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He was running, legs feeling like they were on fire, ears ringing. He can no longer hear the explosions, screaming and the clashing of swords around him, he's just running.
Someone grabbed him, pulling him around, he vaguely registers trying to get out, but the person soon gets killed by another run by player.
Egg is let go stumbling, but goes right back to running. He has to get out of here. He lost Wemmbu a bit ago, he doesn't know when, suddenly his only protection isn't around and panic just sets in. He needs to find a hiding place, somewhere where random players aren't just grabbing him, where bombs aren't going off right next to him, god his head hurts.
But his mind can't think straight, he can't see right and he has no clue where he's going. He can't orient himself, can't find a hiding spot for the life of him. His legs are burning, not made for running this long and this fast. Players are all around him, it seems endless, no matter how much he runs it seems he's right back at the start.
someone grabs him again, but this time they very aggressively pull him somewhere, Egg tries to fight out of the grip at first, digs his feet in the ground to not be pulled. But after a while of thrashing and kicking he realises that this random is pulling him out of battle, and he decides that where ever this guy wants him to be is probably better, safer than in the middle of a war zone.
The grip is hard, he's pulling him faster than Egg can go, he's stumbling after the guy, who just pulls him back up again and keeps going. Having no care for Egg or his physical well being. The grip is really hard, but it helps distracting him from the rest.
He's suddenly thrown on the ground, forcing a gasp of air out of him. Finally away from the battle, the loud bangs and screams quite background noise. How long did he get dragged? He lays there, trying to catch his breath. The guy is just staring at him, but Egg isn't paying him any mind, too busy with getting fresh air into his lungs. He feels the burn from all the gun powder in them. Coughing breaking his air flow painfully.
When he can finally breathe a bit more normally, being able to take in a deep breath, the rando throws a potion at him, right as he inhales.
That's not good, Egg thinks, trying to get up but falling right down again, weakness hitting him deep to the bone, coughing even harder now, trying his best not to inhale too deeply. His mind is turning to mush, making him droopy. He starts to panic, a normal weakness potion shouldn't make him this out of it, something else must have been mixed in too it.
He weakly tries to get away, to do anything. But his body wont respond, and the guy is just staring at him, emotionless. His head hits the ground, eyes impossible to keep open, arms weak like spaghetti. In his last conscious moment he feels the guy picking him up, and then darkness.
When he wakes up he still feels the weakness running through him. He can barely feel his legs with how sore they are. But his breathing no longer hurts so that's something at least, positivity! He's laying on something hard, feeling the tenseness of his shoulder and back. When he opens his eyes he sees he's in a generic cell, stone walls, iron door and a rock hard bed in the corner of the room that he's laying on.
Alright, so he's been taken hostage once again, that's alright, he thinks as he lays his head back down on the very thin pillow he's been given. He'll just have to wait for them to contact Wemmbu, get whatever they want and he'll be free again. This is so fine, he's done it a million times by now. He's gotten quite good at patiently waiting around.
He lays there for a while, just letting his muscles relax, it doesn't look like he'll be visited any time soon, he might be able to heal himself just a little bit. Just so his legs don't feel like shitty jelly.
He'll be tired, he might pass out if he uses his angelic powers on himself, but maybe the sleep will be nice, it'll make the time pass at least.
Hybrid powers are very rare, and especially angel powers. The server does have a rule not to use other people for their hybrid powers, but that doesn't mean that people don't try.
So he tries to keep it a secret, the only person who knows he can heal is Wemmbu himself. Hes gotten pretty good at healing that guy, it doesn't cost that much energy anymore, with how well he knows the ins and outs of Wemmbu and his system. And he has started to really like doing it, merging their energy's together as one, a personal show of their trust for each other.
But it does take a lot if he does it to himself, since hes taking energy from himself, to heal himself. But his body aches, and he'd really like that to stop. So he shakily pulls himself up a bit, holding his breath to listen better if someone is close by, but there's nothing. And so he begins to heals himself.
It feels so very calming, deep in every part of him, waves like the ocean flowing through him, like a soft gentle glow. It makes him droopy, which is to be expected, so he doesn't try to fight it. just lets the droopiness take him to a peaceful slumber, ache free for now.
The second time he wakes up is to loud footsteps down the hall, his body feeling much better, so he sits up right away, ready to hear what ever reason he'd been taken, what they want to know or need from Wemmbu.
But when the people walk in, firsts some goons, then Prince Zam walks in with them. What does that guy want from him? From Wemmbu? His shock is obvious on his face, since Zam giggles at him and asks "Surprised?"
Egg clears his throat, not trusting it to work right away, he feels the dryness of it a small ache still present. "Uhm. Yea- yea bro"
"I'm glad" She smiles "So Egg, do you know why you're here" She asks, like he's in detention and shes his teacher or something.
"Uhm." He looks between Zam and her goons, trying to gauge if there's an obvious answer "You need something? from Wemmbu?" He tries.
It's the clear wrong answer, if Zam laughing at him is anything to go by. He's just sitting there uncomfortably, waiting for Zam to stop. His body tense ready to run, but there's nowhere to go.
When she stops laughing, she takes some steps closer to him. Egg pushes himself further into the corner, not trusting the look in her eyes. It squishes his wings but that's the least of his worries right now.
She stops too close to his bed, "No, no Egg, we don't want anything from Wemmbu, we want you" She smirks at him, a pit forms in Eggs stomach.
"What do you need from me? i don't have my books-" He gets interrupted with a another laugh.
"No Egg, that's not i want, i want these" She smiles, leaning in closer to Egg, running her hand down his wings, he tries to flinch away, but there's no where to go, wings quivering. He's fully pressed up against the corner of the wall, while Zam just runs her hand down his wings, ignoring the shake of them.
"Y'know, a birdie told me these pretty little things has some use other than just their looks" Egg pales at the realisation. She knows, but who would have told her? Wemmbu would never have, someone would have had to see him heal Wemmbu in a dire situation.
Zam moves a bit away from him, he feels like he can breathe better, his head had started to hurt from how hard he was pressing it against the concrete walls.
"So!" She claps her hands together, making Egg jump, the sound echoing off the walls. "We can do this the easy way, or the hard way. Which one would you like" She asks. waiting for Egg respond. Her smile stays unsettling on her face.
"Well. If i- If i get to choose, the easy way?" Egg giggles nervously "What is, what are we doing?" He dares to asks.
"You, are going to be doing exactly what i say, follow my command, without any complaints. You will be healing me and my best people after battle. And when there's no battle, you'll sit all pretty at my throne, showing off those wings" She smiles, talking like this isn't the weirdest thing in the whole world.
Egg is a person, not a thing to be shown off. But looking at the very buff goons behind her, and this not being his first rodeo, he can imagine what would happen if he voices his disagreement. So he just nods, already thinking of ways to get out of this himself.
"Great!" She smiles, gesturing for one of the goons to come closer, Egg tenses up again, not knowing what to expect. The guy pulls out something that looks like a metal collar and Eggs eyes go wide. "woaw hey! is that really necessary?" Hes nervous again, pressing himself back against the wall.
"Of course it is! can't let my new pet get away can i?" She smirks at him, The goon walks closer to him, trying to get the collar on, but Egg ducks out the way. The goon quickly grabs his face digging his nails into his cheeks forcefully pressing him down on the stone hard bed, Egg hisses in pain pulling his hands up scrambling to try and get the grip off him with no luck.
"You shouldn't have done that" Zam tsks at him. "I thought we agreed you wanted to do this the easy way? that means you obey me" She hisses at him. Grabbing the collar from the guy, the goon is almost cutting his skin with his nails with how hard he holds him. He pulls Egg up and against his chest to hold him in place, keeping his hold on his jaw to give Zam easy access to lock him in the collar.
She locks it tight around him with a click, making it hard to take deep breaths. The collar is heavy on him, digging into his shoulders. He tries to wiggle out the grip but he's just held on tighter, squeezing his eyes shut in pain. the goon drops him and he has to scramble for purchase not too fully fall off the bed. Zam grabs his face, softer than her goon, almost sweetly, it disgusts him "See, now that wasn't so hard was it?" She mocks while locking a leash on to the collar, like he really is just her pet now. A deep uncomfortable feeling settling in his stomach.
"Now. I'll let you get used to that for a bit, tomorrow i have a battle, so ill get to show u off then." She lightly pets his cheek before taking her leave. Leaving Egg alone with the new realisation that this is going to be much worse than any other kidnapping hes been though. He thinks he'd actually rather want to be pushed around, kicked down a bit, than to be someones pet.
"Oh! and before you get any ideas." She says, pulling out some bulky device and points it to the collar. Shock waves fills Egg body making him yelp out a scream of pain. Whole body tensing up with the electricity running through him, crumbling against the bed. It shakes him to the core, it hurts, it hurts so bad. It's all he can think about, fuck it hurts. When it's over he just lays there, trying to catch his breath but my god it hurts, his chest and neck aching with the pain, all the way out to his arms and legs.
The metal door shuts with a loud bang making him jump. He still feels the aftershock of the pain running through him, he can't get deep breaths in making it harder for him not to fall into a panic. That hurt more than anything else hes been through has. Maybe it's because its new? He's never heard of such a thing before, where did she even get her hands on it?
He lays there and comes to another horrid realisation, feeling the uncomfortable sensation of the collar against the sensitive skin of his neck. Wemmbu has no clue that he's here. It's going to take him a while to even figure out hes here, and probably even longer to get him free. Hes dreading being "shown off" whatever that entails.
But maybe it'll spread the word to Wemmbu. He tries to hold his breath under control, it's already hard to breathe normally with the restriction in place. He tries to claw at the collar, to see if there's anyway it'll come off, any weak spot it as, but it's completely locked around his neck. He doesn't know how it works, has no clue how to even start trying to get it off.
He lays back down, feeling more defeated that he's ever felt before. God he misses Wemmbu.
After a while the footsteps are back, it makes his heart beat out of his chest, scared something new is going to happen too him, but it's just food and some water. That's nice at least, he was getting pretty thirsty. His hands shake when he tries to drink the water. The food is hard to get down with the collar in the way, it takes longer to eat, but at least he's given food.
He's bored out of his mind, there's no entertainment here, just himself, the unforgiven weight of the fuck ass collar. He tried to see if he could get the door open, tried to bribe the guard that brought him his food to let him go. it didn't work.
He really did try to not let his anxiety get to him about what Zam has in store for him, but when there's nothing else to think about, it becomes quite hard. He misses the comfort of Wemmbus touch, of his light hearted energy, the warmth of him. The cell is cold. It's only made colder by thought of Egg being truly alone here.
The next time the door opens, a new goons walks in, there's no food so Egg guesses its time, hes grabbed but goes willingly. They still hold on too tight.
Hes moved into what looks like a throne room, if the big throne at the end of the hall is anything to go by. Zam is sitting in it, very clearly looking like shes been in battle, bruises on her face. luckily there's no one else here, just her and some guards around. Egg was expecting a crowd, he feels a little lighter knowing there isn't one.
He's made to kneel in front of the throne. "sooo, how does this work exactly" Zam asks waving her hand around. looking intrigued down at Egg.
"I uhm, you can just give me your hand?" He doesn't want to give too much away, doesn't want Zam to expect too much out of him. Zam gives her hand over to Egg, who pushes through just enough energy just heal the surface level of her bruises. It still takes a lot out of him, not used to her energy. It feels foreign to Egg, leaving a pit in his stomach, missing Wemmbu and the comfort of his known energy.
Zam visibly relaxes, feels the glow of his power run through her and the fading of her bruises, "That's wonderful" She smiles, trying to caress Eggs face but he moves out of the way on instinct, she grabs his face forcefully "My own little healing potion" Egg shudders at the words, feeling so dehumanised and small. He has no power here, none at all.
He's dragged to sit beside the throne, there's a couple of blankets thrown on the ground for him, that's nice he thinks, its softer than the "bed" in his cell. The leash is given to Zam to hold on to.
He sits there for a while, waiting for something to happen but nothing does. Zams just texting laying hafly over her throne, sometimes pulling the leash a bit.
"Uhm? what, what now?" He asks finding his voice again. Getting impatient with just sitting there.
"hmm, nothing much i guess, just waiting" She hums passively.
"Bro. You can't just keep me here forever, like whats your plan? Wemmbus going to find me at some point!" He tries to stand up to make his point, but Zam pulls out the device again, sending another very painful shock wave through his body. Egg falls back into the blankets with a muffled scream. Forgetting she could do that. His hands fly up the the collar, shaking as they go, trying to soothe the pain but the metal blocks him from doing so.
"I can keep you for as long as i want, i am the prince!" She says, watching Egg shake with the force of the shocks "And you're going to sit there, still and quiet until i tell you otherwise, understood?" She leans closer to Eggs crumbled body, raising an eyebrow "i don't like repeating myself pet" She wiggles the device tauntingly in front of Egg.
"Yea- yea understood" He says voice wavering. He lays his body down fully on the blankets, he feels the involuntary shakes through his body making the pain worse.
"And don't you worry, i have a plan for your little boyfriend" She giggles to herself. Egg curls in on himself hoping that whatever she has planed wont be worse than this. Praying she won't hurt Wemmbu too.
Time moves by, a couple of people come into the room to talk strategy and to figure out plans with Zam. Egg tries his best to listen and remember, maybe it'll be useful. But his head is filled with fog. The people looked shocked at seeing him laying there, he had half the mind to feel embarrassed. He tried to gauge their expressions to see if they would help him, if they looked disgusted at his capture. But most of them just ignored him. Fuck ass people.
He doesn't know how long had passed before hes hauled up again, moved back to his cell. He gets thrown very carelessly down in the hard floor, he just takes some time to lay there, thinking "god this sucks" over and over again. Food is delivered and he pulls himself up into the corner to try and eat it. It's the furthest from the door he can get, like that would actually do anything, but it makes him feel better so he stays in the corner.
Sleep comes and goes but he thinks he gets some form a long term sleep. He doesn't know how long its been, but he knows hes been left alone a while. It's nice but also so boring, there's still nothing to do but sit in aftershocks of pain, hyper focused on the painful indents that the collar is making around his neck. Just waiting for something to happen.
He sits up straighter when he hears footsteps, a lot of footsteps. The door is thrown open and in walks another goon.
"I have some people you need to heal, order from Prince Zam" They speak, in that monotone emotionless voice they carry.
"I can't- i can't heal that many people bro" He looks over the goons shoulder, there's at least 8 people out there, there's no way he has enough power, enough energy to do that.
"Well. You have to so get starting" He moves out the way and in walks to the first person. He guesses there's been some big fight somewhere. The guy offers his hand and Egg reluctantly takes it, looking back up at the leader? he thinks it's the leader. The guy makes a gesture to his own neck reminding Egg what will happen if he disobeys, he shudders at the thought and pushes through just enough energy to heal the worst. hoping that would be enough. Luckily it is.
He gets through 3 people before he really cant hold himself up more, the leader tells him something but he can't hear it. He's leaning his full body weight against the wall, wings slumped to the ground. He has no energy to even lift his hand, eye dropping as time goes. He registers the guy speaking again, and then the horrible shockwave fills him, making him yell out trying to push himself away from it but there's nowhere to go. His knees goes to his chest, wings folding protectively around him shacking with the intensity of it.
But he doesn't get up, he really can't, another shock wave passes through him he screams with it, on top of everything else this one makes him pass out right on the spot. Sweet release taking him away from the horrid situation hes in, back into the peaceful dreamland.
When he wakes up again he really wishes he hadn't, the pain and exhaustion that follows him deep to his core is unbearable. He can't even try to heal himself up a little bit, fully spend all the energy he had. Every time he moves the collar scrapes against his burnt raw skin from the electricity, it hurts.
He prays that Zam has just given up with making him heal his people and will leave him in his suffering for at least the day. He lays curled in on him self on the hard floor which isn't very comfortable, he kind of wishes he'd just moved to the bed when he had the chance. the collar is digging into his very sensitive neck and the ground is too hard against his side. He's shaking slightly which doesn't help the pain subside, he's too hyper aware of his body.
He tries to let his mind wonder somewhere else, he tries to focus on old positive memories but his mind always goes back to the pain in his body, the coldness of the room.
Time goes by, his mind phases in and out of consciousness. He doesn't know how much time has passed but his body does feel less like death itself, so that's something. He's still laying in the same uncomfortable position when he hears commotion somewhere.
He can't pin point where but he hears someone scream. He shakily pulls himself up into a sitting position, more yelling is happening, what is going on? A part of him is filled with a bit of hope, maybe hes being saved, maybe Wemmbu finally found him.
He hears loud footsteps running down the hall, the clashing of swords loud. His door is thrown open and 2 guards hurriedly grab him and pulls him up.
"Whats- whats going on?" He asks trying to resist being dragged out but he has no strength left the guards are just pulling him along, his feet drag on the ground, he can't stand let alone try and keep up with the hurried pace of the guards.
He isn't being told whats going on, the guards quiet as ever, just dragging him through corridors he's never seen before. A person he's never seen before comes out of nowhere attacking one of the guards, hes dropped on the ground, barely having time to soften the fall.
He tried to pulls himself up, to run. But hes grabbed again by the second guard who wasn't attacked and is once again being hurriedly hauled along. This time he has to try and keep up himself, its much slower as he tries to not let the guard do as he pleases but he's still so weak, too weak.
His ears are ringing loud in his head, and his head is filled with fog but through out his state he hears a clear yell of Wemmbus name. The knowledge that his counterpart might be somewhere near him gives his body a new found energy and with the chaos going on around him he manages to surprise the guard by kicking his side and hes suddenly let go. He immediately starts running somewhere, anywhere away from here.
He doesn't get very far he's forgotten about the leash connected to his collar. The guard steps on it making him crash right into the ground with a yelp, he get grabbed and hauled up forcefully getting slammed right up against a wall, a hiss of pain leaves him the new found energy slowly fading with being right back in the guards hands.
But before he can be pulled somewhere else the guard gets shot with an arrow right through the skull, falling too the ground blood splattering over Eggs face, eyes screwed shot pushing himself against the wall. God that was disgusting.
Someone else grabs him, much softer but he can feel the panicked energy flowing of the person. But he doesn't get pulled along, the person is fretting over him, moving his face to the side to check for injuries, hand running down his body, lingering on the collar. Egg is too scared to open his eyes.
"Egg, Eggcan bro It's me come'on" The hands are holding his face softly now, too softly for the chaos that's happening around, the voice is familiar. He open his eyes with a start, purple fills his vision. He doesn't even think he immediately falls into Wemmbus arms pulling him close. He's shacking with relief, he's being saved.
Wemmbu holds him tight, it hurts but Egg doesn't care, tears forming in his eyes from finally being in the oh so comforting embrace of his partner.
"Okay, okay I'm sorry, I'm sorry, we have to keep going" Wemmbu says, reluctantly pulling away from the embrace. wiping a stray tear away from Eggs check. He guides Eggs arm over his shoulder and pulls him up by his side. They walk as fast as they can though the maze that's the underground of Zams castle. Wemmbu seems to know his way around so he just tries to follow as best he can.
People are fighting around him, but the players seem to know to keep Zams people out of their way since no one is attacking them, and when they get too close someone else starts fighting them. Egg presses himself closer to Wemmbu, as close as he can get while still moving.
They stumble here n there, but they keep going weaving their way though the havoc around them. Wemmbu is giving him encouraging little comments through out, it's like music to his ears, hearing his voice again. It's what keep him going even when his whole body is begging for a break.
But they make it outside, they make it outside! Egg can't believe it. Fresh air in his lungs feels better than any healing potion could do right now, the battle is background noise now, further away from them. But he doesn't have time to enjoy it. The collar suddenly activates making him scream out in sudden pain, he falls to the ground, Wemmbu keeping him from falling completely. He feels Wemmbu panic over him, asking whats happening, whats wrong, but the pain is unbearable, he can't respond.
The skin around his neck raw from the use of the shocks, so the pain is agonising there. The shocks run through his whole body, already weak from exhaustion. But it stops, and hes fully limp on top Wemmbu who had knelled down on the ground with him. His ears tune into whats happening.
"What did you do to him you sick freak?! What the fuck is wrong with you!" Wemmbu yells right next to his ear, making him whine with the aftermath of the pain, god his head hurts. Wemmbu pulls him closer rubbing his arm in comfort.
He hears Zams manic laugh, making him push himself into Wemmbu harder. "Aw don't say that, i was just using your little pet to his full potential, what a waste he was before" Zam smiles mockingly, her laugh unsettling.
"I'm going to kill you, I'm actually going to kill you Zam" Wemmbu grits out, the anger clear in his voice but he's not that threatening holding onto Egg that protectively.
"Oh are you now? Wouldn't wanna hurt your little pet now would you?" She says pulling out the device, pointing it right at Egg, smiling at the confused look on Wemmbus face. This time Egg is ready for it, tensing his body and bitting his teeth together, The shock comes and Egg lets out a muffled scream, body convulsing with the shock his breathing short and hard. Tears from at the edges of his eyes. He faintly hears Wemmbu yell out a 'Stop!' but all he can focus on his the electricity running through his body. It's over quicker than the other times, or maybe his body just can't feel any worse.
"Stop! stop, please. Okay, what do you want? we can make a deal" Wemmbu begs, holding onto Egg harder, embracing him fully.
Zam hums carelessly walking closer to them, she giggles lightly walking around them like a lion to their pray. Wemmbus eyes never leaves her.
"Why don't we start with giving whats mine back hmm? then we can work something out" She waves around the device, making sure that Wemmbu knows he doesn't have any power here.
Wemmbus are a furred in anger, staring daggers into Zam who seems to be finding much joy in the expression. The fight seems to leave his body when the realisation sets in that he really cant do anything here. He leans closer to Egg ear, whispers "you're gonna be okay, its gonna be okay, I'm gonna get you out of this" He kisses the side of Eggs head.
He very reluctantly lays Eggs body gently on the grass beside him, hesitating with the whine that leaves Eggs shaky body. But with the way Zam dangles the device over him, he continues. He stand up glaring daggers at the same eye level as Zam now.
"What now" He growled watching Zam like a hawk. She moved a hand to up to pretend to think, they're standing pretty close together now, too close. Zam circles Eggs body making the mistake of putting her back to Wemmbu, to confident that shes won.
Wemmbu acts fast, quiet on his feet he quickly and precisely pulls out his sword and moves so he has a perfect shot at slicing Zams throat open, she drops the device out of shock, not being able to make a comeback. Wemmbu puts his sword right through her heart watching as her body drops, lifeless to the ground. Not having the time to feel the satisfaction, he's immediately running back to Eggs side, who hasn't moved one bit.
"You're okay- you're fine- you're fine" he rambles out while turning Egg to lay in his back, looking over the collar trying to figure out a way to get it off. It's fully metal so he can just cut it and there doesn't seem to be an opening or lock anywhere. He's starting to panic with a sinking feeling that they might not be able to get it off anytime soon, when his eye land on the remote.
He hurriedly crawls over to it carefully grabbing it to not accidentally press anything he shouldn't. There's a smaller button on the end of it with a little lock icon, that has to be it.
Pressing the button the collar pops open, making Egg breathe in a deep breath for the first time in, however long he was trapped there. Wemmbus back over him, gently tracing the red and raw skin around his neck. He pulls out a regeneration potion making Egg drink it, then he pours a little bit of a healing potion on the raw skin. And Egg was wrong, the fresh air is nothing compared to the way the potion makes his body feel. He feels lighter, softer. His neck is no longer burning with a pain he didn't even notice on top of the rest. And now there's just, quiet.
Wemmbu reached down to his face, drying the tears that he didn't even notice was running down. Wemmbu pulls him into his lap, hugging him tightly, Egg hugs him back tighter.
The relief of being free is immense and Egg can't help but start laughing crying harder as he does, Wemmbu join in so happy to finally having his Egg back. it's loud and carefree, under the sun in the green grass it really couldn't be more perfect.
"God you have no idea how- how. panicked i was when i couldn't find you" Wemmbu whispers into his hair "And when i heard Zam had you, oh my god i could've killed someone, and did" He laugh awkwardly.
"God are you okay?" Wemmbu asks helping Egg sit up on his own. Egg clears his throat still very weak but no longer in an immense amount of pain, his neck already looking less raw, it's for sure going to bruise but hopefully nothing more than that.
"Yea- yea holy shit" He giggles hands covering his face feeling gross with the dried blood there, Wemmbu moves so his hand lays lightly over Eggs thigh the other caressing Eggs bicep "Yea, I'm fine- I'll be fine. You're here now" He smiles up at Wemmbu, who pulls his head into his neck hugging Egg tightly again. "Yea, i am, I'm here. And I'm not going anywhere, never leaving you alone again" He whisperer reassuringly into Eggs head, hugging him even tighter.
They sit there together for a long time, the battle fully silent in the end, they don't care. They keep embracing each other. Wemmbu pulls out a cloth and wets it, softly washing the dried blood off Eggs face, his own forms into a frown. Egg leans into the gentle touch closing his eyes and letting Wemmbu softly clean his face. He really needs a nice long shower after all of this.
But they sadly need to go back to their base, can't sit here forever. Wemmbu isn't letting them get jumped, isn't letting Egg get hurt again.
They reluctantly rise, Wemmbu supporting Eggs body weight while they make the walk back home, one arm around his waist the other pulling Eggs arm over his shoulder, like before. This time they walk much slower, taking their time. Slowly Egg starts talking about what happened, and Wemmbu talks about how he found him. The topics deep and painful but they haven't felt lighter in days.
When they get back to base Wemmbu gently lays him down on their shared bed, promising to be right back with a kiss to his forehead.
He comes back with water and some light food, Egg chucks the water like a dying man and sends Wemmbu back to get him more, Wemmbu leaves with a chuckle. Wemmbu helps him eat the food with little protests, but in the end, Egg thinks he'd let Wemmbu do anything right now he's just happy that he's at least there.
When the foods finished Wemmbu grabs a clean pair of clothes for him, helping him pull his shirt over his head, being mindful of the way Eggs muscles have been abused over the days. They're weak and still shaking even after all the potions.
Wemmbu very gently pulls his arms through the new shirt, the cleanliness of it making Egg feel ten times better already. When hes done Wemmbu keep a light grip on his wrist, pulling it closer to himself to lightly trails kisses on the inside of his wrist, slowly trailing up his arm. Egg giggles at the action, missing this comfortable intimacy with him more than he could ever imagine. His heart swells with the love it holds for Wemmbu, with this very moment.
Wemmbu lays his head in the creese of Eggs neck, letting himself breathe in the familiar scent that's so Egg. Putting his palm over Eggs heart, checking just for himself, that Egg heart is still beating, chest still rising with each breath. That his Egg is still here, in Wemmbu arms right where he belongs
Wemmbus lays down next to him, pulling him closer to him again, playing softly with his hair. Its quiet, calm just what they both needed after the most stressful days of their lives. They'll deal with the rest later, with making a proper report so this never happens again, to anyone.
Egg needs a shower too, but he doesn't think there's any force in the whole wide universe that could make him leave Wemmbus arms, not after everything. He might not leave for days and he has a slight inkling that Wemmbu wont even let him.
But for now they just lay together relishing in hearing each others heart beat and feeling their breath against their skin. Undeniable proof that they exist.
Quiet, calm and finally over.