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

Chapter 44 - Back To Talos

Ajay arrived in the hanger about ten minutes before the Legends were scheduled to take off. It had been awhile since she had packed up so much stuff, especially a stupid dress. In fact the last time that she had packed so much stuff was when she was leaving the Frontier Corps to participate in the Apex games; even then she didn't pack that much. 

When she left Psamathe she left with only a single suitcase and her backpack. She just didn't have time to bring anything else. She had to leave everything else behind on Psamathe otherwise she would have died on that planet. Ajay would have been killed or killed herself if she didn't get out of there when she did.

She lugged her suitcase into the ship and pushed it underneath her seat. She tossed her backpack into the seat next to her as she sat down. The ship much larger compared to the one that used to in the arena. She really didn't know where World's Edge was but she had a sinking suspicion that it was on Talos. Ajay remembered that Natalie had mentioned that she working on the new arena. Her body ached with the possibility of going back to Talos.

She peered around to all of the other Legends on the ship but she didn't see Octavio. She wondered if he was just running late. Since they had been apart for so long she wasn't really familiar with his habits anymore. When the ship took off she knew he wasn't coming. She pulled her phone out of her backpack and found that she had a text message from Octavio that read:

Che. HQ needed me for a job. Meet you at World's Edge in soon. Don't have too much fun without me. Jajajaja.

Ajay let out a sigh of relief after she read the message. She was glad that he was okay and that he hadn't burned her again. The stupid thought still crossed her mind; probably because it still weighed heavy in her heart. "I need ta cut him some slack."  She sent him a text back about getting his shit together before putting her phone into her backpack. 

They had been together so much lately she didn't realize how lonely she was until he wasn't with her. "Dis is gonna be a long week." It was weird not being with him, especially since everything had just fell right back into place; just like old times .She was already dreading having to wear a stupid dress and now she was going to have to possibly do It without her partner in crime.

She leaned back in her seat and tried to keep to herself. Anita sat down next to her, "You ready to hit Talos again kid?" Ajay's body grew a bit tense when her suspicion was confirmed. "I really hope they got their prowler situation under control." Her shoulder ached at the thought of prowlers. Ajay looked at Anita, wondering where she had gotten all of her information from, "How did yuh know where we be goin?"

Anita motioned over towards Bloodhound's direction. Ajay shrugged in response. "Makes sense. Bloodhound does a lot recon work." Ajay looked to Bloodhound, who was apparently staring a hole into her soul. She gave Bloodhound a weird look and looked back at Anita, "I guess they would know." The only thought that made Ajay happy about going back to Talos was the chance to see Natalie again; at least she hoped that Natalie would still be there.

Worry started to sink in and her body started to ache from the thought of another possible prowler attack. She really didn't want to go through another ordeal like that again. "But if there are benefactors there then everyting has ta be secure." Her mind was put to ease; at least for the time being. She looked back over to Bloodhound, who was still staring at her. She then looked down at her hands in her lap.

"What's da deal wit Bloodhound?" Anita shrugged, "Maybe going back to Talos is drudging up old memories." Ajay looked at Anita, "Back?" Anita nodded, "Yeah. Talos is where Bloodhound is from." Ajay didn't know a whole lot about Bloodhound but what Anita said had made sense. Ajay wondered if the story that Natalie had told her was about Bloodhound's people. It was hard to get an idea of what was going on with Bloodhound because they really never shared anything.