Two steps
Olly made sure that there had all left him alone with the Cession soldier. Bearkiller had said that he would be getting one as he is part of the council. He had tried to say that Raelle doesn’t have one. But she quickly stops with that she was one of the most powerful witches around only beaten by a handful of witches. And that she allows s**t to happen to her out of guilt. But not all of it that. Sometimes there really did surprise her.
So, he allowed to be followed by what he is calling his human shadow. Scylla had laughed saying she was so going to tell her friends about his little joke.
Olly made his way over to Raelle followed by his body shadow.
He takes one good look at her, “you haven’t been sleeping” Olly says.
Breaking Raelle out of her thoughts, she had even notice him walking toward her.
“Hello to you too”.
“you haven’t been sleeping, want to go on.”
She really didn’t want to dive into that fact even with talking with her friends, Lt: Grey she still couldn’t sleep. Her mind relay still her time at the slumber party. Or her guilt over to save more on her last mission before coming to Fort Salem. And then everything had happened since she been here. Always be remained of her mother. Just how great she was and how disappointing it was that she had an outcross daughter.
She couldn’t say that all out loud, so she just turned and walk away. “just drop it.”
“I will not, you’re my sister. Something is bothering you. Tell me”. He said rushing after her and stopping her by the arm.
“Olly just don’t. I don’t need a lecture. I’m go a meeting” she turns to leave. But Olly wasn’t haven it. His sister was doing well and wanted to know what. And so, he grabs her yet again. Without think, she turned and punched him across her face.
“I told you to stop.” And walked of. Her voice had been hollow. Like she wanted to be small but was forcing herself to mask, to be strong.
He didn’t the soldier finally step up and placed his hand on his shoulder.
“I didn’t see that flash coming.”
“me either”
There stood there for a second, the human shadow check Olly over. Luckly the punch didn’t break the skin, but he would gain a bruise. While this was happening. He could hear in the distance loud creaking followed by cursing by a large slam.
He stops him for checking any further and rushed along the corridor and around the corner. The wall was cover in blood. The brick was creaked, and the double doors were swing violently.
“this isn’t good”.
“remind me to check if my sister has a fixer she trusts”.
She might face her demon at some point, he thought to himself.
******
On entering the infirmary, a fixer come over noticed Scylla braces and made Tally and Abigail to place her down on the bed. All of them where dismissed, only Libba was allowed to stay. Libba told them she talks with them tonight like there said before.
Bells, Tally and Abigail all heading back up to their dorms. Mostly for the two to get changed once again. there still were a few hours before dinner and then nighttime.
“today gone fast” Tally states.
“yes, it has but we still have time to train. In about a week we got city drop. We have to be ready for anything.”
“well know that we know Raelle can fight, we going to be great.”
“that if she wants to fight.”
Both of the look at Bells that has been walking behind them this whole time.
“what you mean by that”.
“well, look at everything that happened. The fight is in. or well beating she get weekly. Her PTSD that she is dealing with and the lack of sleep. She might allow herself to fail. To be sent of to dead. A hero death come call it.”
“I noticed her sleeping, do you anything that can help.” Tally asked.
“I don’t, I think the only person that can help her is herself. She needs to ask for help. She needs to tell us what she needs. And I know that suck right know. But we might be keeping an eye on her, until she tells us want wrong. And even after.”
“Abi we aren’t going to talk about her mother without her. Toot is going to give her the book theory and then we will all discuss it if Raelle wants that.”
“that a good call, but I will need at some point to get it off my chest”.
“we can always talk about with just us.”
“ok”
*****
Raelle slowly made her way up to Alder office her hand crying out to her. She could tell she had broken a few fingers and cut her knuckles. She angers not only allowing Olly to noticed but hitting him. She never done that before. Maybe there is something wrong with me. Maybe there something needed to remove like there said. Her body shivered, that a dark thought. But didn’t leave her mind.
Not like she was really trying any away.
On seeing her friend Grey and Toot she straight her uniform up.
“Toot, Did you write that Theory down yet.”
Without thinking Toot looks over to Grey. Raelle understood that. So, she rolled her shoulder and asked,
“who knows about it.”
“my unit and yours.” Her voice low, her eyes never meeting with her.
“I don’t think Scylla know, so I am dismissing you both. Go straight to the infirmary and give that book to her at once. And meet up with Abigail and Tally, there most likely are getting changed.”
“is there anything else”.
“yes, tell Abigail our fight will be after City drop. Things have happened we might proper more. But it will happen.”
With a chuckle the move to leave. That when Grey noticed Raelle hand. For the first time since she joined them. She paused, “let me see, you hand.”
That got Toot to stop as well and look over Raelle hands. And noticed the blood on her right hand.
“nothing” and moved to put it away. But Grey stops her. Holding her arm.
“you don’t have to say anything, but I fixing this right know.”
And with asking, Grey pulled Raelle figure back into alinement. And then closed her eyes linking with her, it was quick. The wounds on Raelle quickly closing up and her fingers know longer broken.
“after you done, meet Lt: grey. I will tell them know of your arrival. And no but”
See that Raelle was about to just that. Stopped her right then.
She waited for them leave before moving her figure. Sighing that the pain was still there and the dry blood. But it was healed, just like her body.
She pushed opened the door to Alder office. Everyone looks up at her.
“tell get down to busses shall we”.