onepassingnight | 01 :: you can never go home

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01 :: you can never go home

[ You're in front a large gate with the initials 'N.N.' in cursive on it. It's far too large to climb over and chained securely shut... for a second or so. Then suddenly that chain falls off and the gates open ominously. In front of you is a beautiful, endless estate. You will find a mansion, pool house, and even a hedge maze should you chose to explore. (Just ignore the gate snapping shut behind you and the chain resuming its spot.) Out of the corner of your eye, you will see either a young woman trying to find a way out or a young girl playing innocently. When you turn to look at them though they are always gone. Maybe you should try calling out to one of them? Surely they can help you either seach this place or find a way to escape. That gate thing was a little creepy but, there is a pool house. ]

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It was strange. She could admit to people she was about to murder what happened but, not Candy. The words just stuck in her throat. After all this time something finally troubled her. "Can I show you something?"

Candy nodded her head at that. "Of course," She said, smiling brightly at the other woman. Maybe if she acted a little more like her old self it might help put Elektra at ease.

That worried her. The place they were going was not meant for smiles. "Hang on." Elektra focuses. It takes less than a second to arrive on a rooftop in New York City. It was cold, dark, and covered in blood on the floors and windows. A battle obviously took place here. Life was lost.

"This is where I died four years ago."

Candy recognized this place, or at least New York. She'd been to Elektra's plenty of times before. But this scene... She turned to look at Elektra at that, surprised by her words. "Where you died? What do you mean?"

"I mean exactly what I said. I died." Elektra follows the blood trail carefully. This is the only way she can talk about it... reliving the moment. "This is where I landed after he threw me off the roof. I started crawling on my hands and knees here. I wanted to go see Bruce one last time before I bled out but, he slit my throat. Between that and the stab wound there just wasn't enough blood in my body to make that possible." She says this as if she's reading a report; like it didn't happen to her.

"I realized that here." She stops where the blood starts pooling. "I started to cry and begged for a friend of mine to help me. We both knew he couldn't but, I was desperate. I thought if he could just keep me alive long enough to see Bruce that I could die in peace." She exhales softly. "But he was badly injured and my heart stopped beating. I died right here in his arms regretting ever being born. It was tragic and fitting all at once."

"Why?" It's all she can manage to say. Even after all she's been through these past several months, the things she's learned to come to terms with, Elektra's death was not supposed to ever be something she was supposed to 'come to terms' with.

"Senseless violence." There was no grand reason behind her death; just a thug clinging to power. "The man who ordered my death loved it. He thought my father had wrong him in some way so he had us both killed. He even went so far as to recreate my mother's death right in front of me using my father. It pushed me over the edge." She shrugs. It was a lifetime ago for her.

"I left Bruce and the others and put all my efforts toward killing them. I failed obviously." She pauses before glancing at Candy. "Don't worry. My friend succeeded. He made them pay for their crimes. People don't die the way I died anymore."

"How are you here, then?" She needed the full story from Elektra. She couldn't do anything until she knew everything. And right now, some things still didn't make sense.

"They wouldn't let me stay dead." For the first time, Elektra displays emotion; bitterness. She is angry to be denied that one release after her failure. "The old man resurrected me."

"Why wouldn't they? How?" It almost makes her think of Boa. But at least Boa had no bitterness in her. Then again the woman had had sixteen years to deal with it and technically wasn't resurrected, just not at peace.

"I don't know." She sighs. Now Elektra seems defeated. The situation has been beyond her control for a while. It was frustrating. "All I know is the night I died the old man fought off people who were trying to steal my body. They show up occasionally to try to kill me." She rubs her forehead. "I'm not sure how he does it exactly; just that I was broken and he put me back together."

Well, she's gotten most of the information she wanted out of her. Surprisingly, it was easy. But she realized that was because before Elektra cared about things so she tried to hide them so she didn't hurt anyone. Now... it was like she didn't care at all.

Which might explain why Candy was suddenly wrapping her arms around Elektra and holding her. "I'm sorry." That it all happened. That I left you. Just sorry for everything.

Elektra was taken off guard. It had been a while since anyone had gotten this close to her. Oddly enough she never even thought to push her away. She just let this happen... why? "Don't be." Elektra made no move to return the hug but, she wasn't running away either. It was a start. "It wasn't your fault."

It didn't matter to Candy. It wouldn't make her let go of Elektra. Not yet. Not until she accepted it her feelings.

"I should have been there for you, though. I should have been there to help." She didn't want to leave everyone behind like that, but she hadn't had the choice. That didn't mean she didn't regret being made to, and that she didn't wonder what had happened to all of them. Now she saw.

"You couldn't have saved me." Elektra was well aware of how impossible she was back then. She had gone ahead on the path of revenge with everything she had. If someone as gentle and kind as Bruce couldn't guide her off of it, what chance did Candy have? "I was too full of anger. No one could have stopped me from letting it loose."

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