Bleed, Patch, And Keep Moving - An Apex Legends Story

Chapter 63 - Into The Emptiness

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"Che are you okay with this?" Octavio's voice was full of concern. Ajay nodded, "Yah. I feel like I need ta know. Maybe there is more there that can help us." They both stood there before Octavio hugged her tightly, "Okay." She smiled and held him tight. "I love ya Silva." He smiled hearing her words but they only eased his worried thoughts a little. He was worried about losing her again. The last time that anything like this had happened she almost died; or she did die and came back. "I'll be fine Silva." She kissed him gently, "Ya can't get rid of me now. We haven't even bought the children yet." He smiled and kissed her hard, pushing through her lips with his tongue. She moaned softly into his mouth as their tongues played with one another. They gently pulled away and headed up the stairs to meet Hyeon Kim and Natalie.

Ajay grabbed her backpack and pulled out the lockbox. She opened it, shaking a little. "Che, let me." She sighed and nodded as she sat down on the floor with Natalie and Hyeon Kim. Natalie leaned over and gave her hug that lingered longer than Ajay would have liked it to. Ajay thought maybe the lingering hug was attributed to the alcohol. "There's one more thing. I will need to go with you." Ajay gave Hyeon Kim a weird look as he spoke, "How?" Natalie pulled out the device she had been working on and handed it to Hyeon Kim. Ajay was shocked as Hyeon Kim pulled his jacket off and tossed it to the side. He was wearing a black, long sleeved, button up shirt which he began to unbutton and take off. "I still don understand." Hyeon Kim smiled at Natalie very briefly, it was the first time she had seen him smile. Natalie blushed when Hyeon Kim finally got his shirt off.

Hyeon Kim put Natalie's device on his wrist. Ajay looked over to Octavio as he drew up medication; whatever was going on it didn't seem to faze him at. "Did he know about this?" Ajay slid her shoes off and tossed them into the pile of growing clothing, "Why do I need ta be held down?" Hyeon Kim looked at her as he laid down, "Because when you aren't meant to remember something your body might force it away." Ajay sighed as she nodded. She hadn't realized that this whole ordeal would be such a drawn out process. Octavio handed her a syringe with medication in it and some gauze soaked in alcohol. She cleansed Hyeon Kim's upper arm, "Is there anything else I should I know?" She pinched his arm and poked him with the needle, injecting the medication into his muscle. Octavio performed the same process on Ajay's arm with the other syringe of medication that he had drawn up. Natalie took the syringes when they were finished.

Octavio hugged Ajay against him, "Don't be gone so long this time." His lips met hers gently but she pulled him in hard, forcing her tongue into his mouth. "She won't be gone long. I will be there to navigate." They both stopped kissing and looked over to him. "Way to ruin the moment amigo." Octavio smirked as Ajay laid down next to Hyeon Kim. Ajay struggled a bit to get comfortable because in the back of her mind she still feared what would happen to her, "Now what?" Hyeon Kim offered her his hand that was free from Natalie's device. She gently took his hand interlocking her fingers with his. "There is one more thing." He said this but he wasn't looking at her this time. His eyes were already closed. Octavio sat on top of Ajay, pinning her down with his legs. Natalie pulled out a belt and wrapped it around Hyeon Kim's and Ajay's wrists forcefully. Ajay felt too weak to even care. She whispered to Natalie, "Why?" Natalie tighten the belt, "To maintain neuro-link you have to be touching. If you are thrashing around you could lose your connection with one another." Ajay nodded and drifted off.

"Ajay. Ajay." Her eyes fluttered open to the sound of Hyeon Kim's voice. She was partially submerged in dark water. Her body twitched a little as she sat up. The echo of the water felt like it sounded forever. "Does any of this look familiar?" Ajay looked around into the abyss of empty black space. The only thing in color was Hyeon Kim and even then he was wearing black. His complexion was a bit on the pale side, almost matching the grayscale environment. She tried to form words but she really couldn't speak. She sat there for a moment before down at the endless water. Her hands began sifting through the water again, something soothing and familiar coursed through her body. "Ajay. No. Stand up."

Hyeon Kim's words cut through her. He was talking to her but not out loud, it was all in head. "Maybe it had to do with neuro-link." She snapped out of it. She brought her hand up to her gaze, "It's not wet." She managed to get the words out but her words felt so far away. Her body twitched again as bits of memories flooded back to her. She quickly felt her body with her hands and looked down at herself. "At least I am dressed this time." She stood up, dressed in the clothes she was wearing before she drifted off and woke up in this place. Her head hurt so bad that she struggled to keep her eyes open. She eventually just closed her eyes and placed her hands on her head as memories flashed in her head like motion picture. "Just let them come." She heard Hyeon Kim again. "How do I do that?" He reached for her and then dropped his hand, "Just try and relax." Ajay nodded and dropped her hands from her head and took a deep breath, just trying to let whatever was going to happen, happen.

The pain subsided a bit as the memories began to rush back to her in waves. She kept her eyes closed as the memories projected in front of them. Hyeon Kim watched the whole memory from beginning to end. It looked like a black and white motion picture. He was almost brought to tears when he saw his sister. He quickly changed his expression before Ajay could see him. Ajay could see everything in her head as it played out in front of Hyeon Kim. She opened her eyes and looked around. "I rememba." Her head throbbed a bit as she looked at Hyeon Kim. She reached for him but her hand went through him. He spoke to her again, "Neuro-link.... We're in your head." She dropped her hand and looked down into the water, "This place is filled with my inner most desires right?" Hyeon Kim nodded. "It seems to be programmed that way." Ajay looked down to a knife that had appeared in her left hand, "Go back Hyeon Kim. Have Octavio bring me ta the clinic and have him get things ready for patching just in case. Bring D.O.C. too. I might need ta borrow ya device that Nat made." Hyeon Kim gave her a confused look, "I can't leave you here. If I do that you might not come back and...." Ajay interrupted him. "Please go now and do what I told ya ta do."

Hyeon Kim's figure dissipated instantly. Ajay swallowed hard as she brought the knife to her right shoulder and began to carve a hole into her skin, and then her muscle. She closed her eyes as tears of frustration ran down her cheeks. Blood streamed down her arm and to her fingertips dripping into the water. She took the knife into her bloody hand and worked her fingers into her shoulder and pulled a microchip out of her right shoulder. She used the knife to destroy the microchip. "Mila!" She yelled. The name was no longer a whisper as it echoed through the emptiness. She dropped the blood soaked knife into the water; it splashed and echoed as the dark red haired girl appeared.

Mila looked confused as she stood in front of Ajay, "How.... Ajay? How did I get here?" Ajay smiled. "I summoned you here Mila." She looked at Ajay in shook, "How are you able to say my name? How do you remember?" It was Ajay's turn to be obscure when she spoke. "Mila this place is programmed ta give ya what ya desire most." Ajay paused as she felt water dripping on them from the ceiling. She could hear voices in the background. The voices we coming from behind Mila. The voices sounded like they were muffled by a door; a door that was locked. "I will have to make this fast." Ajay continued to smile as she spoke. "I think I know whatcha want." Ajay held out her hand" Mila started to cry and the ceiling began to crack and pour water down over them. Mila took Ajay's hand. The voices were getting louder like they were trying to enter into the world they were in. The sound of a door being forced open echoed around them. The emptiness started to fall apart like a mirror shattering. Mila wrapped her arms around Ajay and buried her face into her shoulder as she sobbed. Ajay held her tight as they both heard gun fire. Ajay fell backwards into the water as the world around them fell apart piece by piece. Bullets soared by them, echoing through the air. Ajay closed her eyes and wrapped her arms tightly around Mila as they sank into the water. Everything fell silent and grew dark.