“Alright, I’m not getting injured unless one of you is with us,” Savage said.
“You got Harsh. He’s as good as we are,” Feral said.
“Or Storm. She’s learning everything we get a chance to teach her,” Frenzy said.
“She going to be alright?” Jack asked.
“Honestly? We hope so,” Feral said. “But until we see if the cauterizing holds, we don’t know. The fluids we’re putting in her, the blood, it’ll help make her stronger. But it’s up to her now.”
“Love her hard enough to keep her here, Rance,” Frenzy said.
Rance squeezed her hand and whispered to her.
“What the hell is going on?” Niko demanded as he jogged down the stairs, his eyes searching for blood spots on the carpet as he went.
“You missed it. They just saved Gwen,” Jack said. “We need to send some of our people to study with their medic training.”
“What happened?” Niko asked.
“She was injured back home, and somehow it got worse. We don’t really know,” Jack said.
“Is Griffin alright?” Niko asked.
“I haven’t seen Griffin. But Bonnie’s out there trying to keep everybody calm. Nobody’s freaking out yet, so I’m guessing she’s doing a good job.”
“I gotta go check on him,” Niko said.
“Y’all know Niko?” Jack asked.
“We met,” Frenzy said. “And what is with all the fucking pretty boys around here? That’s what I want to know. Give another male a chance at a female sometime!”
Jack laughed.
“I am pretty, huh?” Niko asked, grinning back at Frenzy. “I’ll meet everybody in a few minutes. I gotta go check on Griffin,” he said, his voice trailing behind him as he stepped outside before he finished his sentence.
“We got any Hydrogen Peroxide?” Vance asked as he came down stairs.
“Yes!” Kassidy exclaimed. “Finally, something I can help with. It’s under the kitchen sink and I’m guessing there’s more ineach bathroom,” she said, ducking into the kitchen and coming out with a large brown bottle.
“Niko said we can clean up blood with it,” Vance said as he kissed her cheek quickly.
“He’s right. I’ll come help,” Kassidy said.
“Have you cleaned her room?” Rance called out.
“Her bathroom is clean, we just gotta get the spots off the carpet,” Vance said.
“If you can’t, put her in my room,” Rance said.
“Alright.”
“You got time,” Frenzy said. “Nobody’s moving until that IV bag is empty, and until I decide she’s had enough blood.”
“We’ll be done by then,” Vance said as he and Kassidy went up stairs to help Three finish cleaning up.
“So now what?” Rage asked.
“Now, we wait to see if Rance’s woman is recovering. Then in a couple of days we go see what we can find in Missouri. We might have Variant still being held, we have a shifter Pride that’s been decimated. If the aggressor has taken any survivors captive, we’ll be freeing them. I’m pretty sure we’ll be burying a lot of individuals while we’re there.”
