Crios fumbles for something to say, anything that will hold his Lord’s attention and convince him to sit back down. On the other hand, he understood his guardian’s impatience. He had waited so long and neither of them received information from Harper. Even he was starting to get a little worried. Enasi looked out into the distance, at nothing in particular and frowned a little. 

“What’s wrong sir?” 

Enasi couldn’t put his finger on it, but once again he found himself rubbing the symbol on his hand. “Something’s wrong. . .” He glanced over at Crios. “Something else is wrong.” Crios gave a confused look, only for Enasi to continue. “I’m not sure, but it’s not right. . .” He could feel the balance of the worlds slowly being pulled into chaos. It wasn’t settling right with his stomach. 

“We need to take time to think this through. We need to-” Crios’ attention turned to the sudden rush of energy come toward them. Inui was quiet throughout the entire endeavor, watching the doctor and dream guardian- mainly watching the less than pleasant reactions from Enasi. He had never seen him so upset before- sad sure, but nothing like this. When Rasha entered, Inui perked up a little, excited to see one of his friends after being stuck in bed for so long. “Rasha, be careful.” Crios spoke out of instinct. Not seeing his guardian falter made him relax however.

“Rasha, what’s wrong? Are you okay?” Enasi gently rubbed his back as the shapeshifter hugged him. 

“Oh Lord Enasi I had- I had gotten so worried. More worried! First Lord Seishu and Inui then- then,” Rasha gave the saddest expression he could muster. “I mean, what if you got hurt again? Things are already so chaotic now and- and I wouldn’t know what to-” He was silenced with a comforting hug. At the time Rasha was simply making excuses for Enasi to stay still for a few moments, but he had started to believe his own ruse.

“Relax Rasha, relax. I’m not going to get hurt again. There’s nothing you need to worry about, okay? The only thing I planned to do was go and take a look outside. Inui was going to tag along in order to help.” Rasha pouted, looking from his guardian to Crios. “I’m not sitting in this room while realms are crumbling.” He made it final. 

An idea popped into the shapeshifter’s head. He bounced on his toes for a brief second, staring at his beloved guardian with a serious expression. He remembered just how nervous he had always been around him at first- but now was not the time for such nervousness. “Well, if you’re going to go. . .you should at least gain some energy. You haven’t been able to heal properly while protecting Inui. It’s not safe to go out while you’re still injured.” He gave an apologetic look towards Inui, not meaning to make him feel guilty. The nightmare minion nodded quietly and sat back on the bed. “If you go to TB, I’m sure it wouldn’t take as long either. . ? I can sit with Inui. And Crios can stick by in order to make sure we’re okay.” He figured it was the only option in order to separate the two. 

Crios didn’t like the idea, but a brief look in Rasha’s eyes made him go quiet before nodding. “It would help if you were fully healed sir. That would be one less thing to worry over. . .” 

Looking in between the three, Enasi nodded. “Fine. I’ll go out and get healed first.” It was the least he could do considering Rasha did raise good points. At least he took the time to reason with him. He didn’t want to admit it, but he also felt himself getting a lot weaker. Not simply because of the lack of energy, but because his connection with Seishu wasn’t as strong as it used to have been. Enasi nodded again and headed to the door, Rasha walking him all the way out. Crios and Inui sat in the room, waiting for Rasha’s return rather curiously. 

“Be careful please.” Rasha smiled when a gentle kiss was placed on his forehead before bounding off towards Enasi’s room. “I found something!” 

~~~~~~~~~

“Finn. . .” Starla held tight to her unconscious brother, following near Ran and Lan who each had a fallen nightmare minion over their shoulders. They looked at each other, understanding the sibling bond Starla had. They didn’t exactly know how to express their encouragement, and they were still in the heat of running away from people. 

“Are humans supposed to be able to see us!?” Rue spoke in mild fright. He could have sworn he saw two of the humans staring right at him as he flew around. 

“No. They’re not.” Harper responded, trying to stick to a decent running pace to keep up with the group. The two minions he held did little to slow his pace. “I’m sure this is apart of the chaos that has already happened from Seishu’s disappearance.” 

“I wonder if Lord Enasi knows. . .” Rue spoke loud enough for them to hear, though it was more of a rhetorical for himself. Harper didn’t respond. He had somewhat hoped his guardian didn’t know, in effort to keep him calm, however he had the feeling that after so long Lord Enasi probably began to sleuth things out himself. 

“This way.” Kaila turned a corner, leading into an abandoned brick apartment complex. The sign they passed mentioned it being torn down in a couple of days or so. Inside, they all tossed the minions on the ground while Starla carefully placed her brother down, creating a soft moss padding to keep him comfortable. Rue stopped hovering and took the liberty to sit with him while Starla went over and tied the minions up with vines. 

“I need to get Finn home. We need to take a break. We can’t keep searching until we burn out. If-,” Starla corrected herself with a more determined look. “[b]When[/b] we find Seishu, we have to be at our best to face whatever or whoever decided to cause this much hell. And we’ll need that energy to get Seishu’s throne back.” She glanced over her shoulder, checking on Finn and then looked at the two leaders, Kaila and Harper. They needed guidance. They needed a better plan. It had been more than a few days and Seishu wasn’t around yet.