[ARRIVAL, TAG PUCK] "Reminisce some time, the night they took my friend."

[gotstarpower]

Who: Mercedes Jones and Noah Puckerman
Where: The beach, just near the resort
Time of Day: Late evening
Open or Closed: Closed

Mercedes heart was pounding harder and more fast in her chest than it ever had. She felt like she was going to have a heart attack, but it was just adrenaline and shock. Total and utter shock. Unlike anything she had ever felt before. There was a ringing in her ears too. She just stood there watching the younger ER doctor adorned in light blue scrubs as he continued to speak, but it was like nothing was commuting anymore. She clung to Puck's side, her fingers sunk into his arm in a vice-like grip as her legs began to feel like jelly. Puck had paled beyond belief. He didn't even look just sick, he looked like he was going to pass out. In fact, it was right that minute as Mercedes dark eyes flicked to Puck's face to check if he was okay, that Puck did just that. He slumped hard in against her and her arms closed around him, catching him before he fell. The doctor reached out to help, but as Mercedes stumbled under the added weight to her legs, she didn't fall to the cold, hard linoleum ground of the Lima Emergency Room, her knees fell to warm sand and the sound and scent of the ocean lapping engulf her senses, capturing the nauseating sterile hospital smell and evaporating it.

A reflexive stunned gasp fell from her lips. It was night time, but the hospital was gone. Puck was gone, the doctor was gone. On god, the shock of what had just happened hit her like a tonne of bricks and horrified sob escaped her and echoed through the sea air. "PUCK!" she screamed out, looking around frantically with another panicked sob. What the hell was going on?

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[alloriginalgradeabadass]

He just nodded, forcing a weak smile. "You do what you have to when you have to protect the people you love. Like I said... There was a weird age gap when she got here. I always planned to tell her if she was still around when she got over, but she hooked up with Nick, and they're happy... Yeah. Nick as in Nick and Jeff. You know, there are times, even now, when his name almost comes out of my mouth attached to Jeff's? Those two belonged together as much as Blaine and Kurt did, and yet, on this island? Nick has no fucking idea. It does... It changes everything. Kurt told her that she was happy where he came from, and I guess that was enough for her. I've kind of kept to myself, other than Mike. He's my roommate here. It's okay. You probably will be a little confused for a while. You get used to it, and you learn to live with it."

Puck nodded quietly. "You can come back to my place if you'd like. Have a lie down in my bed. I'll take the couch, it's no big deal. You'll have your own place, but you might not wanna be alone right now... At least, I know I didn't when I first got here."

[gotstarpower]

It was just all too much. Mercedes brain suddenly felt like it had information overload and like it was going to explode. If she tried to take in anymore, she didn't know what would happen. For now, she just had to try and switch off to collect herself and deal with the shock of Blaine's death. Not to mention the shock of ending up here in this strange place that made no sense. The place where Kurt was alive. It was going to take more time than just accepting on face value.

"Thanks," she said, choked up. She wasn't sure she could handle being somewhere strange and all alone right now. Not after what she just witnessed. She was beyond spooked, and it felt like she couldn't stop shaking. Part of her still felt like she wanted to be sick. Whatever this all was, she trusted Puck not to be lying to her and even if it was freaking her out, at least he was a familiar face. Somehow, this had to start making sense sooner or later.