Farewell
It was midday just before lunch. There had done some field training. And to make it more “fun” there created a rainstorm. Tally and Raelle had already showered and dressed for the remain of the day. As Raelle was about to leave, Tally had stopped her from out right leaving like before.
“we have seven minutes, Abigail in the shower. And I need to get something of my chest”.
“great tell me, and then tell me why you’re stopping for going to meet up with Libba”.
“I need to ask you something”.
Raelle pushed herself to the end of the bed and looked over at Tally.
“it depends on what you going to ask me”.
Tally down into the chair on her desk and looked over to Raelle, she be meaning to ask this since she noticed it weeks ago. It only been the last week that their friendship and develop to the point that she could ask her.
“I know we haven’t been really close and only go close over the last few days. Which I sorry I didn’t put more effect into this. Plus, I’m sorry that I wasn’t there for you about Scylla. And that I didn’t come to you about her sooner”.
“Tally” Raelle said interrupting her. “just ask me”.
With a small breath, “whydoyouhaveashinermark”.
“Tally, take a breath and tell me slowly with spaces” she said with a smirk.
She does as she was told she took a deep breath, “why do you have a shiner mark”.
“oh, that easy. I have scars that I don’t like looking at”.
Sitting up a bit more, a little relax. Somehow, she knows she was telling the truth, she just couldn’t put her figure on how she knows that.
“but you facial scar is fine”.
“no, it not. But I can deal with easier than the other scars”.
“can I ask how you go it”.
Raelle clenched her jaw a few times before, “I was twelve. It was me vs glass. I win but know have this scar. That all I’m going to tell you about that”.
She ran her right index finger along her scar. From her check to her chin. She closed her eyes remember the even that took place.
-She had trusted her friends at the time. Her first biggest mistake she had ever done. There had broken into a rundown circus. There were several buildings on being the old mirror exhibit. That was the one there had started hanging out every other weekend. So, when there said where wanted to hang out it wasn’t something she was worried about.
There had been hangout for a few hours when it happened. Her “friends” started talking about witches and their views on them. It ended with them chasing Raelle around with a blade of some kind she didn’t stick around to found out.
That was their plan, to freak her out and get her running. Until she ran into there trap. A glass ends.
So, this exhibit was a little different to normal ones. In the centre there was a stage and a corridor that the lead to a glass box. Once inside it was meant to give people a different prospective on the world. Making everything brighter and burry. Or that want her “friends” had told her about it. But it was their trap there had plan this for mouths.
Once inside the box would seal. And there wasn’t a way out, her “friends” tried to fill the box up but like I said before it an old exhibit. She asked them to let her go, there just smiled at her, and left. There didn’t return. After the first night, thinking there would come back. She had started to panic. She broke the glass after hours of throwing herself at the glass. It finally broke but she fell with the glass, cutting her face pretty good. And her hands and knees.
It took her better part of a say to get home. Only to found out her father was out. She cleans her wounds and feel asleep. Her father found her in the morning. Rushed her to Quinn’s, her aunt by marriage on her father’s side. The wound had already started to heal so, there was always going to be a scar there. Lucky her hand and knees could be healed with leaving any scars.
-After that she dealt with them….
“why are you being so open about it”.
She looked over at Tally realising she had drifted of a little.
“I sorry I drifter of there, what did you say, Tally”.
“I was saying why are you being so open about your scars”.
With a smile, “you’re a knower, yes. You don’t have your ability down fully but still your powerful. Lying to you would put me in a bigger spot”.
Raelle watched Tally for a moment, “is there something else you wanted to ask me”.
“can I see your shiner”. Tally said bluntly.
With that Raelle jump up from her bed. Her mind was racing. All she could think about was, that without much effect Tally could disable it without wanted to. She had to get out of there.
“I should go”.
Before Tally could answer her, she had grabbed her jacket and left the room, without saying a goodbye.
A few minutes later Abigail come back in. Her hair wet but not dripping. She was wearing her grey top, with black bottoms with her boots. She had left her jacket on her bed.
“hay Tal”.
“hay” her voice obvious that she wasn’t right.
“what wrong Tally”.
“I think I push to far, again”.
With that Abigail looked over to her.
“what happened”.
With that Tally jump up and move over to Abigail bed.
“I ask Raelle about her shiner mark that she has on. But it ends with her just getting up without saying anything and leaving.”
While she fixed her hair in the mirror, she sides eyed with Tally.
“what did you ask her”.
“if I could see the mark”.
Abigail stopped, “I can see why she leave without a word”.
“can you explain it, I don’t know want I did wrong”.
“Tally, you know people wear them not just to hide their Scars or witch marks right.”
Tally looked at her confused but said nothing allowing Abigail to continue.
“people can have trauma with seeing their marks, want ever that might be. It would seem that Raelle maybe, be one of those people. And before you go of and ask. I don’t think it a good idea. I know not knowing it burning you to know but we talked about boundaries, and I think this is Raelle one”.
She moves over to Tally and rest her and on her shoulder.
“if and when she tells you. Just be there.”
“ok, I think I can do that, but just in case can you give me something to focus on”.
She smiles at her unit mate. She was gifted but her great fault was that she needs to know everything around her. That she didn’t know.
“have you figured out how to look thought things at different depths”.
“still working on that”.
“will, why don’t you tell me how it is going, though lunch. Come on”.
With food on the mind Tally jump already dress and ready. Abigail quickly grabbing her jacket and both of them left. Tally very excitedly explaining the seed to her. She just smiles at her, she about the seed already but she didn’t care. She liked seeing Tally excited, with her dimples on full display.
******
Raelle ripped open the door. Her pulse racing, Toot rushes over shut the door close behind her and using her vision to check for anyone following. After a moment with no one coming she refuse on Raelle.
She was having trouble breathing.
“what wrong”.
She could catch her breath. With a little help Toot guided her into the other room and sitting her down in front of the fire that was still a flame.
“you need to tell me what going on, ok. So, I can help you”.
“Tally wanted to see my shiner mark” she said thought her heavy breathing.
As she was calming her down Grey come in and handed Toot a cup without saying anything and left them along. She then handed it to Raelle who slow took slips. Calming her down even more. After ten minutes Raelle breathing was back to normal. She put the cup down.
Without look at Toot she says, “it irrational”.
Understanding want she was saying without context, juts rely, “when is fear not”.
Raelle looks over at the fire, “Tally has the ability to deactivate shiner and other witch seals. When she asks to see it, my shiner. I thought she would, even in a mistake. Deactivated it and I can’t deal with that”.
“that sound, like a normal fear to have”.
Trying to skip past this all together Raelle finally looked at Toot.
“we should go over the plan, that I have”.
Understanding that she couldn’t talk about her shiner or her panic attack. She accepted the redirection.
“ok, let get go”.
Jumping up quickly Toot rushed down and pulled Raelle to her feet.
As there entered the other room, Raelle face light up. Seeing her two people she had become to care for, so deeply. She moves deeper into the room and sit down beside Libba. Seeing Scylla was asleep.
“how is she doing”.
“she in and out of sleep. But that was to be expected after everything. How are you doing”.
“I’m fine, I have a plan”.
Grey and Toot on hearing this move closer to them and sit down in floor.
“so, I have someone coming to pick up Scylla and take her to the cession. With my Pop and Aunt. A save place”.
“I don’t want to leave”. Scylla whispers.
Everyone looks over at Scylla, Raelle takes her hand from Libba belly. Bring it up her mouth and kiss her knuckles.
“I know, I think I can speak for both myself and Libba and the other. Where don’t want to be apart from you. But your injures are bad, I can’t heal them fully and this place is not safe for you.”
Seeing Scylla full of emotion, she knows one thing that could cheer her up. Get Libba rile up.
“think about this way, you get to mean my family before Libba”.
Scylla sprinkle with laughter.
Libba slap Raelle across the arm. “hay, that hurt”.
“oh, that hurt. But your fine when we do it thought out sex”.
“that different and you know it”.
“No, it’s not”.
Raelle looks over at her friends, Toot, and Grey their face flash red.
“so, what do you guys think”.
*****
The rest of lunch was gone fine, there all had food and drinks. And after an hour Raelle had said her goodbyes. Stating that she should keep herself seen. But there all know, she was having a difficult time with Scylla having to go.
The rest of the day goes without a hitch. Training and studying. The normal stuff. There were informed that two week the final test will start. The famous city drops.
Libba and her unit along side Scylla resting and just hangout at the hideout. Mostly Scylla sleeping and Libba cuddling her with Toot and Grey of in the corner Chatting about random things.
*****
The sun was about to set when Raelle manages to get away from her unit again. Tally had tried to apologize but Raelle just swiped it way, ‘I overreacted’ and left it like that. She could tell Tally wasn’t convinced but left it along. Abigail had even started acting nicer to her though training.
But she didn’t have time today to go through everything. Sit them down and tell them straight why there are acting strange around her.
She got inside without anyone seeing her.
“you guys still, here”. She called out.
Toot and Grey come out with their sour faces; she knows straight way there had said their goodbyes.
“guys, this isn’t going to be the last time we see her, right know she needs, medical treatment. And a save harbour, my people don’t Judy those with a shady past. As long as there don’t actively put people in danger”.
“we trust you, it just. We still going to miss her, our firecracker”.
“same”. Trying really hard not to cry.
“you guys should head of, know. I think we got it.”
She could tell there wanted to help. She placed a hand on there shoulder.
“I know you want to help, but right now, the less you know more save Scylla will be. After all this is clear, I meet you guys to them all. My home, family, my people”.
All of them rest the heads together. After a long moment both Toot and Grey leave.
Raelle walks into the room and climb into bed, beside Scylla. How was still asleep. She looked over to Libba.
“we have an hour before we should head out”.
With that Libba tucks herself close to Scylla.
****
Raelle sits up in bed, she titles her head off to the side. After a moment she look down at her lovers.
“it time”.
Libba sit up rubbing the sleep from her eyes.
“so, what the plan”.
“we take her to the west gate; I will distract any guards. I meet my contact and she leave with them”.
Libba get up looking around for her boots.
“it the bottom cupboard”.
She turns smile and head of to the other room, where normally there would hang their jacket and put there boots away. To make it feel like home. Even if just a few feet away outside was Fort Salem.
She moves up the bed and shack Scylla.
“wake up, it time”.
Slowly she opens her eyes. Her body feeling heaver then ever.
“hay, Scyl”.
She could stop the smile that cross her face hearing her nickname from one of her girls. Scylla tries to move on her own. But the pain is too much. She groans out, almost double over in pain.
“Scyl” her panic in her voice. She rushed over pulling her into her embrace.
“I’m going to sleep you; your body can’t handle moving, right know. You have internal bleeding that I can heal. You’re going somewhere, where you can get the help, you need. You will awake in my old room, covered in letters, and you will know your save.”
Libba come back in and on seeing them embrace rushes over.
“is she ok”.
“she tried to move; I’m going to sleep her”.
Scylla rest her head against Raelle body.
“once this is over, I’m going to tell you guys everything”. She managed to get out, thought the pain she was under.
Libba lean in and kissing Scylla on top of the head and holds her close as well. Raelle closes her eyes. And whispers her famous words, Scylla body become to lean heavier onto Raelle until it was fully there.
“she out”. Raelle said, her words not to far above a whisper.
“are we doing the right think”.
“yes, she can’t stay here. Not after want Quartermain did to her. if it was just accident then we would be in the infirmary right know”.
“fine, but you’re showing me, what there did to her. understand”.
“you don’t want to see that”.
“Raelle, I need to know, so I’m not blindside.” Her voice a bit loud.
“remind me not to get on you bad side.”
With a chuckle both of them lifted Scylla into carry. Having her still wrapped in one of the covers. By the time there got to the west gate the sun was fully down and the light of Fort Salem was bright as ever.
Raelle place Scylla down behind a large bush.
“stay here with her”.
She moves out of cover without waiting for them to respond.
She walked over to the gate using her deep seed as she spoke, “obey, and you will be fine within an hour. Step aside and watch the building to you left. In twenty minutes, you will feel the effect fade. After that one hour, you headache will be gone”.
Libba watched her, and then watched all the guards turn to the left. She opened the gate and rushed back to them.
“you explain that later” Libba pull in her into a kiss.
“come on” Raelle says with breaking the kiss.
There both picked up Scylla and rushed out the gate that was unguarded and open.
There got pretty far outside the gate when Raelle halted them.
“I know you’re out there”.
With a smile across her face, a short older women dressed all in black. A small bat hanging of her hoody.
“you always know, you have to stare your secret we me”.
“as you can see, batgirl. This isn’t the time for this kind of talk”.
She walked over to her and checked over them all with a small device. After making sure there where clear. Nicta turned to the shadows and gave out a small nob. With that, other taller women came out from the shadows. Bring a smile to Raelle face.
“norm, it good to see, you still kicking around”.
“stop with the old jokes”.
Raelle looks over to Libba, nods.
“batgirl, Norm. This is Scylla Ramshorn. Former Spree. There found out she was still in contact with the spree. Someone want to me; I don’t know who. But she needs to go be taken home”.
Nicta was the one who approached them.
“does Quinn know”.
“she the one I called to get you’re here, Olly misses you”.
Nicta rest her head against Raelle.
“it will be good to be home for a while.”
Nicta looks over at Libba smirks, “I see you three a close, it about time goldilocks. She will be in the letter room, when you return home, with,” she looks over Libba then back to Raelle, “blue eyes lover”.
Raelle looks over at Libba, who had a look ‘really’ she could stop the smile.
“it not, like she is lying”.
Wide eyes, “I said nothing”.
“you face said it all, cutey”.
With that she looks away from them. She liked this side of Raelle, the jokey side.
“I should take Scylla from you, she looks unwell”. Norm said breaking the lightness that was around them. Libba looks over to Raelle and give a nod.
Carefully Norm took Scylla from them. “she needs medical help; she has internal bleeding”.
Nicta stops Raelle form making a step towards Norm.
“we got this, get back before something start asking questions. Go. I will inform you. With”. Point to her little bat that hung from her.
With that she watched Nicta and Norm walk away into the woods that surround Fort Salem. With Scylla love in their arms. Libba turned and buried her face into Raelle shoulder.
With that there slowly walked back to base. There manage to get past the guards again. As there walked deeper into Fort Salem. The air around them heavy.
“there will inform me tomorrow, about her wellbeing and their arrival to the cession”.
Libba pulls Raelle into to a full stop.
“can I spend the night in your room, I can’t be along right known”.
“understanding want she needs”.
Raelle without hesitation pulled Libba into her embrace. Allowing Libba to burry her face into her shoulder. As the emotions of the past day and night finally catches up with her. After a long moment there walked together up to Raelle shared room.
Again, without knocking Raelle walks in with Libba. She gives Abigail ‘try it, see what happens’ look.
With a grunt Abigail turns in her bed and turns of her light. Making have the room fall into darkness.
Using farspeech, ‘night Tally, I will explain myself later, I’m tried’.
‘night, Raelle’.
With that she removes her clothes and quickly got changed into bed short and tank top. Libba doing the same taking Raelle extra PJ’s. Together these both laid down and pulled up the cover. Libba rest her head on her Raelle shoulder and buried her face into it. Raelle could tell she wanted to cry more.
She just held her close. Rubbing small circles on her back.
She wasn’t sure how long there stay like that. But she could tell Libba was fast asleep. She could feel herself getting tried. She looked over at the clock on the wall beside the door. It read half eleven.
She was about give into sleep when a pounding at the door awakes her.
Not sure what was going on, she pushes Libba off carefully. Trying to not awake her, with not much luck.
“what going on”.
“someone at the door, give me a second I will right back”.
“ok”.
As Raelle get up Libba keep her eyes on her. She walks over to the door and open it.
“Izadora.”