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young_swimmer ([info]young_swimmer) wrote in [info]dc_nextgen,
@ 2010-08-12 00:57:00


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Entry tags:cait curry, dinah kord, iris west

When Your Heart Is Bent To Weigh Down a Train (Open)
Cait lay on her bed and clutched the stuffed pink dolphin to her chest. She couldn't move, she didn't want to eat, and she didn't even want to go outside and see Hope and her pod. The only thing she could do was lay there and stare into space. She couldn't even cry anymore.

Koryak was gone. Her mother was being held prisoner and her father was missing, yet she couldn't do anything. Cait knew she had to go rescue her mother and find her father, but spirit and flesh were unwilling to move. She was numb and she didn't care or think about anything. She had even severed the link with Ty and pulled back into herself.

Two days ago she had taken Koryak's body to his mother's people up north. He had always been more of that world than he had been of Atlantis. Kako had been devastated at the loss of her son and Cait couldn't help but to think that if Koryak would have stayed with his mother and her people he would still be alive. Atlantis either killed people or made them crazy. It was a curse their family had carried for generations. It was the reason why Cait had turned her back on Atlantis.

Cait knew she needed to rehydrate soon as she had been away from the water for quite some time, but she couldn't move and she didn't care.

She just lay there staring at nothing in particular.


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[info]catchmeifyoucan
2010-08-13 12:58 am UTC (link)
"Hey," Iris said, opening the door slowly. "I brought you some water."

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[info]young_swimmer
2010-08-13 01:08 am UTC (link)
Cait blinked and sat up a little bit. "Thanks," she said.

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[info]catchmeifyoucan
2010-08-13 02:04 am UTC (link)
"I figured you could use it," she said with a small smile.

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[info]young_swimmer
2010-08-13 02:08 am UTC (link)
Cait nodded and took the glass. "Yeah, I can." Cait had never let herself get so dehydrated before.

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[info]catchmeifyoucan
2010-08-13 02:14 am UTC (link)
"Are you...um, feeling okay?"

Of course she wasn't. Her brother was dead. What kind of a stupid question was that?

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[info]young_swimmer
2010-08-13 02:18 am UTC (link)
"I'm just a little dehydrated," Cait said answering in physical terms. She couldn't even put into words what she was feeling.

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[info]catchmeifyoucan
2010-08-13 02:22 am UTC (link)
Iris looked Cait over. She looked like she could use a hug. Which is exactly what Iris did. Reaching over, she wrapped Cait in a hug.

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[info]young_swimmer
2010-08-13 02:27 am UTC (link)
Cait smiled a little and returned the hug. Leave it to Iris to know exactly what Cait needed.

"Thanks, Iris. You're a great friend."

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[info]catchmeifyoucan
2010-08-13 02:35 am UTC (link)
"Want me to just sit with you for a little while? We don't have to talk."

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[info]young_swimmer
2010-08-13 02:47 am UTC (link)
"I'd like that," she said and released Iris. "I know I haven't felt social, but...." Cait swallowed past the lump in her throat. If she talked about what happened she'd start crying again.

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[info]catchmeifyoucan
2010-08-13 02:54 am UTC (link)
Iris wrapped an arm around Cait's shoulder. "Your brother just died. It's okay to not feel social."

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[info]young_swimmer
2010-08-13 02:51 pm UTC (link)
Cait leaned into Iris. "This shouldn't have happened. Not to Koryak."

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[info]bwa_ha_ha
2010-08-14 12:25 am UTC (link)
Dinah poked her head into the room. Oh, awkward crying moment.

"I heard what happened. I'm sorry, Cait."

She went on. "I can have the T-Jet modified for underwater travel in two hours."

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[info]young_swimmer
2010-08-14 12:48 am UTC (link)
"Thanks, Dinah." She gave Dinah a small smile. She understood the gesture. "Thanks, but I need some time to process this."

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[info]catchmeifyoucan
2010-08-14 01:17 am UTC (link)
"Do you want us to stay?" Iris said, rubbing Cait's shoulders.

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[info]bwa_ha_ha
2010-08-14 01:23 am UTC (link)
"Well. Just offering. For whenever."

Dinah was babbling and she really needed to shut up now. "Yeah... we can... go..."

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[info]young_swimmer
2010-08-14 01:28 am UTC (link)
Cait nodded to Dinah. "You...can stay if you want." Cait finished the water. She could feel the need for more. "Thank you. Both." It was nice to know she had friends who were there for her.

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