Moment`s Indecision`
Indulgent Star
xxx■x■x■- Shey’s head was spinning. The pain in her arm was not ceasing. Every move that she made felt like hard labor, even if the movement wasn’t even her own. While Shayla and the blonde had practically lifted Shey onto the beast without her even putting forth any effort, she still felt exhausted by it.
As she settled between her two new companions and prepared herself for the ride, Shey had to constantly remind herself to breathe. It felt like fire was searing through her injured arm, robbing her of all thought and filling her senses with a pain unlike anything she’d ever felt. She cast another Cure spell on her arm, hoping – praying – that it would help.
Shey was vaguely aware of conversation between Shayla and the boy, but she couldn’t comprehend a word they were saying. It was so disorienting, the feeling that had taken her. Her entire body felt cold and numb, but she was somehow aware of it trembling. Shock. She was going into shock …right?
She was jolted from this realization when the undead canine bounded forward, its movements causing the three riders to feel every stride. This, of course, caused Shey’s arms to move each time the beast ran forward. She felt her breath hitch when the pain hit her again, assaulting her over and over and over again in never ending waves. Shey wanted to cry out so badly, but she couldn’t find her voice. She felt like her head was now spinning violently, causing her vision to double, and make her feel nauseous.
Leaning back into the boy, Shey tried to forget. She tried to bring herself back to a place that made sense to her. Bakura. Being with him. Being held tightly in his arms. She smiled a pained smile and slowly closed her eyes, fully trusting that the blonde Bakura would keep her safely in place if she allowed herself a moment to relax.
In what seemed to be the next moment, Shey was being helped down off the creature. She felt completely dazed and didn’t know why they had stopped. She was vaguely aware of the few small buildings and tents that were nearby, but her thoughts weren’t processing anything. She didn’t remember how long it took to get to this village or when they even arrived. Had she… passed out?
Slowly she was becoming more aware of things, aware that Shayla was questioning the boy about if he knew where they were. Shey said nothing to further question the blonde, more concerned by the fact that her head was beginning to spin again and her nausea from earlier was finally catching up to her.
The youth looked to Shayla and nodded. “Yeah, I do. I passed through here all the time with the caravan.”
He paused, his expression slowly turning hopeful as a memory seemed to return to him. “Actually, I think I may know some people who can help us!” He said, his voice more optimistic than it had been before. As he turned, he stated, “I’ll be back as soon as possible!”
Taking a few hurried steps, he paused again to slightly turn back to face the two girls. “Oh, and I’m Alibaba.”
And with that, Alibaba turned again and disappeared into the strangely unnatural darkness of the night.
Shayla then turned her attention to Shey to overlook her wound. Hearing Shayla talk about it only seemed to serve to make Shey more aware of the pain she was in. It felt like that fire from her arm was slowly spreading out into the rest of her body, making her feel sick and dizzy all at once. Her body was still trembling and she had to wonder if shock really lasted this long.
Immediately after Shayla said she wished she could heal Shey with her magic, Shey shook her head. “No… no, magic isn’t working. I’ve been trying to heal myself this whole past time and I don’t think it’s doing any good. I mean…” Shey paused, slightly hesitating, though she didn’t know why. “Magic worked in the beginning. My arm looked faaaar worse when this was initially inflicted. But now when I try to heal it… well, I think it’s still working, but the pain only seems to be getting worse and I feel like it’s making me si—”
Shey’s voice cut off as that wave of nausea she’d been trying to hold back finally took hold of her. Her legs turned to jelly beneath her and, as she fell, she turned away from Shayla to give herself some privacy. She found herself emptying her stomach right then and there, feeling completely self-conscious, humiliated and degraded.
She had to take a moment to herself after she threw up, trying to focus herself and to get her body under her control again. She felt like she was going to pass out – something she was now certain had happened to her earlier. Her vision kept doubling; multiple images all floating around in a haze in her line of sight.
There were voices then. Shey made an attempt to turn and look to see what was happening, afraid that her body wouldn’t listen to her anymore. That blonde kid – Alibaba – was running back to them with another man following behind him. Disoriented as she was, she wasn’t able to really focus on what the other man looked like. Like Alibaba, this man was dominated by shadows, which made it even harder for the girl to see him. Given that this new stranger looked a lot darker than Alibaba, it was safe to assume that he had darker skin like Shayla. Like Bakura.
Wait!
Shey’s eyes widened in shock and disbelief. Could it be? Could it really, possibly be? The dark skin, the accentuated white hair and violet eyes, the red coat billowing out behind him, the shine of the Senneth Items… Bakura?! Shey couldn’t deny what she saw. It was him! It was really him! A wide smile broke out across her face, the pain in her arm and the violent tremors that shook her body not seeming so bad anymore. The immense joy she felt in this moment outweighed all of the bad things that had happened to her thus far.
“Bakura!” She cried out through a cracked voice while struggling to reach out to him. “Bakura, you’re really here!”
Bakura and Alibaba came to a stop in front of the two girls and – at Shey’s reaction – he turned to Alibaba and gave him a questioning look. Alibaba shrugged, looking completely confused as his worried gaze shifted from Shey, to Bakura, to Shayla.
“Who’s Bakura?” He asked Shayla as he cast another worried glance in Shey’s direction.
Shey was confused by Alibaba’s question. Wasn’t it obvious who Bakura was just from what she’d said? A bad feeling was welling in her gut, but she didn’t know why. She tried to reason with herself that the feeling only appeared because she hadn’t been feeling well.
“You said she was attacked by Shadow Fiends?” Bakura asked Alibaba. He glanced at Fluffy, his expression unsure about the creature, much like Alibaba’s had been when earlier confronted with the beast. Bakura knelt down beside Shey, reaching out an arm to support her so she wouldn’t collapse into the black sand. In a soft, polite voice which didn’t fit his personality at all, Bakura asked her, “What is your name, girl? How are you feeling right now?”
Shey’s smile was half fading away into pained confusion at Bakura’s question. “Wha-what are you talking about? It’s me …Shey. Don’t you remember? We… we were out tomb robbing, and… and then something happened and we were separated.”
Bakura now looked really worried and Shey couldn’t fathom any reason as to why. He carefully looked her over, taking extra time to look at her eyes and then her arm. He frowned when he looked at her injury and, carefully and gently, he pulled Shey into his arms so he could support her and use both hands to remove the makeshift bind she’d made earlier.
The moment he tried to remove the ripped fabric, Shey’s eyes widened in shock. She hissed and began to writhe in his arms at the sudden pain that over-took her. She let out an agonized cry and then, unable to cope with the pain any longer, she slumped into Bakura’s arms and everything around her faded to black.
[[ ooc;; i'm gonna be making an alibaba post to follow this one. shey's perspective isn't gonna make sense if i don't. ]]
