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       #Post#: 1321--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Gamble (fixing)
       By: Inkglitched Date: February 12, 2026, 9:28 am
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       Alice having gotten bored was in the room with famine. He knew
       better than to mess with her in the first place cause war had
       her. But even then, the homunculus was attatched to Alice in a
       different way. Almost treating her like a best friend. Or rather
       was.
       “Don’t you think you’re going a little too far?” Asked Alice
       dodging a bit, of whatever famine pulled.
       “They want to know how fast she can heal yeah? I’m not taking
       any limbs or anything.” He said as he pushed her up to a sitting
       position against the wall,to walk to the table to write down
       that healing was slow but was gaining some traction.
       Alice looked down at the broken body of the woman and heard the
       sobs. It didn’t quite affect her now, only reminded her from
       where she started in the beginning.Rachel was like her, a Lab
       rat to be worked on. Alice only managed to climb out thanks to
       famine and higher thanks to war.
       “Just endure it.” Said Alice her arms folding.”eventually
       someone will take you in.” She said with a sigh.
       She heard the steps of famine coming up.”alrighty.. think we can
       do a bit more damage now. “ he said grabbing whatever he had
       planned next before making his way to the broken woman.
       She heard a knock to open the door and took a plate of what
       looked like food.”famine stop for now.. let’s see if this speeds
       things up..” she said as she got a glare.”don’t make me tell war
       you wouldn’t listen.” She said as he huffed and told her fine as
       she walked over to get the woman back up and against the
       wall."Of course I know it could be a trap.... I don't trust most
       people let alone him... it seems like they know who I was before
       my memory was lost.... ah!" River had began, unable to hold back
       the pained noise that left him as Daevon tented to his wounds.
       He took a deep breath to continue. "Think it would be more
       effective if I made the distraction... they will be expecting
       me... so you two can get in, get those two out , and then we can
       all ditch town once I escape." He added before flinching again
       as Daevon pulled the bandages tight.
       "It's fine," River reassured his boyfriend before slitting his
       shirt back on. "I don't think waiting is a good idea, God knows
       what those two are going through right now...." He said with a
       shiver. He then got himself off the car hood and went around to
       the passenger door to look over the weapons he had gotten.
       "Don't try and argue with me, you two can't take damage like I
       can and I refuse to let either of you be a target from them...."
       He added as he unloaded the bag. Once the trio decided on a time
       to attack, there was nothing left to do but wait.
       River took the time to sleep for once, his body going into
       healing overdrive when he did. When he woke, he was ready to
       cause some damage and safe Daevon's cousin and her boyfriend.
       With flamethrower in hand, River carefully snuck into the
       compound, carefully picking through the place to find where they
       were keeping Rachel, knowing he would find Famine.
       ----
       As quickly as they had included Jun, she was once again told to
       stay put. She didn't exactly argue with the men as she had no
       desire to see what Famine had done so far to that poor woman.
       She stayed there quietly until she heard a strange sound and
       decided to go check it out, leaving the safety of the
       bedroom."You're more than welcome to join the training
       sessions," War replied. It had been a long time since they'd
       last trained together, though War had the feeling Death might be
       needed to play peacekeeper between him and Famine as well.
       He let out a sigh when Death reminded him Alice was watching
       over Famine as he worked. He really didn't want to see what the
       brat had been up to, or his handiwork. It disgusted him to no
       end. Then again, he'd never had the stomach for extended
       torture.
       "Yeah, if he's done enough for James, I may pull her away for
       awhile. Too much time around Famine isn't good for her,"
       War waited for Death to finish talking with Jun before they
       headed to where Famine had been left with Rachel. One of the
       guards moved to unlock the door and open it for them.
       War stepped inside, his nostrils flaring at the spattered blood
       all over the floor and on Famine's clothes.
       With Famine distracted by his work, war and Death were able to
       get what they needed out of him. War was more than pissed to
       know what the brat had done to Pestilence. Not that he said it
       out loud.
       War passed along the news of Pestilence's incoming invasion to
       his men and headed up to clean up in his private room. He'd
       instructed Alice to come find him once she was done helping
       Famine.
       He was in the middle of a shower when he felt Pestilence's
       presence. He let out a groan, but finished washing up and turned
       off the water. "Figures he'd show early," he muttered.
       ------
       Rebel hoped that Daevon was right. Yet there was this growing
       sense of unease going through him. There were only three of them
       up against an unknown amount of men.
       He relaxed slightly when River decided to take on the job of
       distracting. "Sounds like a plan,"
       It was more than a little worrisome to see River shiver at the
       mention of what Rachel and Bobby might be going through.
       "No arguments from me," Rebel said softly and started assembling
       a few explosives from what they had. He figured everything they
       could use would help them. After that, he busied himself by
       checking his weapons and making sure they were ready to go. He
       always got nervous and had to have busy hands before a big
       fight, and this would be his biggest ever.
       He fell in behind Daevon, waiting for the older man to signal
       they were going in after River.Alice was working with famine as
       he continued his work. When she saw war she brightened up.
       During his work it came out that he lost it out on pestilence
       but claimed he couldn’t remember half of what he done. Death
       wasn’t entirely happy about the notion that the memory loss was
       the result of famines jealous rage.
       ——
       The man ended up tied up in working on Bobby, and keeping an eye
       on vitals to try to distract his thoughts. It wouldn’t be till
       later he would feel the tie to pestilence tug, his eyes that
       normally never opened barely slid open revealing their red
       orbs.”little plague bringer came…” he said as he made sure a
       strap was keeping Bobby in place. It seemed it was doing its job
       and making the man he hoped feeling like he was dying from the
       inside. Well least that’s how pestilence made the compound for
       them a ways back. Faint marks of the illness that was
       handcrafted showing a bit on his face
       ———
       Alice had managed to get away growing tired of watching the man,
       but once she stepped out did famine smell pestilence nearby when
       the door opened.”oh?.. “ he sounded smirking as he settled back
       on his feet looking away from Rachel who looked like a husk of
       her former self at that point. Soaked in her own blood and her
       green eyes looking dull and lifeless.  He let go of what he was
       doing, her slumping a little  “Finally some real fun.” He said
       to stand up.
       “Suddenly getting some balls to come to me huh?” He told to the
       room. He pulled the gun from his belt, and leaned next to
       Rachel. “Seems someone came to have some fun.. now it won’t be
       just you!” He said He didn’t know just what pestilence had in
       his hands.
       ——
       Daevon was following river to pause when he noticed items of
       Rachel’s and Bobby’s. He tried to be quiet as he paused to get
       them, but due to his clumsiness had dropped some glasses.
       He bet down to pick them up when he heard a noise.The gun he had
       came out of his belt to point at the shadows, his eyes scanning
       to see a person step back.”take one more I’ll shoot.” He
       whispered out.”show yourself.” His hand shook hoping it wasn’t
       one of the humunculous, given they couldn’t die.
       What he didn’t expect was to see the one person he thought he
       lost forever and his gun went down.”mom…” he stammered.”y..your
       Alive” his relief turned to horror as he realized her ears and
       tail.”what.. did they do…” he said his voice no longer a whisper
       but full of emotion.
       —-
       Alice had managed to get to wars room, to open the door. Being
       the type of person she was- there was some that just didn’t
       change. One being learning to knock. The bathroom door opened
       with a bang.”pesto is here!” She said to blink.
       Her eyes went down below the belt as her hands went to her face
       to cover her eyes… only to peep out. Her face was red enough but
       she wasn’t being very good at being secretive at looking.
       —
       #Post#: 1322--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Gamble (fixing)
       By: Inkglitched Date: February 12, 2026, 9:32 am
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       The sight of Rachel on the floor, bloody and a ghost of herself
       sparked a rage in River as he glared darkly. "Let's see if you
       can survive this mother fucker...." He growled as he started up
       the flamethrower towards Famine to get him away from Rachel. He
       ended up cornering Famine in the room, trading him with fire as
       he gathered up Rachel in one arm and headed for the door. He
       needed to get her out of here!!
       ---
       A familiar face was lurking in the dark causing Jun to pause,
       even more so when she accidently kicked something on the floor
       causing the man to whip around and point a gun at her. The
       Chimera's hands went up as she tried to back away.
       What caused her to stop again was what the man said. He called
       her mom. Her eyes widened, staring at the clearly distraught
       man. A memory of a young boy, her son. "Daevon?" She questioned,
       daring to take a step closer. Her ears no longer pinned back as
       tears filled her eyes as she remembered her baby, her only
       child, her Daevon. It broke her heart that she had forgotten the
       man for so long.
       "They experimented on me... I am a Chimera now.... you have grow
       so big..." She said in a bit of a daze, almost feeling like she
       was remembering a life from long ago.
       ----
       The sedation used on Bobby was slowly not becoming enough to
       keep him still. As the pain inside of him grew, it feel like his
       insides were rotting. When he felt the strap around him tighten,
       Bobby opened his eyes gasping out in pain. He tried to struggle
       against his binds, unable to even budge his restraints.
       ——
       War turned at the sound of the door, his had outstretched for a
       towel. "Yes, I know, I can feel him," War replied. Seeing her
       reaction to his body had him wondering if Alice might one day in
       the future want to do more than just look.
       He dried off and wrapped the towel around his hips, moving into
       the room to get dressed.
       "You'll want to arm yourself, we'll be needed. We'll go out
       together,"
       Even if Pestilence had shown early, War was going to at least
       try to capture him. There had to be a way to fix his brother.
       War was soon dressed and donned his armor and pulled on his gun
       belt. While a bullet wound wouldn't kill Pestilence, it might
       slow him down a little.
       "You ready for this? Remember, let death and I deal with
       Pestilence. Whoever else is free game," War told Alice and
       headed to the stairs.
       There was a sudden loud explosion and War instinctively reached
       for Alice. "Guess he means business," War said his eyes
       flashing.
       --------
       Rebel's heart and as pounding in his ears as he followed after
       Daevon. After going a few feet in, he moved to set up several of
       his explosives and armed them to go off at different times
       before hurrying after  the other two. He figured the explosions
       would create a distraction and pull the people inside to those
       areas.
       Not seeing either of them, he went off down the hall, checking
       in the rooms. He came to a stop, his heart sinking at the sight
       of Bobby restrained on a hospital table.
       "****," he swore and picked the lock as quickly as he could.
       "Bobby, **** what did they do to you?"
       He pulled out his knife to cut through the leather straps and
       helped get Bobby sat up. "Can..can you walk or you gonna need
       help?"
       —-
       Famine grinned as he saw the man come in. His eyes fell on the
       flame thrower as his eyes went wide. What he didn’t expect was
       the amount of rage he saw in the man’s face over the
       victim.”pest this ain’t you.” He said as his gun cocked ready to
       shoot. He was met with flames that drove him apart from the
       woman who moved a little as she saw feet approaching her.
       Famine made a face.”your boning in another job!” He yelled
       before sinking back in the corner more to avoid the flames,
       feeling the heat off of it.”where the hell is war and death!?!”
       He said in a voice that clearly was irritated at this point.
       Sure he reasoned he may of made pest lose his memory but he
       never *burned* the guy. He watched him collect Rachel from the
       floor the girl making a pained noise.  He let off a few shots in
       pestilence’s direction as he yelled for backup.
       ——-
       After death had strapped the man down. Had left the room, he
       could hear steps to turn. His jaw flexed.”take care of the man
       in that room and don’t let the experiment leave.” He told a few
       men.
       —-
       Daevon stared at her ears some before he went closer and gave a
       warm hug.”I missed you.” He said and sobbed lightly. It was then
       he heard footsteps to pull his mother down below the counter and
       hugged her. He heard the steps fade to poke his head out to see
       death being met up with more men to head down the hallway, where
       he could hear yelling. He clutched Jun a little as the first
       explosion went off.”come with me.. we came to save Rachel and a
       friend.. now that I found you too… and it won’t be safe here for
       long.” He admitted.
       Death having felt the tremors made a face.”cut off pestilences
       route.. tell those who can die to get out!” He said before
       rushing back to his room.”Jun!” He said and looked around the
       room to see her gone.”****..” he commented before checking the
       bathroom.”Jun where are you!?!” If there was explosions involved
       he didn’t want her mixed up in it.
       ——
       Alice composed herself, she nodded to get her own weapons and
       held her gun as another was in her belt of her straitjacket
       outfit. “Alright.. you just be careful.” She said before feeling
       a tremor to feel war’s hand around her waist. “Guess means go
       all out?” She asked looking up at the man that towered over her
       petite form.Shots rang past River's ears as one struck him in
       she shoulder. He didn't let Rachel drop, bitting through the
       pain as he ran. He had to hope the other two managed to grab
       Bobby because he needed to get Rachel out *now*.
       He hoped he was fast enough to outrun these freaks. The
       humuculus nearly fell when the building shook from the
       explosives. A smirk crossed his lips as he realized how close
       that explosion was. It wasn't hard to run through the halls,
       setting anyone who crossed his path on fire before another
       explosive went off, rocking the building again. It even caused
       some ceiling beams to come crashing down. This building was not
       going to last.
       Another right, another hallways, and finally, a massive hole in
       the wall with rubble all around. The perfect place to escape.
       River easily ran off to his car, stowing Rachel in the back seat
       before he closed the door and ran back into the building, this
       time transforming into his 'true' form to draw all attention
       away from Rebel and Daevon, or at least hoping too. He had to
       admit, torching this place was fun.
       ----
       Having Daevon, her son, hug her like this, crying in her arms as
       she hugged him tightly. How could she forget her baby? What kind
       of mother was she? Jun was taken from these dark thoughts as she
       was yanked behind the counter, her son hugging her even tighter.
       A fear rose inside her hearing footsteps and Death's voice.
       He clearly didn't want her remembering her past, so how would he
       react? Would he kill him? Worse, would Death want her baby to be
       experimented on?
       Then Daevon asked her the seeming impossible, he wanted to take
       her with him. "If I come with you, Death may never stop looking
       for me... I don't want him to get ahold of you.... I don't know
       what they would do to you..." She said softly, a deep sorrow in
       her eyes, but at least she could remember now why she always
       felt something was missing.
       ---
       Shots rang past River's ears as one struck him in she shoulder.
       He didn't let Rachel drop, bitting through the pain as he ran.
       He had to hope the other two managed to grab Bobby because he
       needed to get Rachel out *now*.
       He hoped he was fast enough to outrun these freaks. The
       humuculus nearly fell when the building shook from the
       explosives. A smirk crossed his lips as he realized how close
       that explosion was. It wasn't hard to run through the halls,
       setting anyone who crossed his path on fire before another
       explosive went off, rocking the building again. It even caused
       some ceiling beams to come crashing down. This building was not
       going to last.
       Another right, another hallways, and finally, a massive hole in
       the wall with rubble all around. The perfect place to escape.
       River easily ran off to his car, stowing Rachel in the back seat
       before he closed the door and ran back into the building, this
       time transforming into his 'true' form to draw all attention
       away from Rebel and Daevon, or at least hoping too. He had to
       admit, torching this place was fun.
       ----
       Having Daevon, her son, hug her like this, crying in her arms as
       she hugged him tightly. How could she forget her baby? What kind
       of mother was she? Jun was taken from these dark thoughts as she
       was yanked behind the counter, her son hugging her even tighter.
       A fear rose inside her hearing footsteps and Death's voice.
       He clearly didn't want her remembering her past, so how would he
       react? Would he kill him? Worse, would Death want her baby to be
       experimented on?
       Then Daevon asked her the seeming impossible, he wanted to take
       her with him. "If I come with you, Death may never stop looking
       for me... I don't want him to get ahold of you.... I don't know
       what they would do to you..." She said softly, a deep sorrow in
       her eyes, but at least she could remember now why she always
       felt something was missing.
       ---Shots rang past River's ears as one struck him in she
       shoulder. He didn't let Rachel drop, bitting through the pain as
       he ran. He had to hope the other two managed to grab Bobby
       because he needed to get Rachel out *now*.
       He hoped he was fast enough to outrun these freaks. The
       humuculus nearly fell when the building shook from the
       explosives. A smirk crossed his lips as he realized how close
       that explosion was. It wasn't hard to run through the halls,
       setting anyone who crossed his path on fire before another
       explosive went off, rocking the building again. It even caused
       some ceiling beams to come crashing down. This building was not
       going to last.
       Another right, another hallways, and finally, a massive hole in
       the wall with rubble all around. The perfect place to escape.
       River easily ran off to his car, stowing Rachel in the back seat
       before he closed the door and ran back into the building, this
       time transforming into his 'true' form to draw all attention
       away from Rebel and Daevon, or at least hoping too. He had to
       admit, torching this place was fun.
       ----
       Having Daevon, her son, hug her like this, crying in her arms as
       she hugged him tightly. How could she forget her baby? What kind
       of mother was she? Jun was taken from these dark thoughts as she
       was yanked behind the counter, her son hugging her even tighter.
       A fear rose inside her hearing footsteps and Death's voice.
       He clearly didn't want her remembering her past, so how would he
       react? Would he kill him? Worse, would Death want her baby to be
       experimented on?
       Then Daevon asked her the seeming impossible, he wanted to take
       her with him. "If I come with you, Death may never stop looking
       for me... I don't want him to get ahold of you.... I don't know
       what they would do to you..." She said softly, a deep sorrow in
       her eyes, but at least she could remember now why she always
       felt something was missing.
       ---
       #Post#: 1323--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Gamble (fixing)
       By: Inkglitched Date: February 12, 2026, 9:33 am
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       The sound of fresh footsteps had Bobby open his eyes again,
       relief filling him at the sight of Rebel as the man approached,
       swifly unlocking the restraints and pulling Bobby into a sitting
       position, a deep groan of pain leaving him as he was moved once
       the straps were cut. He could already hear more footsteps coming
       closer to the room again.
       "I... I don't think I can walk...." He admitted, unable to will
       hos body to properly move. He didn't want to know how much he
       would hurt himself trying to walk. "Someone's coming..." He
       managed as he tried his best to hold onto Rebel.
       —-
       War started to pull away and then paused and leaned down to kiss
       her forehead. "I'll be careful, and yes. Just keep out of
       Pestilence's way. Death and I will have to go focus on him,"
       War's hand tightened on her waist as the compound was shook by
       several more explosions. "Try not to get crushed either,"
       War let her go and headed down to the first floor, making his
       way through the rubble left from the explosions. It wasn't hard
       for him to see that the explosions had been set up more for a
       distraction than for destruction.
       He rounded a corner and spied Pestilence carrying the girl out
       of a huge hole in the wall. War didn't follow, having the
       feeling that his brother would be back.
       "Pesto, why are you doing this?" He called out to his
       transformed brother.
       -----
       Rebel's ears pricked at the sound of footsteps getting closer.
       "Then I guess I'll have to try and carry you out," he replied, a
       determined look setting on his face.
       "Yeah, I hear them too. Give me a minute,"
       Rebel dropped his bag, pulled out a rope and used it to tie
       Bobby onto his back. If Bobby didn't look so out of it, he'd
       just have taken him out piggy back style.
       "All right, try not to move around too much, and hold your
       breath." Rebel said and pulled out a smoke bomb,   quickly
       opened the door, pulled the pin and lobbed it out into the hall.
       Then he moved as fast as he could through the smoke and past the
       guards that were coughing their lungs out.Rachel made noises at
       the jostles as River ran. The feel of fresh air hit her lungs as
       she realized they were outside before feeling herself being
       carefully put in the back. She watched as his form changed as he
       ran on his way back, her breath letting out a little. A small
       hope rose inside that they’d get away and leave the nightmare
       behind. Her one good eye drifted closed, in response.
       ——
       “I can’t leave you mom, I can’t lose you again.not since I found
       you.” He said. “They already took enough away... please!” He
       asked.”and I meant it that this place won’t be safe, this part
       of town he building is rigged with some explosives.. it’s meant
       to come down!” He said.
       —-
       Death heard another explosion as he felt his anxiety being
       pulled as he saw James being shuffled out as well.”Jun! We can’t
       be playing!” He said looking around.”this building won’t last
       long!” He said now fully concerned making his way back to where
       he came from.
       Part of him hoped Jun just ran off again and he would find her
       trying to just enjoy the outside.. being inside was too risky.
       ——
       Alice blushed a bit.”alright..” she said and nodded before
       heading down the hall to the first floor. Once there she
       separated . She noticed smoke before a man bolting out with the
       other man tied to his back.”pestos toy..” she mumbled.”I’ll need
       to be careful.” She reasoned not wanting to get the hummuculous
       ‘ wrath. She took off, her feet flying before she felt a
       stronger shake from an explosion. She slid a bit before she got
       within range, planning on pulling the man back- only to save the
       man she was chasing with her telekinesis as the roof was coming
       down to pause above his head.”you need to give up! Your pestos
       friend right? You won’t be harmed at all if you’re with him!”
       She said mimicking a negotiation that war tried to teach her
       that was important at times.”I really don’t wanna break pestos
       friend- pesto is scary when angry.” She stated her duo toned
       eyes looking at the two men.
       —-
       Famine made chase to pestilence, now that the fucker had stopped
       trying to burn him. A few men at his disposal to try to take him
       down. *Did that **** get faster!?!* He thought to himself. It
       had been some time since he last saw the guy. He took a few more
       shots, one landing but didn’t drop the girl that he saw. He
       watched him jump out of the hole only to see the fucker come
       back changed. He shifted hating it as he felt repulsive to meet
       pestilence head on for hand to hand, getting more pissed the
       more he realized how or it felt like how pestilence had
       improved.The man who had caught River at the weapon stash showed
       up next, calling him a strange name and questing why he was
       doing this as if they had been close. He didn't understand it.
       "My name is not Pesto or Pest or Pestilence or any of that ****.
       I don't know you and you took my friends!" He practically
       snarled. Weither River really didn't want to hurt the man in his
       rage, stunned by confusion, or distracted by the sudden arrival
       of Famine was hard to say.
       He easily fixated on the man who had tortured him. As the pair
       exchanged blows, the memories came lurching back. The man had
       been trying to kill him. Claimed he just wanted to test his
       limits before admitting he just hated him. More anger filled him
       as he attacked Famine with everything he had, the flamethrower
       being used as a club to smack Famine around. He wouldn't be
       satisfied until the man was a stain on the ground at this point.
       ---
       Worry filled Jun at what her son had to say, hearing Death
       calling for her caused her to look away from Daevon to see how
       close her lover was to finding them. She took a deep breath
       before looking back at the young man who had not so long ago,
       and yet a lifetime ago, was just a little boy, a babe in her
       arms.
       "My sweet little boy..." She said softly as she cupped his cheek
       in one hand. She couldn't take it seeing him like this. If Death
       found them, she would have to beg him to not harm her son. Maybe
       he would grant her that? The last shred of her past life.
       "Okay... I'll... I'll come with you." She agreed, still sounding
       quite reluctant.
       ---
       Sounds of pain left Bobby with each movement, even just getting
       situated and tied onto Rebel's back nearly brought him to tears.
       He felt like he was dying and he knew he didn't want to die here
       as he clung to his savior as best he could, closing his eyes
       tight as he tried to bite back the pained groans that threatened
       to leave him as Rebel hauled him through the collapsing
       building, holding his breath as they went through the
       smoke.Bobby didn't open his eyes until he heard a female voice
       trying to reason with Rebel, claiming the man was Pesto's
       friend, whoever the hell that was. He hoped Rebel wouldn't stop
       running, especially when the ceiling began to give, the strange
       woman even keeping the roof from entirely caving in on them.
       #Post#: 1325--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Gamble (fixing)
       By: Inkglitched Date: February 12, 2026, 9:52 am
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       Rebel was more than a little worried hearing the sounds coming
       from Bobby. It was quite evident that they'd done something
       horrible to the young man. He wondered if a hospital would be
       able to help, or if Bobby had been harmed too much by these
       crazy people.
       Rebel paled at voice and dodged a falling piece of rubble. "Why
       can't you crazy freaks just leave us alone? Back off!" He
       yelled, his panic rising even more.
       He couldn't forget how she'd suggested hunting him down for fun.
       Rebel let out another cry of surprise when the ceiling started
       to cave in. The debris being held back and the look of
       concentration on the woman's face made him realize she was
       protecting them. But why? Especially after doing terrible
       experiments on Bobby.
       Rebel considered shooting the woman and letting the ceiling
       crush her, but he just couldn't do it. Of course when armed
       guards swarmed from behind her, that prompted Rebel to unleash
       shots at them and hurry away as fast as he could. Him having to
       constantly check behind himself and the added weight of Bobby on
       his back caused him to trip and go sliding face first into the
       cement.
       "**** hell...it hurts," he groaned and spat out blood and a
       couple of broken teeth. His jaw and cheek were killing him and
       throbbing, as did his right arm and leg.
       Rebel tried to get back up but his leg crumpled under him and
       he let out a cry of pain. "Sorry Bobby, I tried..and I failed,"
       he apologized between the tears of pain going down his face.
       --------
       War would have been able to hold Pestilence off on his own, bit
       of course Famine had to show and get in on the rumble. "Brat,
       back off," War growled at Famine.
       The two seemed far too invested in their fight and War was
       forced to intervene and help evacuate those escaping the
       building coming down.
       He'd been wrong about the explosives apparently. Whoever had set
       them has been much smarter than he'd anticipated, targeting
       supports and weakened areas of the compound.
       "Enough of this fighting, you're both going to get crushed in
       the rubble! " War yelled.
       When his eyes alit on two men  being carried between his guards,
       he moved to grab one by his black hair. "You want your friends
       to live? Stop fighting and come with us quietly or they both
       die," War threatened.
       He held back the surprise when he saw the man's features and
       eyes closer and recognized a much younger version of a general
       he'd worked with in the past.
       ——
       Famine was too lost in the fight to even listen to any sort of
       reason. Course when the torch became a club and him being the
       target didn’t feel so good either! He went to get up to be
       smacked again, he tried to grab it to wack river only to miss,
       and got smacked in the face. He crumpled on the ground in
       absolute pain at that point when war finally yelled about
       pestilence’s friends.
       ———
       Meanwhile back inside did Daevon seemed more than happy to hear
       his mom agree to come. He took her hand to lead her with him, he
       managed to help her through a window he opened and got through
       himself before hearing a few shots to get her to duck. He
       hoisted the bag as he got Jun to run with him to the car, he
       noticed Rachel in the back and got Jun in.
       He could still hear fighting going on, but then.. yelling. He
       took his gun out.”stay here okay mom?” He asked softly. He went
       to the hole and was semi ducked to see Bobby and rebel in wars
       hands.. the only good thing seen was famine out like a light on
       the floor. Death managed to calm down as he saw Jun and Daevon
       going out the window moments earlier- figuring it was best with
       the building going down.
       What he didn’t expect was death to come up behind him and
       confiscate his gun to feel it at the side of his head.”as much
       as I think famine deserved that…” said death.”please calm down,
       I’d hate for your friends to be hurt..” he paused to see rebels
       face.”anymore hurt than they already are.”he said.
       His face turned to Alice.”there’s some ladies near a car,
       neither should be a threat.” He said calmly. The woman inched a
       bit to stop and look at pestilence.”I’m sorry for nearly
       breaking your toy the first time but.. he did that to his own
       face.” She pointed. Death sighed.”Alice!” She ducked out of the
       hole to make her way down with the few men.
       She caught up with jun and opened the door.”come on.. we may
       have to change locations.” She told her.”you’ll be in deaths
       car, “ her duo toned eyes looked over where a man was shifting
       for Rachel.Rachel sighed deeply. Seems things gotten worse. She
       grunted in pain when she heard Alice telling them to gather the
       rest in a van, and be prepared for a transport.
       ——
       The rage entirely consumed River as he continued to pummel
       Famine into the floor, ignoring the other man at first when he
       tried to stop him once Famine was down. River slammed the heavy
       flamethrower against Famine's head and back until Rebel was used
       as a hostage, and the Daevon. One more swing, leaving the
       flamethrower on Famine's head.
       The plague doctor form slowly raised it's hands to surrender,
       finally shifting back to his human form. "You hurt them you
       don't want to know the hell you will pay," he warned. He had
       failed again to protect them and now even got more people
       captured. What would happen now?
       ---
       It was easy to follow Daevon out of the building, the man hiding
       her in a hidden car before running off again. She stayed with
       the injured woman, feeling very sad over the condition she was
       now in. "What did they do to you?" Jun questioned as she waited.
       A fresh layer of fear took hold of Jun when she saw Daevon
       captured by Death, and Alice having found them very easily. She
       scrambled out of the car and towards Death and her son. "Death!
       Please! Don't hurt him!" She begged. "He is my son Death
       please," she pleaded as she grabbed her lover's wrist of the
       hand holding the gun to Daevon's head.
       ---
       Bobby's heart sank the moment Rebel slipped and he couldn't get
       back up. "Don't apologize, I'm grateful you came at all..." He
       said softly, his voice weaker now. Then Rebel was snatched up by
       one of the men from the compound, threatening to kill the man to
       what looked like a monster that soon became River to try and
       protect them. What the hell was going on?Once War's and Death's
       threats caused Pestilence to stand down, there was a great deal
       of work involved in getting their men and captives loaded up in
       vans and vehicles. The few dead men, War took car of before
       gathering up Famine's crumpled body.
       Not wanting to hear his complaining or groans, he muzzled his
       brother and chained him and tossed him in the car trunk. "We're
       going to the Dark Mansion, do not release him. I or Death will
       deal with him when we get there," he told the driver.
       The caravan was soon heading out; Death in a van with Pestilence
       and one of the human men. War escorting Alice and Jun into
       another van: leaving his men to bring a van with James, his two
       experiments and the young clone.
       -----
       Rebel hated himself for being so weak, wishing things had gone
       differently. Maybe if they were lucky, he might die before he
       was subjected to bring experimented on like Bobby and Rachel had
       been.
       He let out a cry of pain when he was dumped in the back of a van
       and tried to breath through the extreme pain. He turned his head
       and bit into his lip seeing how bad Bobby and Rachel looked. He
       had the sinking feeling that things were going to get much worse
       for all of them.
       ——
       Famine felt the muzzle to start struggling naturally his noises
       slipping out before he felt the chains to panic. Bit when he saw
       the trunk he about lost it to see the hood close and him banging
       on it like crazy. His head hurt like hell from the last wallup
       from River. His banging wouldn’t stop till they were halfway
       there.
       ——-
       Daevon was dragged with death to the car as he saw his
       mom.”don’t you **** touch-“ he started yelling to feel death
       yank him close.”she’s safer with him than James.” He started
       before seeing the man bitching himself about being away from the
       woman. Daevon took one look to see the man getting dragged to
       being taken with his cousin.”and that’s any better?” He
       started.”lemme go I’ll cooperate if I can hit em once.” Death
       looking done with the whole thing let go of daevons arm to watch
       him march over and watched as the man clocked James hard enough
       for the glasses to break in half. The man was out and tossed in
       with several bags of things, one Daevon recognized as what he
       scooped of Rachel’s things before walking away.
       ——
       Rachel could still hear her aunts question and sighed wishing
       she’d remember her. She always did like baking with the woman.
       Once the doors closed she looked around. She knew she could not
       keep feeling sorry for herself.. she’d be in the same spot years
       ago when she first realized she would never feel with her hands
       again. She noticed Daevon looking at a bag and shifted her head
       at the beaten rebel and the dying Bobby.
       She let off a soft breath feeling the van move there were no
       windows.. being treated more like things than people.”Bobby… “
       she said softly.”I’m giving you a choice okay?.. I just don’t
       want you to suffer anymore but if I turn you into what I am..
       they may do more things.. I’m throwing a wrench in this way..”
       she said and tears welled up.
       ——
       Daevon quietly went in the car with River and death clearly
       looking pissed.”look, I’m not gonna touch you for juns sake, but
       you’re gonna realize she isn’t the same person.” He told the man
       as he heard.”you don’t get to choose that.. she’s my mom and she
       will recognize me as her kid at the end of the day.” He shot
       back. Death gripped the wheel. He could still see her pleading
       face to spare her child.. and him saying he would as long as she
       wouldn’t leave. “Little plague bringer.. what happened.. I want
       to know.” His eyes drifted to the review mirror where the two
       would be.”why do you look at me with such contempt.”
       #Post#: 1327--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Gamble (fixing)
       By: Inkglitched Date: February 12, 2026, 10:30 am
       ---------------------------------------------------------
       Everything around River seemed to move in slow motion and yet,
       everything was happening so suddenly. Finding out the cat woman
       was Daevon's mom was definitely news, but still more shock was
       to come.
       Once under way, the seeming ring leader asked a question that
       truly confused him. "Are... are you serious? You kidnap my
       boyfriends cousin and friend, *torture them* and have now
       kidnapped all of us.... what part of this am I supposed to be
       happy about?" River questioned, the coals of his anger still
       festering.
       "Doesn't exactly help that your little abomination of a friend
       tortured me to the point that I don't remember anything past
       when he tried to kill me...." He said with venom in his words.
       At least Daevon was unharmed... he had to take the small
       victories.
       ----
       Where Jun had expected Death, War arrived in his place, joining
       her and Alice in the van before it took off. The feline woman
       looked out the back window, anxiety filling her at the thought
       of Death being alone with her son. "Where are we going?" She
       finally asked after the silence had dragged on for a majority of
       the ride.
       ---
       A fresh gasp of pain left Bobby as he was separated from Rebel
       before being tossed into the back of the car with Rebel, Rachel,
       and a man he didn't recognize past knowing Daevon had socked the
       guy in the face breaking his glasses.
       He was pulled from his thoughts when he heard Rachel speak. He
       turned to look at her, a look of sorrow overcoming him seeing
       her like this. Even feeling like he was on the doorstep of
       death, Rachel still managed to get a proper blush out of him
       when she admitted to loving him. It wasn't even a choice in his
       mind.
       "I couldn't possibly take the easy way out and leave you all
       alone... we will have each other... all three of us.... if we
       are going to survive... I... I love you too Rachel..." He said
       with a faint smile.
       ——-
       It took every ounce of his strength to moved into a sitting
       position, against the wall of the van, jostling around with each
       bump.War  had been reliving the experience of tossing the brat
       into the trunk when he heard Jun's question.
       "To a much better fortified safe house," he replied, sneaking a
       glance back at the chimaera. "I don't think you've been there
       before. Maybe Death's mentioned it though. We call it Dark
       Mansion,"
       War stole a look at Alice, seeing she still had debris in her
       hair, as well as a few scratches on her. Once everything was
       settled, he was going to be dragging her into the shower. He had
       the feeling that she wouldn't mind it.
       -------
       Rebel was starting to worry even more hearing Bobby's breathing
       getting worse by the moment. His attention shifted to Rachel,
       his own breath catching when she suggested turning Bobby.
       "I-i got it," Rebel stuttered out and clenched his teeth,
       hauling himself closer to the bag she'd mentioned and pulled out
       the good arm.
       It took him a few agonizing moments to pull himself over to
       Rachel and get the arm strapped to her stub. "There, got it," he
       gasped out and slumped down next to Rachel. "I'm just...gonna
       pass out now," he groaned, his eyes rolling back as the pain
       made him black out.
       ——
       Death listened to pestilence getting naturally angry. Gauging
       the man some as he could hear the anger in his voice. His eyes
       flickered to Daevon he had his arms cuffed and behind him. The
       man quietly glaring at him as well. “Pestilence, the other
       abomination is your older brother-“ he started before he saw
       Daevons head slowly turn in a way and clearly had a disgusted
       look.”as for what he did- he will be punished thoroughly, you
       can’t die - but to know we can go to that extent of losing
       memory?…” he sighed.
       His mind whirred a little on how to keep pestilence happy and
       be-able to at least finish what they started on the two. His
       lips parted.”pestilence I promise when we are done with daevons
       family member and friend they can remain untouched- the girl it
       came out she’s been changing over time into what we are.. she
       might be an entirely different type of hummunculi.. the boy will
       die if you don’t let us finish. He will be much like her if we
       can recreate the circumstances that William had started. If
       anything- you just have to state they follow under your orders.
       They will get breaks with what’s coming and at least a little
       more freedom than they’ve been given so far.” He said to see
       Daevon blink.”you can even make the boyfriend your second in
       command.. just come back to us for now. Famine is more than out
       of commission right now, and I’ll gladly let you knock him
       around again since he’s suppose to go through wars rigorous
       training.” He said and his hands tightened on the wheel.Daevon
       looked like he was itching to give death a few choice words but
       remained quiet as this conversation was directed at River.
       ——
       Alice could see the worry in Jun’s face. Her hand touched the
       felines back. She opted for it given she knew the chimeras
       history of escaping. She could feel eyes from ear to glance back
       , before naturally brushing the ceiling from her hair.
       ——-
       Rachel’s face softened at the words given, and the mention of
       the three of them. She could hear rebel getting her arm as her
       face went red slightly. Her pale face earned another shade at
       his confession of love before he adjusted his own position her
       eyes looking concerned. “Bobby..” she managed before seeing
       rebel drag himself back over. She made a small hiss of pain. Her
       arm must of gone through someone being rough with it.. but she
       would make it work.once it was strapped on she heard rebel.
       Her arm went around him to slide him down on the floor.”just
       rest… hopefully a better doctor will patch you up..” she mumbled
       looking at James wondering how hard her cousin managed to deck
       him- and hoping he’d stay out for a while.
       She quietly dug in another bag that was filled with things and
       weapons to find a knife. She cut down Bobby’s medical gown front
       and blushed a bit.”sorry..” she said drawing back, turning the
       knife away from Bobby to earn another jostle of the van, causing
       it to drop and nearly stabbed her leg. She inspected herself
       till she found a wound that wasn’t healed and said.”it’ll be a
       bit gross but just.. stay with me.” She said softly before using
       her fingers to draw on the man’s chest. She fixed what she could
       with the jostles and looked at Bobby one more time. She could
       tell he was on the brink of going. Once the light seemed to
       diminish as the breathing slowed she activated the circle. A
       glow filled the back of the van as she mumbled a prayer, or what
       sounded like it. The glow started blue before shifting to the
       traumatizing purple before everything went white.
       Rachel’s eyes flickered open her face looking at a familiar
       vision of a door in a white room. A soft gasp escaped before she
       looked down to see.. her true arms. Her eyes flickered behind
       her to see a grinning white blob of a person.”nice to see you
       again.” She heard her arms going close to her chest. “What is it
       you want?” She heard.She let off a sigh. Her arms were part of
       the fodder to try- but memories of being here before showed on
       her face. She’d never get the arms back. But then.. the person
       using them was told they were never theirs to give. “Bobby…” she
       said and looked at the entity.”that’s all I want.” The grinning
       thing cocked its head.. or what seemed like it. “Will be done
       for the arms that was once yours.” She heard before the vision
       ended. Her eyes flew open to hear finally.”what have you
       done?!?” Rachel noticed the van and the raging James. She
       ignored him to wipe her hand over the blood to smudge the work
       in case he tried to stop her. She was shoved back as the man
       started checking Bobby over immediately.. before a nice big
       jostle threw him back. Rachel got back near Bobby  and put her
       ear near his chest to hear the thud.. a heartbeat. It was
       faint.. but it was there. Her metal hand touched rebel.”I owe
       you a real thank you… and I’ll give it once you wake up..” she
       said before being dragged off Bobby again to be told to not move
       again.
       ——
       "My name is not Pestilence!" River half yelled, disgust,
       confusion, and anger all taking turns contorting his facial
       features. "I don't know what you think you will gain with those
       *lies* I found Rachel being actively tortured by that freak. You
       expect me to let him do more?? I don't give two **** about
       whatever bullshit you weirdos have going on. Am I a past
       experiment or something? Trying to convince me I'm someone else,
       is that what you did to Daevon's mom?" The tirade continued for
       several more minutes before he had finally gotten most of his
       rage out of his system.
       "Even if he *was* my brother before what he did.... he certainly
       isn't one now.... moment the fucker found me he tried to get rid
       of me again...." River said in a far softer voice, this one
       filled with a kind of hurt one only felt when betrayed by
       family. Which confused the man as he didn't know why it felt
       like a betrayal.
       ----
       "No, I haven't been there... or heard of it... everyone treats
       me like a pet... so I'm not really told things...." Jun said in
       a dreary voice. Her mind was racing about all the trouble she
       would be in with James and Death. Even with Death's promises to
       keep her safe, she knew eventually the man would be unable to be
       by her side constantly. Not only that, but she had disobeyed him
       and was deathly afraid of what punishment the man would have for
       her.
       Her mind kept wondering back to her son. Worrying over his fate.
       Would he be trapped like her now too? It seemed like that might
       be the case given they were going to a more secure safe house.
       She was pulled briefly from her thoughts when she felt Alice's
       hand on her back, causing the chimera to look at the woman. The
       seeming compassion on her face felt, odd. She had known Alice to
       be ruthless having worked under Fanine for a long while, but
       having her attempt to comfort her was almost out of place.
       Still, Jun didn't push her away, turning her gaze back out the
       window. "How long til we arrive?" She asked.
       ----
       The feeling of approaching death was getting closer and closer
       as Bobby tried to stay awake for a little longer. He just had to
       hold on or the world would slip away and he had a feeling he
       wouldn't wake back up this time. A shaky breath left him as
       Rachel got her arm back in place before using her own blood to
       make a symbol of some kind on his chest after cutting open his
       clothes with a blade she had found.
       Then, there was a blinding light as Bobby's body went into fresh
       waves of agony. Had he died? He couldn't have, he could still
       feel everything contracting and expanding inside of him like an
       unnatural dance of death. Was this hell? He hadn't thought he
       had been a bad person, but maybe he was wrong?
       Then, Bobby saw the door. Rachel, he couldn't hear what she was
       saying or see who she was talking to, but she looked desperate.
       He wanted to reach out and comfort her but he couldn't move.
       Suddenly, the weight of impending sleep washed over the dying
       man as the pain slowly ebbed away and he slipped into rather
       peaceful sleep.
       ———
       War wasn't all that surprised to hear Jun had been kept in the
       dark about most things. James was the type to keep his
       underlings barely knowledgeable about anything other than what
       he needed them to know. Death more than likely would tell her a
       bit more. Of course it made him consider what he should share
       with the chimaera.
       War noticed Alice's attempt to calm Jun down and was relieved
       that it seemed to work.
       "I know James likes to be closed off about things, Death will
       probably teach you more if you ask. The Dark Mansion's a few
       hours outside the city, we should be there soon enough,"
       War felt the hairs on his body raise on end and his eyes flashed
       white briefly in response to feeling the magic Rachel had used.
       His hands tightened on the driver's wheel. He didn't mention
       what he felt, though he was sure James would be pissed by
       whatever was happening. Famine might as well, which made him
       crack a grin.
       ------
       An hour later, War pulled up to the gate house outside the
       massive Dark Mansion and talked to the men on guard duty. It
       took a while before the gates were open and the vehicles were
       waved inside.
       War led the vans to the hospital wing and parked out of the way.
       "Wait for me here Alice, I'll be back to take you in. I'm sure
       Death will be a long shortly for you Jun."
       The big door to the hospital wing opened wide and a tall
       androgynous creature dressed in a nursing outfit came out with
       several aids to get the wounded inside.
       Seeing the state of Bobby, Rachel and Rebel had Dior clicking
       their tongue and shooting an open glare at the still passed out
       James.
       "And you call yourself a doctor. Be gentle with them," Dior told
       the aids and War's men who were helping. "Or you'll have me to
       deal with,"
       Dior oversaw their unloading and started treating those that
       they could.Death heard the yelling and listened to the man. He
       let off a breath. “You are not an experiment.. the rest of us
       are just men that do the work.” He said.”*I* didn’t do anything
       to Jun.. that was James work.” Daevon looked livid.”imma kill
       him.” He mumbled. “So what are you doing with my mom then?”
       Death heard.
       Death blushed reflexively.
       “Oh HELL no! “ Daevon said.
       Death clutched the wheel the moment he felt it. He didn’t know
       who did it- but knowing it was activated. “Well that’s gonna be
       a problem.” He mumbled.
       ——-
       By the time they arrived, they got to the van, Rachel in the
       man’s grip by her now dried looking gown.  He heard Dior and
       about flexed his jaw. “Some don’t deserve gentle.” He said to
       let the girl drop. Course once Rachel was collected with the
       others did she see her cousin approach.  He could see a few
       fresh bruises only to be met by his cousins smirk.”I just pissed
       him off a little.” She said to see death coming up behind and
       immediately looked away.  Dior seemed to be kind of man that
       would shoo away stress.”can a girl ask that certain people not
       come near me for a while?” She called out irritated and in pain.
       “That this **** here.” She said pointing at death while James
       was being escorted inside to go calm down. She didn’t want to
       deal with questions and hoped somehow death would be too busy to
       even try at some point.
       Famine was in the trunk already acting up again when he felt
       what was going on. He was ready to get the hell out that he
       knew.
       There wasn't much else to say as far as River was concerned. All
       he wanted sas to go with Daevon and the small possy they had
       formed and flee the town but that was looking like a distorted
       fantasy at this point. He tried to focus on his boyfriend's
       anger. They had taken the man's mother and brushed it off like
       it was nothing. These thoughts were wiped away for several
       moments as a strange feeling of discomfort overtook him,
       disappearing as quickly as it arrived.
       River didn't know what to expect, but a secluded fortress of a
       masion was not what he would have thought of for a safe spot
       from these thugs to crash. Once allowed out of the car, he
       stayed close to Daevon, giving anyone who got to close to the
       man a rather nasty glare that was more than enough to get them
       to back off.
       When an assistant attempted to guide River away, he was quick to
       jerk away demanding not to be touched. Sure, he needed a bullet
       taken out of his shoulder and his bandages needed changing but
       he was confident his boyfriend could take care of that.
       ----
       "I doubt Death will tolerate my disobedience for long..." the
       feline woman said sadly. When they arrived at the masion, Jun
       was quick to get out of the car before she was told to stay put.
       The chimera huffed as she leaned against the trunk of the car
       and wait for Death for collect her.
       ---
       The day had gone from trivially routine to hectic in a matter of
       hours after Sébastien received a call that he would have new
       patients. Dr. Polick didn't much care for sudden schedul changes
       and had to rush the staff into shape in order to receive the
       injured. As always, Nurse Dior was a God sent.
       The man always held a poise and grace about his work that made
       the sassy creature a delight to work with. It helped that Dior
       got results with a caring touch. Unlike most of the other staff,
       Sébastien didn't rush outside to help bring people in.
       Rather, he waited for the injured to come to him. The moment
       bodies hit their beds, Dr. Polick was at work."I don't give a
       damn about your opinion," Dior shot back at James.
       Dior got distracted momentarily when they saw Death and the two
       other men get out and come over. Hearing Rachel's question and
       her motion at Death had Dior moving to intervene.
       "Make sure James gets some time in the padded room until he
       calms down. Maybe a sedative as well." Dior called to the aid
       helping War's men.
       "You heard the woman, back off. You're going to have to wait
       until the doctor or I give you permission to talk to her,"
       After getting Rachel and the others settled, Dior came back out,
       recalling having heard noise from one of the car trunks.
       "All right, unlock this trunk, I know I heard something moving
       around," Dior insisted, glancing at War and Death.
       War sighed and got the driver to unlock it. "Be careful,
       Famine's likely to lash out, he could hurt you,"
       Dior rolled their eyes and moved in to open the trunk. Seeing
       the chained and muzzled man in various stages of healing pissed
       them off intensely.
       "What the hell is wrong with you ****? Why would you be so
       cruel? Get these off of him now!"
       "Famine's dangerous, I put them on him for a reason. Fine...just
       move out of   the way," War replied, pulling the key out of his
       pocket and cautiously moving in towards Famine.
       "Just. Give it." Dior demanded and grabbed the key. They started
       muttering curses under their breath as the undid the chains and
       removed the muzzle.
       "Let me help you inside," They insisted, slipping an arm around
       Famine and helped him out of the trunk and onto his feet.
       —-
       Rachel seemed to relax to see death reluctantly going as she and
       the rest were shuffled to a room. Daevon opting to patch up
       River in the hospital room given he wanted to do it right. Had
       he not had to deal with the mafia would have been a medic.
       He sat down with River in a chair and got himself situated to
       see the doctor. Part of him making sure this guy wasn’t a second
       coming of James. “Sit still alright? I’ll get it out just lemme
       know if I’m too rough.” He told River as he worked at the
       bullet. Rachel just settled back the gentle touches to cleaning
       her up and dressed in a clean gown. She moved her arm again and
       made a small pained noise. She realized the scuffle in the van
       may of **** with her connectors. She could also hear Steele in
       her head chewing her out to lean back semi defeated.
       Daevon managed to get it out and grabbed some alcohol to clean
       it and began to bandage it.”just lemme know if it’s too tight..”
       he said as he continued his work. His mind whirring on what to
       do. His eyes drifted briefly to rebel and Bobby. The man looked
       asleep, but .. he looked better. Daevon finished tying it off
       and turned to Rachel. He watched the eyes blink twice and the
       slight bite of her bottom lip.”Rachel did you…” he saw the face
       he knew well. One that she knew she did something wrong but for
       a reason. “Try to worry about healing..” he said as he turned
       back to River to continue looking over him.
       ——
       Death grumbled slightly at being told to walk off. He could see
       the girl visibly relax with him away. He walked to his car to
       notice Jun leaning against it.”let’s go to my room - my dear.
       I’m sure you have a lot of questions.” Death said quietly. His
       jaw flexed a little as he could feel a rare headache for him
       coming on.
       ——-
       Alice watched as Dior was making demands and hearing famine
       going slightly feral in the trunk. Course when the trunk opened
       and just about prepared to jump whoever opened the thing-
       stopped.They… were gorgeous… and here he was in the most
       embarrassing situation. Chained and looking like a mess! Of
       course hearing them being quite indignant for him was a breath
       of fresh air. He saw how war was acting cautious and course in
       his mind he felt the hummunculous should be. He wanted training?
       He was gonna give war a headache later. But when Dior had the
       key did the pissy look wipe from his face instantly to looking a
       bit pathetic. Feeding off the sympathy of Dior. Once he was
       freed from his prison and gag he moved his joints and jaw. He
       blushed a bit feeling the arm, the moment his feet hit the
       ground did he realize their height difference.. but for once he
       wasn’t pissed that they were taller.”thank you.” Fell out
       leaving Alice gaping as he never said thank you since the moment
       she met him.. or so she believed.Following Daevon away from the
       chaos that was now their life was quite easy for River. Soon the
       pair were mostly alone in a hospital room like area, well,
       mostly. A man who only identified himself as "The Doctor" when
       anyone asked who he was. Dr. Polick wasn't a fan of offering up
       his real name when working with the mafia, was going about the
       place tending to the injured and advising the staff of how to
       care for each person.
       He ended up spending a long time looking over Bobby, a grim look
       in his features and tone when he spoke about the boy. River was
       quickly distracted from the man when his boyfriend began to dig
       into the bullet wound once the humunculus' shirt was off. He
       gritted his teeth and gripped the back of the chair as the man
       fished the metal from his flesh. He couldn't stop his gasp when
       the man used alcohol on the fresh wound.
       He stayed still despite all the pain, seeming to barely flinch
       as the guy wrapped up his injuries. "I always heal, how are you
       holding up?" He questioned, trying to keep the focus off of
       himself. The man wasn't used to being fussed over like this.
       ---
       Once Sébastien was sure that the male experiment wasn't going to
       keel over on him when his back was turned, he finally turned his
       attention to the woman. Seeing the way her arm moved and how she
       flinched, crying out. He walked over to her, standing in front
       of her as he was making notes on a chart he was writing up for
       her. Every patient needed one and his whole day was now going to
       be drown in paperwork.
       "Good afternoon, I am the attending Doctor on staff here at the
       Dark Mannor. I need your name, age, medications, past injuries,
       and current ailments. Then I can examine you and help get those
       arms functioning again." He said with a friendly smile as his
       robotic eyes focused in on the woman's missing limbs and how she
       would likely to have extensive work done to repaire her body.
       ---
       The lack of anger in Death's voice took Jun off guard. She had
       expected him to be upset.Without questioning it for the moment,
       Jun followed after her lover to his bedroom in this massive
       luxury home. The leopard woman couldn't help but look around as
       they traveled through the halls. It didn't take the pair long to
       get to the room the man had spoken of.
       She took in a sharp breath when the door closed, officially
       alone with the man for the first time since she had disobeyed
       him. She was scared to turn and face him, but she slowly forced
       herself to.
       "I'm... I'm sorry.... I just... he is my son.... I.... I
       remember him...." She started as tears began to well up in her
       eyes.
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       Re: Gamble (fixing)
       By: Inkglitched Date: February 12, 2026, 12:30 pm
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       Dior ignored everyone that was watching with shocked looks on
       their faces and helped the wounded Homunuclus into the hospital
       wing.
       "You're quite welcome cutie," Dior replied with a flirty wink.
       "Now don't fight me about checking you out and helping you heal
       faster," They added, helping Famine inside to get settled in one
       of the more private rooms.
       Seeing how the others had treated him, Dior felt it would be
       best to keep Famine far from the others.
       "Do I need to help you undress? Or can you manage on your own?
       There's a gown on the chair that you can slip on." Dior asked,
       tapping their fingers on the metal bed frame.
       ----
       War was more than a little stunned by Famine's reaction to the
       nurse and how docile he was. Not to mention that The brat was
       actually polite.
       "Looks like he might actually behave for a change," War said
       with a shake of his head. "Never thought that was possible,"
       War walked over to take Alice's hand and led her off down to the
       front entrance of the mansion. "I'll give you a tour of the
       place, but first let's get cleaned up."
       He was grateful to be able to let his guard down a little bit
       for once. He hoped that the nurse would remain a good influence
       on Famine. The last thing he wanted was to be called to the
       hospital wing to deal with him.
       War found the ground floor suite he'd always used and opened the
       door for Alice and followed her inside. "It would be safer to
       share this room, I promise I won't smother you," War said
       pulling away to start pulling off his dirty and torn clothes.
       "Want to join me in the shower?' he asked, sneaking a look at
       her once he'd pulled his shirt off.
       ——-
       Daevon chuckled at the sudden shift of the question to him.”you
       really aren’t use to being fussed over- “ his mouth fell a
       little as he watched the bustle over Bobby.
       “Honestly I don’t know.. had so much happen.. and my mom being
       here and used…” his fingers slid from his work. “It’s just a mix
       of emotions.. and I’m sure you’re feeling the same way right
       now.” He said his fingers drifting up to brush pestilence’s hair
       back.”think once we have some real privacy..and if your not
       hurting too bad maybe blowing off some steam the fun way? “ he
       said with a lopsided smile. He didn’t want to touch on too much
       out in the open.
       ——-
       Unlike that of the last room. Deaths was more on the side of
       having at least two large windows. The bed was a bit bigger and
       the room decorated bit more elegantly. The moment they hit the
       room. He shut and locked the door. His back to her as his face
       slid to its transparent form not daring to turn himself. He was
       angry.. but unlike the other three can come off calm, which was
       normally hard for anyone to know. But chimera were a different
       matter all together. Animals and those that were crossed with
       them would have an instinctive fear toward him knowing the
       truth. Only if his form slipped during this calm interaction
       would anyone else know.”Jun we talked about this, you hold the
       face that James was obsessed with. You’ll be a mother, just your
       holding the ghost of memories of someone else.” He said rather
       coldly. The tie came off as he laid it on the chair. He began to
       undress from the mess and said.”strip, we both need a bath after
       that big mess at the compound.. “ his mind wandered to what he
       wanted to do, the idea of his hands running on her form. Same
       time.. he reasoned to himself maybe locking her up for a while
       would be better punishment and trying to keep her away from
       Daevon would be better.
       His hands paused at his belt. A thought played in his head as he
       seemed to come upon a decision that sounded right in his head.
       But first that bath.
       —-
       Alice felt her hand taken to watch famine exaggerating a limp as
       they walked away and sighed.”maybe just for him.” She said to
       rub her head. The two made it to a room her face taking in the
       rather large room and bed. Being how she was once he let go of
       her hand dirty or not fell on the bed.”so comfy..” she mumbled.
       Her last room was nothing *but* a padded cell. She
       shifted.”sharing? There’s no padded rooms?” She blushed a bit
       feeling happy enough to not be by herself for hours anymore.
       Though she knew the poor and prodding of James wouldn’t end.
       She heard the mention of a shower to ease her fingers on her
       outfit, “I wouldn’t mind. But I need help out of the belts..
       they’re in the back.” She shifted her hair from the attire to
       let the man get them undone. After a few tugs she managed to get
       it off. The scars littered about her back was faint from years
       ago. She untied her long wavy hair as it drooped down.”washing
       this hair gonna be a lot of work.” She mumbled looking in the
       mirror at herself before feeling eyes. Being use to being naked
       in front of others she couldn’t help but see the mischievous
       look.“Wanna have fun?” She asked in her now characteristically
       normal way, be it on the battle field or a normal game.
       ——-
       Rachel looked at the kindly doctor that had walked up. Naturally
       the woman seemed to be slightly mistrusting. But Rachel knew
       better.”Rachel rosecroft, “ she started to see famine being
       walked by, his eyes connected with hers and a smirk formed
       briefly as the girl dropped her eyes. “I ah.. am not taking
       medications. Sedatives work only so much, I’m 19.” She looked at
       her hand. “Past injuries- poisoned during my childhood, arms cut
       off.. not entirely human anymore.” She listed. “I have my teeth
       back so no worries there.. my eye is back just lacking some
       vision.. I have poor eye problems to begin with.” She went quiet
       there was more but she sure wasn’t gonna tell with her cousin
       around.“My connectors got **** with royally so thank you for
       taking care of that. The arms got trashed extensively as well,
       you might want to get a metal mechanic.. best I know is Steele,
       he works for anyone so won’t have issues.. mention my name he’ll
       understand.” She said.
       ———
       Famine was more than smitten the moment the compliment came out
       of Dior’s mouth. The man called him cute!
       After giving Rachel a smirk that seemed to scare her enough he
       wiped it clean before going in the room. “I won’t fight it at
       all..” he said liking this ‘special’ treatment Dior seemed to be
       doing in his mind. While he could undress himself he was t gonna
       waste an opportunity, “mine helping me? I don’t think I can lift
       my arms too much without them hurting.” He ‘complained’ the idea
       of being taken care of hand and foot made him slightly giddy..
       and for once not starving for attention like he did with death
       and war when pestilence came into being. But now there was
       another half baked hummunculous and wasn’t happy to know it was
       another pretty face.
       ——
       Feeling the help of being undressed and the gentle hands of Dior
       made him melt a little.A light chuckle escaped River at being
       called out on his lack of experience being fussed over. His
       expression turned more serious when Daevon opened up to him,
       even curving into a frown as the man easily guessed the
       emotional turmoil the humuculus was going through.
       It was needless to say that River was caught off guard by what
       his boyfriend said next, earning a proper blush from him at the
       idea of being more intimate with the man. That lopsided smile on
       Daevon's lips making River want to draw the man in for a kiss
       right then, but held himself back.
       "The fun way? I'm curious what exactly you have in mind." He
       flirted with a smirk taking over his lips. "Might need to figure
       out where they plan on keeping us..." He mused before his eyes
       went from his boyfriend and back to the room. It wasn't hard to
       flag down an assistant who was smile at River in a way as if the
       woman knew him.
       "Well, you will be staying in *your* room Master Pestilence."
       She nearly chimed with pleasantness. The glare that crossed
       River's face about gave the poor woman a heartattack as she
       appologize quickly. "My name is not Pestilence.... You can call
       me River...." He corrected, trying to keep his voice calm as the
       woman was already scared of him. "Just... take me to this
       Pestilence guy's room I guess..." He finally said to which she
       eagerly abliged as she led the pair to a master bedroom.
       The inside was rather extravagant with bird skulls, complemented
       with black flowers and other black decor graced nearly every
       surface. If it wasn't black or bird related, it seemed
       everything else involved legends of death. The boat for the
       river stixx in model form sat as a wall ornament  above the
       headboard of the huge bed. "Not morbid at all..." River
       commented, almost complaining, yet, the place felt like home in
       the strangest of ways.
       "If you need anything I won't be far!" The woman told the pair
       before closing the door and, per the orders of the master of the
       house, locked them inside the room.
       ---
       The feline woman's ears and tail drooped at what Death said to
       her. That cold tone sending a chill down her. "It is more than
       memories..." Jun started to argue, but stopped when she saw him
       beginning to undress and demanded she do the same. The chimera
       didn't dare disobey the man in the moment as she easily slipped
       out of her dirty clothes, letting them crumple into a pile on
       the floor before she headed into the bathroom.
       She found a brush in one of the sink drawers and began to work
       on detangeling her hair as she waited for her lover to join her.
       A sinking sorrow was slowly inching it's way over Jun's heart at
       the thought that her memories could be false, but she knew
       without a doubt that Daevon was her son, or at least, she was
       sure she knew. Death was very good at making her doubt herself.
       ---
       The pen scratched over Sébastien chart as he took notes of
       everything the woman was telling him, nodding as he went to
       encourage her to keep going. "Well, when I am done with my
       examination I will get his information from you and give Mr.
       Steele a call." The doctor the proceeded to carry on, going over
       all his standard questions as he looked the woman over
       carefully.
       After being quite through, Dr. Polick went back to making notes
       on her patient chart. "I will be ordering you some pain
       medication, the state of that connector must be hurting. I will
       call the automale mechanic and we will regroup with a proper
       plan to get you fixed up properly." He said with a smile. When
       he was done writing on the chart, he handed it off to one of his
       assistants, telling them he wanted Dior on Rachel's care as soon
       as possible before going to his office, both for a brief
       reprieve from the chaos that was his clinic.
       He dialed the number Rachel had given him and called up the man.
       "Yes, hello, is this Mr. Steele? I have a patient in my care by
       the name of Rachel Rosecroft and was hoping you could come in
       for a consultation." He began once the man answered.
       ——-
       War couldn't help but watch Alice as she relaxed on the bed. Her
       question about padded rooms had him frown. Is that where she'd
       been staying before? He turned around keeping her from seeing
       how angry he felt. Why had he never thought to find out what her
       living quarters were.
       "I apologize for not getting you moved before. From now on I'll
       do better, and you'll stay with me,"
       War moved behind her and undid the belts after she mentioned
       needing help. He stepped back and finished undressing watching
       as she pulled the form fitting outfit off.
       HIs eyes trailed down her back, taking in her scars and sexy
       curves. "I can help you with your hair," War offered and gave
       her a smoldering lustful look when she asked if he wanted to
       have some fun.
       "What did you have in mind beautiful?" He asked and slide a hand
       down one arm and then clasped her hand in it and pulled her into
       the private bathroom.
       "I think a shower first to get everything off, then a long soak
       would work best. What do you think?"
       -----
       Dior was more than a little pleased that Famine didn't seem to
       mind the flirting. It even seemed as though he was interested in
       them as well. "Of course I'll help you," Dior replied and moved
       in to gently help him undress.
       They assessed Famine's wounds, making note of them before
       getting him into the hospital gown. Dior guided Famine into the
       bed and tucked him in and ran a hand gently through his hair.
       "Is there anything else I can get you? I've got other work to
       do, but I can come back later to clean you up and visit with you
       if you'd like. I'm Dior by the way,"
       Dior was soon pulled away by an aid that passed on orders that
       Sebastian had given about the other patients and what care
       they'd need. After seeing to Rachel and Bobby; Dior went to
       check out Rebel.
       He had only woken when his leg had been set and then passed back
       out, and pumped full of morphine and an IV of saline to keep him
       hydrated.
       Dior checked the young guy over and took a few vials of blood
       for testing. Having lived on the streets for a little while, he
       recognized the signs of street living on the other's body. It
       was quite likely the guy could have other problems that he
       didn't know about.
       "Take these to the lab please," Dior said to one of the aids and
       handed them off.
       ——-
       They gathered up some bathing supplies and headed back to
       Famine. "So cutie, what do you want me to call you?"
       ——
       Daevon smirked a bit more.”no idea but you know they’re gonna
       lock the door.” He said flatly. Course the woman that came as he
       took note of Rachel being hesitant to talk more with him around.
       He followed the two his eyes looking around the hall. How he
       wished he had Rachel’s photographic memory. He kept quiet as
       much as she did about it. It got them out of sticky situations
       before.
       His eyes looked around at the images. “I don’t know, kinda like
       the asthetic.. course I always did have a twisted sense of
       appeal of stuff like this.” He said.
       He looked back to hear the cheerful woman and sighed at the
       locked door.”see what I mean?” He said to shuffle his shirt off.
       As he did so, the scar famine left so long ago showed. Despite
       it clearly looked as if the man worked out. “So… shower first
       **** later or **** now and shower later.” He said to sit on the
       bed,”can clean each other up and get to feeling ourselves
       again..” He said with a chuckle. He wasn’t sure what kind of
       person River was in bed.. or if he been in bed before. He knew
       he had.. but he didn’t want to spring how he was on river too
       suddenly with bed if he never had his first time. Course this
       was him running away from having to talk about what was on his
       mind right now. He needed just a distraction to properly think.
       Course River and seeing him naked was invading his mind clearly
       doing a good job of distracting him from the mountain.. or what
       felt like it of problems that seemingly dropped on him.
       ———
       Death came into the bathroom to start the bath, shower didn’t
       sound like something he wanted, he watched as she combed her
       hair his eyes running over her bare backside. He wondered if he
       should do what was done to Alice once they got her away from
       famine. The lashings seemed to straighten her out. Along with
       war teaching her the right way and being the compassion she
       needed. He knew it couldn’t be him to do that. James came to
       mind, maybe he could work this out somehow.His mind was whirring
       as he sunk in the water and said.”are you about done with your
       hair. Join me.” He said. His thoughts came out.”no more talking
       about the guests.. “ he told her.”I can’t touch that boy
       anyway.. I do I’ll be breaking orders.” He told her honestly. “I
       want you to let go of that man, I know what you’re feeling and
       it’s hard.. “ he said and then looked at the water before
       drawing her in.”you belong to me.. I’m suppose to be who you’re
       thinking about in the here and now.. those fragments that James
       created.. what he did was wrong.” He said trying to give the
       woman a chance.Alice heard his apology.”it wasn’t your fault, it
       was where I belonged.” She stated.”after all I’m just a lab rat,
       just like the newbies.” She stated in a matter of fact voice.”I
       just got lucky that you wanted me to be your subordinate.” She
       said and smiled. “Besides.. the padded room was fun, I wasn’t
       necessarily bored.” She said.”and I’d like the help. It got
       long.” She said and her face puffed. There was talk of cutting
       it short by her original creator but it got a response to a pair
       of scissors in their hand.
       She felt the hand slide down and felt a tingle down her spine.
       She followed him in to  nod.”get rid of the dirt and grime and
       make a bubble bath later.” She said with a grin.
       Once the shower started she began to scrub up and thanks to war
       was able to wash her hair, now that it was soaked it looked
       almost touching the floor.
       She got the bath ready and put in what she wanted to settle in
       the quite large tub. She didn’t bother putting her hair up
       knowing she’d rinse more later, her mind on other activities as
       she waited for war to come join.
       ———
       Once Rachel saw that her cousin had left and with the other two
       men knocked out was able to be fully be honest.  She told a few
       sensitive things giving the answer as to  why the sedative won’t
       work. “. the body I have now just gets use to it.” She said and
       sighed.
       “Also my appetite hasn’t been the same.. It’s like I barely eat
       anymore and have issues sleeping.” She finished.
       She heard the doctor continue to mention needing Information to
       give the number and his full name.
       Rachel settled back after he taken a look to blink.”thank you..
       and it is.“
       She watched the man leave to sigh. Her eyes looking to rebel as
       she noticed he hadn’t woke up.
       ——
       Famine felt the tuck in and was liking this attention.”… I
       wouldn’t mind a snack.” He said to smile.”I’m famine.. nice to
       meet you Dior. “ he said to chat with them a little till Dior
       was pulled away. His ears catching about taking care of the
       ****. His eyes narrowed some. He wanted the nurse to himself and
       didn’t like the idea of sharing.
       ——
       Rachel watched as a rather good looking person coming in
       recognizing the person that shooed death away. Her eyes
       flickered some as she watched them go over Bobby before her. She
       gave her thank you for what they did. Flinching only slightly at
       the connector and was more than ready to be fixed.
       What got to her was seeing poor rebel passed out again.
       ——
       She watched Dior go back to the room with famine of all people
       and settled down again.
       Famine blinked at them and said.”I don’t mind famine. I have a
       name I use out there but those closest use my actual name.” He
       said.
       ———
       Steele was in the middle of getting his shop cleaned up to hear
       his phone ring. He stopped to feel his leg stall again.”god damn
       leg.” He mumbled to wack it with the wrench to get it moving,
       the heavy thud to the wood as he walked over to pick it up.
       “Hello this is the spares and wares mechanic shop, how can I
       help you.” He asked before hearing his name.“Yes this is
       Nickolas Steele, “ he said to pause and blinked.”Rachel? Mind
       briefing me on the condition of her arms and connectors?“ he
       asked.”and if you can give me your name doctor I’d be more than
       happy to help.” He said as he moved. The sound of his metal leg
       acting up again.”gonna have to replace a bolt if it keeps doing
       this.” He mumbled out loud before shuffling for a bag or two to
       get ready to go over.A fresh blush crossed River's cheeks as
       Daevon cast away his shirt before talking about having a shower
       and more openingly talking about what he wanted now that they
       were alone. It was hard to believe they had only just started
       dating only yesterday. A lot had happened since he asked the man
       to join him for a drink. "Well... we probably need a good shower
       first... I... well... when I kissed you yesterday... that... was
       the first time I kissed anyone... so... I'm... sure you can
       guess my level of experience in such... matters..." He admitted
       as his blush intensified.
       He couldn't pull his eyes away from Daevon's bare chest for a
       long moment before forcing himself to look away. He headed into
       the bathroom, stripping out of his clothes once he got the
       shower started for them both. Excitement and nerves filling him
       at the thought of touching his boyfriend in such intimate way...
       even more so the man touching *him*. His body was reacting quite
       strongly to the ideas and possibilities.
       ---
       "Yes," Jun answered when Death beckoned her. She quickly
       finished before she slowly got into the tub with her lover. A
       sad expression coming to her as the man spoke of letting go of
       her son, trying to convince her they wernt her memories before
       pulling her close.
       The feline snuggled against Death's chest. "I'll try... the..
       memories... they feel so... real..." She said in attempted
       obedience.
       ---
       "My name is of no consequence, I am the only physician on staff
       at Dark Mannor so when you arrive just ask for the doctor and
       you will be brought right to me." Sébastien answered before
       going into more detail on Rachel's condition.  Taking notes on
       what the man on the other end told him.
       "Do you need someone to come pick you up or will you make your
       way out here on your own?" The doctor question, nodding his head
       to himself when the man spoke again. "I will see you soon," he
       said in way of a goodbye before hanging up the phone and soon
       going through his patients.
       ——
       War shook his head as Alice replied, his expression showing his
       how much he disagreed. "That may be what Famine drilled into
       you, but he was dead wrong. You have proven yourself many times
       over. You belong with me, and I'm the lucky one," War insisted.
       He snorted at her saying the padded room had been fun. "I think
       it's been far too long since you've had actual fun. We'll have
       to change that,"
       War was already dying to get his hands in that long hair of
       Alice's. He'd had several fantasies of playing with it. "Have I
       told you how much I love your long hair?" He asked  following
       her into the shower.
       War had a great deal of fun helping Alice wash her hair, and
       even helped with her back. Even giving her a few teasing
       squeezes while he cleaned her body. Once she had finished, War
       got to work on cleaning his own body, watching her as she got
       the bath ready. "You waiting for me?" He asked slowly sweeping
       his eyes over every inch of her. "What sort of fun did you want
       to try first?"
       He turned off the shower and stalked over to tub and slide in
       with her, moving his legs around her own and pulled her back
       against his chest. He gently angled her head back to look her in
       the eyes.
       "Perhaps we could start with a kiss?"
       ----
       Dior set down a tub of supplies at the end of the bed, and gave
       Famine a warm smile. "All right Famine it is. Though, I can call
       you cutie too, right?"
       Dior got to work cleaning up Famine, chatting about random
       topics and being flirty with the man. "So you look like you're
       healing, though it is a bit slow. That snack should be showing
       up soon. I'm done with my other patients for now, would you like
       me to stay and keep you company?" They asked after having
       cleaned up Famine's body.
       "Oh and I'll wash you hair for you tomorrow if you'd like."
       Dior heard a knock on the door and went to collect a tray from
       one of the aids. "Thanks, do you mind keeping an eye on the
       others for me? I can give you a break in a couple of hours,"
       "Sure Dior," the guy replied and hurried off, not wanting to be
       around Famine.
       Dior rolled their eyes and went to sit down on the side of the
       bed. "All right, what do you want first?" They asked pulling the
       cover off of the tray. "If none of this looks appealing, I can
       get you something different,"
       ——
       Daevon chuckled a bit seeing the blush he got from him.”oh?
       First kiss? Quite bold ..” he flirted. He liked the color the
       man looked against the pale skin of his. He could see how the
       man stared a bit before heading to the bathroom. He chuckled a
       bit to get up and walk in once he was sure the man was in the
       shower. The pants dropped with everything else with a nice thud
       so River would hear nice and clear when the belt clanged against
       the floor.
       “Imma join you, think we both can clean each other up.. and
       don’t worry I’ll leave the first time for the bed..“ he teased
       to slide by the man. He took in his pale form, “want me to scrub
       your back?” He asked tempted to just run his hands over the
       man’s ass, which happened anyway. “My hand slipped, sorry.” He
       said to chuckle before grabbing the soap.
       ———
       Death got the reaction he wanted.. the soft snuggle, her
       confusion.. he knew it be a fight but he’d convince her
       otherwise. “I know my love.. but we can make memories now to
       help with the false ones.. “ he said drawing her face up to
       him.”promise me you won’t do anything like that again?” He
       asked.”I’m glad you’re safe though..“ he held her tighter.”bout
       panicked when I couldn’t find you.” He admitted. His own hand
       slid in the water drawing her where he wanted, capturing her
       mouth to give her no time to really think about it. He slid in
       with a groan. “You’re mine..” he said after parting from her
       lips. “And I’ll make sure you remember that..” he said to
       entangle his hand in her hair to draw her head back gently
       allowing access to her throat. He peppered it with kisses,
       enjoying the feeling and listening for the noises he enjoyed.
       ———
       Alice would have naturally retorted that famine was her friend
       but held back. She knew he was a problem but still held a bond
       with him to an extent.
       Alice shifted to let the man in behind her to feel the pull back
       against the man’s chest. She could feel the few metal parts in
       him. She then felt her head pulled back, her hair fully back
       revealing the red and blue eyes back at him. Her hand went up
       behind the man’s head to get him to lean down as her mouth slid
       in the upside down kiss, her other hand encouraging him to touch
       her in places she knew she liked. “Feels good mm..” she sounded
       to kiss him again.
       ———
       Famine blushed bright red almost immediately.”you think I’m
       cute?!?” He hadn’t heard that line in a while. The feeling of
       being cleaned up felt amazing.. but the thought of his healing
       being slow was unnatural for him. He got a serious look
       wondering if pest had something to do with it.
       “Yes I would like that.. no one else likes me and the girl in
       the other room is scared of me to even talk.” He said not
       exactly lying of the situation.  He took note of a flower that
       had been taken out during cleaning. It looked odd.. almost a red
       blood color. He  was starting to feel a bit normal to settle
       back.”so Dior… how long have you worked in the medical field..
       what drew you to it?” He asked curiously.
       ———
       Steele heard the answer and sighed. “I can make there myself
       plenty.. just need a guy to meet me where I need ta’ go.” He
       said.”I’ll bring a few things.. girly was also holing up at the
       apartment I rented  here- be bringing some things she gonna
       need..“ he said as he put some tools and hoisted a bag to get to
       the truck once that was done he grabbed the spare keys to the
       apartment he gave the two above. He looked around where they
       slept and grabbed another bag.”I know it’s gotta be inspected
       and all just clothes mostly.” He said as he shuffled them into
       the bag. Once he got the information he found hiro to scoop the
       cat up. He made sure the thing was fed and took a photo, he then
       took care of a few more things before he headed out.
       It would be some time before he finally hit the mansion. A man
       indeed greeted him. He watched as they inspected the bags and
       got pissed when a prototype arm was roughly treated.”ya break
       that imma insist on you paying for it.” He said with a glower
       before he was led to the ‘doctor.’
       ——
       Tobias was beginning to doze some, his little love bird perched
       on his shoulder.  Papers spread out of his writings and his work
       on figuring out what William was doing was scattered. He made a
       sigh to hear the door knock.”boss wants to see you in a bit.” He
       heard.”seriously?” Tobias rubbed his face quietly to collect
       what he could. No doubt it was wanting information of his
       progress. He hadn’t had any news on Daevon in days.. he hoped
       his son was keeping out of trouble.
       —-
       The tension in River's body slowly ebbed as the hot water washed
       over his body carrying away the grime of the day away. He had
       almost forgotten Daevon was still there until he heard the
       clanking thud of the man's clothes hitting the floor. Moments
       later, his boyfriend was behind him, 'accidently' rubbing his
       ass. It got a proper shiver out of River.
       "Yeah, you can wash my back..." He agreed, trying to convince
       himself that he wasn't going to mess this up somehow. He slowly
       eased into the man touching his body as Daevon helped him to
       wash up.
       The humunculus pulled Daevon under the water with him after
       turning around and kissed the man passionately before he could
       talk himself out of letting his boyfriend get so close and
       intimate with him. It wasn't hard to get the soap from the man
       moments later, taking his turn rubbing his hands over Daevon's
       form, cleaning every bit of him before lingering on the man's
       ass. "You are a great kisser," he purred, finally regaining his
       composure on the situation.
       ----
       A deep blush crossed Jun's cheeks as Death called her his love.
       A mixture of emotions filled her at everything the man had to
       say, but before she could even mentally formulate a response,
       his lips were crashing into hers. She couldn't help the soft
       moan that was swiftly replaced with a much deeper one as the man
       claimed her body as he penitated deep inside her.
       "All yours," Jun moaned out as he gripped her hair and attacked
       her throat with his lips. His name and many more moans feel from
       the feline as Death made love to her. She was growing addicted
       to how gently he treated her when he used her body making her
       crave more and more. "Yes! Breed me!" She moaned out as she
       reached her own climax, the idea of being full and having his
       baby driving her well over the edge again and again.
       ---
       As the evening rolled into night time, Sébastien did his final
       check of his patients for the night. Updating charts as needed
       and talking with the staff.It didn't take him long to finish
       with the nightly update, but his usual routine, which was taking
       far longer than it usually did, was interrupted by the arrival
       of Mr. Steele. The doctor had just finished with his last
       patient of the night and walking down to his room when the man
       was brought to him.
       "Oh! Greetings, I am the resident doctor. Being as late as it
       is, you can get comfortable in a room for the night. If the
       fancy suits you, you could join me for dinner and we can discuss
       our patient." He offered with a friendly smile. His robotic eyes
       glowing a soft blue, showing his current relaxed state.
       ——-
       War followed Alice's guiding hand, pressing his lips against
       hers in response. His hands started moving, fondling her breasts
       and curves.
       "You taste pretty good too," War growled back in approval, his
       hands wandering down to her thighs.
       His lips molded over hers again, and he let out a pleased sound
       as they continued making out. He had never imagined just how
       amazing Alice would taste and feel under his hands.
       He pulled back after a few long moments to let her catch her
       breath. "Just let me know if you want to slow down. I don't want
       to push you into doing anything you're not ready for,"
       -----
       Dior's smile got bigger at Famine's reaction to being called
       cute. "how could I not? You're very much my type," Dior admitted
       and glanced away for a moment, feeling their cheeks heat up.
       Dior tried to not stare or stay too long in one area of Famine's
       body while they washed him up. They tried to be as professional
       as possible.
       Dior glanced through the window in the direction of Rachel,
       frowning slightly. They were sure there was a reason for why the
       woman was afraid of Famine. Still, Dior wasn't quite ready go to
       ask anything that would upset Famine.
       "Then I'll stay," Dior said with a grin.
       The others question had Dior go quiet for a moment, past
       memories flashing through their head.
       "Do you want the abridged version, or the two hour speel?" They
       joked and ran a hand through their hair.
       "The doctor saved me from dying, only what he did made me a bit
       inhuman, as I like to call it. Sebby became my best friend and
       trained me as a nurse. I got my assistant skills naturally,
       which makes me indispensable to him. I like the job and working
       with my best friend, so I stayed. I get to work on a lot of
       interesting cases here," Dior explained.Daevon continued to wash
       him till he felt the pull in and the kiss. The groan sliding out
       before he used his tongue to explore rivers mouth. Daevon was
       rinsing a bit chuckling at the attention to his own ass.”hmmm?
       And you’re good at cleaning me.. “ he purred back. After he slid
       out and let off a sigh.”been ages since I had a warm shower!” He
       said with a smile on his face. “Money was a stretch we were
       lucky if we had a warm bath once in a while:” he admitted. He
       tossed the towel in rivers face to get to the bed and crawled on
       to wait for the man.
       Once the man was there he kissed him deeply again.”now since
       it’s your first time.. I’ll ease it in me.. so..” he slid down
       to begin sucking at the man’s dick softly and gently.
       ——
       Each little buck death did, and sound that Jun made brought him
       closer, the cries of her wanting to be breeder just urged him
       on, the water sloshed, the heat and passion grew. As he was
       close was when a knock came to the door of the bathroom. He
       paused and looked back.”what! Can’t you knock on my bedroo-“ he
       started to hear through the door.
       “The boss wants a meeting right away.. please be present in the
       next ten minutes.”
       Death made a face before hearing feet go and sighed.”dammit!
       Sorry Jun… seems this one is important.. I think one of my girls
       got a dress you can wear.. try to not be nervous.. it’s just
       part of my work.” He said quietly trying to now calm down.
       ——
       Alice took a breath, to chuckle and turn in his lap.”slow down
       is no fun.. aren’t you having fun?” She asked before her mouth
       connected back to press her body close to his. “Want more of
       me?” She asked as she seperated for another breath.
       ——-
       “Be best and dinner sounds good- unconventional but good.” He
       said giving his own smile. “Let me just make sure this stuff
       stays secure. Some of wars men like to borrow things without me
       knowing.” He said flatly.  His eyes then caught the soft glow of
       the man before him. “….never seen eyes like those.. quite
       lovely.” He said with an interest.”mind showing me to a room
       where I can change.. and a suit.. I don’t own any.” He said to
       chuckle.
       ———
       Famine blushed hard at that line! “Your type?” He stammered. The
       man was finally too flustered to talk normally. He listened to
       him talk a bit and his eyes went wide.”I human.. that’s awfully
       nice, how long have you two been friends?” He asked now a bit
       skeptical of this friend.”and what was the most interesting
       case?he asked wi h a bright look. He was enjoying this
       conversation!
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       Re: Gamble (fixing)
       By: Inkglitched Date: February 12, 2026, 12:52 pm
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       Once Daevon pulled away, River stayed under the water for a few
       minutes longer, listening to his boyfriend talk about the money
       related hardships he had been going through. River cut the water
       off before slipping out himself, his face being met with the
       discarded towel, earning a laugh out of River. By the time he
       freed his face, Daevon had already left the bathroom.
       River slowly dried himself off, looking at himself in the
       mirror, his wounds healing but still quite painful. He then made
       his way to the bed, moaning into the sudden kiss as he gripped
       the sheets next to them. River didn't even have any real time to
       react as his boyfriend broke the kiss and went down to take his
       needy member into his mouth earning a deep moan out of him. "Oh
       ****!" He moaned out.
       ---
       Stars were all that Jun could see as Death rocked her world as
       he claimed her body, waiting to be filled with his seed.
       Unfortunately, it seemed the universe had different plans as the
       knock on the door caused Death to pause before stopping entirely
       when told the boss wanted him. A groan of disappointment left
       her at not being filled but gave no other protest, mostly
       because she was shocked he planned on taking her along.
       She half suspected he didn't trust her to be alone, but decided
       to take it as he didn't want to be away from her. She
       reluctantly pulled away from Death as she got out of the tub and
       dried off. Once she had the fresh clothes, she was quickly
       dressed and ready to follow her lover wherever he led her.
       ---
       A surprised expression crossed Sébastien face when Steele
       commented on his eyes being lovely. In fact the comment earned a
       blush out of the doctor. He cleared his throat to regain his
       composure. "Yes, of course. Right this way." He said as he led
       the newest arrival to the wing of the compound that the
       physician and other staff stayed, giving the man an empty room
       that happened to be across the hall from his own bedroom.
       "A staff member will be by shortly with a suit for you,"He said
       with a grin. "I'll see you soon, I believe the chef is making a
       regional delicacy tonight some form of duck if I'm not
       mistaken." He mused before headed off the change into more
       comfortable clothes after he had instructed a staff member to
       take care of Steele's requests.
       ———
       War let out a soft groan when Alice moved, brushing against more
       sensitive areas. War's eyes nearly went black at Alice's
       question and he responded to her kiss, his arms pulling her in
       even closer and sliding his tongue into her mouth for their next
       kiss.
       "Oh I want more," he purred back and nipped at her neck, leaving
       a mark there. "I want all of you,"
       War feasted on her mouth, his hands roaming her body much more
       freely. He moved a hand between their bodies and teased her
       opening and slipped a finger slowly inside her.
       "Soo tight and wet," he murmured against her lips. "And
       perfect."
       -----
       "Yeah, you know; adorable pink haired shorties," came out of
       Dior's mouth before he could stop himself.
       It had taken Dior awhile to accept that he was different, but
       more so for the humans that worked in the hospital wing. For
       Famine to not even blink an eye about him being inhuman was a
       nice change.
       "Uh..let me think," Dior said and counted on their fingers.
       "We've been friends for nearly ten years now. Honestly he was so
       disorganized before I got my hands on fixing up his filing
       system." Dior said with an amused chuckle.
       He tapped his chin thoughtfully for a moment before answering
       the next question.
       "Well, there was this general guy we got a few months ago.
       Nearly got blown up by a bomb. He was lucky that Sebastian was
       able to save him, though he lost an eye. It was one of our
       tougher cases. Sebastian tried to talk the guy into getting a
       mechanical eye, but the guy wouldn't do it. I felt like he might
       be a bit crazy,"Daevon gave a rather mischevious grin, his
       tongue slowly circling the man’s dick. He only stopped long
       enough to soak his own fingers to get back to driving the man
       wild with his mouth as he got himself ready, his fingers playing
       his own needy hole. After a little and feeling more than ready
       did he come off with a resounding pop. He crawled up to take
       Rivers mouth to press the man to the hole and into him feeling
       the fill and groaned.”mmmm.. “ he said to pause at the fill as
       he sat up a little to stroke himself. Once he could tell River
       was ready did his movements start slow. His mouth finding places
       on rivers neck. He knew he needed to be gentle given he just
       patched him up, his hips rocking against the man to groan.
       ———
       Alice felt the tongue to allow it, to groan before feeling the
       nip to her neck giving a small squeek of a sound. His mouth came
       back as she enjoyed the feel of his lips, every gasp taken to
       only work back at the kissing.feeling how he gripped her ass,
       and played with a breast. Left a growing need. Once she felt the
       finger inside to smirk. Her hand sliding the same fashion to
       feel him.”and your nice and hard… “ she said to give a stroke to
       it, she guided herself on top to let it impale her her eyes
       rolling back a little.”your big war.. “ slid out. Her hips
       bucked with the slosh of the water as the feeling of tingling up
       her spine came when a spot was touched, her eyes going. A bit
       wide. Her mouth continued to work at war as her body moved with
       the man.
       ——-
       Nickolas face a soft smile.”thank you kindly, and duck? Been a
       while since I ate that well.” He said to chuckle to head off to
       wait for what he asked for as he put things away,
       The man went into the room and got what he needed to keep some
       things safe. He cleaned up, and walked out of the room. He
       didn’t quite trust anyone with his own stuff let alone Daevon
       and Rachel’s things.
       His black suit hugged his form a little having to trade out
       twice for the pants due to the leg.Once he saw the man come back
       he grinned.”I might be slow at walking today. I fixed my leg but
       the gosh darn thing might need to be replaced soon.” He said
       with a sigh as he started walking with the man. He kept the eye
       contact but it felt like he was examining the other one’s eyes..
       the soft glow and the long hair. Nickolas felt like the man was
       just his type.. now he had to figure out how to coax a name out
       of the man.
       ——-
       Death was dressed and used some gel to smooth his hair back. He
       wondered what the meeting would be about. He offered his arm to
       Jun and began his way down the hallway his mind in thought
       before hearing talk about the recent fiasco of James to sigh. He
       was going to have to figure out how to keep the man from going
       off the rails once he found out Jun may just be carrying kids
       sometime. They made it to the middle of the house where a blonde
       man stood. Albert Gotti, the man dressed finely in white, his
       hair tied back with a smile that normally melted any woman’s or
       man’s heart. But everyone knew better- behind that smile was
       someone that was sadistic in his own right.. and once crossed
       you were either dead or tortured till the end of your days if
       you had any. Death still remembered the last time famine dared
       to even try with the man. Five years did famine deal with a lot
       of pain. It was one of the few times he’d ever see the man
       straighten up. But even then- it seemed this behavior cycled to
       pestilence.. but what he didn’t expect to see was a tired
       looking man, still looking very alive. Tobias shifted his head
       from his conversation he wasn’t enjoying but being polite as he
       was trying to stay alive himself. His stormy grey eyes widened
       at the sight he never thought he’d see again. Death paled
       immediately and held Jun’s hand as Tobias excused himself,
       Albert look somewhat annoyed, but allowed it when he noticed the
       behavior to smirk a little.
       “What are you doing with my wife?” Came out as the man came eye
       to eye with death, who got a glimpse of the red orbs that were
       wide in suprise.”she’s not the woman you know.” He hissed.”your
       crazy friend is why this one has her face at all.” He started as
       Tobias made a glare.”your lying.. “ he said and looked at Jun
       and his eyes went down at the blue dress she wore.”blue always
       did look good on you…” he complimented.
       ——
       Rachel blinked a little when the flower had dropped, she made a
       small sigh, but her eye was now able to see enough. Her eyes
       went to rebel, she wanted to help but she knew if she did too
       much they would find out. She knew eventually she needed to
       figure a way to canvas the building.
       She felt eyes briefly keeping her head down. It was quiet, her
       body settled back after she felt it safe to and closed her eyes-
       not that it helped none.
       ——
       Famine couldn’t go any other colors but went quiet. It was the
       first compliment he had on his height. He blinked some hearing
       about the man’s past enough. It sounded like this man was
       reliable, that’s when he heard about the general and knew what
       he was talking about. The man kept saying he had some spare
       parts somewhere so hearing talk that rebel was the spare parts
       came to mind.”yeah… crazy…” he said before his head shifted to
       the window.
       “Honestly.. I’m suprised you wanna be mixed up with us.. we are
       not very good people.” Famine said uncharacteristically.”mean we
       are the mafia after all.” He said speaking freely as he always
       did with everyone.
       ——-
       The sensations running through River's body as Daevon pleasure
       him had the man near ferral when he heard that pop. Thoughts and
       pain were gone as all he could focus on was his boyfriend.
       Before he could even entirely process what the man was doing,
       Daevon had impaled himself onto the humuculus's rock hard
       member.
       His eyes widened, filled with lust as he watched the man stroke
       himself as he settled. He had never been more turned on than in
       that moment, but then, his lover began to move while toying with
       his sensitive neck. It was more than enough to drive River over
       the edge.
       His arms snaked around the man as he easily flipped them over,
       pinning Daevon by his legs, forcing them next to the man's head.
       "God you are tight... you look so good under me like this," he
       purred darkly, his eyes shimmering with lust and need as he
       began to ruthlessly plow into his new lover.
       With the intense pace he had taken, there were a few
       consequences, the first being that River filled the man under
       him with his seed far sooner than he would have liked, the
       second was that he reopened all oh his chest wounds so by the
       time he finally came to a stop, he was dripping thick purple
       blood onto Daevon's chest.
       ---
       Death was already a handsome man, so when he dressed in such a
       nice suit and put her in a lovely blue gown, Jun felt like they
       were more going on a date than going to a boring meeting. She
       hadn't exactly expect the meeting to be as eventful as it ended
       up being.
       She entered the room on Death's arm, pressing close to the man
       when they arrived seeking his safety. Her eyes fell onto a man
       who looked so familiar and she felt drawn to him for some
       strange reason. These feelings were snapped sharply into focus
       when the man aproched them, calling her his wife. Death tried to
       deflect it by claiming she only had the face of the man's wife
       but he called the humuculus a liar.
       Then his eyes were on her, paying her a complement with a tone
       of love she hadn't expected.That look in his eyes took her back
       to an old memory, long buried. She was in school, on the collage
       campus. She had been out in the courtyard studying for a midterm
       exam when he aproched her and complemented her on her blue
       sweater. He had the same look in his eyes from back then but
       now, they held a layer of sorrow she wished she could kiss away.
       How could false memories make her feel this strongly?
       "T...Tobias? You.... you died..." She said in shock when his
       name and who he was hit her like a ton of bricks. Her husband,
       the father of her son, and the love of her life. It hurt
       thinking that these memories could be false and not hers.
       ---
       When the doctor left his room once again, he found Steele
       waiting for him, a charming grin on the man's bearded face.
       "Well, we will have to get you fixed up as well while you are
       here..." Sébastien commented with a grin of his own. It didn't
       take him long to realize the man was staring at his eyes. It
       cause the color to flicker from a blue to a more purple color in
       nature as he blushed once more.
       He found himself looking away. While he was used to others
       staring at his eyes, the way the automale mechanic was staring
       into his eyes made him feel ways he hadn't been prepared for.
       Every the professional, Dr. Polick led the way to the dinning
       hall without commented about the man's stare. The hall had the
       air of a restaurant as different staff members served the
       medical staff their meals, it was rather late in the evening so
       Sébastien and his new companion were all alone with a single
       waiter tending to their needs.
       "Have a seat, we have quite a but to go over about Rachel's
       current status and needs. I am hoping we can begin with steps to
       improve her comfort in the morning but we need a plan first." He
       said, instinctively focusing on work and not whatever weird
       feeling the handsome burly man invoked in him.
       —-
       Dior got the distinct feeling that Famine might know more about
       the general he'd mentioned. They'd rather not waste the time
       they had together by digging more into it.
       Dior chuckled, finding it amusing that Famine was trying to warn
       him off.
       "Trying to give me an out are you? While that's nice of you, I
       know what I'm getting into. I know for a fact that there are bad
       people everywhere, not just in the Mafia. Famine, my own family
       hated me enough to throw me out, forced me to live on the
       streets. I've encountered horrible people, some really twisted
       cruel ones, and a few good ones. And then there those like your
       kind that come in shades of gray. You may not believe it, but
       you have a good side too. Let me help you find it,"
       Dior reached to take Famine's closest hand and squeezed it
       gently. "I'm not sure if you can tell or not, but I am a guy. I
       just like to dress to make people guess. I hope that doesn't
       turn you off at all,"
       Dior noticed that Famine had yet to touch their snack and
       grabbed a strawberry to press it against his lips. "Now eat, you
       need fuel to help you heal faster," they insisted.
       -------
       War was quite enjoying Alice's sounds of pleasure, and let out a
       groan when her hand wrapped around him.
       "That's what you do to me, Alice," War replied, his hands moving
       to her waist as she slide into him. " God, you feel so tight,"
       he groaned out.
       He matched her bucking hips, thrusting into her as their mouths
       molded together. War had never imagined that their first time
       would be this amazing.Tobias shook his head.”came close but they
       said they needed me.. told me you died.. Juni.” He said softly.
       He took a step forward to see deaths face go transparent and a
       look that told him if he dared things would happen.”death stop
       your nonsense.. we need him- you kill him you’ll be paying for
       it for the next 50 years.. just as my father taught you as
       well.” Said Albert with a firm tone.. his gaze going icy. Death
       stopped to settle down.. those parts of his face shown.
       “Same to you Tobias.. make another step to aggravating death..
       Daevon will join your niece in what she is.” He said in a tone
       that caused the man to freeze.”I… understand… “ he said and
       looked at Jun.”I’m sorry my little firefly.. I want to.. but I’m
       trying to keep our son from suffering a fate worse than death
       itself.” He said before he turned.
       It wouldn’t be long until James now quite docile would walk in.
       Despite his rage’s one thing did keep him from push to shove.
       And that was work. He strolled by Jun to give his icy look
       before continuing to walk. Clearly there was a man with him to
       be sure of his outbursts stay in check.”let us start on our
       meeting of progress shall we?” Said Albert before stepping
       toward Jun causing the three to freeze. It seemed to get the men
       to be more docile as they started in.. the man right behind with
       a smirk all his own.
       ——-
       “It changes colors too?.. that color looks nice on you too.”
       Said Steele with a smirk. He followed to blush a bit at the
       man’s offer to fix his own leg.”be mighty kind can’t find a
       proper doctor anymore that makes decent work on the connectors I
       make.” He admitted as he followed him.
       Once settled he heard the man delve straight into work.”mmm ..
       so your the type to work even with such a nice meal as this?”
       Joked the man some.”well I can do that but don’t mind the words
       that come out of my mouth once I’m tipsy.” He said with a grin.
       “In terms of her comfort. I do have connectors I’ve been
       considering to get flipped out.“ he said.“She been using
       delicate builds for a while but given the nature of her ah..
       situation- it’s best she gets something that can survive some
       scuffles.” He said knowing the girl well enough. “What’s her
       current condition?” He asked as the wine came in and he put his
       hand up.”I’m a burbon kind of man if you please.” He said before
       the bow and the walk out.
       ——
       Famine blinked at how Dior was. Listening he felt for him,
       knowing his family hated him. He knew his brothers .. we’ll save
       for pest didn’t dislike him- or he though they didn’t.
       He blushed at the idea of actual good in him.. all he ever heard
       was being called brat.. and spoiled. “Who cares! You’re hot
       either way.. honestly thought I was seeing a model not a nurse.”
       He said before the strawberry hit his lips. He took a
       bite.”alright alright…” he said with his mouth full before
       looking through the window at the girl that seemingly fell
       asleep. For the first time in his life a small pang of guilt
       rose up. He shook it off to continue eating.
       Daevon could feel the lust and want off of rivers core. What he
       didn’t expect was the sudden flip of top and bottom to see his
       legs by his head. He blushed hard at the look. It wouldn’t be
       long till he would be pounded into- he was t sure what took over
       River but god damn did he love it!
       ——
       The feelings Tobias' words inspired caused Jun's heart to ache.
       Her eyes quickly going up to Death's face when the boss told the
       humuculus to stop. A shiver ran through her seeing the man like
       that. A shocked horror taking her when she heard Albert threaten
       her son. A tear streaked down her cheek hearing him used her
       nickname, protecting their son.
       Seeing James come in and give her that icy glare had her
       pressing more into Death's side desperate for the man's promised
       protection from her creator.  The frightened Chimera's fur stood
       on end when Albert approached her.
       Her instincts causing her to let go of Death and back away from
       the man as she averted her gaze to the floor. Showing every
       signal she could that she was no threat. To say she was scared
       of the handsome man was an understatement to say the least.
       ----
       "My lead nurse complains endlessly about it, I often chose work
       over eatting at all," Sébastien admitted with a chuckle. "Oh?
       Well I suppose we will see what come out," he said with a smirk
       of his own. The automale mechanic seemed like quite lively
       company.
       "Exellent, I was hoping you may suggest as much because her
       current connectors are in quite the state. If I had to hazard a
       guess I would think they let something quite terrible get ahold
       of her. Separation between the mesh membrane and the living
       tissue. She it going to need extensive surgery to get it
       functioning the way it is meant to. The automale attached to her
       is in rough shape as well, the other arm is missing from what I
       have gathered from my staff." He prattled as he took his, and
       Steele's glasses of wine.
       "I'll take his," he assured the waiter who hurried off before
       returning with Nickolas' requested drink.
       "Otherwise she is in stable condition. Vitals are all normal,
       healing at an excelerated rate from what my equipment has told
       me... my nurse should have joined us by now...." He said, more
       talking to himself than the newest arrival towards the end of
       what he was saying.The doctor pulled out his phone and sent a
       quick text to Dior. `'Where are you? How is it I am eatting but
       you are not? I need your input on a patient. Join me and Mr.
       Steele in the dinning hall.'` he sent before looking back up at
       his company. "When you see her in the morning we can make a more
       accurate assessment of her." He added as he put his phone back
       in his coat pocket.
       ---
       River's hands slowly trailed up Daevon's body as he gave the man
       a few more thrusts before slowly pulling out and moving to take
       his lover's errection into his mouth to help the man finish. His
       chest pressed against the bed would leave a massive purple stain
       on the black sheets when he finally pulled away once he had a
       proper taste of his boyfriend's seed.
       —-
       Dior felt  a wave of relief and happiness sweep through him at
       Famine's reply. "Me, A model? Yes, I model for the nurse's
       uniform catalogue," Dior joked, flushing just a little at the
       compliment.
       Dior felt the phone in their nurse's apron buzz and let out a
       sigh. "Sorry, let me check that. The doctor probably has work
       for me to do."
       It was quite funny to see the text asking Dior about not having
       dinner. Talk about a role reversal. Dior typed a reply back
       quickly, and slowly stood up.
       `I was visiting with a patient, keeping them company. I'll be
       there shortly.`
       "I'm sorry but duty calls, I'll be back to check on you later,
       and tomorrow I can visit with you some more. Try and eat a bit
       more. Once you're healed up more, I can move you to a regular
       room. Maybe even close to mine, if you'd like," Dior offered.
       Once Dior was sure Famine was settled, they checked over the
       other patients charts. When they spied the flower by Rachel's
       bed, Dior couldn't help but snatch it up and stick it artfully
       in their hair.
       Dior was more than a little intrigued to see Sebby sitting at a
       table with a very handsome hunk of a man. "Sorry to keep you
       waiting Doctor. You said you wanted input on one of our new
       patients?" Dior said, glancing between Sebby and the stranger.
       It was quite easy to see there was more than a little interest
       in the guy's eyes for the doctor. Well...maybe Sebby would
       finally get some action for a change. It was about time.
       ——-
       Death noticed how Jun slipped away.”Jun please get back here.”
       He started to see the man offer his arm.”this way young miss.”
       Said Albert. While he was what he was- he still believed in some
       form of manners and didn’t like scaring the females unless it
       was necessary. “You can sit by me so these boys stop
       squabbling.” He said with a peer at death. He stood there and
       went to open the door to let them in.”much better.” He said as
       he walked by Tobias coming up in behind him and James lagging
       behind to get a glare before he went inside. James shut the door
       as they found their seats. He watched the man guide the chimera
       to a seat alright, his lap. Causing the threes hair stand on
       end.”now let this meeting commence.” Said the man with a
       grin.”how goes your brothers notes? “ he asked Tobias.”any
       breakthroughs?” Tobias sighed.”I managed to get headway- and
       found what he was noting on half hummunculi.. the philosophers
       stone was a dude according to his notes.. all he can make is
       false ones..” he said to see Albert make an irritated look.
       “Death, James hopefully you have input on project near death?”
       He asked as James made a nervous look.”well it certainly was a
       success granted the person involved happened to be the woman we
       were testing to see if healing was fast enough.” He said as the
       eyes peered at James.”what?” Death seemed to swivel his own head
       at what he heard.”the boy was dying on route to here, I was out
       too long, I woke up to her smudging her work but the boy coming
       too. She survived whatever others did- we won’t know more until
       she recovers that the doctor is insisting on..” said James
       rather bitterly.
       Albert sighed.”seems many problems.. I’ll give you time to fix
       it.. in fact I might switch some roles for now.. Tobias get your
       niece to talk. She may be forthcoming once she realizes you’re
       alive.. you can even see your son during this time.” He said and
       peered at him. Tobias paled some as he saw the man’s hand touch
       Jun’s head.“And keep fighting over this one I’ll be taking her
       until you three either learn to share or at least stop
       fighting.” He said his eyes giving an icy look to the three that
       sat in the chairs.
       —-
       “Your nurse isn’t quite wrong.. breaks are necessary for a fresh
       mind.. but honestly I should listen to my own words.. it’s easy
       to get lost in what you love.” Said the automail mechanic. He
       listened to the state of the connectors and to say he looked
       pissed was an understatement.”they were that rough with her?..
       and yes.. they may be a bit new for her so I suggest remedial
       therapy.. learning to grab things without crushing it, maybe
       some extra curricular activities as well if the mafia will allow
       it.their meant to allow for more fluid movement and been
       something I’ve been working on. It may revolutionize how the
       automail may move.” He told the man.”I’m also working with some
       rare quality metals and honestly be a perfect time to test it
       out. Only reason she’s being considered is not just that she’s a
       woman but I only have so much metal to work with to even offer
       it.” He said with a thought. He heard the man prattle on about
       her healing quickly and stayed quiet. He had some knowledge of
       his client but given he did hold some secrets wasn’t going to
       let everything in on the man.. even if he was cute. “Glad to
       hear she’s doing okay. It’s best she’s healthy as possible..
       given the nature she will need to be awake to make sure the
       nerves are connected right for the  connectors as you know.” He
       said.”just realize her personality does tend to change when in
       pain. So if she calls you a quack don’t take it to heart- she
       just isn’t big on pain.” He said chuckling at the last doctor
       that had taken offense.
       He listened as he watched the man text and seemed to
       smile.”sounds good, it’s best we do things early anyway.. it’s
       gonna be a long day of getting the connectors out to just
       replace them.” He said with a sigh and saw his drink to down
       it.”gimmie another.” He said and went back to the man.“while we
       are waiting - I’m curious.. did you build those eyes or did
       someone else?.. cause gods knows they seemed to be built to just
       be gazed into.. find it also interesting it changes color.
       Mind telling me what they mean.. well if there is a reason for
       it?” He asked as he saw the food and went for a fork.
       ——-
       Famine chuckled.”you were a model? Imma have to find that
       catalogue.” He said to joke a little.
       It was then he heard the buzz and blinked a bit. He was sure to
       have heard Dior chuckle at that moment. A small pang of jealousy
       fluttered through.
       “Oh.. it’s work?” He asked and blinked a bit. He felt his face
       get a bit heated at the idea of bein  bit closer to Dior. “Think
       I’ll move my room closer to someone that actually likes me..” he
       mumbled to himself as he watched Dior check over the other
       patients and seemingly over Rachel causing another pang of
       jealousy. His brow raised seeing the man put something in his
       hair.
       Rachel who was leaning back with her eyes closed felt a snatch
       of a flower. She had planned on planting it on some guard but
       the nurse seemed to take to it and used it like a hair
       decoration.
       It felt surreal seeing part of the complex. She kept herself
       relaxed till she noticed a dining room and saw Steele to get a
       bit of a breath out.
       She could see the doctor and her automail mechanic looking more
       like on a date than a consultation. She felt a bit bad for
       eavesdropping but figured it wouldn’t be an entirely bad thing
       to see who they were without her around.. or all the restraint.
       ——-
       Daevon felt the hands wander about him, what he didn’t expect
       was a hot mouth on his own member to gasp and feel himself cum.
       He took a little bit to rest to finally look at the bed.”I..
       think we may need to ask for some sheets…” he then looked at
       River.”… and bandages..” he said and thought.”maybe after
       another shower.” He said to chuckle a little bit. “Didn’t
       realize you had such a feral side to you… I like it.” He said
       with a smirk.Hearing the gentle voice coming from Albert caused
       Jun to look back up at him with confusion on her features. She
       looked to Death for a moment, almost asking permission before
       she took Albert's offered arm. She didn't understand what was
       happening as she was guided into the meeting room before being
       pulled into the boss's lap once the man was seated.
       The tension in the room could have been cut with a knife and yet
       Albert continued on in a calm even voice that made her shiver.
       Her eyes kept darting around the room at each of the three men
       stareing at her and the boss as the meeting went on. She felt so
       out of place, and yet, felt more like a pet than she had in a
       long while.
       She flinched when the man placed his hand on her head, causing
       her ears to pin back even more as he threatened to take her. She
       didn't want to find out what that meant.
       ---
       The glass of wine pressed against Sébastien's lips as he
       finished off the first glass of wine listening to his companion
       speak, quite passionately. A chuckle escaped him at the man's
       warning of the woman calling him a quack. "Oh I don't take what
       is said in pain to heart. I've heart many.... colorful things
       from patients over the years." He mused.
       The man's drink arrived and the doctor worked on his second
       glass. He hadn't expected the man to switch to a more personal
       topic while they waited for Dior. The color turned to a more
       intense purple at the man's questions and comments about
       Sébastien's eyes. He blinked a few times to regain his
       composure, the color settling back into a softer blue.
       "Yes, I built this set. It's a modified design from the original
       implants. They were highly experimental with several flaws but
       I've managed to work most of them out. I had thought it would be
       a nice feature to change the color of my eyes when I chose.
       Unfortunately it seems the colors are wired to my emotional
       state and I haven't quite figured out how to remedy that." He
       explained as he moved his glass of wine out of the way.The food
       was quickly set down and the pair were already digging in when
       Dior finally arrived. "There you are. Yes, Rachel Rosecroft.
       Give me an update on her status please. We will be preparing her
       for surgery in the morning so make sure any staff that interacts
       with her know no food or water until after surgery. Hook her up
       to an iv if she hasn't been put on one already." He explained,
       easily falling back into work mode.
       ---
       The humuculus's eyes ran over the soiled sheets as he sat up,
       looking down at himself. That was quite a bit of blood. River
       felt a deep blush settle on his cheeks as Daevon not only
       suggested another shower, but praised the performance he had
       given. "Surprised you and me both..." He admitted with a
       chuckle. "Showering first sounds like a good idea," he agreed as
       he got out of bed, letting a groan escape at how sore he felt
       now.
       River made his way to the bathroom, turning the shower back on
       and got back under the water once the water was warm enough.
       —-
       Dior stayed standing, pulling out their phone to send a message
       to the aid that had been left in charge, about the no water and
       food order. They didn't want Rachel's surgery to be delayed.
       Once Sebastian had finished giving orders, Dior updated the two
       on how Rachel was doing.
       "I hooked her up when she first arrived, and is healing up
       rather quickly. Is there anything else you need me to carry
       out?" They asked politely.
       Seeing Sebbys eyes turn purple from the other's obvious interest
       had Dior mentally making a note. He'd seen his friend's eyes
       turn pretty much every color until now.
       "If that's all you need, I'll let you two enjoy your dinner and
       get back to the hospital wing. Try and have some fun Doc, relax
       a little," Dior added with a wink.
       They headed to the kitchen to get some dinner to go and headed
       back. Unfortunately Dior came back to find several of War's men
       and two of the Mafia guardsmen looking like they'd gotten into a
       brawl. After dealing with patching them up and keeping them
       apart, Dior went to look in on Famine.
       "You still awake cutie?" Dior asked softly.
       ———
       Death quietly seemed to hear the man and then let his words fall
       out of his mouth.”I’m also starting to see if it’s probable for
       my kind to have kids.. I’m breeding Jun.. so if it’s
       permitted..” he started to see James ready to launch himself
       over the table and Tobias holding the chair so hard his knuckles
       were white.”if I am allowed to continue it’ll benefit you
       greatly.” He said aiming to take James from trying and meant the
       two couldn’t hold the woman like they wanted.”that is fine.. but
       realize this woman has a grown child.. stop with the antics and
       filling her poor head with such lies.. mother and son bonds are
       important.. keep that in mind.” He said as death paled.
       “Under..stood.” He said and the man looked at the other
       two.”more progress in your work the more time you earn- death
       give her time with her son during the day- even if it’s just
       having breakfast.. fail to do so you lose her for the day.” He
       said with a small iced tone.
       ——
       Steele listened intently to hear the man speak of the
       modifications and how they react to emotions.”so I take it
       purple means something?” He asked to smirk.”such innovation.. I
       find that attractive in a man..” he said and smirked a
       little.”mmmm.. perhaps that means your flustered?” He
       questioned.
       Once Dior came in and heard the man’s words speaking about
       Rachel’s improvements made him some personal sense of relief.
       Whatever sent her in the hospital worried him a little. But he
       kept quiet. That’s when he noticed a familiar flower in the
       nurse’s hair realizing the girl was listening in. He remembered
       when she first found out she had the ability when they were
       first living in the apartments. Seemed she was getting better at
       hiding it.
       Rachel watched with a little amusement that she tried to keep
       from her face. Now the man finally took her advice about dating.
       Course the talk about no food and water was pretty standard.
       Course she noticed steeles eye movement and glance. She got
       nervous at the idea if he noticed. Was it too obvious? She
       wondered.
       —-
       Famine was resting rather bored till he heard Dior to shift and
       smile.”your back!” He said to brighten up.”sleeps a bit hard for
       my kind.. injured enough we might.” He admitted.”work go okay?”
       He asked with a soft smile.
       Now he wouldn’t be so bored.
       ——-
       Daevon watched as River went to go to the shower to pull in some
       pants at first and knocked on the door. There he saw the maid
       and her eyes went wide at the blood on the bed.”uhm.. we are
       gonna need new sheets and bandages.. “ he said sheepishly.”we
       went a bit too hard so sorry about the room looking like a
       murder scene.. though clearly will admit I’m not the one who did
       the stabbing.” He said earning a blush from the woman as she
       started to stammer that she’d get on it.
       ——
       The color of Jun's cheeks turned very red when Death informed
       the man petting her that he was trying to breed her. The blush
       only darkening as the man holding her in his lap seemed fine
       with such an arrangement before talking about Jun like she was a
       toy or a pet the man's children were fighting over.
       The idea of spending time with her son every day was a relief
       and being told indirectly that her memories were real was a
       relief, but a look of betrayal came to her eyes as she looked at
       Death. He had been lying to her?
       All Jun wanted to do was crawl under a rock and hide from all
       the eyes on her and lick her emotional wounds. If only she could
       get her family out of this place, far away and safe. Sadly, she
       was only a pet and running had been proven time and time again
       to be infective.
       ---
       It seemed the automale mechanic was intent on keeping
       Sébastien's face in a constant state of blushing from being
       called attractive, to being called out for being flustered.
       "That is all I need.... I relax all the time i dont know what
       you are eluding to, " the doctor answered before Dior went off
       to enjoy their evening after whatever work they had left.
       The purple color had returned to his eyes at Dior's suggestion
       of 'have some fun'. "I don't know what purple means, they have
       never turned that color before...." He added once they were
       alone again.
       ---
       The process of getting clean was far quicker than the previous
       shower, mostly because the wounds stung. He was out and wrapped
       in a towel as he re entered the bedroom in time to hear Daevon
       talking to the maid about what they had been doing.
       "Daevon! Is it really nessisary to elude to... that....? Could
       have just said my wounds reopened...." He complained at his
       boyfriend, going through the dresser to see what clothes where
       available for him to change into. It didn't take long for him to
       locate the pajama pants and waited for the woman to be gone
       before he changed into them.
       ——-
       Dior smiled back, pleased to see Famine looking happy to see
       them. It wasn't like Dior had dated much, or had any close
       friends other than Sebastian.
       "Of course I am," Dior replied and pulled a chair over next to
       the bed and sat down with their dinner. "I have noticed that
       about your kind. How long have you gone without sleeping for? I
       sometimes wish I could do that, I could get so much work done.
       Yeah just gotta check in on the other workers later on. You
       don't mind if I eat while we talk do you? I might even share
       some with you," Dior added with a wink. "So, tell me Famine,
       what's the first thing you want to do once you're healed?"
       ——
       Death could see the look of betrayal from Jun. he could feel
       himself feeling guilty as Tobias had a look of relief.”in that
       aspect since I am talking to my niece- might I as well…have
       breakfast with my family.” He said looking at Jun to earn
       another glare from death. Albert rubbed the girls hair.”I’ll
       permit it- but fail to get what we need from her mouth you’ll be
       cut off from both mother and child until you can translate
       what’s in the next batch of notes William left.” He heard and
       the man sighed.”got it.” He looked at Jun, to know she went
       through all of this and James having turned her into what she
       was now killed him. How badly he wanted to hold her and feel the
       warmth of his wife again.  To even touch her face.  The meeting
       finally finished before the man relinquished Jun to Tobias
       instead of death. “You and I need time.” He told the man as he
       looked at Tobias.”don’t do anything you shouldn’t do.” He told
       the man as he got to feel her hand again.”I understand.” He said
       to draw her out. He could tell what the boss was doing was
       bothering her and saw the look himself. He knew later he’d need
       to give the man a good punch homunculus or not, putting such
       thoughts in his wife’s head.
       ——
       Steele chuckle.”I take it you two are more than just colleagues
       seems quite the friend.” He said to look at Sebastian.”as much
       as I understand calling you the doctor.. I may just come with a
       name all my own to call you by.” He admitted.”I get why you’re
       doing what you are, but it’s just me giving a name with a face-
       you can use it instead too when dealing with the mafia.“ he
       seemed to think as he stared in the eyes of the man before him
       his brain wracking for something that would work. Maybe
       something with his eyes… “how about babydoll.” He said to look
       him over.”cause you certainly are quite the looker.” Said the
       mechanic as the alcohol let him relax enough.
       “Honestly what got you mixed in all of this anyway- you seem
       quite the capable doctor and with a nurse like that I am sure
       you’d be quite popular.” He said with a blink.
       —
       Daecon blinked.”I didn’t exactly lie you know.” He said as the
       woman was about to leave.”it’s not like I told her you went
       feral on me.” He said smirking at how the maid lingered a little
       before it slammed the rest of the way.
       Sure he could be trapped here- but gods knows he wasn’t gonna be
       bored about it! “How are you feeling? Hopefully not too much
       pain?” He asked as he walked over to inspect the wounds that
       pestilence had gotten.
       —-
       Famine thought for a little.”mmm longest I’ve stayed up was 72
       hours.. then I might sleep.. death is different here tries
       snagging one or two hours.. war and pest….. ilence I’m not sure-
       there’s stories that the two could be up for weeks at a time.”
       He said as he caught himself saying pestilence’s nickname he had
       to finish it. He didn’t think he could handle Dior not liking
       him. “No it’s fine.. and I’m plenty full from what I ate
       before.” He said to hear his question.
       “Well one isn’t a no brainer - I have to report to big boss
       first.. unfortunately you can’t come.. the guys… ah.. kinda
       scary.” He said as faint memories came to mind.”but think after
       I don’t mind walking the premises with you.” He said.”maybe even
       get some outside time. I do need to shop for some things.. plus
       Alice’s birthday is coming and I want to get my friend something
       nice. “ he said and seemed to be in a thoughtful mode.”she’s a
       dear friend.. a little crazy in the head but she really is a
       great bestie.” He said with a chuckle.”when do you get time
       off?” He asked curiously.
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