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As Vi picked herself up and went to see what was going on. Or to help but she kind of hoped everything was done and she could cry in Caitlyn’s arms. The more she walked the more her thoughts started to go from jinx to where the hell Caitlyn was. Vi was sure Caitlyn was fine, but she couldn’t help but think the worst. As she arrived she felt a wave of relief wash over her. There was no sign of Ambessa or her soldiers. She just needed to find Caitlyn. As she started to go in someone barged into her, a random enforcer.
-Sorry!
He quickly apologized and started running. As instinct Vi started running. Obviously someone needed help. She could find Caitlyn a little late. She just wanted to save someone. One life was important. Everybody was important. She saw Mel in a crowd hovering over someone but couldn’t see who because of the enforcers. She walked into the small crowd. She only managed to catch a glimpse of the torso of the injured enforcer. Someone was trying to patch a wound. It was a rough wound. It was obvious someone wanted them to have a painfully slow death. She wondered who it was. If she knew them. She got in more and saw blue hair.
Her brain went off. She couldn’t see their face because Mel and two enforcers were focused on their face. She tried not to spiral. It was not her, everybody had blue hair. She had pink for fucks sake. Not her, not just after Jinx. As she was trying to calm herself the injured enforcer screamed. She knew that scream. Vi without thinking shoved the people out of her way. And saw it.
She saw Caitlyn, on the ground. Mel looked at her and as she saw Vi she got up. Vi tried to get closer to Cait but Mel pushed her slightly.
-What happened to her? Mel what happened to her?!
Mel stood in front of her in a soothing manner.
-Stabbed torso stabbed eye.
Vi wanted to cry she wanted kick and scream and vomit.
-Eye? Stabbed eye? Why- who-
Mel raised her hands up.
-ill explain later but we need help. She needs your help right now okay?
Vi nodded without even processing. Mel started to walk her to Caitlyn.
- I need you to keep her steady, to calm her down.
Vi looked at Caitlyn. Her eyes were shut and there was blood. So much blood. She kneeled down on instinct. She was trying to figure out how to help and Caitlyn screamed. It was one of the most hearth wrenching scream vi has ever heard. Acting on instinct she grabbed Caitlyn’s free hand. Caitlyn opened her good eye and saw vi before she shut her eye again.
-Caitlyn we need your eyes open for Clan to clean it please.
Vi looked at said enforcer.
-Can’t you give her alcohol or pills for this?
-No we can’t right now and we need to do this quick.
Vi held Caitlyns hand stronger.
-Cait can’t you-
Caitlyn yelled between her teeth.
-no! I can’t I, it hurts please!
Mel looked at vi for some hope. And if it were any other case vi would just leave or get mad at her for expecting so much of her. But in this case of hopelessness, Vi knew there was something she should do.
-Cait, I can’t really loose you. I know it hurts but can you please open your eyes. This will be over soon. Very soon. I know its hard but can you please?
Vi was begging and she didn’t feel that weird about it. She just wanted Caitlyn to be okay. And she opened her eyes slightly. Vi put her hand on her forehead and tried to soothe her through it. It lasted only 5 minutes but that 5 minutes felt like hours to all of them. Caitlyn screamed and kicked her legs for most of it. Vi was just thinking “It’s her eye for gods sake” but she kept it to herself. After the 5 minutes of torture was done. Clan placed a cloth to her eye and looked at vi.
-This will have to do for now.
Vi nodded. And looked at the girl down her. Caitlyn looked worst than any other time vi has seen her. And she saw most of the bad days of this girl. She was dead silent now but she was just crying while shivering. Mel looked at her.
-Broken?
Pointed to her arm.
-Probably.
Mel gave her a sleigh and helped her put it on.
-Get home now and tomorrow both of you visit the hospital. If it’s not broken and something else, there is a doctor you can call but there is too many people so we just treated the worst injures. Regardless both of you need medical attention.
Vi didn’t have the time nor want to argue with her and she just nodded. She helped Caitlyn stand up and started walking to Cait’s home. It was slow and It was painful but they made it. Didn’t talk throughout the whole way. Caitlyn looked barely there and Vi felt like a puzzle, yes a jigsaw puzzle.
The moment they laid in bed next to each other, both of them finally breathed. It was Caitlyn who broke the silence, with a question really low if Vi wasn’t so close she wouldn’t hear.
-Jinx is gone, isn’t she?
Vi looked at Caitlyn. Their eyes met. And without warning Vi exploded. She started to cry really loudly. And threw herself to Caitlyn a bit. Caitlyn held her as much as she could. With every sob Caitlyn held her tighter. Vis cries got louder and then slowly died down.
-She sacrificed herself for me.
Caitlyn hummed. Held her tighter even if it wasn’t possible at this point.
-You would’ve done the same Vi. I would’ve too, for you.
Vi buried herself in Caitlyn more.
-Please don’t.