Did it matter that she'd known she wouldn't die? Probably not. It was rash, it was spur of the
moment, it was homicidal…crashing Brody's car into that wall at over 80 mph was out of line.
There was something wrong with her.
She was a freak, she was abnormal. She needed help.
She hated herself. She hated Brody, she hated everyone that had helped her get to the point where
she was. Jackie, the squad, the other football players- the whole damn crowd of people that she'd
called her friends. She hated Zach. Hated him for knowing her too well, for urging her to do
something about it, for being right.
The worst thing though, was loving the feeling that'd awoken inside her. Fierce Claire, vengeful
Claire, doing something useful with herself Claire.
Sure, she'd been terrified of herself when she'd seen his face.
Could she really have caused that, wished ill on him, just to get him back for trying something that
hadn't even happened? She thought a moment on waking up that morning on a table, sliced open,
hair a mess, her blood everywhere. Remembered running through two counties in nothing but a lab
coat, early in the morning before the sun was even up. Still see the blood covering her foot as she
stepped on broken pieces of glass and rusty nails and then healed right over again, feeling nothing at
all, but at the same time feeling so much bigger than her she felt as though she'd break.
So yes, in fact, she could believe that it had been her when she'd decided to ram the car into that
wall.
She glanced over to her left and saw him covered in blood, soaked bandages…but that's what made
it so horrendously great…
She'd made a real point, one he wouldn't be forgetting anytime soon.
Of course, there was the off chance that hitting his head so hard he wouldn't recall what and why
she'd done it, or what he'd done to deserve it, but he would still feel the pain, and inside of her-
mind and heart…well, that was all that really mattered.
-Fin-
a/n- hey, this is my first heroes ff, read and review please. Claire is my favorte character and while what she did to Brody was insane, it was necessary and i respect her for trying to handle things
Brighton
