Chapter 7

The world before him was dark, Brady had passed out and couldn't be aware of the time or what happened after he closed his eyes. He wasn't aware of his surroundings and couldn't open his eyes but he felt that he wasn't lying on the cold cement ground anymore. It felt soft and his body felt relaxed but ached. He mustered all his strength to move his arm, it didn't hurt but his arm felt heavy. He groaned as he tried his hand at opening his eyes. The lighting around him made it hard to focus on what or where he was, he squinted and let his eyes adjust little by little until he could make out some shapes. He peered around from where he laid, he spotted objects and furniture that he recognized- painted walls of white and a faded green color with a curtain bunched up on the side, a brown door and some chairs off to the side- the basics of Hospital fixtures.

If he wasn't always visiting the Hospital in his youth then he wouldn't have recognized them. He knew why he was here but he wasn't sure how he got here. He sighed.

"Mom, dad! Brady's awake!"

He nearly jumped straight up, hearing the familiar voice and both getting startled by the volume of their voice. He turned his head and sat up slightly to see Morgan standing in the doorway, in a few seconds their parents came through pushing past Morgan. His Mother, Maribelle, her eyes started to well up with tears as she ran around to him and threw her arms around him.

"Oh my precious darling!" she cried as she squeezed him in her grip.

Brady winced but he didn't pull away. His father, Roan joined his mother and hugged him also. He felt the older man's fingers nestle into his violet hair and the other wrapping around his waist. Both his parents cried silently as they held onto Brady as if for dear life. When he thought the crushing yet loving embrace was over, his sister joined in. At this moment Brady was afraid his family would squeeze the very life out of him, he squeaked when they finally released their grip. His mother's hands going to his cheeks as she stared at him and spoke.

"Brady, what on earth happen to you?" She asked, clearly distressed.

He honestly didn't know what to tell her, they got off at the wrong stop and he got the crap kicked out of him? What kind of story is that to tell a mother, and if that happens to be the one with the foulest of temper in all of the Ylisse. He bite his lip and looked away from her.

"Brady, do not look away from your mother. Now tell me, what happened- why were you found on the sidewalk with three other men on the ground? Why were Noire's hands bleedings?"

Wait- what?

Three guys on the ground, and Noire's hands? What happened after he passed out? All he could remember was someone shouting before his world went black and he lost track of time. He scratched the back of his head.

"I don't know what to tell you…" He sighed. "We missed our stop, and got off on the wrong part of town, I don't know where we were so I decided to try and look for a pay phone so I could call you guys. That didn't go according to plan when Noire and I were jumped by three guys, they beat me to the ground and I blacked out. I don't know what happened after that."

He didn't know how to word it but it was the truth from his side of the story, he had no idea what happened after that or how he winded up here. Before his mother could speak, someone interrupted.

"Ah, so the young Brady is awake? How is he?"

The Robin family turned heads and looked towards the door, there standing just in the entrance was a tall woman clad in armor, her red hair the most noticeable feature upon first glance. She smiled warmly and walked towards the family with her arms behind her back. Roan chuckled.

"I think you can drop the 'chief commander of the guard' act, for now, Cordelia." He smiled at her as he relaxed somewhat.

She nodded her head and brought her arms down in front of her. "Sorry, long hours in the office and patrolling make it hard to be 'casual.'" She responded.

"Maybe so, being Advisor isn't easy either, but maybe with more time spent with us and friends will change that." He mused.

Cordelia rolled her eyes at Roan as she shifted her weight to one side, crossing her arms. "Maybe so but- back to business." She stood straight once more, taking a notepad out of a pouch around her waist. "Alright, Brady if you are lucid enough then I would like to ask you a few questions regarding the incident."

Brady nodded and sat up more, groaning at a slight pain in his stomach as he moved. "Yeah, I'm fine. Just ya know, fire away."

Cordelia nodded. "What were you and Noire doing in downtown of Ylisse's capital?" she asked.

"We missed our stop and the bus just kept driving and dropped us off there." Brady answered.

"I see, what happened after?" She asked, writing down on her notepad.

"We decided to try and find a pay phone when we were confronted by three men. They started a fight and knocked me down." Brady answered again.

She nodded as she scribbled down in her notepad. "Mhm, and after?"

Brady shrugged. "I don't know, I passed out and woke up here."

Cordelia stopped writing and nodded, she closed her pad. "Thank you, I'll be complying this data with what was gathered at the scene." She looked at Brady and sigh, she walked over to him and put her hand on his shoulder. "Off the record, I'm sorry this happened to you."

"It's fine, I'm going to be okay. I'm a tough kid." Brady mused.

"He's right, Cordelia. The doctor said his injuries weren't too severe." Roan piped in.

"Thank goodness for that, I don't know what I'd do if my baby boy had to stay in the hospital any longer," Maribelle whined and kissed Brady's face.

Brady blushed and grumbled under his breath about his mother embarrassing him. Cordelia giggled at the sight and looked at her watch, she frowned and sighed.

"With this going on, I won't make it back home for supper." Cordelia shook her head. "Severa is going to kill me." She muttered under her breath.

Maribelle frowned and got up and folded her arms, standing side by side Cordelia dwarfed Maribelle by her height but that didn't take away the threatening demeanor the small woman had.

"Now listen here, you have been working tirelessly to keep this city safe and under your watchful gaze we have been as safe as any security force can make us be but hear me when I tell you this; you cannot, and I mean cannot miss another meal with your daughter. I mean it, Fredrick and you are so busy that you barely spent time at home with your daughter." Maribelle huffed and glared up at Cordelia. "So, as a solution. I invite you and your family to come and have dinner at my house. Brady is going to be discharged soon and you cannot refuse an invite otherwise it will be extremely rude." Maribelle made a loud 'Hmph!' sound as she clacked the bottom of her heel to the ground.

Roan, Brady, and Morgan watched as they looked to Cordelia for a reaction. She was shocked, bewildered more like it with how her eyes widen at Maribelle's blunt and aggressive invitation to dinner. Her face soften and smiled, she chuckled.

"I suppose it's been awhile. I could pass this onto Sully and Stahl…" Cordelia rubbed her neck.

"Good, see you in an hour. Come along dear, let's notify the doctors and get out of this place." Maribelle motioned for Roan to follow her.

He gave Morgan and Brady a quick kiss before getting up and following the two woman out the door. Morgan and Brady were silent with what they had seen, they side-eyed each other and snickered.

"Mom certainly has a way of persuasion." She giggled.

"Well, that's mom for you. Scary but is extremely polite and considerate." Brady added.

"Never a good thing." Morgan mused.

"Better hope she didn't hear that." Brady laughed, Morgan joined in but Brady's laugh died down a few seconds before he stopped. Morgan noticed this and turned to him.

"Hey, you okay?" she asked.

"Morgan, do you know where Noire is?" He asked.

"Oh, well, she left earlier. Her parents came by and picked her up. Why do you wanna know?" She raised a brow at her brother.

He shook his head at her. "Nothing, just curious,"

Hello, sorry for the long wait but I recently got back into Fire emblem thanks to Fates coming to America. I refound my love for it and re-started playing Awakening and start gushing over my ships. Anyways, I might work on a modern AU for Fates too with all my ships in there too.

anyways, sorry for the delay but I hope you like this update. There will be more mentions/hints of my other ships so far two are mentioned/implied in this chapter.

Enjoy.