Valkyrie

Attacked From All Sides

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I was being attacked

From all sides

I was being

Attacked

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Cecil walked into his office, flipping on the light switch as he closed the door behind him. Turning to face the open part of the room the man's eyes zeroed in on the body sitting in one of the brown leather chairs facing his desk. Blonde hair thrown up in a claw clip telling him who it was.

"Stella-"

"Two days." Stella interrupted, not looking at Cecil, making him complete the journey to his desk, "You've been ignoring me for two days."

"I haven't been-"

"Why else would Donald be fielding my calls? Don't lie to me." Stella's glare softened as her voice turned watery. The girl clearing her throat and crossing her legs to regain some kind of control, "What is going on with the Guardians' case?"

"I can't tell you." Cecil heaved a sigh as he sunk down into his chair.

"Bullshit Cecil. And why the hell did you not pull me from that interrogation-"

"It wasn't an interrogation; it was a debrief-"

"Oh that's rich! Since when did debriefs come with a dose of truth serum?!" Stella sprung up from her chair, blue energy uncontrollably misting around her hands. Silence invaded the cacophonous mixture of angry and defensive voices clashing together.

"I apologize for that. But I couldn't let there be any suspicion that you could have killed the Guardians. I had to make sure it was bulletproof." Cecil laid out, taking a breath, laying his hands out flat in front of him on his desk. "I promise I wouldn't have done it in any other circumstance."

Stella huffed a breath out of her nose, her energy contracting once she realized it was there. The girl crossed her arms over her stomach as she walked over to the window overlooking the pentagon parking lot. A small succulent she had gifted him a while back was still living on the ledge.

"Why didn't you pull me for the flaxan invasion?" Stella demanded, voice like steel.

"You were under the influence of a truth drug, that, if you remember, we had to flush out of your system because it doesn't go away on its own." Cecil's voice took on a deadpan quality, his frustration clear.

"People died! Because the Guardians weren't- Because I wasn't there. But I could have been. If you had pulled me and flushed my system sooner." Stella turned away from the window, icy eyes locked on Cecil, "Instead I was left to pick up the mess and wash away the blood stains."

"And make yourself sick while doing it." Cecil raised an eyebrow and the girl scoffed, shaking her head at the man.

"Fuck you Cecil."

"Stella- Hey!" Stella turned on her heel, stomping towards the door with heavy feet, Cecil darting up from his seat, "You need to be more-" Cecil tried to call after the girl but was interrupted by the slam of his door and it's rattling within its frame from the force, "careful..." the man finished lamely. Sinking back down into his chair.

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Much lighter footsteps than before carried Stella down the bright white hallways of the GDA hospital. The lone Guardian, in full gear, nodding to the workers that she passed. Stopping in front of the room she had come to visit.