Black
by Ori 1
This was originally one of my prompts for Syzygy but Kira sort of took it over. For a character who completely bored me in the movie she tends to show up a lot in my writing. This takes place shortly after Syzygy chapter 5 White.
Black.
Sometimes Kira worried about how much she enjoyed using her power. Did it make her like Carver? A crazed, power hungry deviant who tore apart families and tortured so many while the excuse of the greater good grew smaller with every deed? Nick enjoyed his powers but telekinesis was useful and cool. It did not kill a man with his very own hands. It did build or destroy a relationship.
Cassie hated her powers despite their usefulness. Being able to see the future was no gift in her book. It only forced knowledge onto her that no thirteen year old should know.
They are in London at the moment hunting for the next step of the plan. Trying to block their enemies and contact their allies. The stress is beginning to get to them so they have declared a few hour's rest. Nick had picked up a pizza and some beer. (Cassie drank her soda without complaint having learned that Nick was never going to let her drink while she was what he considered underage. Maybe when she was thirty and married. But not a second before that.) They had watched an episode of the Simpsons before Cassie had fallen asleep. Kira pulled off her boots and covered her with a blanket. Nick began to examine the map of the London subways. He needed to know every exit when they would run.
"I am going to take a bath." He nodded, not even making a comment. She did not mourn the loss of romance anymore. Too many things had taken that burden's place. She brought the beer with her.
The water was turned on all the way hot with only a little bit of cold to keep her skin from scalding. They did not need to find a stitch at the moment. But she wanted the slightly painful comfort of too hot water. Anything to remind her of the humanity that seemed to drip away these days. She would see this through. For herself and for Nick and Cassie. But after that she would disappear. Go somewhere to let the power shrivel up inside. Either the power ended or she would end it herself.
She did not want her blood on Cassie's hands.