Her heart was pounding so loudly it felt like it was right between her ears. Hands kept clawing against the still cold glass, voice still too raspy to scream, to yell. She had fallen asleep again, turned off like a machine right after a horrible crime had happened. Strangers shooting Nate and taking her baby.
The front of the capsule finally opened.
“No, no... this can’t be... Nate... Shaun...” her throat felt dry, and tears were running down her cheeks as she stumbles over to the control field and fumbles on the buttons until Nate’s cage opened too. She hardly felt the needles in her legs and the rest of her body. Being asleep for too long, blood now circulating again.
In the past that just had happened when she had fallen asleep on the couch, draped over Nate. He’d laughed at her jumping through the room, trying to get the feeling to stop faster. And she would have thrown a pillow at him for it, before following the cushion and ending up in his arms again, laughing.
Would they ever laugh again like that? Would he smile at her again?
Panic runs through her, everything moves too slow. Was he still alive?
“Nate... Nate... Nate?” all other words were gone for now as hands reach for her husband. Blood... there was too much blood.
“SHAUN!” the desperate scream of Nate startled her, just as much as the wild look in his eyes. Eyes that for a moment didn’t seem to see her. Didn’t seem to realize that he was bleeding. Eyes of the soldier that had sometimes awaken beside her in bed. And like all those times, looking at her brought her Nate back. Made the war machine melt, and instead, brown eyes filled with endless sadness.
“Nora, Nora I’m... so sorry... I couldn’t protect him, I’m...” it was rare to see him cry, but now he was, shaking, weeping. Begging for her forgiveness and leaning against her. Fingers wrapped in the blue vault suit he wore himself too.
“Sssh, sssh, Love. Baby... it is not your fault.” her fingers stopped tingling only a few moments after she started to run them over his head, over his arms.
“My Heart, you are bleeding... we’ll find Shaun, but first, first we need to get you patched up. Come on. One step after the other, like always.” As she spoke, Nora cupped his face, so he’d look at her instead of hiding his face in her shoulder. And she smiled at him, sadness still in her smile, tears only slowly drying on her own face.
“Ah.... you were always stronger than I...” Nate said quietly, but full of pride and endless love.
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