Growing Up

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The knights, seeing how weak Cubbi was and then how his leg was injured, figured that traditional medical treatment would not be enough or would be with too much a risk to be performed on the young cub. Sir Plucki reached inside a pouch he had on his belt and pulled out a small vile of liquid, almost the color of gummiberry juice, but darker.

Wooddale saw him remove the vile and she nodded, as she could see the blood covered makeshift bandage on Cubbi's leg. The vile contained a enchanted liquid that the knights used in cause of severe injury that first aid or traditional medical procedures could possibly threaten their lives.

Sir Plucki opened the vile, "Sir Cubbi, I want you to drink this down; it will help you lad." Cubbi, who was almost asleep but was being kept awake slightly so he would not fall into a coma, opened his mouth, and he obeyed the request of Sir Plucki. Cubbi drank down the liquid fast and noticed it was very sweet and it seemed to give him more energy. Then, he felt Plucki set him down in wooden chair with his leg exposed and out. He then looked at Cubbi,

"Sir Cubbi, we are not sure how injured your leg is but we want to make sure you'll be well and not fall into a coma. I gave you an enchanted medication that we use if we are in the midst of battle and first aid threatens our very lives."

Cubbi nodded, slightly, and Wooddale and Berrybottom came over to Cubbi, who was now drifting in and out of consciousness. Both started to perform a spell, that would activate the enchanted properties of the liquid that Plucki gave Cubbi. Cubbi soon started to feel warm and then he felt his energy start to come back to him slowly. Cubbi, at this time, could feel his leg healing under his makeshift bandage. Sir Plucki could see the pain in the young knight's face as he saw the liquid start to heal the injuries.

As the spell took effect, under the bandage the leg was healing at an incredible rate, and soon even the blood on the bandage to was disappearing until soon there was no sign of blood left on the shirt. Also other bruises and minor cuts that the cub had, were also healing and soon were gone too. The councilors looked at Plucki.

"Sir Plucki, remove his bandage so we can see how his leg is."

Sir Plucki did as he was instructed and when he did he only could see a slight tear in the material of his pants. Sir Plucki pulled up the pant leg near were the slight tear was and saw that leg was completely healed and even new fur had slightly grown over the area. Sir Plucki also saw that there were more healed areas just below the most serious of all the injuries and saw they seemed to resemble teeth marks, but could not be sure. He would have to check later with the young cub to find out what had attacked him to cause such life threatening injuries. Plucki was also surprised that the spell even mended the young knight's clothing too, but figured that was because they were soaked with his blood and when the spell took effect, it had the same effect on the clothing that was blood soaked as well as Cubbi's own flesh.

Councilor Wooddale kneeled to Cubbi's level as he started to come around and looked upon the young cub. "Sir Cubbi, you were lucky to find us when you did, from what we could see of the extent of your injuries, if you had waited even a half a day more you may have not had made it at all."

Cubbi looked at Wooddale and nodded. Wooddale picked up the cub's makeshift bandage and saw it was really the cub's shirt and handed to him. Cubbi saw the shirt was mended also and looked at Wooddale, "I… I thought I tore this?"

Wooddale looked at the young knight, "The enchanted medication sometimes has that effect to clothing also, if it is blood soaked as yours was." Cubbi put his shirt back on and then still feeling a little weak, Cubbi saw that Wooddale had looked at Plucki. "I want you to take him to sick bay and make sure he is okay before we try to search out what caused his injuries."

Cubbi, not too fond of medical examinations, winced, "Do I have to?"

Wooddale nodded, "Yes, it won't take long. It's only to make sure that your leg is healed enough; they will also get you a warmer cloak while you're there to wear over your clothing, so you stay warm." Cubbi sighed as Plucki picked him up and carried him down to their sick bay to have the young knight examined by their doctors; he knew the examination would only be about an hour at the most, but seeing how bad Cubbi looked when he first saw him, he wanted to make sure he was well.

Sunni gulped seeing the creature reappear again and he started to look about for a victim to attack. Sunni knew the longer the Barbics and cubs stood here, the less chance they had to make it back home alive. They scattered. Buddi still felt strange from the Gummiberry juice and bounced a little uncontrolled, hitting a cabinet which turned out to contain the items Lady Bane had taken from Ursa. Buddi did not find this out until he was almost sliced with her backup dagger when it fell. The dagger stuck in the floor and missed him completely, only by inches. The only items of Ursa's that did hit Buddi were her tunic, belt and helmet as it landed on his head, hard. Buddi knew his Mama Ursa would need these as soon as they got her free from her shackles and the cuffs that kept her attached to the table. Buddi knew he was in the right area to find the one item, either a key or some sort of lever, that would allow him to release his Mama Ursa.

Sunni bounced up into a rafter above where Ursa was at after she told Grubbi she thought that Buddi was looking for a way to get Ursa freed. Grubbi got his spear freed just in time, as the Troggels tried to jump him. He was able to use the creature to his advantage and flung the two Troggels toward the Kuson-Pi. That was enough for the creature to keep busy for a while as the creature attacked the two Troggels, grabbed both of them the same way it grabbed Cubbi and this time swung them back and forth a little. Grubbi kept guard of Ursa as another Troggel came to attack; he was able to use his spear again as a quarter staff and flung the Troggel into a wall. It once again got up and attacked but Grubbi was able to again fling the Troggel over to the creature, which was keeping it busy as it started to remove the heart from the first Troggel it attacked. Sunni using the rafter was able to get to where Buddi was at; she could see the cub was dazed as she had seen something had hit him on the head, but then she saw a very shiny key on a top shelf of the cabinet. She could see that the key was enchanted and magical, and knew that this could be the key that would free Ursa and allow them to escape with their lives. Sunni thought, "There's got to be a way to get it from the cabinet," and remembered about the rope she got from Gritty before they set out from Gummi Glen.

Sunni grabbed the rope from her belt and using what she learned watching Ursa, Cubbi, and also Gruffi, she was able to use the rope like a lasso. Using the rope in this manner, with a loop on the end, she was able to grab the key. Sunni had learned how to use the rope better from lessons with Calla. Sunni got the key and then carefully and quickly using the same rafter, got back to where Grubbi was. Sunni tossed down a paper she found up there on the rafter to get his attention. Grubbi saw the paper fall and looked up at Sunni. She tossed the key down to Grubbi and he caught it just as a fourth Troggel tried to attack him. Grubbi then used his makeshift quarter staff and flung the Troggel with accuracy right out the window.

Grubbi could see the Kuson-Pi was busy with the Troggels he tossed to it and then started to look for the lock that kept Ursa attached to the table. Ursa watched as Grubbi searched, "Where is Buddi?" Grubbi still searched even as he answered, "He's safe, if it wasn't for him and Sunni we would have never found the key to free you, and he did this with the Kuson-Pi in here." Grubbi did finally, in a place near her head on the table, found the lock and placed the key into it. The key did not have to be turned as it was placed in the lock, it then caused the cuffs and shackles to magically release. "Thank Gum, I dread what that witch had planned for you." Ursa nodded and held on to Grubbi, she was still a little weak from the effects from Lady Bane. Sunni gestured to Grubbi where Buddi was at, what to them, on their level, was a short wall but she could see over where the cabinet and Buddi were at.

Grubbi carried Ursa and set her down, just as she saw a very dazed Buddi. She saw what dazed him and picked up her helmet from the cub. She then picked up Buddi and hugged him; her worst thoughts were that he had been killed as she didn't see him. Gritty kept Lady Bane busy while the others helped Ursa so they could escape.

Back in Ursalia, Ryo started to look worried as he wasn't sure what Ursa would do when she found out the Glens had disappeared. The only reason he wanted the Glens to leave was because of Ursa's feelings; he kept his mouth closed on his feelings. Ryo sighed and looked at Marti, "I know I was hard on them, but I didn't want them to disappear like this." Ryo paced and then wondered how he was going to break it to Ursa on what happened. Ryo sighed again and looked at Marti for advice.

Far Past

Tummi watched what was happening and wondered if their presence here would be a help or a hindrance. Zummi looked and wondered could their presence cause a rift in, what he read in the Great Book, called the time continuum. This brought him to a dilemma, if they attack, could it possibly change their future?

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