The next morning was unfortunately unkind to Lyria. Rather than waking up peacefully she was rudely awakened by violent shaking before being snatched by the back of her shirt and pulled out of the bed with the front of her shirt digging into her neck choking her. She tried to get a glimpse of the person but failed miserably because the person continued to hold her shirt and dragged her out of the medical camp, almost strangling her in the process. "Good morning Captain Lyria and indeed it is a good morning as I am glad that you have lived to tell the tale yet again because I need your assistance in an advance against the Nether that is to be carried out tomorrow." Happy sang the despicable voice of Fractureverse Hilda.
As soon as Lyria knew who it was, she immediately began to attempt to escape from the commander but it was in vain due to her being more than a little sluggish after last night. "Y..you're ...you're ...cho..king...me." She coughed desperately trying to get air into her lungs as she was still being hauled along backwards in the snow behind Fractureverse Hilda. "Don't worry we'll be at my office soon and there you'll stay until tomorrow as I don't want you running off before then." Fractureverse Hilda replied. Lyria was deciding on whether it was a good idea to argue back or not but before she could do so she saw that they had reached the commander's office. Opening the door Fractureverse Hilda shoved Lyria inside and finally let go of her shirt.
Lyria was still a little unsteady on her feet as she tumbled into the room and ended up smashing her cheek against the corner of the desk. Crashing onto the floor, she lifted her left hand up to touch her face. She felt warm sticky blood and when she lowered her hand for a brief second to look at it she saw that it was coated in red. Once again she moved her hand back to the wound to try and stop the bleeding. "Now listen very carefully. As soon as you've sorted yourself out then I want all this mess fully dealt with by tomorrow." Fractureverse Hilda explained as she pointed to the chaotic and half burnt piles of paperwork mixed in with a number of other objects, which she had not been bothered to tidy up herself. Now feeling light headed Lyria remained silent as the commander not only shut the door on her but also locked it trapping her inside.
Lyria had fainted soon after and it was not until Fractureverse Hilda came back that evening to check on her did she come round again. "Wake up!" Shouted Fractureverse Hilda who was infuriated that Lyria had made no progress whatsoever. Lyria woke up rather groggy and put her hand on her right cheek because it was still painful even though it was no longer bleeding. "What's wrong?" Fractureverse Hilda demanded. "Urgh...my...my cheek hurts and I still haven't recovered from yesterday and oh I...I haven't taken my medication yet." She groaned before beginning to panic. "Why didn't you say so? Hang on, I'll be right back with something." Fractureverse Hilda announced and then left the office. Without waiting for her to return, Lyria quickly fumbled with the tablets that she was meant to be taking. She swallowed them even though it was not the best idea to have them on an empty stomach but seeing that the commander had not remembered to give her anything to eat all day then she did not want to risk waiting until she eventually had a meal.
It was not long before Fractureverse Hilda returned. She approached Lyria and placed a box down on the floor as she knelt down next to where Lyria was sitting. Lyria watched her curiously as she opened the box and pulled out a glass bottle. It was surprisingly a potion of healing, which Lyria instantly recognised as soon as she saw it. Lyria was not expecting the commander to help her in any way and yet here she was with a healing potion for her. Fractureverse Hilda began pouring the potion down Lyria's throat but unlike the last time she had forced Lyria to drink stuff, Lyria did not fight back and instead happily swallowed the much needed beneficial liquid.
However it did not stop there because as soon as Lyria had finished the potion, Fractureverse Hilda opened the box and took out another healing potion. She then shoved the contents of the bottle into Lyria's mouth. This time Lyria was not so willing to drink it. She knew that small amounts of the potion would greatly help to heal a person, although in large quantities the potion would have the opposite effect by having huge negative effects on the digestive system. "Commander you're harming me by giving me too much." She mumbled as Fractureverse Hilda set the empty bottle to the side. "Nonsense! I need you to be fit and strong for tomorrow when we travel to attack the Nether." Huffed Fractureverse Hilda and she then opened up the box again to reveal 2 more potions of healing. Picking one up she then added. "I need you to drink all of these and then you'll be fine. Then you can spend the rest of the evening tidying my office." She explained seeing that Lyria had made no progress whatsoever in getting the office under control. Before Lyria could give her response, Fractureverse Hilda made her drink the remaining bottles.
"That's a good girl. Now I want everything in order when I come back first thing tomorrow morning." Fractureverse Hilda said before she locked Lyria in the room for the night. Even though Lyria felt better and had discovered a new found strength, the overdose of healing potions was already making her feel sick. She had drunk enough of the stuff to kill her but because she was afraid of what might happen if she did not complete the task she had been given to dwell on this thought.
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Welcome To My Dark Side
FanfictionAfter being sent to the pillager town, Lyria soon discovers that everything is not as it seems... All characters rightly belong to Rainimator Cover made by me. Might change it in the future.
