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Post by Milk on Jun 27, 2009 18:00:48 GMT -5
Stephen let out a soft noise, glad that they were going to a hospital. She looked over at Colby, wiping her eyes with her good hand. "C- Colby, we have to go," she said, touching her shoulder very gently, not looking at the body. Colby shook her head. "I can't leave him, I can't," Colby whispered, sobbing softly. Stephen looked up at Damon, unsure what to do.
Caryssa nodded. "you feel...warmtoo..." she mumbled and stiffened. "Bloody nose..." she said and clamped a hand over her nose. "Are...I'm sorry...Are you gettingittoo?" she asked, slurring hte last bit together.
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Post by eveangeline7 on Jun 27, 2009 18:19:24 GMT -5
"Damn it." Damon said, loosing his carefully constructed composure and grabbing Colby around the waist. "He's dead! Can't you see that. There's a whole in the middle of his god damn head! There's nothing left of Hayven in that body. Look into his eyes- do you see him in there! Do you, Colby!" Damon yelled, a few tears running down his face that he was quick to brush away. He had just lost his baby brother- seen him blow his own god damn brains out right in front of him. Hayven had been the laughter in the family, the reason they smiled and the playful optimist- and now he was gone, nothing left of him but a sack of god damn flesh on the floor.
"Don't worry about it." Aynon mumbled, treading foreward. After each step, he felt as if his legs were getting heavier and heavier. His breath became labored- his eyesight waned- but mostly, he felt this out of place ache in his chest. He knew it wasn't from the Red Cold though, it felt different.
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Post by Milk on Jun 27, 2009 18:39:59 GMT -5
Stephen gaped at Damon. She couldn't believe he'd say that to Colby, but somewhere in the back of her mind something reminded her that he'd lost his brother and was just as upset. Colby just started crying more, and breathing harder. Stephen squeezed her shoulder and started to tug. Colby protested- yelling a lot of 'no's and calling his name, but Stephen managed to get her to stand. Then Colby surprised her as Damon's words truly sunk in. "He's gone..." she whimpered. Stephen stood there, numb, and looked down at the body. She didn't want to call it Hayven and personalize it anymore than it was. She looked at Damon again, then to Colby who wouldn't stop crying, then to Damon who had wiped his tears away. Stephen hugged her and held her close, looking at Damon like she wanted to do the same for him, but wasn't sure if he'd want that. She ushered the reluctant Colby out of the room and down the stairs, and finally into the hummer. Stephen ran inside and searched the cabinets of a bathroom until she found something that would numb Colby out. She took it outside with a glass of water. "Here, drink this," she said, slipping the pill in once she coaxed Colby to drink. Colby was asleep in minutes. Stephen wasn't able to deal with two miserable people, and she could hardly handle one. She waited in the car for Damon, and had made sure Colby was secured in the back seat. She was cradling her broken arm.
Caryssa frowned and apologized again, but then she was out of it once more.
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Post by eveangeline7 on Jun 27, 2009 19:40:31 GMT -5
Damon cursed to himself, wishing he hadn't yelled at Colby like that.....Hayven wouldn't have wanted him too. Pausing for a minute, Damon kneeled down beside Hayven's body, pushing his hair out of his face. "Its always the good ones that die young." he whispered, choking back tears as he stood up and left. Getting into the car, he was silent as he drove off to the hospital. As they pulled into the parking lot, Damon stopped the car but made no movement to get out. Instead, he lifted his had to her cheek, gently cradling her face. "You know..." he said hoarsely, "I think your the only thing that's keeping me sane right now." His face was soft and tender as it had never been before- he didn't have any strength left to put up his gaurd or pretend to be such a hateful son of a bitch- which wasn't always a lie depending on the situation.
After a few more hours, Aynon began to stumble, the combination of the weight of Caryssa, his body fighting against the Red Cold, and the unexplainable pain in his chest all combining in a toxic combination to make him feel like he was barely able to stand, let alone carry an extra 130 pounds up a steep mountain.
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Post by Milk on Jun 27, 2009 19:53:24 GMT -5
Stephen looked at him through her good eye since one of them was swollen. She leaned across after unbuckling her seatbelt. Stephen wrapped her arm around him and kissed his cheeks. "I'm so sorry for your loss," she whispered, choking on her own tears now. Jesus, this was an awful situation. "I'm just so sorry." She nuzzled his neck and kept kissing his cheek, wanting to keep him as sane as possible.
Caryssa woke after a few stumbles. "ShouldI walk?" she asked, sounding scratchy. "I can, I just needastick..." She kissed his neck gently, offering a thank-you to him if he said now.
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Post by eveangeline7 on Jun 27, 2009 20:54:39 GMT -5
Damon was initially shocked at how sympathetic she was being towards him, at first just frozen in place as if his brain was struggling to perceive exactly what was going on. When his brain finally kicked in, he stroked her cheek, genuine affection for her in his eyes. "God..I've been awful to you all this time. I was just trying to protect you....from me, and from all the dangers of my life. Who was I kidding, I couldn't even protect my own brother..." he said, grinding his teeth together to stop the tears he could feel were lying just beneath the surface. "....Please forgive me..." he begged her, lifting his hand up to wipe away the tears sliding down her face. "I'm sorry, for letting this happen to you..." he said, his lips gently kissing the scrapes of her face made by the brass nuckles, " and this..." he said, leaning foreward to kiss the bump on her head, " and this, " he said, his lips gently caressing the bare flesh of her upper arm, the lower part of which was broken. "
"No, your not..strong enough.." he said between huffs of breath, his feet feelings like they had 2 ton pounds tied to them. "You need...your rest....." he huffed, feeling his first ear bleed come on as a steady flow of warm liquid slid down the right side of his face. *Shit* he cursed to himself. He needed to keep up his pace if he wanted to get there in two days, which was the only option he had. Caryssa didn't have any more time than that.
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Post by Milk on Jun 27, 2009 21:01:01 GMT -5
Stephen let out a soft noise of surprise at his sudden affection. She kissed him tenderly on the cheek once he was done. "All of this is not your fault. You've done what you could, and you still are..." she whispered, crying. She didn't want him blaming himself for...well, everything it seemed. She ran a hand through his hair. "Lets get inside before both of us get worse...And before Colby wakes up."
"You're bleeding..." she whispered as some of his blood trickled onto her face. "We should rest...You're sick too..." Caryssa covered her nose and mouth as she coughed, her whole body jerking against his.
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Post by eveangeline7 on Jun 27, 2009 21:24:39 GMT -5
"Yeah..." he said, shaking his head at not having come to that plan of action sooner. Pushing himself out of the car, he picked a now unconscious Colby up from the back seat and carried her into the E.R. while walking beside Stephen. Once they got inside the hospital, Damon lowered Colby into a wheelchair, pushing her the rest of the way up to the hospital counter and then demanding that the two women get medical attention.
"Aww christ, your getting worse..." he said, holding her against him tighter to stop her from convulsing. "You rest...I need to keep walking....or we won't get there in time....." he said, her worsening state sending him into a panic-feuled state that made his legs keep up the pace, though with every step his body screamed for him to stop.
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Post by Milk on Jun 27, 2009 21:41:42 GMT -5
A few nurses and doctors took Stephen and Colby away while others were ushered over to check out Damon. Colby was, overall, fine and dandy. Stephen was bandaged up quite a bit. One of her ribs was broken too. A were-doctor check out Colby's pregnancy matters when she woke up, but she was very...Withdrawn and sad.
"Are you sure?" she asked between coughs, but was almost completely out again once the coughing fit was over. Caryssa ached all over.
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Post by eveangeline7 on Jun 27, 2009 21:50:01 GMT -5
Once Damon had managed to convince the annoying Doctor's and nurses that he was fine, he demanded to know the status on Colby's pregnancy once he had established that both women were fine.
"Yeah.." Aynon said, his thighs burning with each step. God , this was hell, worse than almost anything he had endured. He began coughing after a few more miles and did the best he could to quiet himself, not wanting to wake Caryssa up.
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Post by Milk on Jun 27, 2009 22:16:11 GMT -5
The doctor informed him she had a little more than two weeks left till she was due, but to keep an eye on her. The doctor gave him a bottle of pills and told him they were vitamins for her. "Did her mate abandon her recently or something?" the doctor asked, trying to understand the young woman's mood. "You don't have to answer, but keep an eye on her...Wolves without mates are high risk for irrational action." The doctor left to go see another patient. Colby looked up at Damon, her eyes distant and hardly recognizable. Stephen walk in once she was allowed and frowned sadly.
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Post by eveangeline7 on Jun 27, 2009 22:23:38 GMT -5
Damon kneeled down, patting Colby on the shoulder. "You okay?" he asked, the most sympathetic thing he could manage to come up with. He was definitely not good at this emotions thing, and he looked to Stephen in desperation as he stood there awkwardly, not knowing what else to say.
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Post by Milk on Jun 27, 2009 23:22:00 GMT -5
Stephen hugged her and helped her up. "Where are we staying now, Damon?" she asked while Colby stared off into space. Stephen just wanted to get out of public's eye before she started to break down again. She knew this face. "A hotel, the old place...?" she asked, rubbing Colby's back.
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Post by eveangeline7 on Jun 27, 2009 23:50:28 GMT -5
"We'll go back to my penthouse." Damon said, prodding them towards the door. "Your right. We should probably get out of here- no need to put on a waterworks show for the rest of the world." Damon mumbled as he led them towards the door, watching Colby carefully. Once they'd gotten into the car, Damon turned around in his seat and said in the gentlest voice he could manage, which wasn't very gentle at all, "Are you alright? The Doctor said you were...." he stopped, not knowing exactly what to say. He didn't exactly want to call her unstable- hell, they all were at this point. "Do you, ah, need to talk?" Damon asked, feeling totally awkward about it but remembering he'd promised Hayven he'd take care of Colby.
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Post by Milk on Jun 28, 2009 0:02:51 GMT -5
Colby glanced up at him and shook her head. The waterworks were coming soon. Stephen looked at her from over the seat too, looking worried. "Th...Thanks for...your concern...I just want to be left alone right now..." Colby managed to get out.
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