Cedar was not sure what the hell was going on, but the sounds of Ted screaming cut him to the bone.

[color=00a99d]"O...Oh.GaAwd.. Tehh..Ed.."[/color] he rasped, tugging at his straps as the cell door flew open.

For the first time, he realized that veronica was there. He looked at her with a look of pure despair, then at Widernia. [color=00a99d]"Wuh...Wuh.. Di..Did.. ya.."[/color] breathing was hard, the air was burning his lungs.[color=00a99d]"Does tuh hims.... Gawds... Ya kill..killin...im... Noo....--SAVE.. IM!!"[/color]

Lily and Rose rounded the corner mere moments later, then shoved Widernia against the wall from behind to push her out of the way, and bolted into Cedar's cell.

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"FUCKS SAKE! WHUT DEY DO TUH YOU!?" [/color]shrieked Lily, looking at her brother's wizened form strapped into the bed, before angrily fumbling in her bag for her cutting knife, then setting to work on his restraints. No time to unbuckle, just cut and fucking run.

Rose was equally distraught, ripping the tubing out of his arm, and sending a small spray of blood into the filthy room. It looked like it hadn't been cleaned in weeks. Smelled like it too.

[color=00a99d]"Lih... Ros...... Noo... Yous.. Yous.. YOUS CAint.. CAINT BE.. Noh... Noh Here.."[/color]

The sound of Ted's approach intensified, as Lily scooped her brother up over her shoulder. He was ... So light...

Rose rounded on Widernia, Teeth bared, anger in every part of her sending all her fur standing on end. She reached out with scalded hands and grappled for Widernia's neck, but was prevented bodily by Veronica.

[color=f7941d]"WHAT. DID. YOU. DO?!"[/color] she bellowed at the mage defiantly all the same.

She was hung over, her hands felt like they were on fire, and her heart pounded in her chest. Lily had Cedar over her shoulder now, and carried him like a limp dead animal out of the cell towards her sister.

[color=ed145b]"We dun gots time Rosie!"[/color] she said, but just as she was passing, Cedar seemed to become possessed with some kind of deeply held resentment and rage, as his own shriveled paw, covered in sloughing fur and radically withdrawn cuticles around his claws reached out and grabbed Veronica's shoulder and held tightly, while staring Widernia in the face with eyes that could cut stone.

[color=00a99d]"MAKE.. IT... STOP!!"[/color] he demanded.

[color=00a99d]"He... HATES.. YOU... YOu knowww..."[/color] he rasped, as his hand slid off veronica's shoulder.