Mystique (blue_bitch) wrote in devolve, @ 2011-02-22 01:48:00 |
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Entry tags: | betsy_braddock, raven_darkhoelme |
Who: Betsy and Raven.
Where: The Danger Room.
When: Monday, 21st of February.
What: Raven puts Betsy through her paces in a simulation that has an upsetting surprise, and then there’s bonding.
Rating: PGish.
Status: Complete.
The simulation Raven had come up with was going... okay. Betsy knew she had made mistakes, though a few she’d caught on her own and corrected. Things like letting herself get backed into a corner of some sort, or when she’d gotten a face full and her mouth hadn’t been closed all the way. Ew. But she was getting better.
She was starting to feel tired -- they’d been working at it quite a while, after all, and it had been getting progressively more difficult -- when something caught her eye. Or rather... someone.
Betsy stopped, her breath catching in her throat, and stared. One of the infected was her boyfriend. She’d recognized him immediately. She felt her heart hammering hard in her chest, and it took a moment for her to remember it wasn’t real, it wasn’t him. Regardless, the surge of emotions had distracted her enough that she was overtaken, and she went down hard. She was less concerned with those attacking her as she was with twisting to keep her eyes on the approaching form of her boyfriend.
Even though it was like a nightmare come to life seeing him like that, when the simulation flickered and ended, Betsy felt a heavy, almost suffocating wave of loss. She remained seated on the floor where she’d fallen, dropping her head into her hands as she tried to pull herself together, telling herself silently over and over that it wasn’t real. It wasn’t him.