One New Message (Random Updates)

Chapter 41

"Why hasn't she woken up yet?" A rough voice asked through the darkness.

"She's healing," someone else replied. "She'll wake when she's ready. Doc ran all the tests, she's going to be okay, it'll just take time. We must be patient."

"Doc also said the longer she doesn't wake, the more serious it could be," The angry voice threw back.

Ugh too loud she thought as she moved her hand to hold her head. Her hand wouldn't move though. "No," she whimpered as she tried to move her hand again but it still wouldn't move. Her eyes shot open but she only saw darkness. "No," she whimpered as her eyes tried to see through the darkness. "No, no, no, no..."

"Shhh Jade, you're okay," a different voice said closer to her. She tried to flinch away but another pair of hands touched her arm and she let out a scream. "Jade, it's Daddy, you're okay. You're safe, I promise, it's Daddy Spyro."

"No!" She shouted even though her throat felt raw and burned like she swallowed glass and salt.

"DreamKitten. Listen. To. Me. Now."

DreamKitten? She knew that name. Only one person knew that name. Only one. Her body stilled, other than her lungs panting rapidly, as the hands moved from her arms to her face. "You're safe, Jade," he murmured, "you can open your eyes, Sweetheart. Daddy is right here holding you. Open those pretty eyes for me, DreamKitten."

"Are," she panted as she tried to move her hand again. She let out a whimper of fear when she couldn't. "Stuck. No, no, no more."

He made the soothing shushes before clearing his throat, "Max, off," he said as his thumb moved back and forth on her cheek. "Try again, Jade. You're not stuck, it was just a nightmare. Daddy has you, you're safe with me. With us. Open those pretty blue eyes and look at me."

She slowly opened her eyes and found sad blue eyes looking down at her. "Not real," she whispered.

"There's my sweetheart," he smiled sadly as he shook his head, "you're not there anymore. It's not real, you're here with me and Bam Bam and everyone else. You're safe, let me help you sit up and you'll see."

He put his hands under her arms and moved her up into a sitting position slowly. A gasp left her as she saw the other men sitting around the room with concern on their faces. "See? Safe and sound, Sweetheart," he said as he adjusted the blanket on her lap. "It was just a mean nightmare."

"Can I ask you some questions, Love?" Sean asked as he came over to stand next to Corey.

"He stabbed me," she stated as her hand moved to her side and flames raced up her ribs. "Real or not?"

Corey let out a heavy sigh, "I'm so sorry, Sweetheart but it's real. He tricked Momma Erica to kidnap you and you, being the brave girl you are, managed to get away. Axel and Nathan found you and brought you back to us so Doc could fix you up."

She looked around the room and frowned in confusion when she saw unfamiliar wallpaper and furniture. "No..."

"We're treating you at home, Love," Sean explained. "I treated you at the hospital until you were well enough that we could bring you home. You're in my medical room but once you are feeling up to it, Gabe will set you up in a room here on the bottom floor. It will be a little bit before you will feel comfortable enough to climb the stairs."

"Kay," she mumbled.

"I know this is a lot, my little DreamKitten," Corey whispered. "How about we let Doc give you a quick check up and then we watch some cartoons for a bit and rest?"

"Kay," she whispered.

"I'll go make some snacks," Luke smiled as he jumped up. He gave her a kiss on the forehead then left the room with Marc right behind him after he kissed her cheek.

"I'll go get you some comfortable fucking clothes," Gabe gave her a soft hug then left the room.

"Bad guy?" she asked Corey as he slid his legs under her knees and placed her in his lap.

"I hurt him," Raven said proudly. Her eyes widened as her mouth dropped open a little bit. Raven shrugged, "He hurt my Kitten, he lucky he no die. Sunshine said no."

"Are you...are you pouting?" She asked in surprise. She turned to Corey, "He's pouting?"

Brandon burst out laughing, "Don't worry about it Pebbles, Raven just gets moody when he doesn't get to kill bad guys that hurt the people he cares about. He'll get over it eventually. He just doesn't like the fact he can't kill everyone he wants to. Murder and pain are one of his love languages."

"And what if she wanted to kill him herself?" North threw out. "How can she get her revenge if Crow killed him instead?"

"There will be no killing," Owen said as he pinched the bridge of his nose. "No by Mr. Ravenstahl or anyone else."

"Why?" Raven growled.

"You can't just kill everyone you don't like, Raven," Axel rolled his eyes.

"Why not?" Raven crossed his arms while glaring at him. "He hurt Kitten."

"And you broke both his wrists, broke a few ribs, punctured a lung, and snapped his legs in multiple places," Sean rattled off as he held up his fingers. "Oh and broke his fingers and jaw. Let's not forget the contusions and cracked skull. He can't do anything for a while."

She turned to look at Corey, "And he's still pouting?"

Corey smirked, "What can I say, Sweetheart? Raven loves to cause pain and really loves to commit murder on people he doesn't like so he pouts when we tell him no."

She turned to Raven and frowned, "No killing."

Raven huffed, "He hurt you."

"No killing," she repeated.

His frown deepened, "Fine."

She rolled her eyes as her head dropped to Corey's chest, "Big baby."

Raven's eyes darkened, "Not a baby."

A small smile grew on her lips, "If you kill then they don't suffer for very long. But if you keep them alive," she yawned, "They hurt as long as you cause the pain." His eyes lit up as he registered just what she was saying. She curled into Corey a little more before pointing at Raven, "No more killing, big baby."