This is a quick flash back into a difficult time Laura went through with Clive's support. I really want to show how strong their friendship is (Any cuddly scenes with Laura and Clive is SERIOUSLY all just friend stuff. We have to remember Laura is an orphan too and she needs a shoulder to cry on) so dont worry Clora will eventually happen. I want Clive and Flora to fall in love the real way - Talking late into the night, slowly realizing your in love... After all the best relationships are originally friendships! And Laura and Luke are no exceptions either (He's been her apprentice and friend for years now) So don't worry if you thought Laura was gonna get both guys. I hate it when characters do that (Zoey Redbird and Bella Swan, I'm lookin' at you!) So anyway enjoy this sad chapter...
Clives P.O.V
We watched in awe as the top floor of the headquarters burned brightly. If it hadn't been so heartbreaking I might've said the fire looked beautiful; red hot flames against the dark, cool night. Fire engines tried, unsuccessfully to douse the all-consuming flames. The vehicles looked tiny in comparison to the large, blazing building. Soon enough helicopters were flying in, they too tried to quench the powerful flames.
"I've got to find my Grandpa!" Laura screamed, trying desperately to escape my tight grasp.
"NO! I'm sorry Laura, but I can't let you in there! You'll die!" I tried to reason with her, but her eyes were as bright and mad as the fire that ignited the skyscraper.
"I don't care." She whispered. I looked deep into her maddened eyes. She was my best friend, she had been there for me when I had absolutely nobody to turn to.
"SAVI needs you Laura. Your the best agent there is." I smiled as I complimented her. Usually if I said something like that she would laugh and make some kind of sassy remark about telling her something she didn't know. But she dead in the eye, salty tears running down her cheeks, and said:
"That's not good enough." She broke away from my grasp. I had known she could, it was just a matter of time. Two firemen tried to block her way but she slid elegantly underneath their arms, her skills as slick as ever. She darted into the smoking building, right before my eyes. I wasn't about to watch the girl I loved in the most innocent sense burn before me. So I used the firemen's confusion to sneak into the building myself. My eyes darted around the lobby and towards the emergency exit ladder. Laura was already far ahead, up the ladder before I began climbing. I tried breathlessly to reason with her as we raced up the metal ladder. I was all out of hope.
"Please, Laura. You're my closest friend and I need you." I begged truthfully. Laura stopped. She kicked both feet out, and hung onto the sides of the ladder with just her hands and begun sliding down the cold steel. I followed suite. I landed first and waited at the foot of the ladder to help her down. Her pale, tear streaked face looked towards me; only doubt in her usually hopeful eyes.
"He's gone, isn't he?" She breathed. I only nodded in response. She flung her arms around my neck and sobbed. She let all her emotions flow out of her, like a volcano that had been waiting to erupt for hundreds of years. Her last relative - gone. She was the only one left with her family's rich blood, and hell was she determined to do her dead ancestors proud. "Bill Hawks will pay for what he's done." She growled into the starless night sky.
Did I just stay up until 5am writing fanfiction? I think I did. Well I hope you enjoyed that display of Clive and Laura's friendship ;) see ya soon
~ L xx