Clo awoke in a fit of violence, her arms and legs flailing about wildly until she slipped off the cot and landed on the floor. An audible grunt was forced from her gut before the room fell silent once more.

[b]"Fuck..."[/b] She groaned, refusing to pick herself up and resorting to simply lying on the cold tiles. The cool felt nice against her warm body.

She'd been dreaming again, the same dream she had almost every night. Images of her past would flood her slumber, forcing her to relive memories she'd already tried to forget. There was the night sky as always, and then... the meeting of her sisters. She'd never forget that moment in her life and she'd cherish it forever but that wasn't what had forced her awake. It was what followed that haunted her and turned a night's rest into a nightmare.

[center][b][i]...Pain...[/i][/b][/center]
Lying on the floor with the cold pressing against her tummy and the still air against her back, she could feel it. Pain. A throbbing dull sensation that followed her from her dreams into consciousness. It was everywhere under her skin pressing against muscles, against the back of her eyes... against her back. Streaks of it in lines that never found an end. It simply kept going. Streak after streak after streak along ten year old scars. Her nightmares were real there... back then. Whenever she closed her eyes she could see [i]him[/i] standing like a shadow over her. Every flick of his wrist sent fire screaming across her back, bolts of lightening between the blades of her shoulders. She kept her eyes open forcing the visions and the pain away.

It was only after lying on the ground for a good five minutes that reality found its way back to her. By then the cold of the floor had done its work, calming her and helping her forget the dream before replacing it with a different nightmare altogether.

[b]"Shit!"[/b] She scrambled to her feet although as she stood up, she immediately began to regret the quick action. Her body hadn't yet the time to adjust causing her to loose her balance and see the world in a blur. She caught a hold of the edge of the cot in defiance, focusing instead on something more important. [b]"Shit, shit, shit..."[/b] Her weary head now on a swivel as she looked for a window. There were none. In her haste to sleep she'd taken a room that was not built against one of the walls of the medical center. The only windows were those that looked into the hallway. [b]"Damn it Clo! You're going to miss your shift on the wall... put everyone in danger again? That's twice now!"[/b] She moved toward the door, her tired legs protesting, the sore muscles of her wings crying out as she folded them behind her back.

[b]"Get your shit together Cl-"[/b] As she passed under the frame between her room and the hallway connecting all the others, she caught of glimpse of both Tobias and Ravenia. They were sitting opposite each other with the former attending to something on the woman's torso. The door to their room was open, as were all the doors thanks to Tobias' fear of enclosed spaces. It gave her a clear view of what was going on and what she saw next didn't sit well with her at all. As Tobias' hands moved, his fingers revealed a large burn.

[b]"Mum?!"[/b] She screamed out a little too loud for comfort. Still dizzy and coming out of disturbed slumber, she sprinted the short distance between herself and Ravenia and dropped to her knees, sliding the last few feet until she came to rest beside her. She was staring now, quite intently at the burn, an utterly confused look on her face. [b]"The hell happened?! How long have I been out?!"[/b]

All manner of fears were crossing her mind now.

[center][i][b]...What the fuck did I do?...[/center][/i][/b]