“I don’t want to feel like I did that night in the school. I don’t ever want to feel…powerless again. I’ll do anything you tell me to.”
"Oh, hon, the first step towards power is to always feel like you have control, and to teach you the lesson I need to, you’d need to be completely out of control. Feel powerless, feel… vulnerable…”
Chris blinked as she shot questions at him. He hadn’t heard her talk like that since they were much younger. There tended to be more sarcasm and vitriol these days. More orders, taunts, fewer questions. “No. But I know some people who can help us.”
“Is that legal? Shouldn’t we go to a doctor?” Kate shook her head, unsure. “Who would we go to? Are these people friends?” Kate looked to the man in front of her. If he was her brother, he;d protect her right? He wouldn’t… he wouldn’t lead her into a trap or something, right?
“…Kate…” There was no point in both of them dying. Not the last two Argents, aside from Gerard of course. But the older man didn’t properly count. ”…You left once already, Kate…what’s stopping you from doing it again?”
“Because it’s different now… Because I need you, and you’re …” Kate stayed silent before she shook her head. “You’re going to die and I’m going to be stuck here alone and with no one to turn to, no one but Dad, and… what’s the point Chris?” She met his eyes. “You’re all I got left.”
