Burn Bright or Collapse Furiously (Ahri x OC)

Chapter 13: Inner Darkness

Branden is standing at his front door and to his surprise, three similar figures stand in front of him. Branden's mind is confused yet concerned while his body is aching of pain and soreness. Branden is panicking like a madman after his actions that he deeply regrets. Branden wants to help Ahri before he focuses on his own safety. Ahri and Kiko are laying on the bed unconscious. Branden is fighting his own body for Ahri's safety...

Branden's POV

I was standing at the front door and examined the three figures. How did i not know?! I thought while Soraka quickly approached me. "Where is Ahri!?" Soraka asks as I move out of the way, "S-she's in the guest room." I hesitate. I stood aside as Soraka, Sarah, and Syndra rushed down the hall to Ahri's room. Please help her, I thought while slowly walking down the hallway to Ahri's room. My mind is going haywire as I didn't know how this was gonna end. At least they're Star Guardians too. Ahri has a chance, I nervously thought.

    I eventually made it to the entrance to Ahri's room and could see Soraka examining Ahri's body. Sarah was right of Soraka and Syndra was on her left. This could get messy, I thought. I walked up to the other side of the bed and could see Soraka's scared face. I examined all of their faces and could see that they were shocked. This is all my fault, I thought. I still felt the soreness of my body and guilt in my mind. I couldn't believe the damage I did to Ahri and wanted to walk away. I saw that Sarah was looking on my right and noticed the crimson red stained swords. I could feel tension in the air and I turned to leave the room but I felt someone pull on the back of my jacket. Sarah dragged me back into the room and she turned my body around to face her.

    Sarah gripped my collar with both of her hands and shoved me hard into the wall. The hard impact gave me an extremely painful headache and blurred my vision. I felt tears escaping my eyes and could barely see anything. I could barely notice a purple figure standing next to Sarah in an aggressive posture. I groaned out in pain as Sarah lifted me up from the ground. Sarah was holding my body up on the wall and I felt completely helpless. "What did you do!?" Sarah yelled in my face. Her words struck me like knives and I cried even more. "Answer me!" Sarah exclaimed again while tightening her grip. I felt like the world was slowing down and wanted to disappear into darkness.

    "Sarah!" Soraka exclaims as she rushes over to us. "What Soraka!?" Sarah exclaims as she turns her head towards Soraka, "Let him go! He's our friend!" Soraka exclaimed. Sarah grunted and released her grip. I fell down and collapsed flat on the floor. My legs gave out beneath me and the hard impact sent out a shockwave of pain that engulfed my body. "Branden!" Soraka yelled out as she ran to my side. I was completely blind by tears and a loud ringing noise in my ears. I stayed in position for a while as Soraka kneeled next to me. Thankfully, Syndra stayed quiet this whole time and I didn't have to hear her strong opinions.

    "Are you ok!?" Soraka asked as I slowly recovered from my headache. I let out a couple of groans while trying to speak but couldn't pronounce complete words. "You better answer me when you can speak again!" Sarah exclaimed at me, her words struck me hard again. "Sarah! Please don't scream at him!" Soraka screamed back but it sounded like she was about to cry. Soraka sniffled as she threw my arm around her shoulder and sat me down next to the bed. I was sitting up with my back on the bed frame and couldn't even move my body. Soraka sat next to me and examined my body. "Magic injuries? and stardust?" Soraka says with a mix of shock and horror as she removed my jacket.

    I-i... can.. think now... I thought painfully. I was sore but I could at least turn my head to try and see what was going on. Soraka was examining my jacket and I could barely sense Sarah and Syndra glaring down at me. I suddenly felt better as Soraka gripped her staff and put her hand on my shoulder. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She's healing me! I exclaim joyfully in my head. A few seconds passed and I felt way better. The pain wasn't fully gone but I could at least think and move my body. I was still blurred from the tears and I moved my hands to wipe them away. I sniffled for a while before getting the confidence to even speak to them.