What am I doing here? (Tag: Alistair)

Selina let out a sharp cry as another blow landed before she heard something like a growl and suddenly she was no longer being held against the wall. She slid down, having no ability to stand at the current time and wondered what the hell had just happened.

Selina stared in genuine surprise as it appeared that one of the staff members had actually come to her aid. The fact that he’d thrown the boy to the floor caused a faint smile to flicker across her features for a brief moment before she was forced to hold in a moan of pain. Usually when Zeus’ kids were involved in anything iffy, security looked the other way... When it was Zeus' kids and her, sometimes they even threw in a snide comment of encouragement to her attackers and the worst joined in. Selina had no clue what the fuck was going on with the guy defending her, but with the adrenaline fading the pain started to overpower what little energy she had left. She heard every word between the two though, and felt complete shock when the security guard actually sounded like he was standing up for her… maybe it was just posturing to put the demigod in his place, she had no idea, but people here usually would’ve agreed with the demigod’s assessment and merely chastised him for taking it a bit far.

Selina glanced up at her rescuer as he turned to face her and stayed right where she was. She had no idea what was going on here, but trusting anyone who happened to work with the school wasn’t on her list of smart options. She then watched as the boys walked away muttering amongst themselves before looking back up at the man who’d saved her from a shit ton of pain, “Thanks for your help, but I’ll be fine,” she responded, her voice a bit raspy and feeble at best. Selina forced her feet underneath of her to help herself stand and hissed in pain. Shit, they’d gotten in a few good hits for sure and she was almost positive one or more of her ribs were bruised.

Selina leaned back against the wall for a moment and shut her eyes, giving up on standing just yet. Fuck. She hoped the man would leave her to her misery, not that she’d ever be so lucky here. Hell, maybe he’d just wanted her to himself. Selina almost felt bad for thinking such a thing about a man who’d just defended her in more ways than one… but then, she hated them all right now. Maybe the man was trying to win favor with some other entity in the school, maybe he was naive enough to think that his job involved protecting titans too, who knew?

Selina sighed and then winced as her ribs protested even that minor a movement, “I’m sure you’re great and all, but they’re gone,” she offered, her tone dismissive. His job was done, so he shouldn’t be hanging around much longer. “Besides, might be bad for your reputation if word of this gets out,” she added wryly. Damn, she hated being this weak, particularly in front of someone else. Her healing ability wouldn’t even be able to help her now thanks to the bloody brand on her face. The Reyes certainly hadn’t taken kindly to one of their own being attacked, and Zeus’ descendants happened to agree with their constant rivals. After all, if the titaness was uppity enough to attack a Reyes, a Leclaire might be next.

    Selina watched him warily when he approached, unsure of what to expect. At his words, she almost laughed but she knew better than to do that with her ribs they way they were. Chivalry was it? Or perhaps he was foolish enough to give a damn. “What about refusing to spite you?” she asked with a small glimmer of playful mischief entering her eyes. His next words caused mild confusion though. He would carry her? Wait… that-she hadn’t heard that right. “I’ll be fine in a while, I just need to catch my breath,” she offered, wondering if he was serious or playing around.

    “Besides, your job is to protect them from me, not the other way around,” she added wryly. Shit, she really couldn’t move right now… well, she probably could, but it’d hurt like hell. She just needed time to muster up the energy and the stamina to get back to her room, then she call in sick or something. She didn’t think she could make it to class tomorrow even if she forced herself to. Fucking hell, this was bad. At least the security guy seemed to be genuine enough, she didn’t think she could face an asshole at full strength right now.

    Relying on him to help her there struck her the wrong way though, so Selina pushed herself to stand again and bit back a low moan of pain as she almost passed out. No, that wasn’t going to happen anytime soon. Shit, “Look, I know your intentions are probably good and all that, but just leave me be for a while. I’ll eventually make it back to my room and be fine,” she offered, though her voice was weakened by he recent attempt to stand and it was difficult to breathe. She really hated not having her powers right now.

Selina grinned at his response, ignoring the flare of pain in her split lip, “As you damn well should be,” she replied almost thankful for the momentary distraction. At least he had a sense of humor, that was nice. The fact that he just watched her trying to stand though, irritated her. Couldn’t he have looked away, or even walked away by now? Damnit. He didn’t strike her as the sadistic sort to take pleasure in watching her struggle, but with staff one could never be too sure.

He didn't seem to bother responding to her comment about who he should be bothering himself with, but then, she figured it was probably just so commonly accepted that nothing needed to truly be said. She was here to be controlled and to be tamed so she wouldn't present a threat to the gods once she graduated, and Selina knew it. Some probably hoped that she would even be generous to help the gods, but she had different plans.

At the man's next words, Selina’s features shut down. She should've known, why the hell she'd even let her guard down for a moment she wasn't sure. The fucking bastard probably only cared about dirty blood tainting the precious halls… she was about to make a cruel remark when he actually picked her up off the floor. Selina was shocked and had no clue what to do, her body protested any movement at all, and she ended up biting her lip until it bled even further to hold back any sound that would indicate pain. Selina was far too injured to actually fight, and currently in too much pain to even verbally protest. He was surprisingly gentle though… and the fact that he’d likely been joking moments ago… shit, she couldn’t even really be mad at him.

“Why are you doing this?” She asked quietly, looking down and not meeting his eyes. This was so far against what she was used to she was unsure of how to respond to him. Selina absently wondered if she shouldn’t struggle more, but he was far stronger than she was right now and moving would only cause more pain. Frankly, she’d dealt with enough agony today. Selina sighed and gave in, resting against him for the moment as anything else just strained her already limited energy.

Selina sighed at his question, honestly unsure of how to answer. At his second comment. a tired half-smile crossed her features, so he’d definitely been joking. “I do my best,” she offered trying to keep her mind off of her ribs for the moment. Shit, she was getting lightheaded and she wasn’t sure if it was from pain or blood loss… “You’re different than most of the others around here then,” she replied softly. Shit, he almost seemed like he’d meant that. If he kept going like this, Selina wouldn’t be able to hate all the staff equally. Threw a wrench in her plans to blow up the school… not that she truly would’ve, but she’d definitely thought about it on her worst days.

Selina was mildly impressed with his kicking the door down for her and part of her was quite happy that property damage against the school had been committed on her behalf. Yes, she could be petty. Selina winced as she was transferred to the bed and immediately missed his heat. “Sorry about that,” she offered when she saw his suit. That couldn’t have been cheap… did he expect her to have the money to compensate him for it? At his offer though, Selina smirked, “You just want an excuse to see me without my clothes on,” she teased weakly as she laid her head back, briefly enjoying being able to lay down. Selina wasn’t entirely sure she trusted the medical staff here anymore than anyone else, and this man had been far kinder than most so far. “So long as you don’t stare too long, I suppose it’d be alright,” she added with a small smirk.

Under any other circumstance she’d have already invited him back to her bed, but she didn’t exactly have her A game right now. Not to mention she wouldn’t have been able to do much with him even if she did manage to convince him to go with her. “I have to admit though… usually a handsome man laying me down in a bed turns out to be much less painful,” she confessed with a wry grimace. She then looked up at Alistair, curiosity lining her features, “You have a name?” She asked with a playful tone. “I feel like I should know my knight in shining armor.”

The goddamn bastard that had done this would definitely regret it, but she had to be far more careful in her planning than he ever would and no one could know she was involved… still she didn’t intend to let this go. Selina wasn’t one for grinning and bearing anything unless she had reason to, besides, the ass had it coming. But for now, first aid. The handsome stranger was a far more pleasant focus than her cold desire for vengeance.