AN.: Magically, Megs sent me the betaed version of this chapter but she decided to jump the eleventh one because I already posted it. Well, looking at the bright side it is being uploaded faster, huh?
Please, I know Flynn is ooc and the answer to that is in the text. Also, paint the wings of the " story image " a bright and cheerful yellow. It is Flynn's wings. Also, excuse the lameness in it, I wanted to make it believable but it was impossible to my mind. And does the word " unamused " actually exist?
Disclaimer : I do not, by any means, own any of the Tales of nor the music I put in here.
First Sync
by one pair of the chosen's destined partners
I look around and see myself once again in the blank place. I must have slept in Luke's room after the party.
If I am here... where is Flynn?
I look around and don't see anyone. Maybe he decided to don't show up.
No use standing still either. I start walking to a random direction and go looking to the sides, seeing nothing but white, white and... Is that yellow on the distance? I stop in my tracks and I start hearing the sound of chains coming from around the place the yellow thing is. I don't hear this sound since I quit my job as a police officer. It wasn't my thing and Niren wasn't there anymore, it lost the fun.
I start heading there. I have nothing to do anyway, better see what it is than stay here walking to nowhere.
As I start getting nearer, I notice that the yellow ' thing ' was actually a boy with blond hair; he is sitting while he hugs his legs to his chest.
He is all scratched and he has deep cuts on his left leg, which goes from lightly down his hips to his knee, and right arm, which goes from his shoulders to his elbow, they are bleeding a lot. So the chain sounds were from the broken chains on his wrists and ankles. He must have been attacked, his clothes are all torn, specially his sleeves and the hem of his shirt. I bet the red that is coloring a big part of his clothes are from his own blood.
" Hey, still alive? " I say as I kneel near him, already alert. If there is something dangerous here, I will take him and run.
He flinch as he hears my voice and his breath becomes more frenetic. I start reaching to his shoulder with my left hand and, suddenly, he grabs my hand with his right one and punches my left shoulder with his left hand. I curse under my breath and take my hand away, holding my shoulder with my right hand. He is strong even with pain.
He gets up before I can access the situation, flinching because of his leg, and I finally see his face. I widen my eyes as I see Flynn's face, a purple bruise is forming on his right cheek and he has a deep cut under his left eye too. He is trembling and with a panic-stricken expression, his eyes are without any kind of spark, just hollow.
" What the hell happened with you? " I ask in horror and light shock. How did he get like this?
Flynn looks at me and I can see he is staring through me, not actually seeing me. He mouths something and I get up, not understanding what he said. " You know I am not good at reading lips. " I say exasperated. He can use the basic of signal language I taught him last time, I am sure I would understand more if he used it.
Out of nowhere, a pair of bright yellow wings appears on his back and he starts saying something else. I blink a few times and assure myself that I am not imagining things. I guess Richter was right about their functions huh?
" Calm down! " I say while trying to reach again for him but he floats slightly away. It looked like a back step though. Flynn puts both his hands on top of his head and start trembling more and hyperventilating. This isn't a good signal.
I once again try to hold his shoulder but he starts floating away even more. Oh, this blond asked for it.
I charge, before he floats even more and faints from the panic attack. I finally manage to hold his shoulders and I put him back to the ground, he flinch and makes a pained face mixed with his already panicked one. Damn, he is trembling more!
" Damn it, Flynn! Get a hold of yourself! " I shout at him.
He releases his head, with his hands still hovering near his hair, and he finally looks at me. Really looks at me. He relaxes and calms down. I see tears starting to gather on the side of his eyes. He switches from the panicked expression to one of relief and I manage to read his lips when he says my name.
It seems I finally got him back.
" Yeah, me. Who more? " I joke and he lets out a silent bitter laugh. A soundless laugh is so strange.
He mouths something like ' Maybe Alexei or perhaps Brute '. Err... Who?
" Yeah, but it's me. " I reply sarcastically and he laughs more humored.
He mouths a ' Yeah ' and his eyes start getting out of focus. I frown; don't tell me he is going to have another panic attack. His posture start getting slogged and I blink. Just as I open my eyes again, he slumps forward and hits my chest. I hold him sloppily and stare in confusion at the blond on my arms.
" Flynn. " I shake him slightly. Did he just faint? " Flynn! Hey! " I shake him again and curse under my breath. Did he lose too much blood or is it just a consequence of his panic attack?
I kneel on the ground, put him there and look him over. His deep cuts are still bleeding and I don't have anything to stop it. Looking back to where he was sitting, I see a big puddle of blood. Shit, am I too late?
" Flynn, c'mon. You lost too much blood, you can't faint! " I shake him again and he opens his eyes slightly and looks in confusion to me. If he asks me what is wrong I swear I will kill him myself. " If we don't stop the bleeding, you'll die. That is, unless you want to die, then I won't care to look for something to stop the bleeding. " I said firmly and he mouths and ' oh... ' as if understanding. Good.
He tries to stretch his left arm but it falls limply slightly above his hip some seconds after he tries to do so. I shake my head and bite my lip. With what can I stop the damn bleeding? He is getting weaker... by the... Is his left hand glowing?
I look in shock and surprise as his hand start shining. How the... Wait, wasn't the cut on his left leg bigger before? Now is only a thin line.
As his hand stop glowing, his bruise on the left leg disappears. I look at him in the eyes, surprised, and he looks back slightly humored. I twitch my eyebrow and almost slap his right arm. He was planning on doing this from the start wasn't he? Bastard.
" Good to know you can handle yourself, mister angel. " I almost spat sarcastically and he smile kindly and a little sorry to me. His right hand start glowing too and he start tending himself.
I watch as he keeps healing his wounds. I'll tell Guy this function of theirs too. The more he start having less wounds, more the life come backs to him. His eyes are livelier and he is looking healthier, how come I didn't notice he was so pale before?
" So, you don't simply have shining wings but you glow too? " I ask mocking after he ends his self-treatment. Now he will say he is actually a vampire. But vampires don't glow, just on that movie. How did Estelle convince me on taking her to see it again? Oh yeah, Rita was sick so they bugged me to go with her.
He sits up and he seems rather dizzy, if the way his wings are wavering is a kind of signal. He starts falling back again but I hold him up, putting my left arm around his shoulder. He just tended his wounds; it wouldn't be good if he had to tend his head again.
" Don't go fainting on me again princess. " I joke and his wings seem to freeze as he punches me weakly on the stomach. I smirk confidently and he lets his head fall on my left shoulder. " See? You even hit like a princess. " I laugh as he punches me a little more stronger. " I know you are smiling though, don't even try denying. " I joke and his ears get a little red and his wings flutter a little. Really? He was?
" Care to explain why you had a panic attack? " I ask curious and I sense him stop breathing for some seconds at the same time his wings seems to deflate and then he exhales, trembling a little. Just as he inhales again, he starts signaling with his hands, telling me what happened.
~| Pov change |~
' I was on the lab's infirmary, with Dr. Jude and Dr. Cheria. Both of them are kind-hearted and they helped me train my special healing power.
Cheria already knew how it worked because it was from her late partner's project. She said Sophie was a good girl but she self-destroyed when she won a fight against Lambda. Latter Cheria discovered Sophie had been constructed with that purpose. Since then she decided to help the others project androids.
Jude's partner, Milla, is the leader of the Summon Spirit Project and he has a soft spot for project androids because of it.
We were chatting... I mean, I was hearing them chat and was nodding and shaking my head when I did or didn't concur with something, when suddenly Alexei entered and demanded for me to go with him. We all stared at each other and I remember I mouthed an " It's okay " to them.
I followed the commandant and we entered a room. When I saw Brute, Saphir and Rodyle inside, I started panicking. The last two together is a disaster already, but with two of the commandants too? It was screaming trouble.
Before I could run, Alexei grabbed my shoulder and closed the door. I started to sweat cold and when I saw the two scientists smiling, I started to actually panic.
It seems they wanted only to see if the synthetic blood they decided to put on my project was functioning properly. I only know that they decided to pick me to see because I can heal myself but... They went overboard.
I think Saphir and Rodyle went berserk or snapped, because I remember Alexei and Brute tried to stop them but they kept cutting me. I don't know much about the big wounds, I think it occurred after I fainted.
I tried to escape, but the door was firmly locked and only Alexei had the key.
It was supposed to be only four little scratches, one in each limb, to see if the flow was right and the coagulation was okay. ' I signaled to Yuri all of it, still with my head on his shoulder. It is so comfy here now and I am still dizzy...
" But why are you with broken chains on your wrists and ankles? " He asks seemingly curious and I frown.
' I have no idea. ' I sign and I feel him nodding.
" Maybe it's something of the unconscious, this is a dream after all. " He says and starts shifting his position. I nod and feel something prodding my right leg, I feel my wings flap once from the startle, taking me momentarily out of the ground by only one centimeter and two seconds and after it I fall back. When I look, I see that his leg that had prodded me.
" You don't mind if I change positions, right? My legs are dormant. " He explains and I nod again. I start getting up but, not soon after I try, I fall back because of the dizziness I still have. Did I lose that much blood? I fall above something more... fluffy than the ground. When I land, I hear Yuri inhaling sharply. " For a princess, you sure don't know how to fall graciously. My legs... " He half whines half mocks my inability of falling ' graciously '.
I look at him and glare. ' Not my fault no one taught me how to do so! ' I sign back and he laughs a little.
" Look, not that I am complaining of having you on my lap, but my legs will get more dormant if you stay there, so- " Before he finishes his phrase, I stumble to the side, getting out of... his lap.
...
" Never took you as a shy type Flynn. " I look over at him and see him smirking smugly. My eyebrow twitches and I slap his comfy shoulder. I remember Jude saying to don't hurt anyone, it wasn't what a medic should do, and that is why I did not just punch Yuri. He makes a surprised noise and I frown.
' Never took you as a knight in shining armor either, you did save me from the panic attack and all. ' I sign as a reply and he rolls his eyes.
" Nah, I am not. You need to learn to distinguish a rogue from a knight. " He replies playfully and I turn my face away a little.
' I think I prefer a rogue with a kind heart than a cold blooded knight. ' I mouth. It is the true anyway.
" Flynn, you know I don't understand half of the things you mouths. " He says unamused and I smile at him.
' How was your day? ' I sign and he looks at me in suspicion. I apologize, but I won't sign what I just said. You would be too proud.
He snorts and starts telling me a little of his day as he kept looking suspiciously at me.
I really don't know how to act around him; he is such a strange and unpredictable character...
" Are you even listening? " He looks at me, with his eyebrow raised, and I blush embarrassed. I shake my head.
' I apologize. I was lost on though, but please, do go on. ' I sign to him and he groans annoyed. I blink and stare strangely at him. What was that for?
" Why are you always so formal? " He looks at me with narrowed eyes and I blink once again. Am I really? " Yes, you are. " He answers my silent question and I frown.
' I had never took notice of such a thing. ' I sign and he snorts.
" Maybe because you never talked to anyone. " He says as if it was obvious. It does make sense, but I speak with Zelos and the others.
Perhaps it is not enough for practice?
' Perhaps. ' I sign and he sighs.
" Stop being so uptight. Live a little. " He says and lays his back on the ground.
' I would if I knew what to do. I am only a month and a week older, you cannot expect me to know how to actually live. ' I sign not meaning for him to see either way. I stretch my wings and look to what should be the sky.
I only know the things I know because I observe the ones around me. Like...
Lion hitting Stahn when the latter does something idiotic, Stahn grinning and laughing happily and hugging Lion after they chatted, Zelos flirting with some girl to get what he wants but actually disliking having to do so, Collet being kind to everyone and always smiling but never showing if she is hurt, Cheria always wanting to help those in need and always there when you do need, Jude determined to always be of use and his strong will to never give up, Milla always keeping everyone's spirit up even if everything seems lost, Niren with his authority and his ideals and firmness, and Aster always being beside us to give us support and tell us stories about his hometown.
" You are only a month old? And what are you grinning for? " I almost jump out of my skin and I feel my wings flutter a little from the surprise as I hear Yuri and he sits again. I look at him and he looks back. I feel my eyes getting gentler and my expression softening. He widens his eyes slightly and I smile.
' Who knows. ' I sign and he keeps staring at me wide-eyed. I tilt my head to the left, letting part of my hair fall on my face. ' What? ' I mouth and he opens and closes his mouth some times and then he groans and puts his hand on his face.
" I am going to spike Estelle's and Rita's drinks next time and Rata's and Emil's too. " He says out of nowhere and I frown confused, what?
' Why? ' I sign and he sighs.
" Because we are acting like them even though we just met. Meaning it's their fault. " I raise both my brows and get even more confused.
' I don't think I follow your logic. ' I sign and he sighs and shakes his head.
" Good, because I don't want you to know what I just implied. " He mutters rather darkly and I am left clueless as he starts thinking. What is up with him all of a sudden?
' Now I am slightly afraid of what you meant with that phrase. ' I mouth rather afraid and I feel my entire being shudder a little when he gets a smug and scheming smirk on his lips. He looks at me with a mischievous look on his face and I know I got two shades paler.
" Let's make some improvement then, not be like them anymore. " He says and snicker at my deadpanned face.
I do not think I want to know either.