Chapter 66
“I believe you, that your not one"
"You are too young and naïve of the world, plus the army hasn't broken you yet."
"Are you saying you are one"
There was a pause, at that moment she looked around at everyone she did want to answer that question. One by one, their faces showed how they felt, she could tell they were waiting for her answer. Until she got to Petra and her heart sank, one last time. If it wasn't the face that showed. 'I'm waiting to know what I'm not sure about myself' but 'you are one'.
Ignoring that statement, Question. Nicta spoke, "Have you done all the questions Petra had ordered you to ask?" Nicta's voice coming out cold and hateful, that took most except Olly by surprise.
"No, how" Tally shuttered out.
"I know her, and what she will do, to get what she wants. She the main reason I left. Yes, Sarah put the nail in my coffin but Petra put me there. She the one who stood in front of everyone once we returned to our mission, and said that I killed those witches and Alder agreed with her. She was given the rank of General because of lies. And every time my name is used there, don't say. 'we are investigating this claim'. And responded to people that ask 'isn't Nicta the spree leader' and they would have responded to that if they knew me. "We don't believe that isn't her, we believe it is someone else using her name, that is why we are investigating this. And not actioning straight away.'"
Nicta in her anger tried to stand only to me pulled back by her restraints.
Olly tried to calm her down, but nothing seemed to work, she just kept on pulling at her restraints. It wasn't until Izadora of all people walked over to her and knees down removing her ankle restraint quickly followed by her wrist. Once they were removed. With heavy breathing locked eyes with her.
"I can not speak for them, but I understand and believe your words."
Nicta just wanted to cry, Izadora could see this but said nothing. Knowing if she did this, it is yet another thing they did to her. And she wouldn’t allow that to happen.
Nicta looked past her, and her anger came back, making her stand abruptly, nearly knocking over Izadora. Which Nicta quickly catches and brought her into her embrace. And a firm nod, Nicta let her go, knowing she had her feet back under her.
She stepped forward, she considered something before abruptly smiling at a conclusion.
“Tally, Olly and Izadora would you care to join me outside please” and with that walked out and a little bit down the corridor.
There quickly followed behind her, and before any of them could ask, Nicta spoke.
“Olly, go find, Bearkiller, your time here at fort Salem is done”
“But I can handle whatever your thinking”
“I was thinking about questioning Willa, and ask her what she did to Raelle and you”
That made him pause, his face turned pale, Tally quickly catches him and his leg almost turned to jelly.
“Tally, while don't you take Olly to the infirmary”
Tally knows why she was being asked to leave, not just to make sure Olly is ok. But that this is something that could break someone, learning the meaning behind a person like Willa.
“I get it, Izadora. I give you my right as speaker to ask questions. We will meet and break this link”
With a little bow from Izadora. Tally who is almost carrying the whole of Olly weight. Leaves. It wasn’t until their footsteps echoed to a stop that Nicta finally spoke again. This whole time she was just eyeing Izadora. Thinking of all the ways to enjoy her.
“Shall we show them the real villain” her own thought brought out of daydreams.
With a somehow sweet smile Izadora says, “we shall”
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Raelle looks at both her lovers, unable to move and hug them. To not even handle a touch without the pain being unbearable. They had all stayed put once Nicta and Olly left unsure where to start or say. It had been some time since it seemed all of them were back together in the same room.
Finally after the second visit of one of the fixer, checking over Raelle. Injecting something into her arm that Libba finally spoke.
“That was a dumb decision to stay behind with Toot”
Raelle dryly checkled at that, “I told her to leave, along with Beth once I found out just how bad things were. Plus if she didn’t come back I would be, along with everyone. Dead”
“What” it was a quiet question that Raelle heard..
“Willa and Hearst were going to explode the bomb which was going to trigger a few other bombs there, they had laid out. And kill everyone”
“But there did explode it right”
Raelle closed her eyes, the pain of her body and the mental image of what happened flooding her. Her breath hitched a little. One of the fixers that have been closely monitoring rushed over as Raelle heart rate started to increase. The quickly injecting a numbing med alongside sedations. Which seems to calm her down really fast.
Once Raelle was stable, with a lazy glare. She looked over at them, “i’m broken”
Scylla who had stayed quiet this whole time finally spoke, “we all are somewhat broken, Raelle. I, with the loss of my parents. And my action with me joining the spree. Libba with her family and you with your body.”
“Are you still, Spree?” Libba asked quickly, trying to defect from Scylla, bringing up her family issues that she has yet to tell Raelle.
“No, the only reason I joined out of pain, you both plus Izadora helped me heal in a way I never thought was possible. And it seems things are changing.”
With her eyes know closed Raelle spoke, “i can’t move, why don’t you both head of to our hideout and have some time together”
“You don’t want us here”
“I tried, and whispering conversation is something that help me sleep”
That got Scylla and Libba giggling.
“Ok, but we be back at night time, if that ok”
“Sound perfect”
There could her Raelle breath even out. And without a word, Libba helped Scylla get up. As she was still recovering there both left the room.
As they walked down the stairs Libba finally brought the topic up that she had been talking about but needed to. “I haven’t told Raelle about my father, who is here on basic”
“What, why haven’t you told her”
“It is not the, most easiest conversation to have with someone I love. It was hard with you, just think how bad it could be with Raelle”
“But she will understand, she easily with my being Spree”
They moved down to the bottom step, when Libba hugged Scylla around the neck, Scylla’s back to the door of the little area they were standing in.
“She understand you better, me and her it new”
“Then we need that much important talk and sit down, and lay everything out. I think we should arrange for all three of us to have a much needed talk. Once Raelle is better.”
“Oh, I like it that easy, ‘oh by the way. My father…..”
Her words got stuck in her throat. Her arms fell to her side. Her breathing was heavy. Her chest to concave on itself. As the world pushed in on her. Her eyes started to tear up, until her vision was blurry.