod's a traitor. That's-"
"Untrue. She's being set up. To take the fall for the Rankless Initiative."
Finishing buttoning on the dress's collar, Nyssa walked to the couch and sat in it. Resting one of her arms on top of the curved backrest, she asked, "Why would you care about a Zod?"
"Jayna killed my parents, not Lyta. She had nothing to do with it. She doesn't deserve to die for a crime she didn't commit."
Nyssa raised an eyebrow and stared at Seg unconvinced. A small smile was on her lips.
Please stop lying to me, Seg. It only makes the truth harder to face.
"You can do better than that. Why do you want to save Lyta-Zod?"
"It's true. Okay? We're old friends."
"Really?" Nyssa said getting up to walk to Seg. "You, former Rankless and her a Sagitari, and also daughter of Primus Zod. Sorry. I don't buy it."
Nyssa continued pressing on. "Why do you want to save Lyta-Zod?"
"Because I love her!" Seg finally exclaimed.
"I love her." he said more softly while shaking his head. "And I can't lose her."
And there it is. Finally said. The truth really does hurt sometimes.
Nyssa swallowed the aching lump in her throat. "Was that so hard?"
"You knew?" Seg stated, a look of confusion present on his face.
Of course I knew, Seg! Rao, help me! If he only knew how much it hurt to know that he would always choose her over me.
Nyssa graced a fake smile. A smile practiced one too many times. "I suspected. You confirmed it. Now we can move forward." Nyssa turned away from Seg not wanting to look at him. If she did she feared she might break and collapse.
Father says a Vex doesn't break, collapse, or fall. So I won't. I can't. Especially not in front of Seg.
Composing herself in front of the mirror, Nyssa said in a tone of voice she uses only in the lawmaker guild, "Since the Voice of Rao took control, no execution has been stayed." Nyssa turned around to continue. "I-"
"Nyssa," Seg said cutting her off before she could finish. He walked up to her and put his hands on either side of her.
His beautiful brown eyes pleading, he said, "No games. Will you help her?"
A/N: Hey thanks for reading! I know, I know it's a short read but don't worry, this story is at least getting two or more chapters! It's very heavy on dialogue and based upon an actual legit show, and I want to keep it as close to the source as possible so I won't have as much creative freedom in this. Basically this story was made because of me fangirling over how much I love Nyssa because she is just a freaking badass. Her character is truly compelling and definitely complex and I wanted to explore that a little bit and give my take on that. Of course as always, feel free to review and share and constructive criticism is appreciated! :))