For katblu42 and prompt 4:
'Does it kill you? Knowing that you can't do anything to stop me?' and Scott
If he'd thought about it a little more, it had been too easy. Something about the whole rescue had seemed off from the minute John finished describing the collapsed building, but lives were at stake and Scott was never one to hold back, sometimes to the despair of his brothers.
Now he wished that sometimes he didn't rush in.
There had been three life signs, just as promised. Unmoving, also as scans supplied. But that was where the similarities ended. For there were not three office workers trapped on the second floor of a collapsed building.
There was Havoc and Fuse and the Hood. And they were most definitely not unconscious.
But Scott had been, for an unknown period of time, caught by a taser blast before he'd even registered who was there. And now, now he was somewhere else, seated on a chair with his arms cuffed behind him and to the chair, as were his legs. His sash was missing.
Raising his head he spied Havoc sitting on the table in front of him, playing with one of the many techo-spheres she used. 'Oh, so you're finally awake then. Better let the boss know,' she said, hopping off and leaving. If Havoc was here then Fuse was somewhere near…a hand fell on his shoulder and it took all of Scott's considerable willpower not to shrug it off.
He heard rather than saw the door open, and the hand disappeared to be replaced by two, one on each shoulder. They squeezed, and Scott couldn't repress the shudder that went through him. Then there were lips besides his ear…
'Does it kill you? Knowing that you can't do anything to stop me, that I can do anything I want, and you are here, powerless?'
Scott swallowed, trying hard not to let the panic show. For the voice that started out as The Hood modulated at the end to a very familiar voice. And as he spoke, the Hood moved into eyesight and confirmed Scott's horrified realisation.
In front of Scott stood…Scott.