lucetilogs | Sometimes a man goes to slay his demons

Who: Trafalgar Law, Itachi Uchiha, Adele LeBlanc, Gai Tsutsugami, others
What: The fallout from a failed(?) kidnapping
When: 28th of January ongoing
Where: House 22 moving to the Battle Dome
Summary: For every victory a price must be paid, and sometimes the currency is in blood. It’s an arrangement Law’s long accepted; one can’t move ahead without sacrifice after all. But in winning this battle, the cost might not fall on him alone.
Rating: Mature

One of them had hung back.

The world greyed, tunnelled in, and consciousness collapsed, thoughts spiralling down, down, down. One of them had hung back, while the rest had come… come… co…m…e…

Sway. Sway. There is soft moaning. Where is it? Him? Is he making sounds? He should be silent.

Sway. Sway. There is fire on him. Where is it? Fire on his back. His wing. There is fire but no flames. Torn clothing, mangled flesh. Feathers. B-L-O-O-D.

Pain. Blood. Sometimes his vision goes red. His body is… crunchy sometimes, swollen other places, under his careful fingers. Trauma. Broken ribs. Internal bleeding. Down, down, down - look down. Darts in thigh. Shiny.

His head hurts.

Concussion. DRUGGED.

One of them had hung back while the rest had come. Why, why, why? Could it have been scared? No… droid. Sleek droid. Shiny and new. Droids don’t feel fear. It had watched. But it had a brain. Do droids with brains feel fear?

Something hit him. His thigh. Fight we...nt… bad then… can’t think. "… help."

Help.

Very bad. Can’t… THINK. CAN’T REMEMBER. Lightning, parts flying… all smeared and twisted… CAN’T REMEMBER. Grappling. Fabric tearing. Wings exposed.

Agony and the world breaking.

He broke the world. He broke it and the droid left.

All wrong.

Wrong.

T-E-S-T?

(for whom?)

Maybe. Bad.

He doesn’t know.

He broke the world… the forest --- didn’t he? Where was he? This was his house. His front door. Did he walk?

Knock, knock.

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[Gai showed up at the clinic this morning as usual for his regular treatment. There's just one little issue, that being Law's current condition-- something that he hadn't been aware of until he arrived. And oh man, is he angry. Not over his inability to get his transfusion, no, but over the fact that he hadn't even heard about this, and that he couldn't do a damn thing to stop it.

After working out some of his frustration via a simulation, he'll just hover around outside, looking decidedly irritated. It's his way of showing concern, but to any other doctors or patients, well... he might look like he's here to cause trouble.]

[When the man first approached the clinic, Adele hadn't thought anything of it. He likely had a treatment or prescription, or some issue that he needed looked over, as it wasn't referred to her by way of anyone and he didn't look in need of surgical expertise, she lets it alone. When she makes her way back to Law's room to check his recovery, though, and the man hovers, she's curious.]

Are you an associate of Dr. Law's?

[Gai straightens up when he sees her, a smile spreading across his face. He's seen her around the clinic before, though they've never really spoken, which is fine by him. Doctors are doctors, and he still doesn't like them due to his past.

Doesn't mean he won't be civil, though.]

Doctor LeBlanc. I've heard about you from Law.

[That should answer the question.]

If you wish to speak with him I am afraid he is not fit for visitors.

[Recovery is a slow, slow bitch on occasion, and Law had taken quite the beating. Even with what she's done for him surgically and with Nala, and the other healers available there is not much for them to do but wait for him to wake on his own.]

[His expression settles back into something akin to a frown, though he's careful to keep it on the neutral side. It's concerning that he was that badly injured; Gai knows quite well how capable Law is in combat, meaning that had to be one hell of a fight that went down.]

And his condition?

[After two days? Improving, even if he was still terribly out of it. That alone keeps Adele's tone fairly even.]

Stable and improving, but not conscious.

[His mouth tightens into a thin line at that. Worse than he'd thought, then.]

How severe are his injuries?

He is unconscious but stable. That is all I can tell you.

[Administrative habits die hard, Gai.]

I'm sorry.

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