Weak (Troy Otto x OC)

Chapter 2: "Compound"

'My head... it's pounding....'

Lina groans a bit as her eyes begin to slowly flutter open, massaging her temples gently to relieve some of the pain, and squinting in an attempt to sharpen the blurred images before her. She seemed to be laying on a couch, she noted, as she begins to try and glance around her unfamiliar surroundings, just to be met by a deserted blue and white color schemed office-like room, and frown. 'How did I get here? And most importantly... how long have I been here?' She thinks to herself as she shuts her eyes in concentration, trying to remember what had exactly happened, when suddenly it all hits hits her with a bang. The border, the armed men, the hitting... the memory of it all just starts to occupy her thoughts, causing her eyes to snap back open as a terrified gasp leaves her lips.

'No... no.. no! They separated us!!! For all I know they could've already killed 'Licia and Aunt Maddie and Travis..." Lina thinks panicking, a knot forming in her throat from the worry, her body trembling, and her eyes watering as tears began to form in eyes as at the realization she was all alone.

"N-no, Li-na don't c-cry noow y-you fool..." She then said to herself, and trying to rub the tears from her eyes as small sobs began wracking her body. "Y-you're go-ing t-to f-find theem..."

Suddenly however, in the midst of her breakdown, Lina noticed the door to the office-like room. It would be locked, no doubt, but she still had to try. And so, still a sobbing mess, Lina quickly ran towards the door and began to try and pry it open, messing with the door handle and trying to hit it with her shoulder to see if it would give out. Just about when she was about to give up however, the door suddenly came open while she was in the middle of running towards it with all her might to see if by any luck she could take it down, and she found herself letting out a small scream as she tumbled forwards through the doorway and into the soldier who had just opened the door.

The amount of force from the impact was enough to bring both Lina and the soldier down towards the floor, the two reaching out towards each other on instinct to try and prevent the fall to the ground but failing miserably, with him dropping a tray he had been holding to catch and grab her by the waist and Lina hugging him by the neck to steady herself, as they landed harshly on the floor with a thud.

"WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU TRYING TO DO EXACTLY?!" The soldier then yelled at her equally surprised, annoyed, and angered as he tightened his grip on her to keep her from running. And to make matters worse, It also didn't seem to help the man's mood that whatever he had been carrying on that tray had been scorching hot and liquid and it had mostly fallen on him.

"I-I.. I'm s-orry!" Lina apologized to him as quickly as possible while holding back tears and trying to stop herself from shaking once more in fear as she noticed the tone of his voice. The last thing she wanted was a repeat of what happened at the border. "I-I was a-alone, n-no one f-from m-my grroup w-as there, and t-the door was lo-cked, a-and and I p-panicked a-and y-you just ope-ned t-the door o-out of n-nowhere..." She then added truthfully, as she looked up to meet his gaze for the first time during the whole ordeal to see what his reaction would be, and as her big green childlike eyes met with icy pools of blue, Lina's breath caught on her throat, flinching a bit at the soldier's intense gaze.

"You, um... are you crying?" The blue eyed soldier then asked as he finally got a glance at Lina's tear stained face, not to mention her trembling had increased the moment they made eye contact.

"Be-before, m-my fa-mily, t-they att-acked t-them a-and I-I w-was wor-ried." She then told him trying to fight the sobs making their way out her mouth. "I-I'm so-rry..."

The soldier sighed, his eyes not so secretly filling with annoyance at Lina's response and behavior, but nevertheless managing to give her a warm smile, if only to appease her nerves.