AN: Thanks again to my beta Grey Raven 09 for his assistance!
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IMPORTANT AN: TRIGGER WARNING in this chapter. Attempts at suicide are present in this chapter. If you need someone to talk to, seek assistance.
LetInRude
Lisa kept shaking her head as Amy held her hand against Taylor's side. "I don't care! Put her back! Make her right!"
"I CAN'T!"
"Bullshit! You can fix brains! I've seen you do it! Fix her!" Lisa shouted, shaking her head so hard that her hair whipped her in the face.
Amy is willing to repair Taylor. Amy is unable to bring back what was lost. Amy doesn't have a template. Amy needs a template.
"I can't fucking fix her, Lisa," Amy sobbed. "I can fix her body, I can put her head back together, I can't fix her mind! I don't know what her mind looked like and even if I did, I can't…I don't know how to add that!"
Madison was stumbling around the corner of the building. She didn't have time. She didn't have time to deal with this. She had to fix this. She had to fix something.
Madison is suicidal. There are broken bottles behind the school. Winslow is host to multiple gang personnel. Possibility of hidden weapons is high.
"I know! Shut up, shut up, shut up!"
"Lisa?"
Someone touched her arm and she jerked away. Assault. He had gotten up and followed them. He could go after Madison. Armsmaster could go after Madison. Cassie could go after Madison.
Madison would not react well to Armsmaster. Armsmaster's social disorder would cause a problem at this juncture. Assault arriving in the middle of an attempt would convince her to follow through. She would remember Battery being hurt and Assault arriving without Battery would enforce that she is to blame.
"Taylor? What happened? Why is she…Amy why aren't you healing her?" Cassie asked, dropping to the ground next to Amy and Lisa. "What…I was only a minute late…what happened? She's going to be okay…right?"
Cassie doesn't have the knowledge or experience to talk Madison down.
Dennis ran up to them, skidding to a stop. "I can freeze her. Would that help? I can do…something…"
Dennis has not been Madison's friend long enough. He cannot talk her down.
"I can heal her!" Amy shouted. "It's not her body that's the problem! Everybody shut up and let me think!"
Madison has been gone for over two minutes. Time for Madison to find necessary tools has increased.
"I know," Lisa whimpered. Her nails dug into her arms and she gazed down at Taylor. She couldn't do anything here. She was just watching Amy work. Watching Taylor die all over again. Amy would bring her back, but she'd just be a shell of who she was - if there even anything there at all.
"You were supposed to be careful," Lisa whimpered.
Madison has been gone three minutes.
QA looked down, silent and unmoving, the bugs making it up unnaturally still. Lisa wanted nothing more than to rage and scream at the avatar. To force it to do something. These powers were incredible, alien, and connected to them all on such a deep level as to be nearly impossible to understand.
But yelling wouldn't help anyone.
Madison has been gone four minutes.
A choked sob left her throat and Lisa stumbled back a half-step. Cassie and Dennis looked up at her. Amy never moved from Taylor's side. That was where she should be. But she couldn't. She needed to go. She needed to stop sitting here. She needed to stop delaying, stop finding reasons to hold back and not act. She needed to move.
"I have to go. I have to…"
Madison has been gone five minutes.
"Lisa? Where are you going? What could possibly be more important than staying here?!" Cassie asked, her lips curling into a snarl. "The two of you sleep together!"
"I have to - I have to find Madison. I have to go! I'm sorry! I'm sorry, I have to go!" Lisa turned and fled, sprinting around the corner of the building.
Madison couldn't be another Rex.
AN: It's always darkest before the dawn. Don't worry, I'm not going full grimdark. That's Worm proper, this is fanfiction.
Fanfic Rec: 'Headaches' by Mr._John. This is on Fanfic as well as QuestionableQuesting both under 'Mr. John's Storybook' ficlets. It's a Taylor/Lisa, longer oneshot with Lisa coming over to make Taylor feel better after she starts overworking herself after taking over the Bay in a bit of an AU. Taylor didn't realize that Lisa cared about her like she did for her and Lisa found her hands on a power suppressant so instead of rejecting Taylor like originally planned she decided to be selfish and seduce her. It's very good and well written, plus a bit naughty as well. There is a second chapter also with a Christmas Special too.
