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

Chapter 34 - Electrocauterization Doesn't Smell Good

Ajay forced her eyes opened against the crushing pain in her skull. A set of black eyes stare down at her. Ajay blinked as she looked at the Nessie eyeing her from the table next to the bed. The Nessie looked a little rough and that it had enjoyed many adventures. Her eyes wandered around the room she didn't recognize anything except for her backpack sitting on the floor a feet from the bed. Her body was warm and well insulted in heavy blankets.

She tried to move but her chest burned like it was on fire. She laid there for a moment and waited for the burning sensation to subside. Even just lying there, Ajay felt sore all over. She had no recollection on what had happened last night. She took a deep breath and immediately cringed from the overwhelming smell of something that had been burnt. She regressed to taking shallow breaths in through her mouth to avoid taking in anymore of the horrific smell.

She forced her left hand over the right part of her chest. She ran her fingertips along her chest and shoulder but it felt odd and not at all like her. She reached up and tried to pull the heavy blankets away from her body but it was nearly impossible. Her body ached from the chore of just trying to move the blankets so she decided that she would try to slip her body out from underneath the blankets instead.

Ajay tried to move but she felt someone's arm wrapped around her stomach. "What da fuck happened last night..."  Whoever had their arm wrapped around her was pressed up against her backside. She closed her eyes for a moment and felt guilty; like she had somehow already messed things up between her and Octavio. She didn't tried to push the thought away as she attempted to move her right arm and push past the burning pain. Panic began to set in when she couldn't move her arm; in fact she couldn't even feel it. "Fuck. Fuck. Fuck." 

When Ajay was done internally screaming at herself she reached down with her working hand and gently removed it from her stomach. She was relieved when the hand felt slender, soft, and not at all like Elliot's hand. Ajay willed her body to move towards the edge of the bed and slip out from underneath the blankets. She gritted her teeth together and forced the blankets from her as best as she could.

She slid her lower body out of the bed and her upper body painfully followed. It was cold when she finally made it out of the bed and sat on the floor. She looked down at her body to find that she was only in her panties. "What da hell..." She whispered to herself. The pain in her body was so intense that it forced her to stay on the floor for moment. It had been a very long time since she had been a situation like this.

She tried to piece together what she could remember from the night before because if she didn't figure out what was going on she might have a mental breakdown. She could remember fighting the prowlers and no one got injured; they killed all of the prowlers that had tried to kill them. She could also remember that she was walking with Elliot after the prowlers had attacked them and nothing. Everything after their walk back to the housing area was blank. "Was I drinkin?"

With her left hand, Ajay used the bed as leverage to help herself stand up. She looked down into the bed and saw that it had been Natalie that had her slender arm wrapped around her. Natalie was wearing one of Elliot's shirts; at least that's all Ajay could see with the blankets on top of her. Behind Natalie, Elliot was nestled into her back. Of course Elliot had no blankets on but to Ajay's surprise, Elliot did have on some damn underwear. "That's new."

Ajay looked around for the bathroom because she needed a moment to herself and a mirror to see what was going on with the burning in her chest. She ambled into the bathroom and softly closed the door behind her after entering. She stood in front of the mirror, with a huge dressing plastered to her right shoulder and chest. She shook her head in disbelief because she still couldn't remember what had happened to her.