Chapter 10: Falling Out
Relec stared at Vince really hard before letting out a string of curses in about ten different languages that would have made a sailor blush. His eyes narrowed dangerously and he took a deep breath, then turned to Kittie, "Kittie-Kat? I need you to stay here with Reighn okay? I'm gonna go talk to fuzz-for-brains."
Kittie nodded, "It's just like Corrin...."
Reighn went white as Relec took another deep breath and closed his eyes, gathering himself together before looking back down at his baby sister, "No. No, it's not just like Corrin baby girl. Allana is still alive, and she will live. We aren't losing her like we did Corrin."
He was white and pain lanced through his eyes and across his face. Relec kissed Kittie's forehead softly before stalking out of the hospital. Kittie looked about ready to cry and Reighn asked Jesse to take her to get something to eat. Jesse nodded and led her off before Dom finally spoke, "Who's Corrin?"
Reighn hissed and she collapsed into Leon's arms, "C-corrin was a member of the team... About two years ago she was killed in an auto accident. It still hurts, but Relec never really delt with it, opting instead to avoid it. She was his fiance..."
Mia gasped and placed a hand over her mouth before sitting down.
"Mr. Black? Ms. O'Reily?"
Reighn looked up and smiled softly, "It's Landcaster, I'm adopted."
"Oh, right."
"How is she doc?" Vince asked.
The doctor looked over at him and raised an eyebrow but said nothing, "She's stable. We stopped the internal bleeding and stiched her up. She'll keep the leg, but she needs to stay off of it for a week before moving around on it. She had to use the crutches, no excuses, or we'll be forced to put her in a wheel chair."
"Her neck?" Reighn asked.
"Nothing broken there, the only damage done to her head was a small cut on her forehead and Her lip being ripped open, we stiched that closed as well." The doctor paused and gazed at them, "If you'd like to shower and change I can have a nurse take you down to the staff shower rooms?"
Reighn sighed, "Yes please."
The doctor nodded and pulled a nurse over as Letty handed Vince a pile of clothes and Reighn another pile. The nurse led them off after that.
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"She's gonna be fine Kittie." Jesse said softly as he watched Kittie.
She looked up at him, "How can you be so sure?"
"Because She wouldn't leave you for anything in the world." Jesse replied, wrapping an arm around the strangely calm girl. She leaned into him, burying her head in his chest, "I know it will."
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Relec sped down the road in his green RX-7, his mind in turmoil as he pulled into the motel parking lot like the devil was chasing him and pulled to a stop. He bounded up the stairs and slammed open the door to Puck and Devra's room. Devra looked up and raised an eyebrow at the irate man and Relec spoke, "Where's Puck?"
"He's in the shower Relec."
Relec was across the room in four strides and he yanked the bathroom door open, ripped the shower curtain away and slammed his fist into Puck's face. Devra let out a shriek and pulled him away as Puck grabbed a towel and left the bathroom, shower still running. Relec shook Devra off of him and she stumbled back wide-eyed, he was not a violent person. Relec glared at Puck, "You are such and asshole."
Puck raised and eyebrow and rubbed his jaw, "What makes you say that?"
"You tried to kill my sister!" Relec screamed, lunging at the shorter man and punching him again, "How could you do that?! After everything she did for you?! She got into the team in the first place dammit! And you go and try to kill her?!"
Puck stared, "How?"
"Reighn was kind enough to call me on her way to the hospital. You are an ass."
Puck sighed, "You're taking it way out of proportion. I didn't try to kill her, I was trying to signal her to pull over so I could talk to her. She sped up and went over the partition, nothing I could do."
Relec's eyes narrowed dangerously, "Liar."
"This is about Corrin isn't it?"
Relec hissed, "No! This isn't about my Corrin! It's about my sister Devra, and you might want to stay out of it!"
Devra backed up and sat down on the far side of the room, "Just calm down Relec."
Relec ignored her and turned back to Puck, "You come anywhere near Me, my sisters, or the DT team and I swear to everything that's holy that I will hunt you down and kill you."
"Reighn isn't your sister Relec."
Relec's eyes narrowed, "She is in every sense of the word. You got the fucking team Puck. Go home."
Relec turned to leave, but spun quickly and slammed his fist into Puck's nose, succesfully breaking it, then stalked out of the room. The roar of his engine was heard and the squeal of tires filled the air as Relec charged off five minutes later after getting his things.
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When Relec re-entered the hospital he found Reighn sleeping in Leon's arms, and Dom holding both Letty and Mia. In the corner sat Jesse, Kittie huddled up in his lap, and Vince stood, pacing the room. Relec moved forward and placed his hand on Vince's shoulder and shook his head, "Calm down man. You can't help her by freaking out."
"Relly?"
Relec looked over to see Kittie looking over at him. She smiled, then frowned as she stood and wandered over to him, hugging him tightly. She dissapeared in his arms as Reighn came to and spoke, "You staying Relecsian?"
He nodded and she stood, joining in on the family hug. Relec wrapped one arm around each woman and sighed, "I'm not goin' anywhere."
"Good." Came Reighn's reply, "Because if you plan on playing my big brother and giving me away at my wedding, you had better stick around."
"Wedding?"
Kittie looked up, "Leon finally asked her to marry him a week ago."
"Who the hell is Leon?"
Reighn smacked him upside the head and went back over to Leon, "This is Leon. Leon, that's my jackass of a brother Relec."
Leon raised an eyebrow, "How you livin' dawg?"
"Sick to my stomach actually," Relec replied, "Puck claimed it was an accident, that she ran herself over the side of that cliff. But if it came directly from Allana's mouth, I know he's lying."
"How's that?"
"Allana doesn't know how to lie." Relec replied, "Can we see her."
"Dunno, she went into arrest about a half hour ago, we're still waiting." Vince said finally.
The doctor chose that moment to enter the room, "Mr. O'Riely?"
Relec looked up, "How's my sister Doc?"
"She's fine. She went into shock as all of it caught up with her brain, but you can go see her if you want." The doctor replied. Relec nodded and headed down the hall.
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Relec felt like throwing up when he saw her. She was hooked up at all kinds of machines, and her face was bruised brutally. He walked over to her bedside and took her hand, "Hey baby girl."
She didn't reply but Relec just kept talking, "I know you're in there somewhere. You come back to us okay. We need you. Kittie needs you, Reighn needs you, I need you. Heck, even that Vince guy needs you. He loves you babe. But I think i need you more right now."
He took a deep breath and sat down, "What happened reminded me of Corrin. I couldn't help thinking that you were gone, just like her. I flipped, I don't know what's going through my head right now, but I do know that I never let Corrin go. It took all of this just to make me realize that I was holding onto the pain. You were right, I can't let her go. But I can let go of what happened and just love her... I guess that what I'm trying to say is thank you. Even if you're in pain right now, I still need to thank you. You helped me let go of all of this. I needed that I think."
Relec fell silent and stood, kissing Allana's forehead before quietly leaving the room, feeling a weight lifted off his shoulders that had been there for years.