RobLebron: Easy my friend, he will get his revenge in due time. The injury is as follows, his arm is rip off by the shoulder and before he could bleed out, Moon and River closed the wound, cleaned it and dressed it before returning to the Butterfly Castle. Tom is going to make an appearance while Marco is incapacitated, to a failing, and probably funny, end.
Enjoy the next chapter.
Marco sat up on the bed while Star soundly slept beside him with an arm wrapped around his torso. He smirked before he gingerly moved her arm away and stood up and walked out of the room. Quietly closing the door behind him, he sighed and shook his head, "You should be rest, boy," he looked up and saw Star's mother walking up to him, "Star won't be too happy if you're up and about,"
"Your majesty…Star almost died a few days ago…I need to train, I need to get stronger so I can kill that bastard who tried to hurt her."
"It hasn't been a full week and you're going to push yourself," Moon sighed and shook her head, "You'll be coughing up blood if you don't rest," Marco growled and looked away with narrowed eyes, "Boy, believe me, Toffee is far too injured to attempt anything at the moment. You should take this time and continue to rest up,"
"It's my fault that happened," he looked up and Moon looked at him in confusion, "On earth I was always aware of my surroundings, not dropping my guard for anything, but since I arrived here with your daughter, I saw several guards roaming the grounds, I figured I could relax a little, and because of that, your daughter was kidnapped and was nearly killed. I have to get stronger…especially since I've lost my dominate arm and have to get my lesser arm in shape."
"In shape for what," they looked back and saw Star standing by the doorway, "Marco, why are you not resting?"
Marco groaned and shook his head, "I was just going for a walk,"
"Marco, it isn't polite to lie, especially to your fiancée," Star frowned and stepped closer to Marco, "What are you doing Marco? Please, tell me," Marco sighed and mumbled under his breath, "What was that?"
"I said I was going to go train," Star's eyes widened and Marco rubbed the back of his head, "I need to train…I just…I'm going to get soft if I lay around and do nothing until…"
"Marco, you're lying to me again," Star frowned and Marco looked away, "Please Marco, I want to try and help you and you're pushing me away,"
"Because…Star I want to train because…when we were on earth, I've always been aware of my surroundings and after coming here, I saw the guards and thought I can drop my guard and because of that, you got kidnapped and nearly killed and…"
"Marco, did you not tell me that I shouldn't blame myself over your arm?" Marco sighed and nodded and Star carefully hugged him, surprising him, "This is the same. You shouldn't blame yourself over something that a monster had done." Marco sighed and Star lightly shook, "Please come back to bed. It's only been a few days,"
"I…I'm going to go for a while," Marco broke free from the hug and Star and Moon stared at him as he walked away, "Don't worry girly, I'm just going for a walk, nothing more, nothing less," Star frowned as Marco continued to walk away.
Star sighed and Moon looked at her daughter, "He is stubborn, but he does mean well,"
"Mother, I'm worried he'll do something reckless and he'll get hurt again or worse," Moon frowned and Star shook her head, "I know he wants to help, but he lost his arm, he's been severely injured. He just woke up and he's trying to go back and fight Toffee,"
"I know dear," Moon sighed and looked down the now empty corridor, "But he wants to heal as quickly as his body would let him and then he's going to go out and find Toffee. Not because he robbed him of his arm, but because he threatened you."
"But mother, if he exerts himself, he can injure himself even further, or worse, he can drop dead."
"That won't happen dear," Moon looked at her daughter and smiled and Star looked at her in confusion, "You didn't see the look I saw when I looked at him in the eyes. That was determination, he's determined to recover as quickly as possible so he can go back to protecting you. I did say he's stubborn, but I also said that he means well, and that look in his eyes proves my point."
Marco walked down the corridor with narrowed eyes as he held his wrappings and hissed, "Pull yourself together, Diaz. There's no need to fall apart. Star is just looking out for you, and there's no way in hell I'm going to make her cry," he looked down at the bloodstain wrappings and took a deep breath, "And I don't blame her for this. I chose to have my arm bitten off so she'd be save,"
"Talking to yourself, my boy," he looked back and saw River walking up to him, "What are you doing up? Star will have your head if…"
"She knows," Marco sighed and shook his head, "I wanted to go train, but before I can do that, she stopped me, so now I'm just roaming around the castle for a while, trying to get the feeling back in my legs…I mean I was in a coma for three days,"
"Yes, you had all of us worried, boy," River shook his head and patted him on his back, "And thank you. You saved my daughter…even though you lost your arm,"
"Like I told Star and your wife, it was a fair trade, my arm for her safety," River hummed and nodded, "I wasn't going to let that scaly bastard hurt her, so I did what I thought was the best thing and ran in front of him, forcing him to attack me instead,"
"You had her worried," Marco looked at the king in confusion, "Star refused to sleep and eat while you were in that coma. She was worried that if she so much as moved from your side, you'd die. Moon and I would hear her cry over your body at night,"
"Ah jeez, no one told me that," Marco groaned and shook his head, "Well I guess I better get back to the room then before she started worrying again," he turned and began walking back down the corridor, "Oh yeah, River," River looked at him in confusion and Marco looked back, "When I get my arm back, and I know your wife is looking for the spell that'll help me, I need a place to train…to get stronger so I can kill that reptile once and for all…"
"I will take you to my personal training room, boy," Marco nodded before he continued the walk down the corridor.
Marco walked into the room and saw Star sitting on the bed, her back against the headboard and her knees hugged to her chest, "I told you I was just going for a walk," Star looked up with a frown across her lips, "Look…girly, you didn't have to stay by my side while I was in that coma…you could've ate and slept. I'm pretty sure I would've been fine when you got back,"
"Marco…may we cuddle tonight please? I would like to sleep with my fiancé in my arms," Marco sighed and shook his head as he walked towards the bed.
He laid down next to Star and nodded her over, "C'mon girly, I think we both should get some sleep." Star nodded before crawling next to him and wrapped an arm around his torso and Marco wrapped his arm around her and kissed her forehead, "Goodnight girly," he heard her light breathing and he looked down and saw she had fallen fast asleep. He quietly chuckled and kissed her forehead again, "Right, goodnight," he yawned and began falling asleep himself.
I was going to add Tom in this chapter, but I figured it was too soon after he woke up, so in the next chapter Tom will make an appearance. Please enjoy everyone and please let me know what everyone thinks.