The Birth Of Elle Nygma. #3

7- Family War.

Lonely Day- System of a down

Elle rushes alongside the doctors, "Save him please you can't let him die!" She shouts, "Ma'am please step back- let us do our work." A man says, "Save him- he can't die-", "We're doing everything we can, please-", "Elle." A voice says, the girl turns around, and Blythe stands there, her purse clutched under her arm, "What is happening?" She says, Elle melted, rushing into her sister's arms, sobbing, "He was dying in my arms-", It wasn't Elle's first time- Someone dying in her arms, she wasn't a stranger to death, or blood, any of it, she was a murderer... but seeing Ian- A man she knew as a god- bloody and dying? That was horrifying, Blythe hugged her sister back immediately, "I need you, Blythe... I can't live without you anymore." She sobs, letting her emotions take control, falling to her knees, "Whatever I did before... I'm sorry..." she begs at her sister's feet, Aurora and Max watched in awe, even Blythe confused, "Elle... get up you've done nothing wrong." Blythe grabs her sister's arm, yanking her up, Elle snaps out of it, sniffling, wiping her tears away, "What happened to Ian?", "I don't know...", "He showed up at our house, bloody and cut up, and shot...", "We need to call Lexxi." Blythe says, "Why?" Max scoffs, "She hasn't shown up for us in years." He spits, "She'll know more about the inhuman stuff- unless your secretly a Greek god-", "Shut up Blythe, Call Lexxi, keep her away from Ian though." Aurora says, "How come?", "Her best friend of thousands of years is dying- He's human- keep her away.", "Come with me then- Let's pay her a visit huh?" Blythe pulls the girl along, and Max and Elle sit there in silence until- "Do you think he'll make it out?", "Somehow he always does."...

"Is he okay?", "We're not sure yet Lexxi, but who would do this?", "Uh- I-I-I don't know... I mean we were talking last night- and then he suddenly had to go- right when he had got home.", "So someone had to be waiting for him." Blythe shakes her head, "But who? He has no beef with anyone... Besides the Falcons, but not even they would mess with Ian." Lexxi says, looking down at her contacts, suddenly she gasps, looking up, at the two standing in front of her, fear in her eyes, she gets up quickly, taking off her heels, and her skirt, Blythe and Aurora's eyes widen, and the woman presses a button, a closet door opens, her mission suit from years ago comes out on a rack, she gets dressed quickly, the other two woman stunned, "Ian's father was spotted by a few of my men in Gotham a few days ago, It was him." She struts out of the room, the other woman following, "Like hades? The devil- Satan himself?", "Exactly Blythe.", "Oh... Great.", "He's human, same as Ian, we can kill him... I can kill him.", "Well, what do you want us to do?", "Stay here, enjoy yourself."...

"Elle Nygma?" Someone asks, Elle lifts her head from Max's shoulder, "Yes?", "Hello, I'm from Gotham Times, may I speak to you for a moment?", "Uh... Sure." She stands up, following the man outside, "I've wanted to speak with you for a while now... I'm glad I was able to find you... big fan." He smiled, Elle could feel the vibe was off, but she let it slide, One moment she was walking with him, and the next, everything was black.

Elle's head pounded, and she groaned, trying to move, but she was tied to a chair, "Good your awake." The man smiles, "Who are you- where- where am I-", "What- Ian never talked about me?" He chuckles, "I'm hades..." He smiles, "The devil tied me to a chair... nice." She slips her writs out, the rope dropping on the floor, the man's face frowns, "Have you ever taken a hostage before?", "Yes- My son, last night...", "Yeah well, He's never been held hostage before." she rubs her wrist, irritated from the rope, "What do you want? Money?" She asks, "I want Ian.", "Go get him then.", "I want him to come to me.", "Kinky.", "What?-", "Nothing- He's dying so a little impossible." She shrugs, "My son is dying?", "You shot him-", "Well I've never exactly shot anyone before.", "Oh yeah start with your son... idiot.", "Your mean. How can he stand you?", "He? Ian? Oh, he can't... you know nothing do you?" She chuckles, "Well I haven't exactly kept up with my son's love life.", "Okay well, we're not together, and he's not going to come here, you did real damage, now take me back to the hospital or you'll regret it.", "Are you threatening me?", "Precisely." She smiles, "What are you going to do? Your a tiny little girl." He chuckles, a smirk on his face, "Rule number one of taking hostages...", she pulls out a gun, points it at the man's chest, and shoots, "Check them for weapons." She smiles, walks out of the mansion, snaking her way into the city, and quickly calls Lexxi, "Elle? What's wrong- is Ian okay?", "Oh, no clue- I was taken hostage by Ian's father.", "Oh god- Are you okay?", "Yeah totally fine... But I shot him.", "I-is-is he alive?", "I don't know- I'm heading back to the hospital- just a few blocks away- he's at Ian's mansion.", "Which one?", "The one in Old Gotham.", "Thank you, Elle." Lexxi hangs up...

Your Somebody Else- Flora Cash

"Elle- where have you been-", "Got taken hostage- How's Ian?" She asks, breathing deeply, a slight wheeze is heard, "He's been asking for you- are you okay?", "I'm okay- I got shot in my lungs remember..." She chuckles, following Max to the room Ian is in, he struggles as nurses hold him down, "Ian..." She says, "Ian calm down." She touches his hand, and he shouts, "Get her away from me!" His hand smacks Elle, and the tiny girl yelps, whimpering as she clutches her cheek, stinging as she walked backward, "Get her out!" He bangs his head, freaking out, max pulls her out of his room, "I thought he was asking for me?" She whispered, looking over at Max, a shocked look on both of their faces, "He was...", "What happened?", "I-I don't know."...

Some years ago...

"I don't even understand what you see in him Elle-", "Damian... leave it alone." She rolls her eyes, sighing, looking out of the window as fields go by, "He only cares about himself- he proved that- yet you still care about him-", "That's not true- Ian cares-", "About who?", "About me- and Lexxi.", "H-He does not care about you... your actually fucking delusional." Damian spits, Elle shakes her head, looking out of the window, "You don't know him enough.", "I don't want to know him." The boy rolls his eyes, "Well you won't now..." She sighs, tapping her finger on the door, "Can you stop that-" Damian grabs her hand roughly, "Ow!" She yanks it away, "Just stop tapping." He says as he continues to drive...

Present day...

Elle shoots awake, "You okay?" Max asks from beside her, "Yeah... just- Yeah." She nods, "You sure?", "I'm just thinking of things... that doesn't matter, have they said anything?", "He kept asking for Lexxi.", "Where is she?", "Aurora said she put on her mission suit and left.", "Her mission suit?" Elle questioned, that look on her face, that look that told max precisely what she was thinking, "You think your letter brought up some memories?", "I don't know... Do you think she got it? I mean the others I know but... do you think the big Lexxi Luther gets her mail...", "She's still Lexxi, I mean, you were 15 when you met her, now your 22, you've known her for a long time now, has she really changed that much?", "I remember one night after we all moved in, we got drunk and had a breakdown together... and I've never seen her vulnerable like that again, not unless it came to Ian..." She says, a sigh following, "They we're meant to be lovers you know? In the underworld, Lexxi is The goddess of the day, and Ian is the underworld, made into human form, Lexxi's mother Nyx, was supposed to sorta co-run the underworld with Ian, but Ian wouldn't let her- Nyx will come here soon, same as Ian's father...", "The Greek gods are coming for Gotham?", "I believe so... Ian warned me years ago, on our trip in Japan, I just... didn't think much of it.", "Not only are they coming for Gotham, but they're also coming for us- I mean they got you...", "Yeah well I was in disarray, and I beat his ass.", "Well, he doesn't have god powers.", "Neither does Nyx... Ian freed them all when he took over the underworld.", "So we're dealing with a bunch of powerless thousand-year-old greek gods..." Max chuckles, and Elle laughs along, shaking her head, "Or longing parents who just want to see their kids...", "Doubt that... from what I've read greek gods have never really... loved their kids.", Elle nods slowly, reaching over to hold her best friends hand, rubbing her thumb along his bony hand, "When everything fails, make sure Ian is okay, Make sure he's happy."...