"I still cannot believe that, the, Allison Hargreeves, is encouraging me to beat up a boxer" I told her walking up the street to the swanky hotel The Crusher was staying in, we hoped.
"The damage he has done to Diego, and others, it's wrong. I know other boxers are happily enough to have broken limbs, but this could have killed Diego, and this boxer needs to learn his lesson" Allison explained to me.
"And what is this lesson?" I asked her.
"Never mess with a Hargreeves" she added, smiling proudly.
"Well, luckily for me, I am not a Hargreeves" I added, turning the corner up the street, the hotel coming into view.
"Yeah…tell me about that" Allison told me.
"Well…I guess, after Diego and I broke up, I wanted nothing to do with anything Hargreeves related, I guess. The name felt like a property of his. So, I had to get rid of it" I explained "So, I emailed mom one day, asked about my name, Alessia. She said it is Italian, since I came from Venice, Italy. So, I found a Venetian surname, Verona. And I changed it. After that, I felt free, like I was just me, and me alone. Every time, I told people my name was Lexi Hargreeves, they didn't know whether to jump up and down and squeal like a fan does, or kindly step away, turn around and run"
"Well, I'm sorry you felt like that" Allison told me. I shrugged at her.
"It was one of the best decisions I have ever made, as well as getting back with Diego" I added.
"Talking about that, so. Vancouver?" I knew this conversation was coming.
"Diego and I have a lot of bad memories here. One of the biggest is being part of the Umbrella Academy. We hated it, we felt like we only had each other" I explained "There were days when we said we would run away together, but we knew he would be able to find us, or someone would, we were too young, 16 at the time. So, we had to wait, two more years until we could actually escape together" I explained shaking my head getting off topic. "With Diego and I breaking up, twice I think, exes in the past, so much drama, we need a fresh start if we want to actually have a future together, I mean you left, so why can't we?" I asked her.
"Not saying you can't" Allison added. "I guess, it was a shock to us. We have only just gotten back together as a team, and now two of us are moving faraway"
"You're a flight away, remember?" I asked her. Before something hit me, something she said. "Wait, you said shock to us…the only people who know, are you and Vanya" I asked, standing still. "Allison…have you said something?" I asked, raising my eyebrow at her.
"Look, the rest of the gang came to the hospital to see Diego…they over heard the conversation, I couldn't lie to them, and they would find out eventually" Allison had a point. But I would have still preferred to stay silent a little longer about it. But why would they care anyway.
"How did they take it?" I asked.
"They were in shock, one minute you two have broken up, the next you two are moving to the other side of the country" She explained. "But, as long as you two are happy. So are we"
Both of us stood outside the luxurious hotel, and of course body guards were scattered about.
"So…what's the plan?" I asked my actress of an orphan beside me.
"I will rumour anyone who get's in our way, when we get to the Crusher, you can hurt him how ever your life, just don't kill him…we then present a story and leave. We will make sure he cannot fight ever again"
The plan was good, and was bound to go wrong somehow, it always usually does.
"Okay, I guess, we just walk in, don't look into anyone's eyes…but we gotta find out what room he is in" I added.
"I can help with that" Allison told me, leading in front of me heading towards the receptionist desk, smiling at the woman in a pin stripe suit and hair pulled back into a tight bun, her purple lips smiled, breaking out the white pearly teeth.
"How can I help you?" she asked.
Allison looked straight at the woman smiling. "I heard a rumour" she spoke, the colourless wave radiated from Allison's mouth, straight into the face of the receptionist, her eyes turning cloudy. "That you are going to tell us the room number of the boxer, the Crusher" she told her.
The woman nodded as she typed away on the computer. "Floor 3, room 33" She told us.
"Thank you" Allison nodded as we both walked to the elevator, pressing the up button, the doors opened, classical music of course playing. As the door closed, I sighed nervously. I wanted to beat the crap out of the Crusher, but I was worried about the after effects it would have on me emotionally.
As the doors to floor 3 opened, body guards were everywhere. "Shit" I mumbled. "Any idea on how you want us to deal with it?" I asked her stepping out. Suddenly all eyes were on us. "Think they know the face of the woman who broke his knee caps?" I asked her.
"From the look on their angry faces, I have a feeling they want to beat the crap out of you…better do something quick, because it looks like they are heading our way" Allison spoke, panicking.
She was right. They were heading straight for us, probably mainly me, anger on their faces, ready to take out their target. As my hands vibrated glowing red orbs, I focused on all the body guards. "I wanted this to go as smoothly as I wanted…obviously wasn't going to happen…we might need Five's help with something" I told her "We can use the phone in room 33" I added, before whipping my hands to either sides, causing the guards to fly into the opposite walls they were standing up against, knocking them out. "They should be out for a few…hopefully" I added walking to the hotel room door. "Help me get one of these guards up" I asked Allison, both grabbing a side of a body guard, holding him up, so his face was in direct of the peephole, before knocking loudly, like a man would.
"What!" A man shouted inside, his large heavy feet clumping towards the door. I could sense he was on the other side of the door. As the door opened, we dropped the body.
"Remember me arsehole?" I asked, before he could shut the door in our faces, I blasted him with a psionic blast, sending him into the wall of room 33. "Allison use the phone to call Five, we need him here. I don't think two of us is enough, and we know Five is a little bit of a psycho" I told her.
"On it, have fun" She chuckled heading into the room. I closed the door behind us, locking it. As Allison focused on her small mission, I looked at Rafal.
"I assume from your reaction; you remember who I am. And speak English" I warned him.
"You're…the bitch who broke my kneecap!" he shouted at me. I looked at the fixture around his knee. I couldn't help but smirk at my work.
"I think you need to learn your lesson; you nearly kill people when you fight them, you nearly killed my boyfriend, he is in hospital with broken ribs and a punctured lung. So, I am here to teach you a lesson" I informed him, stepping closer.
Rafal laughed at me. "You think you can teach me a lesson little girl?" he asked me.
"I wouldn't ask that question" Allison called out; the phone attached to her ear.
"I broke your knee cap without even touching you, I can do a lot more. So, I am going to break maybe every bone you have, because I am going to make sure you cannot ever fight again" I held out my glowing red hands. "See, I have a special gift, some people say special, people like you I assume, would call me a freak, and you know what, I love being a freak sometimes, because with these abilities, I can hurt you without touching you, and I can get away with it, just like you have all your career…so…what shall I start with?" I asked. "I know, you gotta be even right? So, I will just break the other knee cap" I smirked, focusing on his knee cap, his skin glowing red, as I twisted my hand, the sound of loud crunching echoed room 33, he cried out in pain, using my other free hand, I forced his mouth shut. "Allison, we might need to gag him, some guys are into that" I smirked.
I think it took a total of an hour to finally complete everything we needed to do.
Rafal was finally out of business. I broke every bone I could without killing him, and that it would take him a damn long time to ever get back in the ring again. Allison called Five, of course he was happy enough to take out guards without killing them, though he really wanted to kill them. Then Allison put a little rumour in Rafal's mind, saying he simple fell into the bath tub, breaking all of his bones, so when someone finds him, he would be all scrambled in the bath tub, the final move was for Five, erasing any footage of Allison and I in the building, so all it looked like Rafal's guards had all been standing there when the accident happened. Allison may have also rumoured all his guards, one at a time to make the footage look legit, to just stand up like nothing ever happened after they had woken up from their beating from Five.
The three of us took a taxi back to the hospital so I could be dropped off. Entering Diego's room alone, he was just staring at the ceiling. "Hey fighter" I spoke, walking around to him. His eyes darted to me, smiling brightly without hurting himself.
"Where have you been gorgeous?" He asked him, his voice a little crackly.
"Letting someone know they don't mess with my man and get away with it" I winked at him. Would I ever tell him what I did?
Maybe.
