Finally feel like a unit
Finally making back to her room after talking with Izadora. It was still day light. There day was filled with training. As she steps inside her, her mind elsewhere. Tally bounce her way over to her. But paused at seeing Raelle.
“what wrong Raelle”.
That seem to snap Raelle out of her head space. She finally looks up from the floor her face quickly morphs into a less serious, “nothing, it just wants Izadora talked with me about”.
“and what was that” Abigail said, sitting on her bed watched the interaction.
“she asks if I know anything for sensory issues, as Quartermain as awaken from her coma with it. My off-cannon work has different side effect there is on high up with my way of healing, so she asks me.”
“oh, I know we had cover, but I didn’t know she was in a coma”.
“where you about to help” Tally said less worried know about Raelle.
“not really, my work is powerful but unless you experienced with the working it wouldn’t work. Izadora says if nothing helps. There going bring me in, as I am the only one in fort Salem with the know-how. Unless there bring in retire officers”.
“well, that sounds like balls of fun” Abigail said sarcastically.
Raelle walks over and picked up her scourge and fastens it to her belt, ending that conversation. Tally and Abigail doing the same. As there get their stuff ready to head out, to the field to start there long distancing training. Tally spoke up.
“have you spoken to Libba yet”.
“yea, but she said she needs a little more time, which I’m trying to give her. It just hard”.
Tally pulled her into a hug. The last few days Raelle had opened up a little more to her and Abigail. There has even given her advice with Libba. In turn there also started opened up with her.
“so, what happened anyway” Abigail asked.
“I told her everything about me” she looked at them “everything” she add with a nod.
“wow”. Tally and Abigail said in union.
“yep, there only a handful of people that know everything about me. She one of ten.”
“well, I can see why she needs space, to go through everything. That you said, and maybe she doesn’t know react to it or find the right words to use. Without coming across weird.”
“I wish as could just talk to me, want ever it sound like. Because right know, I don’t feel wanted, like she got what she wanted and know I road meat.”
Tally come over and pulled her in a hug once again. Abigail come over and placing her hand on her shoulder. The closer she gotten to hug Raelle.
“let’s not think about, right now, let’s go to training and over dinner, lunch or what ever it is. We can discuss want you can do them”. Abigail said, stepping up as team leader.
“agreed” both Tally and Raelle said together.
There is all leave for training. Picking up their packs on the way. Which held maps, tools, medical supplies, etc, just in case bag. Hours later, their bodies tried there headed to the cafeteria.
“I feel I’m going to be suck, there really know how to push your limits”.
“well don’t do it near me”.
“that what training all about, shitbird”.
All three of them burst into laughter. Which caught a few stick eyes of the other cadets.
As they’re walked Raelle, trip over a rock. Her legs to tried to properly move over the stone that surround the footpath. Making her stubble into a private. Both Abigail and Tally both laugh at her.
“I’m sorry sir”.
She about to move on when the private catches her arm and hold her tight.
“why, isn’t the weakling. Tainted everything she near”.
Raelle can handle them, very easy. But as she been taught to respect the rank, well only in military. She one of the leaders of the founders and group of many witches that have been fighting against the camarilla and other hate groups. That why she hasn’t defended herself yet.
Even though words still very much hurt.
With a quickly punch Raelle fell to her knees, trying to catch her breath. The punch had winded her, badly. And quickly stumped on her hand. Getting a little groan out of Raelle.
Tally, bless her soul, step close. To stop this from going any further.
“she sorry, sir. She really didn’t mean to bump into you”.
“that not what this is about, this outcross needs to know her place. Which is nothing, our tool to use how we see fit. But you are defending her is also disrespectful”.
The officer moves to hit Tally who has step in and defended Raelle.
Seeing this pushed the pain aside, jump up a holt the punch in mid flow. Everything stood still. Everyone held their breaths. This was the first time her unit or the people that looked down at her. seen her defend herself, or anyone for that matter.
“let go of me filth, you’re beneath peasant”.
With that he brings up his other hand and slap Raelle across the face. Cutting her lip. In the corner of her eye, she could see Tally on the edge of tears. She thought has crossed the line.
She straightened herself and pushed him back letting him goes. He quickly moves in trying to attack again, which Raelle just grabbed again.
“you are the one that is beneath others” her voice cold as ice. “I may be an outcross but you’re a lesser witch then me.” She smirks at him “Then I will Can be.”
The private remove their hand and straighten his clothes. Raelle doesn’t move a muscle just locks. Her eyes turned dark red. Not a nice colour to see.
“you hit me all you like, but touch even a hair. On anyone else head. I will make sure that when I’m done you. Most want be about to tell if you’re a witch or a thing with legs.”
Abigail moved up standing next to Tally, she could see the fear in their eyes. On seeing Abigail standing there was the final straw. There bolted.
“coward the lot of them”.
Raelle didn’t take anything in, the pain had come back. Just below her rib in the centre on her body. Was screaming at her. She closed her eyes; she could feel her hand bleeding and her cheek and lip hurt a bit too. Her could tell her breathing wasn’t good. She really needed to get that back in control.
That when she felt the embrace of two people. Then she was left on her feet. She didn’t fight it. She did however open her eyes. She could see her unit mates worried faces.
She rests her head on Abigail shoulder and closed her eyes.
There, half running, half speed walked, carrying Raelle to the infirmary. There quickly rushed over to one of the bed and fixer come over quickly link with Raelle and quickly figured what was wrong.
There move to remove the shiner mark. Raelle reacting without thinking and stop them from touching the shiner mark.
She finally opened her eyes; the fixer could see the fear in her eyes.
Without questioning this the fixer turned to her unit and ask them to step outside while their fixer her.
Once there where gone the fixer knelt down and placed her hand on Raelle knees. Making her look up a little catching the fixer eyes. There where a dark green.
“I’m going to ask you a question, only one, ok” she kept her lock with hers, until she got the nod from Raelle. “how many locks, on your shiner mark”.
“three, one remove surface injures, two hide scar and three” she paused collected herself “the memoires to said scars. Don’t unlock that”.
“I would never”.
Without talking of her clothes, she looked under Raelle top and easy found the shiner mark. And placed her hand over it but did nothing else.
“I want you to look at me and only me, understood cadet”.
“yes, Lieutenant”
She sung her seed of unsealing. The shiner mark glowed a little and a wave of shiny sparks covering Raelle appeared and slowly fade away.
The fixed didn’t straight away start fixing her. she instead moves away and move a stool and placed it in front of Raelle. She then retrieved a bowl of water and a sponge and placed that down beside her stool. She then sat down placed her hand on Raelle’s.
“your hand, Is needs a clean once I fix it. Don’t look away, stay on me. The whole time”.
Raelle didn’t say anything just locked her eyes on the fixer. As she sang her seed of healing. Removing the pain for the area quickly. Once she was down, she started cleaning her hand of the blood. Once done the fixer smiled at her. She still couldn’t breathe fully, but she felt more relax.
“know that done, let do the harder part. It would seem that you have a very deep bruise and a small bleed. Where you where punch. The bruise looks to be days old, which is fine but with this added injure as caused a small bleed. This will take a moment, don’t look away from me”.
With a small nod.
The fixer carried on with her healing. Placed her hand under the shirt and over the bruise. And place the other hand on Raelle shoulder. And with that started again her seed of healing. After what felt like hours, which in reality was only 10 minutes. She was done. She then quickly linked and check for any other injures, healing the cut lip and small red mark on her cheek. The fixer then re-seal the shiner mark.
A new wave of shiny sparks over her body. Until it was fully over her, which only took seconds. It slowly fades into the skin.
With a proud smile, she spoke, “all done”.
“now one outside the Cession has every delt with my PTSD in such, mindfulness before. Thank you”.
“it was on you medical file, I read them ever time we get new Cadets. To know if I have to accommodate them. like you, how I deal with you. Is not the same as someone bleeding on the ground. If you need any more medical help, get me. I’m Lieutenant Grey.”
“yes, ma’am”.
*****
She left the infirmary with her unit. There said nothing about being kicked out the room. There understood it was a lot. But without thinking both Tally and Abigail become buffers towards people as there headed to the eating area.
About half away though eating Libba and her unit come in. There had ordered to over see all the other Cadet making it to the finish line. Before there could eat. Raelle could see Libba was nerves so, to help deal with this.
“Toot, can you grab me a water” Raelle called out from across the room.
This seems to relax Libba a little. As the move along there got their food and picked up a water for Raelle.
Libba stood just off from Raelle and placed the water down in front of her.
“can I sit”.
“the more there merrier.”
With that Libba sat beside Raelle. Toot sat beside Tally and Grey sat in front of Abigail. And to the left of Tally.
There around and ate their food. With cheerful conversation.
Raelle couldn’t be more, happy, Libba beside. No longer distancing herself form her. This was the first step.
After an hour there move off toward there dorms before their final lesion of the day, strengthen training.
Raelle pulls Toot aside.
“I need to discuss something with everyone, can you get your unit to the hideout tonight. I will bring mine”.
“this seems big”.
“it is, it about the enemy”.
She raised her brow but said nothing knowing by night fall she would know any way.
Libba waited until she along before speaking coming up to Raelle before heading of.
“I’m sorry I’ve been distance”.
Raelle turned to her. “don’t worry, my unit said that I should be patient. I did overload you with information. Which I know understand. And is my mistake. I’m sorry, for that. In the further I will made sure not to do that again”.
With tears in her clouding her vision she pulled Raelle in and kissed. The kiss quickly become more, hungry for each other. Raelle broke the kiss.
“before this goes too far, I think we should have a date. You and me, haven’t never had one. What too you say”.
With a sweet smile that only her and Scylla have the gift of seeing.
She leans in and whispers “yes”. Before kissing her scar on her cheek and rushing of meeting up with her unit and friends.
****
Night-time come around quick. Much to everyone relief.
But she couldn’t rest at all.
She had spoken again to Izadora. Who told her about Quartermain condition that hasn’t improved at all. Not out of guilt but out of annoyance. She grabbed her civilian black jacket. Onto top of her long sleeve black top and military trousers and boots. She left her room. Her unit mate fast asleep.
It was easy to make it around campus by all the time she moved around with Libba and Scylla. Heading to there hideout. She slipped past the grands outside Quartermain room, again for her easy.
She didn’t make a sound or spoke a word.
She connection with Quartermain quickly with a link, removing the mental overload. She hated that she had too but with everything going on. She had to be merciful.
“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. She smiled to herself.
-Tomorrow you will know what pain you done- Raelle though to herself.
*****
“where have you been”.
A voice spoke out as Raelle stepped inside her room.
“I had to do something important but”
“but want” Abigail stood up. Next to Tally.
“I need to spoke with both of you, but not in our room. and before you ask, I had a hideout. Know if I show you where it is. I what to know I can trust that you wouldn’t disuse the location with anyone or bring anyone to there. I’m mainly looking at you Abigail on my last point”.
It didn’t take them long to get to the hideout. She could direct them there, but it was easier to take them. She steps in first to be greeted by Toot who was on watch. Quickly followed by Tally and Abigail. And such’s them into the left, on stepping inside Raelle noticed the different.
“you add a couch, nice”.
“yea, though two, said there needed a space to sit if there were going to spend long hour in here, or late hours”.
Libba said coming into the room as well behind Abigail.
“I need to discuss something with all of you”.
With a sigh, Grey looked at her. “and here I though you just want to hang out with your friends”.
She just smiles that that and stood of the right of the fireplace and in front of the couch. Everyone gathered around. She looked at them all. Abigail in the middle of the couch with Tally to her right and Libba to her left. Toot and Grey of to the side of Libba on the floor.
“I need to tell you guys the whole truth of why I came to the military, and not just because of conscription forcing me to come”.
Abagail lean forward about to ask a question.
“before you say anything just allow me to get it out before I coward away”.
With that she leans back against the back of the couch.
“Libba know some of what I am about to say” she moved around a little getting herself ready. She paused as she spoke again. “I have been fighting the Camarilla since I was twelve. That I got my first scar. Here on my cheek. Then when I turned 13, I founded the founders. A group of witches off all backgrounds, without many questions. When I 14, a week shy of my 15.” She paused yet again, she looked at her friends and one of girlfriends she really wasn’t sure on how there would react to her full truth so with a heavy heart by past the whole thing.
“When there took me. Once I was found, my fight. The true fight began”.
Tally looked at her confused, “I thought the Camarilla was taken out by Alder?”
“she did, but only one generation”.
Her confused still across her face.
“she killed the adult but not the children that believed. Know the people I fight are most likely there descended but we only verified the leads with like this”.
Everyone looked at each other, Libba was the one who spoke up. From there conversation among them.
“you mean, the against us” a little smile ghosting her lip.
With a smile “then we have a lot to discuss then. Tomorrow, I meet with Alder, Bellweather, Quartermain and Izadora about Scylla.” She could see Abigail and Tally faces fall Into sorrow “guys she alive, and in the cession along with my family, I attack Quartermain, for hurting her. and know there want a word. I have no idea want about”.
Abigail jump to her feet, “you did what”.