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So not sure how I’ll be the next little while. I lost my grandmother today. So anyone writing with me if I seem to vanish I didn’t mean to. Just a heads up.
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Okay for all those I’m writing with, I’m not going to be on as much this week for I am on my own with the kids this week and I’m also trying to redo my office space. I promise I have not forgotten.
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I am Megara Foxfire and I have been on the site for around 11 years now, old site then the new site. I am married to a wonderful man who makes me happy every day and I am a interior designer. I am at home with our daughter and son and I love to write to pass my time when I'm not cleaning my house or doing other wife things.
I love doing 1X1 role-plays and I love using thread or pms. I either go off my interest thread, which I have one that is more updated going or I have a list of characters that I am working on to base plots on. If you are interested in being partners just PM me and I'll talk with ya on ideas. I write causal, sometimes higher if the story grabs me.
I am up for anything as long as it doesn’t include kids or hurting kids or abusing them. I’m a mom so I don’t do well with it.
And I also run a Etsy Shop!
etsy.com/shop/MegarasMenagerie
I love doing 1X1 role-plays and I love using thread or pms. I either go off my interest thread, which I have one that is more updated going or I have a list of characters that I am working on to base plots on. If you are interested in being partners just PM me and I'll talk with ya on ideas. I write causal, sometimes higher if the story grabs me.
I am up for anything as long as it doesn’t include kids or hurting kids or abusing them. I’m a mom so I don’t do well with it.
And I also run a Etsy Shop!
etsy.com/shop/MegarasMenagerie
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The Knight took the blast but it didn't blast him as Drake said "Magic against my knight are useless. He is a knight of the holy right. I'm more then ready for you Kaiba"
Serena grunted as he touched her and opened her eyes weakly. "Yami...what...hit me..." She tried to sit up, her pendent glowing brightly.
Yugi was leading the battle against the guard monsters with Duke behind Red Eyes with Tristen. He said "I wish we could do more.."
Serena grunted as he touched her and opened her eyes weakly. "Yami...what...hit me..." She tried to sit up, her pendent glowing brightly.
Yugi was leading the battle against the guard monsters with Duke behind Red Eyes with Tristen. He said "I wish we could do more.."
Ash moved to help Shinlos head and check his pulse. “Orion his pulse is really weak” she moved to help and moved her hands to make blades of wind in her hands. “Where do you want me to cut”
Drake smiled at Seto and said “you haven’t caught me yet what makes you think you’ll beat me!” He sent the Black knight after Seto now, rage burning in his eyes.
Serena was laying on the ground and turning her head, the shadows clearing Yamis path to her.
Yugi yelled “Dark magician Girl! Attack!”
Serena was laying on the ground and turning her head, the shadows clearing Yamis path to her.
Yugi yelled “Dark magician Girl! Attack!”
Ash said “that’s not what I’m saying Orion. Without fevers he wouldn’t have known how bad it is. I’m saying be careful that might be a lot worse then we first thought…”
Ash moved to check on him and said “Orion, would that stuff knock him out? And make his breathing weak?”
Ash moved to check on him and said “Orion, would that stuff knock him out? And make his breathing weak?”
Drake got up and moved in front of Serena. “No! I won’t let you hurt her again! It’s her life!” He pulled a card free and called out “Black Knight!” The monster came and tried to hit Yami but Guardian of the King came out of no where and blasted it. “Hurry my king! Get her out of harms way!”
Serena stirred a little, the shadows wrapped around her protectively.
Yugi looked around and said “Joey! We need to take these monsters down! Yami knows what his doing!”
Serena stirred a little, the shadows wrapped around her protectively.
Yugi looked around and said “Joey! We need to take these monsters down! Yami knows what his doing!”
Shinlo said “no really it’s fine…they will heal on their own they always do…” Ash took the other side and said “no way shin, you need help right now. Let Orion help”
Shinlo sighed and moved to lay down, shaking as he did. Ash was thinking and said “Orion, snakes can’t get fevers. His wounds might be infected but the markers are different”
Shinlo said weakly “no really…I’m sure it’s…nothing…” he gasped when the bandages came off and the wounds were bad. Infected and tough thanks to the already scar tissue. It was amazing he had hid the pain this long. Ash covered her mouth, tears in her eyes. “Shinlo…why would you risk like this…” he smiled at her as his vision blurred again and said “because my friend needed me…I couldn’t make her…her…” he suddenly stopped talking and his head hit the bed.
Shinlo sighed and moved to lay down, shaking as he did. Ash was thinking and said “Orion, snakes can’t get fevers. His wounds might be infected but the markers are different”
Shinlo said weakly “no really…I’m sure it’s…nothing…” he gasped when the bandages came off and the wounds were bad. Infected and tough thanks to the already scar tissue. It was amazing he had hid the pain this long. Ash covered her mouth, tears in her eyes. “Shinlo…why would you risk like this…” he smiled at her as his vision blurred again and said “because my friend needed me…I couldn’t make her…her…” he suddenly stopped talking and his head hit the bed.
Yugi looked around and said “wait, where is Serena?!” Tristen looked around and cursed “was she hit? Anyone see her?”
Serena was on the other side of the room, her guardian having been stopped in protecting her by a figure in black. She was laying against the wall, her head bleeding as she figure moved to rest a hand on her cheek. “Now my guardian…I’ll make sure he doesn’t get you killed again…” he turned to a nearby monster and said “take the pharaoh to the alter. Let’s have the nightmare of the past come back to haunt them…”
Serena heard a voice within her, a deep voice. “Guardian of the shadow…why do you sit by? Arise and defend your king…” shadows were surrounding Serena, the figure who pulled the mask down to show Drake hadn’t noticed.
Serena was on the other side of the room, her guardian having been stopped in protecting her by a figure in black. She was laying against the wall, her head bleeding as she figure moved to rest a hand on her cheek. “Now my guardian…I’ll make sure he doesn’t get you killed again…” he turned to a nearby monster and said “take the pharaoh to the alter. Let’s have the nightmare of the past come back to haunt them…”
Serena heard a voice within her, a deep voice. “Guardian of the shadow…why do you sit by? Arise and defend your king…” shadows were surrounding Serena, the figure who pulled the mask down to show Drake hadn’t noticed.
Shinlo looked down and muttered softly “the scars aren’t related…I’ve had them since I was a child…I…” Ash had come out and said “you were a slave?” Shinlo nodded softly, his hands shaking worse now. “I was…till I was found by a goddess who gave me the gift of the white snake…becoming her mortal ally. Isis” Isis nodded and her tongue came out. Shinlo said “I was a slave at the magic jade mines…whipping was a everyday thing…”
Then he said “the plant monsters were weeks ago…hit me from behind before I could destroy them…” he moved to move his shirt but flinched badly as he moved wrong and stopped. Ash moved over and slipped the white shirt off and gasped. “Orion…”
The scars on the back were even worse than the front. And new wounds were there, bandaged by himself by the angles. It was all a mess.
Then he said “the plant monsters were weeks ago…hit me from behind before I could destroy them…” he moved to move his shirt but flinched badly as he moved wrong and stopped. Ash moved over and slipped the white shirt off and gasped. “Orion…”
The scars on the back were even worse than the front. And new wounds were there, bandaged by himself by the angles. It was all a mess.
Hammond grimaced as the extra set of arms slowly popped back inside their body with a wet squelch and snapping of bone. Making him nearly vomit at the sound and pain of it then slowly limped towards the bathroom deciding it was about time to split the merge. Only to collapse to one knee again and this time the dry heaving was answered with a messy black bile being coughed up.
“Ugh god what was that,” Hammond said wiping his mouth clean with the back of his hand causing metal to scrape against each other. “I doubt that was, ugh, god… caused by overexertion… Feels different worse, somehow. Did someone try killing me again?” Then grimaced as his stomach did a flip and a summersault before feeling like someone stabbed him causing him to heave again.
Dante was barely holding things together and hissed “I’m not sure…you have got to stop doing this…with those kids here now we have to set a better example…spit some of the stuff into a cup and we will get it scanned…just get it up and out then we will feel better…”
Hammond didn’t say anything but it was clear from the emotions now running through their bond that Dante’s words had hurt him. It wasn’t like he got poisoned on purpose he grimaced and stood slowly and grabbed a sample stick from the medicine cabinet and took a swab from their mouth. Before sticking it into a scanner to run for an analysis.
“Being gay, and being a grim… Makes me a target,” Hammond said as he waited for results. “But I keep doing the job… because, if I don’t… our government will backslide so fast it’ll make your head spin.”
Then saw the test result was a mixture of arsenic and crushed corrupted mana crystals. Meaning Hammond had been infected with the blight but thankfully with his merge with Dante he’d recover before it could do permanent damage so long as he stayed in the merge for a while.
“Damn, looks like I’ll be bunking with you for a while,” he said grimacing.
Dante looked at him and said “I didn’t mean getting targeted Hammond. I mean the over doing it. I need to stop it too. I know your a target love…I am too. Difference is no one is crazy enough to come after the parter of general Hammond…that’s a death sentence”
He saw the results and said “thank heavens Bane got us the home testers…I’ve been working to get all grims smaller once’s like this…I don’t think it hit your desk yet…you can stay fused as long as you need. What do you want to do about the kids? Problem solving helps you feel better”
“Hm, especially because I’d string them up by their entrails alive in the dead zone to have the nethercorpses pick at them,” Hammond said with a smile and a laugh.
Then sighed as his body hurt and laughing didn’t do him any favors. Then nodded softly as he carefully put the tester away somewhere Elric not Serena could find the results not wanting them to be worried about him when they should be more worried about their own well-being.
“I saw the order request and I just do not believe having every grim have one is a reality. First off it’s just too expensive which is why I made a compromise of having one assigned to each platoon. Seeing as the technology used makes it reusable without issue I decided that was a better option. The only reason I have one for personal use is because I’ve been targeted so frequently lately. My would be assassins have been getting a lot bolder as the new bill for open grim rights reaches parliament. You know the one where it says those that take the core of a grim without permission are to immediately turn it back over and are then sentenced to work five years on the front line as a mule. Tacked onto it is that grim are allowed to serve in the military and have a same sex partner and any prejudice is to be met with corporal punishment and possibly dishonorable discharge.”
Then crossed his arms as he thought about their kids and sighed deeply.
“I don’t really know if I’m being totally honest… Their situation is so, fragile that it is better to sit back and watch for a while. See where I’m needed and when I am I’ll act then, but first and foremost I want their relationship to build. It’ll be a bit strange seeing as they’ve nearly grown up together. When I first took him home he was around seven or eight years old. I’m not entirely sure seeing as where I took him from didn’t really care to keep track of his age.”
Hammond tensed a bit in anger as he thought back to where he’d found Elric and his older brother. Then shook his head and took deep steadying breaths knowing if he got over emotional the blight would latch on and he’d only make himself sicker.
“I mean do you know how Serena viewed Elric? I remember when they first met they were like cats and dogs. With Elric often being the one to run behind me for safety it was rather adorable,” he said with a warm laugh.
Dante smiled and said “early years she fought him to toughen him up…she saw him as the puppy that needed to be protected and taught how to defend themselves. A trait she learned from her father. Later on…he was a soft spot for her. She was always looking up his stasis…she hasn’t since the attack though. I think she likes him but never acted on it sense he is a grim. Wasn’t her place…”
He moved them to the bed and sat down, sighing. “We keep eyes on them…maybe I’ll take them as agents. Would help a lot…”
Hammond nodded and slowly leaned them back into the bed eyes feeling heavy already. “I think that’s a good idea it’ll be a good way to ensure they have training materials and a way for us to keep an eye on them. I think I can take a sabbatical until I feel better until then I’ll just follow your lead,” he said slowly closing his eyes.
The next morning Elric was the first to wake up his body felt weird and wet when he looked down at his hand it was covered in a strange purple suit making him jolt a bit only to freeze grimace in discomfort. Slowly he tried moving his hand it felt odd but the emotions washing through him helped to calm him down they were happy and loving. His eyes moved towards the figure resting beside him and saw Serena’s sleeping face. It’d been a long time since he’d last seen or heard from her she was still as beautiful as he remembered. Slowly he hand moved and brushed a stray lock of hair behind her ear so he could get a better look at her.
Dante sighed and said “okay…but no back seat driving when we go to work…”
The next morning Serena was still out cold till he touched her which made her nose twitch. She stirred and a soft sound came from her chest.
Before fully nodding off Hammond mumbled with a smile, “no promises.”
Elric looked at her his face didn’t have any sort of features besides two raindrop shaped white marks where his eyes were. They seemed to quirk a bit in confusion when she made that strange noise.
“Good morning,” he said in a soft voice.
Then gently began to sit-up he was expecting pain but when none came he was stunned. He set a hand to his chest where he knew he was infested with the blight but it didn’t hurt if anything it was a dull throbbing. His whole body began to tremble as he began to cry tears of relief not realizing the suit around him moving and curling around him.
“I don’t hurt,” he said looking back at Serena.
Serena groaned and opened her eyes then cursed. “He knocked me out…jerk face…” she looked up ay him and smiled. “That’s thanks to the slimy guy fixing you up…his working on the blight…”
“That was the stuff you had me drink wasn’t it? It feels weird I’m not gonna lie like I’m just constantly wet and like a million fish are swimming around and through me,” Elric said rubbing his fingers together.
Then remembered what Serena said about someone knocking her out after a bit of thought he realized who she’d meant.
“Ah he does do that when he thinks I won’t sleep or can’t on my own. It’s always rather abrupt and I am usually not a fan but at least I always wake up well rested,” he said with a shrug.
Then slowly moved to stand at first it was shaky as the new weight felt so strange and it was so much faster like he’d gotten stronger.
“Man this thing is awesome,” he exclaimed.
Elric stumbled when he suddenly felt the slimey thing rush through him and let out a low frequency squeak of pleasure. Elric had to look away as he blushed feeling embarrassed by how cute he found it was.
Serena sat up and smiled softly “you have a pet in your chest. I met him last night…so…I’m sorry…last night I just reacted…I hope it’s okay I became your partner?”
Elric looked at Serena fully then sighed softly, “that is a bit worrying that you acted on your own like that. I mean yes it helped me but aren’t you worried about the blight? I mean just because I have this little guy doesn’t mean I’m cured it just means I feel better. Especially since I’ve had the blight in my system for so long usually such advanced cases as mine is don’t have much longer to live. I mean it’s no different than stage four cancer in humans. If anything it’s more virulent than cancer especially since victims begin to start turning and need to be put down by a grim. Just dad was putting it off because he wanted to keep trying,” he said getting real for a moment. “But if you’re certain about this truly certain than I can’t stop you. I know how stubborn you can be once you set your mind on something.”
Serena smiled weakly and said “I’m totally fine with it…I want to help and I’m dead if I don’t do good in the way…so let me be your support now Elric…”
Dante was up already, on the phone and sounding stressed out. “Wait I need that address again…no just send it to my personal. I send someone to check out the scene” he hung up and cursed in Celtic, a habit when things were stressing him out.
Hammond let out a low groan he was half asleep when Dante was moving their body around. Then fully perked when he heard Dante curse in Celtic.
“What’s going on,” he asked trying to wake up more “should I teleport us?”
“You’re dead? What does that mean,” Elric asked.
When Serena told him she was a walking dead he let out a low sigh. Then shook his head as he smiled weakly. “I understand… I won’t fight your decision then but I am going to protect you when you refuse to help yourself. We will help everyone we can before it’s time for us to go,” he said then moved his hand as the creature moved around him. “All I have to say is sorry to the little guy taking residence inside me. I know he didn’t really get a choice in the fact he was attached to someone like me. Because I refuse to sit idle and let people die if I have the strength then I am gonna fight the portals and monsters coming through… but I do have one request as my partner Serena. When I am truly lost to this blight end us don’t you dare let me hurt an innocent soul.”
Dante shook his head and said “no…I’ll call my team in the missing persons case…it’s just getting worse and I have no leads…” he cursed again and rubbed where his temple would be out of habit.
Serena nodded and rested a hand on his cheek and said “I promise I won’t let you hurt anyone…”
“Oh, okay… do, do you need me to do anything to help? Otherwise we should think about filing Elric and Serena’s paperwork to become probationary agents,” Hammond said with a tired yawn. Ignoring the sensation of Dante rubbing their temple knowing his partner was incredibly stressed. “Who knows they might be able to help Elric has always had a knack for finding things that normal people or grim can’t.”
Elric gently leaned into Serena’s touch the teardrop eyes slowly closing and then a small echoing purr came from deep within his chest. Then came the rumbling from his stomach and he pulled back gently. “I’m gonna make us some breakfast I’m not sure if Hammond and Dante are awake yet or what state their in. But getting some food sounds really good right about now seeing as I skipped dinner last night,” he said trying to gloss over the fact he’d made that noise. Or at least the slime inside him did.
Dante sighed and said “I was finishing that up when the call came…we can head to the office to get their work ups done…I just need good news…the latest one was a young woman…I know her parents…” he sounded depressed and guilty.
Serena smiled and said “sounds good. I’m going to go shower if I can find it…I haven’t washed since the dead zone so…” she paused then said “last night I wasn’t lying..,your grim squad are okay. I promise.” She nodded and turned to start looking for a bathroom, wondering where her bag ended up in the chaos.
Hammond hummed, “I must have been well and truly tired if you were up for that long.” Then grimaced when he felt his stomach rumbling, “I suppose we should start on breakfast I have a quiche in the fridge if you wanna heat that up for us and the kids. Then maybe we can head out afterwards?”
Elric looked at Serena and smiled at her feeling grateful to hear that they were still alive. “I’m glad, I was truly worried they’d died. I know they are more than competent enough to get along without me there. But I still worry as they are one of the more accomplished squadrons we were one of the last squads to train alongside the dragons before they went into retirement. Dante and Hammond called in that favor for us, having connections like them has a lot of perks. Though it’s also a lot of pressure seeing as their shadows are just so damn massive, I’m sure you can attest.” Then went to the kitchen letting Serena go find her bag which was actually sitting in the corner of the room nearest the door. Hammond had made sure to grab all of her personal items not wanting her to be lost without them.
Dante nodded and said “sounds like a plan…man I can feel the pressure right now…” he moved and headed down stairs to find the partners.
Serena nodded and then found her bag, making her smile and grab it to head to the bathroom. She found it on the second level and went to get cleaned up. She started the shower and got changed, stepping into the hot water with a sigh.
Dante walked into the kitchen and said “good morning Elric. How are you feeling? Serena still sleeping?”
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“Ugh god what was that,” Hammond said wiping his mouth clean with the back of his hand causing metal to scrape against each other. “I doubt that was, ugh, god… caused by overexertion… Feels different worse, somehow. Did someone try killing me again?” Then grimaced as his stomach did a flip and a summersault before feeling like someone stabbed him causing him to heave again.
Dante was barely holding things together and hissed “I’m not sure…you have got to stop doing this…with those kids here now we have to set a better example…spit some of the stuff into a cup and we will get it scanned…just get it up and out then we will feel better…”
Hammond didn’t say anything but it was clear from the emotions now running through their bond that Dante’s words had hurt him. It wasn’t like he got poisoned on purpose he grimaced and stood slowly and grabbed a sample stick from the medicine cabinet and took a swab from their mouth. Before sticking it into a scanner to run for an analysis.
“Being gay, and being a grim… Makes me a target,” Hammond said as he waited for results. “But I keep doing the job… because, if I don’t… our government will backslide so fast it’ll make your head spin.”
Then saw the test result was a mixture of arsenic and crushed corrupted mana crystals. Meaning Hammond had been infected with the blight but thankfully with his merge with Dante he’d recover before it could do permanent damage so long as he stayed in the merge for a while.
“Damn, looks like I’ll be bunking with you for a while,” he said grimacing.
Dante looked at him and said “I didn’t mean getting targeted Hammond. I mean the over doing it. I need to stop it too. I know your a target love…I am too. Difference is no one is crazy enough to come after the parter of general Hammond…that’s a death sentence”
He saw the results and said “thank heavens Bane got us the home testers…I’ve been working to get all grims smaller once’s like this…I don’t think it hit your desk yet…you can stay fused as long as you need. What do you want to do about the kids? Problem solving helps you feel better”
“Hm, especially because I’d string them up by their entrails alive in the dead zone to have the nethercorpses pick at them,” Hammond said with a smile and a laugh.
Then sighed as his body hurt and laughing didn’t do him any favors. Then nodded softly as he carefully put the tester away somewhere Elric not Serena could find the results not wanting them to be worried about him when they should be more worried about their own well-being.
“I saw the order request and I just do not believe having every grim have one is a reality. First off it’s just too expensive which is why I made a compromise of having one assigned to each platoon. Seeing as the technology used makes it reusable without issue I decided that was a better option. The only reason I have one for personal use is because I’ve been targeted so frequently lately. My would be assassins have been getting a lot bolder as the new bill for open grim rights reaches parliament. You know the one where it says those that take the core of a grim without permission are to immediately turn it back over and are then sentenced to work five years on the front line as a mule. Tacked onto it is that grim are allowed to serve in the military and have a same sex partner and any prejudice is to be met with corporal punishment and possibly dishonorable discharge.”
Then crossed his arms as he thought about their kids and sighed deeply.
“I don’t really know if I’m being totally honest… Their situation is so, fragile that it is better to sit back and watch for a while. See where I’m needed and when I am I’ll act then, but first and foremost I want their relationship to build. It’ll be a bit strange seeing as they’ve nearly grown up together. When I first took him home he was around seven or eight years old. I’m not entirely sure seeing as where I took him from didn’t really care to keep track of his age.”
Hammond tensed a bit in anger as he thought back to where he’d found Elric and his older brother. Then shook his head and took deep steadying breaths knowing if he got over emotional the blight would latch on and he’d only make himself sicker.
“I mean do you know how Serena viewed Elric? I remember when they first met they were like cats and dogs. With Elric often being the one to run behind me for safety it was rather adorable,” he said with a warm laugh.
Dante smiled and said “early years she fought him to toughen him up…she saw him as the puppy that needed to be protected and taught how to defend themselves. A trait she learned from her father. Later on…he was a soft spot for her. She was always looking up his stasis…she hasn’t since the attack though. I think she likes him but never acted on it sense he is a grim. Wasn’t her place…”
He moved them to the bed and sat down, sighing. “We keep eyes on them…maybe I’ll take them as agents. Would help a lot…”
Hammond nodded and slowly leaned them back into the bed eyes feeling heavy already. “I think that’s a good idea it’ll be a good way to ensure they have training materials and a way for us to keep an eye on them. I think I can take a sabbatical until I feel better until then I’ll just follow your lead,” he said slowly closing his eyes.
The next morning Elric was the first to wake up his body felt weird and wet when he looked down at his hand it was covered in a strange purple suit making him jolt a bit only to freeze grimace in discomfort. Slowly he tried moving his hand it felt odd but the emotions washing through him helped to calm him down they were happy and loving. His eyes moved towards the figure resting beside him and saw Serena’s sleeping face. It’d been a long time since he’d last seen or heard from her she was still as beautiful as he remembered. Slowly he hand moved and brushed a stray lock of hair behind her ear so he could get a better look at her.
Dante sighed and said “okay…but no back seat driving when we go to work…”
The next morning Serena was still out cold till he touched her which made her nose twitch. She stirred and a soft sound came from her chest.
Before fully nodding off Hammond mumbled with a smile, “no promises.”
Elric looked at her his face didn’t have any sort of features besides two raindrop shaped white marks where his eyes were. They seemed to quirk a bit in confusion when she made that strange noise.
“Good morning,” he said in a soft voice.
Then gently began to sit-up he was expecting pain but when none came he was stunned. He set a hand to his chest where he knew he was infested with the blight but it didn’t hurt if anything it was a dull throbbing. His whole body began to tremble as he began to cry tears of relief not realizing the suit around him moving and curling around him.
“I don’t hurt,” he said looking back at Serena.
Serena groaned and opened her eyes then cursed. “He knocked me out…jerk face…” she looked up ay him and smiled. “That’s thanks to the slimy guy fixing you up…his working on the blight…”
“That was the stuff you had me drink wasn’t it? It feels weird I’m not gonna lie like I’m just constantly wet and like a million fish are swimming around and through me,” Elric said rubbing his fingers together.
Then remembered what Serena said about someone knocking her out after a bit of thought he realized who she’d meant.
“Ah he does do that when he thinks I won’t sleep or can’t on my own. It’s always rather abrupt and I am usually not a fan but at least I always wake up well rested,” he said with a shrug.
Then slowly moved to stand at first it was shaky as the new weight felt so strange and it was so much faster like he’d gotten stronger.
“Man this thing is awesome,” he exclaimed.
Elric stumbled when he suddenly felt the slimey thing rush through him and let out a low frequency squeak of pleasure. Elric had to look away as he blushed feeling embarrassed by how cute he found it was.
Serena sat up and smiled softly “you have a pet in your chest. I met him last night…so…I’m sorry…last night I just reacted…I hope it’s okay I became your partner?”
Elric looked at Serena fully then sighed softly, “that is a bit worrying that you acted on your own like that. I mean yes it helped me but aren’t you worried about the blight? I mean just because I have this little guy doesn’t mean I’m cured it just means I feel better. Especially since I’ve had the blight in my system for so long usually such advanced cases as mine is don’t have much longer to live. I mean it’s no different than stage four cancer in humans. If anything it’s more virulent than cancer especially since victims begin to start turning and need to be put down by a grim. Just dad was putting it off because he wanted to keep trying,” he said getting real for a moment. “But if you’re certain about this truly certain than I can’t stop you. I know how stubborn you can be once you set your mind on something.”
Serena smiled weakly and said “I’m totally fine with it…I want to help and I’m dead if I don’t do good in the way…so let me be your support now Elric…”
Dante was up already, on the phone and sounding stressed out. “Wait I need that address again…no just send it to my personal. I send someone to check out the scene” he hung up and cursed in Celtic, a habit when things were stressing him out.
Hammond let out a low groan he was half asleep when Dante was moving their body around. Then fully perked when he heard Dante curse in Celtic.
“What’s going on,” he asked trying to wake up more “should I teleport us?”
“You’re dead? What does that mean,” Elric asked.
When Serena told him she was a walking dead he let out a low sigh. Then shook his head as he smiled weakly. “I understand… I won’t fight your decision then but I am going to protect you when you refuse to help yourself. We will help everyone we can before it’s time for us to go,” he said then moved his hand as the creature moved around him. “All I have to say is sorry to the little guy taking residence inside me. I know he didn’t really get a choice in the fact he was attached to someone like me. Because I refuse to sit idle and let people die if I have the strength then I am gonna fight the portals and monsters coming through… but I do have one request as my partner Serena. When I am truly lost to this blight end us don’t you dare let me hurt an innocent soul.”
Dante shook his head and said “no…I’ll call my team in the missing persons case…it’s just getting worse and I have no leads…” he cursed again and rubbed where his temple would be out of habit.
Serena nodded and rested a hand on his cheek and said “I promise I won’t let you hurt anyone…”
“Oh, okay… do, do you need me to do anything to help? Otherwise we should think about filing Elric and Serena’s paperwork to become probationary agents,” Hammond said with a tired yawn. Ignoring the sensation of Dante rubbing their temple knowing his partner was incredibly stressed. “Who knows they might be able to help Elric has always had a knack for finding things that normal people or grim can’t.”
Elric gently leaned into Serena’s touch the teardrop eyes slowly closing and then a small echoing purr came from deep within his chest. Then came the rumbling from his stomach and he pulled back gently. “I’m gonna make us some breakfast I’m not sure if Hammond and Dante are awake yet or what state their in. But getting some food sounds really good right about now seeing as I skipped dinner last night,” he said trying to gloss over the fact he’d made that noise. Or at least the slime inside him did.
Dante sighed and said “I was finishing that up when the call came…we can head to the office to get their work ups done…I just need good news…the latest one was a young woman…I know her parents…” he sounded depressed and guilty.
Serena smiled and said “sounds good. I’m going to go shower if I can find it…I haven’t washed since the dead zone so…” she paused then said “last night I wasn’t lying..,your grim squad are okay. I promise.” She nodded and turned to start looking for a bathroom, wondering where her bag ended up in the chaos.
Hammond hummed, “I must have been well and truly tired if you were up for that long.” Then grimaced when he felt his stomach rumbling, “I suppose we should start on breakfast I have a quiche in the fridge if you wanna heat that up for us and the kids. Then maybe we can head out afterwards?”
Elric looked at Serena and smiled at her feeling grateful to hear that they were still alive. “I’m glad, I was truly worried they’d died. I know they are more than competent enough to get along without me there. But I still worry as they are one of the more accomplished squadrons we were one of the last squads to train alongside the dragons before they went into retirement. Dante and Hammond called in that favor for us, having connections like them has a lot of perks. Though it’s also a lot of pressure seeing as their shadows are just so damn massive, I’m sure you can attest.” Then went to the kitchen letting Serena go find her bag which was actually sitting in the corner of the room nearest the door. Hammond had made sure to grab all of her personal items not wanting her to be lost without them.
Dante nodded and said “sounds like a plan…man I can feel the pressure right now…” he moved and headed down stairs to find the partners.
Serena nodded and then found her bag, making her smile and grab it to head to the bathroom. She found it on the second level and went to get cleaned up. She started the shower and got changed, stepping into the hot water with a sigh.
Dante walked into the kitchen and said “good morning Elric. How are you feeling? Serena still sleeping?”
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