LET ME OUT!!!
Adora looked upon Catras limp body as it lay on the big white hospital bed. Her heterochromatic eyes were sealed shut as her chest rose and fell to the rhythm of her smooth, stilled heartbeat.
She’s so cute when she sleeps, Adora dreamily thought. Ah no, I can’t think of that right now. Adora then face-palmed quietly as she watched the nurses tend to her old friend. Gosh, when she wakes up; she will be so furious with me… Adora thought.
Ugh but I had to do it, she would have just gotten more injured trying to leave and I- I couldn’t… I couldn’t just leave her in such a state… Adora internally battled with herself as she contemplated asking one of the nurses if she was alright.
No no, I can’t bother them while they are working that would be so rude… buuuut that is still their joooob so… Adoras face then turned into that stupid knowing smirk that she usually did.
Adora finally plucked up the courage to ask after a few minutes of contemplation “Um… excuse me” Adora started while looking at the nurse closest to her “is ah- is Catra going to be alright?”
The nurse closest to Adora who happened to be Sweet Bea then answered “Yes, in due time and since she is now asleep; we can stitch up her reopened wounds without worrying about anyone else’s safety,” she said as she looked at the patched up wounds on her fellow nurses in the room.
“...and I can still be here once she wakes up...right?”
“Only because she made such a ruckus the last time she awoke” Sweet Bee then sucked in a long breath before continuing “...don’t want that to happen again now do we?” She side-eyed Adora with a knowing look as Adoras cheeks heated up.
“Heh… well, at least she’s asleep and has multiple nurses helping her back to health… again...” Adora said as she rubbed the back of her neck.
“She is now in good hands both with us at the hospital and with you, I’m guessing...” Sweet Bea then sat down next to Adora “you two have a history together?” She asked in a knowing tone.
“Aha, well I guess you could say that… we grew up in the horde together so… yeah,” Adora said shyly.
Sweet Bea then hummed in thought as she continued “I must also credit you on your plan; it was quite brilliant… I’m guessing that could also have something to do with your relationship between yourself and Miss Catra”
“I-“ Adora started but then sighed in defeat as she knew this nurse could apparently already tell what she was about to say “I guess… we were the best of friends, finding colourful rocks, playing tricks on the other cadets and staying up all night whispering about… ah yeah know, stuff…” Adoras face then lit up like a pink rose blooming in spring.
“I see, well, either way, the plan worked didn't it?” Sweet Bea glanced at Adora as she nodded her head and slightly smiled her way “and now we are able to keep her healthy and properly functioning… until she wakes up…” Sweet Bea trialled off then stood as she noticed a different reading on Catras hospital meter.
“It’ll be alright, this time I will be here so hopefully she won’t freak out as much and I can try to calm her down… a little” Adora said as she internally cringed.
“Well Princess Adora, you should probably stay here for a little while because I suspect that she will wake up soon and we don’t need any more problems from this patient…”
Adora stood up while crossing her arms over one another as they both glanced at a peaceful sleeping Catra. “I’m not going to leave her… not again” Adora whispered.
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‘Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh’
Ah, w-what the hell is that noise Catra thought. She slowly opened her eyes; only to notice she was back in the blank white hospital room. The only difference about it was a new figure in the room. Catra couldn’t quite make out who it was but as her vision cleared and her headache worsened; she noticed the blonde lock of hair slicked back into a tight ponytail.
‘Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh’
Oh, you’ve gotta-be kidding m-me. Catra would usually immediately attack but she realised her entire body was weighing her down like a brick and every time she tried to move; it was like she pulled another muscle.
‘Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh’
Jesus what the hell is ringing?! Catra thought as she brought her clawed hand up to her forehead; not knowing that this movement would make Adora aware of her own consciousness.
“Catra,” Adora said so softly it almost reminded Catra of when they were friends and back in the Hordes hospitals. “You’re awake,” she said with the brightest genuine smile in all of Etheria.
Catra almost smiled with her but as she remembered where she actually was; her expression changed drastically. “N-no, you lied to m-me. I- I shouldn’t be here” Catra struggled to say.
“Please Catra, we are only trying to help you”
“Oh bullshit, y-your all probably just waiting till I heal up so you can throw me in a cell” Catra almost spat.
Adora then sighed as Sweet Bea walked into the room; she knew how this was already going to go. “I see you are awake Miss Catra…” the nurse spoke.
“I see you’re still a little bitch, Buzzybee” Catra spat back as she ripped off the IV that was continuously leaking fluid into the top of her hand.
“Ah, I don’t think you can take that off Catra…” Adora spoke in a worried tone.
“Watch me,” Catra said as Sweet Bea noticed what they were talking about. She immediately skipped over from her table full of tools and tried to intervene.
“Okay well… I’ll just move out of your way Sweet Bea” Adora said as she noticed the nurse was about to treat her patient.
“Ahh, move out of her way? For what?!” Catra exclaimed.
“To see how your vitals are doing and now also apparently put back on a few things,” Sweet Bea said as she glanced at the flexible tubes now spilling onto the ground “now just let me…”
“NO!!” Catra screamed, “I’M NOT LETTING YOU TOUCH ME, I DON'T WANT YOU NEAR ME!”
“Catra please jus-” Adora started as Catra cut her off. “I SAID NO ADORA! LEAVE ME ALONE!” she yelled once again.
Catra then kicked off her crummy blankets in a fit of rage while stumbling out of the high hospital bed. She landed on the cold ground while a crunching noise rang around the room. Sweet Bea then frantically pressed a button that was underneath the table she was previously working on and stood completely still in shock.
Adora then immediately ran to Catra; she was trying not to let the tears fall from her eyes as she knew that one of Catras bones definitely broke. Oh my god, Adora thought as she struggled to hold her friend down. Why does everything keep going wrong? She thought to herself. Adora then looked at Sweet Bea with an annoyed expression; almost trying to telepathically tell her to ‘fucken come and help already’ but she didn’t move.
Sweet Bea stood there for a good two minutes just staring at the two girls practically wrestling in front of her. The cat-girl was trying to get away even though she was clearly even more hurt than before and Adora with a completely red face trying to hold Catra in place. Why the hell isn't she helping? Isn’t this her job?! Adora thought as she fell to the ground from a knee to the stomach from the hurt patient. Then Adora noticed the door to Catras room open as several nurses cluttered the room including Queen Angella.
She continued to crouch on the ground holding her stomach in pain as Angella spoke: “What is going on here!” Her voice was like a beacon that rang around the room; quieting everyone in front of her.
“W-we have it under control ma’am” Sweet Bea stuttered as she bowed in front of the Queen. Huh so now she feels like helping out? Strange Adora rolled her eyes at the thought as Catra limped into the corner of the room.
Oh shit! Now I’m really fucked! Catra thought. A drop of sweat rolled down her forehead as she saw the many people gathering in the room. And Jesus, now I've broken a bone! Like that’s gonna help my case! Catra grumbled in thought as the Queen stared her up and down.
Angella then let her piercing dark purple eyes lay on Catra as her usually soft fur puffed up in all places with sweat leaking out from everywhere anyone looking could see. “yes it does seem that you ‘have it under control’” She said back to the heavily shaken up nurse.
Adora and Catra watched in complete shock as Angella heavily sighed; she realised the number of people in the room certainly wouldn’t help Catras state at the moment “Okay, I only want the appropriate nurses in this room; everyone else leave” she spoke as everyone looked around at each other in confusion “NOW!” She ordered as most of them scattered in either fear or from being a little aroused.
“Good, now contain her… Adora, please come with me I need to have a word with you” Angella spoke as she used her gloved hand to guide Adora out of the room.
Adora was flabbergasted; she couldn’t leave Catra alone with these people but somehow they had already managed to catch her and bring her now sleeping body back to the bed. How the hell did they just ‘contain’ her without difficulty? Adora thought a little annoyed.
Adora then glanced back to Angella and realised the Queen was still signalling for her to join her out in the hallway. “But I- I can’t leave her alone,” Adora said in a weary tone.
“Adora…” Angella called her again so as to tell her to leave.
“Okay…” she sighed as she followed her queen but not before she took one more glance at Catras limp sleeping body lying on the bed once more.
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“Adora I know you want to see the best in her but right now she is sick and she needs her rest…” Angella said to Adora as they sat on her pink fluffy bed.
“I know I just… I need to be there for her especially now” Adora took a deep breath before continuing her story to the Queen and her two best friends who had seemed to let themselves in “well when we were back in the Horde; she always hated the hospital or anyone else touching her so I- I just want to be there for her… like I used to be…” she trailed off as a tear leaked from her eye; Bow then stood up to wipe it away and hug her from the side.
“This is obviously going to be hard Adora, she was one of your best friends from childhood and now she’s extremely hurt and not accepting any help; that’s bound to put a stop to your heart” Bow said.
Adora side-eyed him from the use of the word ‘heart’ of course she loved Catra, she always has but hearing it come from someone else was different. Do I? Do I love her? Even after what she’s done? Adora thought.
Angella was about to speak up until her daughter Glimmer beat her to it “Well she’s bound to Cooperate soon right? She can’t keep this whole act up forever…”
“And she should be getting better… every time they have to put her to sleep they patch her up sooo that’s good right?!” Bow frantically stated.
“Well sadly” Queen Angella started as all three friends looked at her as she spoke “for one we know snapped her Tibia bone in her leg when she landed on the ground; it was a result of her already weak state. we also don’t know much about Catras species so the doctors say that they can’t specify a certain time that she will start to recover”
“And they can’t just keep putting her to sleep Bow, I’m sure other patients need it more than her…” Glimmer guessed.
“Exactly Glimmer, we have already come up with a solution for that but Catra also has a very high temperature and we aren’t sure if that is normal for her kind or not…” Angella said.
“Wait wait wait, you said ‘we already came up with a solution’ what does that mean?” Adora questioned.
“Well, Adora” Angella started as she straightened up in her sitting position “They couldn’t keep putting her to sleep so we all decided that restraining her would be best; not to mention her broken leg would usually stop anyone from moving but we seriously doubted that for Catra. We have other patients in the same restrained state and everyone is safer that way”
“Ah WHAT?!” Adora exclaimed as she stood up from her bed to emphasise her anger “y-you can’t do that?! She will freak out! You can’t just go ahead and tie her up like that?!” Adora threw her hands in the air as she continued “you didn’t even think to ask me either?! I mean I would have known if it was good for her or not!”
“This is NOT just about Catra or you, Adora. It’s about everyone’s safety. The decision was already made and that is final” Angella spoke as she stood up and walked to Adoras grey bedroom door “you may go and visit her while she wakes up but you are NOT to let her out or intervene. Do I make myself clear?”
Adora nodded her head yes while looking at the ground as the Queen slammed the door shut.
“Welllllll, that could have gone better” Glimmer said as Bow shoved her in the arm. She glared at him while they both heard an over-exaggerated groan coming from their friend.
“Ugggh! This is so unfair!” Adora grumbled “Ah I mean yeah Catra caused a lot of problems when she awoke but I tried to tell them how to handle her but did they listen? NO!” She said at an alarmingly fast pace.
“Okay okay, why don’t w-“ Bow started as Adora cut him off.
“NO BOW!” Adora yelled “I-, I’m sorry Bow I didn’t mean to yell,” Adora said with a sorry look on her face “I just… I know that she will completely freak out once she wakes up and realises she can’t move. She was always scared of that…” Adora trailed off as she looked away.
She knew Catra was going to be scared; she knew Catra would panic from memories of what happened in the past but she definitely knew that she was going to be there for Catra in these upcoming traumatic moments.
“Well, why don’t we go now then? Does that sound good?” Glimmer said in a hopeful and slightly awkward voice.
“Okay…” Adora whispered.
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Catra let out a sigh as she stirred from the asettitive wearing off. It felt like the room was spinning once again and Catra knew what that meant. Oh for f-fucks sakes they p-put me to sl...sleep again d...didn’t they Catra thought.
Well, not a-again… Catra thought as she slowly opened her eyes once again, waiting for the blinding white light but it never came. She noticed someone had covered the wall in front of her with some sort of grey blanket. Even though she didn’t know who did it, she wanted to thank them as it didn’t hurt her sensitive cat eyes as much.
It was only a few seconds after opening her eyes that she realised she couldn’t move her arms. What the fuck? She thought. Catra pulled her arms upward in an attempt to move them but once her vision completely cleared and she realised she was strapped down to the hospital bed; Catra completely and utterly panicked.
Her heartbeat raised as she yelled and screamed for any kind of release “HELLO? IS ANYONE THERE?” Catra started to thrash around in the bed as she continued to panic “AAAAAAAAAAAH, GET ME OUT OF THIS NOW!!!!” She screeched in a high pitch voice.
The leather restraints and cuffs that held her down tight we pulled at and clawed at but nothing helped her escape “PLEASE!!!!” She screamed as she started to sob “p-please?!” Catra cried.
“HEYYYY!!!!!”
“I SWEAR THE GOD!!!”
“UGH FUCK THIS!!”
She thrashed and slammed and pulled; trying to escape any way that she could to get out of these restraints but to no avail.
“LET ME OUT NOOOOW!!!!”
“WHY AM I TIED UP!!!”
“THIS IS FUCKEN BULLSHIIIT!!!”
Multiple tears stained down her already drenched face as she tried to escape in any shape or form “LET ME OUT!!!” She started to hyperventilate; everything was going downhill. Fuck I- I need to g-get out! Catra thought to herself frantically as she noticed the door being opened.
It’s Adora… of course, it’s Adora! Catra thought. Oh, wait maybe she could help me out of these… she always used too.
“Ah, Adora. C-can you… can you get me out of these?!” Catra spoke as three more tears slipped from her tear written eyes.
“I- I can’t Catra. I’m sorry…” Adora spoke in a sad voice with her hands hanging down to her sides.
“Oh, you can’t? Or won’t?” Catra questioned with an annoyed voice as she pulled on her restraints once more.
“I wanted too. I told them not too bu-“
Catra cut her off “but you can’t do SHIT!! UGH LET ME OUT NOW!! YOU CAN'T DO THIS” Catra screamed to anyone who was near but the only person near her... was Adora.
“Catra, please. I wanted too and I did try but I can’t… but that doesn’t mean that I’m just going to leave you here alone… so I bought some stuff…” She trailed off looking at the pile of things she had recently dropped from seeing Catra in such a panicked state.
Catra then again tried to forcefully pull on all four of her limb restraints; it was then that she realised she wasn’t getting out anytime soon. Fuck Catra thought while she slammed her head back on the pillow as all she could do was cry and lye there.
“Well, I’ll just show you what I got…” Adora said as she sat down in the chair next to Catras bed. She was trying to act calm but all she wanted to do was cry frantically and let catra out of these terrible things.
Catra just watched as Adora laid the objects on her bed; usually, she would tease Adora and kick it off so she would have to run and grab it again but her fur covered legs were strapped to the bed so all she did was blankly stare at her friend.
“I ah, also have this…” Adora said quietly. She pulled out a dark blue blanket and once Catra laid her eyes one it, she immediately perked up.
“Oh, my- is that??!” Catra questioned.
“Yeah, it’s the baby blanket that you had as a kitten…” Adora stated “I thought it would make you a little more comfortable… you know since I couldn’t stop them from doing, this…” she looked down at what state Catra was in and turned away to hide any emotion that she was about to show.
“H-how did you get this? Last time I remember it was in the horde?” Catra questioned as she tried to reach for the blanket but was abruptly stopped from the harsh cuffs.
“Well, one of your friends paid us a visit. She wanted to know if you were okay and now she’s staying with us. She’s hoping you will change your mind and stay too… so am I….” Adora said.
“I- who… Scorpia…” Catra whispered “ugh, can you just pass me the blanket” she grumbled.
“Okay…” Adora whispered as she handed over the soft blanket to her friend “I hope that helps a little… I know you don’t like being held against your own will and I’ll be here all night so you won’t be alone…” Adora said in a sorrowful but hopeful voice.
“Ah yeah… Shadow Weaver was a real witchy bitch huh” Adora giggled at Catras sad filled joke. It definitely hurt them both to think about but at least she was a little calmer now.
Adora places her hand on top of Catras trapped one and traced her thumb over her knuckles “if you need anything just tell me okay? I’ll be here”
“Okay…” Catra whispered “could you um… could you sleep with me? I mean... if that’s okay… I just don’t wanna be alone right now especially if I have to stay like this…”
“Yeah… of course… always” Adora said as she climbed onto the bed.
She stretched out her legs and put her shoulder right next to Catras. Adora decided to take a step and grab Catras hand to hold; luckily she returned the hold but acted as nothing different had happened. They both immediately relaxed from each other's presence and it wasn’t long until they both fell into a deep sleep from the familiar feeling of each other's scents and figures...