Midnight guest
After the biddies had ask for her to exit the bookcase room. Alder paused at the doorway at seeing Petra. She looked like she had been running a lot. Once their eyes meet Petra burst out.
“Quartermain is awake”
For the first time in years, she felt her heart skip a beat.
Margret step close to Alder, “we stay we got your covered. Your daughter needs you”.
With her approval Alder, grab her jacket closing the door behind her.
-Khalida your more than welcome to stay, leave whenever your ready-, using farspeech.
--thank you, Sarah, I will stay for a while before retiring--
With that done, she smoothed out her jacket and rushed off to the infirmary. Petra right behind her.
Sergeant Mill the lead Healer on Quartermain case. Step in front of both the generals.
“ma’am there is something you should know before you go further”.
Sarah straightens up a little and gave a quick nod.
“she as sensory issues seen waking up, noises and light are affecting her. Plus, with her headache that want bodge. We have tried everything nothing working”.
Taking this in she turned her head toward Petra.
“inform Izadora, maybe there something she found that can help. Or with any luck she can lesser want going on, Anacostia”.
“understood general”.
With that Petra back way, turned and rushed off.
Sergeant Mill then step aside, “is in the furthers room. It all black with little light. Don’t recommend, turning on the light or speaking long time”.
With a quick nod. Alder moved on, following her instruction given this wasn’t the first time she been here since Anacostia had been emitting. She paused out the side and pear inside. There was her daughter, pale, suffering a great deal. Tears come to her, other thing that has happened in so long.
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Petra didn’t run, that was proper, but she did walk fast across the campus going straight to Izadora. Who had been working no stop for the last few days. Normally the high up have lunch and dinner together. Izadora hasn’t joined either of them. Not like she join them anyway.
The cadet didn’t look her way as she stormed passed. With a single goal in mind. Finally making it to the Necromancy fertility. She quickly descending the stairs into the main wall way that spread this apart. She moved around with familiarity, she been down her move times then she like to count.
The last being nearly two weeks ago, after the attack at the wedding. When she found out the killed was all Bellweather’s. She had investing straight way but was quickly shut down. When mention of other spree attack, was given to her. and know with everything with Quartermain.
Finally, she made it too the main area, where Izadora does her research and experiment. And leave, but not that many people know that.
Again, she doesn’t knock on the door, which only startles Izadora.
“what have I said about just walking inside my private area. I don’t walk into your all willie Neely.”
“not too, but this is important, Quartermain awake”.
“and”
“she is suffering with sensory issues; the fixers have tried everything. Nothing working”
Izadora pulled her clothes a little. She wanted to laugh at the situation, but everyone was worried for “poor” Anacostia. The person how hurt her daughter, for what because she didn’t believe her. when she said she wasn’t spree anymore.
“I will right there, I have thing I need together first”.
“right”.
She didn’t move. With a heavy sigh, Izadora spoke.
“leave, I be there within the hour, see if sedation works, using the different seeds as well”.
With that Petra walked out. A little confused why she was quickly pushed out of her space. But didn’t think too much about it. Quickly move on.
Izadora pressed her head against the desk she was sitting behind. She wanted to scream but fear that Petra would come back inside. Her personal space. She really hated people doing that. But with a heavy sigh again she grabs want she needs. Mainly the folder of Anacostia condition. Adding what she was told but in pencil just in case it wasn’t true.
As she made her way out, she locked her area, sealing with a working.
Instead of going straight to the infirmary, like she told Petra she would she instead heads toward the dorms. It didn’t take long to head up to the three floors. And knocked on Raelle door. The door opened up. Raelle jumps up from her bed.
“we need to have more of a discuss, you and I”.
With a smirk she steps out and move together to Izadora office.
Abigail and Tally just looked at each other confused. But agreed to ask what going on. If there need to back her or if it as anything to do with them, etc.
Once entering Izadora office, she spoke out, “there was things you missed out, with your briefing”.
“on what subject” Raelle said why walking passed Izadora and sitting down on one of the armchairs.
“Quartermain”. She said coldly.
“and what did I miss out”.
“the sensory issues of her awaken state”.
“so, she awakes, she will suffer as long as Scylla suffered for.”
All she did was raised her brow.
“Quartermain, put Scylla inside a delusion, why she tortures her. This me is not how you do it, normally you numb the body. She went to far. So, when her mind and body finally joined back again. The day I found her. She couldn’t figure out if it was reality or not. And I would put money on it, that if you would ask her, she couldn’t tell you.”
“I understand, is there anything I could do to reduce it”.
“yes, herbal ways.”
“good, I’ll make sure I don’t mention that then”.
Raelle jumps up from the chair, “don’t tell Alder yet about your connection but so can say mine. Just keep Libba out of this, she been though a lot already”.
“what happened.”
“I told her everything, and she needed space. I get it a lot, but I feel unseen. For the first time being with them. And I don’t know how to communicate that”.
With a small smile, the first in the last few days.
“talk with your unit, there can 100% help with that area.” Winking at her.
“and you be careful, around them how don’t know. Everything”.
There talked for other ten minutes before Izadora left. Raelle heading back up to her dorm, getting ready for the next half of there day. Which was distance running and strength training.
*****
Izadora on arrival was meet with Mill. Who filled her in, Izadora on her part added the extra stuff to her folder. Thanking her. she moved on to the room, where Alder was standing in front of.
Without looking over to Izadora, Alder spoke, “you know this whole time, that Raelle was behind this and did nothing”.
Izadora stood still.
“you allowed a cadet that as injured an officer. And did nothing. Explain yourself”.
“you of all people what someone to explain their action. What a hypocrite. No, I want. Tomorrow Quartermain sensory issues will be gone. Or more manageable. Then we well have a meeting the, with Raelle present. If you arrest her”
Izadora was about to tell her truth, but she held her tongue. To angry to think straight, she turned and step to leave when one of the biddies steps in her way. Making Izadora stop and turn to a very angry Alder. She looked at her back, how dare you get angry at me. You have very little right to do so.
“if I haven’t listened to Raelle and waited and research. I would have allowed my anger, to take over. And I would have killed you in your sleep. For your part in this. I would have allowed you to say goodbye to Anacostia before killing her first then you”.
She could see Alder about to ask a question, “and before you ask me, why I have spoken to you this way. I say wait until the f**king meeting and you will find out then. And only then. If Raelle or any of her unit or friends are brought in before the meeting I will, make your life. That I know ways of making it very short. Make it so”.
She turned and left a very stunned Alder.
Petra steps out from around the corner. She had heard everything.
“what she we do”.
“nothing, until tomorrow, if I know Izadora she was joking around. She would kill me and anyone that was a part of this case. Keep your ear to the ground if you find out anymore.”
“it wasn’t just that, but the ability to finally link with Quartermain, I still can’t believe she did that. Isn’t putting someone in a delusion band by the Hague”.
“yes, we will disuse her action as well”.
She turned and looked into the room. There had been a few times she been disappointed with Quartermain. This being the biggest one. She wasn’t prepared for what she saw inside her mind. But to say she hasn’t spoken nor allowed any visitors. She also had grands placed around the room. Alder had placed her under house arrest.
She grounded her daughter.
She under stand this to a point, on why she did this but as Scylla is a fellow witch. It too far even for her.
She had a few questions.
• How did Raelle manage to subdue Quartermain.
• What working did she use
• What going on with my best friend, Izadora
• Want connection does any of this have with the spree, if any.
She had many more. Pushed them to the back burner until tomorrow.
****
Nothing happened the rest of the day. Libba started to warm up to Raelle again. Sitting with her and her unit also side Libba unit. But wasn’t fully ready to talk. But taking on her unit advice.
People can get overwhelmed with dark topics and need to go over thinks in their mind. Before able to talk about it, which was new to her.
****
It wasn’t until the that night anything happened.
A cloak figure, slip past the grands outside Quartermain room.
There did make a sound.
The connection quickly with a link, removing the mental overload.
“if it was me, I would have allowed you, to suffer much longer than you put Scylla though”.
Quartermain look at them she could tell their voice was distorted. And their face to dark to see. Even if the light was on. The figure walked out leaving the door wide open.