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waking up kind of freaked out and in fucking pain after an unexpected respawn.
is not exactly how Katie expected this day to go.
especially when she actually won the fucking case.
The last thing she technically remembers in full detail was the court case.
she remembers winning it.
obviously.
she remembers basically the whole thing.
mind parts that were kind of bullshit and didnt really matter in the fucking hour they had to talk to the judge.
the sun was shining she was feeling great, waltzing in there she owned that shit!
Even got to see the stupid look Erwoon had on his face when he fucking lost.
...
Then she remembers the moment they both got sentenced to 15 minuets of jail time together.
which what the fuck?!
she won ?
why would she-
never mind.
Then this is where the problems roll in because now see after that...
she doesn't remember much.
and she doesn't know why.
its not like her to forget chunks of her day.
she keeps trying to replay the events leading up to the actual sentencing but even that's fuzzy.
she thinks she was waiting or a guard or something?
then she left the court house?
said something to Schlatt?
maybe...
its honestly super hard to remember.
everything else but the moments leading up to her respawn is pretty hazy.
she remembers that clear as day.
can still feel it.
literally.
she was just let out of the prison cell when it happened.
Katie watched as Ewroon flung himself off the roof of the building with little to no goodbye.
she Remembers the the moment her adrenalin kicked in and she’d made the split decision to copy him by running and flinging herself off too.
only mistake she made was forgetting to have her paraglide ready to safely glide down like she assumed Ewroon did, in a panic she whipped out her way stone to teleport but the thing had been faulty all day .
had she remembered that she might’ve been able to act faster but she’d already took too long and wasn’t paying attention to the fast approaching floor also didn’t exactly prepare for a landing or anything so rapidly shielding her head she kinda just curled into a ball and hit the ground.
she hit the ground pretty fucking hard and hitting the ground from that distance with nothing breaking your fall fucking hurts.
Hurts a lot.
Pain erupted all over her left side ,immediately letting out a loud whine .
"fuck?!-"
she shut her mouth instantly when pain flared through her ribs, her hip and the arm shielding her head clearly took the brunt of the fall but she'd clearly still hit other parts.
Gritting her teeth she slowly unclenched her limbs but as soon as she moved her whole body locked up.
It hurt , it hurt so fucking much.
She couldn’t move…
like she actually couldn’t move.
Fuck!?
without being able to even move her arm to try and type on her communicator for help she was left alone with nothing.
she tried to not let it get to her.
she remembers thinking about something that made her want to cry even more but she cant remember what.
she assumes tomate...
anyway.
that's...a different problem.
so she was lay there curled up definitely not crying or anything, when things just got way worse.
she internally cringes even thinking about it because for a split second she thought they might actually help her out.
did they fuck.
she thought she was lay there alone.
boy she was not.
which she also should have known.
there always watching she supposes.
it was the same guy that's been telling her off already right?
the one that keeps pulling her away from tomate?
the one that let her out the cell...?
the cell.
see thats what she doesnt remember.
what the fuck happened in that cell?
how long were they in there because if she remembers correctly they were only supposed to be in there for 15 minutes.
they went in there when it was light.
the sun was up?
so why does she remember looking up at pretty stars as she lay lifeless in the mud..?
maybe when she hit the ground she passed out or something?
...no because she was sure it was also dark when she watched ewroon jump of the building.
she recalls the way the moon lit up the marble beneath his feet casting his face in a pale glow, how he barley glanced her way as he leapt off-
she remembers it being night.
so how fucking long were they in that cell.
these fucking federation people go on and on about being happy and this is the shit they pull?!
makes no fucking sense.
the weird thing is what he said.
that's what scares her.
her neck prickles in slight fear where she lays still under her covers still trying to prosses the events of her day.
she remembers laying there alone when she suddenly heard it.
slow calculating and confident footsteps sounded around her.
she heard the slow crunch of the frosty leaves beneath his boots as he circled her before coming to a stop directly Infront of her.
she tried to move.
she really did.
though as soon as she even breathed too heavily all her insides coiled tight like they were on fire which definitely was not good so she played it safe by staying still, keeping her breath's light not too light she still wanted to breathe.
he let out a low tut.
so she tried to talk, knowing it would hurt she moved her eyes from the sky to the federation worker stood a few feet away- well actually if she remembers correctly he was crouched Infront of her at this point.
so she moves her eyes over to him and slowly opens her mouth.
"h...help?"
pretty pathetic but you would assume seeing a woman and a doctor lay on the ground you would go to their aid .
...not do what this fucking guy did.
He laughed.
He actually laughed and as brave as katieb is and strong as she may be.
why the fuck did that actually scare her.
she remembers the panic fully settling in place when she realised he would certainly not be helping her the way she thought he would.
these people were meant to be good right?
like she's gathered at this point that her and tomate broke some sort of rule by getting together by how they have handled the situation and they probably hate her for how she's handled it but can you blame her.
everything they did.
she's still an islander?
why are they treating her like this?
she was just in court over her cat's for gods sake.
she's not that bad right?
so why?
why is this worker laughing at her while she's actually fucking dying.
her conclusion is there all sick.
like actually.
that realisation was set in stone when he suddenly whips out a sword bringing it to the side of her head.
she remembers looking in her own eyes through that sword.
seeing her glossy eyes that were holding her tears in.
she went to try talk again when he suddenly spoke.
"Not cooperating."
what?
"The Federation will be in contact with you shortly."
she didnt even get a chance to get a word in before the worker swiftly moves the sword.
he drags it over her head grazing her hairline before bringing all the way down to a stop at her chin tilting her head up to make her look at him directly, she let out a sharp whine of pain sucking in a sharp breath from her teeth as she shakily holds her chin still to hold his gaze.
"Thank Erwoon for his cooperation."
the moment those words left his mouth she froze but she had no time to think as he ripped the sword away from her chin and plummeted it into her side.
she let out a loud scream as blood filled her lungs.
white hot pain seared even deeper in her gut, if she wasn't in pain from the fall she sure as hell was now.
she could faintly hear her communicator frantically pinging over the blood rushing through her ears not like she could even reach for it anyway it was pointless even trying to move with the sword still keeping her pinned to the ground so all she could do was let a chocked sob tear out her lungs
the last thing she remembers is his body crouched over hers and a robotic voice that will probably forever leave her in slight fear cackling at her demise.
"ha ha ha."
the sword was then ripped from her side as her vision went dark.
...
now she's here.
in her bed, however many feet underground still alone with no communicator and not enough confidence to move a muscle.
her side was still aching.
respawning didnt do much other than throw you back into the belly of the best so she was still stuck with the injuries she left with...
just slightly healed she guessed.
that's what she always assumed.
respawning is like the same affects as a long nap.
her body must have healed somewhat.
it just still hurt.
a lot.
she's not like going to die again or anything she just needs to eat maybe to get the healing going.
she should be fine.
physically.
mentally however...
yeahhh she may need to therapize herself at some point.
she's quite scared to leave her bed actually.
she doesn't know how long she's just been lay here in pain zoning out thinking about the events that have unfolded.
she's just been staring at the end of the hall where the stairs of the lighthouse go up.
now that she thinks about it she doesn't like how open that leaves her room.
she mentally shudders at the thought.
though she does appreciate Schlatt actually building her an entrance...
at least he didnt ask her to re-house again.
speaking of Schlatt...
He is literally walking towards her.
oh.
she quickly but mindful of her arms lifts her comfiter to cover herself properly.
"-what the fuck happened in there?"
huh?
...
oh!
oh duh!
the court case.
haha.
right.
"wha-"
before she even gets a word in he cuts her off with a wave of his hand ,walking over to her furnace before throwing his cig away.
"no. listen, i thought you said you won that shit and now your telling me you have been locked up for the past 6 hours."
Schlatt lets out a chuckle before pulling out another cigarette and lighting it.
puffing once before continuing.
katie stays silent.
6 hours...
damn.
"on top of that! your what ? now just in bed- i mean actually forget that."
another puff.
"i don't even care, im actually not even surprised i'd just assumed you would be dragging people around for celebrations or some shit."
another puff.
"fucking hell i don't even kno- wait a minute that makes sense!"
he laughs.
...
"nevermind- forget it. you didnt even win the thing that's my point."
he takes a puff seemingly about to carry on when he actually takes notice on the silent girl in front of him.
she has tears freely falling down her rosy cheeks and well...
she looked a fucking mess from what he could see.
half of her frame was covered by her huge fucking blanket.
he slowly pulled the cigarette from his mouth and blew out the smoke.
he has never seen her this silent.
let alone crying silent.
from the fucking broadcast of her on that stupid fucking stone tower screaming and crying wildly like a child.
to this.
different.
weird.
"well i was here to ask about your jail time but i think i've got my answer."
not even a reply.
she's just staring at him.
he'd have walked out right about now if it wasn't for the tears running down her cheeks and is-
schlatt pushes himself off the chest he'd been leaning against taking a few steps closer towards katie's bed.
he squinted slightly at her face...
what the fuck?
she had a long scratch down the side of her face...
he leans his head to the side to confirm what he's seeing-
yep.
she's got a fucking open slice down the side of her face to her chin.
"katie what the fuck happened in there?"
her response was a small sniffle.
ok.
no talking.
definitely not normal for Katie.
he stood up straight and stopped practically leaning over her he took a step to the side and instead leant on the chest closer to her bed,.
cigarette currently forgotten he keeps his attention on katie she cant tell he's watching her from this angle just looks like he's facing the hall.
he cant exactly check her over for more injures right now or anything as she's underneath the blanket but he can see her unusually wild mop of hair that's usually kept in a tight bun.
his eyes dance over the slice on her face once more when he noticed it.
just on the back of her head.
it wouldn't be noticeable if she dint have such light hair but it was.
a red patch of he's gonna assume blood on the back of her head.
right.
alright.
what the fuck?!
did they fucking fight in there or some shit.
"Ok... i've waited. B . talk."
she actually gave him a response this time.
not one he thought he was gonna hear though.
"i-i...don't k-know..."
...
now schaltt isn't the type of person to care.
much.
he isn't the type of person you would let yourself feel welcomed round.
he keeps people at a gate and they stay there.
you wouldn't call him to come to your event.
he wouldn't show and if he did he'd be getting a good fucking buck out of it .
he's not the type you go to for help.
he'd leave you to die.
he's done that.
plenty times to too many people...
but Katieb-
fucking make a wish kid.
she's fucking stupid.
in an annoyingly endearing way.
she's like a fucking ugly duckling.
lost duck but got a whole ass name for themselves.
he'd been around long enough to see people destroy a person like that.
he's been seeing it recently the way people will bring her down.
hell he even does it.
he just fucking did-
but to hurt the girl...
c'mon.
she barley knows what she's doing half the time.
she's like a loud ass fucking child and while he shouldn't give a fuck he finds himself worrying anyway.
Katie getting sentenced to jail time was not what he'd expected and then when he saw the notification on his communicator saying it'd be with Erwoon.
that ticked him the wrong way.
he's an annoying little fucker.
more so than Katie.
he knows his way with words and he's a little fucking manipulator.
so knowing she's locked in a literal cage with him is great to know.
he covered his worried at the time with some whiskey.
he'd been planning on just sitting about for a bit till she got back to ask how it went and to kind of rub it in her face that she did indeed loose but after three hours had gone by and he was at the end of his third drink he assumed she wasn't coming back yet.
probably celebrating jail time or some shit.
he must have had a nap or something because he awakes to his communicator pinging rapidly.
he'd looked through it to find messages from ashswagg asking if katie got back ok.
what ever the hell that meant.
alas he still marched down to check if she was back and now here they are.
now he's probably more worried than he was when she wasn't here.
"what the fuck do you mean you don't know?"
she just put her head down slightly.
giving him a clearer view of the blood in her hair.
there was quite a bit.
he still couldn't exactly see it properly from here.
he let out a huff.
"did erwoon beat the shit out of you or something hm?"
that got a reaction out of her.
she suddenly flinched at the mention of his name.
"ill take that as a yes-"
she cut him off.
"N-No...he-i-i dont know-"
a lot happened at once then.
suddenly katie is coughing loudly, blood spurting out over the bed sheets, he straitened instantly.
"katie what the fuck?!"
at the same time loud footsteps are heard from down the hall, voices blend to one until suddenly two heads come into view.
great.
Don and Ash come speed walking down the hallway.
"sis what the fuck happened-"
"who the fuck hurt you."
"Ewroon?"
she'd stopped coughing over the ruckus but now she's suddenly curling back in on herself.
Ewroon.
"that son of a-"
don punched the wall hard.
...
ok.
"hey-hey...katie. what-"
ash crouched down beside her bed.
schlatt gritted his teeth.
ok.
now there just being annoying.
"alright enough!"
both boys heads snap to him.
"were are not gonna do that. move."
ash shuffled back slightly and before they could protest he cut them off.
"before you guys even start."
"you dont think ive aleady asked."
"all she said was she doesn't know and i don't fucking know what happened. "
"I just know it has something to do with that fucking prick given her reaction"
"but now looking at the blood dripping from the back of her head and the blood she just couched up-"
he coughs darting his eyes away from katie and then back again.
"i suppose we cut the chit chat and actually check if she is ok instead of ask"
"because i don't think she can even fucking answer if she tried."
that got a reaction from all three of them.
Ash and Dons head's instantly snapped back to Katie
Don immediately moving around looking through chests
while Ash just stared at Katie.
Katie's head lifted towards him at that.
they locked gazes.
challenge accepted i guess.
"Katie i didnt mean-"
"t-the feds..."
Schlatt shut his mouth.
...
the room fell silent for all but five seconds before Ash's low voice broke the silence.
"...what did you just say."
Don was still at the other end of the room.
"Ash you heard what she fucking said. Feds. she said fucking Feds."
"no."
"feds did this-what even is-"
he cuts himself off by swiftly moving back across the room and all but ripping the cover off of katie.
she tried to hold on.
barley before she winced and her hand limply fell down.
he was about to but in to at least help her and give her privacy
"Don-"
but stopped immediately when the top of the covers pulled away to reveal her once white now red suit jacket.
he shot up instantly.
so did Ash.
"what the fuck?!"
"katie?!"
Don threw the blanket to the side.
"see what i fucking mean."