"Morning, you," Alfeegi said, tugging on Ruwalk's long, two-toned hair. The
Yellow Officer looked up, and then smiled. "Hey," he said with a wink. That
always got Alfeegi, and today was no exception. He was always so much cuter
when he blushed—not like he wasn't already insanely adorable, Ruwalk
thought.
Alfeegi put his arms around Ruwalk's broader shoulders. "What's this?" he asked, snatching the paper from Ruwalk's hands. "Ah!" he yelled, shocked. "Give it back!"
"Why?" the White Officer asked, lifting an eyebrow. "Are we being naughty, now.........?" He held up the sheet of paper and looked it over. "Ruwalk, they're just lyrics........."
The other snatched them back. "-Just- lyrics?" he said. "Lykouleon and I played this song all the time when we were younger. We finally found out how to put it to music, and practiced with it........." A faraway look came into those golden eyes. He shook his head as if to clear it, then turned to his lover with a smile. "Sorry," he apologized. "It's just......... yeah."
"That's ok," Alfeegi said, awkwardly petting Ruwalk's head. Ruwalk sweatdropped. "That was random, love."
The aqua haired Officer blushed. "Don't call me 'love!'" he exclaimed.
Ruwalk grinned. "Aw, why?" he asked, wrapping his arms around the other's smaller waist. He rested his head in the crook of Alfeegi's neck, causing the smaller Officer to shiver. "Ruwalk........." he whined.
"Hm?"
"Cut. It. Out."
"But I love you."
Alfeegi blushed. "I love you too, but it's two in the afternoon."
Ruwalk pulled back, blinking surprisedly. "Alfeegi," he said, shocked. "And you say –I- have a dirty mind?"
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"Kaistern, get up."
The blue officer fumbled around for his glasses a bit in the dark. He finally grabbed them and put them on, first squinting at the speaker, then at the clock. "It's two in the morning, Rath. Tomorrow."
"Alfeegi told me get you." The little boy clung onto Kaistern's left arm. "He said it was important."
-Great,- Kaistern thought. –Forms again.- "To yell at me?"
"He mentioned weather."
Kaistern blinked, then turned to face his covered window. Rain poured outside and wind howled. "Ooh," he said, sweatdropping. "Crap." Sighing, he got up. "Fine. Tell him I'm getting dressed."
"Can I help too?!"
"Rath, Lord only knows what Alfeegi wants at two am that's dealing with the weather. Most likely it involves the safety of something, and will thusly be a very hard job." He buttoned up his shirt, then considered which coat would be more weather-resistant. "So in short: Sorry, Kiddo. Nope."
"Awww," the little boy whined, hugging Fire, who was still asleep. "But I wanna help too!"
"I'm sorry, Rath. But it could get rough. Plus, you don't really want to be out there, do you?"
"No fair, Kaistern," Rath went on. "You always let me do anything else!" He pouted.
Kaistern sighed guiltily. Yes, and Alfeegi would love to kill him in his sleep for it. "Yes, but this is one time where I'm afraid I'm going to have to be strict with you. Now go tell Alfeegi I'm getting ready. And," he said, stopping Rath in mid-step, "if you even –try- to go against my word, I'm gonna have to lock you in your room."
Rath stuck out his tongue at the dragon officer before bounding off to do his—only—job.
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"Finally, you're here," said a very soaked Alfeegi as Kaistern bounded up. The blue officer sweatdropped. "Holy Hell," he swore. "What happened to you?"
Alfeegi twitched. "LANGUAGE," he said through gritted teeth. "-And,- what –happened- is a flash flood. We're trying to secure the darna's stables, but the town's also been having problems, so we're sending people down there, too." He pulled out a map. He laid it out on a table, and tsked when water dripped onto it. "I need you to go here," he instructed, pointing to a street in the village that was sitting closest to the river. "Half of our force is over there already, but they say they need more help. Ruwalk's already down there; he'll tell you what to do."
"Ok," Kaistern said, pocketing his glasses. "You ok?"
Copper eyes blinked from behind sopping aqua bangs. "O—of course I am. We just need to do our job and—"
"You're worrying over him again," Kaistern pointed out. Alfeegi flinched. "So you guys –are-........."
Suddenly a large flowerpot made contact with his head. "Get to work!" Alfeegi commanded, blushing. Kaistern laughed. "So you're shy?" he taunted. "I'll just ask Ruwalk, then........." Alfeegi opened his mouth to say something as he reached for another heavy object, but someone was calling his name to get more help, so he left. Kaistern jogged off, snickering giddily to himself.
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"Oh. You're here." Ruwalk sweatdropped, drenched, looking at Kaistern.
"Yep," said the blue officer. "Alfeegi told me you guys needed help." His promise to tease the yellow officer about his lover was pushed into the back of his mind once he saw the situation. The water level was rising steadily, and people were stuck in buildings. "Kind of obvious, now that I see it. What do I do?"
"Help that group of people to get that woman and her kid to safety," Ruwalk said, pushing Kaistern towards a poor-looking little house. The foundation had already crumbled into the raging river, dirt brown and carrying debris fast enough that even a small tree branch could probably do damage. Part of the small house was caving in. A woman's frantic screams could be heard within.
"Ma'am, calm down," a dragon fighter yelled amidst the din. He looked up to see Kaistern. "Thank Dusis you're here, sir," he panted. "It's hell."
"Obviously." Kaistern gritted his teeth. "What're you trying to do?"
"Get them out."
"Of course." Kaistern walked to a small window. "You're going about it the wrong way." He kicked the window in, glass shattering. The five fighters sweatdropped. "Um......... of course, sir........." Kaistern sweatdropped. "Well, it worked........." He crawled in through the tiny opening, a jagged glass edge cutting into his side. He winced slightly and felt blood run down his side, but got into the dilapidated house without any more incidents.
In the corner of the room, which was two inches under water and steadily increasing, was a woman with long, black, disheveled hair holding a baby to her. "I'm here to help you," Kaistern said, ignoring introductions in the interest of time. "Come with me."
The house jolted as more of the ground beneath it fell into the river. Kaistern bit back a curse. The baby began to wail.
"Please, just get my child out first," the woman begged the blue dragon officer. "Please, she's the only one left to me!"
"Why not both of you?" The water level was rising. "This is stupid. Take the kid and come with me!" The window opening Kaistern had made was too small to all go at once, of course. They'd have to go one by one. "You go first," he told the woman, who shook her head.
"My daughter," she insisted.
"Fine, send her through. Careful of the glass." The house shifted. "Officer Kaistern!!" Came shouts from outside.
"We're fine!" the blue officer shouted back. "I'm sending a baby through now. Get her and take her to safety!" Gently, carefully, he sent the crying baby through the smashed window to the dragon fighter on the other side. Once out in the storm, the little human began to cry hysterically. "Damn," one of the dragons outside swore.
Kaistern stepped back to face the woman. "You go next," he said, then to the fighter outside: "I'm sending the mother through now!"
He helped the fragile woman to get up to the window and start to climb out. Fighters outside grabbed her arms to help her. The long skirt of her ragged dress caught on one of the jagged pieces of glass and ripped into her leg. She gave a cry as she fell out of the window to the ground, fighters trying to catch her and help her up. She coughed, looked down to her leg where blood flowed freely now. She began to faint.
"Get her to safety!" Kaistern yelled, and began to try to get out of the house himself.
It was then the rest of the foundation decided to crumble into the river, taking the house with it.
"OFFICER KAISTERN!!" yelled a fighter. The woman shrieked an unearthly wail, the baby cried amid the din, and all the while were the sickening cracking sounds as the house was destroyed in the raging river.
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"Ruwalk!" Alfeegi, still soaking wet, ran up to his boyfriend, whose face was the very picture of gloom. "What happened?"
Ruwalk looked up, tears in his eyes. Alfeegi looked to him, eyes full of concern. "He's dead," he finally croaked.
Alfeegi froze. "Who?" he asked. The yellow officer stood in silence. "Ruwalk, who?!" He grabbed the other's arm, saw the blank look in his eyes. "Ruwalk, -talk to me!-"
"Kaistern."
Alfeegi blinked, eyes wide.
"I let him die. It's my fault he died. He's gone. Oh, God........."
He lost it. Ruwalk, of all people, lost it. He began to sob, somewhat hysterically. Alfeegi held him as he sank to the floor, body shaking. "I killed him," Ruwalk sobbed. "-I killed him.-"
"Ruwalk," Alfeegi soothed. He held his lover close. "Ruwalk, it's not your fault. Kaistern would say the same thing."
"That –ass,-"Ruwalk suddenly exclaimed. "He had to be some fucking good guy and be the saint, didn't he?! God!" More tears came, angry ones this time. "Bastard," he muttered under his breath. He drew a shaky breath, then looked up to Alfeegi, who was looking away. He reached out and hugged his lover's smaller frame to him. "I'm sorry," he whispered.
"It's ok," Alfeegi murmered, hugging back. He held on tight. "It's not your fault."
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"Rath?"
The little boy bounced off of his bed, Fire close behind. "Yeah? Is Kaistern back??"
Cernozura froze. "Um........." She knelt down so she was level with the young Knight. "That's just what I need to talk to you about. Kaistern is......... well he........."
The young dragon's large eyes darkened. "What happened to Kaistern?" he asked bluntly.
A lump came into Cernozura's throat. "He........." She ended up lying to Rath, saying Kaistern wouldn't be back for a very long while. Made it sound like another foreign affair assignment. "He didn't pack," Rath pointed out.
"He left in a rush."
"Alfeegi needed his help. So why did he leave?"
Controlling her voice, Cernozura managed: "That was what he needed help with. He didn't give Kaistern a chance to collect any of his clothes or anything. Besides, it's not too far away and......... very......... hospitable." Depending on what you believed in. What she had said did not escape Cernozura. Her stomach knotted, head reeled.
"Oh." Rath said finally. "Ok. No fair him leaving without telling me. Or even saying bye."
Cernozura nodded, then left. "No, he didn't tell you goodbye........." She made it back to her room before letting loose the tears.
Alfeegi put his arms around Ruwalk's broader shoulders. "What's this?" he asked, snatching the paper from Ruwalk's hands. "Ah!" he yelled, shocked. "Give it back!"
"Why?" the White Officer asked, lifting an eyebrow. "Are we being naughty, now.........?" He held up the sheet of paper and looked it over. "Ruwalk, they're just lyrics........."
The other snatched them back. "-Just- lyrics?" he said. "Lykouleon and I played this song all the time when we were younger. We finally found out how to put it to music, and practiced with it........." A faraway look came into those golden eyes. He shook his head as if to clear it, then turned to his lover with a smile. "Sorry," he apologized. "It's just......... yeah."
"That's ok," Alfeegi said, awkwardly petting Ruwalk's head. Ruwalk sweatdropped. "That was random, love."
The aqua haired Officer blushed. "Don't call me 'love!'" he exclaimed.
Ruwalk grinned. "Aw, why?" he asked, wrapping his arms around the other's smaller waist. He rested his head in the crook of Alfeegi's neck, causing the smaller Officer to shiver. "Ruwalk........." he whined.
"Hm?"
"Cut. It. Out."
"But I love you."
Alfeegi blushed. "I love you too, but it's two in the afternoon."
Ruwalk pulled back, blinking surprisedly. "Alfeegi," he said, shocked. "And you say –I- have a dirty mind?"
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"Kaistern, get up."
The blue officer fumbled around for his glasses a bit in the dark. He finally grabbed them and put them on, first squinting at the speaker, then at the clock. "It's two in the morning, Rath. Tomorrow."
"Alfeegi told me get you." The little boy clung onto Kaistern's left arm. "He said it was important."
-Great,- Kaistern thought. –Forms again.- "To yell at me?"
"He mentioned weather."
Kaistern blinked, then turned to face his covered window. Rain poured outside and wind howled. "Ooh," he said, sweatdropping. "Crap." Sighing, he got up. "Fine. Tell him I'm getting dressed."
"Can I help too?!"
"Rath, Lord only knows what Alfeegi wants at two am that's dealing with the weather. Most likely it involves the safety of something, and will thusly be a very hard job." He buttoned up his shirt, then considered which coat would be more weather-resistant. "So in short: Sorry, Kiddo. Nope."
"Awww," the little boy whined, hugging Fire, who was still asleep. "But I wanna help too!"
"I'm sorry, Rath. But it could get rough. Plus, you don't really want to be out there, do you?"
"No fair, Kaistern," Rath went on. "You always let me do anything else!" He pouted.
Kaistern sighed guiltily. Yes, and Alfeegi would love to kill him in his sleep for it. "Yes, but this is one time where I'm afraid I'm going to have to be strict with you. Now go tell Alfeegi I'm getting ready. And," he said, stopping Rath in mid-step, "if you even –try- to go against my word, I'm gonna have to lock you in your room."
Rath stuck out his tongue at the dragon officer before bounding off to do his—only—job.
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"Finally, you're here," said a very soaked Alfeegi as Kaistern bounded up. The blue officer sweatdropped. "Holy Hell," he swore. "What happened to you?"
Alfeegi twitched. "LANGUAGE," he said through gritted teeth. "-And,- what –happened- is a flash flood. We're trying to secure the darna's stables, but the town's also been having problems, so we're sending people down there, too." He pulled out a map. He laid it out on a table, and tsked when water dripped onto it. "I need you to go here," he instructed, pointing to a street in the village that was sitting closest to the river. "Half of our force is over there already, but they say they need more help. Ruwalk's already down there; he'll tell you what to do."
"Ok," Kaistern said, pocketing his glasses. "You ok?"
Copper eyes blinked from behind sopping aqua bangs. "O—of course I am. We just need to do our job and—"
"You're worrying over him again," Kaistern pointed out. Alfeegi flinched. "So you guys –are-........."
Suddenly a large flowerpot made contact with his head. "Get to work!" Alfeegi commanded, blushing. Kaistern laughed. "So you're shy?" he taunted. "I'll just ask Ruwalk, then........." Alfeegi opened his mouth to say something as he reached for another heavy object, but someone was calling his name to get more help, so he left. Kaistern jogged off, snickering giddily to himself.
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"Oh. You're here." Ruwalk sweatdropped, drenched, looking at Kaistern.
"Yep," said the blue officer. "Alfeegi told me you guys needed help." His promise to tease the yellow officer about his lover was pushed into the back of his mind once he saw the situation. The water level was rising steadily, and people were stuck in buildings. "Kind of obvious, now that I see it. What do I do?"
"Help that group of people to get that woman and her kid to safety," Ruwalk said, pushing Kaistern towards a poor-looking little house. The foundation had already crumbled into the raging river, dirt brown and carrying debris fast enough that even a small tree branch could probably do damage. Part of the small house was caving in. A woman's frantic screams could be heard within.
"Ma'am, calm down," a dragon fighter yelled amidst the din. He looked up to see Kaistern. "Thank Dusis you're here, sir," he panted. "It's hell."
"Obviously." Kaistern gritted his teeth. "What're you trying to do?"
"Get them out."
"Of course." Kaistern walked to a small window. "You're going about it the wrong way." He kicked the window in, glass shattering. The five fighters sweatdropped. "Um......... of course, sir........." Kaistern sweatdropped. "Well, it worked........." He crawled in through the tiny opening, a jagged glass edge cutting into his side. He winced slightly and felt blood run down his side, but got into the dilapidated house without any more incidents.
In the corner of the room, which was two inches under water and steadily increasing, was a woman with long, black, disheveled hair holding a baby to her. "I'm here to help you," Kaistern said, ignoring introductions in the interest of time. "Come with me."
The house jolted as more of the ground beneath it fell into the river. Kaistern bit back a curse. The baby began to wail.
"Please, just get my child out first," the woman begged the blue dragon officer. "Please, she's the only one left to me!"
"Why not both of you?" The water level was rising. "This is stupid. Take the kid and come with me!" The window opening Kaistern had made was too small to all go at once, of course. They'd have to go one by one. "You go first," he told the woman, who shook her head.
"My daughter," she insisted.
"Fine, send her through. Careful of the glass." The house shifted. "Officer Kaistern!!" Came shouts from outside.
"We're fine!" the blue officer shouted back. "I'm sending a baby through now. Get her and take her to safety!" Gently, carefully, he sent the crying baby through the smashed window to the dragon fighter on the other side. Once out in the storm, the little human began to cry hysterically. "Damn," one of the dragons outside swore.
Kaistern stepped back to face the woman. "You go next," he said, then to the fighter outside: "I'm sending the mother through now!"
He helped the fragile woman to get up to the window and start to climb out. Fighters outside grabbed her arms to help her. The long skirt of her ragged dress caught on one of the jagged pieces of glass and ripped into her leg. She gave a cry as she fell out of the window to the ground, fighters trying to catch her and help her up. She coughed, looked down to her leg where blood flowed freely now. She began to faint.
"Get her to safety!" Kaistern yelled, and began to try to get out of the house himself.
It was then the rest of the foundation decided to crumble into the river, taking the house with it.
"OFFICER KAISTERN!!" yelled a fighter. The woman shrieked an unearthly wail, the baby cried amid the din, and all the while were the sickening cracking sounds as the house was destroyed in the raging river.
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"Ruwalk!" Alfeegi, still soaking wet, ran up to his boyfriend, whose face was the very picture of gloom. "What happened?"
Ruwalk looked up, tears in his eyes. Alfeegi looked to him, eyes full of concern. "He's dead," he finally croaked.
Alfeegi froze. "Who?" he asked. The yellow officer stood in silence. "Ruwalk, who?!" He grabbed the other's arm, saw the blank look in his eyes. "Ruwalk, -talk to me!-"
"Kaistern."
Alfeegi blinked, eyes wide.
"I let him die. It's my fault he died. He's gone. Oh, God........."
He lost it. Ruwalk, of all people, lost it. He began to sob, somewhat hysterically. Alfeegi held him as he sank to the floor, body shaking. "I killed him," Ruwalk sobbed. "-I killed him.-"
"Ruwalk," Alfeegi soothed. He held his lover close. "Ruwalk, it's not your fault. Kaistern would say the same thing."
"That –ass,-"Ruwalk suddenly exclaimed. "He had to be some fucking good guy and be the saint, didn't he?! God!" More tears came, angry ones this time. "Bastard," he muttered under his breath. He drew a shaky breath, then looked up to Alfeegi, who was looking away. He reached out and hugged his lover's smaller frame to him. "I'm sorry," he whispered.
"It's ok," Alfeegi murmered, hugging back. He held on tight. "It's not your fault."
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"Rath?"
The little boy bounced off of his bed, Fire close behind. "Yeah? Is Kaistern back??"
Cernozura froze. "Um........." She knelt down so she was level with the young Knight. "That's just what I need to talk to you about. Kaistern is......... well he........."
The young dragon's large eyes darkened. "What happened to Kaistern?" he asked bluntly.
A lump came into Cernozura's throat. "He........." She ended up lying to Rath, saying Kaistern wouldn't be back for a very long while. Made it sound like another foreign affair assignment. "He didn't pack," Rath pointed out.
"He left in a rush."
"Alfeegi needed his help. So why did he leave?"
Controlling her voice, Cernozura managed: "That was what he needed help with. He didn't give Kaistern a chance to collect any of his clothes or anything. Besides, it's not too far away and......... very......... hospitable." Depending on what you believed in. What she had said did not escape Cernozura. Her stomach knotted, head reeled.
"Oh." Rath said finally. "Ok. No fair him leaving without telling me. Or even saying bye."
Cernozura nodded, then left. "No, he didn't tell you goodbye........." She made it back to her room before letting loose the tears.