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Out of all the gods-damned things she expected getting out of that hospital room, this wasn't even on the list. The scrape of metal on metal happened every single time she moved and it was getting on her nerves. The handcuff was too tight for her to dislocate her thumb to get out of it, and the welds on the bedframe were solid enough that there was no way it was coming off that way.

It's a small miracle that she hasn't been drugged again. The pain's still eating away at her, and what's worse than that's the exhaustion. When she'd punched the orderly, she'd managed to frak up her hand and open her stitches, but a oh-so-helpful nurse had patched her up once she was cuffed and left behind. She's got new bandages on her wounds, one where she'd pulled out her IV, and one on her hand, and not of it makes a single bit of sense.

She's pretty sure that there's a guard on the door, and what Kara doesn't know is that there's a quasi-procedure in place for this. When people come from other places, and are hurt, and moreover if they're behaving erratically. Hold them in custody, they get a public defender, a psych consult, and then the determination is made if they should press charges.

Rattling the cuff again, Kara stares up at the ceiling, her jaw clenched in anger and fear. This place is impossible. It's impossible, and she's been trying to figure out if she's seeing things like Roslin, if she'd up and died-- and that's what finally gets her to speak, her voice low in the hospital room where they'd taken away anything that could be within reach and used as a weapon. "Lords, I don't know if this is supposed to be some kind of test, but I'm running on empty on how to take this. If there was some kind of, I don't know, directions or something... Just figured I'd ask."

A split second after the last word dies in her throat, there's a knock on the door. Blinking in surprise, Kara mutters, "Thanks," before she pushes herself up a little with a wince, and speaks up. "Come in."

Date: 2015-11-29 06:24 am (UTC)
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"Kara, wait," Lee says, because she's pulling at her cuff like he's got the key, or like he can actually do anything about the fact that she's being held in the first place. If he could, he'd pull strings and get her released, and as much as he wishes it was like that in Darrow, it's not. He's not the Admiral's son here, hell, he's not even an actual lawyer here. Lee's sure he's only getting this moment to talk to Kara because Spitzer decided to be accommodating for once.

"Kara, there's a procedure. We'll talk to the DA, probably get you off with a warning, but we can't just uncuff you yet."

Date: 2015-12-23 04:24 am (UTC)
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"Kara. Kara, stop!" Lee says, and he walks in close enough to grab Kara's wrist, and at least try and stop her from hurting herself.

"I'm going to get you out of here. I promise. You just... you just have to be patient, okay?"

Gods. He's asking Kara Thrace to be patient. He knows how frakking stubborn she is, but there's really no way around it right now, as much as he wishes there was.

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