Cedar suddenly started fighting his sisters, trying desperately to turn back toward the side hall they had fled past.

[color=00a99d]"W..eh... Go.tta... 'elps 'im!"[/color] he rasped. [color=00a99d]"He.. dun know.. no be'er... Deys .. deys gun. kill'r fer sures..." [/color]

[color=ed145b]"Dis"[/color] (hack) [color=ed145b]"'at ladeh as wants ta roll ya"[/color] (bark, cough, wheeze) [color=ed145b]"da hay Cedah?"[/color] Chided Lily, just before her brother's claws dug into her arm and shoulder. She bellowed, dropped him, then looked at him in shock.

[color=f7941d]"Da Hell ya doin!? She got ya all fire' up AT bad bruh? Don' hurt US-- we's 'ere ta gits you out!"[/color]

[color=00a99d]"IT.. AIN'.. Funnneyh..." [/color] he protested indignantly before over-exerting himself, then slipping to the floor with his head bowed. [color=00a99d]"Uhs.... Seened a man.. git blowed up.. ... Fang..horn... No' 'ere tuh..... Please.. No' 'ere.. tuh.."[/color]

Lily and Rose looked at each other with their ears pulled back, then at Cedar with grimmaces of extreme displeasure. Lily sucked in a troubled breath, then coughed clear fluid onto the floor beside her before voicing her dissent.

[color=ed145b]"Cedah-- 'at SUMBITCH tried tuh rip muh throat ou'-- 'en rubbes muh nose in 'at fire back ere-- AN YOUS WANTS TUH SAVES IM!?"[/color]

[color=f7941d]"He a right ass, Cedah!"[/color]

[color=00a99d]"Sss...soos... Oaak.. .. He's.. MUH.. asshole.. bruthuh..."[/color]  He looked down at the floor, and started crying. [color=00a99d]"..An uh. loves him.... [/color]"  He looked back the twins, eyes wet with tears, but sharp, hard, and resolute. [color=00a99d]"Ted's.. [i]MUH[/i] asshole... Tuh... We GOTS TA SAVE ... [i]HER[/i]... Ta saves... [i]HIM[/i]..."
[/color]

[color=ed145b]"HE GOT A NAME?!"[/color]
[color=00a99d]"Yeah... Ted.."[/color]
[color=f7941d]"An' wutserface, as we gots to 'saves'?"[/color]

He waited an uncomfortable amount of time, just staring harshly into Rose's face with an expression that could curdle milk. (or at the very least, make village children wet themselves) then finally answered. One word. Harsh. Contempt filling every syllable.  "[color=00a99d]..KAITLYN...[/color]"

The girls looked at their brother, then at each other a second time, as the sound of beating from the metal door continued.

[color=f7941d]"At' door's locked-- Gunna take 'skinless wonder' a righ' minute. We gunna help 'im, we bettah catch's ups."[/color]
[color=00a99d]"...Righ'..."[/color]
[color=00a99d]"You bettah be righ' 'bout dis, Cedah..."[/color]
[color=00a99d]"Uh hopes.. so.."[/color]

They rolled their eyes, as they scooped him back up again, then headed THE WRONG WAY toward the locked metal door leading up into the mansion, instead of the SANE, SENSIBLE, CLEAR, SAFE, and PROPER exit, the way they came in, shuffling up the stairs behind the bloody massacre of flesh that was Ted, the Gladiator Bear.