Twist glared at Eli. The fool had no damned idea what he owed him. And he was going to take it from him here and now. He loaded Loki in his blaster, but before he got the chance to take aim, a mega-morph Rammstone hit him square in the chest, sending him into the wall of the small cave he and Eli were fighting in; triggering a rock slide above him. The last thing he saw was what he thought was a hint of remorse in Eli's face. But no, Shanes were incapable of that feeling. He knew first hand.
Kaiya paused in her relentless attack of the rest of the Shane Gang, Black Skies' heavy paw pausing above a terrified Cave Troll. The rumbling sound made the Shane Gang look towards the direction of the sound as well. Suddenly Eli emerged from the mouth of the cave where he had chased Twist into, motioning at his gang to head out. Kaiya was milliseconds away from following them when she realized, Twist had not come out with Eli. She rushed with Black Skies into the cave her eyes widening with fear as she saw the gigantic pile of rocks that must have fallen in the fight and Twist's blaster a few feet from the debris.
"No, Skies! We have to save him!" She yelled aloud, maneuvering her mecha's heavy paws to lift the larger rocks, hopefully without hurting the body that was buried in them.
She leaped down from her mecha as soon as she recognized his hand bent in the wrong direction sticking from the rocks. She dug at the rest of the rocks with her hands, terror and adrenaline pushing her on until she lifted Twist's limp body from the wreckage.
Her lip was quivering and she was fighting back tears she didn't know she had for Twist. Gently she placed him on her mecha and sped back to the citadel as quickly as she could.
"Get him a medic immediately!" She barked to various guards who began scurrying every which way to comply with her orders. She begrudgingly let them take Twist from her and watched them carry his marred and mangled body to the infirmary.
"He'll be okay." Nicole put a comforting hand on her shoulder. "He is extremely valuable to Blakk, and he'll do everything he can for Twist, and more."
"I hope so." Kaiya tried to sound powerful, but seeing her one of best friends so close to death rattled her in a way she wasn't prepared to deal with. Wiping her face on her sleeve, she headed off to the infirmary, mumbling something to Nicole about how; "I can take care of him better than all of those bumbling idiots combined."
However, Kaiya was not prepared to see Twist hooked up to all those wires and machines just to keep him breathing. There were casts all over his body, and what wasn't covered in plaster was bruised and cut up to the point where he was barely recognizable. She wiped the tears from his face, hoping no one would notice.
If only Blakk hadn't ghouled their only Boon Doc. She was without a doubt going to kill the Shane Gang the next time she got if Twist didn't pull through. She blinked, a bit surprised at herself. So this was what having a vendetta was like. She wasn't sure if she liked the fact that she had a grudge against the Shane Gang now, but she knew she'd do anything for Twist.
She walked over and perched herself on the side of the bed, gingerly stroking Twist's face, letting the tears fall freely now. The nurses didn't bother to make her move when she fell asleep, curled up in the tiny space next to Twist.