Nyx and Mouse
Nyx fled.
Slide, slip, stumble and she dropped to the ground, bleeding and bruised. She sat up slightly and looked around.
Mouse dropped her mug.
"Mousey!" Nyx said in delight, grinning slightly, then wincing as her split lips pulled.
"Nyx...god, what happened?"
"Took a bit of a tumble." Nyx shrugged it off.
"MAMA!" Saku leapt into Nyx's arms, sending her back down on the ground with a thud, purring loudly.
"Hello, my baby boy..." Nyx nuzzled his neck as her arms went around him. "And how are you and your dad doing, hmmm?"
Zac and Isaac
"His dad's doing pretty well," Zac replied.
"A little dusty maybe," Isaac grinned.
"I'm not the only one. How have you been Nyx?"
Nyx
"Fine, mostly." Nyx grinned. "Nearly died a couple of times, but you get that." She stood, Saku on her hip. "How was the rest of the tour?"
Saku purred, hand twisted into her black braids.
Zac
"It was good," Zac replied. "Well, except the last couple of days when we got the flu. The alien flu. Oh, and apparently it was our fault, Nyx. This is what I get for sleeping with a cat."
Nyx and Mouse
"Mrowr, baby," Nyx said, winking.
"Nyx, I really think you should do something about the cuts on your wrist..." Mouse said anxiously.
Nyx glanced down at it. "The thing that did that's dead. But yeah. You wanna play nurse, Mousey, I'm all for it."
"OK...I'll go get the kit..." Mouse left.
"So yeah. Running, hiding, dimension hopping...there's some *really* ugly things out there." Nyx grimaced.
Zac
Zac peered at Nyx's wrist.
"Is that... is that why Saku's wrist was bleeding?" he asked quietly.
Nyx
"He what?" Nyx looked surprised, then looked at Saku. He hid his face in her shoulder. "Saku..."
"I'm sowwie! But, but you were *hurting*!"
"Don't do it again. I can handle it. You really can't, love." Nyx kissed his face. "C'mon, kitten...smile for Mama."
Saku obediently smiled.
"Good boy. Don't do that again, or I will cuff you myself." Nyx nuzzled his throat, purring slightly. He cuddled into her, sighing happily.
Zac
Zac raised an eyebrow.
"What exactly did he do?" he asked.
Nyx and Mouse
"He took part of the pain. I bet they all did, actually..." Nyx looked at Mouse sharply. "You felt it as well, didn't you?"
"I...yes. I did." Mouse massaged her wrist.
"See, that's why you can't do it," Nyx scolded lightly. "Mouse wouldnt've felt it, if you'd just..."
"I'm fine with it," Mouse interjected. "Sit."
Nyx sat on the couch. "You're such a sweet girl. Babies good? Priss still..."
"Yes, I'm fine. The babies are fine." Mouse sat down next to Nyx and opened the first aid kit. "And yes, Priss is still helping."
Zac and Isaac
"Ahh," Zac nodded. "Well, Saku loves you very much. It have been foolish, but, judging from his behaviour that night, he couldn't bear the idea of you suffering."
"No one likes the idea of someone they love suffering," Isaac agreed.
Nyx and Mouse
"Yes..." Mouse shook her head to dispell the tears.
"Something happened, didn't it?" Nyx asked softly.
Mouse bit her lip and bent her head to tend the wounds on Nyx's wrist.
"Mouse...what happened? Tell me."