Hades and Rayne
Chapter 29: Back in the Med Bay
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Hades came to feeling someone gently petting his large forehead and began to purr before he opened his eyes to see that the table Rayne had been lying on was set up to where she was sitting up comfortably.
Hades sat up carefully and Rayne relaxed back against the raised bed before she saw Azure Eyes rush in and she smiled before Hades scooped him up and placed him beside his mother.
Rayne hugged Azure Eyes to her and he rested his head against her chest and purred as she gently pet his head and rubbed his back at the same time as Bloody Talon sat down.
Rayne blinked when another pup rushed into the room and scrambled up onto her bed before she recognized him as Ember Talon's son, "Hello Carbon Claw."
Carbon Claw purred as Ember Talon walked into the room, bowing her head slightly to the elder before she walked over to Rayne, "How do you feel?" Rayne sighed softly, "Better now thank you." Ember Talon gently pat Rayne on the head and sat down as Bloody Talon pulled up a chair for her as Rayne smirked, "Wow. I feel loved."
Ember Talon chuckled as they all began to visit with Rayne who was greatly enjoying their company. After a few hours of visiting Hades gently lifted Rayne up into his arms as she wrapped her arms around his shoulders and carried her to the mess hall where instantly many of the young bloods surged up to greet Rayne and she patiently greeted quite a few of them before Hades snarled and began to barrel his way through the young bloods, "Get out of my way! The female needs food! And get me some too!" A couple young bloods moved to obey as Hades sat down and carefully set Rayne beside him, holding out an arm behind her to keep her steady as the young bloods placed trays of meat in front of them and Rayne began to eat.
Hades watched as Rayne devoured over 5 lbs of meat which for her was quite a lot but her color was steadily recovering.
Hades finished his meat as well before he carefully picked Rayne up and she leaned against him as he carried her out of the mess hall.
Hades gently lay Rayne back on the med table as she sighed softly, "Man I need a shower." Rayne blinked hearing Tar'rak's voice come from further back, "Unless you want to take one with Hades. I suggest you hold off on that idea for a while. You may be recovering but you're still not fully recovered yet."
Rayne nodded quickly leaning back against the table before Azure Eyes snuggled up to her side and she purred softly, pulling the fur up onto his shoulder as she curled onto her side with a soft groan that immediately had Hades and Azure Eyes looking at her.
Rayne smiled gently at their worried faces, "I'm alright. Just stiff is all." Hades and Azure Eyes nodded and relaxed before he stood, "I will be back. I need to get something." Rayne nodded as she stretched carefully before relaxing again as Azure Eyes curled up against her stomach.
Rayne gasped softly in surprise when she was lifted up before she was placed in Tar'rak's arms as she held onto Azure Eyes. Rayne blinked in surprise before Hades began to pile some of the furs from her own bed onto the med table and she smiled softly before she was gently set back on the table and sighed in relief when she didn't feel the cold, hard metal beneath her back before Hades gently covered her up with another fur.
Rayne sighed softly, "I'm getting tired of always being stuck in here." Hades gently pat Rayne's head, "Do not worry. You will not be stuck in here for much longer but you will be assigned a caretaker for a little while."
Rayne sighed in annoyance but nodded, agreeing for the time being as she nuzzled Azure Eye's head and he purred softly before Rayne stiffened, feeling a needle slid into her hip, "It's just antibiotics Rayne. These might be a little more aggressive than you are used to but if they mess up they will fix it themselves."
Rayne nodded before Tar'rak pulled the needle out of her thigh and carefully rubbed the spot that he had injected the antibiotics into before he threw the needle away.
Rayne only had to stay in the med bay for another week before she was finally released and Hades scooped her up, furs and all and carried her back to her quarters.
Rayne smiled happily as Hades carefully set her in her bed before she looked up at him, "So who is going to be stuck babysitting me?" Hades chuckled, "Elder Bloody Talon was going to have one of his Aseigan look after you but seeing as you didn't know them I figured you would be a little more comfortable with me looking after you."
Rayne nodded in agreement before she began to unbraid her hair and pull out the bands being extremely careful not to cut her hair with the gloves before she smirked and took them off.
Rayne carefully crawled out of the bed before she stood and headed to the bathroom, grabbing a clean loincloth and top as she did so.
Rayne sighed in relief as she was finally able to take a shower and washed what blood had remained on her body off as well as scrubbed her hair thoroughly.
Rayne walked out several minutes later completely dry and dressed before she grabbed a large bone brush and began to brush her hair.
Hades helped Rayne braid her hair and band it as well before he sat down in a large chair as she began to go through several stretches to loosen up her muscles before he noted the pained look when she tried to stretch her shoulders.
Hades stood and placed his hand on Rayne's chest before he placed his hand on her back and pushed gently, blinking when her back crackled and snapped under his hand.
Rayne gasped softly as her back popped before she sighed in relief as the pain finally faded and Hades moved his hands before she nodded in thanks and popped her neck and lower back.
Rayne went through a few light exercises to get the blood flowing before she went back to her careful stretching.
Rayne blinked when darkness crossed over her vision and with a sigh she sat down before lying down on her side as Hades stood, "Rayne, are you alright?" Rayne nodded, "I should be. My vision just blacked out."
Hades watched Rayne carefully and after a couple minutes she pushed herself to her feet, "Well. At least I know my limits now." Rayne slid down into her large fur bed smiling softly at the soft furs before Azure Eyes jumped in.
Rayne smiled before she looked up at her adoptive Yautja father who smiled down at her, "It is good to see that you are now recovering." Rayne nodded, "Yeah. I should be okay in a week or two." Bloody Talon blinked in surprise, "So soon? You've been out for nearly a month." Rayne shrugged, "I will recover. Um…would you mind… if I called you… father?" Bloody Talon smiled, purring like a maniac, "No. I would not mind."
Rayne nodded before to her surprise Blood Talon climbed down into the bed and gently nuzzled the side of her head before he stood and walked out of the room, easily climbing out of her bed.
Rayne noted Hades settling down in a chair before she shook her head, "No. You can lay here." Rayne scooted over, pulling Azure Eyes with her, leaving plenty of room for Hades and with a sigh he lay down in her bed, pulling a fur up to his shoulder before he slid into sleep.
Rayne stayed awake a few minutes longer, listening to Hades's comforting purr before she slid into sleep.
Rayne awoke with Hades purring right next to her ear as she lay on her back with her left arm draped over her stomach and her right arm thrown out to the side for Azure Eyes to sleep on before she sighed softly, causing Hades to awaken and look up at her.
However Rayne didn't notice as she carefully leaned forwards, resting a hand to her head and rubbing the back of her neck with her now free hand.
Rayne jumped when Hades pushed her hand to the side and carefully began to rub the back of her neck, reining in his great strength so as not to snap her neck like a toothpick.
Hades blinked when Rayne leaned back slightly against his hand but continued to gently rub the back of her neck before she relaxed and he released her.
Rayne popped her neck and it popped with a sickening, grinding, crunch that had even Hades wincing before she sighed in relief as her headache went away.
Rayne went to climb out of her bed only to have Hades slide a hand under her foot and he pushed her up out of the bed as she looked down at him in surprise.
Rayne hopped off of Hades's hand and landed on her feet outside of the bed as Hades climbed out as well but she merely reclined in one of her chairs so he sat down in one as well, "So I take it that the Dragon Nebula clan has left?" Hades nodded, "Yes, thankfully." Rayne shrugged, "Well at the very least they learned to stop judging us humans by our appearance and that we may look frail but can be extremely strong." Hades nodded, "You gave them much to think about and were respectful while doing it. They will return that respect out of honor should we run across them again." Rayne chuckled, "And if not I could always have fun kicking their asses again."
Hades couldn't help but chuckle at Rayne's combative nature but dipped his head slightly in respect to it and to her.
The ooman had proven herself to him that she was indeed very strong and had enough courage to make even the most seasoned Yautja warrior quail in fear.
Hades went quiet for a few moments, contemplating on a fact that he had just discovered. Hades rarely ever thought of Rayne as an ooman anymore, rather he thought of her more as a female Yautja everyday.
As much as Hades hated Rayne before he couldn't help but feel attracted to her now, a fact that he managed to successfully keep hidden from her but was starting to have trouble with a few of the more alert senior hunters.
