Alex's P.O.V.
After D'jok calmed down a bit, he nudged over in the bed so I could sit next to him with my legs up.
"So you missed me then?" He replied
"Yeah a little bit, I thought the massive bump on my head proved that"
"Are we going to talk about that or just brush over it"
"Are we going to talk about why you look like crap or just brush over it"
"Point taken"
"So…" I cut him off by saying
"I asked first"
"After what happened during the cup, I guess just not seeing you every day, or playing Football with you at my side just freaked me out" he then elbowed me and said
"And why didn't you tell me you were healing properly?"
"Okay 1. ow broken ribs. And 2. I didn't know how to"
"Does dad know?"
"Not so much, no. He already blames himself for what happened, this would just kinda push him over the edge"
"He's gonna find out sooner or later"
"I know, until then I have time to think of something to tell him"
"So I answered your question. You answer mine, why do you look so tired and just completely out of it"
"I can't sleep. it doesn't matter what kind of sleeping meds Simbi gives me, every time I close my eyes, I see him and what he did to me" D'jok gripping my hand and said
"He's gone. You know that. He can't hurt you anymore"
"I know, I just…" he cut me off by saying
"Hey, don't do that to yourself. Okay" I leant my head on his shoulder as a couple of tears fell down my face. He leant his head on top of mine and after a second he said
"The short hair suits you by the way" I smiled before saying
"The others don't know i'm here by the way"
"Oh thi is going to fun"
1 hour later
Micro-ices P.O.V.
We haven't been able to see D'jok for like an hour, Arch said that he needed to rest. So instead of having us mope around Arch decided to slip in a training session. Wit D'jok on bed rest we are once again a striker down, so it's just me and Mark on attack. Every Time i got the ball i kept doing trick shots
"Micro-ice stop messing about" i passed the ball over to rocket before saying
"Sorry Coach i just can't seem to focus"
"Alright, that's enough training for today" the pitch around us faded. When we out of the holo trainer Arch said
"Get changed, and meet in the lounge" he turned to leave but Thran said
"What for Coach?"
"You'll have to wait and see" he then left, we followed and headed to ur rooms to change.
15 minutes later we all met in the hall before heading towards the lounge. We entered the empty lounge and sat on the couches. Moments later Arch entered the room and stood at the front. He then said
"Now, it's coming up to 8 months since the incident" we don't really talk about what happened, we just refer to it as the incident. Arch then continued
"6 and half of those months everyone in this room excluding Mark, spent every second of everyday worrying Not just about Alex. we all saw what a toll it took on D'jok. However, just when we thought things were improving this happened. Before going to the studio, D'jok spoke with Alex. It turns out that Alex, has not been healing like she should, most of her healing should have taken place whilst in the coma but didn't. Before we left Akillian i told Alex that this wouldn't be permanent and still believe that, but Alex will not be able to play for the friendly matches" Mei then asked
"What about D'jok?" We then heard the familiar voice of Dame Simbi
"D'jok, will be okay in a couple of days. He will just have to deal with a bit of headache and take it easy" we were all shocked when we saw simbi coming into the room but she wasn't alone behind her was D'jok but behind him was something even more shocking. Hobbling in behind him was Alex. she then said smugly
"Why do you guys look like you've just seen a ghost" i was the first to get up and give her a hug.
"I missed you Alex" she wrapped one arm around me before saying
"I missed you Micro" when i pulled out of the hug everyone else came and hugged her.
Alex's P.O.V.
After the lovely welcome home from the team, I sat down in the corner of the couch and D'jok was sat down next to Mei. I couldn't help but notice that her hand was resting on his knee. Tia was sat with her back against her against Rocket, Thran and Ahito were sat on the floor in front of us and Mice was standing in the corner leaning against the wall. It feels good to be with the team, things are finally feeling somewhat normal again. After a while Thran said sheepishly
"Do you know what he did to you" I looked at D'jok and said
"They don't know" His eyes dropped before he said
"No, i couldn't bring myself to tell them" Ahito then said
"You don't have to tell us". I took a breath but before i spoke Mice sat down next to me and said
"I thought you couldn't remember what happened"
"I couldn't but recently my memories have been coming back as nightmares"
"You haven't told anyone have you"
"Simbi has me on a very tight leash, I haven't been able to much of anything since I came out of the coma. If she found out about the Nightmares, she'll take me back to Akillian and who knows when we'll be back" Rocket then said
"So what happened"
"I'm not ready to tell you everything yet" Tia rast a hand on top of mine and said
"You don't have to. Only what you're comfortable with. Okay"
I took a deep breath before speaking
"One minute we were in the hotel and the next we locked in this room. He wanted the metaflux and Blackmailed Dad. A couple days later we were taken to an exchange between us, Blaylock and Dad. Blaylock promised that he'd let us go when he got what he wanted but he had other plans. He got the metaflux from dad but then he spoke about our mom. But before he spoke about her he told us that we're mirror twins, in terms Micro will understand it means that our internal organs and stuff are exactly opposite, my heart is on the right side, D'joks is on the left, I'm right handed hes left. Mirror twins are very rare and Blaylock seemed interested in that. He then got onto the topic of mom.
Apparently our Mom had a rare condition that was passed to me. Basically the condition makes your immune system, Immune to everything. He wanted to test it out. Before dad could stop him he was knocked out, and then i was injected with something and woke up in a lab strapped to a chair" I then stopped, I didn't want to go any further maybe one day but for now that's all i can and want to relive. Micro held onto my hand as i spoke, before anyone could say anything the alarm on My watch went off. And then on cue Dame Simbi showed up with something in her hand.
She came over and said
"Medication time" I sighed and said
"Yay favorite time of the day" she handed me my meds and a bottle of water. I have to take quite a few pills but hey if it helps recovery. Mice then said
"Dame Simbi, How long can Alex stay for" Arch came in behind her as she said
"Well actually we were going to surprise you all in a couple,of days but I have a theory that Alex is healing properly because she doesn't have the encouragement she actually needs from their team" Everyone then started talking, saying things like, we encourage her all the time. Arch then said
"she need physical support, one to one support from you. So we've made a decision but evidently the final decision is up to Alex" I then said
"Okay, what is it"
"That you stay here, with us and not go back to Akillian" I was shocked with what he said, before i could say anything Arch said
"But there's a catch. If you stay here, you're going to have to face the reporters and explain what has happened. Don't panic we'll think of a cover story but that's the only catch" after a minute if silence i said
"I'm going to have to face reporters anyway, i've been avoiding them for a couple months. But i need to think"
"Of course"