The Night After LSD

by CADWDQ

What happens after Olivia admits that the man in the zeppelin is going to kill her? Peter and Olivia settle into their first night back together after Bell took over her consciousness. Not my characters. No infringment. Comment with feedback or if you want more!

3. Chapter 3

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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"Peter lifts his hand from under her back as much as he can, rotating his wrist and finger like a spinning blade, motioning for the helicopter to be ready to take off. He makes eye contact with Nina, and he can see the shock and fear in her eyes. This chopper will be flying at top speed, no doubt. /p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"They get to the chopper and Peter climbs aboard, voices screaming over the loud whirring of the blades. No one can hear or understand each other. Peter sits in the center seat, a Fringe agent on either side. Walter gets pulled in by a third Fringe agent and is strapped in across the chest. Peter continues to yell over the deafening roar of the engine taking off. Eventually, he bows down his head for Nina to place a headset over his ears, not letting go of Olivia in the slightest. The Fringe agents on either side of him are assessing her, but have quickly come to the same conclusion: a fatal bullet wound to the head, point blank. /p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"Nina turns to the co-captain and does as requested. /p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"Peter is at a loss for words. What is he supposed to say? Thanks for saving the universe(s) by shooting the love of my life square in the head? /p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"Peter jerks his view back toward Nina, "Olivia span style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: oblique; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"was /spanthe source. The only way to stop Bell was to remove the source of it's power." He can't even say the words, the true words, span style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: oblique; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"the only way to stop Bell was to kill Olivia. /spanHis silence prompts Nina to continue prodding, "well.. what... now she's...?"/p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"Nina can't comprehend what he just said. She stutters multiple times before practically crying out, "Well how do we save her? What is the plan? We have to have a plan!"/p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"Peter has never seen her in such duress, but then again, he has never seen himself in such duress. He sighs and continues, "it's a long shot, but the cortexiphan in her system has regenerative abilities. Walter got the bullet out and her brain tissue is starting to reform."/p
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div style="font-family: inherit; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 15.12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"He stares at her in silence, so she tries again, "should... talk about it?"/p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"His eyes close and his head bows down. His two hands are still wrapped around Olivia's single, cold, lifeless hand, and now his forehead comes down to meet the back of her hand as well. Almost as if he is praying. /p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"Peters chest starts to vibrate, his breath shortening, and Astrid doesn't know how to react. Then sudden, large sobs erupt from him. His entire torso jerks with each sob and he burries his head just a little deeper into the back of her hand. Astrid runs over to him, moving from her transitionary position near the door, still hesitating to come near her... or him. She comes behind him and holds his shoulders, compressing his body in hers with whatever strength she can. He is so much larger than her; its hard for her to even wrap her arms around him. /p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"They stay like that until Peter's breathing steadies, his forehead still pressing into her hand. To Astrid's suprise, Peter is the first to speak, "this can't happen again..."/p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"Astrid pulls away slightly and is standing over his chair now. She moves her hand up and down his back in an attempt to comfort him. His words are muffled between soft sobs and the fact that he is speaking directly into the mattress. She knows he will speak again, if and when he's ready. /p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"Moments pass and he finally fills the silence of the room, "I've already been here. On her bedside, saying my goodbyes. And that was span style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: oblique; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"before /spanI fell in love with her." He finally looks up and cranes his neck to see Astrid above him. His eyes are bloodshot, cheeks puffy, and lips slightly swollen; he hasn't slept since they got to the hospital. /p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"Of course Astrid knows this, but she still encourages the conversation, "I remember that."/p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""It was Bell then, it's Bell again... they say if at first you dont succeed, try, try again," he takes a breath, "And damn did this guy try until the very end." He shrugs softly and his shoulders barely move, his weight still mostly on the hospital bed, "and he succeeded..."/p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"Astrid tries to reassure him, "Peter... this wasn't your fault. You can't blame yourself."/p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"He responds quickly, but sternly, "you don't know the half of it."/p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"Astrid inhales sharply, taken off guard by his harsh remark. He feels and hears more than sees her reaction and immediatley appologizes, "sorry... I shouldn't take this out on you. That's not fair."/p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;" "You can say that again," he musters, "I've seen her in a hospital bed, ready to die, twice. I've seen her shot in the head, point blank, twice. This was never about fairness."/p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"He sighs, "this was about changing her path. This was about me changing her path. And I failed."/p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"She starts to rebut, "Pe- ..." but he cuts her off, "No, Astrid, you don't have to comfort me. I mean I wasn't supposed to exist here in the first place, so why would the universe change for me? We weren't meant to be together, I think that's been made pretty clear."/p
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div style="font-family: inherit; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 15.12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"
p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"Astrid closes her eyes and sighs at the thought of Peter blaming himself for this, knowing she won't be able to convince him otherwise. /p
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div style="font-family: inherit; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 15.12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"
p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""I know she's still in there, just barely..." he whispers, "she just needs someone to go in there and pull her out. She has surrendered so much of herself to Bell... and his plan, but I know... I know that there is a part of her still fighting."/p
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div style="font-family: inherit; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 15.12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"
p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""I know, Peter. Me too. She would never give up without a fight," She reaches her arm to clasp her hand around Peters... around Olivias. They are stationary, silently telling Olivia to keep fighting./p
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div style="font-family: inherit; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 15.12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"
p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"Finally, someone else Peter is comfortable sitting in silence with./p
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div style="font-family: inherit; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 15.12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"
p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"Suddenly, Astrid squeezes his hand and breaks the silence, "Peter!"/p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;" /p
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div style="font-family: inherit; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 15.12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"
p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"He lifts his head to look back at her, "what?"/p
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div style="font-family: inherit; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 15.12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"
p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Peter.. that's just it. Someone needs to go in there and pull her out."/p
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div style="font-family: inherit; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 15.12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"
p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""What are you talking about, Astrid?"/p
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div style="font-family: inherit; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 15.12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"
p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Oh come on Peter, you know. You did it with her when Bell was stuck in her consciousness, you did it with the observer! So why can't you do it again, now?"/p
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div style="font-family: inherit; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 15.12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"
p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"Peter becomes deflated and his head falls back down to the bed, "no, that won't work, Astrid."/p
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div style="font-family: inherit; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 15.12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"
p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""And why not?"/p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""She's only being kept alive by life support, her consciousness is gone. She's not in there," he says, finally taking one of his hands off hers to motion toward her head, his eyes barely able to look at her empty soul. /p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""But what if she is? What if you're right, and there is this little piece of her left hanging on? And you could find it...you could find her," she says a little too enthusiastically. /p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"She walks out of the room and doesn't look back. /p
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div style="font-family: inherit; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 15.12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"
p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"He's in a lab chair next to his bed, wires wrapped from head to head, a sharp needle stabs into his left bicep. His eyes flutter closed. As the slumber pulls at him, all Peter could think was, if she dies, he'd die with her, wrapped in her consciousness. And he was ok with that. /p
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div style="font-family: inherit; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 15.12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"
p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"Peter finds himself in Jacksonville, right where he left off the last time he was in her mind. Another thing to add to the 'strange shit' list: the span style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: oblique; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"last time/span he was in her mind... because once just wasn't enough to keep them at bay from normality./p
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div style="font-family: inherit; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 15.12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"
p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;" He's standing in the middle of the street, looking at house after house and they all look the same. Not because they are the same and he's in the middle of a military neighborhood, but because everything is in shades of gray. He can feel the life being pulled out of her. /p
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div style="font-family: inherit; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 15.12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"
p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"He continues wandering down the streets, wondering where to start. He couldn't hope to find the red door again in this sea of gray, door after door the same shade of saddness. She had to be somewhere else. He turns around the next corner and another row of identical gray houses come into sight. He recognizes this one as the street he found her on last time. The motor bike he rode abandoned in the yard of a particular house. Shit, maybe.. just maybe he would get lucky. /p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"He runs to the house and as soon as the door comes into sight, his heart drops./p
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div style="font-family: inherit; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 15.12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"
p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"He still rushes inside calling her name out, "Olivia?! Liv?" After he's checked every room twice, he follows his initial gut feeling that she has to be somewhere else. He looks longingly into the dining room where he found her the first time - the childhood version of her. He closes his eyes and remembers her walking up to him,span style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: oblique; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" "I couldn't trust anyone, I had to make sure it was you/span..."/p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"He snaps out of the moment, another pit in his gut to keep the rest company. Misery does love company. /p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"He walks out of the house, heads straight for the motorcycle and starts driving, no particular destination in mind. He's been driving for almost a half an hour when he starts to realized that the streets are not changing. He's been going along this one road, nothing changing. Looking behind him, he realizes he has't actually made any progress. /p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"span style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: oblique; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"Why does she always have to make it so hard to find her? /span/p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"span style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: oblique; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"So she's safe... that's the point, idiot./span/p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"He continues driving into the distance when something catches his eye: The Zepplin. It's in clear sight ahead of him. As if the end of any road would lead him there. /p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"He revs the bike engine and arrvies to the Zepplin in a distorted amount of time and distance. Wary of the last time he flew this thing, and the very real man inside it. He dismounts the bike, leaving it in the middle of the empty road. He takes a few hesitant steps toward the cab, peering inside to see if anyone is inside. He circles the cab, looking in as many port windows as possible. To his relief, yet dissatisfaction, no one is in sight. He wonders what he would do if confronted by the man. The one who killed Olivia. /p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"He enters the cab to do another once over; his mind racing as he readies the Zepplin for flight. He's lived with a permanent pit in his stomach for the last 48 hours, and yet it still grows bigger. This was his last chance to save her. Really, his span style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: oblique; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"last chance/span. His confidence shrinking every moment he stays here, in her mind, without her. /p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"He readies for flight and the Zeppelin just begins to lift off the ground. He's looking down at the completely gray landscape, when suddenly he starts to see something move below him. A person, running, full speed, toward the Zepplin. Out of no where. He studies the mans stride, his body features, his size and strength - pondering which of the many toxic men in Olivia's childhood this could be. Drunken and abusive stepfather? Mad scientist? Man from Zeppelin who is going to kill her?/p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"As the figure comes closer he is able to see more refined features. He squints his eyes to focus on the mans face, trying to work out just who he is. Secretly, he's hoping it will be her stepfather... or Bell. He would enjoy the chance to slug a punch at either of them - or both of them. But then then man is close enough for Peter to see; the Zeppelin has only gained a story or two of elevation. Again with the distorted time and distance... this place really did want to torture him. /p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"By this point, he knows that he can't prevent the man from coming into the Zepplin, so all he can do is wait. Wait and ponder all the ways he could torture this man. He knows the man will try to kill him, because if it's true and Peter is really the only one who can save her, who can pull her out of here, then this guy has quite the reputation to uphold. The reputation of killing Olivia, but more importantly for this moment: killing Peter too, now. /p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"A hand emerges from the air space below the Zepplin. One arm pulling up on the rope and the other holding onto the floor for traction. The mans head is facing down toward the floor as he pulls himself through the lower door onto his stomach. Peter is so distracted by the fact that this man is, in fact, here, that he sprints over to the hatch, ready to push him out without thought that clearly this man is getting in the Zepplin whether or not Peter likes it. Apparently Olivia's brain is finding entertainment in the fact that no matter what Peter does, he can't seem to win in this situation./p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"He steps on the man's hands, arms, and shoulders, then kicks him in the head. He is completely unphase by Peter's beating, and continues to climb into the cab. His head still down, looking for places to grasp and pull himself in, once he comes into full view, the first thing Peter sees is the nanite X design on his shirt. /p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"Peter sinks a right hook straight to Bell's cheek bone. Bell takes it, and simply turns his head back toward Peter with no evidence of blood or bruise. /p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"Peter hits him again, still no reaction. No words. No pain. /p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"Peter starts to hit him endlessly. Bell stands there and takes it, unphased and un-injured. Soon his skin begins to shimmer and pop, almost like Peter's did when Olivia first saw him glimmer. Except instead of glimmering, Bell's face is flashing between the man in the Zepplin and his, like an old TV that jumps between static-filled channels. /p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"Soon Peter has punched them both equally, still neither of them reacting to the fist jamming itself into their face. Suddenly, Bell's face stays and Peter feels his fist caught mid-air. His knuckles immediately hitting Bell's open palm as he blocks his punch in one, swift action. /p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"Bell drops Peter's hand and Peter lets it simply drop to his side. He will not let his anger overcome him. He is here for one thing: Olivia. /p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"Peter's face drops, all determination wiped from his soul. He's come so far just for Bell to punch span style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: oblique; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"him /spanin the span style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: oblique; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"face /spanwith words. Words that Peter knew were true before he even entered her consciousness. His numb legs pull him further from Bell with each muscle-less step, slowly backing away. /p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"He pulls the parachute out of the pack he was wearing under his jacket. /p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"He gets to the door and runs full force inside. To his surprise the door is open and swings aggressivley, almost too easily as his body slams into it, "Olivia?!" He yells, panting and shivering at the same time. He runs upstairs to his old room, searching the house as quickly as humanly possible. /p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"And then... he feels it. /p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"Warmth radiating from the door of his room... and he knows he's found her. /p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Olivia... thank god," he gasps, nearly falling as he opens the door and runs to her. She is sitting on the foot of his bed looking at an old photo of him. She looks up and smiles, "I knew you'd find me here."/p
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div style="font-family: inherit; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 15.12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"
p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"His freezing flesh meets hers. He wraps his wet limbs around her to feel that she is real. She gasps in shock of the cold, "Peter!" But he still won't let go of her. She smiles at his satisfaction in finding her, but then quickly moves on to address her frigid state, "you're freezing!" She starts squeaming to remove herself from his grasp and he continues to hold her tight to him, "But... you're so warm..." he hums into her skin. /p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"If only she wasn't on death's doorstep, out there, in the real world. /p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;" She wraps her arm around him, smiling casually, "come on, let's get you some dry clothes."/p
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div style="font-family: inherit; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 15.12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"
p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"He pulls away from her, shocked at her calm demeanor, "no, we don't have time. We have to go. You have to come with me."/p
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div style="font-family: inherit; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 15.12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"
p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"She looks up at him desperately, "We can't..."/p
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div style="font-family: inherit; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 15.12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"
p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""What?" he asks, not trying to hide the shock or anger in his voice, "why? Give me one good reason why?"/p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"She shrugs, "I can't.."/p
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div style="font-family: inherit; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 15.12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"
p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Yes," he says sternly, "Yes, you can. I've come all this way, we're leaving." He steps away from her between words and starts aggressively rustling through drawers and cabinets to find himself dry clothes. His frustration clear as day, but she knows it is not pointed towards her. It's pointed toward their situation, the universe, really every pile of shit they've had to wade through. In his mind, he had one goal. To be something Bell couldn't have predicted. And that's exactly what he was going to be. /p
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div style="font-family: inherit; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 15.12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"
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div style="font-family: inherit; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 15.12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"
p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""Well... try again!" he looks back at her and almost shouts. He is half bent over, putting one leg into a pair of sweat pants, his wet skin sticking to the material as he tries to dress himself. The frustrating is steaming out of him (if only he was actually warm enough for it to steam) and he struggles to get his wet limbs into dry clothes. He gets one leg in and hops back toward her as he second leg gets stuck halfway down the pant leg, "I am not," he says, with the utmost seriousness in between hops of trying to get his leg through, "getting this close just to lose you again." He gets his leg through with as much frustration as force, pulls up and adjusts the waist, stands up and looks directly into her eyes, "we're leaving," and takes off his wet shirt. /p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"She smiles, but then becomes solemn again... always the martyr, "I don't know how to get back. I just... I can't do it," she shrugs./p
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div style="font-family: inherit; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 15.12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"
p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"He pulls a sweatshirt over his head, his head poking through the collar as he says the words: "that's exactly what Bell span style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: oblique; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"wants /spanyou to think, Liv. You are more capable than you ever give yourself credit for," his tone soft again. /p
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div style="font-family: inherit; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 15.12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"
p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"One arm through, and the other following, he starts walking toward her in his sweats, placing one hand on each shoulder and meets her eyes, "and now you have me," His cold hands slip around her low back and he pulls her close to his chest. She flinches at his fridged touch, but doesn't pull away. She looks up at him and wraps her arms around his neck and shoulders, "I know," she says shyly. /p
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div style="font-family: inherit; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 15.12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"
p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"He brings his hand to her chin and picks her head up to look at him, "I know," he says it with such calmness. /p
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div style="font-family: inherit; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 15.12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"
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div style="font-family: inherit; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 15.12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"She sighs, pulling her gaze away from him. She leaves his blue irises behind for a much less intense, one could even say less intimidating, view: the gray sweater material across his chest. Her eyes close and she rests her forehead against the soft material on his chest. How can she look at him after he's said that? She knows it's clear... his need for her. And honestly, her need for him. But at the end of the day, Bell is still in control. He is still directly or indirectly managing her life and future, even now, and that will never change. /p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"He brings his thumb to her chin, once again, and pulls her eyes up to his again, "you can do this. You can stand up to him. You can beat him."/p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"She looks at him, silently forfitting her stubborness; finally agreeing that span style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: oblique; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"she might have been the one with the power, all along. /spanHis earlier words from the room in Massive Dynamic echo through her mind. /p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"She looks down at his hands, and he thinks he's lost her again. But soon she grasps both of his hands in hers, squeezing them as a silent thank you. She lets one go, brings her eyes back up to his, and then starts walking toward the bedroom door, pulling him behind her. Her eyes say so much, but mostly they tell him that she is no longer resigned to this destiny. /p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"They walk downstairs together, still holding hands with her leading him. She walks to the front door, and he starts to slow his movement. She continues to pull away from him, extending her arm back before her hand slips out of his. She opens the door and he is standing there, waiting for her. /p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"She looks back at Peter one more time before she walks through the front door to greet Bell - their ability to have a silent conversation with a single look coming back full force. She turns her head back toward the door and meets Bell's eyes, unwavering. She reaches her left hand for the door handle as she continues to walk, stepping closer into Bell's personal space. She pulls the door closed behind her and faces Bell alone. /p
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div style="font-family: inherit; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 15.12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"
p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"As she steps through the door, her surroundings start to blur. As she refocuses her eyes, she realizes they are once again in the cartoon version of her mind. She looks down at her hands, studying the cartoon nature of them and realizes they have have seemingly shrunk. She looks back up at Bell, only to find his head and shoulders feet above hers./p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"And then, it clicks. She's turned into the younger version of herself again; she's turned back into Olive. /p
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div style="font-family: inherit; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 15.12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"
p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"She recalls describing the feeling of overcoming that interal fear to Peter, safely wrapped in his arms. She had to stand up to her own demons, and that is exactly what she did over a year ago. She grew from Olive, to Olivia and conquered her own mind, her own self confidence. /p
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div style="font-family: inherit; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 15.12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"
p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"But now, as those memories ring in her head, she wonders why the opposite has happened here. Surely a small, weak, Olive couldn't be the one to stand up to Bell. And then it clicks, Peters words rushing back into her mind: span style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: oblique; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"maybe it's not about death, maybe its about taking back whatever he took from you... all those years ago./span/p
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div style="font-family: inherit; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 15.12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"
p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"And now she knows. She knows that before, it was about conquering her fears. But now, its about conquering her self identity. She turns to him, her younger self, and says fiercely, "No. You won't use me. You can't hurt me."/p
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div style="font-family: inherit; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 15.12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"
p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""You can't leave this place, Olive. I control you, I control your life" he smirks at her. /p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""No. You won't use me. You can't hurt me," her confidence growing./p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;""NO. YOU WON'T USE ME. YOU CAN'T HURT ME," she closes her eyes and yells, her small voice booming through the empty woods near Reiden Lake. When she opens her eyes, Bell has his back turned to her, walking away... leaving her to shape her own future, her own destiny. Leaving her with all the control./p
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div style="font-family: inherit; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 15.12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"
p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"Her eyes flutter open and she hears the beeping of a heart rate monitor. The first thing she feels is a warm hand surrounding hers. He's not looking at her, quite distracted. He must have been here for a while, patiently waiting for her to come back to him. He's reading a book on his lap, only using one hand to hold it and turn each page. /p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"She still hasn't gotten his attention, but she is ok with that. She savors this moment, looking at him in awe of his love for her. /p
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p style="font-family: inherit; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"He rubs his thumb on her cheek, holding the most precious thing in the palm of his hand. He leans in for one more kiss and he feels her squeeze his other hand that is holding hers. He knows her silent means of thanking him and simply responds with a light kiss on her forehead, "span style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: oblique; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"You're welcome./span"/p
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