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[have_no_mercy]

Tess should have been better prepared for this. But then, there's no handbook for what to do when the clone of your half-brother goes AWOL. Coming after her, she'd been expecting. Going after Lena... not so much. It's a hell of a time for her to start losing her edge.

None of that matters at the moment. All she's concerned about is Alexander, his gun, and how to get herself and Lena out of this apartment alive. He won't listen to her and she's beginning to think he's right. She did abandon him, didn't she? And he knows exactly how to get her back for it.

He won't listen, but maybe someone else will.

"Please," she whispers, "if you can hear me, help us."


[Posting order Zod, Clark, Tess]

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[have_no_mercy]

Her eyebrows rise at that. "You're listening to me? That stretches any respect for my privacy, wouldn't you say?"

[kneel-majorzod.livejournal.com]

He raises his eyebrows right back. "I haven't made a hobby of it, no. Though I don't think you're in any position to be complaining."

[have_no_mercy]

"So you just happened to be listening now, then." It doesn't much sound like she believes him, but she'll not go any further than that over it.

"Thank you."

[kneel-majorzod.livejournal.com]

"My keeping tabs shouldn't come as such a surprise," he deflects rather than explain that he was on his way here when he heard her. It's easier this way.

And either her thank you went unheard or he has nothing to offer in response.

[have_no_mercy]

"Let's hope you weren't keeping tabs during my shower this morning," she offers dryly. "My singing would have anything but entertaining."

[kneel-majorzod.livejournal.com]

"Telling you when I'm listening would rather defeat the purpose," he tsks in kind.

[have_no_mercy]

That earns him a glare before Tess walks to a chair and sort of slumps into it. It's been a long day.

[kneel-majorzod.livejournal.com]

It has been for Zod as well, and for a moment he seems torn between the door and a chair beside hers. So he remains standing instead.

"The boy will wake up without much more than a bruise," he tells her after a moment, almost absently. "I wasn't expecting such a delicate constitution."

[have_no_mercy]

"He's sick," Tess says defensively - and then sighs. "He's dying."

[kneel-majorzod.livejournal.com]

Zod simply watches her in silence, for a moment or two, and then, softly, "May I ask why he seemed intent on taking you with him?"

[have_no_mercy]

"I've had to keep him under a doctor's care, so he hasn't been staying with me," she says in the same manner. "Apparently he got... upset when he found out that Lena was."

[kneel-majorzod.livejournal.com]

A humorless smile tugs at his lips, and he nods knowingly. "Jealousy is a dangerous thing to have locked away."

[have_no_mercy]

"She is unstable and he is ill. It's not a good combination." It doesn't sound like she much believes it anymore, however.

[kneel-majorzod.livejournal.com]

Zod quirks an eyebrow. "Do you know what's wrong with him?"

[have_no_mercy]

She shakes her head. "Obviously, something went wrong during the cloning process, but I don't know what. He ages too quickly."

[kneel-majorzod.livejournal.com]

"He's not exactly the only clone in your life, is he." It's not quite a question, though for a moment he seems to watch her for some manner of confirmation. "Perhaps the cure lies within the cloning processes that have proven more successful."