Kassia Grace Frost-McKenzie (little_mermaid) wrote,
@ 2010-08-21 23:00:00

Into the Abyss
As Julian had said everything aligned within the week. Sebastian Shaw was in New York and everything appeared to be in motion. It hadn't been difficult to get an audience with Shaw; she'd simply called him and said she'd like to see him, perhaps have dinner? She'd offered to pick him up under the guise of wanting to show off a new car but made certain to arrive early enough that she'd have to go up to his room to meet him.

Standing outside his door, she took a deep breath before knocking. It was now or never.

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ng_hellfire
2010-08-23 03:46 am UTC (link)

Shaw shakes his head, trying to clear it of the poison, but the symptoms only seem to get worse by the second.

"Not...if I send you there first." he says, yanking on her hair.

"Your sister wasn't raped. She came willingly. She did what she was told and got paid for her work. /She/ knew what she had to do to get ahead." Shaw says.

"But she was the first to suffer for Namor's disrespect of me. Do you know..." he pauses, chuckling..."do you know that she used to call his name, begging him to come and save her from me?

And your mother...she knew the whole time...and did /nothing/ to help Tina. She enjoyed the power I gave her through Tina's work. I'm sure she would have let you work for me soon enough." Sebastian says, lunging at Grace again.

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little_mermaid
2010-08-23 03:51 am UTC (link)

"I spoke to Kine myself you lying sack of shit!" She jerked away from Shaw, not caring if he ripped a clump of her hair out, and grabbed a vase off the table, hurling it at his face.

"He told me exactly what you both did to her, how she pleaded for mercy and how you showed her none. And now NEITHER of you will know mercy."

He had to be lying about Emma....he had to.

"YOU ARE A LIAR!" She grabbed a chair and swung at him.

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ng_hellfire
2010-08-23 04:17 am UTC (link)

Sebastian has to lean against a wall for a moment, his breathing labored, as he watched the girl scramble away. The vase hits him, but doesn't hurt him at all.

He chuckles a bit more as the chair hits him, splinters, and does no damage. He quickly lashes out to punch her in the face, striking with far more strength than any man should.

"Why lie? Your mother didn't mind whoring herself out for power. Whoring out her daughters /certainly/ isn't out of her comfort zone." he says, moving to strike her again.

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little_mermaid
2010-08-24 12:00 am UTC (link)

It was fortunate that Kassia was half-Atlantean or that punch would have done more damage than it did, though it still hurt and would leave some semblance of a bruise.

She dodged his next blow. All she had to do was avoid him until the toxin completely took hold."Why lie? Because there is one thing my mother would never do and THAT is it." Emma wasn't the best mother, but she had a protective streak a mile wide. There was no way she would have handed Tina over like that, no possible way unless..

....unless she didn't know she was doing it.

"You sick, sick fuck..."It was a theory, and a shaky one at best, but given the caliber of the monster in front of her, it strangely made sense.

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ng_hellfire
2010-08-24 02:04 am UTC (link)

His swings are powerful, but coming slower and slower. He's starting to realize that the more he moves, the further the poison goes into his veins. Shaw shakes his head again, trying to clear it, while he tries to get his brain in gear to think of a way out of this.

"Stupid...girl. You think no one will notice if you kill me? You think...you think your mother and Christina will be safe?" he snarls, leaning heavily against the wall.

"You'll never...g-get away with it. And then mommy and daddy won't be able to save you. No one will." he says.

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	little_mermaid 2010-08-24 02:20 am UTC (link)
	"Oh no, I'll get away with it. And I don't need anyone to save me. I'm here to save myself and my family and free them of the goddamn cancer that is you!" Kassi snarled and continued to evade him. "Face it, old man...you've been beaten by not only a girl but a child." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ng_hellfire 2010-08-24 02:36 am UTC (link)
	"You...you've no /idea/ what you've done. Whoever you're doing this for is going to betray you...once they realize you're worthless." Sebastian grins, even as his breathing becomes labored. "You're a dead woman, Frost. You...and your sister, and your mother..." Sebastian heaves, slumping to the floor, staring at her with hate in his eyes. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

hellfireprince
2010-08-24 02:41 am UTC (link)

"Well, I have to disagree with you, Sebastian." a new voice says, entering the room.

Julian Gallio surveys the scene and looks Kassia over, before looking at Sebastian.

"Kassia is /extremely/ worthy, and she's right. You did just lose to a couple of upstarts. I want you to think about that in these last moments.

I also want you to know that the Hellfire Club is mine, as of tonight. You and yours have done a lot of people a bad turn, Shaw, and I intend to rectify these mistakes. But that's not really for you to worry about." Julian says, before turning back to Kassia.

"Are you all right?" he asks. "Who knows you're here?"

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little_mermaid
2010-08-24 02:51 am UTC (link)

Julian's presence has never been more welcome and though it takes great restraint, Kassia somehow manages not to run to him and cling for dear life. It occurs to her, in subtle ways, that she's beyond that kind of fear now.

"Yeah," she says. "I'm okay. He didn't get far." She still wanted to bathe in bleach for as far as he did get. "The son of a bitch...what he did to Tina was just the tip of the treachery.

"No one knows I'm here. Just you."

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hellfireprince
2010-08-24 03:10 am UTC (link)

"Good. Here's what comes next. Go home, put on a new dress, and go somewhere public. Make sure a lot of people see you.

In fact, go to my club if you have to. Just be somewhere where people can corroborate your story." Julian says, loosening his tie and taking off his coat.

"You and I didn't see each other at any point this evening and that's your story, no matter who asks." Julian says with authority.

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	little_mermaid 2010-08-24 03:20 am UTC (link)
	"If I go to your club, I better the fuck not be carded because I need a drink. Understood?" Dress, visibility, total deniability. Kassia could do this. She would do this. She had to. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

hellfireprince
2010-08-24 03:34 am UTC (link)

"Instead, I have a better idea. Go to that dive burger joint near ESU. I think it's called Big...Nick's or something. Go eat, relax, call your sister or a couple of friends and make sure everyone there sees you." Julian says.

He couldn't have her getting his club shut down for underage drinking.

"I'll call you again before the night is over." Julian tells her.

"My drive is waiting a mile and a half down the road, outside the gate. Go now." Julian says.

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	little_mermaid 2010-08-24 03:42 am UTC (link)
	"...ok. Ok." She took a quick look around the room and found her purse. "Big Nick's. Got it. Thank you, Julian." She looked at him a moment and left, hurrying away from the scene of the crime and anything even remotely close to what had once been her life. New world, indeed. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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