I’m not sure she really knows where she is half the time.
She zones out every now and then and gets this confused look on her face, like
she’s lost. She flinches every now and then too. I’ve asked her about it, but she keeps saying
that it’s nothing, which is bullshit because I KNOW she doesn’t flinch over
“nothing”.
I may not know exactly what she’s going through in there,
but it’s getting worse.
At one point, Wolf went into their room to check on her. A
second later, I heard Fell scream. Wolf came bursting out of the room; telling
me to watch her, before heading outside. Fell sounded terrified; like she had
never seen Wolf before. It took me a while to get her to calm down and come
back to reality, but eventually she did. Once I was sure she was okay, I left
to find Wolf.
I didn’t have far to look. She was leaning against one of
the cabins.
“I told you to watch her.” Her voice was quiet and broken.
“I did. She’s fine. Now I’m worried about you”
She took in a long breath “She didn’t know me, Hart. It is
getting worse fast… I couldn’t protect her and I can’t help her now.” She sighed and wiped at her eyes. “Maybe I was
wrong… Maybe… Maybe you should take Scratch’s offer if it still sta-”
“Fuck no!” I cut her off “Are you shitting me? Do you hear
yourself? What, you think we’ll be any safer as proxies?” she looked surprised at
my interruption but didn’t stop me “Being a proxy didn’t protect you from
Carmine or us from Osprey. Star looked for us, sure, but he would have stopped
if he was ordered to. The organization clearly wasn’t concerned.” I continued
“If we go back, assuming the tall guy doesn’t murder us immediately, we could
end up mindfucked like Star and used against you. I’d rather be dead than to be
stuck like that. Besides, there’s no guarantee that he could help Fell, let
alone if he actually would. We’re in this together, Wolf, so snap out of it because
Fell still needs you and so do I.”
Wolf looked away for a little while, but eventually turned
back to me. “You’re right. You’re right…” She said, finally. “I’m sorry.”
I offered her a hug and she took it. “You’re still helping
her fight this by being here.” I said, quietly “That’s how it looks to me,
anyway”
After a couple of minutes, we went back inside and found
Fell waiting for us. Thankfully, she recognized Wolf this time and started
apologizing. Wolf hugged her and told her that it wasn’t her fault.
I know Fell is strong. She has to keep fighting. She has to
make it through this.