Chapter 44: Rem vs. Killian
Lily played her part which spurred Rem into confronting the dark clad pirate. She had started to wander over in that direction when she felt a sharp pain in her right side and her lungs felt so damn full. Her gaze had snapped over to her captain and she realized that the pain was coming from him. No, no, no...damn it! She hadnt meant for Rem to accidentally try to kill him. Shit!
Artz admittedly reacted a bit harsher than necessary, her magic responding to her panicked state. She actually flung the Celtic girl into the side of one of the storage sheds, but she couldn't focus on her. When she tried to touch him, he had jerked away from her...he actually whimpered in pain.
Her mind raced, trying desperately to think of a solution and she heard Kyubei's voice in her mind...Sing, little star, and you will heal him. Music is the easiest way to use your magic right now, so sing… sing of the golden flower.
Of course! The healing incantation from the movie, Tangled! She focused her entire being into the words, her power pushing into him and through him, forcing his rib back into place, removing the blood both internally and externally, and by the end of the song, he was fully healed.
She thought for sure that he would thank her, but he simply stayed the way he was, his face completely hidden from her. Did...did he hate her? Everyone else had been so kind...was he the exception? She asked him and she could feel how his body tensed. She practically felt everything he was feeling but it only seemed to work for him and no one else.
No, he didn't hate her...he was afraid. She didn't want him to be afraid of her. She asked if she could sing for him, that she wouldn't look and she was relieved when he nodded his head. Tears filled her eyes as she sang the song that she had picked just for him so long ago...The Davy Jones theme. A song of the sea for a man of the sea.
She felt his emotions shift and it hurt. He felt so conflicted and it was her fault. The tears finally spilled down her cheeks and she didn't bother to stop them. She just stayed...because she was selfish. In this moment, he was letting her touch him, to be with him...Rem finally got her act together and started spouting off her mouth.
Artz felt a spike of rage from her captain. She could feel his bloodlust, his need for revenge...no, no more, no more. She was tired and fed up and pissed and hurt and she was silently crying and this asshole wouldn't even look at her. She spoke to Rem in an even tone, making her captain believe that she was killing the Celtic girl.
Remaria...she was quite the little actress, taking cues from the ginger's movements and adjusting accordingly...though she had been legitimately shocked that he had almost died which is why she put on one hell of a performance. She was willing to do anything to get him to respond and one final verbal cue and down went Rem.
Within moments, he was getting up, genuinely panicking because he thought she was killing someone. He didn't even notice that she was crying when she smirked and did her best River Song impression. Bloody hell, the look on his face...it made her heart speed up and then she dropped the bombshell and oh his face was priceless.
She did try to wipe away the evidence of her tears while Rem was talking to him, only for her to blatantly point it out to him. Ouch. The pain he felt from seeing her cry...just ouch. Then the idiot goes and calls himself a coward and she hadn't meant to but she slapped him. He wasn't a coward...but she was. If she had just approached him like everyone else...her magic flowed into her right hand and she reached towards him.
There was a flash of fear as he flinched away and she would admit...that hurt, but then he surprised her by grabbing her wrist and apologizing with his eyes. He hadn't meant to hurt her, it was just a preconditioned response drilled into him by Kora. Still...the look on his face when she used her magic on him...he looked like he was high as a kite and when she removed her hand, he had instinctively grabbed it, only to realize what he had done and released it while looking away.
Damn it! Stop looking away! She entwined her fingers with his and used her other hand to turn his face towards her and she smirked. Oh...this was going to be good...not to mention, advantageous. She guided him out of camp, a little surprised that he had come along so easily, and deep into the woods. She did not want any eavesdroppers.