Endgame: This Broken Jaw of Our Lost Kingdoms; Part One

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Characters: open to those trapped in cells
Setting: the cells
Format: any
Summary: Those left abandoned in the Tower have some time to speak to each other. In the middle of the room, a clock counts down...
Warnings: general animus endgame warnings

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[attheclocktower]

She shifted a little, until she was able to better look at the leg, leaning against the wall of her cell as she did so.

"It's a little hard to move, though less hard than it was before the healing," she admitted, wishing they were closer too, so she didn't have to be announcing this for too much of the room to hear, "It hurts a little, though not too much right now. It looks... maybe a bit swollen, I think. I think there might be bruises around the side." She reached out and poked the areas in question, wincing a little. Okay bad idea.

[savedbyasong]

Shion listened carefully feeling bad that he was making her announce this to everyone, but she needed help and this was the only way to get it to her. Swelling, hurting a little and bruised...

He still couldn't fully dismiss a break and he worried because if it was a break the swelling would be protecting the bones. But if it wasn't... He frowned, thinking. If it was a break then nothing could be done about it, no matter what in five hours everything would change and they wouldn't be in these wireframe bodies anymore. Whatever the outcome.

If it were a sprain he could probably help her enough to give her a fighting chance when the time came. He made his decision.

"Try and lift your leg, prop it up against the wall if you can, it might be easier if you lie down..." Not the easiest or more comfortable way, but he was working with what they had. "Do you have anything you could use as a bandage?"

[attheclocktower]

Xion didn't waste any time following his instructions. It really wasn't the most comfortable thing, and she did end up having to lie down, but she trusted him. He knew much better than her.

"Yeah, I should," she replied, though with a bit of a grimace. All she really had were bits of the clothing she'd made over the months, and her pouch of precious things, which wasn't an option. She should be able to do without a few strips of the fabric from her shirt though, she supposed.

[savedbyasong]

"Okay." Shion nodded though she wouldn't be able to see from where she was lay down. "Try and bandage it as tight as you can, it should still be comfortable and not cut off the blood to your leg."

Again things that would be easier if he were there and could bandage it himself, still she should have an idea, she had seen him bandage her injuries many times by now.

[attheclocktower]

She nodded herself, lowering her leg and pushing herself up, so she was able to work on the lower part of her shirt. It took a while, but soon enough there was the sound of ripping fabric in the air. And within ten minutes, she'd managed it.

With that done, she lay back down.

"I wish you were here, to check for me," she admitted quietly, though loud enough for her to hear him. Check and make sure she'd done it right. "Anything else?"

[savedbyasong]

He watched from where he stood, trying to guess from her movements if she had done it right. It would have to do. He couldn't see anything wrong with it and he nodded as she lay back down.

"I wish I was too." He said softly and shook his head, "No, nothing that can be done here anyways." There was plenty more that was needed, ice for a start. But stuck in a cell with only what they had on them...

"Just rest it, keep it up like that and tell me if it changes, if the pain gets worse."

[attheclocktower]

If she had her powers, she could have made her own ice at least. Sadly she was not so lucky. "I will," she replied, smiling as best she was able.

For a little while she lapsed into silence, a mixture of relief and fear crawling around in her mind, making tears leak out of her eyes slowly.

She was here. He was here. They were both alive, though for how much longer... No. She couldn't think like that. Had to keep hope. Had to have faith in herself and her friends. There were others she hadn't heard from yet. Their dad, at the very least.

In the end she slowly lifted a hand up and pressed it to the wall closest to him, hand splayed flat against it.

[savedbyasong]

He sat watching her, childish promises in his head. As long as he kept her in sight and didn't look away she would be okay. They would be alright. He smiled at the gesture, softly, sadly. Then returned it, his fingers stretched wide apart to echo hers.

"I'm sorry." He said eventually. "It seems whenever you go off to do great things I die before I can help you."

MOOD WHIPLASH TIME

[attheclocktower]

THUD.

That was the sound of that leg Xion had propped up hitting the floor, earning a wince. However she ignored it, pushing herself upright into a sitting position, staring over at him.

"You died?" she stammered, fear in her voice and on her face. Again?

They were running out of chances. With things how they were, he might not've come back. Not to mention the guilt on her own part. She hadn't seen him. He was her brother and she hadn't seen him.

[savedbyasong]

Shion winced at the thud and Xion's words. He had assumed she had known, and now he felt bad for telling her. "I'm sorry..." His voice was quiet, "When Reno was being attacked... one of Riki's spikes..."

His voice cracked a little at that but he forced a smile. "I saw you though, you were amazing... like something from a storybook."

[attheclocktower]

Xion shook her head. With everything that had been going on, the blackness of the atmosphere and the low lighting... she must have just missed him in all of the commotion. That didn't make her feel any better though.

His compliments of her didn't comfort her any, though. If anything, they ended up upsetting her even more.

"Shion, we don't know how many more chances we have left. She might not bring you back next time. She might not be able to bring anybody back next time," she cried, "You can't die anymore, please. I can't lose you."

Pot, meet kettle, after what nearly happened on the ground floor. But Xion didn't care. That had been different.

[savedbyasong]

"I'm sorry!" His voice was choked as he continued to hate himself for upsetting her. "I'm trying, I didn't mean to. I'm just... I'm not as strong as you or Reno and I can't..."

He took a deep breath, darkness threatening again, "I can't lose you either, I won't let anything bad happen to you."

[attheclocktower]

She was upsetting him too. She knew it and just... she couldn't. She couldn't lose him. Not the person who'd stood by her all this time.

Carefully she lifted her hand up and placed it back on the wall of her cell.

"Let's make a promise then," she said, her voice much gentler now, "Let's make a promise that, no matter what happens, we won't die from now on. Okay?"

She doesn't even mention the possibility of dying if they lose entirely. Because that's not an option she'll consider.

[savedbyasong]

Shion blinked and put his hand back on the glass. "Okay... a promise." Was making a promise when you weren't sure you were even capable of keeping it a lie?

He didn't want to die, but if it came to it... if he could save her and Reno...

"No more dying, either of us."

He smiled at her, "Now will you lie back down, you need to rest your leg."