"Any idea where he escaped to?" Allison asked me as we slowly walked through the hallways.
"No idea, I doubt he would escape the mansion, it's holding his secrets, if the police find this place, his secrets are exposed" I explained to her.
"I don't even want to know these secrets" Allison mumbled to me.
"Drugs, weapons, all that type of mafia stuff"
"Wait" Allison grabbed my wrist pulling me to a halt. "The Mafia?"
"A form…a gang, it's all the same isn't it?" I asked her "Gangs, mafia's, they all do the same bad things, drugs, money, weapons, women, all sorts" I sighed looking at the ground. "Look, I don't want to talk about it no more, because it is no more, I've chosen my path"
"With Diego" Allison added.
"Yes, if you all honestly thought I would stay here and have a kid and raise it here. You lot obviously don't really know me"
"So, you were going to find a way out?"
"Yes, without killing me and you lot, and it has worked out, hasn't it?" I asked her.
"Kind of, Daniel has run off somewhere, and we have no idea where, we don't know what traps there are"
"Well I assume, when Luther took out the security cameras and sensors, he made sure that there were no booby traps" I told her sarcastically, rubbing my head, I felt a big headache come on.
"You okay?" she asked kindly.
"It's just a headache, from being stressed and being electrocuted several times, isn't fun" I added. "Now come on, we have to find Daniel before he escapes, if he does"
"And what is your plan for when you find him?" Allison asked me, tilting her head like a curious dog.
Was I going to kill him? Or let him live and let the police take care of him? I couldn't kill him directly…I wasn't that type of person, and if the police took him in, he would crawl out behind the prison cells somehow, and maybe find me or my family.
Then something clicked in my head. Karma, by his own design.
"You've got that face on you…" Allison sounded worried.
"What face?" I asked.
"Like you are up to something, and it's the same face as Diego pulls, when he is planning to do something stupid" she added.
"Diego comes up with stupid ideas, no offense to him, but I have an idea that isn't stupid, but put's an end to everything" I told her simply. "I just need to find it"
"Find what?" She asked furrowing her eyebrows together.
"Where we keeps his secrets of course" I smirked "And I have a feeling, it's in the basement, bit clique, but keeps it hidden" I told her simply. "Just keep an eye out, and Allison, I know you hate doing it. But if you need or have to rumour someone, do it" I told her "You could save a life" I added, heading off down the hallway.
The stairs were in our view, all we had to do was quickly walk down them and enter the basement. Where ever the door was.
"Quickly" Allison whispered, drawing closer to the stairs, as we turned the corner to go down the stairs, a large figure came out from behind the wall, staring at both of us. His large hand suddenly clasped around my small neck, clutching hard. I suddenly felt like I was unable to breath. He slammed my body against the wall, as Allison tried fighting against him, but let's face it, he was twice as big as us, there was no way. Not even Diego.
I tried to use my powers, either with my hands or my mind, but the hand crushing my windpipe causing me to not being able to breath or send oxygen to my brain, it was more difficult. And after using a lot of power during my build up and blow up, I was still exhausted.
My hands vibrated as they glowed red, but it was faint, I was trying to push him away from me, but that wasn't working. I tried removing a finger, but I felt myself become weaker. I could tell Allison was panicking in using her powers, because it destroyed a big part of her life, but she wouldn't risk losing another Hargreeves?
Allison suddenly stopped fighting, before becoming serious, placing her hand in between mine and the large man. "I heard a rumour" she spoke, a small clear invisible wave came from her voice, causing the man's eyes to turn white. "That you let go of my sister, and walked to the police station to hand yourself in for all the criminal activity you have done, including Daniel, including everything" she told him.
The man suddenly pulled away from me, causing me to collapse to the floor, breathing for air, breathing so much it hurt. The man walked down the stairs leaving the building. Allison moved herself down to my level, looking at me.
"Lexi…I'm so sorry" she told me, looking guilty.
"Look…" I groaned as I breathed. "We all have choices we don't want to make, but we make them, if it includes saving someone's life. Your ability destroyed your marriage and messed up your relationship with your kid, but try and avoid getting someone killed" I sighed, slowly managing to stand up. "We need to make a detour to the bar" I told her.
"Why?" she asked me softly.
"Because I need a drink, I need energy, water gives you that, remember" I told her "Runners drink water to stay hydrated and keep their energy going" I explained, heading downstairs, the coast was clear.
"Where did everyone go?" Allison asked looking around.
"Good or bad guys?" I asked "Good ran off, bad guys, probably hiding, running or I don't know. Our focus is on Daniel"
"What about the others? They are the bad guys as well"
"Bad guys can't do anything without a boss, they are useless, especially these guys, they need to be following someone, when Daniel is taken out, they won't know what to do with themselves" I explained, entering the bar and finding the mini fridge, grabbing a small bottle of water. Tearing off the lid, I downed the water, taking breaths in between, before the bottle was empty. Finding a bin, I placed it inside and left the bar. "Let's get back on track" I mumbled, heading off with Allison to try and find a door to lead to the basement.
There wasn't any door's in the main entrance.
"Hidden door maybe? I mean we would really want to make sure the cops don't find it" Allison suggested. I looked at the walls under the stairs, where two black modern tables placed against the wall, items on the table and a wall lamp attached.
"Only one thing to do" I mumbled to myself, trashing the table, but everything came off. I even moved the table, the legs in a design of a square, moved, but no door opened. I looked at the light. It was of modern design, a piece of chrome attached itself to the wall, and a U-shaped chrome piece attached the lamp shade to it, which was of cream rectangular design. Fancy.
Admiring the piece, I couldn't find a switch of anything. Waving my hand over the light, in case it was senor triggered, didn't turn it on either. Looking underneath, there was a bulb in it, twisting the bulb, I sighed as nothing happened.
"Any luck?" Allison asked me.
"Nope, weird though. A lamp with a bulb that doesn't turn on, over a table with items" I explained.
Allison continued to admire the lamp. "I'm gonna try something, usually seen in movies maybe some tv shows" She suggested, pulling the lamp up, and by my amazement, the lamp lifted up, revealing some mechanics underneath, but nothing happened. We both frowned, before Allison pulled it down again, causing a sound to echo from within the walls.
We stood in surprise seeing the wall suddenly move away and reveal stairs and darkness.
"Bingo" Allison smiled proudly.
"Let's go" I told her.
"It's a little dark down there" She mumbled. "And neither of us have a mobile on us right now"
"Lucky for you, my hand glows remember?" I told her, producing my hand in front of me, the vibrations in my hand causing it to glow red, creating somewhat of a light of us.
"It will do" Allison shrugged, as we headed down the stairs, suddenly lights came on, revealing the hallway, and a group of men, standing around, widening their eyes at us.
"Err" I spoke not knowing what to say, before they aimed their guns at us. I quickly focused my power onto their guns, creating red glows around their guns, which I made firmly attachable to their hands, raising my hands up, causing them to float a little off the ground, before flicking my hands to the side, causing them to fly into the walls with a bang, knocking them out.
Allison nodded at me, before we continued to head on, before seeing a large lab come into view, surrounded by white frame glass windows. Most likely bullet proof. Seeing a door, there was a key card.
"I'll see if any of them have any key cards" Allison told me, walking to the knocked-out men, before returning empty handed. "Guess this is on you" she told me.
"Thanks" I said, admiring the glass door, but my eyes came to the key card holder. Try this way first. As my hands glowed red, I focused on the key card design attached to the glass white frame, doing my best to try and rip it off the wall. "Damn this thing is strong" I groaned, turning the power up. But I was still too weak. "I can feel it coming off, but I've used to much power" I groaned.
"Need help?" Luther asked, standing down the hall, watching us. Human pin ball, could work. Nodding at him, I stopped using my power, before Luther joined us. Standing back from the door, Luther stood a few steps back, before launching himself at the glass, breaking right through.
"Bullet proof just not Luther proof" I joked "Thanks" I said. I still hadn't forgiven Luther for what he accused me off.
"Wait, Lexi" he said turning to me. "I'm sorry for what I said, guess it was just hard to accept it" he shrugged.
"Hmm" I simply said entering the lab and looking around.
"What are you looking for?" Luther asked as he stood closely beside Allison.
"Something about karma" Allison shrugged. Looking around the lab, I spotted a small little fancy case, the case wasn't shut which meant either someone had either got there before me, or someone was working with the items. Opening the lid, I sighed in relief, I grabbed a little circle device, admiring it.
"What are they?" Luther asked.
"Copies of what was attached to my neck causing me to get electricity shot through my body" I told them. Turning to them. "Karma" I shrugged. Placing the device back into the case, I noticed empty imprints in the case, like a block. Then it caught my eye. Grabbing the small device, the same device Daniel would hold, to press the button to electrocute me. Placing them in the case, I close it.
"Now let's find the bastard" I told them, leaving the lab quickly and heading up the stairs, Luther and Allison behind me.
I quickly noticed a black mass in the corner of my eye, seeing Daniel trying to creep out to the large back door which lead out to the large garden containing a maze.
"Shit" he mumbled, before darting outside. I quickly launched after him, I couldn't let him reach that maze, then I would take forever to find him.
"Lexi!" Allison shouted after me.
"He's mine!" I shouted back, continuing to run, before Daniel stopped running and turned around smirking, making me halt in my run. Why was he smirking? He suddenly held up a small device in his hand, it was a different device this time.
"Make a move, I press this button and the whole building goes boom" He smirked. "With your family inside" He chuckled. "Did you not think I had a back up plan in case our agreement went sideways?" he asked tilting his head.
"Wait…have I been living on a bomb?" I asked him, widening my eyes.
"Only for the past 15 minutes. I had my men wire up the basement" he smirked.
So that's why they were down there…
"So, you were gonna blow us up?" I asked him becoming angry.
"I honestly didn't know how this would end" he shrugged "There's a lot of valuable items down in the basement, it would suck to blow it up, so I guess I was waiting on how this fight would end. Either you would leave, or I would escape, and I could return to my lab and take the items, start over. Or if it came to it, I would have to blow everything up to cover my tracks and disappear. Now I know what I have to do" he said holding up the device. My eyes widened, quickly launching my hand out, creating a large red glow around his body, holding his entire body still. I couldn't let him press the button. I could tell he was fighting, and my energy was still dying. I stood closer to him, trying to gain more control of my powers and energy, before Daniel screamed out in pain.
His hand falling to the ground, detached from his arm, and the device rolling away. Frowning, I noticed a gleam in the corner of my eye, a blade lodged into a tree.
Diego's blade.
He rushed over to me and was about to stomp onto the device.
"Don't!" I shouted at him. "All he has to do is press the button and the place goes boom, destroying it might set it off too, at least wait until the rest are out before we blow it up"
Diego nodded as he gently placed it in his hand. "What the plan?" he asked me, seeing Daniel withering in pain, wanting to hold his handless left arm, but couldn't as I had him in my hold.
"Karma" I said, holding my hand out keeping my power on him. Placing the metal case on the ground, I noticed a finger print scanner. "Shit" I said before noticing his hand. I looked at Diego, before he looked at the hand and then the case. Nodding he kicked the hand towards me.
As much as I love horror and gory movies, not sure on being in it. Taking his hand, I pressed his thumb against the scanner, the case opened. Always the thumb. Grabbing the small circle devices, I handed some to Diego "Place them on his body" I told him, placing my own on Daniel's face, keeping him still, still. As Diego placed them on Daniel's body, where we could get to.
"Need help?" I turned to see the rest of the gang joining us. Allison smiled at me softly, before I handed a device to each of them.
"Now I understand" Luther commented.
Turning to Daniel, I released my power from him. "Karma is a bitch" I told him, pressing the button on the device, causing a shot of electricity erupt from his head, causing him to cry out in pain, before the rest of them turned their devices on.
Watching Daniel cry and wither in pain was satisfying. Karma really is a bitch.
His body suddenly dropped to the floor, lifeless.
I suddenly felt emotional, tears turning my eyes glassy.
"Baby? What's wrong?" Diego asked me worried, placing a hand on my cheek. I sighed to myself and wrapped my arms around him, letting the tears flow.
"It's been a lot for her" Allison told him. "She will be okay, she needs rest and to go home, let the police deal with this, after that man has confessed" She added.
Pulling away from Diego, I took a deep breath. "Not finished yet" I said taking the device from Diego's hand.
Moving ourselves towards the maze and away from the house, I took a deep breath and pressed the button. Feeling the ground shake, followed by a boom from below, before the fire escaped up the house, setting it a light.
"Let's get you home" Diego mumbled against my head, suddenly feeling tired, I nodded tiredly, before we slowly walked to the front of the house to go home.