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

Chapter 119 - Contractual Agreement

Exhausted was an understatement that came with sleep, but that sleep didn't last long when Ajay was awoken by a tap on her shoulder. She pried her sleep filled eyes open to look up and see Natalie leaning over Elliot, who was still naked and pressed against her back. Once Ajay could focus, Natalie smiled at her and waved. It was like the three of them naked in bed didn't even phase Natalie, but then again, Ajay had slept between Natalie and Elliot a while ago.

She wasn't quite sure when her life had become entangled with everyone. She went from a loveless family to a family that wanted nothing more than to love her. Sometimes it became overwhelming, but she tried to not let it get to her otherwise she would run from the situation, and she couldn't contractually do that. Yes contractually, she hadn't told Octavio everything about why she was here or how she even got here. Maybe that was a story for a different day unless he asked her straight out then she would tell him.

"Natalie?" Ajay's voice was dull with undertones of sleep. She felt so tired after everything and to top it off she was starting to hurt again but she was tangled in a mess of Octavio and Elliot's limbs and really couldn't move. The guys were heavily weaved around her. "Oui. I found Loba." Ajay blinked the sleep from her eyes and tried to push the guys off of her naked body, but they were both warm and inviting; it kind of felt nice, but it was weird to have Natalie staring down at her with the guys to either side of her. "What did she say or do with the artifacts?"

Natalie stood there for a moment as if she was trying to find the right words to say, "When she put the artifacts together, they formed some type of robotic head." She paused, "She just wanted it for herself. She's gone now. I do not know where she went. She is not a nice lady." Natalie kind of shrugged looking into Ajay's eyes and not at the situation that was laying in front of her.

Ajay nodded and slipped her body out from between the two men, hearing low groans as she did. "Yeah, you're right." Ajay crawled over Octavio and stood up, her gait was a little unsteady. "She almost got ya, Octavio, and me killed. So yeah. She's probably not a great person." Ajay made it to her backpack, which was near the bed and sat down on the floor beside it. She unzipped and began digging through it to find something to take the edge off of the pain that was ramping up again.

"Ajay, I think she was motivated by revenge." Ajay found a bottle of pills in her backpack and pulled them out, popping open the top as she spoke, "For what?" She grabbed two pills, shoved them in her mouth and swallowed them before recapping the bottle and putting the pills back into her backpack. "Natalie walked over to the side of the bed where Ajay was sitting on the floor and sat down next to her, "I'm not quite sure. Something to do with Revenant I think." Natalie said to her as she leaned her back against the bed.

The name, Revenant, put a bad taste in her mouth. Ajay looked next to her backpack to find a pile of clothes on the floor. She began digging through it to find her own clothes. Natalie crawled over and helped her. "Natalie, I got this." Ajay looked at her momentarily and then continued to look for her clothes in the pile. "Ajay stop." Natalie grabbed Ajay's hands as she said it. "You have been through so much, please let me help."

Ajay didn't quite understand what she meant because they had all been through some shit just recently. "What is that supposed to mean? We have all been through it." She said as Natalie held both of Ajay's hands in her own. Natalie shook her head, "Non. You got Octavio and myself all healed up completely. But you..." She trailed off. Ajay gripped Natalie's hands, "But me what?"

Natalie rubbed Ajay's hands before releasing them and began digging through the pile of mostly Elliot's clothes to find Ajay's, "You almost died. You can't keep doing this to yourself. Your back does not look good at all." Natalie came up with Ajay's lacy bra and panties and handed them to her. "I am glad to be alive but at what cost? Your life for mine, it doesn't seem fair." Natalie sighed and found Ajay's leggings and shirt.