AN: This is my first real try at writing fanfiction, so I need reviews to tell me if I'm going wrong anywhere. I've written original stuff before, but just haven't had the time to write recently, what with being bogged down with college work. Now I have some spare time however, so I thought I'd give it a bash. This will hopefully be a series of canon and AU drabbles, to try and expand the rather small TLR story section. (It's a great game, why so little fiction?) THESE WILL BE FULL OF SPOILERS, as they will be mostly centred around Rush, and his interactions/relationships with the other main characters (with a generous helping of Dave, naturally). I might try my hand at a little Rush/Dave, but it won't go beyond the mild stuff (I might be able to read the hard stuff, but I CAN'T write it.)

Ok, I think it's now safe to say on with the first drabble!

Healing the Wounded

Remnants, present before the dawn of time itself, their origin a mystery, their true potential unfathomable to the mortal mind. Their power could do great good, if used correctly. They could also commit great acts of destruction, it just depended on the will of their bonded. However bonding to a Remnant carried a terrible price, for they consumed the life energy of their mortal bonded, piece by piece, until the mortals untimely death.

Rush knew this, and hated it. He knew what he was, a Remnant in a mitran body. He didn't know how it was possible, but he had seen and heard too much to ignore it. He had seen the Conqueror's power, heard his commands to "awaken", and most importantly, felt his own power stir in response to the Conqueror. When Rush was sure he was alone, he had practiced pulling out that power from within himself, controlling it, rather than unleashing a burst of power as he did in battle. He knew a little of what he could do now and thought that he could help Dave, if only a little.

He saw the effect the Gae Bolg had on Dave each time he used it, the pallor of his skin, his shortness of breath, and the unnatural exhaustion that took him after every battle in which he used the Gae Bolg. With all that had been happening recently, the devastation of Nagapur just one of them, Dave's sleep should have been riddled with nightmares. Due to the Gae Bolg however, he slept like the dead, but barely seemed rested each morning. Rush hated seeing his friend like this, so he wanted to try and reverse some of the damage done by the Gae Bolg. In using his own power, Rush could maybe do something to help him.

This was why he was standing in David's room at three in the morning, watching his friend sleep. Having locked the door when he came in, he knew he would have some warning if anyone heard him in here. Rush took a deep breath, and stepped up to the side of the king sized bed closest to Dave. Reaching out, he gently placed one hand over Dave's right eye, where the eye patch of the Gae Bolg appeared. His other hand he placed over Dave's heart, feeling the warm beat pulsing through his fingers. Closing his eyes, he retreated into his mind, reaching for the power within himself. Pulling out a slender rope of pale green energy, he grasped it tightly as he felt for David's own life energy. He found it, bright and blue as his eyes, still strong, but fragmented, as though pieces had been torn out of it with great force. Pushing aside his anger for the moment, he took the rope of power pulled from his core and wove it ever so gently through the wounds in Dave's life energy. As he wove, the rope melted and expanded to seamlessly fill the ragged holes, leaving splashes of green mixed in with sapphire blue, the edges a bright aquamarine where both colours mixed. Pulling away after what seemed like hours, he breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the two energies mix smoothly.

Rush opened his eyes in the real world just in time to see Dave's face relax and twist into a tiny smile, his breathing deep and even, rather than the short breathy panting it had been. Even in the darkened room, Rush could see a healthy glow suffusing his friends face. Not wanting to stay any longer than necessary encase he was caught, he made his way to the door, wincing as the lock opened with a loud click in the silence of the room. When nothing happened after a moment, Rush slipped out the door, and sped back to his own room, feeling rather tired himself.

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