My second attempt of an OB/ Cophine fanfic . A mix of action, drama, chaos and romance. Starts with a crazy ride so I hope you all like it. Suggestions, comments and rants are welcome.
They all wait in relative calm for Sarah to arrive at their new headquarters facilitated by Art. Just some hours ago Sarah let them know that Marion made contact with her after so long and informed her there was a package she needed to retrieve.
Alison walks around the place talking on the phone with Donnie.
Helena is happily cradling her baby and making funny faces to elicit the beautiful sounds of baby laughter.
Felix for his part tries in vain to engage Cosima in animated conversation. He even did a little science research to at least have something that would catch the woman's attention, but as usual it proved to be useless.
Cosima hasn't been the same since Delphine died. She's actually just a shadow of what she used to be, like she was dead too. If it wasn't for the fact that her sisters needed her to complete the treatment for the clone disease, and try to get rid of the neolutionists she would've let herself go, because quite frankly she is not interested in living in a world where there is no Delphine. Not even Shay and her eternal patience could be enough this time, actually she avoided the short blonde as much as possible. Cosima knew it wasn't fair, but just watching her face reminded her of all the things she did out of anger towards Delphine, and in the stupid selfish way of hurting her for the decision she made in leaving her; it reminded her that she didn't trust her when she should have. It was all too much. After she told everything about the clone stuff to Shay, she asked her to give her time that she couldn't be with her right now… and maybe not ever. Still, Shay appeared at Felix's loft from time to time to check on her, but that was it.
So there was Cosima, surviving. Not really caring about anything that was going on around her, she was there for her sisters; she had to remind herself of that every day when getting up each morning.
Fifteen minutes later Sarah finally arrives with Siobhan in tow. She doesn't greet anyone, she goes straight to business, letting the box she's carrying fall on the table with a thud.
"All right, let's see what we got"
Alison, Siobhan, Felix and Sarah immediately grab whatever they can among the files, pictures and objects inside the box. Cosima and Helena observe them closely.
"What did Marion say?" Felix asks while he scans pages in a file.
"Uh, she said we'll meet later, that she needs to sort something out first"
Felix nods still eyeing the papers. When he lands in formulas and weird graphics he passes the file to Cosima.
"This is neolution shit" Cosima mutters after brief examination "these people are crazy" She lets out in disbelief. At least something interesting that could be useful and keep her entertained for a while.
With almost all the stuff inside the box being reviewed, Sarah remembers the small flash drive in her pocket. Marion gave it to her indicating to watch it privately and discuss it only with her when they saw each other again. Sarah, taking advantage of everyone's distraction, takes the laptop and moves it to the side of the big table, immediately connecting the device.
Among all the files displayed, the one titled 'Surveillance' catches her attention, she opens it, and the contents show a list of videos. Sarah carefully reads each name in the video files; until a voice behind her startles her.
"Parking lot?"
Sarah turns around finding Cosima staring at the screen.
"Open it" Cosima demands forcefully.
"Cos, wait I don't…"
"I said open it!" Cosima pushes Sarah away from the laptop aggressively, double clicking on the video file with trembling fingers.
By the time the video starts showing images, all of them are surrounding Cosima to get a better view. Sarah doesn't react, still stunned by her sister's response.
Cosima's heart is hammering in her chest, at the vision of the woman she loves walking to her death sentence. She knows what is going to happen and how, but what makes her strong enough to put up with that horrible image is the idea of knowing who did it.
The once silent space becomes suddenly filled with gasps and expressions of surprise as everybody takes in the person behind Delphine.
"No, no…" Cosima barely lets out incredulously.
Nobody speaks as the video shows Delphine stopping, placing her purse down on the garage floor and turning around, to face her shooter.
The light from the shot was clear, showing the exact moment the bullet hit Delphine.
Cosima jumps like she's the one who was shot and stumbles back, holding onto her side. Her head starts spinning, and her vision becomes blurry.
"Cosima!" Alison screams as she grabs her sister who is losing her balance.
Felix joins her in holding onto Cosima. "Love, calm down, breath"
"It can't be… she… that can't…" Cosima mumbles incoherently
"Cos, look at me," Sarah grabs her face "we are here with you, everything is gonna be OK" she tries to sound reassuring.
Cosima's eyes aren't focusing on anything; she's not listening anymore. Images of Delphine falling to the floor and the shooter coldly turning around and leaving are the only things repeating in her mind over and over. One name escapes her lips before everything goes blank.
"Shay…"
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