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"Do you need anything baby?"
"No thank you Mrs. Gilligan, I'm ok."
"Alright honey. And please, call me Abby"
Eliana chuckled softly. "Sorry Mrs Gillig- Abby.. its been awhile since i- well you know." Eliana said hesatinly. Abby looked at her with a look of understanding and smiled softly at her. "Its ok Eli, your safe now." She said carefully placing her hand on her shoulder. Eliana weakly smiled back at her. After being missing for almost a year, she was finally back home. But a lot of things have changed, a lot...
It was weird seeing everyone again after months of being locked away underground in a cruddy facility, being trained for a massive take over against KND and TND as a whole. Going through all the abuse and literally fighting for her life along with several other kids and teenagers in that damn facility several times. But finally she escaped, with a escape plan that took months in the making Plus her re-commissioned parents and the rest of the old sector V help. She was free
They all were
Well, not everyone..
She was currently at the Gilligan's resistants, planning to finally reunite with her best friend after months of not seeing him.
And to be honest, she was terrified.
Absolutely terrified
Last time she saw Oliver was at her decommissioning, her 13th birthday. A year ago. Expect she wasn't even decommissioned. She escaped it, she looked him right in the face as she was seconds away from jumping off platform and running for her life. She did it out of fear. she dreaded her 13th birthday and when it finally came she was a mess all day, counting down the seconds she would have to go to moonbase and get her memories taken away. She didn't wanna grow up, she didn't want to loose her memories of all her friends! Or the KND! or, well, everything!
When she walked across that stage to her decommissioning, she decided she wasn't gonna do it. She was gonna run away from it. It obviously didn't work though, she was still 13 when she ran away. And she stayed 13 through out her time in the underground facility. Having her 14th birthday there as well. Unlike her 13th birthday, She had no where to run down there.
She remembered his face, shaking his head when he realized what she was about to do, He knew her better then anyone. She mouthed to him that she was sorry and jumped. She remembered hearing everyone gasp and yell out of disbelief, hearing the alarms go off around all of moonbase.
She shuttered. She wanted to forget everything that happened after that day
She had to keep reminding herself that she wasn't there anymore, that she was safe. She had been back for a few days. Trying to adjust to her surroundings again after being locked away in a facility that was all white and gray, and was always cold. Feeling the warmness on her skin after months of pure coldness was an amazing feeling.
Reuniting wirh her siblings was awkward but she missed them very much. She remembered feeling so guilty after hearing her little brother sob his heart out into her shoulder when he saw her again, clutching onto her tightly, afraid if he let her go she would be gone again. She remembered watching her sister just stare at her in disbelief, she remembered her walking away and back into her room. Hearing the door shut loudly. Her younger sister stayed in her room for the rest of the day. Later on that night though Eliana had really wanted to talk to her and just be in her presence after months of not seeing her. Her little sister had broken down seeing her again. She remembered holding her tightly as she cried, She held in her own tears.
Eliana shook her head 'focus.' She took a breath in and out and started to head up the staircase to Oliver's room. Ms. Abby had said that he wasn't home yet, he was out with his dad, Mr gilliga- hoagie.
God this was gonna take some time to get used to again.
As she made her way up the stairs and into the hallway of the house, she glanced around at her surroundings. She hadn't been in the house for awhile, they're were some new things that hanged on the walls like new pictures frames or plane stuff that Mr. Hoagie had probably hung up. A certain picture had caught her eye next to Oliver's door, she moved closer to get a better look at it and she instantly filled up with dread.
It was a picture that was taken a few years ago, back when she was a kid, probably 9 or 10. In the picture was Oliver, her and Nicole. Her other friend and the former leader of there old sector. Seeing her again scared her as well. She was filled with relief when she did see her again though. Nicole had practically jumped onto her, hugging her to death while crying, bombarding her with questions like "Where the hell were you?!" Or "Me and Oli have been working with the TND for months trying to find you!" And "I missed you so much Eli oh my god."
Eliana had filled her in as best as she could. The whole facility situation was still being looked at plus with the news about the upcoming attack on the KND and TND, tensions were high and everyone was running around and trying to figure out what to do with the new information.
They had given everyone who was at the underground facility time to adjust again and to get medical care, thank God. She couldn't imagine having to jump straight into battle after getting out of a hell scape.
Eliana examined it closer, looking at Oliver. He was smiling brightly, flashing his teeth at the camera happily while Her and Nicole laughed. She smiled softly at the photo
They were so young and naive back then
Eliana turned to grab the knob on Oliver's door only to stop and realizes that she was going into his room. Its not like he was home though, she reminded herself that he was out with his dad. Ms Abby had told her that and he would be home in awhile.
The idea of him seeing her again after a whole year again started to consume her with more dread and anxiety. Deep down she knew she didn't have to be scared. Oliver knew she had fears of growing up, they all did. She knew he knew he'd probably never get mad at her about what happened. Oliver was probably the sweetest boy she met, but she still couldn't help but let her mind drift off to think other wise.
'What happens if he really was mad?'
'What happens if when he sees her, her only blows up in her face for running away from her decommissioning or leaving?'
'What If he hates you for ever?? And ending 8 years of freindship'
'What if-'
"Be quiet!" She unknowingly said out loudly. Her eyes went wide and her hands shot to cover her mouth, fearing Ms Abby had heard her outburst. After a few seconds of silence, she sighed in relief and pulled her hands away from her mouth.
'CALM down Eli, you're ok, you're safe, Oli not gonna be mad at you.. and even if he is, he has a right to be.. I mean you did just disappear out of the blue..'
Eliana shook her head. 'No, that is not your fault. None of what happened was your fault. Its ok.' She reminded herself. Eliana took a deep breathe in and then out. Realizing she had just been standing outside the door having a literal conversation/pep talk in her head, not wanting to waist anymore time, she gently opened the door and walked in.
................
Eliana didn't really expect what to see in her best friend's room, she hadn't been in his room in forever. Not much had changed at least. The same wallpaper, same bed, same windows same dent on his bed that he had accidently made. The walls were covered with posters though, Some she recognized, some she didn't. Something that caught her eye was his desk, usually it was scattered with crayons or some sort of action figures or a bandaged up rainbow money with play pretend medical stuff scattered around it
But the only thing on the desk were papers
Lots and lots of papers
She couldn't get a good glimpse of it, from where she was standing all that she could make out were big letters in red ink spelling out "T.N.D"
she wasn't really surprised he was in the TND, she learned through some of the teens at the underground facility of the TND existence. And wasn't at all shocked to find out Oliver was apart of it.
Now that she thought about it, if she hadn't ran away from her decommissioning. She probably would have been offered to be in the TND to. She had been told she was a pretty good operative during her time being apart of the KND. People always complimenting her about her skills on the field and battle ground and missions.
God she is such an idiot..
Eliana looked around the room more, spotting Oliver's bed, which was, unsurprisingly, not made. She sighed, that boy never changed. She grabbed his covers and quickly made his bed, flopping down on the floor and leaning against his bed after she was done. Facing his closet doors. Doors were covered with drawings that were years old. Some of the drawings had tape across them to keep rhem from breaking. She smiled at one of the drawings on the door, it was a poorly drawn flower she had made him in the 1st grade. When she gave it to him, he had practically jumped out of his seat of joy and hugged her tightly, saying he was gonna put it on his closet door when he got home so he could wake up everyday and see it. That had made her really happy.
She turned to look at his nightstand, noticing another colored drawing, it was perfectly colored and drawn neatly. It was a drawing of a pink rainbow monkey, wearing what she assumed were doctors clothes. Her dad was a doctor at there local hospital, though she didn't think doctors wore big long orange coats with blue tutus.
Oliver always had a thing for doctors and nurses and medical stuff, he was the medic of there old team, always keeping a band aid on hand. He always liked helping people, seeing them smile again cracking a funny joke to make them feel better. When ever he came over to play when they were younger, he would always ask her dad about working in a hospital was and if he helped people and more child like questions. Her dad would answer his questions as best as he could. Her dad was always tired from the working at the hospital on late nights so his answers varied from "yes" to "no" to "maybe" and on the very rare occasion "what?"
Eliana chuckled to herself, wondering if he was still interested in being a doctor
She frowned again
'What if-'
'Dont.'
Eliana examined his nightstand more, noticing a picture frame next to his lamp. She shifted herself closer to the nightstand and carefully reached to grab the frame. When she finally brought it up closer to her she was instantly filled with nostalgia and sadness
The picture was all of her team, Sector V. She couldn't really make out where they were but they all looked happy. Her Nicole and Oliver were laughing about something she couldn't remember. Next to them were Marcie, her younger sister who had her hands up in the air, probably animating something with her hands. Next to her was Roni or her full nane, Veronica. Oliver's younger sister. When Veronica had saw her again she had ran up to her and picked her up and spun her around while screeching happily, for a 12 year old she was pretty strong. She had cried happy tears and kept telling her how much she missed and asked if she as ok. Eliana had tried to fill her in as well as she could as well.
Eliana wasn't as close with Veronica as she was with everyone else but she did care for the girl. There reunion was short but meaningful, she was glad she saw Veronica again.
She stared at the picture more, remembering the good times she had in the knd. Not hearing the front door open, hearing foot steps and hushed voices speaking down stairs. She kept starring starring the picture not hearing the slow foot steps climbing up the stairs.
She stopped starring when she heard Oliver's bedroom door open.
She jumped and looked up
And there he was
Oliver didn't change at all. His hand was still on the door knob, his backpack was dangling from his shoulder, ready to fall at any moment, his jaw open and his eyes wide starring at her with disbelief.
She started to get worried, he just kept starring at her. His eyes looked like the were starting to water. She didn't know what to say
"Oli, i-" She said but before she could continue, Oliver had dropped his back pack and walked towards her and dropped to his knees in front of her, wrapping his arms around her tightly.
"I miss you so much." He said, his voice cracking at the end of his sentence. He buried his head in her shoulder still holding her tightly, feeling his tears on her shoulders
Eliana was speechless when she started to feel a single tear fall down her face, then another, then another, then she broke.
She let out a sob and wrapped her arms around him as well, sobbing into his shoulder as he rocked them back and forth
"I'm sorry.. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.." She let out, trembling as she held him tighter. He only hushed her and softly patting her hair, letting her sob.
"Its ok Lia, youre safe now. You're ok..!" He choked out
"Youre home."