Quinn was surprised to find Creedy at his door, but invited him in anyway.
"I thought it was a night for you and Rosie tonight, Stop throwing my things!"
Creedy ignored him and booted Quinn's boots out the way, sticking his head under the bed he emerged triumphant with a bottle of the black stuff.
"It is our night, and what a night I'm having. I'm here to ask if I can have the rest of this, we haven't had a drink in awhile"
Quinn shook his head, "Unbelievable that was a birthday present."
"Yeah from me"
"Right then I want back that apple I found years ago. I lovingly handed it over to you because you were my world, and now I'm hungry."
Creedy gave Quinn a two finger salute, "You are my world too darling, but Rosie pleasures me in ways you never could"
"I'm thankful of that trust me" Quinn patted Creedy on the back as he left, "I want an early birthday present the minute the next lot is ready" he called.
"Sure Sure," Creedy shouted behind him, "I'll even spit in it for you"
"Don't even joke"
"What you liked that nut I gave you the other day didn't you?"
"Yeah?" Quinn could barely see Creedy anymore, he was down the corridor nearing his bedroom.
"Well I sucked on that for a good hour until I decided to share it with you" Quinn heard Creedy's cackle and then a door shut, and made up his mind to kill him as soon as possible.

"I'm certain he wouldn't suck a nut and then pass it to you Quinn" Ma bustled about the kitchen, Aiden and Megan were helping her by placing plates on the tables. Rosie and Creedy hadn't risen yet.
"I wouldn't put it past him you know" Quinn stroked his beard. "Aiden come here to me"
Aiden trotted over to Quinn and plonked him self on his knee, "Yes?"
"Did your father ever show you a nut?"
"You mean the one I found?"
Quinn stared hard at the child who could be as evil as his father in wit, and wouldn't put it past him to tease him further but gave in to the bait.
"You found?"
"Sure it was in some manure outside, but I said to Da sure that's a fine nut, and he agreed and we washed it. Then I nibbled a bit, Da had some and we all voted on who we would share it with"
Quinn's jaw hit the ground, and he dropped the child, "You have 5 minutes"
Aiden screamed and ran as fast as he could, before giving chase Quinn turned to Ma, "Why are men like Creedy allowed to breed?"
Ma laughed, "Why haven't men like yourself bred should be the question, now go play with the children. Oh and wake those two up will you"
Quinn chased the children around the castle for a while and tickled Aiden into telling him that Creedy had arrived with the nut, he knew no more. Satisfied Aiden dumped the boy in a pile of mud, which turned into a mud fight. It was a happy game until Ma spotted them and went crazy.

Creedy's eyes slowly crept into focus, he could hear people screaming and automatically jumped to his feet. Knocking the blankets and pillows from around him, he ran to the window. Looking to the castle ground he saw Quinn running with Megan and Aiden under each arm, Ma was in pursuit and was catching up quickly. Suddenly realising how cold it was standing naked by an open window he dived back into bed.
"Jesus your freezing, get off me" Rosie shouted.
"Just Dave will do fine love, aww stay still your so warm" wrapping his arms around her he lay on top of her body and kissed her. "Want to play doctors and nurses?" he teased.
"I was never very good at that" Rosie looked wistful, "I remember one boy asking me to look in his trousers to see if he was ok, well I was so shocked by what I saw I pulled it"
Creedy shoved his hand between them and held himself away from her, "You did not, god your violent"
"Well I didn't know what it was, I was only young. So I haven't been asked to play since"
"When was this?"
"Last week, boy was Quinn in pain"
Under instruction from Ma Tina was about to knock on the door to rise them, but when she heard Rosie's high pitched giggles and Creedy's shouting she decided to leave them to it.
"Say you were lying wench" Creedy held Rosie's arms above her head while tickling her with his other hand. Rosie had tears in her eyes as she wriggled trying to escape him.
"Ok its not true. Get off you idiot." Creedy slid off her and lay down, pulling her into his hug.
"Anyway, you have never complained when I pulled yours" Rosie leaned forward and nibbled his ear slowly. "You never complain when I do any type of medical examination on you actually" Kissing her way down his body, she hugged him close to her.
"Can you blame me?" he asked stroking her hair, "Come on, we should go stop MA from killing the kids"
"Good god what are they up to now?"

A few days later, the Americans arrived. This caused panic throughout the castle. Supplies were low and people unprepared. To Creedy's amazement Quinn actually allowed them through the gates, and welcomed them to a fashion. Inside the main hall the castle was silent as people stared at these new comers.
"These people are here as our guests" Quinn announced, "They have technology and ways and means of fighting these dragons"
Creedy's snot was heard across the room, he stared at Quinn hard. This technology had been explained to him earlier, it was basically an air stunt that trapped dragons in nets, then brought them down. The way Creedy saw it more men died than dragons and this castle was a perfect place for the Americans to take over if they chose not to continue their stupid plans. Quinn avoided Creedy's eyes and ordered that they been shown to rooms and then guarded around the clock. Once they had left the room fell into hushed whispers.
"So what's the plan then ehy?" Creedy spat across the room at Quinn, "This is it now? We are just inviting anyone into here to do as they please?"
Quinn sighed and turned to face Creedy, "they are being guarded Creedy what more can I do?"
"How about not letting them in? Didn't that ever occur to you? Do you realise the danger we are all in right now? That man looks like a mad man, did you see his eyes?"
Quinn had to admit the leader of the pack, Van Zan, wasn't the sort of man he would talk to if he didn't have to. The man was huge, bald and intimidating. Nevertheless Quinn spotted something in him, some light that refused to be diminished. This was a man who had fought Dragons and would fight more. Whether he looked reputable or not, if there were more men like him there would be less dragons.
"Yes I saw his eyes they are why he is in here, he knows his stuff Creedy, he's fought them he will continue to do so"
"Oh yeah right, him and his nets I forgot about that genius plan, hey well we have some net don't we? We used to fish with it, to think we have been wasting it all these years"
"Creedy sarcasm doesn't suit you so drop it"
"Well stupid fucking ideas seem to suit you Quinn"
Creedy walked over to Quinn's face, "If anything happens to my family you will bear the blunt of my anger do you understand that?"
"Ahh yes" Quinn roared, "Your perfect family, well remember Rosie was an outcast too, I didn't see this attitude when we allowed her to enter here"
"Alright King Arthur, you want to be like that. Consider yourself down a knight!"
Rosie turned her face from the sight in front of her. The sight of these two men squaring up to each other was painful. Rosie held Meg to her; she had a tear dripping down her young face. Aiden gripped her other hand, his face wore the same mask of fear. Over the room Ma was stony silent, watching her sons attack each other verbally was painful. Creedy gulped and turned to look at Rosie, walking over to her she took Megan from her arms and helped Rosie to her feet. Aiden trotted along beside them; with one last look at Quinn he walked his out the room. It was far from over.

Once in their room the children were ordered to bed by Creedy. Rosie kept her tongue and led her children to their beds.
"Ma? Da isn't angry at us is he?" Megan whispered softly as her mother tucked her in next to Aiden.
"Oh of course not darling. Your Da loves you very much. He's just upset, don't worry your head over it"
"Why do people always have to ruin things? Why argue about it?" Aiden turned away from his mother and lay facing the wall.
"Well sometimes when people don't see eye to eye, they argue. Look at you two, you never stop, you drive me crazy"
Aiden pushed the covers down and knelt up to his mother face, brushing her hair out of her eyes. "But I've never seen Da and Quinn argue, they were always best friends!"
Rosie smiled and hugged him, "They will continue to be so, and it's just a fight. They love each other very much like you and Megan love each other, you two don't stop talking after you argue do you?"
"Only if he is rude" Megan piped up, Rosie tucked Aiden back into bed and kissed their foreheads. "Don't you worry about it my sweets, things will work out for the best you see if they don't." After kissing them both once more, Rosie pulled the curtain across their section and walked round the hallway to her husband. Creedy was sat on the edge of the bed, his head in his hands. Rosie crouched down before him and began unlacing his boots.
After taking them off she walked over to put out the fire. Darkness descended over the room, but she could still see his anger. Undressing him slowly, she didn't speak a word, as she pushed him into the bed she kissed his forehead, and pulled the blanked over him. Walking over to the window she stared out as she unbuttoned her blouse. Letting it drop to the floor she did the same with her other clothing and walked over to the bed. She jumped as she saw Creedy's eyes staring at her.
"What did I do to deserve you?" he whispered, pulling her into a hug.
"We already decided you gave sexual favours in hell" Rosie whispered back.
"Do you think I over reacted?" Creedy stroked her back as she lay on top of him, her hair brushed over his face as she sat up and stared at him.
"You react to your belief and your morals, who am I to say whether you reacted badly or not?"
Creedy grabbed a bunch of her hair and twirled it round his fingers. "Ok well I don't want to fight with him, but I don't want them in this castle, I don't feel safe lying here with you, I don't feel like I'm protecting my children when they are here"
"What do you have against them? Is it because they are Americans?"
"No, but I would prefer a dragon to be living here instead! I don't like the way they are trying to take on what they cant beat. I don't like the false hope"
Creedy slid out from underneath her and lay on his side, with his back to her. "I like this life, I like what we have built and I don't want to lose it. I don't want to lose you, or anyone here. To be out there with no shelter begging for food, I've done that and it wasn't good"
Rosie kissed his shoulder, "Isn't it a false hope we emit here? Trying to get everyone to pull together and believe that one-day we will be free of the beasts? Free to live our own lives. When we both know we will be dead before that so why bother?"
Creedy turned to face her, "Well I never really thought about it like that"
"Well I bet Quinn has, so he is aiding the future by giving these guys a place to rest, maybe he sees that as his contribution. Is that such a bad thing?"
Creedy closed his eyes, "Your saying I should help?"
"I'm saying, I have never seen you stop Quinn do something he wants, nor have I seen him try and stop you. What's changed?"
"I have other responsibilities now, I'm not just looking after him anymore, I have you guys now!"
"You had him before us" Rosie stroked the hair from Creedy's eyes and kissed his cheek, shifting herself down she welcomed his arms around her body.
"Ok, I'll help him. I'll do the guard thing and trust him. But I don't want you guys going anywhere near them, Promise me that"
"I promise you I will never endanger mine or the children's lives but I wont ignore another person in this castle"
Creedy turned to watch the dying embers in the fire, and decided there must be a god out there and he had lost an angel. Smiling he pulled tongues at the ceiling, 'she's mine now'. Kissing her head he pushed his troubles from his mind and fell asleep in her arms.