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Who: Chronos (Mirror!Mick) and you
Where: Various places of Wonderland
When: 14th-15th
Rating: PG-13 - may change
Summary: A certain science experiment on the fourth floor didn't go exactly as planned, and now Mirror Mick is on the loose on the Real side
The Story:

[ooc notice: see this for further deets on the sciencing. Will write starters for anyone else - hit me up on plurk or discord.

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[catchacold]

"I have been through all this. Twice, actually. How about you can the speech and we get to the really unpleasant part?" Guilt-ridden he might be, may have been up to his death, but that didn't mean he had to have a break down in front of Chronos. Not yet, at least. Not this time, when - as he'd said - he had been through this more than once.

"Cry more." Echoing the words he'd said to Mick when he'd arrived in Wonderland, half a year ago now. Back then he'd felt torn up about it, but right now any broken heart wasn't keenly felt yet. Instead he sounded derisive, even as he looked right at Chronos. "Partner."

[odiosus]

"You want to leave the talk? Typical. Works for me, I don't have much more to say." Chronos smirked and pulled Leonard's communicator from his pocket, just scrolling his inbox and his messages. "Maya. Riley. Lisa. That's a cute little family you're building up here. Your girls."

Chronos didn't elaborate, he didn't explain in slow detail what he'd do because Leonard didn't want words so Chronos simple smirked a dark and dangerous smirk. Why should Leonard get to have this kind of happiness? No. Not on his watch.

[catchacold]

"You're really original," Leonard muttered, looking up above his head, considering the angle his arm was in and the distance Chronos had put between them. As badass as a manoeuvre where he pulled himself up and kicked the asshole in the head would be, the positioning didn't allow for that or really much of anything in the way of resistance. Besides, between the armour and how hardheaded any version of Mick was, success would be doubtful no matter what.

"You've been here for months. Took you this long to come over and this is all you want to do? I'm flattered, you know, but there's more to life than making me hurt." He wanted to warn someone. There was also the urge to protest, maybe even beg, because he still saw Mick when looking at him and he had to at least try, didn't he? "Also more ways to make me hurt than going through others."

[odiosus]

"A chance to make you suffer? No. That's been enough for me. I got details from watching, from reading through this, and it was so satisfying to know you reach an end. Disappointing, of course. Too easy." He would have liked him to suffer more but this was enough to make Chronos relax more, especially in regards to Leo. Just knowing that something that drove him this mad had an end? It was relieving.

"That's a lie and we both know it. Don't try and pull that with me. I could torture you and it wouldn't hurt half as bad as letting those around you down. You'll carry that with you forever." It's break him apart, ruin what happiness he had with those close to him, it'd stick in his mind and he'd blame himself. And that was all Chronos wanted. "I know you better than anyone. Idiot."

[catchacold]

"Sorry. Didn't mean to disappoint you by dying too quickly." Leonard rolled his eyes, holding on to that edge of sarcasm, because what else did he have? An appeal to Chronos' mercy stood about as much sense as trying to reason with him. "Always flattering to have someone's attention. You got nothing else in your life? That's sad."

Leonard breathed in slowly through his nose, wondering what the best he could hope for was. Rip or Ray, he supposed. Nancy? Or any of the other various powerful people in the mansion. He wasn't the damsel in distress type, so he wasn't about to start screaming for help, but at least this wasn't quite as hopeless as he had been on the Waverider. "Leave them alone. It ain't their fault they met me."

[odiosus]

"It's not but it's the only way to get to you. I need to end this, break you, so I can finally move on." Chronos was trained and made to destroy the legends, that was what was programmed into him. Again and again. So many training simulations, so many fake team members to kill, so many things fed into his head. And Leonard was the biggest target, he practically had an X on him that Mick couldn't unsee any more.

And he wanted to. He wanted to be over this.

Deep down, a part of him just wanted it to be over so he could finally move on. Spend a little more time with Leo maybe. He hadn't overthought it yet but it was nice to unwind and have a small slice of what he once had with Leonard all over again.

He missed it. It gutted him that he didn't have it and even now, looking at his old friend, it was like being abandoned all over again. Tossed aside like he was nothing. "You did this to me. I have to do this to you. It's the only way I can be free. You owe me this much."

[catchacold]

"I ain't saying I don't. Mick." Leonard said his name the way only he did, even if this was Chronos, not really Mick, the mirror version, even more distorted than what the Time Masters had put him through. It was still a version of Mick, in the end. Still the man he cared for more than anyone, still the source of his greatest guilt. He tugged on the cuffs in frustration, as if there was anything he could even do if he broke free.

"If it helps you, then hurt me, Kill me. Fuck me over, whatever. I owe you." He wasn't denying that. Hell, Mick had ways of letting him feel that every day and he certainly knew how to remind himself of the fact too. "But they don't. They ain't got anything to do with this. You really think you need anyone else to break me?"

That from the man who claimed to know him better than anyone. "It's you hating me. That's enough."

[odiosus]

"I do hate you. More than anyone."

Chronos pulled himself upright and grabbed his helmet, giving Leonard a look that had more hurt in his eyes than he'd ever cared to show. "I love you more than anyone as well. And you tossed me aside when you couldn't fit me in your like. You abandoned me and left me to die - like some rabid dog you got sick of handling."

He put the helmet on, mostly because he needed to hide his face right now, he needed Leonard not to see him crack. "I can break you using anyone. I don't even have to lay a hand on you, just them. And that's exactly what I'm doing to do." And with that, Chronos turned away and made a move to the door. He was done here.

yanno what, I'm just gonna not delete it this time

[catchacold]

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