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Mercedes is sitting at home trying to figure out what to do next when she hears something outside of her window. Usually Tina's with her, because Tina's parents are making her crazy, so she kinda is Mercedes' roommate. But now she is alone and she is too much into her own head.
She looks outside but sees nothing. She goes back to her desk and tries to focus on her homework, her mind keeps going back to Sam and his questions. He has so many questions and she knows those people are the most dangerous.
She hears the commotion again outside of her window and pulls her window up to look outside. It's the weekend so there's always some commotion in the town.
She decides to get out and have a look. She jumps out of the window and lands perfectly on her feet. She closes her eyes and tries to focus on listening where the commotion is coming from. She walks around the corner and she bumps into a big guy.
He looks at her and smirks. "What are you doing here so late pretty lady?" He asks her. She sighs. Not another one. She looks him over and he is fully in black, he has a bag and the bag is unzipped. She can see the money inside of it, she tilts her head to the side and narrows her eyes at him. He laughs at her.
"Just let me pass gorgeous." He says and she feels her blood boiling. "Where did you get that?" She asks him and his face falls. He shoves her and she falls back to the ground.
She gets up, brushes her knees clean and lunges at him with full force. He stumbles to the ground and she stands above him, her eyes are black as the night and he looks terrified. She smirks.
"Should I have mercy?" she asks him and he swallows audibly. He doesn't answer, but stays down. She steps back and grabs the bag. "Who are you?" He asks when she walks away.
She looks over his shoulder and laughs. "Ask around about me!" Is all she says and she walks back to the side of her apartment complex and jumps inside of her window.
Mercedes wakes up and sees a text from Tina saying that she will be there at 11 AM to have some breakfast with her. She looks at her clock and sees that it's only 10. She growls and gets out of bed to get into the shower.
When she's getting herself dressed she hears her front door open and close. "Cedes are you up yet? I have breakfast and Mike will be here in about half an hour." Mercedes sighs and walks into the kitchen, seeing her best friend setting the table for breakfast.
She smiles a little and sits down. "I brought your favorite coffee." Tina says and she sees immediately that something is wrong with Mercedes. "You want to talk about it?" She asks and Mercedes shakes her head. What is she gonna say? That every time she encounters someone, they are no good people.
Her mind goes to Sam thinking about him and his questions. All those questions. They eat in perfect silence and when Mercedes sips from her coffee she exhales. "Thanks T for breakfast. You know I love it when you do that."
Tina smiles at her. "Sure, you're okay with Mike coming here?" Mercedes nods her head. "Yeah sure, I'm gonna study anyway."
Tina looks confused. "Ooh no you're not." Mercedes looks at her friend smiling. "Yes, yes I am." Tina gets up and gets close to her friend holding both her hands. "Cedes you need to trust a few people in your life, I can't be the only one to have that burden on me. Please just at least try to be friends with Mike, he's a good guy and Sam-"
She stops talking when she sees Mercedes' face frown at what she says and Tina swallows. "Yeah didn't I say Mike was coming with Sam?" She doesn't even believe her own words and receives a sigh.
"You invited Mike and Sam to my apartment?" Tina shrugs. "Well, it's more our apartment and I stock your fridge almost on a weekly basis." She points a finger at Mercedes and Mercedes laughs at her friend. "That is absolutely true and thank you so much for it, but next time text me the whole story, not half of it… no correct that. Not only the good half of it." At that they both laugh and hug it out.
When they are done with the dishes Mercedes can hear footsteps of two large guys on the stairs. She looks up at Tina. "Okay, I'll get it. Just don't creep everybody out with hearing anything before actually hearing anything." She smiles and dries her hands before walking to the front door.
Mercedes fiddles with her hands while walking into the living room. In the living room she sees Tina and Mike kissing each other and she hugs Sam. Mike smiles at Mercedes and waves at her, Sam does the exact same thing. "So Sam, do you like our small town compared to Kentucky?" Tina chuckles. They all sit down, Sam sits on the far end of the couch while Mike sits next to him and Tina sits next too Mike.
Mercedes sits in her chair, it's her favorite place so she knows for sure that nobody can come close to her. "Yeah you know Kentucky is great, but I like this small town. Everybody knows everybody."
Mercedes gets up all of a sudden and all eyes are now on her. "Uhm... I kinda want to get something to drink. Does anybody want something?" She asks hesitantly. "Sure I'll have some soda." Tina says.
"Yeah me too." Mike says and looks at Sam. "Sure why don't I help you?" Sam asks and looks hopefully at Mercedes.
She smiles shyly and they both walk towards the kitchen. "He's not giving up is he?" Tina asks Mike and he smiles shaking his head. "No, he finds her kind of fascinating." They both laugh and Tina hopes that Sam will restore some trust back into Mercedes life.
Mercedes opens the fridge and grabs a few sodas, while Sam leans against the counter. "So this is your home?" Sam asks while looking around. She turns around and looks at him. "Yes this is all mine. Do you like it?" Why am I asking him if he likes my place?
"Yeah it's pretty cool, it kind of looks expensive I mean… not that you don't look… I mean… I'm sorry." She chuckles at him stumbling.
"I know what you mean. Yeah it is quite expensive, but Tina helps out and she kind of lives here when she's having a fight with her parents and that is 90% of the time so… and I love it here." She looks at the ground feeling a slight blush coming up on her cheeks.
"Well let me help you with these sodas." He steps closer to her and she steps back, bumping into her own fridge.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to… I just wanted to help." Sam says as he steps back. How can he be so clumsy all of the time around her?
She looks up at him quite embarrassed. "No it's fine, I just... I didn't know what you were going to do. Here!" She takes two cans and puts it on the counter. He looks at the cans defeated and then back to her.
"Thanks, after you." He says and she turns around and walks away. He walks after her and bites his bottom lip as he looks at the sway of her hips, trying not to moan when they come back to the living room.
They see Tina and Mike getting it on on the couch. Mercedes clears her throat and Tina jumps off of Mike's lap. "I know I said that it was okay for you to be openly in love, but please don't do that on my couch. There is a perfectly good bed with your name on it so please do it there instead of my couch." She looks at them with a bit of disgust.
Mike chuckles while Tina ducks her head into his shoulder. "Okay Cedes, I got it. You want us gone." Tina says half muffled.
"No, that's not what I said. I said that if you want to do that it's fine just not on my couch and not in front of me." Tina looks up at her friend now.
"Since when are you like that?" She points at her. Mercedes steps forward, slowly feeling her powers pressing up on the surface. "Don't you dare T." Tina stands up and walks towards Mercedes.
"Or what?" Tina says not even remotely afraid of Mercedes. "Don't please." She whispers and balls her fist. "Fine, Mike lets get upstairs." Tina says and yanks Mike upstairs without him even having a moment to react.
Sam is looking at the two disappearing into the hallway and looks back at Mercedes. "What was that all about?" Him and his questions again. She sighs and sits down into her chair. "It's nothing, she's usually not this openly fond with Mike if you know what I mean and now all of a sudden she's all over him and I kind of thought she was trying to prove a point about something. But then she had to talk about me and I don't mind talking my shit so…"
The silence is deafening after that between them and Sam shifts uncomfortably on the couch. He's going to kick Mike's ass, because this is not what he agreed on. He looks at Mercedes while sipping his soda.
She's sitting in her chair with one leg beneath her and her eyes closed. She's wearing black leggings and a black tank top, her hair is in a messy bun and she's not wearing any make up.
When she opens her eyes all of a sudden he looks away quickly, knowing already that she caught him staring at her.
"Wanna watch a movie?" She asks Sam and he almost jumps up from the couch at her question. She smiles at his reaction and he rubs the back of his neck nervously.
"Yeah sure, I'd love to." She gets up and grabs the remote. "So what would you like to see?" She sits down on the other end of the couch and Sam raises his eyebrows at her questioningly.
"What?" She says and he looks down at the ground. "Are you okay with me sitting here?" He asks. When he looks up she nods and her eyes go back to the screen. "I don't know what you like, but I would love to see some action movie."
She feels his eyes on her and bites her lower lip. "I would love to see some action too." He says trying not to sound too dirty. She snorts at that, knowing exactly what he was trying to say.
"Well action it is." She says and goes to Netflix, putting on an action movie. When they are halfway into the movie she feels Sam's eyes on her again and she inhales and exhales slowly, trying to focus on the screen. She can hear his heartbeat accelerating and she is almost desperate to know what he is thinking.
When she has enough of his staring she looks at him and he blushes, but doesn't look away. She sees his pupils dilating and instinctively she moves closer.
When he moves back she looks at him confused, arching an eyebrow. What the hell just happened? He gets off the couch in one swift move and rubs his neck again.
"I should go!" He blurts out and she stands up as well. "Oh okay…" is all she can say when he runs out of her apartment and she can still hear him running down the stairs, until she hears the door close at the front of the building. She sighs and she goes to the bathroom. It's only then that she sees her eyes are shining the golden red that she usually hides. They are now prominent and luminous.
She's cooking dinner when she hears the laughter coming from Tina's bedroom. She always shuts out the sounds she hears whenever she knows that Tina is doing the fun stuff with Mike.
The music is on and she focuses on that. She swings her hips at the beat, while the laughing becomes louder. "Hey Cedes, where is Sam?" Tina asks when she walks into the kitchen.
Mike walks after her immediately putting his arms around her. "Yeah where's my homey?"
Mercedes turns around. "Tina can I talk to you for a minute?" Mike knows exactly where he stands and knows that his is girl talk. Something he doesn't want to be a part off. "I'll see you later baby." He says and kisses Tina on the cheek, before he walks out of the apartment.
"Okay what happened?" Tina says when she turns around to look at Mercedes. She knows something is wrong and she's worried. "Cedes what happened?" she asks again.
Mercedes sighs, closing her eyes for a second before looking again at her best friend. "I think I did something stupid." Tina sits down still confused. "okay… What did you do exactly?"
Mercedes sits next to her and grabs her hand. "Well while you were busy, Sam and I we were watching a movie and I felt his eyes on me. So I looked back at him and we stared at each other for a long time and… I don't know what happened but I moved closer and then he moved back and I didn't know why. He said he needed to go and before I could say anything else he bolted. So I went to the bathroom and then I saw it. My eyes, they were glowing even more fiercely than they do when I'm using my powers. It has never been like that before T and I am scared. Who is he?" She exhales and puts her head in her hands.
Tina rubs her back soothingly. "So he saw your eyes? Your real eyes?" Mercedes nods.
"Maybe you should tell him." Tina says and Mercedes head shoots up. "What? No I am not telling anybody. You weren't even supposed to know, but well… you kind of sort of live here and when I had that nightmare I only had you. Otherwise I would never have told you anything. It's too dangerous T you know that. What if he is not the person he pretends to be? What if this is all a set up? You don't know that… I can't… I won't tell him and that is the end of the discussion." She says it a little louder than she wants. She goes back to cooking, Tina looks at her and sighs.
Why can't you tell him this burden, this curse as you call it? You don't have to do this alone! I want to help you and I know that Mike and Sam do too, but you need to let us in. I need you to let me in and I know you can hear me, but please listen to me as well. I love you, you are my family and I want you to have somewhat of a normal life. You know maybe you're right? Maybe there are certain people here that want to hurt you, but you need to see that those two guys are not them. Please look at me and tell me they gave you the idea that they are up to no good?
Mercedes turns around and Tina can see her tears falling as her eyes shine their golden red glow. She walks up to Mercedes and hugs her fiercely, letting her know that she's never going to let go? That she is not alone in this if she doesn't want to be.
"I'm scared Tina. I am so scared that he is going to hate me or even worse, that he is going to be scared of me?" She says in between sobs. "I am here for you. Everything is going to be okay. You are going to be okay."
She looks at her friend and puts both her hands on her cheeks. "Look at you, you are going to be fine. You are not the same as your parents, you have not the same faith. You will be different and you know that." She hugs Tina again.
Flashback
"Babe I love you." She says to her true love. She feels her eyes getting heavy. "We can't lose her too." she tries to grab his hand one last time before she closes her eyes.
"No, please baby don't leave me! I need you, Mercedes needs you." He pleads with her. Hearing her heartbeat slowing down, knowing she won't make it.
"I love you. Do you hear me? I love you you." He holds on to her hand as he feels the life leaving her body forever. His eyes tear up, thinking about his precious daughter. At the thought he stands up and looks at the men in front of him.
He knows he's not gonna make it. "Mercedes if you hear this, mom and dad love you and we will always be there with you. Your powers, they represent our legacy to you. Baby girl I love you." With that he lunges at the guys, feeling the piercing pain of their bullets inside his weakened body.
He put his hands out in front of him, mustering all his strength and he feels his fire burning inside. He opens his eyes and they are a shiny golden red.
As his hands become the same color, he fires his built up anger to the men that had just killed his one in true love and out from his hands comes the fire that was built within him and he scorches everything in sight until there's nothing left and he feels his legs weaken.
He falls to his knees and his hands brush the ground that is now full of ash. He bows his head, trying to find the strength but can't take it anymore. He falls face forward into the ashes breathing his last breath.
Mercedes feels her eyes stinging again when she thinks back about the memories that her dad sent her before he died. It is something she can never forget, even when she wants too. Her family was her everything.
Her mother helped her control her superpowers in public. She never had the chance to teach her how to control her powers when she has a crush on someone. The last person she liked, her powers almost killed her. She can't control them and she misses her mother now more than ever.
"Thanks T, I love you." She says when they part. Tina smiles at her friend. "I love you too."
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