The Emerald-Steel Collection

80. Holidays and Heartbreak PART 2

NOTES: So, this is now a 3 PART story because I needed to explore more a few things

WARNING: RATED M...for a good reason.

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Clark didn't hear again from Thea for the last 2 hours, so he decided to go look for her. She was clearly horrified and scared, and he wanted to find a way so he could help her. He saw her at the park, near the lake, sat next to a tree all alone. He could notice she has been crying and slowly approached her. Thea turned and saw him staring worried at her. She cleaned the tears from her face and stood up.

- You shouldn't be here... - She said.

- I was worried about you.

- I appreciate that, but... I'm sorry you had to see that...

- Hey, it's ok...

- No, it isn't! I thought I was free of that, that I could have a normal life but I was clearly wrong!

- Listen, I won't pressure you to tell me what's going on, if you don't want to. But... - He said as he reached for her hand – If you want to talk, I'm here to listen.

Thea stared at him, half smiling. She rubbed her hands together and took a deep breath, feeling like it was getting harder and harder to breathe.

- I died... A few years ago and my brother took me to this place, ancient place, they had a pit called Lazarus pit, and its waters were sort of... Magical.

- They can bring someone back to life at the cost of their soul?

- Yes. How do you know?

- Before our Earths merged, I've heard about a place like this but they were considered myths.

- Well, they were pretty real and it brought me back to life, but I ended up with this violent bloodlust, from time to time it felt like torture and my psychopath dad told me that I had to kill for it to go away and he arranged people for me to kill... God, I'll hate him forever for that.

- I'm sorry you had to go through all of this – His said with genuine care, something that took Thea by surprise.

- You're not disgusted or horrified...

- I don't think everything is just black and white. You are a good person that was put in a horrible situation and it came with consequences you couldn't foresee.

- My dad put me in this situation, I'll never forgive him. And I thought I was free of that, I didn't feel like wanting to kill people until I heard you saying that meta was attacking the girls... I lost it, I have no idea what came over me and I just became this monster searching for blood... I'm really sorry you had to see that...

- Thea, I've dealt with monsters for a long time, you are far away from being one. You care; you help your brother to protect your city. We all have good and bad inside us, we live in constant struggle and at the end of the day, it's all about the choice we make every day. You chose to help and protect people, but you have this horrible thing that happened to you and it came with side effects. The fact you care enough to try to hold back and try to find a solution and fight this feeling, it says a lot about you. I've met people that in your position chose not to care. At the end of the day, it's all about our choices.

- I don't deserve you in my life, you're just too nice and too good to be true – Thea said bluntly, blushing right away. – I'm sorry, is just that I've never met someone that pure of heart...well, except Kara... I guess it runs in the family – She said, finally able to stop her tears from falling.

- I'm just telling the truth about what I see. – He smiled, accepting her hug, feeling like she really needed it. – And I'm sure someone in the team will be able to help, wwe have the smartest minds teaming up with us... And I will help you to find this solution, you'll be 100% free of that, You'll see.