Home sweet Home (Harley + open)

[romzy]

Harley listened to Eric tell her of the zodiac, it was actually pretty interesting. Normally Harley never found history all that great, but learning about the whole abilities thing, it intrigued her. Imagine a World without abilities. Without telekinesis... Life just wouldn't seem worth living. Harley laughed when he finished. He was panting for breath. Crazy little guy. "Come on little guy, let's go find ourselves a hero." She grinned at him, downing the rest of her beer and lifting her hand up. She moved it across to the trash can in the corner. Oh how she loved not having to physically move anything except her hand sometimes. It was insanely good to feel so powerful.

Eric seemed to know where he was going, so Harley nodded, following behind him quietly. They turned onto one of the main streets of Queens. "Eric? How about getting to Manhattan?" She asked. There were always heroes in Manhattan, turn every corner there was one there. She held onto him as they suddenly teleported to Times Square. Harley grinned. "Excellent." She suddenly turned hearing a confrontation. The young boy next to her ran off towards it. "Eric!" She shouted. But he didn't hear.

"Shit." Harley sighed, pushing her golden hair back with her fingers. She looked around, suddenly getting a cold shiver. Her eyes darted from left to right, but only passer-bys looked at her, no-one really out of the ordinary. But as she backed into a wall, a hand appeared over her mouth, and she screamed. The scream did not carry and Harley was dragged into an dark, gloomy alleyway.

[david]

It was the day after David had kidnapped the President's daughter for a bit of terrorising fun. He was somewhat disappointed to learn she had the self heal ability though, it meant that no matter what he and Rayne did to her she got better from it. It was almost a waste of time kidnapping her, apart from the fact it had scared the shit out of the President. That he got a laugh out of.

What he didn't get a laugh out of was his woman Rayne phasing her hand into the girl's stomach and ripping out her unborn baby from the womb. It had shocked him in ways that he didn't think he could be shocked. David was a bad man, and he'd done many terrible things in his life since becoming a villain, but one thing he never did was harm a child. How could he after what he went through as a child himself?

Now he was in a pissed off mood, as he couldn't face seeing Rayne after what she had done, and was searching the streets of New York in the hope of possibly finding his niece who he still hadn't met. He decided to use his ability just on the off chance that if she was here, then she might just happen to appear as if by luck.

He closed his eyes, and said to himself, 'I wish Harley was here' and then opened them again, took a quick look around, but he couldn't see her anywhere. He was about to give up as he turned a corner when he saw a young girl and he instantly knew it was Harley. Even though he had never met her or seen a photograph of her, she was the double of her mother Sarah, his half sister.

He saw a young boy with her, but he seemed to run off somewhere, he wondered if they were friends or if he had been annoying her, but since she shouted on him, he had to go with the friends explanation. He seemed a little young for her however. He shrugged it off, as he marched up behind her, and put his hand over her mouth gently, so she wouldn't scream and dragged her into the alleyway.

He then removed his hand, and kept his hands on her arms firmly holding her in place. Looking at her up and down, and realising up close for sure it was definitely her, and then he pulled her into a hug. "Bloody hell, I can't believe I've finally found you" he said, as he pulled out of the hug and held her at arms length, "You're the bloody double of your mother Sarah" he added, and then thought he should actually say who he was, so she wouldn't get too freaked out.

"David Richards here Harley, I'm your mother's half brother, so that makes me the proud uncle of you, sorry if I scared you there love, but I didn't want you screaming and causing a scene, I've just had a bad day after yesterday, so I'm just kind of glad to see you're alright" he said rambling slightly, but constantly looking at her and smiling, finding it hard to believe he finally found his niece.

[rocky3]

Harley suggested that they should go to Manhattan. Eric gave a little nod and ran up to Harley. " Kay." He said quickly and used his teliportig ability to transport the two there. Eric looked around trying to find a hero. When he saw that there were two people having a little fight Eric wanted to get in on the action. He ran off after the sounds of conversation. He didn't hear Harley call for him. The sound of his foot hitting the pavement must have dulled her voice. He soon arrived to were it all was taking place. It was just a small time mugging. Eric frowned. He wanted a real fight not some little average muggers.

Eric raised his hand and moved the mugger with his telekinesis, flinging him to a wall were he hit his head and knocked out. The women looked at him. " What are you? You did that.....Oh you... your one of them." She said in a panic. Eric's frown turned to a angry face as he did the same trick to the women. " Shut up." He simply said. But as he finished having some minor fun he turned around to find Harley wasn't with him. Eric ran to were they last were together. "Harley!" Eric called out. She was no were to be found. Eric then turned a corner down a ally way. There she was along with some other guy.

Eric ran up to them. " Leave her alone. " Eric ordered still running. Then he relished the white orbs of energy in which he had used to fight before. He Aimed it at David and fired about 4 orbs at him. They actually all missed. Eric never missed before. " Get away from her you creepy scum bag." He insulted the man who he thought was attacking Harley. " I might have missed before but you just got lucky. I wont miss again." He told the man firing up more white orbs as he eyed him with a evil look. The intent to kill was at a all time high. " Nobody is going to hurt Harley." He stated as he stood in front of her like a dog protecting its master.

[romzy]

"Found me?" Harley said panting, still having not seen his face. She immediately caught the British accent. Who was he? When he turned her around and held her out at arms length, Harley recognised him. "You're the one in the photo with mom..." She frowned slightly, still not knowing who he was. "I'm the double of her? How do you..." Then he said it. David Richards. She had heard her father speak of him before, but never say who he was. "You're... you're my uncle?" Her voice was weak. For the first time, she was actually showing emotion towards someone. It was her own flesh and blood. She smiled back at him.

Then her small friend appeared, hovering white orbs. "ERIC!" She shouted, but the orbs swerved around David, not touching him. She sighed releavingly. "He's not hurting me for God's sake! This is my uncle..." Her eyes turned back up to her uncle and she smiled softly. "I can't believe I have an uncle." Harley listened to Eric call David all the names under the sun. He was such a sweet little kid, but she couldn't help but wish he wasn't here at the moment.

"Little guy, he's not going to hurt me." She took a deep breath and looked between them. "David, Eric..." She motioned with her hand. "Eric, David." But her eyes stopped on the bleach blonde man rather than the boy. "What's wrong?" She asked, noticing the sorrow in his hollow face.

[david]

David couldn't believe he had actually found Harley, his own flesh and blood, somebody he could look after, somebody who could give him a purpose in life. He couldn't take the smile off his face, it was etched on there with super glue or something like that, although the sorrow from the day before was clearly marked in his eyes.

"I've been hoping to find you for the longest time Harley, I've missed having somebody special in my life whom I could love and protect and look after" he said, probably not the typical behavior of a villain, but then this wasn't a typical situation for David, he had found his niece, and no way was he going to hurt her. "Yeah, I'm you're uncle, but you can just call me David, calling me uncle David might make me feel a tiny bit too old" he said with a slight laugh.

A few days ago he'd have been so proud of this moment he'd want to show her to Rayne, but after yesterday, he wasn't sure he wanted anything to do with that woman. He knew she could be evil, but he didn't realise she could be that evil. All he had wanted her to do was torture the girl, not rip her life apart.

Just then the younger guy he had seen her with before came running toward them, David was about to give him a smile, seeing as he had taken him to be her friend, when the little guy suddenly started throwing white orbs at him. He wasn't about to hurt a young kid, so instead he just wished that none of them would hit him, and luckily they all missed.

Thankfully Harley spoke up and told the young guy who he was, which was great for David, a lot less for himself to explain, but he was mighty impressed with the little guy, because he had immediately thought he was hurting Harley and he instantly went to defend her, that made him alright in David's eyes.

"Like Harley says, I'm her uncle, my name's David, so no, I'm not going to hurt her, but I have to say, I'm glad to see she's had somebody whose been willing to look out for her and protect her, but you don't have to worry about me, I'm not going to hurt my own bloody niece" he said with a laugh, as he put his arm around her shoulders and then held his hand out to the young guy. "Pleased to meet you, David Richards" he said grinning at him.

Then Harley asked him what was wrong. He didn't think he could hide it, so he may as well tell the truth. "Ah, this bloody woman Harley that's what's wrong with me" he started with a scowl on his face, "Had me a little bit of fun yesterday, so I thought, at the President's expense, turns out the woman was more evil than I could ever imagine, it was only supposed to be some sort of torturing fun, but she bloody well phased her hand into the girl's stomach and ripped out her unborn baby, it was just horrible Harley" he said in an angry voice, as he could feel tears burning at the back of his eyes.

"I might be a nasty guy, but I'd never ever wish that on an unborn baby, I'd never harm a child, it left me really shaken" he said, not even sure why he was telling his niece all of this, after all what could she do about it? The damage had already been done, and he was older than her, he shouldn't be depending on a younger girl to help him through this mess.

[rocky3]

When Harley shouted Eric's name it made him jump a little bit. He quickly turned around and looked at her. Harley then told Eric that he was her uncle and wasn't hurting her. Eric eyes widened, Surprised that this encounter was made. It not everyday you meet family members in dark alleyways. "OH really? You guys are related?" Eric asked innocently. Asking what hes already been told. He didn't even think of what he would do with Harley's Friends or family. The idea of her having some didn't cross his mind. He liked Harley alto but her family might be different then her. Eric had a bound with Harley not her family but still if Harley liked them Eric couldn't hurt them. Eric was a loner he didn't understand the connections and ties between family members.

Harley then introduced them to each other. "Sup, sorry i almost fried you back there." Eric told the man. David then Begin to speak about loving, protecting and looking after Harley. (hey thats my job.) Thought Eric. Was he going to get pushed aside so Harley and David could spend more time together. That would brake the little boys hart. The man confirmed that they were related. He told Eric that he wouldn't hurt her because of that reason. Eric knew families could betray each other and cause harm to one and other. He was sceptically of this man.

David told Eric that he was happy to see him defend and protect Harley the way he had done. Eric gave him a smirk. (Well i guess i could give him a chance.) Eric thought to himself. The man held out his hand. Eric reached for it and gave him a hand shake. Eric now obtained Davids ability of luck manipulation, However Eric had no idea about his new power or how to use it. He would have to gradually realize it or it must be explained to him by David himself. " Eric Soul" he responded. Eric listened to David talk about this evil girl who phased threw someones body and ripped out her unborn child. Eric wanted to see this person. That was pretty deep messed up stuff for someone to do. Yet Eric wanted to see who was capable of things like that. " Can i meet her?" He asked with a smile. He had a feeling he would like her.

[romzy]

Harley linked her arms in her Uncle's. He was so... much better than she could ever dream. She never thought he would be British, it just never occured to her. Her mother was American, at least from what she could remember. It was strange they just bumped into each other like this. There was no real explanation. She grinned at Eric when David said he was happy that the young boy had been looking after her. Of course Harley was too, Eric was her little warrior. She felt his arm wrap around her shoulders. "Well now that's sorted, maybe we can cut out the power orbs little man?" She asked, raising an eyebrow at him. She was only teasing him, and kicked her leg out playfully.

"A woman?" She said, suddenly worried for her uncle. "The President?!" Her voice raised up, as she suddenly wondered why David was 'playing' with President Nathan Petrelli, he wasn't one to mess with. Even Harley and Eric knew that. But she continued listening to her uncle, the woman more evil? So he was a villain. Well he must be if he wanted to hurt the President. Harley stepped back, covering her mouth with her hands. She moved them away slowly, "She killed... killed the baby?" Harley was in shock. Although she liked torturing people and making them suffer, never would she want harm to come to a child. Ripping a baby from the womb was something that the President's daughter would not get over any time soon. It was inhumane. It was insane.

Harley once again linked arms with David, "I'm sorry man," She said sighing lightly. "No-one should have to go through that, and you shouldn't of had to witness it either." Her thoughts suddenly went to the woman who had done this to him. "Who did it?" She asked curiously. Then Harley's eyes drifted to Eric as he asked if he could meet her. She glared at him, noticing how he seemed enthusiastic about meeting such an evil woman. "By yourself Eric. If I met her, I'd torture her, slowly and painfully. Just like what that girl is going through now."

[david]

"It's alright little man" David said when the young lad apologised for almost frying him. None of his orbs would have hit him, David was lucky enough to have just that, luck on his side. It was easy to manipulate so none of the orbs would hit him. And of course that's exactly what happened.

If Harley and this young lad Eric were friends, then that was good enough for David, and he'd be more than willing to look out for the little nipper especially since he had obviously been very vigilant at looking out for Harley, but now David could look out for her as well, so she'd have double the protection.

"Well pleased to meet you Eric" David said as the young lad shook his hand. He then turned his attention back to Harley as she linked her arm through his. He grinned, feeling much better because he was with Harley, and there was no way he was going to lose her now he'd found her.

He saw the look of shock on Harley's face when she realised he had been playing with the President. "Yeah I know, asking for trouble huh? I was bored what can I say" he said trying to defend his stupid actions, there could have been plenty things he could have done for fun instead of messing with the President and his family.

She was even more shocked at the fact Rayne phased the baby out of the young girl's womb. It was more or less the reaction he had been hoping from his niece. Otherwise they might not have been on the same page so to speak. "I know, it was just bloody awful, if I'd known, what am I saying, course I bloody knew, the night she met me she phased her hand into my stomach, just lucky enough a paramedic was near by and fixed me up real quick" he said as he tried to explain that if he'd known she was that evil he'd never have involved her.

But the truth was, he had known she was that evil. Or else she wouldn't have done to him what she did. He was glad when Harley linked her arm with his again, it meant that she wasn't angry with him. He would have hated to just find his niece and then have her storm off because she hated the way he was.

"Thanks love" he said when Harley said she was sorry and that he shouldn't have had to go through that or witness it. Truth was he hadn't witnessed it per say, his back was turned when the crazy bitch did it, it was the blood curdling scream from the girl which made him turn around in time for him to see the wound heal and Rayne storm off holding what clearly looked like a baby.

Harley then asked who did it being curious. "Her name was Rayne" he said in a dark voice, just thinking about the name made him shudder slightly, the scene from the day before was still etched on his mind. He would have nightmares about that, in fact he was feeling pretty fucked up about it.

So when the little man said he wanted to meet her David's eyes grew very dark, he lifted his hand up in a stop motion, "No you bloody well wont, trying to get yourself bloody killed?" he snapped at the young lad, "Trust me, she ain't to be messed with, now if I were you I'd leave well alone Eric" David said as the fire left his eyes, leaving him once again, confused and saddened at what he had gone through the day before.

[rocky3]

Eric smiled as Harley playfully told him to cut the power orbs now. He would listen to her because he would do anything she tells him. Eric nodded and gave a little grunt to indicate that he would do so. Eric didn't know how he felt about this women David was talking about. She had killed a child. At first Eric was thrilled and wanted to meet her because that was truly evil. He could learn alto from someone as strong as them. To put personal feelings aside and just do the job, That was pure talent. However Eric got to thinking. What if the child grew up to be evil and they could have been Eric's Friend. They could have had a aw some ability and Eric would have copy ed it. The baby couldn't defend itself and there was no thrill in a defenseless fight. In this way Eric felt that it was horrible Oswell. But he still would enjoy a encounter to learn more about her.

David did say that he was having a bit of fun terrorizing the president and her daughter. That was what Eric liked to hear. A minute ago he was thinking this man had no back bone. But after hearing that he thought otherwise. "It takes a confident dude to go after the precedent Mr. How come you wanted to torture him in the first place? Do you guys have beef? " Asked Eric curious of why he would risk his life and freedom in order to have fun with some guy without anything else behind the motives. The mans explanation was that it was out off boredom.

" What are you a idiot?" Eric blurted out at the man. He looked at Harley and wondered if she was buying this crap. " Your telling us you planed a kidnapping just because you were bored and it happened to be the presidents daughter and there was no other motives involved with that? " He questioned David again, " Harley are you sure you can trust this guy? I mean he seems like hes not telling us everything." Eric whispered to Harley. He was sure Harley would go along with David there family after all.

When David told Eric that he was going to get himself killed Eric just giggled like it was funny to think of him dieing. Would anybody even noticed if Eric died? He had no family and the only person he considered Friends were Stephen and Harley. John was more like his boss but he went aw all and Stephen was no were to be found. It was kind of sad in away but Eric didn't mind he thought that he was a tool anyway. He needed to be used for other villains to have what they wanted. Eric gave him a sulky frown. " So what? If i dye i know it will be by the person better then me. I cant live my life in fear of dying. I want to see this girl she seems like a real bad ass. Eric said and then he got all excited. " I wounder what she thinks about while shes trying to sleep?" Eric added in monotone. If she was like Eric then maybe she could help him learn to control his urges. His sickness to use and gain powers.

[romzy]

"Wait, what?" Harley said suddenly glaring at her uncle. "She phased her hand into you?! What the fuck is wrong with her?" She couldn't understand, why would David be interested in a woman who tried to kill him? She looked up at him. "Why did you go with her then?" An uncle. Somebody she could finally look up too, then he goes off with a stupid phaser who thinks she's omnipotent. It was pathetic, and it was beginning to anger the young woman. Harley unhooked her arm from her uncle's and stepped back, glaring at the two males

Eric was strangely interested in the woman. Not only was Harley jealous slightly, but she was actually shocked. She knew the young boy was messed up, but this? It was shocking. If she ever knew he had done something remotely like that, she would never get involved with him. But the fact her uncle had been a part of something so wrong, so very wrong to her, it was frightening.

"Rayne?" Harley asked, raising an eyebrow. The name wasn't familiar, and she was glad it wasn't. If Harley knew the person who had done that, she would of killed them... slowly and painfully. Just like they deserved. She felt her uncle shudder slightly; poor thing, he must have really hated it. But her sympathy didn't last long. The young woman was angry with both the males with her. Was Harley suddenly turning good? Was the villain in her dying? "I'm not sure whether I can trust either of you." She said glaring at them. Her blue eyes were so cold all of a sudden it was actually like she was an ice queen. Her skin was pale, her eyes were cold, she looked evil.

"I don't know Eric, but I do know this." Harley held both of her hands up and threw them against the wall, her tight gripping on both of their necks. Her head tilted slightly as she walked closer towards them; her eyes drifted to Eric and stopped. "If you even think about doing that to a child little man, I will hunt you and make you suffer understood?" She blinked slowly, not loosening her grip of their necks. Her eyes flickered over to David and she shook her head. "I maybe evil, but being involved with a woman who kills unborn children? You're sick. How could you? And what you want me for moral-fucking-support after that? Look elsewhere matey." Harley dropped them both to the floor and shook her head, turning to walk away.

[david]

"No Eric little dude, no beef with the President, I just, ah, I dunno what I was thinking, it was downright bloody mad" David said not even beginning to defend himself, he couldn't, it had been a stupid prank which had gone horribly wrong and made him think to the days his uncle used to physically and mentally abuse him. After lashing out at Rayne he became a bit of an emotional wreck sitting on the ground against the wall with his head in his hands as he sobbed. Even now he was shaking his head at the memory of it all. It sickened him, he sickened himself.

"That's right, I did it for kicks, how was I to bloody know his precious daughter was pregnant huh?" David snapped at the young lad, he would never hurt him though, David didn't do that, he drew lines, he never intentionally hurt a child. "But you're right, I was a bloody idiot" David agreed, but when he then asked Harley if she could trust her uncle, David's eyes grew dark again.

"Of course she can bloody well trust me, I'm her family, I'm actually wanting to make sure that bloody crazy bitch doesn't get anywhere near Harley" David shouted at the young lad. Suddenly this was all becoming too much for David, the whole baby thing last night, and meeting his niece today, yet looking at her face from what he told her, he wasn't so sure she was so happy about meeting him now.

When Eric said he didn't care about dying, and wanted to meet Rayne, David just felt disgusted all over again, "What ever little man, but I can assure you, you'll be bloody doing it alone" he snapped in a cold voice, however David wouldn't even dream of letting Eric meet Rayne on his own, if he had to do it sneakily, he'd make sure Eric didn't get hurt, he wouldn't have another child killed due to himself.

David sighed when Harley reacted the way she did about Rayne and the fact he was stupid enough to go off with her in the first place. "I don't know Harley, it was one of those spur of the moment decisions, I must have been brain storming, I didn't let her away with it if that's what you think, I mean I fought her back, it was just, ah you wouldn't understand" he said in a deflated voice. He was going to say that it was one of those hate attacks which turned to lust before you knew it, but Harley wouldn't understand of that he was sure.

"Come on Harley, of course you can bloody trust me, I'm you're uncle for gods sakes" David said in a high voice, but the next thing he knew he along with Eric were being pinned to the wall by Harley's telekinesis ability. She was shouting at him about being with a woman who could do that to an unborn baby. "Don't you think I know that Harley?" he shouted as loud as he could through the tight grip being held on him.

"I didn't know she was pregnant and I bloody didn't know she would be evil enough to end an unborn child's life, you're right it is sick, I was sickened to the core over it, you have no idea Harley" he shouted again through the tight grip.

"I didn't want you for moral support, I just wanted to get to know you Harley please" David pleaded, as he felt the grip around his neck loosen and he slumped onto his feet. She was beginning to walk away. He ran toward her, scribbling his mobile number onto a piece of paper, "Bugger this!" he exclaimed as he stuffed the number into her hand, "Call me when you've calmed down" he said in a calm voice, as he began to walk away from the scene.

It didn't take him too long to reach his apartment, and when he was there, he went right to the medicine cabinet, swallowed some painkillers and a couple of sleeping pills and threw himself onto his bed curled in the foetus position and cradling his head he began to cry himself to sleep, hoping that he would actually sleep without nightmares this time.

[ooc: David out - think thread should finish soon anyway!]