NOT HIS ENEMY? was he fucking kidding him right now? the moment the first met, heâd already caused HARM to mortal body; piercing his through the chest before dragging him off to be BID OFF like some prize ( one that would ultimately end in his demise, depending on WHO the lucky winner was ) â tried to kill him with whatever means of ENTERTAINMENT that .. course was ( lycans, trap ceilings .. some fucking industrial meat grinder of sorts ). who cares if heâd managed to escape it, and managed it up until now? break through every obstacle thrown his way by any means necessary, each and every one of them leaving him more BEATEN AND BLOODY than the last ( more EXHAUSTED than the last .. he was near certain thereâd soon come a point when he simply couldnât take anymore ).
â trust you ? â he wanted him toâ christ. he could almost LAUGH if he wasnât so on edge right now. still, that doesnât stop the slight upturn of lips, nor the SCOFF he lets out; heâd blame the DELIRIUM from all thatâs occurred for the way it made him sound humoured over it. â after everything that iâve been through, and you want me to TRUST YOU ? and for what ? because you have some FAMILY DRAMA ? you donât like them, so therefore iâm supposed to like YOU ?! â sounded more like a means to getting him to finally let his guard down to make the job of finishing him OFF all the more easy ( though he didnât doubt his words .. if he wanted him dead, he would be ).
still, he finds himself listening to words spoken by him; albeit brows remaining furrowed, pistol still raised and at the ready in TREMBLING HANDS. maybe he had one thing right about what the two of them shared in common, and that was that they BOTH wanted miranda dead. beyond that though? it wasnât likely. all he wanted was to SAVE ROSE, and get the hell out of here â NOT make her into a weapon, as HE had mentioned.
â i donât need you alive to save my daughter, and iâm NOT LETTING YOU use her as a weapon. â though not needing him alive didnât mean he necessarily needed him DEAD, either .. just out of the way. still, he moves with CAUTION, closer towards him; guard still HIGH despite his gun lowering to his side. â only thing i see us having in common here is wanting miranda dead. â
To think that if heâd come to his aid sooner, maybe then their confrontation would be different. The hostility in his tone resembled that of a wolf with its leg in a trap, bared teeth, wild eyes, but apart from the venomous words and snarling of of teeth, he could see the trembling of fear in his hands. The way the gun seemed almost heavy, with the way his hands did shake- able to hide it with both hands at the ready, but the second he chose to speak, how he could see it clear as day. The man was dangerous, that much he knew, if it wasnât clear enough from the fact that his family took to dropping one by one. Nothing more deadly than a man who had nothing to lose- fatherly love being the only thing that kept him going, not his well being or selfish desire to live. At the end of the day, it was all for her, not for her power or what she was capable of- but who she was: his daughter. Nothing more.
A part of him couldnât begin to imagine what that love must have felt like, or if Rose would ever really know just how much her father cared. If she lived that long, if Miranda didnât have her way, if either of them got to live to see her in one piece again for that matter. He had to make it past the gun he was staring down, and Ethan? heâd have a lot more in store if he managed to make it past him alive. He didnât want to kill him, didnât want this violence, which is why he didnât dare make a move to set him off, triggering the fight or flight instincts that were so ready to jump out of this man with a single movement. Instead he studied him behind his glasses, smoke wafting from his lips as the cigar hung limp in the corner of his mouth. He could scream and threaten all he desired, waiting until he finished his warnings of death before he raised a hand to pluck the cigar from his lips to speak.
âListen Ethan, youâre not thinking clearly.â Words stated as he took a chance to make himself comfortable, back pressed to a nearby table- or more so slab, still stained with blood and littered with bolts and gears alike. âYou honestly believe you could waltz in there, put your daughter back together like pieces of some puzzle and go back to the way things were? Miranda certainly wouldnât help you with that. You think this is just some storybook, sprinkle a little magic on her and she will be the daughter you remember?â A laugh escaped him then, brief and cutting through the silence of the room. âYou need to realize something Ethan, your little Rose will never get to live a normal life you make up in your head for her. You think that asshole who shot your wife will let you have that? That the second you come running back to his arms, he wonât take Rose for himself? Youâre being played, used by everyone you think you can call friend- and Iâm the only one who gives a damn to tell you the truth. You want Rose to live a life where sheâs not some weapon? Then listen to me, Ethan, I can help you.â
A hand lifted then, abusing his powers to manipulate the gun in his hand, a flick of two fingers to let it fall to the floor, then skitter away so he wouldnât try and make a grab for it. âYou and I, weâve got real potential. Who you are- what you are- what I can do? Once Miranda and that asshole Chris is out of the picture, you'll have freedom. Freedom to go wherever you want, do whatever you want with your Daughter- not held under some scope like a fucking science project. You, her, even I- weâre more alike in ways you know, Ethan. If only youâd come to realize that.â