trans_9 | Losing Them In Pieces [Open]

Who: Jamie and open!
Where: The Brig, unless someone drags him out from it.
Summary: A reaction to Billy's repodding and Zetta's subsequent announcement.
Warnings: General unhappiness warnings. Possibly a bit of sulking and a reluctance to do things.

Zetta's announcement had infuriated Jamie, and for a few moments he had forgotten it was supposed to be an act. All he wanted to do was get out of his cell, hunt down that overgrown piece of parchment and find out how hard it would be to punch a book in what served for its face. But the anger soon faded as the reality set in. Another teammate, gone. Only this time it was someone he had grown to care for like the members of his clan - like a brother. It wasn't a mistake or a joke. Maybe it wasn't as permanent as Punchy's death, but in some ways it hurt even worse.

And...maybe Zetta had been right, act or no act. What was to stop the Daligig from repodding the rest of the rebels or even the crew entirely? Yes, they'd lose the investment they had in the crew, and have to start all over again, but they'd have the time to adjust the systems, undo the changes that had already been done and start over with a group that had no idea what was going on. Or what if they decided a more effective tack would be to pod the rest of those who the rebels cared for? What if they repodded the Doctor? Or Victoria? He couldn't bear the thought of losing her, too, not now. Not again.

A wave of listlessness rolled over him, and he slid down the wall to sit heavily on the floor. His eyes found a random spot, and he stared at it despondently, too caught up in the downward spiral of his thoughts to actually see it. Why should they even bother trying to fight? Was it even worth it anymore?

"Och, what's the use?"

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"Well I wouldn't do it in a large crowded place if I could help it," Kaya said, "but this place is quite, calm, a place I could do it. The W.I.T.C.H. bus is just easier because of Irma's room: water surrounds it and you can actually enter into it if you want. Each of the rooms is based on the girl's element, so its very easy to ground there. It also helps there aren't any forcefields keeping you here against your will."

She sighed. "That was really all I meant. Even so, without Billy, it would be harder anyway. If someone is a part of your soul in a way that Billy is for me, losing him throws everything out of whack. I know you aren't close in quite that way, but you're both in the same team and good friends. It must be bad for you too."

It almost made sense to Jamie. A large place that was crowded. It would be noisy. The cells, well, they were quiet for the most part, except when someone was talking or listening to something they'd gotten from the Media Library. And not having forcefields, well, that would have to help too.

He was quiet for a moment when she spoke about him being part of her soul. It wasn't like that for him, but Billy was more than just a friend. "He's like...aye, well, he's like my brother," he finally admitted. "Family."

And it hurt to lose family, even if they weren't blood. But it wasn't just family, in this case. It was his one of his best friends too, apart from Kaylee and the Doctor. And Victoria, but that was a little different.

"Kaylee's gone, too, I think," he added sadly, "I've not seen her for awhile. I've not asked if she's running mazes, but...och, I'm tired of losing people, Kaya."

The fact that it was the holding cells to begin with was a good thing for Kaya: had it been anywhere else, crowded, Kaya would have lost focus completely. She needed it quiet, to have this kind of moment, otherwise it would have just felt like another day someone she knew, someone deeply important to the crew had been taken from them.

"He's like that and more, thanks to Renne," Kaya confessed. "We can sense each other, mentally travel through each other's mindcsapes. I think the reason its easier for me is because I did that before, with someone I knew way back when. That he's gone hurts, more than I can even say."

Oh, Kaylee. Kaya knew her, though not as well as she liked: the girl never failed to bring a smile to her face.

"I hope not. That girl had a way of just...bringing joy in the room somehow. but I know what you mean. I've made many relationships, and one way or another, they get taken away."

She didn't even know about Eva yet, and that would hit HARD.

Jamie suspected Eva might be gone - the last time he remembered seeing her was after that whole mess with Sobek, but only briefly when they were all taken to Med Bay. He hadn't been aware of how close Kaya had been to her, which was maybe for the best. What he didn't know he couldn't say, and that meant that Kaya's pain wouldn't be any worse than it already was - at least for right now. So he didn't bring that up, his thoughts instead dwelling on Kaylee and how she could make something seem bright even in the darkness.

He could use that now. They both could. But just thinking about Kaylee gave him a little speck of light, a flicker of something all the same. She would do something or say something to cheer them both up, if she were here. And make him see something positive about the situation. Like letting him know it wasn't so bad. People had come back before. Kaya had come back before. Who wasn't to say Billy wouldn't as well? Maybe not on his own, but there were lots of clever people around. One of them could come up with something.

"Aye. I know. Maybe...maybe we'll figure out a way to get them out again someday, though."

"You're thinking that maybe he'll come back," she said, with a smile. Truthfully, it was the only thing that was keeping her going right about now. She hadn't really lost it because she had that hope, and besides, it had happened to her once before, right? It could happen again, maybe.

"I hope he will too. In the meantime, if he doesn't, then there's only one thing I want to be concentration on, and that's this fight. Once the fur really starts to fly, I want to make sure that i'm doing everything to make sure that we get people out of harms way, and I'm fighting to the best of my ability."

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