34 Howls: [Accidental video]

[coyote_walking]

Mercy's clearly inanimate body was laid out on Thomas' bed where it had been since he'd brought it there Monday night. He'd cleaned it up and placed it in a place she'd recognize when she woke up.

If she woke up.

The camera was focused on the body for nearly a minute before there was a sudden startling gasp for breath and Mercy sat bolt upright with a cry, scrabbling backwards on the bed and grasping at her chest where she'd been shot.

"THOMAS!"

Comments

[coyote-walking.livejournal.com]

Woke -? What?

I... Shal? I was just shot! Right?

I was, Thomas was coming and there was this lady and, damn!

She was plastered up against the headboard, looking more than a bit freaked, and trying hard to figure out what was going on.

[alittlewild.livejournal.com]

Not...just...it was about two days ago...

[coyote-walking.livejournal.com]

Two... Two days??

What do you mean two days? I've been unconscious all that time? Why didn't someone bring me to the hospital or something?

[alittlewild.livejournal.com]

You...were dead.

[coyote-walking.livejournal.com]

Dead?

Her eyes were wide.

I was... and now I'm City Dead, right?

She frowned.

But wait... I'm breathing and my heart's beating and... And I'm not dead.

[alittlewild.livejournal.com]

She sucks at this. A lot.

No...I think it was like when James died...he didn't become City Dead. I don't think you did. I hope.

[coyote-walking.livejournal.com]

She was checking herself again.

No, not dead. And not shot and not bleeding and...

Two days.

Damn... Thomas. Oh no. He must have been, be, losing it.

[alittlewild.livejournal.com]

Good...that's really good. I didn't know if it'd be one of those times or not..

He's...he's been okay.

[coyote-walking.livejournal.com]

Which kind of suggests he hasn't at all.

What happened, Shal?

[alittlewild.livejournal.com]

He was upset and took you back to his place.

[coyote-walking.livejournal.com]

And I've been here for two days...

Damn... poor guy.

[alittlewild.livejournal.com]

He didn't spend all of it there... He's been really upset. He'll be relieved you woke up okay. You are okay right?

[coyote-walking.livejournal.com]

And that would be yet another check of her non-bloodied body.

Yeah. I think I am. It's freaky, Shal.

[alittlewild.livejournal.com]

Good. I can imagine it'd be strange.

[coyote-walking.livejournal.com]

Very.

I... I remember dying...

[alittlewild.livejournal.com]

What do you remember? Just what it felt like?

[coyote-walking.livejournal.com]

The woman and the guy and then the gun and yelling at her to run and...

There's a huge intake of breath.

And the pain, oh damn, the pain was so incredibly immense, like nothing I ever felt before, and I just, I just went down and there was blood gushing and I was cold and I just knew it was all over, and I couldn't even get enough breath to yell for Thomas and everything was going dark around the edges and then, just... I was gone.

[alittlewild.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry...it shouldn't have happened to you.

[coyote-walking.livejournal.com]

I couldn't just let him kill her.

[alittlewild.livejournal.com]

I think she's fine.

[coyote-walking.livejournal.com]

Thomas said she got away, so I'm glad. That's something at least.

[alittlewild.livejournal.com]

She got away because of you.

[coyote-walking.livejournal.com]

She was so scared, I wasn't sure she'd run when I told her to.

[alittlewild.livejournal.com]

She did. And she's okay thanks to you.

[coyote-walking.livejournal.com]

Good. I'm glad.

And I'm here with Thomas and everyone's okay, so... It's all good.