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Mathias smirked. "Ah, she seems nice. And I think your boy likes her." Mathias then grimmaced when she twitched. "I warned him to not move too much. The vampiric venom healed him, but if he moves around too much, it might start to actually alter him. I'd hate to be the cause of another of my kind..."

Einon smirked at his sister. "Hmm, parents that aren't inside our minds and know us better than we know ourselves... That'd be nice. But it's cool they know us sometimes, makes it easier to get help without having to actually ask." Chuckling at her, Einon gave her one more hug. "So, I doubt you came here to talk about problems and parents. What brings you here so late?" He laughed as he tried to be all serious.

"Balon's not in a bad mood. he's always been like this. besides, if he really is in a bad mood, its our job to cheer him up right?" Stern said as he walked into Balon's room with a plate in his hands. the rest of the group walked in with the cups ready. "here, breakfast as i promised." Stern said handing the plate to Balon. "thanx, but why is everyone here?" Balon asked. "we're just worried about ya. you push yourself too hard." Flint replied. Balon was still slightly spectical but none the less took the food. he took one bite and nearly dropped the plate and spit the food out. as the group fell over laughing, Balon began jugging down the cups. "you guys are in for it." he said as he recovered. "come on Balon, what can you do in your current state?" "more than you know." Balon get to his feet and began slowly advanceing on the group. "he's bluffing." Stern said thought he did sound too confident. "so, how do i deal with first?" the entire group pointed at Stern. "it was his idea!" "oh really, well why don't i just deal with all of you at once?" the group flew out the door running faster than they thought passible. they had just reached the front door and got outside when they felt a body land on top of them. "you are crazy Balon." Flint said from the bottom of the group.

Gurrin and Mellit watched the group run out the front door and get cruched by Balon. As the group layed in a pile, Guttin and Mellit alked over, taking them inside with the stretcher and laying them on each of their own beds inside. They gave them each a shot of morphine and bandaged them up, giving Balon a slightly larger dose to knock him out. Gurrin and Mellit finished their breakfast and waited for kray to get back.

Alex nodded gravely at his mother and said "i'll see dad through mom i promise!" he took off toward the town and smiled

"Forever the matchmaker, Mathias," Vix said, trying to conceal her little smile as she watched her son and the little firebug go through the portal. "I hope I can go back to help them soon, but..." She sighed. "I can't chance going home without Alexa. I don't think I'd ever be able to pick up her trail again."

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Aura shrugged. "Well, I know it was important that we stay here when we were kids," she said. "But we're seventeen now. I think we could be trusted in the world outside. What else are we going to do? I mean, we can't stay here forever, Einon."
When he pressed her over the earlier question, she went a little red and muttered, "It's sort of stupid. Do you ever hear things? Like someone else is talking to you, only it's in your own head?"

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Alexa grinned sheepishly. "My mother," she admitted. "She was involved in the war, back before I was born. I picked up a lot of things from her stories."
Swinging her bag over her shoulder, she asked, "Shall we move on? This doesn't seem as good a place to stop as it did. Too much cover. If there was one group, there might be another."

Alexa abruptly clapped her hands over her stomach. Hissing through her teeth, she fought not to go to her knees. "Alex, what the hell have you done to yourself?" she snarled as she struggled to stay upright. "That idiot."

She looked back briefly, but shook her head. She was no healer. Looking at Kirra, she gritted, "Let's go. Please."

Kray walked into the room. He had seen what had happened and could guess what had taken place inside the house. As he entered the room, the group was just getting out of bed. “what am I going to do with all of you?” he asked. “just let us go because you’re in a good mood?” one of them said with a fake smile. “I have a better idea. Why not run laps. You know the large rock we found on the way here? Yes? Well once you get there, turn left until you hit an oasis and from there run back here. How about 5 laps?” a sigh came from the group. “at lest I tried.” One of them said as they headed out the door. He watched them go. The past 20 years had changed Kray and the rest of his men a lot. They use to never joke around in the days of the Red Empire but in the past 20 years, they had grown close as family, well closer than Kray felt to his read family. Kray then proceeded to Balon.
“you could have been easier on them, they were just having fun.” Balon said.
“no I could not. you cannot let any act such as this go in the military.”
“we’re no longer a military remember? We’re a mercenary group now. You said so yourself.”
Kray let out a sigh, “I have go soft as well. In the past, I would not have thought twice about sending them on a longer run and they would not have complained.”
“you have changed? Well your pretty good at hiding it.”
“a leader such as myself should not show any weakness. Allowing too many people know how attached I have become of my men could prove fatal.”
Balon let out a slight laugh, “well at least I know one part of you will never change. Always think too much.” Kray laugh slightly at this comment as well.