Chapter 12 – Gone

Olivia hated it when Walter was lucid. It meant that whatever he was talking about was true. She glanced over to Tash who was now biting her lip and looked like the scared teenager Olivia was expecting to see, and then she turned to Peter.

The look in his eyes was blank and his face held no emotion. He was unreadable. And it scared her. Swallowing the lump that formed in her throat Olivia turned on her heals and walked straight out the lab doors.

Walter, Astrid and Peter watched her go but it was Tash who followed.

"Liv! Wait up!"

Olivia could hear her name being called out in the hallway but she never stopped walking. She felt as if she would out walk the world and the evil in it if she kept going. The soft hand on her arm stopped her though.

"Tash, I'm sorry but this is really hard for me right now. John, some one I loved did this to me and you and now we both have to deal with the fact that there is something big we are supposed to do. That's never a good thing." Olivia sighed. She looked down at Tash's hand and smiled.

"Liv, why don't we try and control our powers, maybe that will help us when whatever happens happens." Tash just watched Olivia's face for her reply. A small nod formed and Tash smiled. She looked around and saw that no one was in the hall, so she went to the nearest door and pulled out a knife and a bobby pin from her hair.

Quickly she picked the lock and let herself in the room.

"Where did you learn to do that?" Olivia just watched Tash and was replied with a smile.

"Piano wasn't the only think Peter taught me."

Olivia didn't want to know and so she just followed Tash inside.

The spent the next 3 hours working on controlling both their powers. A few small garbage fires and cracked walls later, Olivia and Tash had a decent amount of control over their powers, they just hoped it was enough.

It was now almost dinner time when Tash and Olivia went back into the lab. Peter was the first to greet them, with a hug for Tash and a knowing look for Olivia he began, "Where the hell have you been? Please don't just leave like that again. I've been so worried."

"It's true, he wouldn't stop pacing. It was making me seasick." Walter and Astrid emerged a moment later and smiled at the small group.

"Tash did you want to come with me and get some dinner?" Astrid was as sweet as ever with the young girl and both Peter and Olivia appreciated it.

Tash glanced up at Peter who only nodded to her. "Sure, only if we don't get McDonalds. I'm sick of that stuff."

Laughing Astrid nodded and steered Tash to the lab door leaving Walter, Peter and Olivia alone in the lab.

Walter pulled Peter towards his work bench to show him whatever he was working on and Olivia took the chance and made it back to her office. Flipping through files again Olivia could only think of Peter's voice, she could hear it in the lab and she just smiled.

It had been half an hour since Astrid and Tash had left and Peter was bored. Figuring he would just go and visit Olivia in her office he knocked on the door. Opening it slowly he peeked in. Smiling to himself he noticed her arms were crossed on the desk and her head was resting on them. She was asleep.

Carefully he took a step inside and closed the door. He was beginning to feel braver by the second, before he knew it he was kneeling next to Olivia at her desk and running his hand though her hair, smoothing it back.

"Mmm, that's nice." Olivia smiled in her sleep and Peter took another chance and placed a small kiss on her cheek. Olivia's eyes flew open and her head shot up. Not realizing that Peter was there they hit heads and Peter fell backwards from the contact. Olivia's hand shot up to the back of her head while Peter's went to his forehead.

"Peter! I am so sorry, I didn't know you were there and I was dreaming. I'm so sorry, are you ok?" Olivia was now kneeling in front of Peter, who was sitting his one elbow in his raised knee and the other on his other leg sitting out to the side.

"Yea, Liv. It's ok. My fault." Rubbing his hand over his forehead again he brought his eyes to meet Olivia's. She was watching him closely and he smirked.

"What?"

"Why were you so close to me Peter?" In fact Olivia knew exactly why he was so close. She could feel his presence while she was asleep she just wanted to hear him say it.

A small blush crept up his cheeks and he look away, "I was making sure you were ok."

"Liar." Was the only word from her mouth but Peter's eyes shot up again. "How do you know I was lying?"

It was Olivia's turn to blush but she covered it, Peter still saw. "You looked away."

"And the reason you know is is because I looked away, how come your breath is shallow?" Peter was playing with her now and Olivia couldn't resist playing along.

Leaning in, Olivia found herself kneeling between his legs, only inches from his face. If he was going to play with her, she was going to play with him.

"Peter…" Olivia's voice was soft and she watched as he gulped audibly. "…you know…"

Olivia was surprised and momentarily thrown off balance. Her game had now just turned on her.

Peter's lips came crashing down on hers and Olivia could feel her eyes rolling back into her head with pleasure. A small gasp was all it took and Peter's tongue was in her mouth, Olivia felt as if she was going to explode. Wanting more from him, she brought herself up on her knees so she was up straight, doing this made her taller, that Peter made groan into her mouth as his hands found their way to the sides of her face and her's were in his hair.

Olivia pushed them both so they were laying flush against each other on the ground. Hands were everywhere and it wasn't until they heard a crash coming from the lab did they pull apart. Looking down at Peter, Olivia smiled shyly and bit her bottom lip.

Groaning Peter spoke, "Please don't do that with you lip Liv, it drives me crazy!" He was about to capture her again when Walter's voice echoed through the lab.

"Astrid?"

"Did he just use her name?" Olivia and Peter laughed at each other and figured it was time to go and see what was happening. Straightening themselves up and stealing glances at each other they both walked to the door.

When they opened it, there stood Astrid. Split lip, bruised eye and tears running down her cheeks. Peter was the first to notice her legs fall and he caught her before she hit the ground.

Three words came from her mouth as Peter picked her up and sat her on the lab table, "They have Tash."

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