knightsoflegend | CHAPTER FOUR ♔ does it run in your blood to betray the ones you love

WHO || Failboat, Rafael, Isabella, Nadia [Closed]
WHAT || After an exciting Grammy night, the Knights meet up with Nadia to hear what she has to say
WHERE || Staples Center, LA --> Warehouse
WHEN || Feb 8th, 2015 [back dated]
HOW || Actionspam

[ The Knights' mission to stop the signal and prevent Draken's cult from spreading whatever subliminal message was lurking beneath Keijen Blade's performance was a success. It didn't come without its bumps in the road, however: Alexander Anderson showed up, and the Knights ran afoul of the Mind Master. Buffy nearly died fighting Anderson, but in the end, he was defeated, beheaded, and hopefully put to death forever. Finnick, though, found himself thrust into a mental illusion that convinced him he might still be in the Hunger Games, and left him uncertain about whether any of his life here was real.

Another surprise came in the form of an announcement by Nadia Reichenov, an artist working with Crombe and company, that she was changing her band name and taking things in a 'new direction'. This direction was perhaps revealed when after her performance, she approached the Knights in Rafael's dressing room - and handed them the necklace that connects her to the Nightmare God Malaak'a, saying she was willing to tell them everything. ]

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Well, well. Sleeping beauty's finally up. [Man, what does Spike even know, he was probably gone when she woke up and right now he's probably running on far too many hours awake in a row. He's a vampire he can do that if he wants. He catches her later in the morning, while she's making breakfast. He's already eaten, but he still wants to talk to her.]

You can say that after I get a shower in, maybe.

[Granted she could look immaculate with just a moment and a thought but...she likes to feel normal sometimes, too.]

You get any sleep?

I'm a creature of the night. I'll sleep sometime today. [Lol maybe.... He shrugs a shoulder.] I'll be fine.

At least you've got a long plane right ahead of you. Now I'll be awake the whole time, bored.

[But rested, at least.]

Ah... about that. [Spike shifts.] I'm not going with you. I'll be tagging along with Nadia to keep her safe.

[That kind of catches her off guard.]

Oh.

[Her expression goes from one of mild surprise to gentle concern, her brows furrowed.]

That sounds like walking into a mine field...

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Maybe. Luckily mines aren't the sort of thing that can kill a vampire. [Actually, they're exactly the sort of thing that can kill a vampire if they have, you know, fire. Which as mines, they likely do.] I'll be fine, pet. I know what I'm doing.

Yeah, I know. Doesn't mean I won't worry.

[She hesitates briefly.]

I'll miss you. You'll be able to keep in touch, right?

Yeah. I'm not going under cover or anything, so I can talk to the rest of you as much as I want.

[She just nods.]

Just get out if you end up in over your head, k?

That much I can promise. [He gives her a slight smile.] This might be a big risk, but I intend to make sure it's not a stupid one.

[Her smile is fleeting in response.]

Learning from my mistakes, are you?

Not really where I was going with that. [He raises his eyebrow. He won't push, but he's leaving the opening for her to talk about it, if she wants.]

Yeah, no one really seems to want to.

[It seems to be like a subject everyone avoids, especially since Andres.]

I'm just saying I know what it's like to get in over your head to the point where you can't get out. And then people die. I'd rather that person not be you.

[Spike sits down on the bed and looks up at her, raising his eyebrows.] Do you want to talk about it? Cause you're not gonna have a chance for a while if you don't take it now.

[I mean, they can talk on the phone or text, but it's hardly the same thing.]

It's not really about me talking about it. It's about other people wanting to know about it, you know?

[She drags her hand through her hair.]

I'm not looking for sympathy. I don't need it. I just think it's weird that everyone seems to want to act like it never even happened. I can't tell if everyone just doesn't want to think about it, or if they think I can't handle it.

I think you're underestimating just how absorbed we all get in our own problems. [He twists his lip a little, not quite a smile.] You running off with the enemy is old news now. Doesn't mean we won't hear about it if you want to talk. Just that in the grand scheme of things... you're still you. Well, most of the time. On to the next disaster.

[That makes her chuckle slightly, her expression understanding.]

Or maybe that's part of my problem in the first place. [Getting stuck on her own nonsense when the rest of the world has moved on. Maybe she'd just been missing long enough that they really had stopped caring. If they'd found her right away, maybe things would have been different.] When it's one thing after another, even something that feels big can end up being kind of trivial.

You're not even the most recent one of us to turn on the team and rush off with the enemy for what presumably is a good reason. [He shrugs a shoulder.] It's all right if it's big for you, though. If you want to talk....

[Her smile is strange as she shakes her head, though it's not because she's unwilling.]

I'm pretty sure you're the absolute last person I should be venting about this stuff to.

[So many reasons.]

It's just...hard. To hate and enjoy something at the same time. [Being on the run.] To miss someone you shouldn't.

[Spike's lips twist a little bit.] I know how that feels, at least. [His Dumage feelings are a complicated twisted mass. One he hasn't really felt like he could discuss with anyone. Maybe Finnick or Francesca. Maybe.]

All this should business means nothing when it comes to feelings. Like your heart cares about what it should be doing. Really, should in general is bollocks as far as concepts go.

Isn't that the truth.

[Hiding how you felt about something was one thing. Controlling it was another entirely, as well as essentially impossible.]

I try not to think about it too much. Focusing on other targets is easier.

[Like killing the Mind Master :)]

That's the spirit. [No, it's probably a terrible way of coping, but it's Spike's method too.] And it's not like we've got a shortage of those.

If only because we can't manage to finish the job when it counts.

[Still bitter about Dimitris getting away, though she's damn sure she's not the only one.]

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