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

Chapter 114 - Graceless

Ajay sat straight up as if someone had flipped on a light switch. Unfortunately, there was no light, just darkness. She felt like she had swam through the void and lost herself along the way. She couldn't make sense of her surroundings because the room was pitch black. Her hands gripped tightly to the sheet that covered her body. She moaned from the pain that radiated from her back. There was a soft glow coming from what she thought might be a cracked door on the opposite side of the room.

She rubbed her forehead and pushed her legs to the side of the bed as she sat up. She felt a little dizzy, but it didn't stop her from standing up right away. She was little unsteady when her feet touched the cold wood floor. At first, she just stood there for a moment to regain her balance and let her equilibrium get used to everything.

She shivered as the cool air hit the warm parts of her body that sheet had previously covered. She quickly retrieved the sheet from the bed and wrapped it around herself making sure that none of the fabric dragged behind her and got caught on anything. She then proceeded to slowly, and painfully, make her way to the opposite side of the room, using the light as a guide.

The door made a creaking noise as she pulled it open by the handle. It sounded louder than it should have been or maybe her senses were on high alert because didn't know where she was or maybe it was just too quiet, and it was just a loud door. Maybe she was just overthinking things, she tended to do that a lot but right now she didn't know what to make of the situation that she was in.

Too many thoughts at one time were flooding her brain and making her head spin and throb at the same time; a familiar feeling that couldn't quite put her finger on. She tried to push away any unnecessary thoughts and focus on what was right in front of her. She didn't want to let her guard down just in case this was some sort of trap, or if she was in some sort of danger.

When she could think more clearly, she found herself standing in an unfamiliar hallway. The lighting around her was a bit dim, which was actually easier on her eyes just coming from a dark room. The walls were white and had a millwork designed finish with simple sconce lights paced out along them. She looked to the right and noticed a closed door. She then looked to the left and noticed a couple more doors that were closed and a set of stairs. She quietly walked left and followed the stairs.

Each step that she took down made her stop for a moment as her equilibrium did not agree with what the rest of her body was doing. She let out a few staggered breaths each time as pain shot through her back. She grasped the sheet tightly around her as she made her way down another dimly lit hallway that looked just like the previous one. She was starting to think that whoever lived here did not want people to know that they lived here; she could respect that if she knew who this person or persons were.

As she made her way further down the depths of the hallway, she began to hear a faint clicking noise. She followed the noise, making sure to keep as quiet as she could. She had no weapons, besides a sheet that was wrapped around her. As the noise began to grow louder, because she was getting closer, she noticed a light from a room that was off the side of the hallway; that's where the clicking was coming from.

She walked towards the entry way of the room to find Hyeon Kim sitting behind a massive set of screens, which were obviously hooked up to some supercomputer that he probably built himself. She stood in the entry way for a moment and just watched him click away at the keyboard. She really couldn't make sense of what was on the screens or wat he was doing.

It was quite odd because she didn't really know much about him and now here she was in what she assumed was his house, standing in a sheet just watching him. She felt kind of cringy spying on him. She did know one thing about him though, he didn't like to be watched. So if he found out that she was spying on him, which she really wasn't, he wouldn't be happy with her.