you left me in the dark ~ 14/17
Is it the nature of the universe for things to happen all at once? For chaos to continue, once peace has been broken? For things to tumble out of control with continuous events that plunge the world further into confusion?
In which Alura is in the pod, Astra is in Project Cadmus, and nothing is easy.
Alex comes to with a ringing in her ears. Everything is blurred and white and ringing, muffled voices shouting from above her like she's under water, and she can't get a grip on herself, on reality, to pull herself out.
She's lying horizontal in a bed, Kara's pendant heavy and cool against her sternum, and after a moment, she realises that the rough sheets feel familiar to her. She's been in the med bay enough times to identify one of the unyielding beds by now.
It takes a great effort, but finally she manages to open her eyes.
The med bay is full of people, black and grey smears moving against a white background, a single scarlet blot that for a moment she mistakes as Kara's cape, before remembering that her sister wasn't wearing it before -
Alex tries to sit up, but her head pounds and a hand pushes her down. Her vision focuses, and she sees Dalia leaning over her, looking harried and stern. The red blur becomes the soft folds of her hijab. 'You stay where you are'.
She moves away before Alex can argue, hurrying down to where Kara is standing by another bed, looking strange in her pyjamas, and Alex sees a pair of legs, and her own sleep pants.
Red, like Dalia's hijab, like Brenner's smile, and all the blood that covered Alex's hands.