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V dreamed of the blackwall.

And then she woke up.

Or did she?

V blinked her eyes slowly. She tried to. One eye worked. Everything was blurry. It was just light.

Too bright.

She grimaced and shut the eye. 

V heard a low moaning sound and realized it was coming from her own throat. She paused. 

She felt tired.

In the distance she heard some sort of familiar noise she couldn’t place.

She coughed. Lost her breath. Coughed again.

Her eyes blinked open. Both of them this time. 

The noise was closer. 

Shapes were beginning to form and the noise grew closer still.

Vik Vektor came into V’s focus.

She felt a smile overtake her.

“Viiiik,” she hadn’t meant to draw his name out but she opened her mouth and the noise just kept happening.

Vik was talking to her but it just sort of sounded like white noise. 

V watched him happily.

“Vik saved me,” that time she was quite certain all the words she said were the proper length.

Vik smiled at her which made her smile grow bigger.

And then there was a hand on her arm.

V turned and it was… no… no way…

Kerry Eurodyne?

“Kerryy Euuurrroodyneee?” She felt herself blushing. What was happening?

“Hey V,” he sounded amazing.

He reached out and pushed hair off her forehead.

V felt heat envelope her whole body. She wasn’t sure what sort of dream this was but she was into it.

Kerry was talking to Vik now. 

V looked slowly between the two of them. They seemed to be discussing something medical and serious. She did not understand what they were saying.

“You get that?” Vik asked her.

V smiled and nodded. 

She yawned as she felt a wave of exhaustion hit her. 

Her eyelids felt heavy.

She could probably just nap a little.

A gentle touch cupped her cheek and shook her lightly.

V blinked her eyes open. Kerry Eurodyne.

Her heart felt like bursting.

“Not yet, okay? Once we get you home.”

V frowned in confusion.

“Stay awake, okay?” He sounded very sweet.

Ohhhhhhh. V nodded. 

Kerry looked back over to Vik who was talking again.

V kept staring at Kerry. Stay awake.

But she was tired. 

“Can’t handle your narcotics can you?”

V’s eyes widened. Where did that voice come from?

“Oh for fuck’s sake,” The voice growled and then added, “Lightweight.”

Johnny Silverhand materialized in front of her. He took his sunglasses off and stared at her levelly.

“Come on. Get it together,” his tone was so mean.

V blinked. Huh. 

Strangely… this did seem oddly familiar. 

She looked back over to Kerry and then over to Vik.

“Do they see you?”

Everyone turned to look at her.

“Get. It. Together.” Johnny ground out.

“You talkin' to Johnny?” Kerry was looking at her sympathetically.

“Yeah,” V nodded, she raised her arm to point at Johnny’s image and nearly knocked over a tray of Vik’s tools.

V turned her attention to her rogue arm. 

She looked back over to Kerry.

“I’m so heavy,” she complained. Ugh, she really was. None of her limbs seemed to be responding properly and they all weighed 9000 pounds.

Kerry rubbed her shoulder gently.

“We’ll get you home, you sleep the meds off, you wake up feelin’ right as rain,” his voice really was so lovely.

“Yes,” V nodded. Good plan. Her head rolled over to the other side, “Oh hi Vik!”

“Hey V, you think you can sit up?” Vik was so nice.

V nodded.

“You wanna give it a try?” He smiled encouragingly at her.

V nodded.

“Okay. Go.” 

V didn’t move. She turned to face forward and saw Johnny Silverhand again.

She tried to sit up. But nothing worked.

She frowned.

“Oh,” V tried again. Nothing. She looked at Vik, “Turns out I can’t.”

Vik smiled at her and then started to talk to Kerry again.

“V?”

V turned to look at Johnny again. 

“Mind if I help?” His voice was much softer.

V didn’t know why but she thought she might trust him more than any one in the whole world.

“Sure.”

His image disappeared and V was a little sad but then she felt him.

All of a sudden it was like she was lying on top of him and then he was guiding her up. Sitting her up. V took in the view of Vik’s clinic from her new vantage point. She looked between Kerry and Vik.

“I’m up!” She beamed at them.

“That’s great V,” Vik reached out to her arm to help her.

Kerry reached out for her other arm.

Johnny didn’t leave her, he stayed a steady presence in the weight of her entire body.

Between the four of them V got out of the chair and found herself standing.

Kerry wrapped an arm around her waist. 

Vik walked over from his side. 

“Listen to Kerry, get some rest, and you’ll wake up ready to face this thing again,” Vik gave her a nod.

V returned the nod. It seemed important what he said. She trusted this would all make sense later.

“You’re a mess,” Johnny’s voice admonished but he continued to hold her up.