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

Chapter 4 - Drunk Nessie

The cool breeze felt nice against Ajay's bare skin. It wasn't too cold or too warm, it was just right. She looked down at the time on her phone. She was still early, by about five minutes. She gazed up into the sky. She could only make out a few stars as the soft glow from the city lights drowned out most of the clear night sky. HQ was one of the larger buildings in the city and took up most of the skyline.

The city was always pretty busy. Most of the people that inhabited the city worked for Apex directly or they indirectly work for some part of Apex. They maintained the grounds for the city and the arena. They made sure that the day-to-day operations we running smoothly. This little planet's economy ran off of how well Apex was doing.

The one perk that the Legends had working for Apex was that their residence was paid for in full. The same went for Ajay now that she was an official Legend. Any money she made from the arena was basically extra money. She used her money to pay for food and alcohol. The rest of her money went to those in need; as it always did.

The minutes started to melt away as Ajay was lost in her own thoughts. Warmth crept up into her face and then poured down her entire her body as the little white pill began to kick in. She was feeling a bit giddy and less concerned with medial thoughts. She lost track of the time and really didn't give a care to the world around her. She felt more free and was even laughing at small things that probably weren't even funny to others.

She felt as though hours had passed, so she decided to check her phone while she waited. She was surprised that only a matter of minutes had passed. She wasn't overly attached to her phone. She really didn't have anyone to talk to besides the other Legends and personnel from HQ. She did have a new text message from HQ which she proceeded to open and read:

Legends:

Congratulations on a job well done. Tomorrow you will find funds transferred to your account. Our televised ratings having been increasing within the past few weeks. With that being said we have decided to introduce a new Legend in the weeks to follow. Details soon to follow. Enjoy your days off and get some training in for the next battle on Saturday.

Work always communicated through text messages unless it was an emergency. She wondered who this new Legend would be. Often the release of information of a Legend would not be until the day before. HQ did not want any preparation from the other Legends before a match, at least that's what Anita had mentioned to her during their decent into Kings Canyon during their most recent match.

She hoped that this new Legend would be fun. Not that the current Legends were not fun, they just were not her kind of fun. She found herself dwelling too much on the past. Ajay found herself thinking about Silva again. She had been so busy lately that Silva had not crossed her mind at all but now that she was a Legend and had some more free time on her hands it seemed as though he was creeping into her thoughts more frequently. She tried hard to put those thoughts to rest as she put her phone into her pocket.

When the other Legends finally arrived outside of HQ they found Ajay waiting for them. Makoa gave Ajay a smile and a small laugh with his hand on his belly. He found her walking toe-to-toe with her arms stretched out like she was walking on some kind of tight rope; she was even wobbling and staggering like she was about to fall.

When MRVN saw her he clapped his hands in excitement as he had never seen his friend do that before. MRVN walked up behind Ajay her and tapped her on the shoulder. Ajay stopped and turned around. She smiled and watched as MRVN tapped his screen to reveal a smiley face. The cute robot had a screen for a chest that kind of looked like an old television set. He would tap on it from time-to-time to illicit an emotional response to whoever he was communicating with. MRVN soon waved at her as he spoke, "Hello friend!" Ajay gave the metal robot a hug and the three of them had a good laugh.