oblivion [druig]

7

PRESENT DAY 

AURORA

I don't know how long I cried in Gil's arms. I remember him grabbing me and hoisting me up into his arms, carrying me back to my small hut as gently as he could. 

I tried to stop crying, I really did, but it seemed like I was a waterfall that had no sight of ending. I cried and I cried until I finally fell asleep. 

When I woke up two hours later, it was still night. 

It all seemed to be fine until everything that had happened just a few hours came rushing back, and the wave of emotion hit me like a truck. 

I forced it down though. I had had my time of grieving. I was sure that my crying had delayed whatever plan the team had, so as much as I wanted to crumple into the ground and disappear, I knew I needed to hold everything off– at least until the mission was over.

Strangely enough, it felt like I had no more sadness left to give. All the heartbreak and the pain–it had been replaced by anger. 

That Deviant that had killed her was going to suffer for what it had done. It didn't know what was coming for him. 

Ikaris might have been the strongest. The 'leader', but even he couldn't match me when I was angry. 

Of course, it took a lot of pent up anger–years of it– to actually explode to that level, but it hadn't happened in a long time, and I was almost sure that the moment I saw that Deviant, I would lose my shit no matter how hard I tried not to. 

Everyone knew that. They knew that I was stronger at my angriest, which was why most of the team tended not to get in my way when we were fighting.  

I comb a hand through my hair, standing up from my bed and running to the small sink, washing my face before going into the main room, where everyone else was waiting. 

As I walked in, the conversation immediately stopped, all heads turning to look at me. 

I gave them a sniff, adjusting my posture and walking to take my seat at the head of the table, opposite Ikaris. 

"So" I begin after a few moments. None of them say anything, all of them watching me as if I was going to explode. "What's the plan then?" 

Ikaris clears his throat, turning to look at Sersi. She nods, pursing her lips before starting.

"Well, for starters, we need to kill the Deviants. I guess that's the main goal" she says, nodding from her seat and offering me a warm smile. 

I nod in response, already thinking of ways that we could do that. Ways that we could find this Deviant and finally kill it. 

"We forgot to mention," Kingo starts suddenly, leaning forward in his seat. "Ajak gave her magical sphere to Sersi, and not Ikaris" he pitches in from beside Sprite. "Can you believe that?! We all know Ikaris was supposed to lead this team" He halts, turning to Sersi. "No offense, Sersi"