Glass

Emma's choice

Emma had seen where The Beast had taken David and was now loading up every weapon she had in order to prepare herself, until Elijah's voice sounded on Steven's walkie.

"Stevens, the plan has worked, meet at the rendezvous point" his voice crackled, after waiting for a response for a while he spoke again "Stevens do you read me, are you there...Stevens?" 

Emma fished the radio off of Stevens belt buckle before pushing the button on the side down to talk.

"You set us up, you son of a bitch, what the hell have you done now?" Emma growled 

"Emma?...wow I didn't expect you to survive" Elijah mused

"You can piss right off with your niceties Elijah and just tell me what you've done to Dennis?" Emma replied

"My your in a bad mood today, I just showed your friend the truth about his father...did you know he was on the same train as David before he died, he was brought to the same hospital before he died...funny how small a world we live in eh Emma" he chuckled.

Emma lowered the walkie slightly staring at Casey 

"If he really did show Dennis that then it would explain why he gave the light to The Beast voluntarily" Casey determined

"This was your plan all along wasn't it Elijah?...find some juicy bit of information to lure him in and then use that to turn him against the one person who could possibly stand against him...David Dunn"

"Of course, how else would I be able to get rid of two unbeatable superhuman, I'm obviously too weak to do it myself and you played right into my plan"

"What plan, what are you talking about?" Emma asked impatiently 

"I wish I were here in person to see the look on your face when you realize...who else do you think tipped you off about the case?" Elijah asked

"You were in the asylum you couldn't possibly....the unknown number...that was you?" 

"Of course, all it takes is one rogue FBI agent to allow me to tip you off and lo and behold all I had to do was wait until your paths all crossed...I knew I could count on you to bring everyone together, in the end Emma you were the ultimate piece in this game of chess I've been playing" 

"This whole time I was just doing what I thought was right to protect my family....and all this time I've been a pawn in your stupid game" Emma's jaw clenched as she said this as her hand was practically crushing the walkie 

"Indeed, you were apart of this the very moment you took on the case and you did your role perfectly...I couldn't have done it better myself" Elijah stated.

Emma started pacing along the carriage becoming increasingly more angry as the conversation went on

"Listen here you piece of shit...after I save David and stop The Beast, I'm gonna hunt you down and I'm gonna kill you too just as I did with your little lapdog" she said menacingly, Casey stared at her in shock, Emma had never willingly threatened someone with death before and this put her more on edge.

"You best get a move on then because I'm not planning on sticking around in fact I will be leaving in about ten minutes time which is roughly about as much time as you have to save David" 

"Where are you planning on going?" Emma growled

"Somewhere away from here...far away where I can disappear forever"

"That'll never happen" Emma replied "I'm coming after you tonight" she promised

"Hmm whatever you say Emma but then again you have a choice here...you can find me and finish your quest for revenge if that's what you want but you will lose your family in the process or you can save David and rescue your little family and let me go...it's up to you at the end of the day but you can only choose one, I look forward to seeing which one you choose but for now goodbye Emma, hopefully we'll never meet again" he ended the conversation and severed the communication on his side of the walkie.

"No, no, no" Emma shouted as she threw walkie at the wall where it shattered as she breathed heavily her teeth gritted together.

"Emma...we're still going to save them aren't we?" Casey piped up, Emma looked at her as she tried calming down.

"If Elijah gets away I'll never forgive myself" Emma muttered, Casey walked over to her and looked up at her with determination in her eye.

"And if you give up on your family just to quench some thirst for vengeance than I can promise that I will never forgive you" Casey told her bluntly

"Casey...please don't say that" Emma cried 

"Just answer me this Emma is he really worth Dennis's exile, David's life because if the answer is yes then you don't deserve them" 

"Your right...this is exactly what Elijah wants...he wants me to leave you guys and sacrifice the last bit of good I have left in this world, well you know what? he can keep dreaming I've already lost one family...I won't lose a second one" she replied 

Casey smiled at that and ran to hug her 

"Now let's get them back yeah" she replied

"Yeah let's do that" Emma answered 

"Right let's go" Casey said jumping out of the train carriage through the once guarded door, Emma chased after her grabbing her arm.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, where do you think your going?" Emma asked sternly

"To Dennis" Casey answered slightly confused 

"No,no,no, I want you to stay here you'll be safer here" Emma argued 

"What Emma I'm not gonna standby whilst Dennis is in trouble...you know that's not me"

"Look, I'm not doing this out  of spite, I'm doing this to protect you...both of you" Emma answered her eyes flitted to her abdomen for a moment before going back up to meet Casey's shocked expression.

"How long have you known?" Casey whispered

"Right from the start, I am a detective Casey I can figure stuff like this out quite quickly you know" Emma replied "Does he know?" she asked and Casey shook her head, Emma sighed "Well I better make sure I get him back then for that reason alone" Emma answered.

"Just promise me you'll bring them both back" Casey pleaded

"I will I promise" Emma promised whilst squeezing her shoulder comfortingly before setting off to rescue David and to bring back Dennis.