Divided We Fall

[Mystique]

Rachel giggled "i dont think he'll be hunting anymore rabbits" she helped him to the wall of the cave, took the rabbit and set it down near Griffin "and to answer your question, we're the closest of friends" Rachel smiled and went back to Lireal

[KittKat chunky~]

Lireal smiled, watching Rachel...

"thats nice.... and i dont think hes going to be hunting anything for a while"

she laughed quietly, wincing as she did so, a sharp pain flaring in  one of her ribs.... Lorazys had a powerfull punch....

[x]

"No, no, no way..." Carol huffed. The painful feeling at last lifted from her mind, bringing with it a wave of tingles and jitters. She had seen the whole thing, from the start, frozen in place...she had watched as her boy was taken away in the arms of that thing. Not being able to do a thing about it.

.....Just watching.

The woman fell heavily to her knees, defeated by emotion. She glanced over at the man, the one who looked like a soldier, her eyes glossed over. She could barely see him from where he was in the living room, glancing at her family photos. "You'd really help me? What am I supposed to do anyway?" she begged.

"Yes... I'll help you... as for what you should do, take a deep breath, count to ten, and then ask me that question again when you've calmed down" Charles said, standing up.
The calming down part he had to recite from memory, part of the program the CIA put him through to make sure he was the man for the job.

Carol nodded slowly, then rose to her feet. Her legs instantly locked and if she hadn't of caught herself on the door frame, she would have fell completley. Barely holding herself up, she sucked in a lungful of air, holding it for as long as possible while she started to count mentally. Then she let it out with an audible whoosh. "Alright," she said. "Well, I'm asking you again. How do I do this? I have to get him back, you know that, right? I have to do it before something even more terrible than what he's went through already happens to him." She hobbled forward into the living room where he stood weakly, trying to regain her vitality.

[Alice The Necrofox]

"Mmmm... I smell something good... what is it?"
Griffin had woken up to them giggling.
"What's so funny? Was I snoring again?"
He tried propping himself up, but met with some difficulty.

[Mystique]

"umm ye you were, but we were laughing at Lane. He decided not to chase rabbits anymore. have a good sleep?" Rachel pulled her knees up and smiled at him. "sorry i shook you a bit, kinda got annoying"

[Alice The Necrofox]

"I thought I smelled something."
Griffin stood up and moved over to rachel.
"Don't mind my battered body sitting here, do you?"

[Mystique]

"course i dont, you sure you're okay?"
Rachel budged over to make room, then decided to sit on the skateboard beside Lireal and Griffin.

[Alice The Necrofox]

"Yeah... I'll be fine. I just had the snot beaten out of me, but I'll be fine."
He sat down beside Rachel.
"So... Lane had trouble catching rabbits? That is a little amazing."

[KittKat chunky~]

Lireal shifted where she sat, biting back tears as the pain increased in her upper left rib... biting her lower lip she listened to the other two talking, breathing fast and shallow...

[Mystique]

Rachel heard Lireal "we need to get her help" she went over to Lane and started shaking him "hey, come on, Lireal needs your help here!" she ran to her backpack and brought it over to Lireal

[Alice The Necrofox]

Griffin noticed Lireal in discomfort. He slid over and held her back.
"Woah! Careful! You aren't better yet. You gotta be careful with that rib. I think you over strained yourself."

[KittKat chunky~]

Lireal shook her head, mumbling... "no no.... i dont need help...."  even as she said it she winced again, clutching at the blossoming pain across her chest... "no Rachel.... I... ugh... think i fractured a rib from one of her punches" laying back against the cave wall she breathed deeply, trying to ignore the pain, biting so hard on her lower lip she almost drew blood...

[Alice The Necrofox]

"Lie down... Let me see that rib..."
He put her to a lieing position, then paused, remembering she was a she.
"Rachel, maybe you should check out the rib..."

[Mystique]

she looked at Lane "well, he's not gonna be any good" then she looked at Lireal "alright but im going to need your help so just turn around with the bag" Rachel handed him the bag and when he was turned (and Rachel was sure he wasnt going to look) she took a look at the rib, "ok, im going to need bandages, and lots of them and, Lireal, i'll try not to put you in any more pain, ok? can you trust me?"

[Artemis]

Lane woke up briefly to see Rachel examining Lireal, then passed out again.  A few seconds later he heard Rachel say something abou bandages, but he passed out once more.  Another couple of seconds passed by before he forced himself to say something.  He got one word out before he was out cold, and that happened to be, "Leaf..."