Chapter Eight aaaaaangst!

Riki woke up and suddenly he was blinded. The mongrel groaned and tried to put a hand over his eyes, but he was too weak to move. Iason heard the groan and immediately his deep voice commanded, "Lights dim to ten percent." They did and very slowly those black eyes opened again.

"Welcome back." The Blondie's voice was softer this time, almost loving. Riki turned to look at him, but said nothing. He didn't know how he should feel. Happy? Sad? Angry? Grateful? The mongrel sighed and turned away. He knew that his eyes would betray his confused emotions.

Suddenly he had a sickening thought. He wasn't feeling anything more than the normal confusion. The urge to cry over, kill or hug something was gone. Riki very slowly moved a hand to his stomach. The small lump was still there, but he felt… empty. "Iason?" His voice cracked. The one word asked a hundred questions.

The Blondie understood. "Riki… there's something we need to talk about." He said. Iason pulled his chair closer and grabbed his mongrel's hands. Without his master having to say a word, Riki screamed in anguish, knowing exactly what he would say.

……TWO DAYS BEFORE……

Iason was sitting next to Riki's bed. The heart monitor beeped softly, at a steady pace even if it was a little slow. Two doctors watched them from the window at the door, debating what to say. Finally one of them opened it and said, "Sir Mink, if we could have a word with you, please?"

The Blondie followed them out of the room and stood in the hallway. "What is it?" He asked with a cold voice. He was devoid of any emotions right now and was unable to even work up his usual charm.

"Erm.. well we've done some scans… and found your pet was pregnant-"

"IS pregnant." Iason said, the past tense of the word frightening him a little.

"Right, sorry. IS pregnant. Well, usually the hospital does this but since it's such a special case we had to ask you first. We cannot save both your pet and the baby's life. You have to make a choice. We would recommend saving the baby. It could be trained as a new pet and be perfect. However if we save your current pet then he will be horribly scarred and I can't say he'd be as perfect as a pet of someone of your status should be."

Iason couldn't move. He couldn't speak, he couldn't think, he didn't know what to do. How could he choose between his beloved Riki and the baby- his own flesh and blood! And how would the mongrel react when he found out? It was too much to think about and it was giving the Blondie a headache.

He looked into the window and at the black haired man lying on the bed. He'd always be beautiful. The scars weren't bad at all; it just made him less attractive to anyone who wanted to see him pair. But Iason didn't want him as a mere pet. No, though it was a tough decision to make he had to pick Riki.

"If I ask for my pet's life instead, is there any chance of him having another child?" He asked in his monotone voice.

The doctor pulled out the chart and looked at the injuries. "Well… yes. His uterus is still intact, his body is just not strong enough to support both him and another for the next few months.

Iason looked back into the room. Riki looked so peaceful, so comfortable. He couldn't imagine that something so terrible was happening inside his body. The Blondie would have loved to wake his mongrel up and ask him what he should do, but it wasn't possible. He wouldn't wake for another few days according to the doctors.

He looked back at the two standing in front of him, waiting for an answer. In that cool voice, though it was softer, he said, "Save my pet."

When Iason had explained everything to Riki, the mongrel turned his head and wouldn't look at him. The Blondie put his hand on his lover's shoulder, but he was shaken off. "Don't touch me." An angry voice came from the tanned pet. "You killed my baby, an actual child, so that you could keep me around for your sadistic games for longer."

Now Elite never cried. Especially Blondies. But at that moment Iason felt like he could. His heart broke and he suddenly lost the will to do anything. But after a few moments the depression turned into a rage. No, he didn't kill the baby. It was the rapist. The man who had so cruelly taken his pet and then beaten him like that… it was his fault.

From what Iason could tell from his love mumbling in his sleep, it was Guy. He didn't know much about the mongrel from Riki's past, but he knew enough to start looking for him. There was no way he was going to let someone get away with it. Without a word the Blondie stood and left the room, and the hospital.

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