More like a dream….or nightmare
By: MusicIsMySoul
Summary: after Hayley and Gareth leave New York for a better and safer life where will they go? Is Hayley keeping secrets from Gareth and why does Gareth leave sometimes in the night? And could they be falling in love?
Disclaimer: after years and year of trying and failing, sadly I do NOT own Elektra, Marvel comics or my sisters CD that is under my bed…shhh don't tell her!
Author's note: so guys I'm back! Hahaha so yeah I decided (with much coaxing from my good friend (I see you there La Phantom! READ THIS!!!) Too keep the MusicIsMySoul series going!! So read on…how many of you hate Hayley's parents (raises hand) haha and I created them!!!
Chapter eleven: They found my weakness
The train ride back to New York was usually quiet with little giggles from Lily and Elektra smiling at her little three year old. Hayley stared out the window thinking of everything over the past months with her and Gareth, most of it was like a dream and now it was a nightmare. Matt had his sunglasses on the whole way there and no one was able to determine if he was asleep or awake. Josh was sitting beside Hayley his eyes full of worry for his best friend. Abby was sitting opposite to Hayley and had almost the same look on her face as Josh did. How could she have trusted Laura? She was barely a stranger to Hayley and she still trusted her. Maybe it was the fact that she wanted a mother so bad that she forced Laura in her trust and she wasn't ready. Her arm was itchy and she wanted to scratch it but she didn't want to move she wanted to stay in her thoughts for longer. "Train 51 is docking in ten minuets please be ready for ticket check" a voice said over the announcement system.
Everyone took out their tickets, except Hayley who was still lost in her thought "hey Hayley get your ticket" Josh nudged her
Hayley snapped out of it "oh sorry umm" she looked around then grabbed her tickets out of her jacket pocket and gave them to Josh "I'm kinda tired so can you give them my ticket"
Josh nodded "I'll wake you when we get to the station"
Hayley nodded and without a word slowly fell into a dreamless slumber. Elektra looked over at Josh "I don't think she's well enough to fight her mother"
"I don't think so either but there's things about Hayley that you don't know" Josh smiled sadly at the sleeping girl
"What do you mean?" the older warrior said
Josh sighed, he would have to tell them sooner or later "when we where kids Hayley was training with a Kimagouri Sensei, she get really good and it but when we started high school she got into a fight with some jock guy and well she hurt him really badly, enough to put the guy in a wheelchair for the rest of his life. She vowed that she wouldn't fight ever again cause she couldn't control her technique and she made me promise never to tell anyone, that's why she moved away from New York"
Everyone was in shock, how could the most outgoing, funny person that they ever met be a uncontrolled fighter, not to mention tough enough to get shot twice, flat line and still be able to go want to fight her mother. Abby ran a hand through her brown hair frustrated with everything that had been going on, no one deserved this. It had only been five minuets since Hayley had fallen asleep but it felt like forever since she wasn't beside Gareth, it was and unsettling rest. Josh shook her five minuets later "Hayley…Hayley come'on get up"
She grumbled a little then slowly opened her green eyes which seemed darker than usual "we there?" she asked sleepily
"Yeah come'on where going to E's house" Josh helped her up being careful of her shoulder
Hayley and Josh stepped out of the train to join the others who where holding there luggage. They all smiled trying silently to reassure Hayley that they would get Gareth back but something was up they all looked like they knew something "Josh told you didn't he?" she raised an eye brow
"How did you know?" Abby asked
"Kimagouri does that to you" she picked up her backpack and walked to the exit while everyone stood in awe, so she was the real deal she was almost as good as Elektra
Matt, Elektra and Lily's apartment
Elektra had set Lily down for a nap while Matt stood outside the room, more of a fatherly protection thing he always did. Abby and Josh where helping Hayley get her movement back in her arm by lifting small weights, things where going great with it save for the extreme pain that was shooting through it after ever lift and she hid it very well. "okay" Elektra appeared beside the three with Matt behind her holding his white stick in hand "we should get moving before your mother-" she was cut off
"She's not my mother" Hayley said as she put the weights away
"Sorry then…Laura gets to move again, do you have any idea where she would be?" she asked
Hayley thought for a second "when I looked at the map she was near the Upper East Side but that could be anywhere in a two mile radios"
Elektra nodded "there's enough of us here to find it with that range"
Everyone nodded and got all their uniforms on well Hayley was the only one not ready. Josh walked into the guestroom that she was now sitting on the bed holding her arm looking down at the floor "hey Hayley are you okay?"
She nodded slowly then hesitated to speak "I…I'm scared, what if Gareth is dead"
"Hayley, Gareth is strong…and…he's going to be alive and although I was skeptical at first Gareth…is the right guy for you" Josh ran his hand through her hair holding his hand at the side of her face "Gareth is alive"
Hayley nodded "I hope so, I have to get ready" she lead him out of the room and looked at her bag. It was one outfit she wished she had never wanted to use but she had to save the man she loved. After changing she looked in the mirror, she wore a black pair of karate pants with a white silk sash tided around her waist. A black fitted shirt with a tactical vest with all sorts of cool gadgets sat in the form fitting vest. A black cloth tied around her hair kept her hair out of her face. It was designed in her father's lab and it had been with her all the time but she never told Gareth about it. She didn't want to tell Gareth about her past because she was so shameful of it. After sighing loudly she made her way over to the group that was standing out in the kitchen "okay I'm ready" she pulled out a long silver and black staff from the holder on her back.
Upper East Side
Hayley pole vaulted over the gap in the buildings with her staff followed by Josh and Abby who had gone with her to look for Gareth. Hayley stopped and looked around for a bit "I remember this place, but I don't know how"
Josh panted lightly and looked around "you really know this place?"
"Yeah" she looked around "but how?"
Abby spoke up "maybe we should get going, if we find Gareth quicker the better chance he'll be okay"
Hayley nodded and took a step closer to the edge and looked around, then it hit her "I know where they are" she took off without a reaction from the couple
The two took off behind her trying to keep up with her extreme speed. Gareth was close she could feel it "Call Elektra and Matt were going to need them" Hayley yelled behind her shoulder
The three stopped in front of at warehouse which looked like it could fall apart "t-this is it" Hayley shakily said
Josh nodded and looked at the open door at the side, odd wasn't the door usually locked with guards standing beside it in this situation. Hayley stuck her arm out before Josh and Abby started walking "hold on" she looked up at the broken windows "there motion censored"
Abby looked around "how are we going to get into the building now?"
"Watch" Hayley smiled over at the couple pulling a small almost like a lipstick container type thing and twisted the one end "okay lets go I set a time delay on the motion censor with this chaff delay we only have three minuets" she put the tube back in her vest
They all ran for the door kicking it open without breaking a sweat. Hayley ran first pulling out her staff ready to fight when she made it extend. Abby followed behind her then Josh holding his hand guns using his old Hand skills for his fighting. Hayley silently lead the three and turned a corner hitting a man in the face with her staff and knocking him unconscious with the force of the blow. Again the three ran letting Hayley lead them till they came to a large metal door "It's got a keypad" Abby pointed out "we need to code for that"
Hayley nodded "not necessarily, give me two minuets" she pulled out a small back plastic kit from her pocket and wedged off the keypad screen where a bunch of wires hung to.
Josh and Abby stayed close to Hayley while she worked and took down a few guards that ran into them. Hayley stood up and pressed a few numbers and the door slid open "I changed the code"
They nodded and walked into the dimly lit room where only one window and a small metal frame was in the far corner of the dirty room. On the opposite side of the room a body was laying on the floor, arms chained to a large set of handcuffs looking to be customized to fit his wrist and to hold them in place. The body was bloody and battered as though someone had hit it with a bus. Hayley pulled out a flashlight that was in another one of her pockets and shone it on the body, it was Gareth. Hayley felt like she could drop to her knees, which she did after she ran to Gareth's limb, cold body "Gareth" she whispered
Gareth groaned and tensed "no, g-get away" he managed to spit out
"No Gareth it's…it's me" she said with tears in her eyes as she placed her hand on his cut up face
"H-Hayl's?" he asked almost in a whisper his eye lit up from their daze
Hayley slowly pulled his close careful of his injuries "It's okay where getting you out of here"
Gareth body had no energy left what so ever, he had been tortured for weeks and it showed from his bloody body, his blood stained tattered clothes and huge bruised that has formed everywhere "T-they found m-my weakness Hayl's" Gareth said his eye drooping
Hayley pulled him up as she stood Josh helping her carry him as they followed their steps back toward the door. They all stopped after seeing a group of guards standing at the door "take him" Hayley slid out of Gareth's grasp and extended her staff.
She concentrated for a few seconds then charged at the guards swinging her staff behind her ready to strike, and strike she did. After a few seconds only one guard stood and he had run down the hall out of sight probably going to tell Laura what had happened "okay guys go" she signaled them to go
"What about you?" Abby said with concern as she kicked a guard that was groaning and had started to get up
"I need to finish this" she didn't looked back to watch Josh sigh
Josh held Gareth "come back safely"
Hayley didn't react to Josh's comment she was to blind with anger and hatred that she just sped off toward where she knew Laura was hiding. Josh and Abby left without another word, they where just needing to get Gareth somewhere safe.
Hayley ran down the halls which she knew all to well. This was the place where she learned her craft, where she was taught everything she knew about fighting, intelligence and about her life. It was the training facility that her father had taken her to after her mother ran off. He wanted her to stay safe and this was the only way that her father knew how to keep her that way. She was to young to know why she was going to stay in this place for more than five years and no one told her, she figured it out all by her self, they had taught her to well.
A nine year old Hayley gripped her fathers cold hand as they walked down the bland halls of gray and while tiles. The hum of an air conditioner hung in the air and so did the stench of sweat and discipline. She didn't know what was going on her father had told her that she was going to a special place that would keep her safe and that she didn't have to worry anymore. Worry about what? What was going on? How come this place felt hollow and dead to her? Hayley's head was filled with questions as would any nine year old in this situation. Rick opened a large wooden door, a contrast to the modern room that was inside "were here" he spoke in his normal icy tone
"Good, good and this must be my new pupil, am I correct?" a old voice said from behind an old Japanese table
This room was so different from the halls, it was warm and the smell of sweet incense was filling the nine year olds nose. The rich red walls were almost the happiest thing in the facility and small candles lit the room.
Rick pushed little Hayley forward "teach her everything you know, I don't care how long it takes or how much, just teach her"
Hayley looked at Rick and the back at the aged man behind the low table "umm daddy?"
Rick gave her that be-quiet look and instantly she did "it takes many years for only a child to learn the things I must teach her and this child has a strong sense about her" the old man said "you child I am you new Sensei, Master Yamato" the old man said again
Hayley nodded at the man "listen you old fool are you going to teach her or not?" Rick spoke harshly
"Yes I will teach the child and I will call you when she is finished, it will be five years till she is back" Master Yamato looked at the young Hayley "she will learn quickly"
"Fine" Rick turned around and walked out of the room without another word, not even a goodbye to his daughter
"You will soon find out that you will not need to rely on that man for anything, you are strong" the old man said "now lets get to your first lesson"
Master Yamato was the only teacher she had ever truly respected; he was the best and had taught her everything she knew and had been almost like a father to her unlike someone. Hayley stood in front of the wooden door she had loved so much. Her hand gripped the worn out door knob and turned it making sure that the squeak that had always been there didn't alert anyone. The door opened slowly and it was like she was nine years old again, the candles, the red walls and the smell, it was all still there like nothing had ever changed, all except for the figure that sat behind the table. Hayley extended her staff and walked into the room "Laura" her voice full of venom
"I figured you would be here" Laura smiled "this place was like your home for the five years you where here"
"How did you know that I trained here?" Hayley took a step forward
Laura smiled "I'm your mother I know everything you did"
Hayley almost winced at her words "you're not my mother, you're a criminal"
"I'm sure you want to end me, end all this but I'm not done with you yet, I have plans for you" Laura stood and walked toward Hayley, who stood her ground ready to strike at anytime "I have an offer for you"
"What of offer?" her defenses went up more, her muscles tensed this was going to end now
A month later, Hayley and Gareth's old apartment
It was a party, a big party. They had all gathered in the living room of the loft and were ready for speeches "Well thank you all for coming" Abby smiled
"Who wouldn't want to come" Gareth yelled out from the crowd of people
Abby stood up on a chair where every ones eyes had taken their place on the young girl "I'd like to say marry Christmas to all of you, and a Happy birthday to Hayley" Gareth wrapped his arm around Hayley's waist who was smiling from ear to ear "today we are celebrating everything that is happy and now Josh and I would like to make an announcement, Josh and I are….getting married" everyone cheered loudly and Josh pulled her from the chair into his arms and kissed her passionately.
Gareth kissed Hayley's temple and whispered in her ear "let's get out of here"
She nodded "I have to congratulate Abby first" she whispered in Gareth ear
"We can do that later let's go I hate the crowd thing" he pulled her toward the door picking up his and Hayley's coat before leaving the apartment
A lot had changed in their lives, Gareth had gotten a job at a small school after he finished his online courses in record time for teachers collage and Hayley had been working as a hired producer at Julliard School of Music for some classes that needed a producer. They had moved into their old apartment and everything was fine and dandy and no one knew what happened that night after Hayley had went after Laura and Hayley had never told anyone off it. She came back with cuts all over her and so exhausted she passed out in Josh's arms and slept for a whole day. Gareth had healed quickly as expected and told them of everything of his weakness to a different type of Isotope which reacted to the one that was in his body, the one that they hadn't extracted from him, he put to much of a fight up so that they couldn't get it wouldn't killing him which would erase any information that was in the chemical. Hayley and Gareth walked hand in hand down the cold streets of New York "I love you Hayley"
"I love you too" she smiled at him
Gareth went to say something but Hayley's cell phone went off "sorry hold on" she picked up her phone and slid it open "hello….yeah…yeah, no I can't come in….you can't do that…fine" she pushed her phone closed
"Gotta go to work?" Gareth asked, it had happened a few times with her new job
Hayley nodded "A student needs a few tweaks on her piece and my boss said it can't wait till tomorrow"
Gareth kissed her again "okay I understand"
"I'll be back later, don't wait up" she started to slowly run down the street
Gareth sighed and walked back up to the apartment where half the people had already left the party since that night was almost over. Although he loved that his girlfriend was doing what she loved he hated the times that she would get called in at the worst times cause someone need her for hours of putting the finishing touches on a piece of music it ruined their time together.
Hayley's run slowed to a light walk and then she looked over her shoulder to make sure no one followed her to her destination. She hated keeping secrets from Gareth and the rest of her friends but this was one that would save their life and eventually give them all a normal life, or what people called normal. She walked into a back alley where only the full moon of the cold winter night lit the shadows then she pulled out her cell phone and dialed a number "pick me up" was all she said before she closed her phone and slid it into her coat pocket and only a few short minuets later a black escalade pulled up at the opening of the alley and Hayley hesitantly got into the car.
The cream coloured leather on the seats was still cool from when she opened the door, or maybe it was because the coldest woman in the world was sitting beside her, Laura. Hayley looked away from her with hatred in her eyes "So what did you want" again hatred in her voice
Laura smiled with amusement that she could get on her daughters nerves just by being around her "I got a new job for you, a local arms dealer has been selling faulty weapons to my men"
"So you want me to take him out" Hayley rolled her eyes
"No, the dealer has a laptop with all his contacts in it and I want you to steal it" Laura said as the car took off then she passes a envelope to Hayley to snatched it away
"An in and out job?" she opened the envelope and stared at the picture of the man and the blue prints of the building "for once I don't have to kill anyone"
Laura smiled again "unfortunately the building is on lockdown and at top security cause of a break in a few days ago"
"Whatever" she reached in the back and pulled out her stuff for the job and once the car stopped she jumped out thankful to be out of her Laura's presents "once I finish whatever you want with me, everyone if free"
"Just don't go running off or everyone is dead, and Gareth would be the first" she reminded her all knowing of Hayley's weakness to her family and friends
Hayley ran off towards the building that was only a few blocks away, this would be a quick job, that is even with Laura's voice in the back of her head. Her friends were her only weakness and Hayley wouldn't let anything happen to them
Lee: sooooo sorry that I haven't updated for the longest time
Fans: WHAT THE HELL TOOK YOU SO LONG
Lee: you have no idea what's been going on, viruses with my computer, personal things, trying to get a job it to much
Fans: this is your job, to entertain us!!!!
Lee: I can't be here forever but I decided instead of two more chapters I'm going to extend it
Fans: YAY!!!!
Gareth: I DIDN'T DIE!!!
Lee: I couldn't just kill you off
Chris (from marching band fic): you did it to me!!!
Lee: well it's cause I didn't need you okay!!!
Chris: fine (pouts like a little girl)
Lee: hahaha Chrisy!!
Chris: STOP CALLING ME THAT
Everyone: CHRISY, CHRISY, CHRISY!!!
Chris: I'm going to kill myself know
Lee: (shrugs) don't need you anymore
Everyone: next chapter coming soon….I hope cause you never know with Lee