Refresher:"I guess that's a no. I'll be back soon.", Serah limped off down the stairs irritated and slow.
-Lightning's Bathroom-
Claire was lightly stripping off her clothes and examining her body in the full length mirror she and Vanille had in their master bathroom. She gently traced the tips of her fingers over all the dark bruises her body had, then after touching every inch of her front torso she began examining her fingers and wrist. She shook her hand and tried to stretch her fingers around by clenching and relaxing her fist. The pain was unbearable, even with just a slight twitch of her fingers.
After standing there for a few more minutes looking at her bruised body in the mirror Lightning turned the hot water on in the shower and took off the rest of her clothes. As she was throwing her underwear into the laundry hamper she noticed the blood stains. She knew immediately it wasn't her period, and stared down between her legs.
"Vanille, I'm gonna go handle Serah okay? Go make Light some food, but check on her in the shower before you do. Okay?", Fang said as she wiped away the tears on Vanille's cheeks and gave her a hopeful smile.
Vanille simply nodded at her and Fang took off down the stairs and picked up Serah midway. She heard Claire turn on the shower as she passed by her bedroom.
"I certainly hope you know you're gonna need your big sister's approval before you head anywhere dangerous my sweet.", Fang chimed as she continued carrying Serah to the guest bathroom downstairs.
"Fang let me go! I need to go to my house now!", Serah begged trying to struggle against the stronger girl's grip.
"I'll let you go when Light gets out of the shower, how's that sound? Or unless you feel like being sore and tired you could cooperate and we could do this the easy way. Your choice.", Fang said with a playful tone in her voice.
Fang walked into the guest bathroom, leaving the door open behind her. She sat Serah down on the toilet and gently took her sprained ankle in her hand. "How's it feeling love?", She attempted at conversation while gently unraveling the bandages on her swollen foot.
"Worse.", Serah winced as Fangs fingers touched gentle spots on her inflamed injury. "Sorry, sorry. Here, maybe this will help.", Fang got up and began searching the medicine cabinet for something. "There ya are.", She smiled pulling out what looked to be a plain tube of ointment.
"What is that?", Serah asked hesitantly watching Fang open the small tube and push the ointment out onto her fingers.
"What you don't know, will make this a lot easier.", The older woman replied simply. She gave a reassuring smile and spread the clear cream onto Serah's ankle. The pain was brutal at first, Serah winced and complained with every touch of Fang's tan fingers, but soon they subsided.
"Maker, I can't even feel my foot anymore.", Serah gasped.
"That's the point. It just numbs it, but also releases some healing into the affected area. Don't walk on it.", Fang summed up quickly with a smile. _
Claire Farron was sitting on the toilet seat in the bathroom with her legs spread gently tracing her fingers against her inner thighs, wincing at how much pain just the slightest touch would cause. She kept her eyes glued to her bright red irritated skin and listened to the sounds of the hot water hitting the glass of the shower. The longer she sat there, touching her bruises, the more memories filled her brain. The more details from the night before re-entered her mind. Even with her wrist and fingers broken on her right hand the soldier felt the anger rising up inside of her and boiling over. That anger erased every ounce of pain she had felt as she heard her bones cracking.
"Hey baby, how's your shower?", Claire heard her sweet wife's voice chime from just outside the door. Her voice, her soft sweet innocent voice, made all the anger get even more intense. She couldn't even manage a fake reply.
Claire kept her fist clenched tightly and stood up from the toilet seat, turning to look at herself in the full length mirror again. She hated everything she saw and she closed her eyes tightly and used every ounce of strength to slam her already broken hand into the mirror. Immediately upon impact Claire felt sharp shards of glass lodge themselves deep into her hand. She saw her reflection shatter into a million tiny pieces that flew off the wall towards her body and cut her in almost every place imaginable, then fell all around her to the floor.
"Claire!?", Vanille shouted from their bedroom, relentlessly pounding on the bathroom door.
-Just Down The Hall-
"Well I'm all set I guess.", Serah shrugged from her spot on the toilet.
"Looking good Farron.", Fang smirked in reply.
"Oh, don't call me that Fang. That's what you call Claire.", Serah smiled.
"Let's get you set up in the living room.", Fang quickly picked up Serah and didn't say another word as she carried her out of the bathroom into the hallway and just after she set the girl down on the couch she heard Vanille screaming Claire's name. The smile was immediately wiped off her face as she stole a quick glance towards Serah and ran down the hallway to the source of Vanille's cries.
"You wait there.", she demanded already half down the hall way running into Claire and Vanille's bedroom to see Vanille pounding on the bathroom door crying again.
"Claire! Baby please!", Vanille half cried half screamed as she continued pounding on the door to the bathroom.
"Vanille quit it!", Fang yelled over Vanille's screaming as she grabbed her arms tightly and pulled her back away from the door.
"Stop it let me go!", Vanille struggled in Fang's grasp as she felt herself being dragged away from the door.
"Vanille! God dammit, calm down! What the fuck is going on.", Fang demanded pushing the small girl up against the wall and pinning her there.
"I heard glass breaking in the bathroom I don't know what happened the door's locked! She won't let me in!", Vanille screamed, still fighting against Fang.
Fang immediately let Vanille go and stepped in front of the bathroom door and kicked it open with her foot. Upon the opening of the door she saw Claire sitting in the shower with drops of blood leading from the shattered mirror all the way to the shower itself.
"Vanille.. Go call Hope.", Fang demanded turning around shutting the door to the bathroom behind her.
"What? No, why? Fang what's going on? What's wrong with Claire?", Vanille begged trying to push her way past Fang.
"What happened to Claire?", Serah asked appearing in the doorway.
"God dammit. Both of you get the fuck out of here. Go call Hope right fucking now. This room is officially off limits to everybody except me and Hope, and I don't want anyone coming in here until he gets here. Got it?", Fang angrily demanded as she picked up Vanille and pushed her and Serah out into the hallway shutting the door in their faces.
"Fang! Shit.. What got into her?", Serah asked looking at Vanille.
Vanille wasn't really even listening to anything her wife's sister was saying to her, because she was pounding so hard on the door.
Fang was getting irritated inside the bedroom and send a huge thunder spell throughout the entire house causing somewhat of an earthquake in the middle of their home.
"Go get Hope now!", she screamed at the two girls through the door.
After the waves of thunder finished rolling through the halls there was nothing but the sound of the shower on in the bathroom, and the soft sobs coming from Vanille on the other side of the door. Fang felt herself relaxing at the silence and closed her eyes and took a few minutes to breathe, then turned around and walked into the steaming bathroom.