Poison & Wine

[MERCY AZALEA DUBOIS]

Mercy Azalea Dubois

It was the blinding light that made her blink a few times and question "am I in heaven?" It was a silly thought she told herself, not understanding why that question would even come to mind. After a few more blinks however, the slightly wavering shapes around her began to focused and she realized she was in a hospital bed. A nurse who was adjusting her IV glanced down and gave her a gentle smile. It was a moment later she was gone and Mercy laid there, clearly disoriented and unsure of how she got here, and the reason for her being here. Looking down over her body from what was visible, she noted that she appeared fine, save for a few tiny scrapes and bruises on her arms. She moved all her limbs, noting that everything was in place and still she couldn't understand. The only odd thing wrong with her was the sense of overwhelming exhaustion, even though she'd just been sleeping. Glancing around the room she spotted another bed and could just make out someones legs beneath a blanket, but otherwise a curtain blocked her view of her roommate's face.

Trying to make sense of what had happened Mercy tried to think back, but the last thing she had memory of was going to meet with someone the day before, who, she could not say. When she attempted to think of the past twenty four hours, all that could be conjured in her mind was darkness, and for some strange reason, extreme fear. A chill ran down her spine and she stopped thinking, clearly unwilling to travel down that path. Her mind quickly switched from wondering what was going on, to how dry her throat felt and she glanced around the room, searching for some water, unfortunately, they hadn't given her any. Checking to make sure there weren't any wires she was tangled up in she carefully and slowly edged out of bed. Grabbing the pole that carried the bag of IV fluid. She took it with her as she walked into a hall. "Hello?" she called out hoarsely, only to be caught by a nursed her scolded her gently and forced her back to her bed. Mercy asked her for some water and she nodded, heading off. Laying in bed her eyes felt heavy and she felt like she was about to fall asleep, until a familiar face entered the room.

(OCC: Hope this works :/ cue Lexi!)

[ALEXANDRIA LEAH CROSS]

[atrb=border,0,true] the girl in the moon with her dreams has a steel melting smile To say lexi was a mess was an understatement. Up until an hour ago no one had been able to console her. Lexi thought today would be normal. Her and jayce ahd been sleeping when his phone for work went off. Lexi thought nothing of it until his voice turned grim and she heard his brother’s name. lexi didn’t ask-she knew something bad had happened. She reached for the nearby pile of clothes and just threw something on. She didn’t realize until hours later she had on one of jayce’s shirts along with her jeans. Her hair was thrown into a simple ponytail to keep it out of her tear streaked face. When they got to her brother’s house she had been horrified. it was destroyed and they wouldn’t let lexi in. lexi was distraught and it didn’t leasson for thirteen hours. What happened at those thirteen hours? Her brother and mercy had both been found. No wonder she had been unable to get ahold of her friend. They were in a field, just tossed on the round but alive. Jayce-or maybe it was daniel?-had caught lexi from the overwhelming emotions knowing her brother and friend were safe. She wasted no time getting to the hospital. Her parents were already there and she hugged them tight. They weren’t letting anyone in yet. They were examining them both and taking samples. Blood, hair, udner the nails and even rape kits just in case from what she was told. A wave of nausea passed through lexi. She had been unable to sleep since everything had happened. In between working jayce would check in on her at daniel’s house. He was so good to her but all she cared about was him finding her brother. It wasn’t spoken but they all knew who did this. It was the same person who had been causing all the havoc in this town. Avery. The entire police department was on it. Lexi heard a soft voice and saw mercy there. ”mercy oh my god.” she rushed to help the nurse, someone she knew, and then refused to leave the room. They were reluctant to let her in but she didn’t care and her parents came in after. Lexi’s red rimmed eyes turned to look at mercy so she could help her get comfortable. ”hey you’re ok. But you should relax.” lexi glanced at her brother as their parents surrounded the bed and lexi got choked up. She reached for mercy’s hand and gently squeezed it. ”we didn’t know they took you. We saw troy’s house was destroyed and….” lexi shook her head before she started to cry. ”and we thought only he had been taken. Are you hurt?” tag: mercy & troyoutfit: click! notes: ---

[MERCY AZALEA DUBOIS]

Mercy was slightly overwhelmed as Lexi rushed to her side, speaking quickly and clearly choking on unshed tears. Everything she said confused her. What was she talking about? She had never even met Troy and the last memory she had was going to meet someone though who, she still couldn't remember. "Hold on a minute." she said to Lexi, her voice thick and dry until the nurse returned and gave her water before leaving. Taking the cup she sipped slowly on the water that was amazingly refreshing. Her stomach rumbled and she hadn't noticed she had been hungry till she had injested the water, most likely reminding her stomach she needed food. Although there was a strong sense of hunger she was more exhausted than hungry.

Looking to Lexi she now spoke once more, ready for some form of explanation. "Can you tell me what happened?" she asked Lexi, looking to her for an answer. "The last thing I remember is going to go meet someone and then my memory just blanks." She admitted to Lexi, feeling almost embarrassed to not have remembered. She felt as if it was her responsibility to know and because she didn't that she'd let them down somehow. Glancing over towards where she could only see Troy's legs she spoke up. "Is Troy alright?" she murmured softly, feeling guilty as she looked to Lexi and his parents standing off to the side appearing to be in anguish and full of uncertainty. She wondered if maybe Jack had returned and it was Troy she was going to meet when he stumbled on them and got the wrong idea, but then she realized she would of remembered and there would have been more than her few scrapes and bruises. Wide eyed she look at Lexi in a state of perpetual fear. "Why can't I remember anything?!" she told Lexi in alarm, tears welling in her eyes and she felt anxiety growing within her as she scrambled for just the slightest scrap of what happened to her.

[TROY MARLON CROSS]

Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.

Troy swore he thought he heard his damn alarm going off again. Couldn't he at least sleep for a few more minutes? It had been his day off, now that he thought about it, so it wasn't like he needed to rush to work... but, his friends had been wanting him to hang out with them for a while now, so he probably should wake up and get going-

Troy slowly opened his eyes, and immediately shielded his face from the onslaught of light. Where the hell was he?! He knew his bedroom lights wouldn't be on at this time, and he was pretty sure the sun didn't shine into his windows like that. So... where was he?

It wasn't until he heard some exclamations and talking that he took his arm away from his face and blinked. Were... were those his parents?! They cried out in shock as they saw their son wake up, and they immediately hugged him.

"Wha-?... Why're you in my room Mom and Dad?" He then looked around, and...

Wait, seriously, he was in the hospital again?!

He blinked, the expression of confusion crossing over his face, as he tried to remember why the hell he was in the damn hospital AGAIN.

Now that he thought about it, he had woken up, gotten dressed, and even had gotten out of the house before... he received a text message?

Now that he thought about it, he did receive a text message. From who, though?... Wait, it was Lexi! That's right! She had sent him a text and... whoah, wait, it wasn't her number though. Was it? He couldn't remember, but he was certain the reason why he had left the house was... well, originally he was going to meet his friends, but... uh... maybe Lexi sent him a message about something?... What was it about, again? He was sure he didn't meet up with his friends, so... maybe he was going to meet Lexi? Why? He couldn't really remember anything after getting out of his car... somewhere.

Troy rubbed his face, and then hoarsely chuckled, "At this rate, I might as well start paying rent to the hospital. Didn't think my job as a cop would include hotel expenses." He cracked a grin, always the one to make light of a situation. Plus, if he was going to be in and out of the hospital like this, he might as well get used to the food and TV programs.


((Sssoooo sorry about the delay! D: Lemme know if the reasoning for Troy being here works! I left it vague enough so that if you guys had another reason, I could easily just say Troy is still too foggy-headed to think clearly ^.^)