(Kix's POV)
"Sis, did you hear me?" I ask her.
"Hm? I'm sorry, what was that?" She says, sounding rather emotionless, for lack of a better word.
I sigh. "I said would you like to go get something to eat? We're leaving this planet early tomorrow, so if you-"
"No." She says quickly. "I have to finish cleaning up." Then she begins to pack our supplies.
I sigh again. "At least let me help you. I am supposed to be your mentor." Then I put my hand on her shoulder, she flinches the moment my hand touches her shoulder, then she quickly removes my hand.
"No. I can do it alone." She says quickly. She's been like this ever since we found out about Slick, which was days ago. She's never been much of a talker to me, but now she talks even less, and when she does, she talks as quick as possible, and not saying anything else, not to mention sound rather emotionless and hasn't been listening often, like something's distracting her. I want to help her, but when I try, she instantly pushes me away. I have to get her out of this room.
"Come on, Sis. I'm going to go get something to eat and I don't want you to be alone." I say. She looks at me and nods. We walk to the Mess Hall, with her behind me, like she was trying to keep her distance.
"I'll get you some food-"
"I'm not hungry." She finishes quickly. "I'll go sit down." Then she walks away to find a place to sit.
(Sis' POV)
I don't understand why I have to be here. I'm not hungry and I should be okay on my own, I've grown out of the suicidal stage, I now know that nothing anyone does will take away pain, not even death. I try to find a place to sit alone, but every table had clones.
"Hey, Kid. Sit over here." A clone called out. I look and see that it was Sketch and Punch, Gus, Jester, and even Chopper were sitting with him. I really didn't want to, but I didn't know where else I could sit, and aside from Kix, Rex and Cody, they were the only clones I I join them.
"Is it okay if I sit here?" I ask Chopper, because a free spot was next to him.
To my surprise, he shrugs and says, "If you want to." I sit next to him, but I made sure to keep a fair enough distance from him. I rest my arms on the table and rest my head on my arms. The guys were talking, but I really listen, I didn't really want to know what they were saying, I didn't care.
"Heard you knocked him out." I hear one of them say, I look up at them and give them a questioning look. Gus, who was sitting next to Chopper, says, "We heard that you knocked that traitor out with one punch." Then I felt the fire in my blood burn again. Ever since Slick betrayed, it never went away, it just stayed, burning inside of me. "How'd it feel?" I didn't say anything, I only look down at the table. The last thing I want to talk about is that bastard.
"Leave the kid alone." It may have been just me, but that voice sounded like Chopper. "She clearly doesn't want to talk."
When I look up, I saw Punch, who was sitting across from me, roll his eyes. "Let her speak for herself, Chopper." Then they began to argue a bit, not a shouting, aggressive argument, but still an argument. I began to get out of my seat, but Punch grabbed my arm, not tightly though. "C'mon, it's nothing to be ashamed-"
But then Chopper grabs his arm and based on him wincing and releasing my arm, it seemed like a tight grip. "She doesn't have to talk. doesn't want to talk, do you?" Then everyone looks at me. I only shook my head and walk off. I never thought I would say this, but I was very grateful of what Chopper just did. I felt the fire weaken, but it still remained in my blood. I need to be alone. I walk out of the Mess, I lean against the wall near the door. I sit on the ground and I shut my eyes, attempting to calm myself down before I did something I'd regret.
But it my mind, I end up seeing Slick's face. The face I was once very happy to see was now one that disgusted me. I know all the men look the same, but not to me, his face, I could tell apart easily. I wanted to open my eyes and never see him again, but I can't. Then I felt that fire grow until my blood turned into the fire itself. It became to much that I end up punching something. When I finally opened my eyes, I saw that the side of my fist hit the wall I was leaning against. But part of me saw my fist hit Slick.
I ran back to the Infirmary, I'm really not sure why, but I did. I saw that no one was there. I close my eyes again. I see Slick's face again. I try to focus on something else to calm myself, but I can't, I can't even open my eyes! Then he grabbed me and punched me in the stomach, or at least tried. I wasn't going to be weak again, I actually grabbed his fist and punched him in the face! I felt the fire in my veins burn more than those other times! I begin to throw punches and more punches at what I saw as Slick's face!
"Traitor! Bastard!" I kept shout that as I kept punching. "Traitor! How could you betray us?!" My knuckles began to hurt and I felt tears form. But I ignored it all, I wasn't going to be weak! "You can shove your stupid 'Freedom' up your ass!" My fists began to feel like they were being hit by metal, but I ignored it, I wasn't going to show weakness to this traitor again!
Then I felt hands grab my wrists, I try to pull away, but I couldn't. Then I heard of voice shout, "Calm down! Sis, calm down!" When I finally opened my eyes, I saw Kix looking down at me, shocked, and concerned. But then my vision became blurry. I finally let the tears out of my eyes and I stop struggling. When my blood began to cool down, my legs felt weak and I fell to my knees, Kix let go of my wrist and put his arms around me, pulling close to him. I looked down at my fist, crying, feeling pain, and I noticed my knuckles were red and bleeding.
"What were you doing?" He ask me. "Why were you punching the wall, making your fist bleed?" I didn't know what to say. I wanted to pull away from him and clean my fists, But I felt too weak to do anything. All I do at that moment is just lean into his chest, crying as my knuckles ached from the pain of punching the wall.