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Abigail awakes not too long after Raelle returns from her phone call. Likely for her, normally. The sun had started to raise, it was no longer dark outside. She noticed straight away that Abigail had awaken. Trying to hide her numbness, Raelle moves over to her hand place her on her leg.
“Morning Abs.” Raelle said, in the most cheerful way she could.
Abigail looks at her with tried eyes and rubs the sleep away. She turns and with a small smile at seeing Adil. She then looks back at Raelle.
“have you been there all night”. Little be concern with that.
“yes, I couldn’t leave a teammate unguarded, while there lay, recovering”.
Abigail pushes herself up, with a little help from Adil.
“are you recovering well.” She said with a raised brow.
With a little chuckle, “better then yesterday, still have a small headache but should be good by the days end.”
“I will get a fixer, to check.”
Raelle gets up, she pushes her tiredness away. As she looks over at the fixer. But she didn’t get them, she headed to the lead fixer offices. It wasn’t until she had gone, did Adil finally speak.
“I am worried for your friend”.
“Raelle, I know. I am too. Same with Tally.”
Adil climbs of the bed, stretched out a little, “then tonight you three should do some bonding. You haven’t done that awhile”.
Abigail pushed herself up more against the bed frame. Just as she was going to speak, Raelle returned with a high-ranking fixer.
“I going to give you a once over. But for the looks of it, you seem well. To be dismissed.”
The officer sat down on the bed, making Adil move away. Grabbing his shoes as he did so. Sitting beside Raelle who was in her chair, watching. There both just sat there as the fixed check Abigail over. It was long after the fixer stood back up. He quickly put his shoes on, while the fixer spoke with Abigail.
“you will have a headache for most of the day, but that ok. If, however it gets worse than it is. Or you have other head injure your we return. Is that understood, Cadet”.
“I understand, Ma’am”.
The fixer then without caring left them alone. Heading back to her office. Just as Tally and Khalida, both come into the infirmary.
Khalida looks over to her brother.
“we should leave this three to their breakfast, while don’t we brother. Take a walk around the ground before finding out what is happening with our room.”
With a half smile, get up and quickly kisses Abigail. So tenderly that when their parted ways, her face was flash. Her eyes her dilated with lust. If the other weren’t around she would take him, right there and then.
Khalida and Adil quickly left after that.
“that was intent”. Tally said with a big grin.
“I think Tally, Abigail has found her other half. For us witches a hard pill to find”.
Both Abigail and Tally looked at each other then at Raelle before there could ask her questions.
“come on, Abigail gets dress, I’m hungry. And after our first week, here. I don’t want to see Tally hungry again. crying over ruined food.”
She remembers that very well, she couldn’t stop laughing. Tally had got in trouble for sealing. She had stuffed her pocket with food before training. Knowing we were going on a run. Well by the end Tally had land in mud, her food ruins. She cried. There more to it but the main point is. There both decided that there would make sure Tally was feed before training and after. There don’t want her to be so hungry she cries over ruin food.
****
The rest of the morning goes off with a hitch. It was until lunch time when things happened. There had been training in threes all morning. So, Raelle and Libba hadn’t be able to talk, much at all. Which to Libba annoyance. Raelle come to the table Abigail and Tally was sitting at, she paused.
From the window as Bells arrived.
She placed her tray down, “I be right back, Tally you can have it”.
With a big cheesy grin, her dimples on fully display. Tally took the tray and started to eat Raelle abandoned food. Before Raelle had even left the room. chuckled a little.
“where are you going” Abigail called out.
“I be back In a second”.
Raelle rushed of. She pointed Bells car drive up and him getting out, while she was inside. There stand watching the troop arrive. Where the Cession colours. Dark grey with brown. Black boots and cap. His rank in black and white along his shelves. His rank, Lt: Major.
She walked slowly making sure he couldn’t see her. Only until she was right behind him did she do anything.
“hay, long time. My friend”.
Bells didn’t hear her come up behind him. Until she spoke making him jump, in surprise. He turned to her, hand on his chest.
“how many time did I say. Not to do that.”
“a few times, but It fun. I don’t think I will stop. It our greeting.”
He was taken a back. But he hit it well quickly redirecting the conversation.
“want all the troops movements.”
“there was a bombing in Salem town and Airport, over 3000 live where lost. In one moment”.
He turned away after seeing Petra entering the truck. He made a mental note to visit her. If there was time to do so. He finally looked at Raelle and started taking in her appearance. She looked tried, like she hadn’t slept well for some time. But there was something else, there was this hard lay over her. Her energy that rolled of her was hidden, under this wave of chaos.
“how are you holding up.”
“I miss my girl that in the Cession. The training is boring, no challenge. A group of Private have it out for me. Most high-ranking officers, disrespect me. Just for being an outcross. And not get me started with”.
She forced herself to stop talking, she could say the rest. The endless nightmare that she had since she saved Scylla. The pain from so many dead, triggering her own pain. Overall is a bit overwhelmed.
“with what”.
“nothing, let me show you, my unit.” She said with a forced smile. Hoping that would do it. He could drop it.
There travel in mostly silence but there both didn’t mind.
She stands by the end of the table. Her unit look at her with a confused look, or was it concern. She could tell.
“hay, guys. There someone I would like you to meet. This is Bells.” She steps aside as Bells; a tall thin black man steps up to the table.
Tally eyes widen, this man before her was gorgeous. From his dark eyes that look into your soul, to his perfect skin. To his hair that was pulled back into two plaits, only around his ear and around his neck was the hair shaved down. In his right ear was three loops, there was on other jewellery on.
She could tell his was strong even with his slightly baggy grey jacket on, though she really didn’t mind if he was or not. She could take her eyes of from him.
Sensing this affection, he looks over at Tally and winks at her. getting a little giggle from Raelle, who noticed.
“Bells, the red head. Tally Craven and this” pointing to Abigail, “is my team leader, Abigail Bellweather.”
Tally jump up, her hand outstretched out.
With a smile that made Tally blush he shacks her hand.
“nice to meet, Raelle teammates.”
He pulls out one of the chairs that was next to Tally. Making Tally sit back down.
Before Raelle could take her own sit. Libba storm into the lunchroom, spot Raelle and rushes over to her.
“not say a word, Raelle. You with me know.”
Raelle quickly closed her mouth. Her fell shamefully down.
She looked over the table, “she be in training, not worry I will also feed her.”
Libba step aside point to the exited. “Move”. Directing Raelle out of the room.
Other Cadet from another table, shout out, “finally someone putting the outcross in their place.”
Bells look over at the Cadet, “only the rut of the litter, try to put down other witches. Unless your spree. because there started to do the same thing. Kill their own. So are you spree.”
The cadet shocks their head ‘no’.
“then what are you then”.
“a witch” there voice was small at this point.
“then you should be treating all witches the same, us witches might be the one, the break the Mold. Not civilian that collar us. So don’t collar yourself.”
He turned away from them, he could hear them, rush out of the room.
“I sorry for that, I had the indifference some witches have. To outcross, like there are less then. Raelle is powerful, and one hell of a fighter.”
Both Tally and Abigail look at each other.
“what is it”.
Abigail spoke this time, seeing Tally struggling to find her words.
“Raelle can’t fight that great. She has never won a fight. She is however getting better.”
“will maybe I will join you, this fine day in training. To see just how bad thing are.”
Tally shoved a mouthful of food while she asked, “whatwasshelikebefore”
He raised his brow, “want I have seen, a lot. While don’t we play, you ask a question then I. Looser can’t answer the question”.
“I don’t know.”
He looks straight at Abigail, “when does us bellwether back down from a challenge.”
“your on, Tally you go after me.”
****
Libba take Raelle hand once there outside the lunchroom. There didn’t say anything. Libba pulled her along. All the way to the infirmary.
“why are we here, Libba.”
She doesn’t answer her, looked around for the right person. There in the back, treating an injured Cadet. Libba than dragged Raelle over to one of the beds and waited for Lt: Grey.
“Libba, can we please, just go.”
She looks at her, “you used your working on me, yesterday. While we headed over here. To see Abigail. Making me forget that Izadora order you to see Lt: Grey. And before you speak, think very carefully about pushing this further.”
Raelle looks away her hands holding onto the bed, like a live line.
It wasn’t long before Lt: Grey walked past them. She stopped and looked over at them.
“has someone seen to you yet.”
“No, but I was order by Izadora to bring Raelle hear to you.”
With that Lt: Grey walked over to Raelle and knelt down in front of her.
“and what is the issue.”
Raelle didn’t want this feeling to go away. She couldn’t feel the pain from the slumber party. The ones that kept repeating and more so since she seen Scylla memories. She didn’t want to feel the pain.
Lt: Grey placed her hand on her right knee. Raelle flinched away. Lt: Grey raised her hand in the air for Raelle to see.
“it ok, your safe. But I need you to tell me. Wants, going on inside your mind.”
That when Libba finally spoke again, “she put a fourth seal on, making her numb. Not sure if that mentally or physically or both.”
“Libba climb on and hold Raelle.”
She did so pull Raelle arms across her chest. She rests her head on her left shoulder.
“I got you Raelle.” She whispered.
“know, you’re going to show me, what has triggered you.”
Lt: Grey moved her hand under Raelle. Who tried to get away. She didn’t want this to happen. Her hand touched her shiner mark, her breath hitched.
“please”.
But she didn’t respond to her just started the seed of unsealing. And removed two seals. Her scars showed themselves. Then Lt: Grey, linked with Raelle.
“show me”.
Then images of herself and then quickly flashing Scylla being chained up. Back and forth the images flashed. There was something that wasn’t right. She dived in her mind more. And found what she is looking for.
The was an unstable link and wasn’t not original. She could tell it was a new link. Sometime trauma can create links inside people mind. And knowing that Raelle had been though a lot the past week. Is every telling. So, she broke the link inside her mind and disconnected. Sitting back. allowing Raelle to breath.
Tears run down Raelle face. It looks like for the first time in awhile she didn’t have this burden on her.
“I broke the link, that was made. You should be ok, know.”
She quickly resealed her shiner mark.
“before dinner, tonight you will return understand”.
And with that left Libba holding Raelle.
Libba slowly let Raelle go but didn't move from her spot. Allowing Raelle to turn and burry her face into Libba shoulder. All the feeling, the pain she been dealing with all, week coming out. Libba just held her whispering words of love. That all she could do. She missed Scylla, she always know what to say, with this kind of thing.