As much as it breaks my heart I do not own the characters of Almighty Johnsons or Being Human, as much as I would like to!
In no time at all the four of them had Anders wheeled out and loaded into the back of the car, Mitchell climbing in with him and resting Anders head on his lap so he could keep a physical connection to the man he loved. He'd never admit it but seeing Anders lying there bleeding in the bush, in so much pain and now unconscious utterly terrified him, he just couldn't stop thinking about how close he'd come to losing him, and he had no clue as to how badly this had affected his mental state to stay human. For all they knew he was lost to them and that was something he refused to accept.
He ran his fingers through Anders mane watching as Mike and Ty climbed into the car, Mike winding the window down to talk to Carol who had approached the driver's side.
"When he wakes up try not to be too loud or smother him too much, he'll still be sluggish and confused and is likely to get aggressive if he feels overwhelmed. Just let him come around in his own time ok? And you've got the meds in case he becomes too hostile." Carol said as she leaned in the window looking directly at Mitchell.
The vampire nodded, looking at the vet with a small smile. "Thank you, for everything you've done for him. Without you I don't know what we would have done."
"That's alright," Carol said with a smile, "I rarely get Gods in this neck of the woods so it's always good to see some of my own kind. Give me a call when it's resolved yeah?"
Mitchell nodded, it was the least he could do.
Satisfied, Carol gave a nod and tapped the door before stepping away. Mike turned the car, him and Ty tooting and waving as they headed down the drive.
By the time they reached the campsite Anders had started twitching in his sleep, letting out quiet whines and chuffs as his body started feeling its injuries again. Mitchell had kept up a steady stream of pats to try and soothe both his lion and himself, but hearing Anders in pain was slowly breaking his heart.
Upon arrival at the campsite Ty let out a sigh, shaking his head and Mike let out a groan. "I leave them alone for five minutes..."
Mitchell slid out from under Anders head to kneel up and peer through the windscreen. What he saw made him growl in frustration. In the time they'd been go Olaf and Axl were meant to have packed their site and loaded everything into the trailer so all they had to do was hook up and leave. Instead, it looked as though World War three had broken out in their absence. The tent was half standing, bags and groceries were scattered everywhere, the camp chairs were upside down and Olaf and Axl where standing in the middle of it all with sheepish expressions on their faces.
Mike stopped the car at the edge of the track, not wanting to run anything over that belonged to Anders and Mitchell, but wondering if they'd overlook flattened items in favour of him running his idiot grandfather and brother over.
Mike pinched the bridge of his nose and took several deep breaths. "I swear if those two ever grow brains they'll be the death of us." He huffed before climbing out of the car.
"What happened?" Mike asked in annoyance as Ty and Mitchell climbed out of the car and joined him in walking over to the embarrassed pair.
"Um, we had a few issues with packing?" Axl said, making it sound like a question more than a statement.
Mike fixed his youngest brother with a deadpanned stare. "Ya don't say?"
"What of the hunters?" Ty asked, "have you seen them."
Olaf shook his head. "Haven't seen or heard them, so either they're still out cold or they're steering clear of us and licking their wounds."
"We need to get a move on, I want Anders healed tonight and i won't let you guys slow me down." Mitchell said, already moving to pick items up off the ground and shove them into the closest bags.
"You heard him." Mike said, and together the five of them set about packing everything up and loading it into the trailer.
Much to Mitchell's annoyance it took them longer to pack up then it had to set up. This was mainly due to the fact that everything had spread a ridiculous distance in Olaf and Axl's first pack up attempt, and locating every last thing took favour of having to do a return trip if they discovered something missing.
To make matters worse, or better depending on who you talked to, Anders had woken. At first Mitchell had been relieved when Mike called out saying Anders was awake after moving the car back to its original spot, but it soon became clear that something had changed with his golden God.
Axl had gone bounding over, Ty hot on his heels to try keep Anders calm, only to have Anders hiss and swipe at the pair the moment the boot opened. The others froze, staring at the car in shock at Anders reaction as Axl scrambled away from his brother, and even Ty backed up when Anders snarled and swiped at him.
"It's just the pain that's making him angry" Mitchell heard Ty saying as he raced over. He stopped in front of the open boot and looked Anders over. Anders was lying there watching him with a snarl on his face, blue eyes darting between him and the Gods just behind him.
"Anders," Mitchell said soothingly as he reached out a hand to try and pat him, only to pull it back quickly as Anders took a swipe at him, letting out another hiss.
"Mitch you ok?" Ty asked worriedly, noticing the light trail of blood on the vampires hand from where a claw had scratched him.
"I'm good, but I need you all to back off while i deal with him. Keep packing up, we need to get out of here as i think we're losing him."
Mitchell waited for the others to leave before he rounded on the lion who still had a snarl on his face. Mitchell brought the vampire forward, matching Anders snarl for snarl, hiss for hiss. This time round though Anders didn't back down. Mitchell would have been impressed if the situation wasn't so dire, there was barely any recognition in the eyes he'd always get lost in. He changed tactic, if Anders couldn't recognise him from a distance, he'd have to recognise him up close.
Mitchell climbed into the boot, resting on his knees in front of him. Anders swiped at him, his claws raking across Mitchell's chest leaving deep gouges but still the vampire didn't flinch, in annoyance Anders swiped again, this time aiming for his face only to have Mitchell grab his paw and hold it there. Anders hissed and tried to pull his paw back but Mitchell refused to let go. Anders growled at the vampire, baring his teeth despite the pain he was probably in. Mitchell's grin was feral as he lowered himself so they were face to face, and he unleashed his own hisses and snarls, making sure his eyes were as black as possible and drawing his lips back, exposing his elongated canines.
They were at it for five minutes before Anders eventually let out a whine and ducked his head submissively. Mitchell stayed holding his paw until Anders let out a pained whine causing his eyes to snap back to their chocolate brown when he realised the paw he held was the same one that had been injured. He quickly lowered the paw and stroked Anders face, pleased that he nuzzled into his hand but wincing when he saw the blood trickling out of the reopened wound.
"Ty I need your help, Anders tore open his stitches." Mitchell called calmly, loud enough to get the God's attention but low enough not to stress Anders out. Ty came over and it took a while to convince Anders to let Ty near him without being hostile. In the end Mitchell lay down in front of him, snuggling as close as possible and murmuring sweet nothing's to keep him occupied whilst Ty numbed the area and set about fixing the stitches.
Whilst Ty and Mitchell were busy helping Anders, Mike, Olaf and Axl were in the last stages of the clear up. They had checked, packed and arranged all their belongings and were moving the last of it into the trailer. Once everything was strapped down Mike walked over to the pair in the back of the car.
"So, how's he doing?"
Ty cut the end of the stitches and gave Anders head a pat before slipping out of the car. "He should be fine now; I think he freaked out with Axl racing over, but…" He sighed, looking at the pair in the back before looking at Mike again, "Mitchell thinks Anders human mind is deteriorating faster than Ingrid said it would, and I think I agree. He didn't recognise any of us, not even Mitchell and it took some time before he could get close to him. We need to figure this out Mike, why he changed because I don't want to lose him."
Mike nodded. "I know Ty. We're packed up here so all we need to do is hook the trailer up and go. The sooner we get him healed the sooner we can focus solely on him. That was the plan for here, but plans change."
"Agreed. I'll reverse the car so we can hook up and get out of here."
Mike agreed and handed his brother the keys. Soon enough the trailer was hooked up to the car and all the Johnsons piled into the car into their original spots from the drive up, all except Mitchell who chose to stay in the back with Anders.
The trip back to Auckland was relatively uneventful, they avoided stopping as Anders slept the whole way due to some lasting effects of the drugs, and Mike just wanted to get back to Michele. However Anders sleeping didn't stop them from having fun, the Johnsons all talking about whatever came to mind, something they rarely did these days, and it was only until Ty went to offer Mitchell some water that the conversation changed to conspiring whispers.
Ty had turned around, only to find Mitchell fast asleep with his face buried in Anders mane, whilst said lion had his arm wrapped tight around the vampire. Mike pulled over gently so he could view the photos the others had taken silently, amidst fits of barely suppressed sniggers about perfect blackmail material. When they had plenty of photos and several videos Mike pulled back onto the road and they drove the final stretch to Auckland.
The setting sun saw a car and trailer pulling up to the back of the Johnson bar, and Ty sent a text off Mike's phone to Michele to tell her they'd arrived and would meet her there.
"Mitchell, time to wake up bro." Ty called, leaning over the back of the seat to shake the vampire awake.
"Mmfh, wa'?" Mitchell said as he jolted awake at the touch, rubbing at his eyes. "What happened? Where are we?"
"At the bar dolly daydreams." Olaf said cheerily, grinning at the sleep tousled hair that slowly rose from the boot of the car.
"Seriously? I fell asleep?!" Mitchell asked shocked when he looked out the window.
"You sure did! Come on, time to wake Anders and get him inside." Ty said as he climbed out of the car.
Mitchell shook Anders awake relatively easily and popped the boot open, scrambling out and tugging on the golden mane to encourage Anders to follow him. Mitchell, Ty, Olaf and Axl stood nearby to make sure he could get out and walk inside ok without falling and hurting himself whilst Mike reversed and parked around the front. As he climbed out of the car he glanced up the street as he turned towards the bar, before double taking and spinning back. There, not too further up was an Animal Welfare van. Mike frowned, it was only shops and the like around this area, so why would there be…
A foreign smell hit his nose and he turned his head, eyes widening when he realised it was coming from the bar. He slammed the door shut and locked the car before he sprinted across the street, crashing through the front door the exact same moment as the others entered from the back.
"Well well well. I think you have some explaining to do Mr Johnson."
