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LP giggled and shook her head softly, "He's fine, They weren't really that much they were just deep enough to need Stitchs." She brushed a finger over his head softly, "He's breathing fine, though he'll have a headache when he wakes up I assume.... heh. I shouldn't've given him that moonshine."

She was glancing at the Speed they were going, "Donna if you keep up there's going to be more than just him hurt." She warned softly, she knew Donna was worried but like Willow she knew Carl could take a beating. "Trust me Donna, he's like Willow; he could get his a** kicked from timbuktu and back and live to tell the tell." She smiled trying to make it a small joke to try and lighten the woman's worry.

LP slowly slid out looking up at the Castle and suddenly got very nervous. Staring up with a deer in the headlights look she muttered, "Heheh.... h-hey Donna.... y-you're sure this is the place?"

She HATED large places like this, and had she had ears and a tail like Willow they'd been in a 'oh s**t god please help me' mode with the tail between her legs as she looked on. She was actully rather frozen in place now Carl still in her arms.

LP looked at Josie her brow lofted trying not to mind the castle and smiled weakly, unfortunally though she watched the woman leave and Donna follow soon afterwards causing her to look back up at the large structure.

"Ah s**t....." She scurried after Donna keeping Close behind the woman cuddleing Carl as she did. "D-donna.... Pleeeeassee tell me there's like no counsels here or anything." She hated castles because of her old tribe and this is what it reminded her of.

She paused looking at the guy with the bristish accent lofting her brow yet again and this time nodding softly muttering barely adiuble, "don't be silly.... this castle is fine.... it's donna's family..... no one's gunna kill you......."

A silent, slim man just half-an-inch short of Raizen's height slid up to his brother's side, and peered over at the unconscious bird. A smirk tugged at the corners of his lips, and his head canted to his apprentice.

"Why Josie..." the man said - with just as thick an accent as Rai. "I didn't think you were in the habit of bringing toys back to life."

Another man approached, his hand reaching out to rest on Raizen's shoulder.

"Maverick - that's enough of that. Take your apprentice, and let us handle this."

As Maverick slunk off, one piercing blue eye stared right through LP, as if a slaughterer deciding which part of an animal to use. He grinned, chuckled in a sinister manner, and turned.

"Come, Josie."

With that, he was gone. The other look back to LP, and sighed.

"I'm sorry about that - He really is quite harmless. You must be LP - Donna's told us a great deal about you."

Josie lingered only for the moment she dared. A knowingly severe look passed from Donna to her niece, an effective, if primal 'Back off'. The girl wouldn't go against the higher ranked female and went after her Master without incident. Once they'd departed, she hugged an arm around LP. She knew this had to be trying. "We'll get Amber and Damien to take care of you while we take care of Carl."

Raizen confirmed this and sent out a mental summons to his relations. Soon enough, two topped the stair. One was clearly male. Strikingly blond hair was spiked askew to hide illuminated teal eyes that had focused on the gathering. He had heard the commotion and had seen fit to investigate. Rai shook his head a little, though unable to suppress a smile. "Zael, I did not call for you. You may go back to bed..." The answer was a little too quick for having come from some one who was presumably asleep moments before. "Hell I will, who's the chick? And..." His eyes narrowed. "What happened to Carl? He looks like s**t."

"Poor Carl..." this time it was the other that spoke. It had now ascended and stood before Lp, tentatively looking her over. Amber, as it was, was almost indistinguishable in gender. Either it was a woman or a VERY feminine male. Whichever, it was friendly enough. As he was (only recently turned) male, he was careful with lifting Carl from LP's arms. He handed him over to Rai and began trying to guide LP towards the kitchen that lay to the adjacent end of the foyer. "Come along, dear. I'll get you something warm."

Raizen cradled Carl near and looked him over briefly before turning to his lover. "Shall we?"

LP looked between the two and then headed off with Amber and Zael, "I think I'll take that drink," She nodded still a bit pale looking around.

Dragon pulled out the last stitch, before starting to add his own, eyes hard.

"Pinning you here? Donna, we are your FAMILY. And apparently, as has been shown to us for the TENTH time this year alone, you are not able to keep yourself out of trouble. You WILL move back into the castle."

He muttered something else under his breath, but went silent as he stitched up the wounds in his own fashion. Neat, precise stitching that drew the wound shut so that it would not leave a scar.

"If you refuse, I will come and TAKE you by force. Is that understood?"