Chapter Fifteen: Saving Me
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"You have enough power to save my son?" Edwin Alva looked at Nitrix in disbelief.
"Yes, now set the others free and get out of my way." The pyro ordered.
Edwin agreed and Talon, Gear, Matrix, and RubberbandMan were set free. As Nitrix went to take her place, Static stopped her.
"Are you sure this is what you want?" He asked, genuinely worried.
"Let go of me," Was her cool reply as she pulled away and lay down in the machine.
The power started and all the metahumans watched as Nitrix delivered power into the machine with ease. The room glowed brightly as the white fire surrounded Alva Jr. and changed him from stone to man. When the chamber opened and he stepped out, Edwin Alva pulled him into a hug. He then turned to the metahumans.
"I apologize for kidnapping all of you. I just wanted my son back." He bowed his head.
"It's chill Mr. Alva, just don't let it happen again." Static smirked.
Edwin then turned to thank Nitrix but to everyone's but a few surprise, she was gone.
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It had been a month since she had begun her training with Bruce and Lux could see the change. Not only was she becoming a better fighter, she didn't feel the urge to rip his neck open. She wondered how long that would last. As she climbed out her window, she wondered what the night would bring her this time. She'd been having a haunting feeling for quite some time. She wondered what it meant.
Morgan watched her sister go, feeling the strong desire to follow her but knew she wouldn't. Lux's secrets were her secrets, Morgan would not interfere.
"But you want to so badly, don't you?" Morgan turned to see Atrum staring at her.
"You're that guy who helped me, Atrum right?" She asked.
"The one and only, and you're Morgan. The holder of every military secret known to man, and the sister of our nation's greatest weapon." Atrum smirked.
"I feel so special." Her mood instantly darkened, she did not like this guy.
"You'll feel even more special after I tell you this. Lux is going to return to Eros and only you can stop her." Atrum stated.
"What? She hates that place, why would she go back?" Morgan hissed.
"I didn't see her in that vision, you did. That's why only you can stop her. Good luck." Then he was gone.
Morgan remembered the vision of all the bodies, all the blood. She had to everything in her power to stop it from coming true. Lux couldn't return to Eros. Morgan wouldn't let her.
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As Lux walked down the sidewalk she kept an eye out for anything suspicious. She headed into a dangerous part of town, but even it seemed quiet. She wondered if Crane really was in a place like this. Her instincts had never led her astray before so she trusted them. She didn't have to search long before she came across a black SUV. It stuck out, shockingly, like a sore thumb.
"Crane!" She called out towards the building the car was parked beside.
There was silence for a moment before the door opened and the doctor stepped outside.
"It was only a matter of time eh?" Crane asked in a daunting tone.
"I'm not hear for pleasantries, actually I'm here to make a deal with you." Lux responded coolly.
Crane raised an eyebrow of interest. What kind of deal could the pyro want to make with her? Surely it wasn't one that would grant her freedom. She was far too valuable for that.
"I'll go back to Eros with you." Lux began, "On three conditions though. Can you handle that?"
Crane nearly burst into laughter but managed to nod her head.
"Condition number one: you let Morgan free. She's the one who's fit for a normal life, not me. Besides, I already know I'll develop her same abilities in the next few years. There's no need to keep her around," Crane nodded as Lux continued, "Condition number two: Virgil and Richie are to be left alone. I know you have interest in them; I can see it in your eyes Crane. And my final condition: you advance me."
"Do you even know what you're asking for? You're not ready to be advanced." Crane sneered.
"If I can control my instinct to kill, I'm damn sure I'm ready to advance." Lux bit back.
"It hurts like hell; I won't even lie to you." Her words weren't filled with sympathy but that didn't mean she wasn't worried about the pyro. She had put more work into Lux than she had with Morgan. In truth, Lux was more her daughter than anything.
"I can take it. I've seen worse and I'm sure I've felt worse." Lux challenged.
"Fine but the process can't be done here, I'd have to take you back to Eros." Crane added.
"I've already got something arranged so there's no need to make that trip. Just meet me tomorrow in Gotham City Square." Lux said before she turned to walk away.
"Wait Aeterna, tell me something, why now? What do you have planned?" There was no way Lux would make such a deal with her unless there was something to be gained.
"Simple, when I'm advanced, when I'm stronger I'm going to kill him." Lux admitted.
"Kill who?" Crane feared the answer.
"Atrum Aeterna." Then she was gone.
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She had seen right through him. He didn't love her, he only loved himself. He wanted to be the only Aeterna. She wasn't going to have that. Crane knew that well, especially when Lux brought up the manifestation of her psychic abilities. She had seen into Atrum's mind. He was flawed, not as powerful as she. So he figured if he could weaken her, he could kill her too.
"That's never going to happen." She hissed angrily.
"Lux, we're ready for you." Bruce told her as he put on a lab coat.
Lux nodded and walked into the medical room. She wouldn't walk out as the person she had once been. She had no plans to. Nor did she have any regrets.
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It's a short chapter but the last five are going to be pretty long. So there you go. And sorry I'm updating so slowly, school is taking up a great deal of my time. Later.
Psycho