Antidote Ch 1

Aela wiped the last of the forsworn blood from her blade."They were not even a challenge, the lot of them were milk drinking whelps."

"Aela." She turned to see the Impra kneeling on the ground, blood dripping from a wound on her side, she hurried over.

"Harbinger? Are you injured?" 'That was a stupid question' she mentally scolded herself she wouldn't be bleeding if she wasn't.

"I'll live, that briarheart got me pretty good though." Her voice was strained from trying to hold back the pain.

"How were you injured?" Aela asked, concerned "The forsworn hadn't been difficult enemies to defeat, how were you harmed?"

"Briarhearts are a little different from the average forsworn,their undead and their muscles have been magically altered, making them stronger." She groaned " Makeing a motion to the corpse near her, their was a large hole in its chest.

"What in the name of Hercine"

"Hagraven's." She gasped trying to rise to her feet "It's their offering to the forsworn, ive seen the ritual they perform, its... not preety"

"I imagine not." Aela said, placing a hand on her shoulder to stop her from rising"Let me see the wound we need to check the damage."

"I'll be alright."

Aela was not convinced"Let me see."

"I said im fine." she replied stubbornly

"Then why are you holding your side?"

She sighed in defeat "Fine lets get back to the camp and get this patched up."
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"Were at camp now let me see." She tried again

"Your a persistent one aren't you?" The imperial remarked

"Weren't you the one that said that we should never leave a friend behind harbinger?"

She sighed "Aela if im your friend why do you keep calling me 'Harbinger?'" She said sitting on a small stool in front of her tent.

"Well that's-"Aela paused she was at a loss for words calling Impra,'Harbinger' had become second nature, kneeling in front of her She sighed "I don't know."

Impra sighed "Either way are you going to help me with this or not?" She motions to her side.

"Ah, of course"Aela says quickly

"Thank you." she said taking off a piece of the black leather armor that had always made Aela feel uneasy, something about it just seemed to draw in darkness but Aela loved how it seemed to hug onto Impras' body showing curves in all the right places, so caught up in her musings she flinched when her advanced senses caught onto the scent of blood, Aela was dumbfounded.

"Why did you keep something like that hidden!"She gasped, A stab wound about an inch wide and two and a half inches deep but that wasn't what had Aela worried there was a green rim around the mark.

Poison.

"Harbinger that weapon was poisoned!"

"It's alright Aela." Impra said calmly

"Alright? How is this alright? You've been wounded and poisoned!" This was bad how could Impra be so calm? Did she want to die?

"Aela."When Impra spoke her eyes seemed to glow "Do you think im such a fool that I wouldn't have immediately realized that ive been poisoned?" Impras' voice was still calm but had a challenging edge to it.

Aela was surprised by this. "Then why haven't you done anything about it?"

"I already have." She held up an empty bottle for Aela she took it and read the label.

"Poison resister?"

"And this." She said adjusting her armor to show a string held necklace from around her neck Aela noticed a chain necklace behind it but didn't let it draw her attention "It has an enchantment that helps my body fight poison, so the poisons effects won't hit me for a while they will keep me standing until we reach my home in Marcarth I can make an antidote there."

"Then lets go." Aela stood up

Impra chuckled "Easy their my knight in shining armor I still have to dress this wound."

"Oh, im sorry" Aela could feel a light blush covering her cheeks but hoped her facepaint would hide it.

Impra smiled and chuckled

"What?" Aela demanded

"Your blushing."

"I am not." The accusation only making her blush deepen

"You don't have to deny it, its cute." Impra giggled, at any other time she would have marveled at how great that giggle had sounded and how nice Impra looked when smiling

"Shut up!" Aela was flustered at this point making her edgy "I said im not! Drop it!" The words had come out far more harshly than but before she could apologize they had already left their mark.

Impra wasn't smiling "I see." Her voice was a cold as Skyrim snow "Lets get to Marcarth."

"I-" Aela felt terrible and was about to volentier to dress Impras' wound as a way to make up for what she said but to her surprise the imperial had already managed it while they were arguing and was fitting the pieces of her armor she had removed back into place.

Impra sighed "It doesn't matter Aela, its alright" but she would meet Aelas' eyes, pretty much meaning that it wasn't "We will reach Marcarth by the end of the hour if we leave now." her voice was still cold but it carried an undertone of sadness that hurt to hear, it stung Aela even more to know she was the one that caused it.

"Alright." The sooner they got to Marcarth and cleansed Impra of poison the better, Alea decided "Lets go."