Both sisters slowly turn around to face Dr Thomas Elliot. He watches them calmly while sitting on the bed in his cell. He raises an eyebrow.
"Don't mind me, please finish your conversation." His gaze settled on Kate.
Kate rubs her arm anxiously. "Um...well...I...I..."
Elliot smirks. "At a loss for words? You seemed to have plenty when you were insulting me."
"I um...I..."
"I suggest you begin explaining yourself soon, while I'm still in a generous mood."
Elena speaks up. "She didn't mean anything by it. She just didn't know who you are. Now that she knows, I'm sure she wouldn't dream of insulting you, right Kate?"
Kate quickly nods. "Yeah. I'm sorry dude. It's just...odd."
Elliot leans back against the wall behind him. "It's alright. Although I am curious as to how your sister is aware of my past crimes."
Elena face palms before looking back to meet Elliots cold stare.
"You know what? I'm not telling you. You're locked up and I'm sick of people acting like we're insane. So you mind your own damn business and so will we."
Elena walks over to the bed on the other side of the cell and sits down. Kate follows suit a moment later and smiles excitedly at her sister.
"I knew you could be a badass if you believed in yourself!"
Elena frowns at Kate. "Now I'm not because you said it out loud. Way to go."
"Sorry."
...
Elena is woken by the sounds of sirens going off. She sits up to find Kate standing by the glass, covering her ears. Kate is panicking.
"This can't be happening! Robin said we'd be safe!"
Elena covers her ears and replies. "Dick Grayson can't solve all of life's problems."
Kate nods in agreement. "True, but he's still cute."
Elena shakes her head. "Two points. One, you can't see half his face. Two, he's ten years older than you."
Kate shoots her a glare. "Well Scary is probably twice your age."
"Fair enough... Why are the alarms going off?!"
"Not sure."
Unseen speakers make an announcement from the ceiling. "Warning: airborne chemical detected. Please locate your nearest air ventilation mask. If you are unable to locate an air ventilation mask, please contact your mortician. Thank you, and have a nice day."
Both sisters look at each other in horror. Elena glances across the hallway at Elliot as he calmly puts on a gas mask after retrieving it from under his mattress. Kate gulps and looks at Elena.
"Elena?"
"Yeah Katelyn?"
"How screwed are we?"
"Well...whenever Crane uses the really potent..."
"Just cut to the point!"
Elena shoots Kate a glare. "We're talking suicides. That's how freakin potent this crap probably is. And since there isn't much in here, I'd say we'll probably hang ourselves with our..."
"I don't wanna know."
"Good...there has to be a way out of here."
Elena pauses thoughtfully for a moment before she begins eyeing the card swipe locking mechanism that's on both sides of the door. A moment later she reaches under her shirt and unclassified her bra. Kate raises an eyebrow.
"What are you doing?"
Elena removes her bra without taking off her shirt. "If horror movies have taught me anything, it's that the best makeshift lockpicks are make from underwire."
Elena rips part of her bra and partially pulls the underwire out. She walks over to the lock and tries to activate the card swipe. Kate rolls her eyes behind her.
"There's no way that would..."
There's a beep and the glass slides open. Kate follows closely behind Elena as they dash to the door and repeat the process. It opens and they close it behind them before walking to the elevator and repeating the process once more. The elevator doors open and they quickly get inside just as a white mist begins to fill the room from the air vents. The elevator doors close and Elena pushes the button for the first floor. As they wait, they try to catch their breath. Once the elevator comes to a stop, they dash for the exit. As soon as they get outside, they stop and look at each other for a minute before Kate hugs Elena. After a moment, Elena hugs her back.
"That was close."
"Thank you."
"No problem. What are sisters for?"
"I wouldn't know. I suck at being one."
Kate pulls away. Elena pats her reassuringly on the shoulder. "Oh come on. There's much worse. I mean, those kids on those nanny shows are worse than us."
"I guess."
Elena smiles warmly. "And I'm pretty sure you're nowhere near as bad to me as Loki is to Thor in the movies."
Kate smirks. "I guess you're right."
"You guess? Did you ever...directly try to kill me?"
"No."
"Did you ever...delete True Blood from the DVR?"
"No."
"Cut off my hair in my sleep?"
"A lock of it...three months ago. When we had that prank war."
"Well, two out of three. You are a good sister. Come on, let's find someplace safe."
Kate smiles and let's Elena lead them out of the alleyway and to the sidewalk.
