Glass

Powerful Knowledge

Stevens looked at the work the surgeons had done to fix his face in the mirror, glaring at the long scar going down his cheek from where he had been thrown on the floor, The Beast had torn off quite a few layers of skin and broken his nose and jaw and knocked out some of his teeth but he had escaped with his life which was more then what he could say about Emma, he knew she was still alive but unlike him she would be broken in a different way.

Stevens knew about Emma's disgusting use of drugs and alcohol and was adamant that if she was still alive after the stab wound he gave her she would find another way to finish herself off, presumably by overdosing on a combination of the two, he would almost feel sorry for her if she wasn't such an annoying pain in the ass, all he knew was that he was glad it was her instead of him. His wounds would heal in time, they may leave a few scars but they would heal, mental wounds were harder to recover from, which is why Stevens had made sure to play with her emotions and her head during that month he tortured her, Emma made it extremely easy to do, all he had to do was mention her dear Laura and she would snap.

He put on his jacket and went to see what progress Elijah had made on his master plan to help him take down David and Crumb, he had promised Stevens that he had been working on something that would cause them to tear themselves apart but he hadn't been very forthcoming on his plan or the progress he had made. He knocked on the door and a gruff voice answered 

"It's open" 

Stevens sighed before opening the door ans walking inside, Elijah looked him up and down looking amused by the state he was  in.

"I see everything went according to plan" he mocked as Stevens slammed the door shut, unimpressed with his amusement at his own expense.

"You should thank me, now that Emma has been taken care of the plan should run as smoothly as predicted" Stevens answered.

"Yes I heard you handled that ransom extremely well" Elijah replied unimpressed 

"We may have underestimated the power and strength of Crumb's "Beast" but we were caught unawares, next time we'll be ready" Stevens assured "As for Emma, I have no doubt she is drinking herself away with the aid of some drugs to even begin to care about what we are up to" he finished, Elijah put his pencil down before clearing his throat.

"You seem very confident in your ability to break my sisters mind" he pointed out "You will note that she has been through quite a lot of unfortunate events during her lifetime, and you are sure you succeeded?" Stevens nodded

"I made sure she snapped, it was easy when you knew which buttons to press, which happens to be a specialty of mine" Stevens reassured.

"I guess we shall see" Elijah replied not looking as confident as Stevens had hoped.

"What about your plan then, how long before we are ready?" Stevens asked, eager to change the subject

"Just got to add a few finishing touches and then it should be ready, your men have set up the location I presume everything is in order" Elijah answered 

"Yes everything is set up ready and waiting for you" Stevens assured "This better be worth it Price" he said.

"Was that a threat Agent?" Elijah asked, his steel cold stare meeting Stevens snake like eyes.

"No I just want to make sure that after all this time and planning that we will get a result and that I can write a report saying that both of these dangerous people have been taken care of" he said dropping his gaze.

"Trust me Agent, this will work as long as you play your part and leave me to play mine" Elijah promised.

"How are you planning to take them down?, I mean you are dealing with an unbreakable man and a man who is more animal than man and yet you haven't told me anything about how it is your going to take them down" Stevens questioned.

"I'm not planning on taking them down, it's easy to take them down with a bullet or a bomb, I want them to destroy each other" Elijah replied 

"But how?" Stevens asked again exasperated with these cryptic answers he kept getting from Elijah.

"What's your opinion on knowledge is power?" Elijah asked unfazed by Stevens out burst, Stevens shrugged and went

"I don't see what that has to do with anything" Stevens growled

"I think knowledge is what makes you powerful, everyone has secrets, information about themselves they're not proud of and with enough digging usually you can find something very interesting that links the most unlikely of people" Elijah explained

"You found something that links the two of them?" Stevens asked, excitedly

"Yes I believe I have, something that will tear apart any form of an alliance they may have formed together" Elijah spoke proudly

"Can you tell me what it is?" Stevens asked excitedly, Elijah shook his head before chuckling slightly at the notion.

"Absolutely not, if this is to work as planned then it needs to be handled delicately and with precision" he explained "Now if you'll excuse me Agent if we are to proceed as scheduled I need to work alone" Elijah turned back to his project signalling to Stevens that their conversation was over.

Stevens walked towards the door and left in a hurry bringing his phone to his ear to make a call to his team hat were on standby

"Is everything in place?" he asked hurriedly 

"Yes sir, we're all ready and accounted  for" came the reply from one of his men, he sighed with relief before saying

"Good, if this goes horribly wrong we need to be ready to take them out" he explained before preparing to meet them there.