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The roaring was unbearable, and the young boy couldn’t comprehend what was happening. He stumbled along the rubble filled street, tears mixing with dirt and streaking paths down his face as he screamed for his parents.
A loud boom sounded, as the prince looked up to watch the large ship approach as he choked back sobs. Harec somehow knew that the guns were pointed at him, and he began screaming as the sounds of gunshots filled the air...
Harec sat bolt upright with a scream, sweat beading on his pale blue forehead as the nearby machine beeped rapidly with his heartbeat going at almost 120 beats per minute.
Bones looked up from his work, immediately walking over to the panicking boy as he gently gripped his shoulders to steady him. “Harec, hey..focus..”
The boy struggled, his frightened eyes screwed shut as he screamed again before starting to hyperventilate. “..N-No!! No! Don’t touch me!!”
The medical officer gave a wary glance at his increasing heart rate, and decided to sit down on the edge of the bed, a mere echo of earlier and pull the kid into a tight, almost fatherly hug.
“There’s no one here that’s gonna harm you..you’re safe..take deep breaths..”
Harec choked on his sobs, his small hands almost immediately curling into the doctor’s shirt as he buried his face in his chest. As the minutes dragged on, he finally managed to calm down and whimper quietly as he inhaled shakily.
The beeping slowed, and the doctor’s calloused hands moved to subconsciously run against the back of the boy’s head. “You’re okay...you’re safe...” he told him quietly, before leaning back so he could study him.
“I..I’m sorry, Doctor Bones...” the child whispered, before curling up at his side as he tightened his grip on him.
“Hey, I told you to call me Bones, kid..now, lay down and try to relax..” he moved to stand, but was stopped by Harec protesting and holding onto him tightly.
“Don’t leave me...” he stared up at him, blinking away a fresh round of tears as he wiped at his nose. “Or..Or at least take me with you..I don’t wanna be here alone..” Harec whined, before pouting when the doctor gently pried his hands off of his shirt and laid him back down in bed.
“As your doctor, I can’t let you get out of bed with your injuries..give it a few days, and I’ll plan something for you..alright?” Once again, the doctor had lost his usual gruffness, and stared at the kid with a paternal look in his dark gaze as the pale boy nodded.
“O-Okay..okay..” Harec’s trembling voice whispered, before he sat up again and rubbed his eyes. “I’m hungry, Bones..” as if on cue, his stomach rumbles and the chief medical officer nearly cracks a grin.
“I guess it’s time for lunch..you’re probably starving.”
The boy’s eyes light up as Bones glances around to double check that there was nothing to attend to as he gave Harec a pointed look.
“Keep your ass in bed, I’ll go get you something to eat.” He stated sternly, before walking out of the med bay without another word.
Harec pursed his lips, watching as the doors slid shut behind the man and then waited an extra few minutes before carefully sliding off of his bed and pulling out whatever tubes and wires were attached to him.
He stumbled slightly, wincing at the pressure in his lower abdomen before slowly standing up straight as he looked around the room curiously. His nimble fingers run along the wall curiously, tugging open random drawers to peek inside curiously.
His lavender coloured eyes gleam mischievously as he grabs a weird looking device out of one of the drawers.
“Woah..”
The boy giggled, making laser noises as he waves the hypo spray around excitedly. He was so wrapped up in his little game, that he didn’t hear the med bay doors open or the doctor entering.
“What in the name of all that is holy are you doing, kid?! That’s dangerous!!”
Bones sets the small tray of food down, rushing to him and grabbing the hypo spray from his hand as he sets it back in the drawer and slams it shut.
“I told you to stay in bed!!” He continued, picking him up and carrying him over to the bed and roughly setting him back down.
“Did your parents not teach you to listen to your elders?!”
“B-Bones..I’m..”
“Stop right there..do you know what could have happened if the hypo spray ended up somewhere it shouldn’t be?!”
As Bones continued on his rant, Harec sat there on the bed quietly with his hands clasped in his lap tightly.
Seconds later, he feels the stinging in his eyes and lowers his gaze as tears began slipping down his cheeks.
“I’m..I’m..I’m sorry..I only wanted to..to play..” he whimpered weakly.
When he noticed the boy starting to cry, Bones fell quiet and watched him before turning away with a sigh and moving back to the food tray as he picked it up.
“I’m sorry..I..” he began, before falling silent when he realized that he didn’t exactly have a reason for going off on the poor kid.
“Here, I don’t..exactly know what you like to eat, so I got you some random stuff..a few snacks that my daughter likes..maybe you’ll uh..maybe you’ll like them too..” he sets the tray next to the quietly sniffing boy, and takes a few steps away.
As Harec began eating quietly, the doctor moves to the other side of the med bay, out of the kid’s sight and out of earshot as he pinches the bridge of his nose.
God, this was shaping up to be one hell of a ride..