Cecil Shot AU
By: FunahoMisaki
(A/N: I own nothing and what if during episode 7 when Grim shot at Cecil and Hotaru stood up he shot at Hotaru but Cecil got in the way? Now instead of a graze his bullets slammed right into her, some to her chest, a few to her cheek, and one skimming her neck. How will everyone and everything react to this? AU OOC Femslash and Bashing)
"You're bleeding!" Hotaru said alarmed when Cecil cradled her hand, which had blood dripping down it.
"I'm fine. He just grazed me." Cecil said but her voice trembled a bit in pain. Hotaru felt a flash of red hot hatred go through her. Sure she had been jealous of the girl but that was before she learned why Cecil had been trying so hard and now that she knew…and even if she hadn't the girl was only seventeen! How dare that bastard shoot her!
Without even thinking about what she was doing Hotaru was standing up and throwing her glass at Grim, blasting it with her magic in order to make it blow up and emit steam and smoke and a bit of sand everywhere.
"Damnitt she's a Wud!" Grim yelled shooting the gun where he had last seen Hotaru.
"Nachi!" Cecil screamed reacting on instinct and not even thinking about it. She couldn't tell you how she had moved so fast later on if she even wanted to, she didn't really remember anything past realizing Hotaru was in danger.
One second Cecil was in her seat cradling her bleeding hand, the next she had dove into Hotaru's side, knocking her to the ground just as the bullets slammed into her.
Hotaru's scream could be heard for miles it seemed.
"CECIL!"
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The Butterfly's in Boston were on their way towards the beach when suddenly they all felt a shiver and Sasori jerked violently in her seat.
"What was that?" Tsunomi asked shivering slightly. It felt awful, like something terrible had happened and she had no way to prevent it or even help.
"Baby girl!" Sasori cried out making the others look at her while Diana glanced at her confused through the rear view mirror.
"Sasori what's wrong? What happened?" Hachiya demanded from the seat in the middle, turning around to look at Sasori worried as the woman clutched her chest looking out of the car window.
"Something happened to baby girl! She's hurt! We have to get to Canada right away!" Sasori said making the others eyes widen slightly in worry. Sasori was a diviner, with a knack for tarots but they weren't always needed…if she said something happened to Cecil…oh no.
"Cecil…" Seresi said softly before turning and looking at Sasori sternly.
"Are you absolutely sure? Cecil is with Hotaru and despite how she acts sometimes I doubt she'd let Cecil get hurt. Not while she could help i-" Seresi cut off as his phone dinged with a text message. Pulling his phone out Seresi saw that it was from Hotaru and immediately began reading.
"Miss Diana…" Seresi's voice was soft as he stared down at his phone not looking at the woman.
"Yes?" Diana asked glancing at him before turning her attention back to the road.
"Take us to Canada immediately. Hotaru and Cecil had a run in with Grim. Hotaru used her magic but Cecil ended up being shot." Seresi said his voice cold and his power fluctuating slightly which was one of the only signs of how much this was effecting him.
"What? Sudo was…how bad is she?" Hachiya demanded his eyes wide and his face paling while Tsunomi covered her mouth with her hands in horror. Sasori looked about ready to faint as her head lolled to the side to rest on the window next to her.
"She's being taken to the hospital as we speak but Hotaru said there was a lot of blood. It looked like some of the bullets struck her in the face, chest and neck." Seresi said his voice cold and yet there was an undertone of fear to it. Despite being so hard on Cecil, he did genuinely care about her which was why he was so hard on her. He wanted her to be the best she could be and if that could be achieved by him being so tough on her…then that's what he would do.
"…Does Miss Ageha and Moyo know?" Tsunomi was the one to ask softly as Seresi typed out something on his phone.
"It's highly doubtful. Hotaru's text was rather hysterical. Right now I'm sending her the number we have for Cecil's father so that she can call him and let him know of the situation…but it seems that she wants to tell him in person." Seresi said frowning when his phone buzzed again and making Sasori's head snap up fast enough to make everyone wince at the cracking of her neck.
"She's leaving Baby Girl to go to the hospital alone?" Sasori demanded her voice a dark and low hiss making the others wince, they never saw the usually flirty and happy woman like this before.
"No. They made a friend on the way there, a girl from Japan studying abroad to become a Wizard Barrister. She's riding with Cecil to the hospital and will stay there until one of us or Hotaru shows up. Miss Diana take us there immediately!" Seresi said making Diana glance at his eyes, seeing the pleading in them and the desperation to get to the youngest Butterfly.
"Listen lady I don't care how nice you've been to us so far. If you don't take us to Baby girl I will throw you out of this van while it's in motion and drive it all the way to Canada myself if I have to. Baby girl needs us and we…I…" Sasori's eyes filled with tears although her voice was still strong making Diana flinch slightly but nod as she turned the van around and drove it the other way at a fast pace.
"I'll get you to Canada." Diana said a bit worried, she knew the woman wasn't bluffing. The woman must be Cecil's mother, that would explain the Baby Girl thing, and she wasn't one to keep a mother from their injured child. Despite her orders to kill them…she could at least let them see Cecil one last time before she burned them.
"Thank you. I'll call the office and let Ageha and Moyo know." Seresi said already dialing his cell phone even though his voice was softer than normal.
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"Moyo? Are you alright?" Ageha asked looking at the paralegal who stopped mid-step and her head whipped towards the window.
"Something happened to Cecil. Something's wrong." Moyo said her eyes darkening in rage and wondering who the dead bastard that touched what belonged to her was and why she didn't sense it. It must not have been a conscious decision or else she would have known.
"Hello? Oh hi Mr. Seresi. How's America? Miss Ageha? Yes she and Miss Tento are right here. What happen-" Mitori asked answering the phone when it began to ring…the cheerful receptionist turned pale white and wide eyed in an instant at hearing the message.
"Batta!" Ageha cried shocked when the receptionist held her hands to her mouth and began sobbing, the phone falling to the desk with a heavy clunk.
"Cecil…" Mitori muttered as she sobbed horribly, Ageha felt her blood run cold at hearing the name sobbed from the receptionist lips.
"Seresi…what happened?" Ageha asked picking up the fallen phone in a sort of numb shock.
"Big Sister…I…I'm sorry. I know you care about Cecil a lot and are pretty protective of the youngest Butterfly…i…I sent her and Hotaru to Canada to visit with Cecil's father." Seresi began his voice soft, gentle and close to teary. Ageha's already cold blood froze at hearing her brother call her sister. He never did that while they were on the job unless it was something either really bad or really good.
"Brother…what happened?" Ageha asked gently but sternly. She had to know, she didn't want to she was sure…but she had to know what happened.
"Cecil…Cecil was shot sis. She's going to the hospital now but by how Hotaru described it…it doesn't look good." Ageha's heart felt like it had stopped at the first four words out of her brothers mouth. Ageha felt the numb shock over take her as her grip slackened a bit but she didn't drop the phone, her mouth was bone dry so she swallowed and it felt heavy going down her throat nearly getting stuck.
"Where…where was she shot and where in Canada do I need to be?" Ageha asked heavily her voice cracking before even halfway through the sentence.
"Hotaru's going to tell Cecil's father in person about what happened…but I think Cecil would want you by her side. You know how much she idolizes and adores you sis. Hotaru…Hotaru said she was hit in the chest, the face…and her neck." Seresi said his voice weaker as he spoke about the injuries, Ageha knew he was forcing his eyes to remain open. Closing her own eyes and breathing heavily for a second she knew why.
Her and her brother both had rather active imaginations and while that was good for when they needed a laugh or to visualize how a crime went down for a case…right now…all Ageha could see was Cecil…Cecil shot…Cecil bleeding…Cecil broken by bullets.
Ageha barely registered the tears going down her cheeks as she snapped her eyes open, unable to stand looking at the images anymore. She only dimly realized what her next words were before she hung up the phone.
"I…I'll inform her mother…then I'll be on the next flight out with the others. Our Caterpillar was hurt and we need to be there for her."
Her mother…Megumi Sudo…how the hell was Ageha going to tell the woman on death row that her daughter was shot?