The Elsewhere Files

Divide and Conquer Pt 2 - Mission One

Kiera leans over the edge of the building and falls, the fake Hawk image shattering, revealing the Major lunging forward to grad her wrist. Kiera's shoulder pops as it suddenly caught all her weight. Kiera cries out in pain, but tries to grip on anyways.

[Kiera]: "Look out!"

[Crowe]: tries to hang on and twist away from his current position.

Barry Hoover disguised as JD is swinging an axe at the Major. The axe misses the Major's head but sinks into his back deeply. The Major slumps, but tries to hold onto Kiera, crying out in mortal pain.

[Kiera]: "Jareth!"

[Crowe]: "Sorry sir." grip slips as his eyes roll and he slumps.

Kiera screams as she falls, clawing at the sky and body screaming with adrenaline and then she impacted.

[Crowe]: "KIERA! Kiera wake up! It's a goddamn nightmare, wake up." 

[Kiera]: tears streaming down her face and she opens her eyes. Unable to speak through the body wracking sobs, Kiera clings to the Major who offers confused comfort.

[Crowe]: "Just breathe sir, just breath." cautions. He shifts positions on the bed, pulling Kiera over to rest her head against his chest. "Listen to my heart beat. It's steady, it's calm. Good, now take a deep breath in. Now breathe out slowly." he directed her, calming down her gaspy, hyperventilating breathing. Cups the back of her head when she starts to cry again, softer this time.

[Kiera]: "I saw you die." voice wretched from crying

[Crowe]: "I'm right here sir. Warm and alive. It was just a nightmare." tone soothing. Arm curled under and behing her rubs soothing circles on her back.

[Kiera]: clings to the Major, slowly calming down "It felt so real Major. It was... I can't tell you a single thing that differed from that dream to right now. I could even smell things for christ's sake!" props herself up on her elbow to look at the Major's face.

[Crowe]: "And yet here we are sir, both alive and unharmed. So obviously it was a dream. A very realistic but terrifying nightmare."

[Kiera]: frowns and shakes her head "You don't understand. I'm not entirely convinced I've woken up. I don't even remember going to sleep. This might sound all Inception-y but I don't remember getting here."

[Crowe]: looks at Kiera's doubting face "You need proof this is real? That what you're experiencing right now is actually happening?"

[Kiera]: nods head

[Crowe]: reaches up to wipe tears off Kiera's cheeks, hand sliding into her hair and pulling her face foward, at the same time leaning up to meet her as he pulled her into a kiss. Kiera hesitates, but then kisses back, more tears silently tracking down her cheeks. The Major rolls them so that he is over Kiera, gently pressing her into the matress. He stops kissing her and settles with his head on her chest, listening to her heartbeat. "If this were a dream or nightmare, either we'd continue on to have sex, making this a sexual fantasy and I'm honoured, or weird shit goes down making this a nightmare."

[Kiera]: frowning in confusion "Wait, we're not having sex? You're a cock tease." sounds amused and scandalized

[Crowe]: "Sir, if you think this is sex, you were doing something sadly, terribly wrong." tone amused

[Kiera]: makes a wry face and smacks him on the shoulder "Point made Major. Now get off."

[Crowe]: raising his face from Kiera's chest to look at her "I like to take it slower than that sir, but if you're in such a hurry..." playfully drops his fingers to Kiera's sides and tickles. Kiera gives a startled grunt and thrashes, accidentally elbowing the Major in the face and then squirming out of the bed and falling to the floor.