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"You can stop hovering you know," Raina said, amusement mixing with the irritation in her voice. "I've done this a hundred times. If you're looking for something sinister in the way I pour my coffee, you're deranged and wasting your time." Smirking, she passed the agent a steaming cup. "I'm on your side now, remember?"
"I finally get how you feel," Raina said, grimacing as she pulled the syringe from her arm with shaking fingers. Even as she spoke, the thick black spines that covered her face and body began to shrink, sliding backwards into her skin and disappearing from sight. Moments later where the inhuman thing had been, a beautiful woman now sat, drenched in sweat, trembling uncontrollably, brilliant yellow eyes glittering in pain and triumph.
She held out trembling hands to the doctor as she tried, and failed to lift herself from the makeshift operating table.
"Cal... Help me. I need... there's... work to be done."
sym.bi.o.sis || jemma & raina
”Do you know what I love most about flowers? They are... incredibly resilient.” Raina glanced up from the screen she was looking at, and smiled at Jemma. The black restraining band on her wrist glittered slightly under the fluorescents as she moved, her bright, golden eyes fixed hard on the scientist’s.
“I suppose we have that much in common at least. You, me, and the plants. I hear you’ve been put through the ringer.”
the next chapter || cal & raina
”-is showing no signs of degeneration of the blood or tissue. Unfortunately the serum itself is... unstable. I’ve been unable to isolate what exactly it is that causes it to break down, but the effects have lasted from anywhere between 3 to 20 hours. More research is necessary to-”
Raina broke off, stiffening slightly as a floorboard creaked behind her. She switched off the tape recorder, instinctively reaching to raise her hood and cover herself, in spite of the fact that her skin was smooth and clear. Her bright, golden eyes swung down to focus on her lap, and she pressed her lips into a thin line.
“You should be in bed, doctor. You need to rest.”
"Let me guess, this lanyard only lets me get into four rooms, I have a curfew, and I’m not allowed to go anywhere without adult supervision?” Raina asked, with a thin lipped smile. The woman slipped the black cord around her neck, wincing slightly as pain lanced through her body.
“And somebody wants to have a meeting, where I get to make up all sorts of fun stories about why I’m still alive. Is there... somewhere I can sit down? I think I need to sit down...”
