Project W017 2.0 chapter 9
The next time ALexa woke up, a doctor came in and asked many questions. She found herself getting frustrated mainly because she could not properly form the responses she wanted as time went on and he was still there she found her anger rise and her replies were getting more snarky or in her head they were getting snarky she settled with glaring at the man. She was happy when he agreed that it was alright for her to come off the iv and catheter so that was done before he left the room. She turned to Wanda and smiled at her, she was happy when Maria let her sit up she knew it was the first step to getting able to leave the room. That night only Wanda stayed with her and ended up waking her up from a nightmare Alexa looked at her with panic in her eyes so Wanda ended up hugging her reassuring her that she would not leave her. They ended up talking well into the night before Alexa ended up falling asleep but this time it was Alexa that was snuggled into Wanda. The next day Alexa had Maria and Natasha once again visit and another doctor this one however had Alexa moving so that she was still on her bed but they got her legs moving. It felt weird to Alexa to see her legs being moved but she had no feeling whatsoever. She could not feel the hands that were moving her legs or control them herself.
"You alright?" Wanda asked she was sitting next to her holding her hand
"Weird…wrong." She sighed in frustration looking to Wanda she seemed to understand what it was that she was meaning.
"It will help you in the long run."
"See… hands…no feel."
"I know."
"Off…bed?" Alexa asked she really wanted to get up off the bed.
"Do you need the bathroom?" Natasha asked
"Off bed?" Alexa repeated looking from the doctor to Maria. She wanted him to stop, she wanted to get off the bed and get out of this room. She did not want to go back to sleep.
"Small steps Alexa." Maria replied and this made her pout, Maria and Wanda both knew what she wanted she looked to Wanda.
"Sorry, Maria says no." Wanda said as the doctor finished off what he was doing he told them to continue doing those exercises for the rest of the week and he will reassess her next week.
The next couple of days Alexa was not happy, the only times she was allowed off the bed was when she was taken for bathroom breaks. She was not alone, Wanda stayed with her and Daisy and Izzy turned up and hung out with her playing games getting her motor functions working, playing games like memory, card games she very much felt like a child. They watched movies and Mack even set up the x-box in the room. She did not like it that May, Natasha, Izzy and Maria each took turns working her legs she was frustrated more at herself than the others but that didn't stop her from lashing out at them. The only good thing that came from it was her speech had improved somewhat that the others could figure out what she meant. The days remained the same therapy, games, sleep, games, therapy, movie and repeat. She was allowed out in the lounge of the apartment but not alone, she was in a wheelchair, as she still had no feeling in her legs.
They were trying to get her standing today, she moved into the room they had set up for her physical therapy both Maria, Natasha and Wanda were there with her. The physical therapist whose name was Mike got her on her feet where she was holding onto two beams for support her arms shook under the strain of holding herself up, her legs were not helping at all. She closed her eyes and concentrated on the air around her legs giving them support to hold her steady and taking pressure from her arms she smiled as it worked. Mike seemed impressed and surprised as he let her go and she was standing on her own, she even tried pushing the air around her left leg to get it moving and it did, only the smallest of movements.
"That's enough for today." Maria instructed sharing a look with Natasha who helped her back down into the chair.
"I can…more." Alexa said
"Al influencing the air around yourself does not count. That's enough for today. Wanda why don't you take her back to your room." Maria said Wanda nodded before wheeling Alexa out of the room Natasha moved over to her.
"What is it?" Natasha asked
"We will have to get the gloves on her." Maria replied with a sigh
"Really?"
"She can't use her gifts, not on this or she might become reliant on them. We need to see what she can do without her gifts." Maria said they wanted the serum to heal her, and it has slowly been doing its work but if Alexa uses her gifts they won't know if the serum is still healing her.
"She won't like it." Natasha replied knowing that Alexa over the last few days had been using her gifts quite regularly to get what she wanted.
"I know." Maria replied as she sighed once again; they were right, Sam threw somewhat of a tantrum when Maria came in with the gloves. She tried everything she could not to put them on, but it was a losing battle. Maria let her argue, grumble, cry but the result was the same. The gloves were put on much to her dismay. She tried taking them off almost instantly but they were locked on and would not come off unless Maria took them off. Maria left her alone with Wanda who was trying to consul her mate.
"Want 'em off." Alexa said as Wanda held her close
"I know."
"Why do…me." Alexa asked when she was upset her speech was worse.
"She explained it. Remember." Wanda said
"Mm broken…"
"You're healing." Wanda corrected her watching as she pouted at that. "Do you want to play a game?" She asked
"No." Alexa pouted but sighed as she said it. "Movie?" she asked
"Play one round of cards with me then we can watch a movie."
"Fine…poker?"
"Memory." Wanda corrected she knew that Alexa did not like playing the games like memory and go fish as it made her feel like a child but it helped her with her memory and motor functions.
"N-fine." Alexa knew that she could not fight her on it so she accepted it maybe even convince her to cook up some popcorn for the movie. Wanda set up the game and they played it Alexa getting frustrated at herself and was upset over how long it took them just to play one game. Wanda had patience though and never got upset with her. They then sat and watched a movie she ended up watching a movie Alexa knew that she had seen before but could not remember it, the only bonus was Wanda had never seen it. After the movie Wanda looked over at Alexa she could see that she was tired but did not want to sleep.
"You should rest."
"No…go…out…air…trees." Alexa said, knowing that she was even more tired as she was back to speaking one word at a time not necessarily in order.
"After your rest. Do you need to go to the bathroom?"
"Carer not mate." Alexa said with a frown
"Hey, I am your mate, does not mean I should not care for you." Wanda replied this time with a small frown. Alexa saw her frown and couldn't stop the tears, she did not want to upset Wanda. "Hey, I am not upset." Wanda said kissing her on the head pulling her in for a hug. As Alexa cried she ended up falling asleep in Wanda's arms when she was sure she was in a deep enough sleep she untangled herself and left the room going out to the lounge she saw Natasha knowing that Maria was called into work.
"Do you need me to ask?" Natasha asked
"She was not happy with the gloves. She thinks I am being her carer not her mate." Wanda said once again with a small frown.
"She is struggling to come to terms with what her limits are now. Her whole life she has had to be strong not just for herself but for those she cares for." Natasha said as she had spoken with Daisy about it, how Alexa had protected them as children not just her but the younger kids at the orphanage as well. Now she had to be reliant on others for the simplest of tasks.
"She got upset that she thought she made me upset."
"You are her anchor, and her mate. The wolf bond is new to her, she is hurt so her wolf will be wanting to please you so you don't leave her."
"I would never leave her."
"I know that, we all know that and deep down Alexa knows that. You should get some rest, take care of yourself. I will keep an eye on her."
"If she wakes up and I am not there…"
"Today has been long for her, she will be asleep for a couple hours. Go take care of yourself or I will call Maria or worse Clint."
"You wouldn't?" Wanda asked to which Natasha raised an eyebrow at so Wanda nodded with a sigh. "I will take a shower and get some sleep." She said to which Natasha smiled at.
