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Blood, Lust and Magic
Blood Chapter Twenty
Rip's idea had seemed like a good idea at the time, but it was turning out to be harder to do than it should. For a start Kurt was passively resisting getting dressed. All Dave needed to do was get some clothes on him and then they could take a little walk to go and see the 'classroom' Dave had to use tomorrow morning. Kinda give Kurt a chance to see it and get used to it.
They'd been curled up watching TV, or Dave had been watching TV, Kurt had simply curled against him and blankly stared at nothing. All he could feel from Kurt had been calm and relaxed emotions.
Now, as he put a sock on the man's foot, all he could feel was anxiousness and jolts of fear. Which was stupid, he wasn't doing anything to Kurt that was hurting him. He wrestled the sock on and got ready to battle the other one on too.
He was being bad.
Even though Master was doing this to him, he was being bad and Master was going to be so mad at him.
He must not wear clothes, he was just a Familiar, he has no worth but magic, and sex, and blood. How was Master to use him for sex if he was covered up? How was Master to get at his blood easily if Master needed it?
Next came the shoes, just simple trainers. Stepping back Dave stares down at Kurt who's still laying on the bed, and Dave just knows Kurt's being unhelpful on purpose. Pulling his own clothes on Dave reaches for Kurt's hand and tugs the man to his feet.
Walking towards the open door he can see Torn smothering a smile. The pale blonde man snaps to attention and pretends he wasn't watching the whole showdown happen.
Passing through the door he's brought to a halt as Kurt digs his heels in and stops inside the room.
Master was testing him. He would prove to Master that he has learnt his lesson. He will not leave the room again. And if Master gets him a cage he will sit in the cage and be happy that he belongs to Master.
"Whoa," Dave grunts out and tugs on Kurt's hand, the Familiar is nervous and unhappy and very determined. Oak wasn't kidding when he said Kurt would come with quirks.
"Stubborn little bastard ain't he?" Torn muses the twang in his voice more prevalent.
"He was when he was in high school," Dave agrees and eyes his bonded up, the levels of fear have risen sharply. "Maybe he's still freaked out from last night. Shit I didn't think of that."
"Relax Fury," Rip says from behind him and he nearly jumps out of his skin, he almost can't wait for her and Lopez to meet but he thinks it's a bad idea without some nifty special effects and a killer sound track running in the background, plus medical staff for the epic face off that'll happen.
She's brought a wheelchair, "He's still weak and I thought this might be easier to move him around to start with. Torn or I can push and you can walk near him and hold his hand, it might make him feel better to see you," the woman lifts a perfectly sculptured eyebrow, "Is that acceptable?"
"S'Cool," Dave really wishes he'd thought of that and he helps Rip get Kurt into the wheelchair, and then they quickly wheel him out of the room, and the spurt of fear and horror makes Dave's head spin.
Grabbing Kurt's hand he struggles to walk next to him, Kurt really hates this, last night must have done more psychological damage than they realised.
He was outside.
He should not be outside. He had learnt his lesson and now he realises Master can still feel him, and he was bad, so now Master is going to punish him, he must take the punishment and not scream to prove he is a good Familiar and that Master is right to keep him.
Sitting outwardly blank Kurt isn't giving any clues to the terror he's going through and Dave knows he's being a jerk to him by putting him through this. Finally they're at the gym that's going to be his classroom for three days a week. He still doesn't know what they want him to do, he's not a teacher, he's not trained to do any of this.
The room is open, airy and the big windows are facing the afternoon sun that's streaming in. And for a second Kurt's fear cuts off as he gets to see something he's been locked away from for years. The fear rushes back but he's calmer too.
Baffled as to what's going on in that head of his, Dave lifts Kurt out of the chair and puts him near a window so the man can look out. Checking he makes sure there isn't a draft from the open window but the breeze is also carrying the smell of the flowering bushes inside.
Snowy the dog comes and flops down by Kurt and Dave pats the big dog's head. Apparently there's a new initiative being tried, to see if the Broken can be helped by being around animals, it works well with mentally and physically disabled or sick people, Dave hopes it works with Kurt.
Master has taken him to a room. A big room with lots and lots of light. He can see out of the room to lots and lots of green things. Some of the green things have coloured things on them and other coloured things flit about.
The big animal with the strong nose is near him but it leaves him alone so he ignores it.
Master goes off to talk to the man and the woman that have been outside their room.
When he thinks they are not looking he flicks his eyes around the room. It smells faintly of sweat. Perhaps this is the place Master will begin to Break him properly. He can stare outside and know he will never be allowed out there.
Afraid he waits for Master to begin, but Master is busy lifting something shiny.
The weight feels good in his hand and he curls his arm. Damn he used to do this all the time in school and then college, and it's a good memory, just him and the iron.
"So other than merging what am I supposed to be doing with these kids?" He asks Torn, the guy's way more approachable than Rip.
"That's it, just merging," Torn answers unhelpfully.
"Why do they need me to do that?" Dave's baffled.
"Because you're good at it Wizard," Rip says, "And those in charge think that fielding young but nearly fully trained Wizards lead by an experienced Wizard will help them hit the ground running when they get assigned jobs," she smiles pleasantly and Dave backs up a step reminded of Santana even more, "You'll have a group of Newbs to show how to merge, then they're giving you garbage detail and anything else that they think Kurt's up to while whipping the little Wizardlings into shape."
"Oh," It makes a kind of sense, it's one thing to practice spells in the classroom, it's another to use them in real life and on the job. "So they already know what they need to do, they just need to get a chance to apply it, I can do that," Dave's relieved he won't actually be teaching them anything, he'll just be there in case of emergencies or something.
The air moves and he can smell the coloured things on the green things. They are blossoms or flowers. He can smell the flowers.
He thinks he used to like flowers.
A/N: Sorry for any and all mistakes, I've tried to catch those I could, but I'm only human.