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The ties that bind us together
I'm just like my father
Just like my mother
Our graves lie next to each other
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The ties that bind us together
I'm just like my father
Just like my mother
Our graves lie next to each other
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“Yes my dear Luciana?” Lucy’s mom spoke, “Give is some time alone dear.” She said waving her hand towards Mr. Anderson. “But wh-“ she put hip her hand to hush him and he just nodded. “Yes Mrs. Morrison” He said before stepping out and closing the door, leaving the two women alone in the room. Lucy was speechless to see her mother after all these years, let alone working with the people her and the heroes were trying to take down. “Close your mouth darling, starting to look like a fish.” Cheryl spoke, walking around her desk and pouring another glass of some dark liquid, presumably a sort of alcohol like whiskey or scotch. Lucy didn’t even notice her mouth was open a bit in shock, but quickly regained her composure.
“Why are you here? Why do you have me here?” Luciana quickly asked, taking a step forward, but stopping when her mother raised a remote teasingly. “Calm down little one. Take a seat so we can talk please.” More oig demand than a request. Lucy squinted in aggregation but listened, knowing the remote was connected to her restraints. “And take off that mask.” Luciana slowly took off the mask they had her wear when she was shown the heroes. Lucy’s mom reached across from the desk and gently held her daughters face. “Still the beautiful daughter I always had, smart to keep the scars off of your face.” She said, letting go after her finger traced her chin.
“Again, why am I here. I left my *life* behind.” Luciana spoke, venom still behind her words. “Family is forever Little Lucy. Families have fights, but always make up. And that’s why I have you here. Your father survived, barely, but from that night on I knew we shouldn’t be mad at you for what you control, but work with you to cure your disease. We-“ “Disease? I have no disease. Running away was the best thing to happen to me. N-“ Lucy interrupted her mom but was quickly shocked and interrupted. “Best thing huh? What about what happened with those heroes you tried to join? They betrayed you. How soon until Gemini does the same? Or the human you hate the most, Artemis? Especially now after your visit to see her.” She set the remote down, and took another sip.
Lucy ran her hand through her hair before speaking. “So you want to make amends and me join you?” Luciana asked, leaning back and trying to not be tense. “I always knew you were the smart one with the group you’re running with. Exactly. I know better than to continue fighting you my dear. I miss having my daughter with me. And once all this fighting is over, they have the resources to work on getting your affliction cured.” Cheryl spoke, sitting down in the chair and setting her glass down next to the remote. “Then let me free, get these restraints off of me.” Lucy spoke, but only met with a chuckle from her mother. “You don’t get your smarts from your father. First off, I can sense what you’re feeling, and know better to let you free right away. Secondly, we have things planned and shouldn’t rush into things.” She paused to look out the window that looked over part of the city. “Unlike your friends who thought rushing into a warehouse to rescue was smart.” She said with a smirk.
“They aren’t my friends. Icarus and Aboleth are the only ones I care about, I don’t care about the others.” A wider smile came across her mother’s face, but a scowl stayed in Luciana’s. “You mean Atticus and Piper? I know who they are, but I’ve kept Piper’s identity away from the others. I know you and her down want her being in the limelight as much as you do.” Her mom laid out some folders on the desk, each with the heroes and villains alias, including her own. “Take your time, read up.” Luciana was skeptical at first, but slowly reached towards her folder, and saw a lot of information about her, old alias, powers, possible weakness with eyesight being highlighted. Though she noticed there were no pictures of heroes or villains, her mother smiled and ignored her when Lucy asked about this.
Luciana shoved the folders back after taking her time to flip through the folders until she felt she had seen enough. “Whatever. You gave me an offer, and how am I supposed you trust you if you won’t trust me without these cuffs, mother?” Luciana stood up quickly, but her mother was not caring. “In due time. Plus, this right here is proof we can cure you my daughter.” Cheryl said, pulling out a small needle with a blue liquid inside of it. Lucy’s eyes watched the injection needle in her mothers hand, placing it down in front of her. “A little serum we have created, to cure the world, only temporarily for now, give too much, and well, there’s a reason Legion isn’t on the streets anymore.”
She then pressed a button on her desk, and shortly after the door into the room opened and two guards entered carrying the outfit she had on before seeing Artemis and Paladin, and the mask. “You will see how this works soon, until then, time to get you back to your room.” Luciana wanted to refuse, but knew as long as she had the cuffs on, she knew she couldn’t do anything. Cheryl walked from behind her desk and over to Luciana. “It’s good to see you again Luciana. Good to have you back.” She said with a smile, Lucy not sure if genuine, and hugged Lucy. “Remember, blood is thicker than water.” She whispered into her ear before taking a step back and going behind the desk, cleaning up the folders while Luciana put on the mask.
With two different guards on either side of her after being passed on at a security checkpoint, Luciana sighed to herself before stopping. “When can I shower?” She asked. The guards stopped for a moment and spoke into their headset, then a few seconds later they nodded to each other. “Now. Let’s go.” The said, moving Luciana into another direction. Lucy was surprised they agreed so quickly, but knew now she probably had a bit more benefits and leeway than other prisoners she had heard in her passing.
“In here.” One guard said, Lucy hearing the door open and the sound of running water already going. “Hmm. Should we wait until these prisoners are done?” One guard said to another, as they noticed two other captives were showering. “No, Boss lady said to have her shower now. But to be safe we can use this. She wanted to show it off anyways.” Luciana felt a prick in her neck, letting out a small squeak more so out of surprise. They took off her mask and she saw the needle with little remains of the blue liquid left. Lucy could feel something different inside of her. Before she could do anything, one of the guards shoved her, causing her to fall to the ground and scrape her knees. The tile was made out of tile so it ripped some of her surface skin off, Luciana tried using her powers and noticed she couldn’t control the flow of blood anymore, which means her mother wasn’t lying about the blue serum she spoke of earlier.
“Fifteen minutes, hurry up freak.” The guard said before walking out and closing the door behind them, followed by a loud clunk of the lock. Lucy was a bit confused on why Anderson and her mother treated her one one, and the guards treated her another, but just assumed the guards weren’t paid enough to truly know who she was. As Luciana turned around, she was shocked and frozen in place from the two faces she saw showering behind walls and curtains. Artemis and Paladin. It wasn’t until one of them, Dhani, said something that she realized she was staring. “I-I’m fine.” She stuttered and mumbled out, before she walked over to a stall and took off the outfit they had her in, revealing more of her scars and a little bit of a burn and redness on her wrists from the cuffs before getting behind a curtain.