fandom_clinic | In the Clinic

Tara sits by Maia's bed, holding her hand and crooning. She strokes a white feather over Maia gently, given to her by Aziraphale that afternoon (http://www.livejournal.com/community/fandomtownies/178649.html?thread=6104793#t6104793), watching as it swirled bright patterns into Maia's aura that were quickly absorbed only to drain away.

The pinpricks behind Maia's eyes lighted again, they had been vacant for a while. Tara!! Tara I'm here! Maia tried to push towards the lights but they vanished as quickly as they appeared. They won't let me go Tara. Tara I'm so scared. I'm so scared I'm in the dark

((OOC: about to go to bed I am exhausted. thankyou a heap for doing this. I promise to return the favor times ten whenever you need it.))

*Sara sits by Maia's bed, taking one of her hands gently.*

I don't know if you can hear me, Maia, but please, come back. We miss you. Your friends need you. I miss you.

*Her voice catches.*

Maia feels someone holding her hand, the lights behind her eyes were red. not Tara, Tara makes it white Maia struggled towards the hand that was holding hers. It was warm, the only thing warm Maia had felt since she went into the dark. Sara Maia's mind whispered, she knew who the red light was now behind her eyes. Sara, sara don't let go of me. Don't please don't let me go Maia struggled to squeeze Sara's hand back to keep her from leaving. She fought against everything holding her to get to Sara's hand. For a moment, just before it went dark again, Maia screamed Sara's name and pushed as hard as she could to touch Sara's hand.

*Her hands are steady around Maia's.* I'm here. I'm not letting go. You aren't alone Maia, I'm here with you.

Maia felt them, she moved her mouth to say Sara's name. No sound came out. She focused again on Sara's hands covering hers. She thought about squeezing them, she pushed her hand upwards again and this time she felt Sara's actual hand, not just its warmth. She squeezed at Sara's hand as hard as she could.

"Hey Maia," Tara whispers. "I brought you pie. Chocolate meringue, from Deb's. It's really good. C'mon, you want to wake up for pie, don't you?" She sighs, taking Aziraphale's white feather from its resting place (tucked behind Maia's neck), and traces it over her skin, hoping to see a twitch, any sign that Maia was still linked to her physical body and not just the swirling white patterns that disappear almost as soon as they appear.

"I've moved into the dorms," Tara says, trying to keep her voice cheerful. "I slept here two nights, and I'm sure the staff got totally sick of me. I haven't told Paige about you yet, she's having a really tough time right now, and we had a fight... I don't think she can cope with anything else. I wish I'd asked you who your friends were." She stops, biting her lip. "Are. I mean, who your friends are."

The white prickly lights were back, Tara was there. Tara! Tara I'm here. Don't leave me please. She could hear Tara talking, she sounded like she was talking from far away under the water even. There had been a fight, maybe thats why I am here, maybe I was in a fight Maia struggled against the dark. As with the red lights Sara had shown Maia pushed towards the white ones. She forced the hands away from her own hand so she could touch Tara's hand. She punched through the darkness like a brick wall and felt something warm on her hand for a moment.

Tara blinks. Maia's hand twitched against hers. She could swear it did. "Maia? Sweetie, I'm right here." Tara tucks the feather back under Maia's neck, using her bare hands to stroke over the girl's face and arms. "Can you hear me? I'm here, honey."

Darkness swirled around Maia as the warmth was still on her hand. I hear you I hear you Tara, there you are Maia struggled to get closer to where Tara's voice was coming from. The white lights grew larger behind her eyes. You FOUND ME When she thought that a terrible sound hit Maia's ears. Screaming, terroized screams, full of pain. Maia turned her head towards the screams. Before she could get to the lights and the warm hand it was gone, swept away with nothing but screams all around her. Shawns face, Lilly's face, Richard. All of them swept by her all of them screaming while the hands touched their bodies.

((shawn,richard and lilly are 4400's as well with different abilities))

There was a surge in Maia's aura, faint but noticeable to Tara's watching eyes. "No, Maia, sweetie, don't go. Stay here with me." Her hopes, so briefly raised, fell, and she climbed onto the bed next to Maia, pressing a kiss to the girl's forehead and then resting her own forehead against it. "I'm here, honey. Stay with me." Closing her eyes, she concentrated on the girl she had come to know, her strength and her fragility, her kindness and generosity, pushing these images to the forefront of her mind. "I know you're a seer, not a mindreader, Maia, but this is who you are," she whispers. "Come back to us."

Maia no longer felt the hands holding her down but she stared in horror at Shawn, Lilly and Richard screaming in pain. Shawn, shawn I'm here, its Maia, please its ok don't be scared Maia was moving freely around in the dark. She looked up at the little lights there were Tara and then down at Shawn's hand, he was reaching out for her, screaming. I cant Shawn I cant this isnt real, I cant stay. Tara-Tara's waiting for me Shawn Maia turned back towards Tara's little light and then Shawn screamed, like nothing Maia had ever heard before. He was pleading with her, reminding her they were friends, telling her he was afraid. Telling her he needed her to stop the pain. Maia coward in the dark crying. Begging Shawn to stop screaming and trying to still see Tara's light

Tara could swear she heard screaming, and placed her hands on either side of Maia's face. "Maia, you're safe, honey, no-one's hurting you. You're lost, but I've got you, and I'm going to get you back, okay? You have to follow me back. Can you hear me?" Her voice was low and desperate, shaking with the effort to stay calm and keep the energy she extended to Maia loving and welcoming.

[OOC note for anyone reading - Tara's got permission to catch glimpses into Maia's mind, Willow mind-walk style.]

Maia heard Tara clearly now. "Tara?" Maia stood up from where she was crouched behind the table. She looked around "Tara where are you?"

((can Maia see Tara like in the Willow one?))

Tara? Where are you? Tara heard inside her head. It wasn't quite like Willow's telepathy, but it didn't feel like her own thoughts, either. "Maia, honey? I can hear you. I'm right here, holding your hand. Where are you, sweetie?"

((okay to play with the chronology? Tara's emotions during the day are heavily influenced by how Maia's doing, but Maia's not necessarily experiencing time the same way Tara is.))

Maia looks around. "I'm here Tara. I-where the others are. They are not holding me down anymore but-" Maia cuts off as Shawn lets out a terrible scream. "SHAWN!!" Maia screams. "Its dark, I don't know Tara. I don't know I am here. Can you see me? Can you see where I am?" Maia sounds like she is walking around the room, her voice fading in and out. "I can't see you Tara" Maia is running "Tara Tara I can't see you!!"

After losing contact the previous night, at a most disheartening moment, Tara returns to Maia's bedside to try again. Putting her forehead against the younger girl's, Tara spoke. "Can you hear me, Maia? I'm right here, can you hear me?"

((Um, sorry, on what Maia can see: I'm thinking Tara's not as good as Willow was at it. More a feeling that she's there. Tara can probably see a little more than Maia can, because effectively they're in Maia's head.))

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