TB: Meep Meep! *zips in before baseball sliding into the studio*
KKD: *crashes into a fake hole in the wall before holding up a sign saying "Ouch!"*
TB: Frickin' Looney Tunes cliches. *pulls KKD off wall*
KKD: ...Flat as a pancake… *puts his thumb in his mouth and blows into it, inflating himself back to normal* Man, I hate it when I gotta do that.
TB: But enough about cartoon physics, we got a story to continue.
KKD: Right. *clears throat* We last left off with Rio in a bit of a pickle.
TB: She's getting caged up like an animal. So how bout we roll dose Disclaimers and see how she's doing?
KKD: Right. *picks up a black spear and launches it at the screen, the spear turning into the disclaimer screen on the way*
DISCLAIMERS: No one owns anything here related to Marvel or it's superheroes, except for the original characters and concepts within. The rest belong to Marvel, Disney, etc.
We see Rio waking up in some sort of cell room. She looked around it nervously before sprawling to get out, only to bump into a glass wall. She rubbed her poor nose before trying to figure out what was going on before she placed her hand on the glass for confirmation. She gasped in shock before she started banging on the glass wall with her forearms, wanting to get out, screaming and shouting in a primal matter, but on the outside of the cell, the glass was apparently soundproof. On the side of the glass opposite of Rio, two white-labcoat wearing scientists were examining her and taking notes.
"Notice that this girl displays primal behavior the moment she spots the glass," one of the scientists noted, "It would appear that she can be very hostile."
"I doubt that. It's possible she is just confused. She wants to be free," the other scientist responded, Rio managing to hear what they were talking about, looking rather nervous before signing to them 'Let me out, please.', "And it would appear she has some intelligence to form sign language. It seems she's trying to communicate with us."
"She wouldn't understand what that means. And besides even if she did, do you really want her running loose? She could cause a ruckus."
"She's so young, though. She could just want to see what the world wants to offer. Maybe she just wants to interact with us. She does appear to be human, so perhaps she requires some form of social interaction."
"How can someone… or something like her understand interacting with humans? She's too primal and beastly for that sort of thing," the first scientist retorted, Rio gasping in shock and suddenly starting to tear up a little from that remark.
"Look at that, now you just made her cry. Are you happy now?" the other scientist snapped.
"She's an animal."
"Just because she acts like one doesn't mean she doesn't have feelings. Even animals can express some form of emotion; dogs, cats, even gorillas and chimpanzees."
"They don't truly express emotions like we can; we're applying too many human characteristics to beasts. When you look at an animal, you can never tell what it's thinking or feeling, so why try to interpret it as if it were human?!"
"Excuse me, gentlemen," the two heard an older voice reply as an older man with a balding head of blonde hair and blue eyes wearing a navy blue sweater, beige pants and orange shoes walked in, getting the two scientists' attention, "I believe I can determine which of your theories about this… unique specimen over here is correct."
"Have you been hearing our discussion?" one of the scientists asked.
"Yes… but only for long enough. This girl does display beastly behavior, assumedly both domestic and wild characteristics," the old man informed as Rio looked on at their discussion, giving a rather confused expression, "However, despite all of those things, she still seems to be unquestionably human. Obviously her appearance indicates she's one, but also her intelligence if she can communicate through simple hand gestures."
"Seriously? It doesn't really know what it's-"
"Oh put a cork in it. He is more valid about this girl than you'll ever be!" the other scientist snapped back, defending the old man's claim about Rio.
"I hate to interrupt, but I'm going to have to take her. I wish to study her actions and behavioral patterns myself, and perhaps teach her how to be more human." the old man informed.
"...I'm sorry… who are you exactly?" the first scientist questioned, the old man pulling an ID necklace from under his sweater which showed the information required.
"Dr. Erik Selvig. Now, gentlemen if you don't mind, I would like to take her into my custody, which I have clearance for," the man, Dr. Selvig, informed, the scientists nodding in compliance as they opened the cell Rio was in, allowing her to crawl out before looking up at Erik, "It's okay, young one. You can come with me. Come here."
Rio was a bit hesitant, but somehow could tell Selvig was being kind to her before crawling to him by his legs.
"Thank you for your cooperation, gentlemen. Have a nice day," Erik smiled as he led Rio out the door, eventually walking out of the facility and to Erik's car.
He then opened the back door for Rio before he got her into the car and then started it, Rio looking hesitant to get in.
"Come on, get in the car. It's not like the car's gonna hurt you or anything," Erik said, chuckling a little, Rio not amused as Erik began to motion her to come in.
Rio slowly sprawled to the open back seat of Selvig's car before hopping in, trying to make sure she was safe as Selvig drove off.
We now see Erik and Rio in the car, Rio still looking around in nervousness while Erik focused on the road, looking back at Rio now and then via his rearview mirror.
"It's a good thing I got you out of there. Thor told me that you were in danger, so he asked me to get you out," Erik told the girl, Rio looking a bit surprised before signing 'You know hammer man? Where is he?', "He's currently busy with Fury at the moment. Don't worry, he's fine."
Rio then looked down, looking rather sad as tears began to form in her eyes, Erik seeing her mope on his mirror.
"Hey, what's the matter?" he asked in concern, Rio looking up at him with tear stained eyes before signing 'It's just as I feared. Humans don't understand me. They see me as nothing but an animal and a freak.', sniffling a little, "Don't worry. I'm sure people will understand you soon enough. Come on, I don't like seeing someone as adorable as you looking sad. It doesn't look like it suits you."
Rio looked confused before signing 'You don't think of me as a freak?'.
"Of course not. You seem intelligent enough to understand humans," Erik assured, Rio sniffling before she wiped her eyes with her arm and then looking up and Erik with a small smile.
'Thank you. You are very kind,' Rio signed before she realized something, 'How can you understand me?'
"Well that's because I learned how to understand sign language while traveling, and your signs may be different, but there's enough similarities to understand it," Erik answered as Rio got back on all fours, "Are you ready to meet my colleague?"
Rio looked unsure at first before she signed 'I believe I am'. With that, Erik found a spot to park in front of an apartment building complex before he got out of the car and opened the back door for Rio. Rio got out before she and Erik started walking/sprawling into the apartment complex, going upstairs before finding room 26C, Erik knocking on the door.
"Don't worry, Jane's a good friend. She and I can both help you," he assured Rio, who was hiding behind his legs, clearly nervous as the two stood by the door.
Then the door opened to reveal a woman with brown straight hair, amber eyes, and was wearing a grey sweatshirt, blue jeans and black shoes.
"Hey Erik. What's going on?" the woman asked before she noticed Rio, and was a bit surprised, "Wait, isn't that the animal girl that was seen in the center of Time Square?"
"Yes, this is her, Jane. She seems very unique," Erik noted as Rio slowly looked at the woman from behind Erik before going back behind his legs, shaking a little, "Also very skittish."
"I noticed," Jane nodded before she crouched down to Rio's level, "Come on. Come here, I'm not gonna hurt you."
Rio looked nervous before she saw Jane hold out her hand. She then slowly crawled away from Erik and closer to Jane, holding her hand out as well. The two girls then touched hands, Rio looking very curious as she signed 'Friend?', to which Jane responded back by signing 'Yes'. This left Rio surprised at first before smiling, signing their names before parting her thumbs and pinkies from her other fingers, weaving the others together while the tips of the other four touched and she held her hands so her pinkies faced Jane, and her thumbs faced herself.
"Is that your sign of friendship?" Jane asked, Rio nodding in response as Jane did the same thing she did and their pinkies touched each other.
The girls smiled as they did this, Rio then grabbing Jane's head and bringing it closer to hers, and she touched foreheads with Jane, the latter identifying it as a sign of respect and just went with it, the two girls closing eyes before they let go.
"So I assume you're here because Thor asked Dr. Selvig over here to bust you out, right?" Jane asked Rio, who simply nodded in response, "Alright, come on in guys."
With that, Erik and Rio walked into Jane's apartment, which had a futon in the center with a TV in front of it, some bookshelves, a few chairs, a small kitchenette and dining room with a table and a separate bedroom and bathroom.
"Pardon me if the place is a mess, I've been doing some research and I hadn't had much time to clean up," Jane replied before Rio tugged her shirt and signed 'I can help. I can help.', "Well… I suppose… uh… can you move those papers off the table for me?"
Rio nodded before sprawling over to the dining room table full of papers, and then, the snake on her scarf glowed before her limbs gained scales, as well as the skin on her arms green with some orange spots that had white outlines on them, and she used her limbs to stretch them out across the table and move some of the papers aside before she noticed one page in particular. She picked this paper up as her arms returned to normal as she examined it, gave off a surprised look, and then she ran back to Jane, who looked to her.
"Ah. Ah. Ah," Rio grunted, getting Jane's attention as she showed her the paper and then signed, 'What is this?'.
"Huh? Oh, this? This is a page about something I've learned about in the past six months. The Feralians, a subspecies that live in an island uncharted in the Atlantic Ocean by the coast of the Caribbean Islands. I can't believe that one of them, you, is actually here in front of me right now and in my apartment, no less," Jane responded in amazement, Rio tilting her head in confusion before signing 'Do you see me as an experiment or your guinea pig? You talk like those guys in white.', "No, no no no, I don't want you thinking that. I'm a friend; this is all just research. While you are very animal, Dr. Sevig and I are going to help you learn to be more human, teach you how to speak, how to walk properly, that kind of stuff. Other stuff, I want to see just how much you know in terms of intelligence."
Rio just looked nervous and hesitant about that, backing up a bit before signing 'I'm not sure if that's right for me. I mean… up until this point, I've been scared of humans, and it's clear they've been scared of me, mostly, but I don't know if I, myself, can be like them.'
"Don't worry, it'll be fine. It won't involve anything that makes you feel uncomfortable, and it definitely won't get you or other people hurt."
'But… I don't want to change who I am,' Rio signed, still feeling hesitant.
"You won't change, you'll just learn to act in a way that the people will accept you. I wouldn't want you to deny your heritage, don't think otherwise, but I think it would be easier if you… blend in," Jane informed Rio, who sighed in defeat before looking up and signing 'If you insist, and if it'll help me… then I'll do it.', "Great, I'm glad we could come to an agreement."
'Before we do anything...' Rio started signing before sprawling over to the paper that had the research on her kind, the Feralians, on it, 'I need to know how much you know about my people.'
"Right… I'll tell you as much as I know. Your kind is a special type of human, living like animals in what I've read to be a dangerous island, but you also have human levels of intelligence. By childhood, you learn to fight and by adolescence, the leader of your clan, the Alpha I suppose, gives a particular piece of clothing that grant you the powers of certain animals he or she deems you worthy of using, in your case a scarf that depicts an elephant for strength, a snake for elasticity, a cat for heightened senses such as sight, a rabbit for increased jumping height, a bat for flight, and a unicorn for magic and spells."
Rio nodded in response while signing 'That sounds about right so far. You really are smart.'
"Thank you. Though while researching, I discovered that the island was destroyed somehow, along with the rest of the Feralians," Jane noted, making Rio nod and begin to tear up a bit.
"What happened to it?" Erik asked.
Rio sniffled a bit before signing, 'It was my fault. I allowed a human, who wandered into the island, to stay. I trusted him… I loved him.' As she was telling the story, her eyes were turning red from the tears, 'And then… a group of humans… with guns came onto our island. Killed all my people, and all because the human that I called 'my love' brought them there. They then burned any other evidence of my home to the ocean.'
"Oh my God," Erik gawked in shock as Rio was sniffling while signing 'My home… is gone.', mouthing the words 'home' and 'gone' before breaking down in tears.
"Hey hey hey, it's okay," Jane said, getting closer to Rio before giving her a hug to comfort her, which Rio just let her do, "It's okay. We're friends, that means we would never do anything like that to you."
Rio wiped her tears with her arm before looking at Jane, her eyes teary and blood-shot, and signing 'You are very good. You really are my friend' before grabbing Jane's head and touched foreheads with her, the two girls smiling and closing their eyes for a moment, Erik backing off to let them have this nice and peaceful moment.
"Okay," Jane started as they both opened their eyes, "Are you ready?"
'...Yes… I think so,' Rio signed with a nod, her and Jane letting go as they smiled at each other.
Meanwhile, we see a man with short black hair that was slicked back, yellow eyes, and was wearing a white shirt under a black jacket, grey jeans, and black boots while also having a pair of sunglasses over his yellow eyes, walking through the streets of Manhattan before stopping in front of a gun store. He then walked inside and looked at the various firearms and rifles before walking up to the front table.
"Good afternoon, sir. How can I help you?" the clerk asked.
"I would like the best rifles and guns you got. Which ones do you recommend?" the man requested.
"Well now, let me see what I can give you. One moment," the clerk replied, turning around to look at the weapons behind him before pulling out a shotgun that was a pump action and had a switch on it, made of a dark gunmetal black iron, and had a nice dark brown wooden finish to it, "This is the 12 Gauge Italian Franchi Shotgun. You can go pump or auto with this baby."
The man picked up the gun, admiring the craftsmanship put into it, checking it out like he was aiming it first before testing the switch and the pump and then putting it back down.
"What about the big hand gun down there?" the man asked, pointing to a revolver pistol with a black handle, the rest being a nice chromed silver, the clerk looking at it before taking it out.
"This, my friend, is the .44 Magnum Revolver Pistol. They say it's the most powerful handgun in the world," he informed as the man took it.
He then pushed the six hole barrel that was in the pistol out on the left side before turning it, pushing it back in and then aimed it.
"Anything else?" the clerk asked.
"How about that one?" the man answered, pointing to a gun that had the same colors as the shotgun, including the wooden finish, except it had a curved magazine for the bullets.
"This is the AK-47 Sub Machine Gun. It can go Semi-Auto and Auto with just a click of the switch," the clerk answered with the man picking it up, examining it, aiming it, and testing the switch as well as looking at the magazine.
"One more and that will be it. That small one right there."
The clerk looked over to a black gun that had a long straight magazine coming from the bottom of it before taking it out.
"This is the 9 MM Uzi. It can go fully automatic," the clerk answered as the man picked it up and aimed with one hand, "So, uh, which one will it be."
"I'll take all of them." the man answered.
"Ooh, that's gonna be a toughie. It's gonna be a 10 day wait on the rifles and machine guns, but the handgun you can take right now," the clerk noted as he pulled out the papers for each of the guns while the man took the bullets required for each gun, and began to load up the shotgun with live 12 gauge rounds, "Just be sure to sign where it tells you and-. Hey hey hey, you can't do that!"
The man just did anyway before pumping the shotgun and aiming it at the clerk.
"Wrong. I can… and I did," the man pointed out as he smirked before he pulled the trigger and fired at the clerk, smoke coming out of the barrel afterwards. He then put the barrel close to his face before he blew out the smoke.
The man just walked out of the burning building, the rifle and shotgun strapped to his back while the machine gun and revolver were holstered to his waist, bags of ammo and rounds being held in a plastic bag he held in one hand while adjusting his sunglasses. He was able to walk away before fire trucks and police arrived on the scene as he walked into an alley.
"I got the stuff you told me to get," the man informed as Loki appeared in a puff of smoke before he waved his staff in front of the man, the humanoid figure glowing before revealing it was Wulof.
"Now I want you to have some fun with your new toys, go all out if you wish, and make sure that that bothersome pest is dealt with while I go for my brother." Loki told him.
"Understood," Wulof replied as he climbed up a building before Loki disappeared.
Later, Jane and Erik were standing in front of Rio, who was sitting on the floor at the moment looking at them.
"Okay, Rio, the first thing we are gonna teach you is how to walk upright," Jane told Rio, who nodded before looking at her legs and feet with curiosity and then signing 'So… I have to walk with just my legs? It sounds… new, foreign to me.', "Don't worry, we'll help you out. Dr. Selvig, care to start?"
"Of course. First, push your upper body off the ground and you'll be able to stand," Erik told Rio, who turned on all fours to get herself ready.
She then did as Erik told her, slowly getting ready before using her hands to push herself upward before she raised her upper body up slowly so that she was standing on her feet, stumbling a little along the way.
"Oh, oh," Rio muttered as she tried to keep her balance, flailing her arms a bit, but she fell down, "Oooh."
"Don't worry, you'll get used to it. C'mon, try again," Jane insisted, Rio sitting on the floor, pouting.
'I can barely stand, how do you expect me to walk?' Rio signed, clearly bummed by her failed first attempt.
"Nobody gets anything done on the first try, and even then it's by pure luck. You have to keep on trying, then you'll get better at it," Erik told Rio, who looked at her feet again before she nodded and then slowly stood back up again.
This time, she was able to keep her balance longer than before as she used her feet to really grip the ground, getting a better feel of the floor. Rio then decided to take a small step forward and she was able to hang onto her footing, stumbling a little bit along the way but holding out her arms to balance herself.
"That's it, keep going," Jane encouraged, allowing Rio to continue walking forward until she reached her and Erik, then she slipped on the ground, falling towards Jane, who caught her easily, "Easy there. I got you."
Rio just looked at Jane and giggled a bit as she signed 'Thanks'.
"I think that's enough lessons for a moment. Now why don't I help clean you up? I think you could use a bath," Jane figured as Rio got back down on all fours before signing 'You gotta catch me first.', and then she ran away, "Hey! Rio, don't go doing this!"
Jane then ran to go catch Rio, running around the apartment after Rio before the latter ran back in the living room and was hiding behind the futon. Jane then ran back into the room a bit exhausted.
"Hey, Erik, where'd she go?" Jane panted, Erik pointing to the futon where Jane could see Rio's feet sticking out behind the left side, "Oh. Shhh…"
Jane then tiptoed up to the futon, Rio giggling softly behind the small couch before she felt something touch her feet that made her start to laugh.
"I got you now," Jane smirked as she started tickling Rio's feet, making Rio laugh loudly as she tried signing 'Stop, that tickles!', but couldn't because she was laughing too hard.
It didn't take much for Jane to convince Rio to get to the bathroom to clean up, both of them walking to the bathroom.
Outside the bathroom, Erik just sat waiting, reading a book entitled 'The Hobbit' while Jane was giving Rio a bath in there. He just sat there, reading his book before Jane and Rio walked out, Jane having some splashes of water on her clothes and Rio's hair looking like it was separated into very thin lines after being just dried, and also going all over the place.
"She was quite the hassle," Jane commented as Rio shook her head and body like a dog would, trying to get the water off her body, "She also apparently has the mindset of a child. Not that that's necessarily a bad thing, but it is rather exhausting."
'There's no point being grown up if you can't be childish,' Rio signed with a slight giggle, making Jane and Erik laugh a little along with her before Rio noticed the book in his hands, 'Hey, can I read that?'
"Well… it's a bit long, but if you got time, here you go," Erik shrugged, handing Rio the book as she took it and sprawled off to the couch before she got up and started reading.
A few minutes later, Rio was laying on the couch upside down, reading the book when she looked upside down at the table and saw a 3 by 3 square cube sitting on a table, known as the Rubik's Cube.
"Oooh," Rio gawked, admiring the cube before she looked at both the book and the cube, "Hmm…"
Looking between the book and her feet, Rio then moved her legs and grasped the book with her toes before she grabbed the cube on the table and began to examine it in curiosity. She now had the book in the grasp of her feet in a way she was still reading while she noticed the colors squares on the cube, learned how to rotate, and then started to try and match all the colors. It wasn't long before Erik noticed this while standing in the kitchenette.
"Hey, Jane, look at this," Erik whispered, ushering Jane to look and see Rio's version of multitasking, "This is amazing. You're right, she does display human levels of intelligence. Maybe even a little above average."
"That is amazing. We are witnessing a Feralian actually be able to do two things at the same time," Jane gawked with a smile, Rio still trying to solve the puzzle while turning a page in the book with her toes, "She's capable of multitasking on levels greater than any normal human. Truly amazing."
"That's for sure," Erik nodded, Rio finishing matching all the colors, putting the cube onto the table and then going back to the book, taking it back into her hands before she saw Jane and Erik clapping their hands, "That's astounding. We haven't seen anything like that before."
"Easy there, Erik. She's probably not used to such praise or admiration before," Jane replied, Rio blushing in response to the compliment, trying to hide it behind the book, "You might be smart, but you can't hide a blush very well, Rio."
Erik and Jane laughed a bit as Rio nervously giggled until they heard a loud boom come from outside. Needing little coaxing, Rio put the book down and sprawled to look out the window with Erik and Jane. The two saw Wulof firing his AK-47 out in the streets, with one hand.
"Oh, oh. AH, AH, AH!" Rio exclaimed, pointing at Wulof while signing 'That's Wulof! He and I fought in the part of the city with the big lights!'
"I'm guessing that's the wolf thing out there drew her out into the open," Jane figured as Rio ran out of the apartment room to go fight Wulof.
Outside, Wulof continued firing his gun, howling as he did, before he heard a primal scream coming from above him, turning to see Rio jumping down at him, only for the wolf to howl again, Rio stopping instantly to cover her ears as she fell to the floor.
"Nice try, Rio. Bet you didn't think to see me with the same types of weapons those humans took on the island, right?" Wulof scoffed with a chuckle, Rio scowling at Wulof before signing 'How do you know about what happened with me?'
"I saw what the humans did to the island, admired the agony and despair of your heart, it was delicious. I also liked the weapons they had, and thanks to Loki, I was able to go under the guise of a human to obtain these."
'Where is hammer man's brother now?' Rio signed, demanding to know.
"He's got some… 'family matters' to attend to, fighting Thor right now," Wulof answered before aiming his uzi and firing at Rio, who skillfully dodged the bullets.
This went on with her parkouring, until Wulof managed to hit her arm with a stray bullet, Rio crying out in pain as she layed on the street gripping the wound on her arm.
"Not so fast as you thought, huh? As painfully short as this was, I'm afraid we should now part ways. Goodbye, Rio," Wulof smirked as he aimed his shotgun at her.
However, Rio tried to focus before, when Wulof fired, she performed a cartwheel to dodge the blast in time, crouching afterwards before slowly standing upright with just her legs. This left Wulof with a surprised and shocked expression on his face.
"What… how?! ...You were never able to fully walk before! How are you doing this!?" he gawked, demanding to know as Rio signed 'Two very good people taught me'.
Wulof attempted to fire again when Rio took off, flipping in the air before kicking Wulof in the side of the head. She then flipped the opposite direction and kicked the gun out of his hand, causing Wulof to growl before she did a backwards flip, kicking him in the chin and knocking him back.
"Grr… stupid, ignorant animal," Wulof growled before he looked to a nearby car and picked it up before tossing it at Rio.
However, the bat on her scarf glowed, causing her ears to change into bat ears and bat wings growing from her back before she flew up and avoided the incoming car. Then, she skydived down at Wulof, knocking him down with every attack, even screeching into his ears before giving one final dive kick, sending him to the floor.
"I'll be back," Wulof growled as he ran away on all fours, vanishing in a puff of smoke.
"Hmm," Rio groaned a little before getting on all fours herself, and then running back to Jane's apartment.
'The wolf was armed with guns. They were given to him with the help of hammer man's brother.' Rio signed, making Jane gasp in response.
"Loki's with that thing?! But how? Why?!" Jane gawked, stunned by this revelation, before she heard her computer with a sort of beeping jingle, causing the group to turn and see the call was from S.H.I.E.L.D..
"Looks like Fury needs to talk with us," Erik figured as they, along with Rio, went to the computer, Jane answering the call as Nick Fury appeared on the screen, Rio backing up in surprise, "Fury? We hear you, what is it?"
-I got word that Wulof and Loki were causing havoc on two separate sections of New York. Wulof was firing off shots over near where you guys were, while Loki was last seen near 34th Street. Thor went over there to take care of it, and I assume everything went well on your side,- Fury responded.
"Yes, Rio's right here with us. She found out about Loki's cooperation with him," Jane informed, Rio looking at the screen, slowly approaching it, and jumping up on the chair so Fury could see her.
-So this is our wild child here, Rio. Good to finally see you in person.-
Rio then began signing, leaving Fury with a slightly confused expression
"She's asking where Thor is. She wants to talk with him," Jane translated.
-At the moment, Thor is still in combat against Loki on 34th,- Fury answered, Rio signing again.
"Now she's asking if he needs her help."
-At the moment he seems to be handling Loki fine, but I will let you know if he does. In the meantime, keep comfortable with these two, Rio.-
With that, Fury's image on the screen faded out, Rio just looking suspicious for a moment before signing 'Something about him doesn't feel right. I don't know why, but I don't trust him.'
"He's on our side, Rio. I'll admit, I felt the same way at first too, but in the long run, he's a good person. He has the best of intentions if it involves people like you," Jane assured Rio, who just nodded in understanding before gripping her leg in a bit of pain, wincing and whimpering as she saw some blood on her hand, "Oh my… you got injured from earlier? I guess one of that wolf thing's bullets hit your leg."
Rio just whimpered like a wounded dog as she gripped her leg in pain while Erik rushed to find something, coming back with a first aid kit. Jane helped him get some stuff out of it.
"Just relax, Rio. We'll help you get that bullet out and patch up your leg," Erik assured Rio as she whimpered, moving away from him while signing 'No. It's going to hurt. I don't want to hurt any more than I am now.'
"Sometimes in order to cure one pain, we have to endure another," Jane informed, Rio still looking hesitant, "If you're really scared, just wait right there. I'll be back."
Jane walked to a room in the back before opening a closet and pulling out a small violet blanket. She then walked back and handed it to Rio, who looked confused.
"This is an old blanket I used to have when I was a kid. I'm going to give this to you so that you have something to keep you happy, as well as comfort you when you're scared. You can even sleep with it," Jane told her, Rio gripping the blanket before Erik used a pair of tweezers to pull the bullet out of her leg.
Rio screeched in pain, so much so that Jane covered her ears from the sound. A short while after, Erik was done, and was now stitching up Rio's bullet wound with her still holding the blanket close to her.
'Thank you, Jane. I like this blanket,' Rio signed, making Jane smile as Rio cuddled the blanket as Erik was now putting a small band-aid on her wound, finishing.
"There we go," Erik smiled, backing up, "All better. You feeling better now?"
She nodded, before she saw a mirror and walked over to it. She then went under the table before poked out from the table now and then, smiling at her reflection and giggling while seeing herself.
"I guess that's her version of peek-a-boo," Jane giggled a bit as Rio continued playing her game before she looked between her blanket and scarf. She simply thought about it before deciding to save it for a later time and then she looked under the T.V. to find DVDs of King Kong and Jurassic Park.
"Oh, oh. Oh, oh," Rio responded, pointing to the DVDs.
"Do you want to watch those?" Jane asked, Rio nodding as she handed them to her, "Okay, which one do you want first?"
Rio pondered which one to watch before pointing to King Kong, to which Jane put on, and the three sat down to watch it.
KKD: That was adorable.
TB: I know, right?! Just… D'AWW!
KKD: Indeed.
TB: Well it's a good thing we managed to get this chapter done.
KKD: Yea, good thing. So what's your favorite part?
TB: Aside from Rio being cute?
KKD: Maybe.
TB: I like the part where they were teaching her how to properly stand and walk, as well as her fight with a gun toting Wulof.
KKD: Yea, those were cute, but I was also fascinated by Rio's multi-tasking when she read a book and solved a Rubik's Cube at the same time.
TB: She's like a cuter female version of Beast from X-Men.
KKD: Right.
TB: Now how about we head out.
KKD: Good idea. So until next time, min'na, this has been KKD Silver, the Crossover King…
TB: And this is the Lone Rider, TokuBrony…
KKD: Signing out. Jaa ne.
TB: SEIYAA!