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Sep 20, 2015 09:14PM
Emerson made a movement of her head that could have either been a nod or shake, or both. "Yes, well... It depends," she said, speaking slowly. "On our abilities and power level. Sometimes, it depletes the giver's strength and life, others..." She paused, sort of falling asleep while she talked. "Others can't at all, and still more can just give health to whomever they wish." Her bloodied hand took Bones', then, and tucked it next to her face. "I'm so sorry," she whispered.
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"You have nothing to be sorry for" Bones said and smiled small before leaning over and kissing her softly. "I'll be back in a minute" he said and gently took his hand back. He ran back downstairs and outside to where Copper was lounging on the ground. "Copper" he said and ran over to her. "Find Malachi and bring him back here" he said.Copper mewed in protest but stood up anyway. She sniffed the air a few times before running off into the forest.
Bones watched her go for a moment before running back upstairs and kicking his shoes off. He crawled onto the bed and laid next to Emerson, taking her hand in his.
Emerson moved as close to Bones as she could, her breathing ragged again. A moment later she said through her teeth, "The tonic I took is not working." She bit down on the inside of her cheek and curled her body again in pain. "It hurts really bad, Crispin," she told him, the hand not held finding it's way back to the frost over her chest to ice it back over again, as she could feel it crumbling away.
Bones nodded slightly, "Hey, shsshhshshsh" he said and smiled small before closing his eyes. When he was younger he found he had the power to take people's pain away. The last time he used it was well that moment, he never found a use for it until now. He just hoped he still had it. He focused purely on her pain traveling out of her body and going into his, so he could feel it instead of her.
A sobbing cry fell from Emerson's lips as she felt a weird pulling from her to Bones. "Don't do that," she begged, although she could feel the pain lessening. She realized what was doing and cried again. "Please don't do that." She clutched his hand tighter, her eyes shut tightly with the apples of her cheeks contorted to make up for the ache.
Bones opened his eyes and smiled at her, "It's okay, I've felt worse" he said and meant it. He brought his free hand up and carefully pushed a stray piece of hair out of her face. "I love you, and I would do anything to help you, but this is all I have" he said nad lightly pressed his forehead to hers. "Please let me to this for you"
Emerson wanted to protest, but she was too half-asleep and honestly grateful to do so. Her face and body relaxed a little after another moment from the release, and it was evident that she had finally fell asleep. She did not wake at the sound of the front door crashing open, along with a hissing followed by, "Stupid cat," and then a hole lot of cursing at what was probably the sight of all the blood. "Emerson?" called the same voice warily. "Bones?"
Bones heard the crash at the front door and sighed softly before letting go of Emerson's hand and hurrying downstairs. Not even a second after Bones laid eyes on the angel he was smashed up against the wall. "Change of plans uh" he hissed. "You better fucking hope you have the power to heal or you're not going to live long enough to regret ever following her here" he said, his eyes once again black anger literally billowing off of him in waves.
Malachi bared his teeth at Bones in defense. "I have no idea what you're talking about." His eyes looked over Bones, though, and realized that the blood couldn't have come from him. He only half-answered Bones' obvious demand with, "Heal what?"
"Like you don't know" Bones hissed his grip tightening as he pulled the man off the was and roughly dragged him up the stairs. "Look what your little demon did. Guess this was just part of the plan all along uh" he said and pushed closer to Emerson. "Heal her or die. Those are you options. And it won't exactly be quick"
A string of curses came from Malachi as he took in Emerson's curled position on the rumpled bed, her half-nakedness, and the glimpse of scrapes along her shoulder and neck. Malachi pushed Bones' grip off of him and stepped forward, reaching over to roll Emerson onto her back -to which she made no protest other than a pathetic groan.
He cursed again peered at the ice, gel and ripped flesh beneath the first two before speaking back to Bones. "We did not do this, you idiot. And I cannot do much." He swallowed and continued: "If I do not... I know someone who can." He didn't explain further before returning his attention back Emerson's limp body. "If she wasn't poisoned, I would be able to fix her just fine. Probably." He reached out and splayed his long fingers over her chest before setting his palm down over the ice, which crackled under the weight. Emerson shook her head once in her half-sleep, and Malachi asked Bones, "Why the hell did you let her fall asleep?"
He cursed again peered at the ice, gel and ripped flesh beneath the first two before speaking back to Bones. "We did not do this, you idiot. And I cannot do much." He swallowed and continued: "If I do not... I know someone who can." He didn't explain further before returning his attention back Emerson's limp body. "If she wasn't poisoned, I would be able to fix her just fine. Probably." He reached out and splayed his long fingers over her chest before setting his palm down over the ice, which crackled under the weight. Emerson shook her head once in her half-sleep, and Malachi asked Bones, "Why the hell did you let her fall asleep?"
"I didn't let her do anything I was talking to you" Bones said his anger only rising at Malachi's denial and smugness. "And if you didn't fucking do it then who did?" he asked and glared at the angel. "None of my own enemies would know where I am, and theirs only two groups at the moment that we have problems with and last I checked only one of them is involved with demons" he said. He said not bothering to mention his father because he knew it had nothing to do with him. "Now I suggest you call your friend" he said and gave the angel a threatening look. "If he's not here in an hour, your both dead" he said.
"And what makes you think it was a demon? Did you even see her attacker?" Malachi gave Bones a calculating look, almost as if he were trying to decide if Bones would have done it to get to the rebels. "Besides, it could have easily been a demon hired by the legion..." He trailed off, leaning over Emerson again. "I cannot call this angel; we have to take her to him." He knew Bones wouldn't like that, but otherwise she would die. "He lives in a cabin in the woods a couple towns over." Malachi sighed, moving to slide Emerson to the edge of the bed so the angel could pick her up.
"What the fuck do you think you are doing?" Bones asked and walked over to him and tossed him across room before he could touch Emerson again. "You think I did this uh, of course you do, cause just Like I thought you're like every other Angel" he said more angry then ever. "I know it was a demon because she freaked when she saw my bad eyes" he said. "And if you ever touch her again I'm going to kill you" he said, not even joking a little bit. He didn't fucking care if it was just a friendly pat on the shoulder, he wasn't having any of that. "Now explain why mister important can't just come here" he demanded as he bent over and carefully picked up Emerson.
A grunt came from Malachi as he picked himself off of the floor. "Because he's a recluse, obviously. There's no way to contact him other than going to him directly. Unless contacts you personally." The angel didn't complain about Bones' out-lash, but also didn't confirm to Bones what he thought of him. He left the room, knowing the demon would follow to walk downstairs and open the front door for him.
Bones rolled his eyes and followed the demon down the stairs and out the front door. "Give more specifics and I can just teleport us there" he said and looked over at the Angel. Then he looked around "Copper come here" he said he called to the mngwa Copper came dashing out of the house and stood to attention near Bones's side.
"It's... There was this old playground from about fifty years ago that he built the cabin on." It was... really weird. "Can you receive telepathic communication? I can just... give you the place from my head?" Malachi had telepathy himself, and it was a bit weak, but he was willing to spend his little power for the couple (well, obviously mostly Emerson).
"No but get over here and put your hand on my shoulder" Bones said and waited until the man obeyed. "Now just who you telepathy as I teleport you should be able to hijack it and take us where we need to go" he said and then closed his eyes. "Starting now by the way" he said and then immediately started to concentrate on teleporting.
Malachi swore under his breath, putting his hand on Bones' shoulder and concentrating on where the old he-angel lived, which wasn't too hard as it was difficult to forget. There was a weird dizzying feeling in his body, but when he opened his eyes they stood in front of a big cabin that had smoke billowing up from a chimney. "We're here," he said, his voice rough. He let go of Bones and stalked to the front entrance, not hesitating to rap his knuckles on the the door.
Bones was glad it actually work, he wasn't sure it would. He followed Malachi and stood behind him as he knocked on the door. As he waited he looked down at Emerson and frowned,s he really didn't look so good. A few moments later Copper came running up behind Bones again standing next to him, waiting for a command or something to do.
"Don't bother me, I'm dead!" shouted an old-sounding voice from inside the cabin. Malachi groaned and just opened the door, not willing to waste time on politeness.
"We need your help," spoke the dark-haired angel, stepping aside so the salt-and-pepper, ghost-eyed elder could view Emerson and Bones.
"Ooh, a she-angel. What'd you do to her?" demanded the old guy -seemingly to Bones- as he turned and gestured for them to follow him into what looked like a kitchen. He pointed to the scratched-up wooden table for her to be laid on, yanking a table running off of it so her blood wouldn't stain the cloth.
"We need your help," spoke the dark-haired angel, stepping aside so the salt-and-pepper, ghost-eyed elder could view Emerson and Bones.
"Ooh, a she-angel. What'd you do to her?" demanded the old guy -seemingly to Bones- as he turned and gestured for them to follow him into what looked like a kitchen. He pointed to the scratched-up wooden table for her to be laid on, yanking a table running off of it so her blood wouldn't stain the cloth.
"I didn't do anything to her, she was attacked" Bones said and glared at the old man before laying her on the table carefully. "I this think it was one of his men, whether he ordered it or not" he said and glared at Malachi, a man he hated immensely. Then he looked back over at the old guy, "Can you heal her or not?" he asked.
"Well, I don't know what's wrong with her, so why don't you take a step back and calm your demonic fury." The old man glared back to Bones, a challenge in his eyes before he took in Emerson's makeshift healing... whatever she had done. "Well, this stopped the blood for now, but it didn't do otherwise. She basically disabled herself from healing, but without this she would have died before this closed." He peered closer, peeling off the sheet of ice and setting it on an empty space on the table. "Shit," he hissed after looking closer. He pointed to Malachi without looking back. "You need to leave. Both of you need to leave if you have any sort of dark power leaking from you." Malachi paused before just leaving the room, not making a protest.
Bones paused for a moment and walked back over to Emerson, "I'll be right outside sweetie" he said and kissed her forehead softly before turning around and walking out of the cabin. He didn't want to argue, he just wanted this all to be over with already. He just wanted them both to finally have some peace and quiet, for once.Bones sighed softly and turned to look at Malachi, "So if you didn't do this then who would uh?" he asked and looked the angel over. "I know it wasn't the legion because they wouldn't have bothered with a demon, they would have sent one of their own" he said and pursued his lips for a moment. "She remembered them saying Change of Plans, and we only had plans with you. One of you mates change the plan or something" he asked.
"If they did, it was out of spite or just rebelling from the- well, rebels." Malachi leaned lazily against a wall, his previous panic for helping them seemingly gone. "Unless it was just a ruse to get you and Emerson out of the way, or turned against us." He really wanted to know why they had to leave, especially with the dark energy thing. Whatever had happened to her must have been extremely sensitive to be pliable to his fallen abilities. "You didn't even see him?"
"No I was taking Copper for a walk" Bones said and sighed softly, "But I know it was a demon from the damage and from the way she reacted to my black eyes" he said. He studied the angel fro a moment really not believing him about all of this, "Why do you want her in your group so badly anyway uh..... What's your interest in her"
Malachi looked Bones over before giving an almost twitch-like shrug. "Neither of you probably know, but for some reason we don't know, female angels are kind of... just dying off. Offspring are over ninety percent more likely to be male than female. She's nearly the only one we know of for hundreds of miles." He narrowed his eyes just slightly. "We need the legion to not have her. And we also know she won't join without you." Both of them knew he had given a trickily evasive answer to the question, but it was at least partially honest.
Bones nodded slightly "Right" he said and snorted and shook his head slightly. He wasn't sure if he completely believe him but he did know he's seen more male angels then males. "Well I really don't trust you, not even a little bit" he said and looked at Malachi, "And if it wasn't for the angel helping her in there you'd be dead already" he said seriously. "Though if she does make it we might join, if you can help me with one little thing" he said with a smirk. "Seeing as I still believe it's your group that was involved in this I want to meet everyone. I got their scent and a sense of their power, it was all over her" he said. "If I find him, then I get to do whatever I see fit with him"
Malachi seemed to mull this over in his head. "I'm not in a state of charge to be giving you that promise, but it's not that big of a deal. Trust me, whoever it is already has a bounty on his head -meaning we want whoever did this dead- so I don't see why you can't be the one to take care of it." He glanced at the door again when they could hear the old angel shouting.
"Shut up, kid, you don't need to throw a fit!" Followed by Emerson yelling for Bones.
"Shut up, kid, you don't need to throw a fit!" Followed by Emerson yelling for Bones.
Bones chuckled softly before running into the cabin. "Emerson it's okay I'm right here" he said and ran over to her side taking her into his arms. "How do you feel?" he asked and pulled back to look her over for a moment. Then he looked over at the angel. "Everything good?"
Emerson had obviously freaked out when she awoke to find a stranger leaning over her, and now just clutched her hand over her upper chest, leaning into Bones while she gathered in the surroundings. "Well, she's not going to die," the old angel muttered. "But see this?" He reached over and peeled Emerson's hand away to reveal a strange black webbing over the now-scarred wounds. "This is Hileif. It's a demon-based poison that allows your kind and other darknesses to enter angel bodies." He gave a pointed look to Bones. "That's why you had to leave; she was too sensitive that even without your will, you could have.. broken her."
Emerson looked up at the man, her brows furrowed. "Who are you?" she asked quietly, after peering down at the webbing.
The guy gave a shrug. "You cannot pronounce my name. Just call me Rowan. Anyway, that will probably never go away, so you'll need something to help protect you. I'll be back."
He turned, then, and left the room to find whatever it was, and Emerson looked back up at Bones, her fingers brushing his face.
Emerson looked up at the man, her brows furrowed. "Who are you?" she asked quietly, after peering down at the webbing.
The guy gave a shrug. "You cannot pronounce my name. Just call me Rowan. Anyway, that will probably never go away, so you'll need something to help protect you. I'll be back."
He turned, then, and left the room to find whatever it was, and Emerson looked back up at Bones, her fingers brushing his face.
Bones nodded slightly and watched the angels leave before looking at Emerson. "I love you sweetie" he said with a smile and leaned down to kiss her softly. "You're going to be just fine, we both will" he said and smiled again before pulling her into a hug. He'd been so scared for her, and was just so thankful that she was alive right now. After a few moments he pulled away again and looked at her, "You remember anything else?"
Emerson slowly shook her head, upset for not being able to do so. "I barely remember anything," she whispered. "I remember the demon telling me something, and then you looked... really angry, and then you taking the pain... and falling asleep. Sorry." She leaned her head up to kiss Bones again before leaning her head against his shoulder, still feeling weak. She let him hold her, though, his arms wrapped around her knees pulled to her chest, the same way she had sat in the basement only a few hours before. "I love you too." Later, she would ask him to give her an account of what had happened, but she knew she would barely listen if he told her now.
A second later 'Rowan' and Malachi reappeared, an amulet dangling from Rowan's fist. "This is the best I have," he said, almost in an apology. "You just have to be careful around demons now, okay?" He confirmed before holding out the amulet to take.
A second later 'Rowan' and Malachi reappeared, an amulet dangling from Rowan's fist. "This is the best I have," he said, almost in an apology. "You just have to be careful around demons now, okay?" He confirmed before holding out the amulet to take.
"What does it do exactly" Bones asked and took the amulet from him. He examined it a moment before deciding top trust trust the old guy and carefully put it around Emerson's neck. "And what do you mean careful?" he asked and looked back over at the two angels. "What does she have to do? What could happen?" he asked. He didn't like that he could possible hurt her, if it was even a possibility that he could hurt her.
"It makes it harder for her to be controlled by darkness, unless it's her own." Malachi began cleaning various items he had pulled for her off of the table. "The poison... makes it feasible for a demon or even fallen angel to enter her soul, basically. The amulet protects her from lesser forces, but wouldn't do much against a demon with greater power. You don't have to worry about hurting her yourself; you have to work at it, it's not an accidental thing." He wiped down the table a bit from a little of her blood before looking up at the couple. "In simpler words, what with and how she was poisoned turns her into as weak as... How you would basically view a human, to an older demon. Make sense?"
"Yeah thanks" Bones said and rolled his eyes slightly before turning to look at Emerson. "Let's get you home" he said with a small smile and carefully picked her back up. He walked out of the cabin and over to Copper. "Hey girl" he said with a smile before touching her with his leg and teleporting. Once they were back home he carried her up the stairs and laid her down on his side of the bed, it was cleaner.
Although Emerson momentarily snuggled into the bed, she slid to sit up, taking in the room. "Let me help clean up while you tell me what happened," she said, making to slide off the bed. She also need a shower... And a shirt. She could sleep later.
Bones chuckled and nodded slightly before stripping the bed off the sheets and the blankets and tossed them onto the floor. As he worked he he told Emerson everything that happened and everything at he and Malachi talked about. "You sure you don't want to just lay down for a little bit" he asked a bit worriedly.
"I'm afraid if I fall asleep, I'll sleep for days and miss the raid." Emerson eyed Bones carefully as she scooped up the sheets to wash. Luckily, they hadn't been stained beyond repair. A few plants would fix it. "Do you still want to go to that?" she asked, her arms tangled up in the fabric.
Bones nodded slightly, "Yeah we can still go, though I'd rather you get some sleep before we go" he said with a smile and walked over to her. "You can go clean up" he said, since she was still bloody and everything. "Change into something comfortable and get some sleep. I'll wake you if it's time go. I promise" he said.
"Okay," Emerson said, still not sure about it. She set the sheets down and wrapped her arms around him. "I love you." She swallowed before continuing, "About one more thing, though... Do you think the rebels or legion have some ulterior motive to wanting us with them? With the female angel thing and all?" That had really weirded her out, to say the least.
"I do, but I don't have a clue about what it could be" he said honestly and wrapped his arms around her and kissed her forehead softly. He rubbed her back lightly before pulling away slowly. "I'm going to go and clean up downstairs and then I come up and lay with you, okay" he said with a smile before kissing her softly one last time.
Emerson nodded, rubbing her hands up and down his sides gently before pulling away to dig through her bag. They'd been there... four days? And she hadn't unpacked yet. Heh. She grabbed another one of her long-sleeved shirts and other clean items before slipping into the bathroom to take a shower.
Bones watched her for a moment "I'm gonna go out for a mintue to get a few things to help with cleaning up" he said with a small smiled before going downstairs and finding Copper. "Hey girl you watch her real close. Don't let anything happen" he said.Copper seemingly nodded slightly before bounding upstairs and running into the bedroom and then the bathroom. She plopped down next to the bathroom and stood guard just as she was asked.
Bones left the house and went to the store, moving through the aisles as fast as he could while he looked for what he needed.
Emerson took a warm shower, although she made it quick because she still wasn't feeling one hundred percent. After she got out she dried off with the remaining towel that they had, remembering that Bones had used one to hold her wound earlier. She sighed and decided to go into town with him the next day to get the rest of their shopping done. She pulled on the shirt she had grabbed and climbed over Coppe laying in the doorway of the bathroom, patting the Mngwa before walking downstairs to start a load of laundry with the sheets, grateful she had bought detergent the last time at the store. Finally, she went back upstairs and laid down on the stripped bed, Copper jumping up and laying down next to her with a purr.
Bones got back to the house in less then half an hour, which he was happy about. After what happened he didn't like leaving her alone, especially now that she was weaker then usual. He hurried inside and checked out Emerson. When he saw her lying in bed with Copper he smiled before going back downstairs and started cleaning up the blood.
Emerson had heard Bones come back in, but was half-asleep so she didn't call to him. She had a bare pillow tucked under one cheek, and a drowsy laugh came from her when Copper protectively placed a gigantic paw on the other side of her face. She listened to the purring but waited to sleep until Bones came back up.
Bones cleaned as quickly as he could, mostly because he hated the clean up. He'd rather the place just be stained with blood, he thought it added character. He knew Emerson didn't feel that way though so he quickly finished up with the clean up. Then he hurried upstairs and took a shower himself. He was kind of covered in blood himself, just glad the people at the store hadn't noticed.When Bones was done with his shower he walked out of the bathroom in just his shorts, didn't bother with putting on a shirt. He walked over to the bed and quietly shooed Copper before crawling into the bed.
Copper meowed as she stood up but just moved to the foot of the bed rather then getting off completely.
Emerson relaxed finally when Bones climbed in next to her, and she snuggled in close to him. "Thank you for doing all of that," she whispered, holding her hand on his arm tightly. The exact day she had said she'd wanted thing to go back to normal, they'd turned out even worse.
"No problem" Bones whispered and too her in his arms, loving that she was okay. He rubbed her back lightly. "You really scared me too day" he said and kissed her forehead softly closing his eyes as he took in her scent.
