Manila colored walls and white bed sheets were the exact same as the rooms all along the hall, glass windows letting one look inside without disturbing the occupants. The tired, worried reflection gazed back at him, ignored as he focused on the two beds in the room in front of him. Heart monitors beeped rhythmically as the two occupants slept, placed in medical comas as their bodies slowly healed, wrapped and stitched up as best as the doctors could do. A nurse checked one of the IV drips before glancing up at him. He turned away, not wanting to see the sympathy and pity in her eyes.

Sighing, he rubbed his forehead as he returned to the deceptively comfortable looking couches, grabbing his cold coffee from where he had set it down hours earlier. Grimacing, he sipped at it before throwing it away in the trash can nearby, rubbing at the day-old stubble that was growing on his cheeks. Unbidden, he walked once more to the window, staring in at the still form of his parents, hands shoved deep in his pockets. Only time would tell if they would survive the night.

Meg jerked and tugged at the chains as the hunter growled at her, both of them getting more and more frustrated. It had been close to an hour since she'd found him and so far she'd had no success in getting him free. He snarled at her as she jerked at the chains again and she punched him on the shoulder, glaring at him as he stared at her.

"Oh shut up. You growling and snarling isn't helping me get you free now is it?" She frowned up at him for another moment before returning her attention to the chains wrapped and secured around his chest. Huffing, he twisted to try and watch her, earning himself a shove at his shoulder. "Stop that! I can't work on this if you don't keep still."

He growled and clicked at her, ignoring her shove as she crossed her arms and met his gaze. Staring at each other, he finally rolled his eyes and huffed, growling softly as he twisted and shifted in the chains. She frowned and tried to help shove the chains up so he might be able to wiggle out of them, earning a glare from him and a growl as the chain scraped over his skin painfully. She ignored him and continued working the chains up his body.

"Stop" She froze, looking up at him in surprise as he growled out the human word, scowling at her. She blinked in surprise before frowning at him.

"What, so now you can talk? Well how the hell do I get you out then?" He glared at her and growled and clicked before looking away. She frowned and growled in frustration, kicking his shin. "Don't you dare ignore me you butt!" His head whipped around and he surged forward against the chains, stopped inches from her face as he roared at her, mandibles flared in aggression. Pissed off too much to back down, she grabbed his lower mandibles and yanked his head down so she was glaring right into his eyes, startling him.

"Let's get something straight right now. We're stuck here together and I will NOT tolerate you roaring at me when I'm TRYing to get you OUT. Now suck it up and tell me how to get you free." She growled before releasing his mandibles and stepping back to glare at him. He twitched his mandibles and stared at her for a moment, contemplating her before he looked down at the chains. She followed his gaze and frowned, stepping closer as she noticed a small symbol on one of the chains. He growled softly.

"Touch" She looked up at him as he spoke before looking back down at the symbol. Frowning, she reached forward and brushed her finger over the raised metal, blinking in surprise when the chains suddenly released, becoming loose around him. She stepped back as he growled and shoved the chains off.

"It was that easy?" She frowned at him and crossed her arms. "Why didn't you just tell me to do that earlier?" He looked over at her slowly, their eyes meeting as he growled and before she could even cry out his hand was around her throat. Eyes widening, she instinctively grabbed his hand with hers, trying to pry his hand off as he lifted her up to eye-level growling and clicking at her as he glared at her. Shit.

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