Gabriel hurried through the enormous Valerious Manor, looking for the door with an 'A' carved into it. He finally found it and opened the door with his hip, swinging into the dark room. He gently placed Anna on her bed,

Anna groaned, her good hand flailing blindly till she caught hold of Gabriel's, and squeezed. He smiled lopsidedly and kissed her knuckles softly. Carl watched all this from the doorway, feeling quite proud.

"Carl find me some medical supplies, I'm going to have to set her arm, and she's gonna need stitches."

Carl took off to find said items, Gabriel looked at the Gypsy Princess, this would not be a good time for her to wake up. He slid her blouse up, stopping just before it would have been embarrassing. His lip twitched at the damage he took in.

Her stomach was covered in horrible bruises, the deep gash on her side look like it had been done by claws. He was sure she had broken several ribs, running his fingertips gently over her ribcage.

Carl's return was announced by the sound of several things being dropped.

"How did she survive?" he asked stunned, Van Helsing shook his head.

"She's not out of the woods yet, but if she does survive, it'll be a miracle" he whispered.

Working long hours into the night, with Carl praying fervently behind him, he managed to stitch all of her wounds, and re-wrapped her ribs. Both men had been slightly embarrassed when Anna woke up. She took one look at her bare skin wrapped tightly, all the way up to her armpits. Gabriel and Carl looked at each other and blushed. She looked at them in horror,

"Did you both?" she swallowed and coughed, unable to finish her sentence. Carl studied his toes,

"Van Helsing sent me out of the room for that part." He said sounding like a child that had his eyes covered during a movie. Anna blinked and smiled gratefully at Gabriel, he nodded.

"Anna, we have to set your arm" he said gently, she turned to look at it.

"Just do it" she whispered, eyes closed tightly, her scream sliced the night air as the bone was forced back into place. Gabriel wrapped it tightly, and placed it in a sling. She was breathing heavily, tears in her eyes, she looked at him and nodded.

Her eyes closed tiredly, when she opened them she found Gabriel still there, with a bowl of water and a rag. She didn't see Carl, Gabriel smiled,

"He went to bed, something about saving lives and killing vampires giving him a migraine."

Dipping the end of the cloth in the water he started cleaning the cut on her forehead.

"We really should get you a helmet" he chuckled, she nodded giving him a tired smile. He put the rag back in the bowl, rinsing and ringing it out. She reached and intercepted his hand, he looked at her thoughtfully and ran his thumb across her knuckles. She was still smiling as her eyes drifted closed.

He took a deep breath, squeezing her hand tenderly, he moved up and kissed her forehead. Standing he pulled his hand from hers and placed it on the soft mattress. Picking up the bowl he headed for the door, turning back for one last glimpse.

Tears shimmered in his eyes as the firelight caught his features. Sighing shakily he headed for the kitchen.

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