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

Chapter 33 - Prowlers, Prowlers Everywhere

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Ajay felt like she had only been sleeping for about five minutes before something or someone was poking at her. She pulled the covers back from her head to see Natalie sitting next to her on the bed. "Hey Natalie. What time is it?" Ajay flipped the rest of the covers back. Natalie smiled, "6pm Ajay!" As soon as Natalie saw Ajay in only her bra and panties she blushed and turned away quickly.

Ajay looked at Natalie and then looked down at herself, "I can't believe this girl is an adult. She acts so young." She stretched and then looked back over to Natalie, "It's okay Natalie. We both be girls. Just havin some girl time, right?" She forced a smile as Natalie turned back around. Natalie looked at Ajay's body as Ajay got out of bed and began to get dressed.

Natalie noticed that Ajay was a little more developed than she was. Natalie also noticed all of the scars across many parts of her body. She wondered how Ajay got all of those scars. She knew that Ajay was a Legend, "Are all of those scars from the arena? Non. Some of them look too old to be from the arena." She continued to look over Ajay's body, "Did you have surgery?" Natalie pointed to Ajay's stitches.

Elliot opened the door and walked in to see what Natalie and Ajay were up to. Natalie jumped up off of the bed as Elliot stared at them and tried to figure out what was going on. Natalie pushed him back and out through the doorway, "Girl time!" She then shut the door in Elliot's face. "Okay cool. I'll come back later. Or if you need me now..." Elliot said as he stared at the door in front of him. He debated if he should go peek in through the window but decided not to.

Ajay laughed and pointed to her wound, "No surgery. It's from da arena. Just like out here, ya can get hurt in da arena." Natalie look perplexed for a moment. Ajay slipped on a clean black lace bra, black lace panties, a black tank top, black leggings, her black hoodie, and her boots. Natalie watched her the whole time. Ajay cleaned up before they walked back to their work area in the hanger.

Night had already settle into the sky, which Ajay hoped wouldn't put a stop to their work. Natalie had already set up lighting in their work area so that they could see. Elliot waited near the MRVN with some soup for all of them. Ajay passed on the food and got right to work; replacing panels while Natalie ate. They worked long into the night and into the early morning. Ajay wanted to get this assignment done and Natalie seem rested and willing to complete the assignment as well.

Elliot tried to make some jokes throughout their repairs but Ajay and Natalie were too focused on fixing MRVN. Elliot eventually gave up on the comedic relief and cleaned up his soup. Finally, around 3am, Ajay secured the last panel back onto MRVN. Natalie excitedly announced that they were finished as she jumped up and down. Ajay was happy to be done. She hoped that maybe she could leave early and get back home to Octavio.

Natalie smiled at the robot as they all stood there and waited for MRVN to boot up. Natalie tapped MRVN's screen on his chest. A look of disappointment washed over Natalie's face. "I do not understand. He should be working, non?" Ajay walked to the front of MRVN, "Well Natalie sometimes yuh can have all da brains in da world but yuh just need ta use some force."

Ajay clenched her fist and pounded on MRVN's screen a few times. The clunk of her fist on the glass echoed throughout the hanger. MRVN's screen flickered on and went through a bootup sequence. Natalie cheered and hugged Ajay. "You did it!" Ajay hugged Natalie back; she really didn't do anything but assault her teammate.

Ajay smiled for a moment but the smile fell from her face as she began to feel very uncomfortable, and it wasn't from Natalie hugging her. "Do yuh hear that?" She gently pushed Natalie away from her and turned around towards the noise. Ajay forced Natalie behind her; like a mom would do to shield and protect her own child.