Transformers ( Bayverse ) - I Bleed Into Darkness

44 - Fluctuations

        It was easy so far. Half an hour into her run and Fay felt like she could go forever. Determined, she kept going, running circles on the track, letting her mind wander.

        Her endurance had skyrocketed since coming here. Fay supposed that was a small silver lining to the misery she endured being locked up in this place day after day. Her strength was up, too. Even though she was still lean, her body was toned, the power lurking under her skin becoming evident as the time passed. The fact that her Cybertronian heritage was laced in didn't hurt matters any.

        She was a warrior. And she was not afraid of who she was anymore.

        That's what she told herself, anyway, not realizing that she hadn't seen the true danger her nature posed just yet.

        "Hey Sexy!" Called an irritatingly familiar voice. Fay ignored him and kept running. She kept going for another half hour, trying to disregard the fact that he continued to lean against the fence, watching her.

        After the hour passed, Fay still had energy to burn. So, rather than call it quits and risk a conversation with Joshua, she started doing sprint drills. She ran for a hundred meters at a time, doing plain sprints, butt kicks, shuffles, everything she could recall. It took another twenty minutes before she finished. After stretching out, Fay went off and started her cool down.

        Once it was all said and done, she couldn't avoid Josh any longer. He strode up to her as she attempted to walk off the field, a smirk plastered on his face. Grabbing her shoulder, he turned her to face him. "You look pretty sexy when wet, Far."

        "You're disgusting," Fay snapped back. "The only reason I'm wet is because I've been sweating. Because I've been working my ass off. That's nothing you'd know about, is it, Pretty Boy?"

        Joshua smirked. "Oh, I know about hard work. And you're definitely making me work for you. Bet I can make you sweat in the sheets. What do you say? Up for a friendly wager?"

        "I'm up for you letting go of me before I cut you into pieces," Fay snapped at him, a bit of her spark flickering. "If I were you, I wouldn't push it. This girl might be a bit too crazy for you to handle." Hell, if Fay was going to be stuck here after what she'd already done to him, she sure as hell wasn't going to lay down and take his shoddy behavior.

        “I like crazy,” Joshua told her easily, his voice sliding past her ears like a poisonous honey. She hated him. Hated and loathed and detested him, and yet . . . Something about him felt entirely . . . right.

        ~~~

        Charlie sat in her room, analyzing the list she’d made. It included all the patients she knew of.

        Carrie.

        Joshua.

        Heather.

        Matthew.

        Lindsey.

        Sarah.

        Kara.

        Link.

        Shane.

        Those were the only ones she knew by name, and even then, it was hard to pinpoint them. Most of what she knew came from slipping a few ‘records’ from the nurses and analyzing them while Fay was distracted. Carrie and Joshua were the ones she knew best. Joshua she absolutely couldn’t stand, and Carrie . . . Carrie drove her insane. Even though Carrie was obviously looking out for Fay, Charlie was here to take care of Fay, too. Carrie wasn’t even real. Why was someone who wasn’t real so damned stubborn about keeping secrets?