"A Moment In Time"
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters; those belong to their original creators. The way it's all stringed together is of my making. No profit is being made out of this (*sigh* unfortunately).
Fandom(s): Nine Lives of Chloe King
Character(s): Alek Petrov and Amy Martins (with small appearances from Jasmine and Paul Chan, as well as mentions of Chloe King)
Pairing: Chloe/Brian (discussed) and Chloe/Alek (one-sided)
Rating: T
Words: 1,202 words
Requested By: none
Challenge/Summary: Altered Scene from 1x07 of NLoCK; "Dogs of War". Amy and Paul are determined to find a solution for Chloe's heartbreak and they've decided that Alek is the Mai to ask for some answers.
Inspiration: I thought of the alteration before I saw the episode tonight on ABC Spark yet I had seen it on Youtube a few days ago and I couldn't help it.
Spoiler(s): everything up to ep. 1x07 ("Dogs of War") of Nine Lives of Chloe King
Time Frame: During the scene where Amy/Paul drop by Alek's place for some answers regarding the Human/Mai limitation.
A/N: Additional comments at the end to avoid spoilers. Just a heads up, I've only watched the TV Show (I haven't watched the last 3 episodes yet).
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"Is There a Counter-Curse?"
As soon as the elevator doors opened on the eighteenth floor, Alek Petrov knew he was going to get unwanted visitors. His enhanced hearing could already hear the whispered conversation between the two humans he really didn't want to see. He wanted to ignore them but he knew they wouldn't stop banging on his door until he answered.
And so the knocking began.
Alek groaned and marched towards the front door and yanked it open.
There stood Amy Martins and Paul Chan, the human couple that just so happened to be best friends to Chloe King, his race's Uniter. Alek really wanted to shut the door in their faces.
"What?" Alek demanded, hoping to be intimidating, yet it didn't work. The humans continued to stand in their spot.
"I'd love to come in, thank you." Amy sarcastically offered herself in a higher tone before she let herself in. Paul quickly followed his girlfriend inside while saying that he was 'with her'.
The blonde Mai gave the humans a perturbed look before he closed the door behind them and turned around. He saw Amy put her purse on the couch while Paul started to roam around the apartment's front room. Alek had to resist the urge to run his hands through his hair in a frustrated manner.
"Eighteen floors up…doorman…locked elevator…just in case it wasn't clear, not a big fan of visitors." Alek pointed out, mainly to Amy, with a snarky attitude attached to it.
Amy blinked at the Mai as her hand found her way onto her hip, "Too bad. This is your fault and now you need to help me fix it."
Alek gave her an incredulous look. "How can whatever it is be my fault? I haven't done anything." He was confused; usually it was Chloe that was angry at him, not Amy.
"You'd be surprised what could end up being your fault." Paul interjected as he picked up golden weapon that resembled a scythe.
Alek noticed this. "Put that down!" His eyes didn't leave the weapon that Paul was playing with.
Paul twirled the weapon one full rotation before he returned it to its spot.
Seeing that her boyfriend was done playing around, Amy returned her attention back to the Mai before her. "I don't mean you-you, I mean Mai-you." She clarified before she elaborated even more, "Chloe is miserable and heartbroken. She needs her life back. It's totally un-"
"Heartbroken?" Alek interrupted the moment after Amy's words sunk into his mind. Was Chloe okay? "Why is she heartbroken?" He questioned softly.
"Because of your stupid curse," Amy exclaimed in a way that showed that she couldn't believe that she was saying what she did yet she continued, "She just told Brian that she can never see him again."
Alek blinked. "Really?" He couldn't help but wonder if Chloe really walked away from that human. He still didn't understand what she saw in him. He didn't get what anyone saw in him.
Amy gave him a quizzical look. "Really." She drawled out.
Alek cleared his throat in hopes of getting his composure back, "And I should care about this why?"
"Because you care about Chloe," Amy argued back, as if that was the answer to convince the Mai to help her.
Alek's eyes softened yet it quickly hardened with Amy's next words.
"She's in love with him." There was conviction in her voice.
Alek had to resist the urge to hiss or growl at that statement. "Well we did warn her but it looks like she made the wrong choice." He rebutted back with no compassion. He warned her since the beginning; a romantic relationship between a Mai and a human never end well. Never.
Amy shook her head and she was ready to argue but Paul interrupted them with another weapon question. Alek just gave him a look that quickly silenced him. Paul sulked as he moved to put his latest find away.
"There has to be some way around this not-kissing thing." Amy interrupted as she shared her thoughts on the situation, "A loophole or a…cure, or a counter measure or something." She waved her arms around, as if doing so would make the solutions come to her sooner.
Alek scoffed as he crossed his arms over his chest.
Amy's eyes narrowed at the Mai. "What?"
"Do you really think that no Mai has ever thought of or even attempted to find something to cure this curse of ours?" He pointed out in a condescending way.
It seemed to have the desired effect as the hope in Amy's eyes started to diminish.
"Chloe is not the first Mai to fall for a human and she probably won't be the last." He took a step closer to her and looked down, "Chloe can either be with a Mai or she can be with no one. There is no way around it."
Amy blinked as the logistics behind Alek's words resonated through her head. Was there really no hope for Chloe to be with Brian? Did she really encourage her best friend to go down a path that would have led to her heart breaking no matter what?
"As far as I'm concerned, if she had listened to us when we told her to break ties with this Brian, she wouldn't be heartbroken over it right now." Alek continued, unknowingly confirming the guilty thoughts in Amy's head.
Amy looked up at the Mai and her eyes widened at the fierce expression he was giving her. Why is he so worked up on the subject? She wondered before another thought crossed her mind.
Could he…?
"You like her." Amy accused, her eyes still wide.
Alek looked away, he was completely caught off-guard. He couldn't confirm nor deny Amy's accusation…it wouldn't have been right to do either action.
Before Amy could grill Alek more on his feelings towards her best friend, Paul joined them with his own suggestions.
"So if she can't date humans, aren't there some other semi-cool Mai guys you can introduce her to?" He innocently asked before another idea came to his mind. "Wait, do you guys have a website or a roster or something?"
Alek's head snapped towards Paul's direction. The Mai had an incredulous look on his face. "Really? Use your head. For a race that's being hunted down, why would we make a website for ourselves and make it that much easier for the Order to find us?" Idiots, I'm dealing with idiots. Alek couldn't help but think to himself.
"It was just a suggestion." Paul mumbled before he waved at Jasmine, who just entered the room.
"Hey…what are you guys doing here?" Jasmine questioned as she looked between the two humans.
Alek huffed. "They're all yours." He darted to grab his jacket before he headed for the door. Although Jasmine could still hear Alek cursing the humans underneath his breath as he made his way towards the elevator.
The female Mai turned her attention back to the humans, only to find Paul staring back at her while a stunned Amy had her focus on Alek's former spot.
"Is there something I can help you guys with?" Jasmine offered which was a bad idea as Paul quickly asked more Mai-related questions.
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A/N #1: So I couldn't help myself even though this would have been my first time writing something for this fandom. What do you think? Do my alterations make sense? I still have the last 3 episodes to watch before I read that official movie/sequel script that was released recently. I really need to know if Chloe/Alek get together in the end (apparently the books don't grant my wish if I'm not mistaken)!
A/N #2: This is just a random observation but I've found a few ways to connect this series to either "Vampire Diaries/The Originals", "Dark Angel", "Supernatural" or "Charmed". Have you found any way to connect this series to any other?
A/N #3: Thank you to everyone who took the time to read my latest snippet/challenge on NCIS:LA/Dark Angel, it means the world to me! A special thanks to Ghostwriter for leaving me a review for my previous snippet. Once again, thank you for always leaving your thoughts for me to read and respond to. THANK YOU!
Coming Up Next: TBA
Update: So I couldn't help myself...I read the sequel/movie script for NLoCK and it really is a shame that they aren't going to go through with production because *spoiler alert* it not only tied everything up in the plot, it gave me the ending I was rooting for! *squeal*
Originally Published: September 23, 2013