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[colony_brat]

Who: [Bad username or site: colony_brat title= @ livejournal.com] and [Bad username or site: shadow_sheikah title= @ livejournal.com] OPEN Please run into these boys if you want. There is no plot so crash the log or nothing with happen! Just be careful if you don't want someone to die.
What: Trying to make their way home.
When: Tonight! About now! Right now! Watch out!
Where: Outside of town and into town toward house 49.
Summary: Duo and Sheik have been released by the Malnosso. Sheik's in bad shape so Duo's carrying him and trying to get him home safe. Approach with care!
Rating: R for violence... and language...

Dieb had been looking for days to find her kidnapped kits. With both of them gone, she had nothing better to do than comb the forest, village, and the occasional house for any sign of them. After many long days of searching, she finally came across something. A line of dead not-insects. She run along beside their bodies, going toward town. Mixed with the not-insect smell was the familiar smell of Kit and Shady. She was on the right track. Finally she could give her kits a piece of her mind. How could they get kidnapped like that.

Finally Deib came around a tree and saw Duo holding Sheik over his shoulder. Sheik was reaching up with his bandaged fingers to touch one of the pretty butterflies. His eyes were glazed and with his scarf hanging off his face, it was easy to see the look of wonder at the tease. Then, with a snap, Duo turned and sliced through the tease. Another moved toward his face so, instead of risking it getting any closer to Sheik, Duo bit the thing and ground his teeth to kill it. He spat it out with a disgusted sound before continuing toward the village.

Dieb followed, sniffing after her kits. Something was very wrong with them. Sheik wasn't acting normal and Duo was more predator than before. He stank of blood, explosives, and death. His steps were careful and silent as he stalked toward the village. Dieb followed, not wanting to get in way. She pitied anyone who Duo decided was a danger.

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[colony_brat]

Duo shook his head slightly, making his braid sway. He doesn't like that Sheik let it go after struggling. Could he have hurt himself while struggling? Could he have slipped unconscious now? Hopefully the moving braid will draw his attention again and Duo will know.

The door is still a problem though. Duo growls a little as he's forced to put his gun away, but he's not taking his eyes off Link. He gropes behind him for the doorknob so he can twist it and slip inside the door with a spin that put his back to the door and he could look over their downstairs and decide if it's safe.

[blessedbyfarore]

Okay, now he's not just worried, he's also a little bit angry at Duo - why is he acting like that? And he scared Sheik with his weapon... even from far away, the sound makes his ears ring.

As soon as they're through the door, he's up and moving again - heading for the door himself, keeping a watchful eye out for both teases and Duo's weapon. Finally, he manages to get the tease away from his ear, looking faintly dismayed with his fingertips come away covered in red - guess it liked his ear.

Now, getting back inside... "Duo, I'm coming inside!" he calls as a warning, then starts to slip towards it - and hopes fervently that Duo lets him, because right now, every window is locked tight against the killer butterflies.

[ombra_lira]

Smart move, Duo. The braid catches Sheik's attention again, and he grabs hold of it. He can be sure of that much, at least. That he's with Duo, and Duo will look out for him. Because even when his world whirls around him and is suddenly something new, like now, he can be sure of that one constant.

Although right now, he's getting rather sick of being upside-down. It's making his head hurt. He tries to right himself, but only succeeds in knocking his head against the door. He growls silently and whacks the door with his fist. Why did it have to be in his way?

[colony_brat]

Duo shushes Sheik, worried about the whacking noises on the door and the shifting. "It's alright, Shady. We'll get ya secured." Duo sweeps the room with his gun, back and forth, until he hears Link saying that he's going to come in. Duo turns again so he can keep heading upstairs to the bathroom. It's tricky to get up the stairs and keep his gun trained toward the door, but he'll mange. He has to. He has to get the blood off him. He has to try to sober Sheik up a little.

[blessedbyfarore]

He can't even come into the house without getting that thing pointed at him? Link stares up at him for a moment, taking in what he can see - Duo holding Sheik, neither of whom seem right in the head, Duo aiming a gun at him, Duo's weird behaviour like scaring Sheik earlier.

Okay. Something is wrong with Duo, then, and he has to get him away from Sheik. Now.

The sword stays in its sheath for now, but Link's hand is ready to grab it at a second's notice as he takes a few steps closer. "Duo, get away from him," he says, trying to sound calm and in control but the words coming out more like a growl. "You're not... you're not yourself. I'll take care of Sheik myself."

And he sets a foot on the bottom step.

[ombra_lira]

Duo's voice reassures him, and he goes still again. Whatever is going on, Duo seems to know what to do, and he's going to make sure they're safe. He can hear Link again, too. Surely he's safe if they're both here.

He loses interest in whatever Link's saying fairly quickly - he can't make much sense of words anyway. Sheik instead turns his attention to the stairs and reaching to touch them as they slowly pass by him, one step at a time.

[colony_brat]

A small, brown streak makes it way into the house with Link. Dieb is still watching, trying to figure out what's going on and why Kit is so angry.

Looking more animal than human, Duo lifts his lip and practically growls at Link. "No. I won't let you take him. You can't hurt him." Duo pulls Sheik closer to him and makes a break for the bathroom door. He would probably do better barricading himself in the bedroom, but he doesn't have the supplies he needs and he really needs to wash off that blood.

[blessedbyfarore]

"I'm not going to hurt him!" Link cries indignantly, preparing to try and chase him up the stairs before he nearly stumbles over Dieb. He glances down at her, not quite registering her presence there, then heads up another couple of stairs.

The bathroom door closes, and Link slumps down on a stair, shaking a little. "Dieb," he remembers, glancing down at the ferret before dropping his head in his hands. "What's wrong with Duo? Why does he think I'm gonna hurt Sheik? I'd rather die than hurt him!"

[ombra_lira]

...What just happened? He was touching steps, then there were none, and now he's someplace new. He's still with Duo, but where did Link go? There was yelling... Was there more danger? It's so hard to be sure.

He huffs, annoyed, and once again tries to get down. This would all be so much easier to understand if he could see what was going on, instead of relying solely on his limited upside-down view.

[colony_brat]

Duo let's Sheik down easily this time, tucking his gun away for now. Once Sheik is free, Duo turns to jab two knives into the door to wedge it shut. That should make them safe enough for now

He turns back to Sheik and it's like there's a different person standing there. This time he looks like a happy 17 year old again. "Hey, buddy. How are ya feelin'? What do ya say to a shower or a bath?"

[ombra_lira]

Sheik wobbles, disoriented and dizzy from being right-side up again. Then his knees buckle and he lets himself drop to the floor and tilts his head back to look up at the ceiling.

...Interesting. If he turns his head, the world takes longer than he remembers to follow him. Slowly, he turns his head one way, then the other. He's not sure if that's because he's dizzy now, or if that's just making him dizzier. He stops and blinks at Duo. He's not sure, but he's fairly positive Duo's asking him about something. He nods faintly, even though he's unsure of the question in the first place.

[colony_brat]

Duo frowns as he watches Sheik before pushing it away to keep smiling at him. He doesn't want to worry Sheik by frowning. He's also very aware that Sheik really isn't with it right now. That much is becoming very obvious. "Let's take a bath so you can stay sitting, alright? Let's get your clothes off and get ya in."

Duo's not worried about soiling anything since he hasn't washed yet. He just starts trying to take off Sheik's clothes. He'll get Sheik clean and then take a shower himself. Their clothes are so dirty, they're going to have to put on something new anyway so it doesn't matter.

[ombra_lira]

Sheik struggles a little against having his clothing removed. He really doesn't want that. He likes his clothes where they are, even though they are rather dirty and gross now. He's really in no condition to fight Duo much though, and with Duo's prompting, he eventually ends up sitting in the tub completely undressed.

He looks troubled by this and looks up at Duo. The tub is very cold.

[colony_brat]

Duo smiles at him reassuringly. "There we go. Now we'll put some water in the tub and get ya all clean." Duo turns the water on and slips his hand under the cold downpour. As it passes his hand, he warms it as much as he can so Sheik won't be shocked with cold water until the hot water works its way upstairs. If he'd hadn't needed to practice so much with the Malnosso, he wouldn't be able to heat the water fast enough.

[ombra_lira]

He watches Duo and the water, then idly splashes. Water. Clean water. He ducks his head under the flow to try and drink some. That doesn't work so well, and he ends up mostly wet for his efforts. At least that's the idea with putting him in the bath in the first place.

[colony_brat]

Duo can't help laughing at Sheik a little. "Do you want me ta get you a glass of water then?" The water's warm enough now that he doesn't have to hold his hand under it anymore. He can just snag his cup from the sink if Sheik wants something to drink. He'll have to wash the toothpaste off of it, but it's good enough since Duo's not leaving the bathroom while Sheik's out of it and naked.

[ombra_lira]

He looks up at Duo a little too fast and ends up knocking his head on the spout. Both hands immediately come up to cover the spot. That hurt!

[colony_brat]

Dieb hops up the stairs so she can crawl up into Link's lap and get closer to looking him in the eyes. It's hard to be so small with so many big humans. "You're all idiots. I swear I don't know how you humans manage without me. Where has Kit been? With the evil people. What do you think they've been making him do? He had to do what they said or they would hurt Shady, just like when Duo was taken with his mate. He still wakes up screaming for them to get their hands off Hijiri. Of course they would do they same thing after kidnapping them together. What do you think they made Duo do that would cover him in blood? Kill. He's worried you'll hurt Sheik just like they hurt Sheik. He can't trust others for now. They're all predators to him, a risk to Sheik. Give Kit time and he'll calm down and you can check on Shady."

Apparently Dieb has been spending too much time with Duo. She can talk just about as fast and seems to breathe just about as often. Her littler voice sounds as authoritative as possible. Someone has to set the stupid kits straight. She'll wiggle her way into the bathroom to check on Kit after she's taken care of this one. She'll have to inform Hijiri of Duo's return as well.

[blessedbyfarore]

"I'm not an idiot," Link nearly scowls, then shakes his head and half-slumps against the wall. Absurdly, for only the third time since he had woken up in the Temple of Time, he looks close to tears.

"I'd never do anything to hurt Sheik... I'd rather die... doesn't he get that?" He glances up the stairs again, then back again, stroking Dieb absently. "It's not fair... why'd they have to hurt them?"

[colony_brat]

Dieb has to hold on with her claws as her seat moves so he can slump against the wall instead of hunching over. "Kit doesn't know that for sure. You come and go and you're not the same and it confuses and worries them.

"Kit will relax eventually. He needs time. His den's been stirred up and his littermate threatened. You should see what happens if someone threatens Hijiri. You can also bribe them. Kit likes food." Dieb obviously enjoys the absent-minded stroking. She's been so busy looking for her kits, she hasn't gotten nearly as much attention as she's been getting from humans.

Duo's a fountain of knowledge. While her size might have made it hard for her to look people in the eye, it made it incredibly easy to spy on the entire house. The stories that ferret could tell would make the entire house want to lock her up in a cave.

[blessedbyfarore]

"But I feel the same," he protests feebly, although it's just something he can't speak about confidently. He doesn't know - not what the other hims in this place were like, not anything.

Food... "Should I make them some food?" he asks curiously, a frown on his face. "Would the... them... have given them anything to eat?"

[colony_brat]

"They starved Kit before and he apparently gave his food to Hijiri when they had them both. Kit might be used to being hungry, but he'll still welcome food and having something to provide to Shady." Dieb doesn't like what the Malnosso did to her kits anymore than anyone else does. She's worried about her charges and would like for them both to be looked after since Duo will undoubtedly put all his energy into looking after Sheik and not look after himself at all.

[blessedbyfarore]

Link hesitates, then nods, carefully placing Dieb down and heading down to the kitchen. "What should I make for them?" he asks back over one shoulder, "I'm not really good at making food... I can make sandwiches for them, I guess?"

And that's what he starts on, making a couple of decent, filling sandwiches. He's taking his time with it, though - a part of him really doesn't want to go back up there. The thought of Sheik possibly being starved is what finally prompts him to go up - carefully balancing the two sandwiches, two apples, and two glasses of water (somehow!) as he goes.

Setting everything neatly outside the door, he knocks once, calling, "Duo? I bought you guys some food. I'm gonna move away from the door, but I just want you to tell me how Sheik is, okay?"

And he does - close enough to still see the door, far away enough to (hopefully!) not be considered a threat.


((OOC: Want to combine the threads? Or, at least, tell Link to GTFO? XD;; He would have been in the kitchen for about ten minutes, if you want to time-match.))

[colony_brat]

Dieb runs along behind him, moving very fast for someone so small. Getting up onto the counter is a little harder, but she has practice. She'll get up there fast enough and have time to help herself to a little of the sandwich meat. Ferrets have to eat too.

Once he's headed back toward her kits, Dieb gets down and follows him up the stairs. Unlike Link, she can squeeze her way under the door. Duo looks at her before dismissing her. Ferrets are not soldiers, threats, or butterflies. They might be annoying pains in the ass, but they're not dangerous.

Link's big ears should be able to hear the click as Duo pulls his gun and aims it at the door. Food is good. They might have put something in it though. He would test it all on himself first. Then let Sheik have some. The price is information on Sheik's status. It seems reasonable enough. "He'll be fine now."

[blessedbyfarore]

Link glances at Dieb as she slinks away, glad he had the presence of mind to ask her to report back on how Sheik was when they were in the kitchen. Then he nods at the answer, still a safe distance away.

"...Can I see him?" he asks almost nervously, "I just wanna see for myself... what did the Malnosso do to him?"