TW: blood, vomit
I wasn't sure when I exactly came to but when I did, I noticed Jay carrying me.
In between total blackouts, I found myself being flown on Sparkplug, Jay's dragon, and then carried through the monastery. I think I saw Dimitri. Definitely saw Naomi. Maybe saw Garmadon?
I was placed on a gurney in the med bay. The hallucinations had worn off but had only been replaced by terrible headaches and pangs of rolling nausea. My forehead throbbed. My stomach surged.
Naomi sat by my head, brushing back my hair as I shivered on the gurney. Nya was rushing around the med bay while speaking hurriedly to Garmadon. Their voices were watery and indiscernible. My body spasmed again.
What my ears did catch, however, was Lloyd's name while Nya was murmuring to Naomi. The tugging on my gut renewed with vigor and it paired unpleasantly with nausea.
Lloyd. His name tumbled in my aching head. Lloyd. My hands curled around an invisible grip.
My lips trembled as I stared at the grey ceiling while Naomi sat over me with my head in her lap. Cole and Kai had entered when I hadn't noticed, standing to the side. Nya went off somewhere. Garmadon was leaning against the wall.
"You should try to sleep it off," Kai said quietly, his voice barely making sense in my throbbing brain. I shook my head. I didn't want to fall asleep, scared that I'd see the false visions of Lloyd attacking me as he did with Axon. The fangs and the eyes and the oni-like ridges pushing up through the skin of his face. The blood pouring from his mouth.
I didn't want to see it again. I didn't want this deep-rooted fear that had sprung up ever since the incident with Axon to ruin the image I had of him. I was so sick and tired of being scared and tip toeing around it.
I didn't want to be afraid anymore.
My body lurched as a new wave of shivers shoved down my spine. I coughed, throat dry as my head spun. Breathing was short and hard. Maybe I should try to sleep it off.
"Do you want me to get you anything?" Nya asked, patting my hair.
"Lloyd," I gasped between heaves. "P- please. Get Lloyd."
There was a brief pause. She glanced at Naomi and then Kai and Cole. A silent conversation.
"Of course," Nya soothed, turning back to me. Cole left the room. "Do you want some water?"
I desperately nodded and Naomi helped me to sit up. Nausea surged and I felt it in the back of my throat.
If my body wants to throw up, then can it just make me throw up already god please.
Nya returned with a glass of water and I eagerly chugged it, the chill a relief for my sweaty, clammy body.
"How long will it take?" Naomi asked as she took the empty glass from my shaking grasp.
"A couple of hours," Kai murmured, crossing his arms with a sympathetic look. Garmadon had left.
"And there's nothing else we can do?"
"We just have to wait it out," Nya replied, pulling back a lock of hair that had fallen in front of my perspiring forehead. "Let her body process it. It's not fatal, just has some nasty side effects."
No kidding, I wanted to grumble but didn't have the motor functions to do so. The tugging gave a sharp stab and I glanced up just as Lloyd stopped at the entrance. He was breathing heavily, wide-eyed. Reluctant.
I stared back, sharing his expression, before it became obvious that he wasn't going to move from his spot. He seemed to be bolted to the ground.
I slipped from the gurney, heart thundering. My feet hit the floor and I stumbled, legs weak and body trembling, eyes trained on Lloyd.
He was the first to react when my legs gave out, shooting across the short distance and scooping me up before I could fall to the ground. His arms wrapped tight around me as I wobbled blankly, digging his face into my neck desperately, hands regripping my waist, keeping me steady.
I could only see the green of his shirt in my eyes before everything hit fast and my vision began to blur with tears. I hugged him back as strong as my numb arms would allow me.
Lloyd's breath caught at my wordless response, hitching a dry sob as he pressed his head against mine. My fingers latched onto the back of his shirt, the material caught in a tight grip. As if he'd disappear if I let go. I couldn't risk that. Not again.
"She should get some rest," Kai murmured as his hand gently landed on top of my head. "It'll still be a few hours until she starts feeling better. Venomari venom is potent stuff."
I felt Lloyd soundlessly nod before he bent down to easily scoop me up. My arms looped back around his neck, tears soaking into his shirt as I hid my face into his chest.
