I'm back. My life's together for the most part. Let's do this.
Chapter 21
Psyche POV
****ing hell! Why does this keep happening? I'm all fine and dandy for a while, then the moment something happens, we're back to square one. I don't know why I even try anymore. It'll just be the same cycle. Things will be peachy, then I'm back to crying on the ground. It's awful, but I don't know what to do… everything seems terrible, and I'm stuck in a loop of emotions. What if…no. No. Everything is going to be fine. That's not the way to be thinking. Besides, I have a quest to complete. Just…let's deal with this later. Is that the healthiest way to deal with this? Probably not, but at the moment, everyone needs me. We can worry about this some other time.
CAN I HAVE ONE DAY OF DAMN PEACE FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE? JEEZ, THIS IS WHY DAD HATES YOU, HELL! The good news is that no one got hurt. The bad news is that the ship got serious damage. A giant had shown up, and tried to kill us. "The sky will reign again, and you will pay the ultimate price for opposing him!" his spiel was along those lines. I kinda zoned out, until he tried to crush us with a giant club. What happened after, well, I'm sort of in the dark of what happened. And for what I do remember…I don't feel comfortable speaking about it. Make someone else talk about it. I'll let them tell that story.
Logan POV
So, when that giant showed up, and raised his club, we were all preparing to fight him, right? Well, I suppose some of us got more powerful, or some other reason. It should be worth mentioning that I got Adrian and others to make us some items to complement our abilities. I rather enjoy mine, some metal cables. Great conductors. In all senses.
Well anyway, this giant raises his giant club, and we all get prepared to fight. Then, Psyche gets this angry look in her eyes. I don't know what she was thinking, but from what I could pick up, it was along the lines of 'No one is going to get hurt on this ship as long as I'm here.'. She might be putting a lot of pressure on herself.
The water around us started rising around her.
Some ice formed under her, making her rise in the air, standing on the ice.
Water was fanned out behind her, as if it was waiting for the right time to strike.
What was left lingered around as hot steam.
She looked down on the giant, squinting her eye, a terrifying grin on her face. Her hair was flowing in the air, as if she were underwater.
The giant seemed shocked by this new revelation, as were the rest of us. First, Adrian can fly, and now Psyche is some warlord of the sea? It seemed that the giant got over it faster, as he swung his club at Psyche. Some water encased it, and promptly froze, and then, with a wave of her hand, Psyche made it smack him in the face. It was pretty fun to watch, from a slapstick point of view
"Get his legs!" she yelled at us. Those of us who understood sprung into action. I used my cables to grab his legs, and sent a current through them, to his legs. It appeared that the ice on his club had melted onto him, as he screamed especially loud. Then, May stabbed him with a knife she found. He reared in pain, flailing his club around. In a stroke of luck, he didn't hit anyone. However, because I guess the guys up above like messing with us, because what he did hit was the mast, floor, and the bow, and somehow, the edge of the stern. This was enough to shock Psyche out of her water master mode, as she fell to the deck. I reached out and caught her.
"Hey, you okay?" I asked. Not entirely on what just happened.
"…Yeah. For now." she responded. It seems that she caught on to what I was asking. Her answer was a relief for the time being. But I guess I should still make sure she's okay.
It was a few hours after the giant attack, and I approached Psyche's door. Should I talk to her about this now? Is she ready to talk about it? well, the only way to know is to knock on that door. I took a deep breath, and…
Knock
There was a silence for a while, and I was just about to leave when, I heard a faint "yeah?" from behind the door.
"Can I come in? I just want to talk." I asked.
"Sure. The door's unlocked." She replied.
I opened the door, and there she was, lying on her bed, staring at the ceiling. She turned her head to look at me, and gave a small smile. "What's happening?" she asked.
"I just want to talk about what happened. You doing okay?" I asked.
"I guess. I mean, no one got hurt. So, I guess it's all good. Not sure what exactly happened, though…" She claimed, hastily.
"I'll tell you later. It was cool, though. Okay. What about otherwise. How's that?" I pressed.
Psyche took a deep breath, and was silent for a while. "I'm not sure. Like, a week ago, I was fine, right? But then, that damn sword showed up, and then I just…broke down. Heh. This morning wasn't particularly fun…I thought that maybe I should just…disappear. But then I thought…'what would happen to everyone else?' I couldn't let the last thing I do be hurting you. So, that's a great motivator.". She looked to be on the verge of tears.
"Psyche…" I started.
"Please don't," she interrupted. "I saw how I was affecting you guys. You were so worried. I thought that if I hid it, then you wouldn't be so worried about me. Everything would go back to normal.". She really was crying, then. I felt so bad. She had been going through so much, and tried to hide it for our sakes. No one should have to go through that.
"Psyche. Psyche, look at me. You shouldn't feel guilty that we're worried, okay? We care about you. I care about you. Okay? I want you to remember that. People care about you. We won't be inconvenienced by you in any way, got it?"
She grabbed me, and pulled me in a hug. I quickly returned the action. "please don't leave me…" she whispered. We stayed like that in silence for a while. When we finally broke, she stopped crying, and murmured "…thanks…".
"It's no problem, really." I responded.
When I was sure that she was fine, I made sure to leave her room quietly. I'm pretty sure she needs time to think on things, and I don't want to hinder that. We need to make sure that she's alright. We're all going to have our ups and downs, and we need to be there for the downs…
