That's the scene Luke walked in on, he glanced at the T.V. stretched himself out then looked up at the couch where Nikki was fast asleep against Scott's arm.
Lance saw Luke walk in and turned to Nikki, only to see that he had fallen asleep. He grinned. "Fell asleep during the movie man. How you feelin?" He asked in a soft voice
Luke sat down on the floor, 'A little better I guess,' He tilted his head at the movie, 'What is this?'
"The blob." Lance said. "Scared your boy here for a second." he grinned
Luke turned around and looked at the three, 'How long have I been out for?'
Lance checked his watch and shrugged. "An hour, hour and a half. Not too long."
Luke twitched his tail, 'Hn... I'm gonna go an' get somethin' to eat.' He stood up and shook then sat back down and scratched his ear with his hind leg.
Scott stood, carefully moving Nikki to lean on Lance. "You need a hand?" He asked.
Luke thought back to his first bath experience and winced mentally, 'Yea, that'd be nice.'
"Cool." He set off to the kitchen and opened the fridge. "So, is there anything you wanted in particular."
'A taco.' Luke wagged his tail slightly then sat down on the cool tiled floor.
Scott laughed. "Sure thing." He got the taco made and on a plate and put it down on the floor for Luke. "Here ya go. Is that enough for you? I can make you another one."
Luke gobbled up the taco then looked back up at Scott, 'Yea, one more please.' He backed up a step and sat back down.
Scott did as Luke asked and set the second one back down, along with a bowl of water. "So, the changing thing. You know how long its gonna last for?"
'Two days is what it usually lasts for.' Luke replied finishing the second taco then took a drink of his water.
"Rough." Scott mused, cleaning the plate up.
'It's not that bad really,' Luke licked his muzzle, 'but it does have its downfalls at times...'
"Yea, I can see how not having hands could be considered a bad thing." He looked over to the living room door. "The movie should be over by now." He said, suddenly jumping as a scream cut through the air. "What?" Scott asked, before moving to the living room where the noise came from, hoping that Lance was okay.
Luke raced out into the living room and skidded to a stop, 'What's going on?' His lips pulled back into a snarl as he glanced around.
Scott followed, seeing Lance standing up over the couch, standing back from Nikki, running a hand through his hair. He turned when the other two came in. "He just started screaming..." He said helplessly "I didn't wanna touch him, I dunno what's wrong."
Luke put his front paws up on the couch, 'Hey Nikki, what's wrong?'
Nikki woke up as the sound of Luke's voice in his head cut through his nightmares. He sat up, panting as if he'd been running and looked around the dark room confused. "Where...?" Lance went up to him. "It's okay Nikki, you're alright." He said soothingly, hoping to calm the boy down, Nikki snarled unexpectedly. "Where's Luke?" He demanded. Lance put his hands up to show he meant no harm. "Its ok,, Luke's right here." He said, pointing Luke out.
Luke jumped up on the couch, his large heavy form made the couch groan in protest and seem smaller than it really was.
'You okay?' He asked worriedly.
Nikki grabbed hold of Luke, watching Scott and Lance with wary eyes. "You okay? The fuckers didn't hurt you did they?"
Luke shook his head, 'Nikki, what are you talking about?'
Nikki looked at Luke, but turned his head immediately to keep an eye on Scott and Lance again. "They took you away and Alex came.." he shuddered. "Where did they take you?"
'Alex is dead Nikki, you just had a bad dream.' Luke pulled his ears back worriedly.
Nikki looked confused. Scott stepped forward. "It's us Nikki, Scott and Lance. We aren't going to hurt you or Luke... okay?"
"You remember the movie right?" Lance tried. "You fell asleep."
Something seemed to click in Nikki and he woke up properly. "I feel asleep?" he asked. "Yea." Lance said warily. "Oh.." Nikki rubbed at his eyes. "Sorry." He looked at Luke. "Hey Luke, how are you?" He asked smiling, giving Luke a quick hug.
'Fine.' Luke sighed mentally, his ears straightened back up, 'What about you?'
"I'm good. I was watching a movie." he grinned. Lance shook his head in disbelief at Scott.
'That's good,' Luke nodded, 'What movie?'
"The blob?" he said doubtfully, looking over at the other two. Lance nodded. "yup, that was it."
Nikki shook his head. "it was scary."
Luke nodded and jumped down off the couch and shook himself, 'You up for a walk into town?'
Lance gave Scott a look. "Are you sure that's a good idea?" Scott asked Luke.
Luke tilted his head towards Scott and Lance, 'I think so... why wouldn't it be?' He asked innocently.
NIkki spoke up. "I wanna go out." He said.
Scott kept Nikki occupied while Lance beckoned Luke over. "Your friend's not the sanest person is he." He started bluntly. "He has panic attacks every time he sees Logan or Kitty, are you SURE he's gonna be okay out side?"
Luke narrowed his eyes, 'Well it isn't healthy to keep him locked inside all day, now is it?'
Lance shrugged. "Look man. Seriously. Do you really wanna expose him to all that right now?" He asked, pointing to Nikki who was deep in animated conversation with Scott.
"... but then I saw these tiny lil things with teeth a lot for a while, but they went away after they changed my meds..."
'I see your point,' Luke nodded glancing at Nikki and Scott, 'I just think he needs to get outta here, even if it's just around the building...'
Lance thought for a bit. "You could just take him round the grounds if you want." He suggested. "There's a perimeter fence around the place, and the grounds are huge. If you go round the back of the mansion you can walk for ages and not hit anything."
Luke thought about it for a minute then nodded, 'Alright.' He looked up at Lance then turned and walked over to Nikki and Scott.
Nikki looked up from his conversation, Scott looking slightly scandalized. "Hey Luke." he said cheerfully. "Are we going out?"
'Yup. There's a trail Lance was telling' me about, want to go and check it out?'
"Sure." Nikki grinned. He turned to Scott. "You coming?"
Scott shook his head. "No, that's okay. I'll let you and Luke have some downtime." Nikki shrugged. "Fair enough. Lets go Luke."
