AN: So this was written for heroes_bigboom on Livejournal. There's art and a fanmix to go along with it over at my LJ (livejournal . com / b_dsaint) and thank you Annie for betaing and listening to me whine... getting close to the end. only a few chapters left
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Disclaimer: Heroes belongs to NBC and Kring... and I suppose maybe other people? I have no idea. I wish I owned Sylar though... and Elle. YUM
Elle made herself count to one hundred as the streets sped by in a blur. They'd left the city only minutes before, but already she itched to electrocute Chris and steal the bike. She knew it wasn't the brightest of ideas. He'd crash and probably total the bike. Best case scenario she'd end up back in the hospital, and she really, really hated hospitals. Except she needed some way of getting him off the bike so she could steal it. Idly she contemplated the odds she'd survive a crash in good enough shape to ride the bike. Her father had always said she was too impulsive.
Thoughts of her father made her scowl. As long as they were heading north she could wait, she reasoned. As the thought crossed her mind, Chris leaned to the side, turning the bike in a large U-turn and headed back towards the city. She groaned, burying her face between his shoulder blades. Looked like electrocution was going to be the plan.
The sudden slowing of the bike caught her off guard and she lifted her head in surprise. Chris edged the bike on to the shoulder, dragging his feet as the bike rolled to a stop and shutting off the engine.
"Why are we stopping?" Elle asked, slight alarm in her voice.
Chris twisted on the seat to grin back at her. "What'd you think? She go fast enough for you?"
Elle forced a smile. "I don't know..." She lowered her eyes, staring up at him through her eyelashes as she pouted playfully. "I'm sure I've seen faster."
Chris laughed, shaking his head. His blue eyes sparkled. "Well how 'bout you show me how its done then?"
Elle blinked in shock. "Excuse me?"
He grinned, climbing off the bike and standing at her side, one hand gripping the handlebars and the other coming behind her to grab the seat. He leaned in close, teasing challenge in his voice. He gestured with his chin to the ignition. "Want to drive?"
Elle studied him for a moment before a real smile lit up her face. "Really?"
Chris smiled back. "Really."
She scooted forward on the seat, settling herself comfortably and gripping the handlebars. Chris stood up to watch her examination of the instruments with amusement.
Elle couldn't believe her good luck. She studied the controls of the bike curiously. Confident she knew how to operate the machine, she whipped her hand out to rest on Chris's chest. She twisted her head to stare sideways at him through narrowed eyes. "I really am sorry about this." Electricity coursed through her fingers.
Chris's eyes widened in shock as he jerked stiffly and fell to the ground. He glared up at her through pain-filled eyes, limbs twitching.
Elle looked down at him. "I am sorry you know. You're not very bright, and you have a horrible sense of humour, but you're not a bad person." She raised a hand towards him, electricity crackling. It hung there a moment, blue sparks tracing over her skin and jumping between her fingers before Elle groaned and dropped her hand, sparks disappearing. "Neither am I. At least, I don't want to be."
Elle turned the key in the ignition, straightening the bike and kicking off the break. "I'll bring it back to you. Well. Maybe." She smiled tightly before kicking the bike into gear and speeding away from Chris.
She glanced back once to see Chris pulling himself shakily to his feet, staring after her. She sighed tightly before focusing on the road. He'd seen her use her powers. He was a liability, a loose end as her father would say. She should have killed him, erased the evidence. Just like the guy in the alley.
But Elle was glad she'd let them both live. Daddy hadn't always known best, after all.
more to come!