Jessa's POV (continued):

It wasn't long until I was far away from the Fraggles while I tracked down the bloodwraithe that killed one of them. Poor dude. The last thing I wanted was another dead fraggle on my conscience. I already witnessed my dad dying along with my mom. I suppressed the memory and continued on the trail. Out of all the things that settled near Fraggle Rock, it had to be bloodwraithes. Just great! I wasn't about to let Boober or anyone else be subjected to such a fate, so my plan to end the bloodwraithes was to use the Extinction Sonic Wave from my sword. One swipe of that and those things would be nothing but green mist. Then the fraggles would be safe. Boober would be safe.

I sighed, thinking about him again. I never thought I would have it in me to care so much about anyone, but Boober managed to soften me up somehow. I then wondered if he regained consciousness after passing out at the sight of the corpse. I know Boober tends to be dramatic, though I couldn't blame him for reacting the way he did. I began to wonder how often this sort of thing happens in Fraggle Rock. While thinking about this, I stopped at a stream where the footprints cut off.

"Crap," I said before noticing another pair of footprints on the other side.

With nobody else alongside me, I felt free to teleport to the other side of the stream and continued following the bloodwraithe's trail. My feet were starting to ache from all the walking when I heard the idle noises of bloodwraithes. The sounds grew louder the closer I got, and when I reached their quarters there were thousands of them crawling, hissing, and growling. So demonic in appearance, dare I say even more ominous than how I looked during my Shazzle Bloodlust.

"Disgusting," I hissed before turning myself invisible.

I waltzed right in to observe the bloodwraithe nest, completely unseen by those nasty creatures. I had to make sure there wasn't a stamina crystal already intact somewhere. But alas, there was. It was in the center of the cave ceiling, glowing its blood-red color. I ran to the top of the nearest cliff, morphing my sword into a spear as it began to emit purple plasma. I hollered before throwing it, my spear piercing the crystal and the plasma radiating from it causing it to explode. While all this was going on, I turned visible again and teleported behind the queen bloodwraithe and used my talons to slash its backside. It shrieked mercilessly, but I was ready to kick some ass. Among the Bloodlust features I obtained; the talons were the only thing I had any control over. It would take another bloodlust for me to be able to summon fangs or tail spikes, whichever came next. From that point on, there was nothing but violence and bloodshed. So many bloodwraithes, yet with my sword and shazzle powers it felt more like a simulation training of some kind. At one point I bellowed in fury before shooting fire at some of them. It was vastly effective, and they disintegrated into ashes within seconds. I used my other 3 elements as well when I felt the situation called for it. Water bending to drown the bloodwraithes, earth bending to impale them with stalactites, and air bending to send them crashing into the wall. I even went as far as melting some of the hanging stalactites into lava so it would drip on them and burn them. I kept yelling obscenities at the Bloodwraithes while my spear changed back into a sword and levitated back to me. But before I could use my sword, one bloodwraithe saw its chance and clawed my left forearm.

"Son of a bitch!" I swore.

I bellowed again soon after, but a bunch of bloodwraithes began to swarm me. The one that injured me just minutes ago hissed in my face, and its breath was awful! I gagged but teleported away from them. Now was my chance to wipe them all out of existence. I gathered my sword and let it build up its power. Surprisingly, none of the remaining bloodwraithes tried to stop me. In fact, they all looked mesmerized by the buildup of the Extinction Sonic Wave. I could feel blood running down my arm, but I pushed the feeling aside and focused on raising my sword and sending that death wave across the entire nest. It was loud, swift, and unstoppable. In just mere seconds there was nothing left but green mist and myself. I walked back to the entrance of the bloodwraithes nest and fell to my knees, inspecting the cut on my arm. Blood oozed out of the scar, and I closed my eyes and leaned back against a rock.

"Jessa!"

I turned to see Gobo coming to my aide.

"How did you find me?"

"I followed the sound of the battle. It looks like you took care of those Bloodwraithes."

"Boober… is he…?"

"He's fine, Jessa." He answered while tying a piece of cloth around my arm to stop the bleeding. "Well, physically he is. As soon as I told him where you were, he got upset."

I groaned, both from the pain of my scar and from Boober worrying about me.

"Come on," Gobo began while helping me up. "We need to get you back to Fraggle Rock."

I wanted to ask more questions regarding the unfortunate fraggle who was killed, but saving my energy for walking back seemed like a wiser option. Gobo and I walked back in silence, and all I could think about at that point was Boober.

Gobo's POV:

I could already hear Boober sobbing over Jessa getting hurt and yelling at me for not stopping her. But I wasn't going to let that happen. She meant so much to Boober and if Jessa didn't make it, I didn't want to be the bearer of bad news.

"Come on, Jessa," I told her.

We trampled through the stream I crossed earlier to find her, and I dragged Jessa behind me. It wasn't long until we got back to Fraggle Rock. Even from a distance, I could hear Mokey trying to comfort Boober while he cried.

"It's going to be okay, Boober," I heard her say.

"No, it won't, Mokey," he replied between sobs. "Jessa is being eaten by those bloodwraithes as we speak. And now I'll never get the chance to tell her how I feel!"

Boober continued to cry while Jessa and I arrived in the room.

"Look, there's Gobo and Jessa!" Red pointed out as soon as she saw us.

Boober raised his head from the tissue he was using for his tears and gasped upon seeing the bloody handkerchief on Jessa's arm.

"Jessa!" he yelled in concern while running up to her. "What happened to you?"

"Bloodwraithe," she replied hoarsely.

I watched Boober tend to Jessa before he led her elsewhere, leaving me to fill Red, Wembley, and Mokey in on what happened.

Boober's POV:

Oh why did Jessa have to go and get hurt?! I sat her down somewhere before digging out some bandages and other medical supplies to help with her scar. But before I could even start to treat the injury, I needed to wash all the dry blood off.

"Hold up your arm for me," I said as she did so.

When the wet rag made contact with her injury, Jessa grunted in pain, and I saw her tail curl up behind her.

"I'm sorry," I apologized before proceeding.

Her scar was almost clean when Jessa finally spoke.

"No, I'm sorry."

I looked at her confused.

"Sorry for what?"

"Making you worry while I was in that bloodwraithe nest."

I was silent for a moment, now feeling a bit embarrassed for crying in front of her. I hoped Jessa hadn't heard some of the things I said.

"I shouldn't have wandered in there if I had known it was going to make you cry."

I finished cleaning Jessa's scar and dug out a syringe and some numbing fluid to help with the pain. Jessa looked away before I injected her with the numbing agent. I guess she didn't like the sight of the needle going into her arm.

"I thought you were dead," I finally admitted.

"Hurt, yes," she replied. "But dead, no."

"What happened in there?"

"A bloodwraithe scratched me."

I began stitching the scar on her arm while she continued.

"But they're all gone now. I used my sword to wipe them all out of existence."

"Another one of its powers, I presume?"

"Extinction Sonic Wave. It can wipe out an entire species. And those bloodwraithes are no more."

I remained silent so I could stitch up her cut with precision. I wanted to be extra careful with her. Luckily, Jessa came back before that scar had the chance to get infected. Judging by her lack of grunts, I'd say I did a rather good job numbing her arm beforehand.

"What did they do with that guy?" she asked moments later.

"I don't know, Jessa. But I'll bet there will be a funeral at some point."

Jessa sighed.

"A funeral just a week from the summer solstice. If that isn't the most messed up shit ever."

"I know. But tragedy doesn't know what dates are."

"No. And it kind of kills the vibe."

I finished stitching up Jessa's scar and cleaned off the remaining blood before wrapping her arm up in bandages.

"There," I said at last. "Remember to replace that every 4 hours and please don't go swimming until that heals up."

"It's not like I brought my swimsuit with me anyway."

"Jessa," I began in a serious tone while cupping her face. "Don't scare me like that ever again."

"I saved your ass, didn't I?"

"Yes. But you also got hurt. Had you come back much later, you would've been at a huge risk of a staph infection."

"Aww, look at you worrying about me," she teased me while hugging me with her unharmed arm.

I tried to remain stoic, but I couldn't help but melt and grin as I hugged her back.

"Can you blame me for making sure you're nowhere near death's door?"

"Not really."

I looked Jessa in the eye and blushed, my baloobius glowing and her tail wagging.

"Thanks for treating that scar."

"Thank you for avenging the death of a fellow fraggle."

Jessa blushed and looked away, and I couldn't help but giggle.

Jessa's POV:

Boober and I flirted a bit after he stitched my scar, which I was immensely grateful for. With those Bloodwraithes gone, I felt happy that the guy in front of me would not end up slaughtered. I looked back at Boober before we leaned into each other.

"Boober…"

"Yeah?"

He then wrapped his arms around my torso while I wrapped mine around his neck. The next thing I knew, we were about to kiss when Red interrupted us.

"Come on, you two!" she called out. "They're calling a meeting."

Boober and I looked at each other before withdrawing. I don't know about him, but I was disappointed that we didn't get to kiss. We both walked out and followed everyone else to the Great Hall. Boober held my hand the whole time on the way there and I squeezed his hand gently.

End of everyone's POV