Bring Me To Life {Devan}

[gabriella]

20th May, 2009

Gabby wasn't in a good place just now. Her life had been in tatters recently and it was all because Jacob disappeared from her life just after he had managed to heal her past. A past that was so tortured every time Gabby thought about it, she would spontaneously burst into flames from her hands. Her ability of pyrokinesis worked with her emotions most of the time, and when Gabby was extremely upset, then all hell could be let loose. After Jacob disappeared she had met someone by the name of Cameron whom she thought might have led to something, but that too ended in disaster.

Now, a couple of months on Gabby was beginning to feel that life wasn't much worth living. She had nobody special in her life, and anybody she did think fitted the word of special had more or less abandoned her. Of course when she had fallen for Cameron, she'd put her home up for rent in Las Vegas and made her way to New York. Now she was back in Las Vegas with her tail between her legs so to speak, and as she approached where she used to live, she saw the 'For Rent' sign was no longer on the window.

"Great, just great." Gabby shouted out to nobody in particular, now she had no home, and she couldn't just throw out the people living there. Having virtually nothing to her name but the clothes she was wearing and the few in her hold all type bag, she just slipped down the wall onto the ground with her head in her hands.

All the past memories came flooding back. Shaking her head, telling herself over and over, that she hadn't killed her parents, it had been a terrible accident due to her ability which wasn't controlled as a child. However, she was unable to calm herself down enough and the next thing she knew balls of flame had formed in her hands, and then they flew across the street and hit a car opposite her.

"Noooo!" She screamed out loud, luckily there was nobody in the car, but the next thing it was ablaze and then it exploded, sending pieces of metal and glass everywhere, she didn't even notice she had been hit by any as she kept her head in her hands. Gabby was covered in cuts and bruises over her face and arms from the glass and metal shrapnel.

[dhardal]

Las Vegas, the city of all cities. This was where everything it at. Gamble, stripping, drinking, and exploding. Wait exploding!? Did a car really just explode in front of him. Devan ran to the site, to make sure if everyone was all right if anyone was even in it or nearby. Taking in the scene of the burning car, he looked around. Trying to figure out what or who could have caused this. Then he saw a girl and noticed she was hurt. He hurried off towards her. "Are you alright?" he asked the woman.

He noticed that she had cuts and bruises over her face and arms. He wondered how the hell this happened. He was trying to put the puzzle pieces he had together. But none of it seemed to fit. There was a piece missing. Who started the fire? And how? he looked down in the direction of the womans arm, as he thought deeply. He looked around the general location. He didn't see any suspicious people or people who were running in the opposite direction of the explosion. There was only one witness. She was also the victim, who could also be the suspect. Devan didn't want to be mean, but he needed to figure this out. He wanted to help this woman. "Can you tell what happened?" he asked her, hoping that she wasn't to tramatized with this incident. He needed to know she wasn't the one to have caused this and that she was okay.

[gabriella]

Gabby couldn't believe what she had done. It wasn't fair, she had been so good with her power since Jacob had 'healed' her. Why had she let this happen? She could only hope that nobody had saw what she had done, if they did they would surely deem her dangerous. She remained sitting against the wall, with her knees hitched up and hugging them with her arms and began rocking back and forth and muttering to herself constantly. "I didn't mean it, I didn't mean it." It wasn't overly loud, but the words were still clearly audible.

Then she heard someone speak. Oh no she thought to herself. She could only hope he hadn't seen what happened. He was asking if she was alright. She looked up at him, with what would be a tear stained face, and of course she could feel the blood trickling down the side of her face on either side, so she knew she had been hurt, she just didn't know how badly.

She then looked down at her arms, which were also covered in small cuts and bruises. She was shaking, but she didn't want to ignore the man who had come to ask if she was alright. "Just these." She said as she looked at her arms and then put her hands onto her face, and moved them again, the palms of her hands covered in blood. "And my face I guess." She added, as she then tried to compose herself, and wiped away her tears.

Then the inevitable happened, he asked if she could tell him what happened. She looked up at him again, and then sighed and gave him a weak smile. Gabby wasn't a bad person, so she didn't like lying, whether he was an Evolved Human like her or not, she would have to tell him everything. "You might not like what you hear, but you have to believe me when I say I didn't mean it and I'm not dangerous and I'm not a bad person." She explained, she wouldn't say any more until he promised that he wouldn't judge her.

[dhardal]

The girl that he just asked if she was alright, showed him her arms and face. She seemed fine just some cuts. She did seem a bit traumatic, but he would have been slightly traumatic with having these cuts upon him and a car exploded. He waited for her to answer the question about seeing anything, but then she broke down.

She started to ramble about how she did this. How she caused the car to explode, or so he guessed. She was all over the place with this ramble. It couldn't have been her to explode the car, but who else could it have been. "Its okay. Lets get you off the street, before someone gets suspicious." He led her off the road, to a lit up alley way. He didn't want to be taken as some creepy go. "Could you tell me what happened?"

[gabriella]

Gabby was really shaken up by what had happened, and now she was going to have to tell him she had caused it. It was just terrible. She if he thought she was crazy and should be locked up for what she had done? She was beginning to think that maybe lying would be the best option. However, Gabby didn't like lying, and it would probably be best to just be honest and tell him exactly what happened.

However, he didn't seem to judge her, instead, he said it was okay and spoke about getting her off the street to stop raised suspicions, probably a good idea. With his help, she got to her feet and let him help her away from the street and into a lit up alley way.

"Thank you." She said softly, as she wiped at her eyes, and swallowed a few times, composing herself for having to tell him what she had done. That was when he once again asked what happened. "I don't know if you've heard of us or not, but there are people called Evolved Humans, people with extraordinary abilities." She began in a hushed voice, not wanting to speak too loudly for fear of someone she didn't want overhearing the conversation catching what she was saying.

"Well, I'm one of them, I have an ability called Pyrokinesis, it means I can produce and manipulate flames." To prove it she produced a small ball of fire, and then shook her hands to get rid of it. "Thing is, when I'm upset, or depressed about something, my ability sometimes acts on it's own accord, and that's what happened before." She explained and then sighed, "It only happened one other time, years ago when I was a young child, and I accidentally killed my parents." She finished explaining, telling him the complete truth, even down to her past.

"But I'm not a bad person, you have to trust me, what happened there, it was an accident." She said, before the guilt of what happened consumed her once more and again the tears began to fall.

[dhardal]

It didn't take long to enter the lit up alley way and as they did he asked her again it a quieter voice what happened. She then responded with the same level of volume. Devan stood there, across from her as he listened to her story. All about specials, her ability which so happened to be pyrokinesis. As well as a small glimpse of her past. This all astonished him, except the people with abilities. He had alreayd known about this, for he had once worked with a Chandra Suresh, before his death.

As she finished, she exlained how she wasn't a bad person. That it was all accidentally. Killing her parents, and now set the car ablaze. Since the late Suresh had opened his eyes to the world of extraordinary human, he trusted her. He felt sorry for what she had gone through. As she finished she had began to cry. Devan needed to comfort her, but again he didn't want to make it seem awkward. Like he was the stalker type. "I trust you." he said as he had ensured that he would keep her secret of her ability and her past if needed. He decided that it be okay to atleast hug her and assure her that everything will be okay. "I can help you work this phase. I can help you gain control of your ability. He released her from the hug and wiped her tears away. "You can get past this." he said. The car was already a thing of the past. He had a new objective in his life. It was to help this woman control her ability. In all honesty, Devan believed that Chandra Suresh had sent her to him. That Chandra was still very much interested in the world of abilities and evolved human. He smiled as he looked up into the sky. "God bless you Chandra." he said softly. Looking back at the woman. "So what do you say?" he asked.

[gabriella]

When the guy said he trusted her, she felt like she could begin to relax a little and she gave him a weak smile. "Thank you." She said softly. Having someone believe and trust her was everything to Gabby, it made her feel better about herself and the situation at hand.

He then said he could help her through this phase and hugged her, despite everything she hugged him back. Even though right now they were still virtually strangers to each other. "I'd like that." She said, and felt her skin tingle as he wiped her tears away, and she felt herself smile at him. She knew she could get past it, she had before, with Jacob in her life, maybe this guy was a new start to her life all over again.

When he asked what she said to everything, she smiled more brightly, "I think it's a good idea, someone was able to help me before, I dare say someone can help me again." Gabby said, and then she began to compose herself, and thought she should introduce herself.

"My name is Gabriella Weston, Gabby to the little friends I have." She said as she held her hand out, to introduce herself properly and still smiling at him warmly. She could do this, she could move on with her life.

[dhardal]

Devan didn't find it strange, or horrifying that this woman had abilities, only cause his sister had an ability - Arianna. His sister recently had joined to ranks of a politician, and for that Devan was proud of her. He smiled as the woman accepted his help. He knew that they had to get out of this area. And then find Mohinder. He knew that he could help, because he is Suresh's son. Though she discussed how someone had helped her before, but left her. Devan was use to it, but mad that some people never finished what they had started. Such impatient people. This annoyed Devan.

Then the woman had introduced herself, and felt glad to finally knowing the woman's name whom he was going to help. Gabriella. He felt that he should do the same. "Sorry. My name is Devan." he said only being polite as she had also introduced herself. "Shall we go then. We have to find a good friend of mine 's son?" he asked Gabby with a smile.

[gabriella]

There was a small silence between them, which wasn't particularly bothering Gabby but it did make it a little awkward, especially with someone you had only just met, and in particular when you had just blown up a vehicle which was across the road from where you sat. However, he had agreed to help her and this was making Gabby feel like maybe once again she could get her life on track, and she couldn't deny he was handsome, he had such lovely clear blue eyes.

After she had introduced herself, the man who was going to help her also introduced himself. She gave him a brighter smile, even if she was in quite a bit of discomfort from all the cuts and bruises. "Well, it's a pleasure to meet you Devan." Gabby said softly.

She wondered who this friend was he was going to have help her, and how long it would take to get to him. She knew it was a him, since Devan said his friend's son. But Gabby was ready, she was ready to get this mess sorted once and for all and start to move on with her life. "Yes, I'm ready Devan, I really want to get my life back. I hate being like this, I hate when my ability just takes over me." Gabby explained. She could feel herself beginning to shake again, she just hoped while she was with Devan she could keep her ability under control and not spark off again. The last thing she would want to do was hurt him.

[dhardal]

Devan smiled and then held out his hand as she said she was ready to go. They were going to visit Mohinder, hopefully he could help. Though he was in Washington, D.C., last he heard anyways. They had to travel across the states to get to him. But the quicker the better. Fortunately, Devan was an actor so he had the money to pay for two plane tickets to D.C. "Since Mohinder, the guy that could possibly help you, is in D.C.. Would you mind if we take the plane there. I can pay for the tickets." he said with a smile.

As Devan stepped out from the alley, he noticed that the police and firemen were already at the site taking care of the car, and trying to investigate the scene. Devan couldn't believe he didn't hear the the sirens. Hoping to make it out of there before they get questioned, he picked up his pace. "We gotta go." he said. But unfortunately, a cop noticed them. And that he be a prick and stop them to ask questions. The cop approached them and asked, "Do you know anything about that car back there?" Devan looked at the cop, then to Gabby and then back to the cop. "No." he said as he slightly shrugged his shoulders and shook his head from side to side. He then kept on walking.

[gabriella]

When Devan held his hand out for Gabby, she took it immediately in her own and realised how good it felt to have her hand being held by another man's again. She had certainly missed the intimacy and special small moments like this since Jacob had left her. Then of course there was the very brief thing with Cameron. Gabby really was beginning to wonder if it was her. Was there something about her which made guys not stick it out with her? She really couldn't help but wonder.

When Devan next spoke, he was asking if she would mind going to Washington D.C. and would she mind taking the plan there, he would pay for their tickets. Which Gabby thought was very generous. "I couldn't let you pay for me." Gabby began, but as she decided to take a good look at him, she thought he was looking familiar to her. Suddenly it came to her why. "Oh, you're, you're in that television show Stargate or something, aren't you?" She asked, as her eyes brightened up a little, finding it very cool she was talking to an actor.

"If you insist on paying, but I will want to pay you back somehow." Gabby said giving him a bright smile, tears all forgotten about, and earlier problems more or less forgotten about as well. Or at least they were, until Devan said they had to go. She turned round and began to panic, more so when one of the officers approached them.

Devan said he knew nothing, and Gabby kept herself as calm as she could and agreed, "No, I don't know anything, sorry, it was like that when we passed." She hoped that they wouldn't then question her wounds, if they did, she'd just say she fell over onto some broken glass or something. Devan kept on walking, Gabby just followed on, keeping a hold of his hand and turning to face him and smiling every so often.