Chapter Thirteen

Pain's a bitch part two

"So how is it looking Rachael?" Collin asked as he anxiously waited at the end of the medic bed his son was now laying on belly down and sleeping, never tearing his eyes away from his son.

"If I have to be honest I have no clue what I am looking out for and how I could possibly estimate when they will get here. This is so very new to me and have never come across this in any of my medical training." Rachael sighed as she carefully mopped the blood off Shadows fur around the slit wounds that had not long ago stopped bleeding out.

"If I had to take a guess, from just looking at the state of Shadows upper back area alone, that maybe by tomorrow afternoon they will rip through and form into wings. Give or take an hour just to be safe so maybe it might be best to have Shadow watched constantly until they are here. He said the pains started four days ago so that means tomorrow will be day five." Collin said with a small frown as he wished he could know for sure, having been the one receiving and not witnessing had its downsides.

"I should have taken notes from nurse Jaclyn and my father on this." Collin thought as he was kicking himself for not even thinking back then…then again he was only eighteen at the time and what eighteen year old thinks of thing like that after experiencing such a painful, stressful, moment in one's life.

"Would your cousin Joey know anything on this and maybe when they will come through so we can be more prepared?" Rachael asked as she dunked the cloth, she is using to clean away Shadows blood, into a bowl of water to rinse a little before continuing to clean away the rest.

"…He might, that is a very good idea. I can give him a quick call and see if he can shed some light in the when department." Collin said with a grin then got his phone out of his robes.

After getting Joey's contact details and pressing the call option, Collin put his phone to his ear and waited for an answer while he kept his eyes down on his sons upper back.

"Hello Collin, I had a feeling you would be calling me very soon." Joey answered with a soft voice.

"Yes you always know when I call anyway I need to ask you something and…" Collin began as he grinned but was interrupted from finishing.

"This is about Shadow right and his little wing problem?" Joey asked before Collin finished, thinking it would be quicker if instead of Collin explaining what he already knew he would say, in so many words, he knew already.

"So you are fully aware then?" Collin asked with a roll of his eyes as he should have known his cousin knew it all already.

"That he is getting his wings and that they will be arriving tomorrow? Yes I know and yes I can tell you that he doesn't have long. Tomorrow morning they will break through but I am unclear of the details just that it will be in the morning at some point before breakfast." Joey answered and gave his cousin all that he knew.

"Right will happen tomorrow morning at some point before breakfast, I can work with that. Thank you Joey I appreciate your help." Collin said with a relieved smile and sounding a little more positive now.

"Oh one more thing before I go, tell Shadow cheating will do him no good in his historical studies. I have to go but I will be in touch ok, bye." Joey said with some amusement in his voice then hung up after getting a bye from Collin.

"So Shadow has been cheating on his history work…I will definitely be pulling him up on that after all this is over with." Collin thought as he put his phone back into his robe inner pocket.

"Ok I have cleaned all the blood away and all without reopening his wounds." Rachael announced with a smile then cleared away what she had out to do that job.

"Thank you Rachael." Collin softly said as he watched her walk away with the bowl that had the blooded cloth in.

Collin moved around the bed and stood beside his son. He placed a hand on Shadows shoulder gently and bending down a little towards Shadows ear.

"Shadow, it is time to wake up." Collin semi whispered while lightly shaking Shadow then stood up straight and removed his hand.

"No it is not." Shadow muttered in a quiet tone and not making any effort to open his heavy eye lids.

"Yes son I do think it is, you need to have something to eat for you have only had a mug of blood today. You need to keep your energy levels stable or you are going to have some major problems heading your way soon." Collin said with a grin as he crossed his arms and looked down at his son.

"Then that is my problem and right now it isn't a problem so there." Shadow whispered as he very slowly opened his eyes a little to see his father.

"Rachael come tell Shadow what will happen to him if he doesn't eat during this time!" Collin called over as he kept his eyes locked with his sons tired ones that were only just showing.

"Please don't shout." Shadow complained in a quiet tone.

"Shadow Lithire Casadonte` you will do as your father tells you because if you don't then you will become so weak that you will be bed bound, attached to a catheter, a drip hooked into you, fall in and out of consciousness and to top it all off you will end up dead. Do you want to die Shadow?" Rachael seriously said as she stormed over to the bed and stood next to her ruler and giving Shadow a very firm look, only speculating of course but she did have an understanding Shadow will be weak after all this from blood loss.

"N-no." Shadow whispered as he opened his eyes a little more so they were just over half opened.

"Then you will eat and drink to keep all that from happening ok sweetie." Rachael said with a more softer tone and look down at Shadow.

"Ok." Shadow replied as he forced himself to wake up more.

"Good now you need to take it easy for the wounds on your back are still trying to heal and can open up if you move too sharply when walking about or moving in general. Nice, slow, steady movements Shadow and you wont have any problems until your wings are ready to fully break through and form." Rachael explained with a semi serious look in her eyes while she smiled.

"Ok." Shadow said then slowly began to move so he could get off the bed.

"Here let me help." Collin softly said then aided his son gently to get off and stand.

"I have given you more pain relief and you need more before you go to bed tonight. I want you in here at nine o'clock and no later mister." Rachael firmly said as she watched Shadow stand with a slight wobbles.

"I will be here on time, maybe a little before then." Shadow whispered tiredly as he had his father help him to keep standing.

Collin thanked Rachael once again and promised he will make sure Shadow was here on time. He then began to guide his son out with an arm around Shadows shoulders, above the wounds. He noted his son was taking shaky steps and was a little wobbly, unable to walk in a straight line. He put that down to being tired and a little weak, hoping Shadow will get some strength back after eating something.

"Supper isn't for another hour so until then I want you to just sit in your recliner and take it easy. I will help you so do not worry about getting on and off it." Collin gently said as they took that slow steady walk to the lounge.

"Sure I appreciate it thanks dad." Shadow replied with a tired tone then yarned after talking which made him walk a little too right into his father.

"Careful Shadow." Collin said as he helped guide Shadow back to walking in a straight line.

"Sorry." Shadow muttered as he didn't mean to do that.

They finally made it to the lounge and Collin assisted his son in sitting on the recliner, Shadow claimed as his years ago, then carefully reclined it for him.

"Ok I will be back for you when supper is ready, I need to update your mother on your condition. You are not to leave this chair or this room, understand young man?" Collin explained then went deadly serious near the end.

"What if I need to use the toilet?" Shadow weakly smirked up at his father.

"Then text me or your mother and we will come to assist you." Collin rolled his eyes as he grinned.

"Only Shadow would come up with the perfect excuse to disobey his parents." Collin thought as he looked at his son.

"I don't have my phone, it is on my bedroom floor but lucky for you I don't need to go. Besides I can hold it in, if I do end up needing to go before you return for me. So relax dad for I am not leaving this chair for anything well until you come back that is." Shadow said with a hint of smugness in his voice.

Collin once again rolled his eyes then turned and walked out, leaving his son alone. Shadow watched him go then when he was Shadow closed his eyes and went to sleep, wanting to return to sleep since he was made to wake up twenty minutes ago.

An hour later…

Alright Shadow it's time for…" Collin announced as he walked into the lounge and towards Shadow but stopped as light snores hit his ears telling him his son was fast asleep.

Collin sighed and declined the chair when he got there and that made Shadows eyes shoot open. Shadow looked at his grinning father with an irritated glare then placed his hands on the arms before carefully shuffling himself forwards to hoist himself out of the chair.

"Hold it Shadow." Collin quickly said in slight panic as Shadow sat up and was near the edge of the chair.

"What?" Shadow questioned with a confused raised brow and looking a little puzzled upon what his father was stressing about now.

"You have started bleeding again, there is blood on the back of the recliner. Just take it easy and we will very carefully get you up on your feet." Collin explained with a small frown then linked his arms under Shadows shoulders and very carefully pulled Shadow up.

Shadow gripped onto his fathers arms as he was being raised onto his feet then glanced at his chair.

"Dad there is a lot of blood for only two slit wounds, I swear I have not moved a muscle to cause that." Shadow whispered with worry in his eyes while looking at the still dripping wet blood now slowly rolling down the recliners back rest towards the sitting part.

"And you are still bleeding, we should patch you up then remove them before bed. Cousin Joey said they will arrive tomorrow morning at some point before breakfast which means we have plenty of time to prepare for them." Collin calmly said as he began to guide Shadow towards the medical room to get those bleeding wounds cleaned and patched.

"Dad I don't feel so good, can't I just go to bed or something?" Shadow whispered as he was starting to feel dizzy and a little light-headed.

"No you need to eat. You have lost blood and you have become quite weak over the course of a few hours. I will have your mother force feed you like she did when you were three and you refused to eat anything." Collin semi firmly said with a deep frown as he kept his eyes in front of them.

"I…don't want that. Ok fine but can I go to bed straight after supper please?" Shadow sighed as he remembered that moment very well and he did not want a repeat of it.

"No you need to be up so Rachael can give you a dose of pain relief before bed." Collin sighed with a roll of his eyes while replying to his tired son.

"Then I'll nap in the medic room and when she has done that I'll take myself to bed slowly." Shadow argued back as they rounded a corner and were almost at their desired location.

"I can allow that and that way we can guarantee you are going to get that relief on time." Collin said as he slowly began to grin at this plan.

"Thank you." Shadow sighed out with gratitude to this then both turned into the medic room.

After getting patched and cleaned they both carefully made their way to the dining room where Emily and Tanya were sitting and waiting. Collin and Shadow walked in and Collin guided his son over to his seat. With careful movements Shadow was finally in his seat and pushed close to the table.

"So what have you been up to Shadow? I haven't seen you in like three days." Tanya asked with a smile at her brother.

"Oh nothing all that exciting has been going on really, just boring days stuck indoors. I thought you were not due back home until tomorrow night." Shadow faintly smiled as he replied, looking over at his sister when speaking to her.

"Yeah about that, tomorrow's charity event got cancelled so they didn't need me there. Apparently there was a rumour going around that it was going to be sabotaged because it was said you were going to be attending. So they played it safe and rearranged it for next week instead." Tanya said with a small frown as she was sure Shadow wasn't going to come.

"So someone said I was going to be there, word spread, the wrong people found out and they planned to show up to ruin the event that was to raise money for the retirement home." Shadow recapped the important pars with a disbelieving raised brow at his sister.

"Yep pretty much, I did tell those who were organising the event that you weren't due to attend but they wanted to play it safe just in case you did decide to come for a couple of hours." Tanya said with a small smile as that did sound like her brother, show up unannounced to an event and greet people he didn't know.

"I had no plans to attend so I do not know why any of that was said." Shadow muttered with a frown.

"That might have something to do with you attending the last two charity events unannounced." Collin grinned as he glanced at his son sitting next to him.

"You said I could go if I has an escort capable of getting me out safely if trouble did so happen to start. I actually had no intention showing up at this one or asking to go." Shadow said with a sigh as he felt it was now his fault things got cancelled.

"It's not your fault sweetie ok and it's not like it's going to be weeks before they do the event to raise money for the retirement home." Emily softly said as she could tell buy the guilt in her sons eyes he was blaming himself for this.

"I suppose." Shadow muttered while looking down slightly and leaning back in his seat with arms crossed.

"Mind your back Shadow." Collin said with concern that Shadow was going to once again reopen those wounds by leaning too firmly on them.

"Yeah I know." Shadow sighed then sat up once again.

"What's wrong with Shadows back?" Tanya asked as she hadn't been informed for she not long got home.

"Shadow's wings are coming and he is at the very last stage before they arrive." Emily said with worry for her sons wellbeing when they do get here.

"Wait what? I thought you are supposed to be eighteen when they start to develop." Tanya said with shock as she looked at her parents for some kind of answer to why Shadow was going through this at fourteen.

"Yes we were just as surprised when we found out and Shadow was keeping quiet about it for four days. We only found out this morning when he was in too much pain to even stand." Collin said with a slightly annoyed look at his son.

"I was coping until this morning, not my fault it got intense before I could do something about it." Shadow mumbled as he looked away from his fathers annoyed look.

Supper then arrived after that was said. The maids were thanked then the royals began on their supper.

"And is there a reason why my plate is piled high with blood spaghetti and clot balls?" Shadow asked as he looked over at his parents with a raised brow.

"I told the chef to dish up extra for you and you will eat every last bit young man." Emily said with a semi serious tone and looking firm at her son.

"And if I cannot manage?" Shadow asked with a grin at his mother.

"I will make you manage it sweetie now eat up before it gets cold." Emily sweetly said with a happy smile.

"Understood." Shadow said with wide eyes as he knew when his mother used this tone when threatening he should heed the warning and do as told.

When supper was finished Shadow was looking very full as he made himself eat every last bit of his meal which included his drink too. He slowly made his way to the medic room with slow sluggish movements until he suddenly stopped in the middle of the corridor. He felt something damp on his back in two places, those places being where he had large patches over his slash wounds.

"Master Shadow." A maid called out with concern as she could see blood seeping through those square patches fast.

"I'm bleeding again aren't I?" Shadow softly asked as he stayed still.

"You are master Shadow, please allow me to escort you to the medic room so Rachael can tend to your wounds." The maid offered as she approached her future ruler.

"It is alright, I am heading there anyway and only a corridor away." Shadow slightly whispered then slowly, with wobbles here and there, walked along the corridor he was in.

"Please Master Shadow, please allow me to assist." The maid called out as she followed Shadow and very quickly caught up.

"I-I am fine and d-don't need…" Shadow stuttered as he was suddenly growing weak and tired then was saved from collapsing to the ground.

"I insist I take you." The maid said with a slightly firm tone as she steadied Shadow onto his feet and kept a hold of him.

"You win, please can you take me to see Rachael." Shadow sighed out in defeat and soon was carefully guided to the medic room.

When they entered Rachael looked over and very quickly rushed to assist Shadow on the bed.

"What happened?" Rachael asked as she helped Shadow lay down on his front, now getting a clear visual on those blood soaked patches.

"He just started bleeding while he was on his way here." The maid said with high concern as she watched Rachael slowly remove the square plaster like patches on Shadows back.

Blood soon oozed as they were removed and the wounds looked much bigger, longer and deeper than they were over an hour ago. Rachael did her best to clean the blood away and sent the maid to go fetch Collin while she work.

"Are you sure you didn't move too quickly and opened them up more?" Rachael asked as she was working in vain to clean the blood away for it was only being replaced with fresh blood from the two wounds.

"I have been very careful Rachael and have been taking slow steady steps when walking." Shadow calmly said with a relaxed expression.

"Good I am glad to hear you are but maybe you should just lay on your back and not move at all for now." Rachael softly said as she noted the bleeding was slowing down now but the wounds were still open.

"I'm here, I ran as fast as I could." Collin announced his presence and was a little out of breath.

"Hey dad, you didn't need to rush, I am in perfect hands." Shadow teased a little with a tired voice.

"My Lord the bleeding is slowing down but the wounds are not only larger but more open too." Rachael calmly said as she kept very gently washing away blood and making sure the wounds were clean to avoid infection.

Yeah they were open to the point you could see muscle and some bone now.

"Let me take a quick look." Collin said then moved to stand close to Rachael.

"How's it looking, can you take a picture so I can see too?" Shadow asked as he slowly began to close his eyes as his eye lids were becoming too heavy to keep open.

"That looks very painful and probably would be if not for the pain relief you gave Shadow." Collin muttered as he kept his eyes on his sons back while also getting his phone out of his robes.

Collin got his camera up and took a few photos, not just because his son had asked but for future benefits too. When he was done he put his phone away then moved towards his sons head.

"Shadow I want you to stay here until they are through, I don't think you should move all that much. It seems when you do it tears the wounds and makes them bleed." Collin whispered as he lent towards Shadows ear a little.

"Yeah I agree besides I am way to relaxed to even move right now." Shadow whispered back softly.

"Finally the bleeding has stopped but I don't think I should cover the wounds up, it might complicate things for later. I will however monitor and act accordingly to what happens." Rachael said with relief then went a little serious when saying what she plans to do.

"Agreed and please call me if anything happens. Oh and you might want to set up the plastic sheets around the bed, I remember it gets very bloody towards the very end." Collin said with a worried look at his son.

"I also need to inform you I only have one more pain relief injection but I did order some earlier. I was told they will do a delivery but they do not know what time they can get it here by." Rachael said with some concern that it wont arrive when it was needed.

"It wouldn't matter if it has been administered or not, it wont take any effect during the last stage. I remember being given regular pain relief and one was an hour before my wings broke through. The pain was horrendous I remember that and I also passed out from the pain too. When I came around from unconsciousness I was in my bed and feeling very weak from blood loss." Collin softly said with a sincere smile, knowing this will all happen to his son come morning.

"Right so I'll give him the last dose at nine and try to make him as comfortable as possible when it wears off in the night." Rachael sighed as she had a feeling this was going to be a very rough night.

"See if you can give it to him at midnight instead, it gives you both an extra couple of hour during the night. I will be having my phone on during the night so call me and I will come as fast as I can ok. I need to update the missus of this so I will see you before I retire to bed." Collin said with a small smile at Rachael then walked out of the medical room.

Two in the morning…

"Man I am tired and this caffeinated drink is not helping all that much." Rachael whispered as she sat on a comfy chair near Shadows bedside and holding a large mug in both hands.

Shadow, soon after that was said, began to moan out in distress then slowly opened his eyes. He and Rachael locked eyes and Rachael suspected the pain relief wore off faster than it should have.

"You ok sweetie, do you need me to call your father?" Rachael softly asked with worry that it was time.

"N-no…why are we surrounded in plastic sheets for?" Shadow asked as he bit through the pain and wanted a distraction.

"You father said it was going to get bloody and to put this around the bed. I suspect it is so blood doesn't splatter everywhere and get the room covered in it." Rachael smiled while she answered.

"Understandable, it would be a challenge to clean away every last drop." Shadow weakly grinned then squeezed his eyes shut and hissed as he felt a strong pain coming from his back.

"Shadow…oh dear." Rachael called then so happened to look at Shadows back, seeing blood trickle out of the large slit wounds.

"I-I'm fine, it's…i-it's not that bad." Shadow whispered as he opened one eye and watched Rachael put her mug down and stand up.

"I think it's starting Shadow, your father said the pain relief will stop working when at the last stages of this. I am going to call him and…" Rachael said with a slightly panicked voice then was cut off.

"Ahhh shit!" Shadow cried out as he was feeling so much pain now.

"I'm calling your father right now and I will pretend I did not hear that curse word." Rachael frowned then grabbed her phone from the side table and dialled in her rulers number.

"Rachael what is the matter?" Collin sleepily asked as he answered while lying in his bed.

"Ahhh make it stop!" Shadow shouted out in distress making Collin gasp and quickly sit up.

"I'm on my way right now." Collin said as he threw the covers off then hung up.

Collin grabbed his gown and quickly put it on before running to the medical room to be with his son.

"Collin dear what's the matter?" Emily asked as she opened her eyes and watched her husband tie the cord around his waist.

"It's Shadow, it's starting and he needs support." Collin said as he glanced at his wife before walking to the bedroom door.

"Wait, I want to be there for him too." Emily said then rushed out of bed, threw on her gown and grabbed her husbands hand before running to the medic room.

By the time they neared the medic room they both cound hear their son cry out in pain, making them both move faster. They entered and gasped at the sight of their son. Shadow had moved to kneeling up with his hands flat on the bed while his back was slightly arched and facing the wall opposite the entrance door. Blood poured down Shadows back and soaking the bed in the process. Rachael was right there beside him and trying to comfort her future ruler the best she could. Collin rushed over and held open the plastic sheet for his wife then closed it when she was through.

"Just take deep calm breaths son." Collin softly said as he stood on the other side of Shadow and his wife standing right next to him.

"I-I am trying…I-it's so…p-painful." Shadow hissed out as he had his eyes shut tight and gritting his teeth.

"I know sweetie, it wont be long before it is all over with." Emily sincerely said as she felt helpless right now.

"Yes you will fall unconscious because of the pain then when you wake up they will be here." Collin assured with a forced smile at his son.

"Oh G-Gods…i-it's going to get worse th-than this?" Shadow said as he tried to think of anything but the burning throbbing pain upon his upper back.

"Look on the bright side you wont feel a thing when you pass out." Emily said with a calm voice.

"N-not helping m…ahhh damn this!" Shadow shouted out as another throbbing sharp sensation spread around his shoulder blades and around his upper back.

An hour later…

Shadow was still conscious and in more pain than he was an hour ago. His eyes slowly began to glow black as his gift slowly began to show. He was now sitting on the backs of his legs while bending forwards. He was trying hard to breath evenly and deeply but it wasn't working. Dark shadow creatures swirled about everyone's head and began to multiply fast, getting faster in their movements.

Shadows shoulder blades were slowly forming blood covered, pulsating bumps that were slowly growing outwards. They gave him a burning sensation and he could feel his bone cracking and changing, causing tremendous amount of pain for him.

"I-I can't take this." Shadow hissed as he looked down with tears in his eyes that were gathering to the point of falling, having to now support himself by placing his hands back on the bed so not to fall down.

"It shouldn't be much longer Shadow, we can see your wings forming under the blister like bumps." Rachael softly said with a small frown while looking curiously at Shadow upper back.

"I do not understand, he should have fallen unconscious by now. Every one did by this point so why hasn't Shadow?" Collin muttered with worry as he too watched the bumps get bigger and could hear the crunching of bone as they shaped and formed.

Shadows dark smoky like shadows began to swoop down and circle around Shadow as he hissed sharply and shut his eyes tight, riding out another load of pain. They caressed Shadows body with a warm sensation and some even settled on the pulsating bumps, covering them completely.

"Please hurry up." Shadow thought as he began to shake from the pain and trying so hard to not drop forward for he was sure if that happened he would be feeling twenty times worse than he felt now.

He was struggling to keep himself up yet he noted any slight movement caused him to freeze from the agonising feeling he was experiencing, even breathing was painful to do. Shadow cried a blood curdling scream as he felt a tearing sensation in two places on his upper back. He tightly gripped the sheets as he began to shake a little more.

"Oh my goodness." Emily whispered with wide eyes as her eyes were glued to her sons back.

"So this is what it looks like." Collin thought as he too was unable to tear his sight from the now bigger dome like lumps on his sons back that moved and pulsated as if something inside was growing and ready to break free.

"Ok only five minutes now and they will be here Shadow. Just keep calm as best as you can." Collin said with a small amount of relief that it was coming to an end.

If it wasn't for the shadow creatures then they would be able to just about see Shadows wings within the blister like lumps. Then something new began to happen, the lumps began to stretch outwards like someone was trying to break through. A huge smooth stretched lump soon formed and it was almost time for the very last part of this.

"Ok I think this is it." Collin calmly said after a few minutes of watching this happen and all prepared themselves for a bloody mess that will splatter over them.

"Shadow just a couple more minutes and it is all over with ok." Emily softly said to her son, who shakily nodded as he tried to prepare himself for the final blow of pain.

Electricity sparked where the creatures of darkness sat over the lumps making all take a small step back. Shadow cried out once more and was now beginning to notice his upper back was growing heavy, making his arms shake from the weight he was holding up. Then it happened.

The blisters burst and wings began to slowly move up and uncurl. Shadow was crying out as he felt very exposed and raw then the pain finally began to subside slowly. His breathing eventually evened out and he collapsed with an exhausted look. His body ached, his back felt a little numb and he was feeling very weak. Of course this came with a lot of blood splashing in all directions and all around the bed was splashed with Shadows blood for it had went straight through the shadow creatures.

"F-finally. That felt like years." Shadow whispered sleepily as his eyes drooped half shut and he was in no more pain.

Collin, Emily and Rachael stood still and just stayed silent as they looked at the large wings stretched out straight. They were big, bigger than Collins were and slightly sparking with electricity in places. They were covered in bright red blood with it dripping at the points.

"What do they look like?" Shadow asked calmly as he was curious to know.

"Er well they are big." Collin whispered as he just couldn't remove his eyes from the sight.

"They are electrifying." Emily whispered with shock in her tone.

"They are also covered in blood as well as yourself, us, the bed and the plastic sheet around us." Rachael calmly said as she was coming out of shock.

"Right does that mean I could electrocute people if they get too close?" Shadow asked in a whispered voice while closing his eyes fully.

"I-I do not know." Collin said as he slowly reached out to see if it would or not.

Just as he was about to touch one of his sons wings the electricity vanished and they folded neatly and rested on Shadows back. Collin frowned then looked over at his son.

"Seems like Shadow has fallen asleep and I don't half blame him. He will need a hot bath to wash all this blood off him but that can wait until the morning. For now he needs to rest and we all need to clean ourselves up." Collin said as he looked away from his sleeping son and looked to and thro his wife and Rachael while talking.

"I'll just take down the plastic sheets and dispose of them then I will need help getting Shadow off this blood soaked bed and onto the other one." Rachael said back with a small frown, not looking forward to doing all this while covered in blood that will dry and become a little harder in washing off.

"I'll get the other bed ready for Shadow to rest on, why don't you go clean up my love and I will be there after moving Shadow." Collin softly said with a smile then got cracking.

Seven in the morning…

"Shadow you need to wake up and have a bath, you are still covered in blood." Collin called as he lightly shook his son.

Shadow moaned out weakly and slowly opened his eyes half way. He looked up at his father with a tried sleepy expression.

"Do I have to?" Shadow whispered as he was still feeling a little sore and achy all over his back and shoulder area.

"Yes I'm afraid so son. Come on the quicker we get this done the quicker you can go back to sleep." Collin sincerely said with a sympathetic smile down at Shadow.

"I can't move, too heavy." Shadow quietly whispered while closing his eyes.

"I will carry you so do not worry about that. Your mother is currently at the hospital getting a wheelchair on lone for you so we can get you around easily. I'm sorry but you are going to feel like this for a few days and you are going to need a lot of assistance." Collin said calmly as he ran fingers through his sons quills a few time while talking.

"Oh how wonderful, I get the pleasure in having everything done for me including all the embarrassing things." Shadow muttered with a frown, still having his eyes closed.

"I will be helping you so it wont be all that bad son and you will slowly gain your strength back." Collin said with a grin down at his son, knowing just how embarrassing this part can be.

"Oh goody I get you helping me to the toilet, bathing, feeding, changing…I feel like a damn baby now." Shadow sighed a little depressingly as he was so not looking forward to the next three or four days.

"Want me to sing you to sleep too or read you a story?" Collin chuckled as he tried to cheer up his clearly unimpressed son.

"Yeah and I want plenty of cuddles and naps too." Shadow weakly smirked as he joked alone, slowly opening his eyes to look at his father.

(And here you have it, the final part of this chapter. It took me a while to get the end part right and I still think it seems a little off. I tried to make it descriptive so it is easy to imagine. I hope it makes sense and helps you to imagine what it looked like at least. Please tell me your thoughts on this and until the next update…)