Sometimes a man goes to slay his demons

[deathsdoctor]

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.

Comments

February 5th

[deathsdoctor]

Miss Daisy? [ ... yes, it makes sense after everything with the droids they both had been through that she'd come.] Of course, come in.

[daisy023]

[The armor slowly makes its' way in, lowering her head before closing the door and standing straight, with both hands on her back.]

I hope the bed rest isn't bothering you.

[... Without Adell and now given the command of the Rogues, suddenly, she is no longer sure what applies -- whenever if she is the UNSC's Chief Petty Officer, or this world's Captain. For all she cares about, Trafalgar Law is still in command for what he knows.]

[deathsdoctor]

I'll live. I've had worse. [He's not exaggerating either.] Though I wouldn't mind a few books to read while I'm in here.

[Marco will answer this prayer, but since Law isn't covered with blue sparkles yet? His thread comes after Daisy's.]

[daisy023]

Yes, sir.

[She reminds herself to grant a few next time she visits. The vow of silence will come included when she sees Law covered in glitter.]

I think this is only the second or third report I've heard in here of people fighting off the droids.

[deathsdoctor]

[God bless you, Daisy, for saving his dignity and pride.]

... it doesn't happen often, no. Even after... things. [The sabotage mission, of which they were both a part of.] Hn, I guess lightning strikes twice in my case.

[daisy023]

I thought there would be more after everything we did.

[Her voice doesn't betray her disappointment. But she came here for a reason.]

I need to know what did you do to neutralize them.

[deathsdoctor]

I don't remember much from the attack... [Cautioning.] I was drugged and concussed, so what I do have are fragments.

[Pressing his lips together.] I have an ability that allows me to "cut" anything [Within his Room and as long as Haki or something isn't neutralizing it.] as one of the powers it grants. The droids weren't able to cancel it out completely. [He... broke the world. Trying to think back on it now, he has to wonder exactly what he did to make him think he broke the world. So he has to guess and he thinks it's probably similar to what he did last time.] I also can generate electrical charges. [Countershock. A mastery of Tsinku. Natural ability and magic hand in hand.]

The combination doesn't agree really with them.

[daisy023]

[It was another Pyrrhic victory. They got to weaken him in any case. And the firepower he used was just as much as it had been back when she first set her hands on the droids.]

The models didn't return. [She notes.] But the errors given in the production models weren't as common. I think we put the weakness spread around, so it's not as obvious.

...

[She's almost afraid to ask this for Pascal's sake.]

Did you kick one in the crotch?

[deathsdoctor]

I'm... pretty sure I nailed one like that. [Did he? Trying to remember.] It... moved slower, I believe?

[Partial victory for Pascal? 8|a]

... not all the droids attacked, though. There was one... a new model, I think... that hung back and watched the entire thing.

[daisy023]

[She takes note of the action. It would have to be applied.

Her helmet tilts a little when she hears of the different model.]

The one of the Dome incident. And that looked for Bil.

[She states unemotionally. As if the girl that tried to murder Bil had been someone else.]

They planned something else.

[deathsdoctor]

I think so. ... this whole thing is very suspicious to me.

[daisy023]

Have the doctors noticed anything strange on you, sir? Something the battle might not have caused?

[More things to record. After this, she will have to see if these incidents repeat.]

[deathsdoctor]

Nothing that they've found. [Which doesn't mean there's nothing at all.] The only odd thing was that I didn't completely keel over from all the drugs they pumped in me.

[daisy023]

Adrenaline keeps a man standing in fight even when he's broken. I've seen soldiers drop just as it wears off.

[She still hears the meaning behind the "that they've found".]

It could be a shift.

[deathsdoctor]

So have I, but... mnn...

It could be. All they would need is the signature from my barcode and they could activate one remotely. No need to drag me in.

[daisy023]

[SPARTAN-023 stays silent. She turns to her side, sadly knowing he is right.]

If that's the case, the Rogue Faction could have found a way to work better with Shifts. With little need of kidnapping.

[An equally disturbing possibility. Were they too late?]

Sir. Even with Adell gone... we'll be awaiting orders whenever you need us.

[deathsdoctor]

[... he pauses for a moment. Both to mull over that possibility and the second thing she said.]

We all better keep a careful eye on things from now on. See if they pull anything else along those lines.

... and thank you.

[daisy023]

[SPARTAN-023 bolts into a salute.]

Always, sir.

[She walks out of the room, having recorded the conversation. She would have to take notes of what transpired and their theories.

With what the droids did, a part of her hoped she wouldn't need to research more about this.]