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*kinda playing off the last post from the house.*

"Like bloody hell I need a hospital...we're getting out of here..." She smiled as her eyes flashed a brilliant green. She was in her element. escaping, trying to stay alive, adrenaline pumping, being chased...it was all giving her a great high she hadn't felt in awhile. What was worse was...she liked it. Though the gaping wound in her side wasn't helping her enjoy it. It was starting to hurt a bit now, the numbness slowly fading as she swerved in and out of traffic with an almost professional air. She finally made it to the landing pads, spotting a fuzzy little brown thing, waving them down. She brought the speeder to a halt near what seemed to be the ship that Richard and Enty had been working on with Vi. Little Enty had seemed to make it back to the Landing pads on his own. Equally surprising, was Vi, standing looking exhausted and covered in oil from off the ship. She waved them down with a Rag as Raquel opened the door, pulling herself out of the cramped speeder. She seemed to be able to stand fora moment before collapsing against the speeder for support, obviously, her adrenaline rush nearly entirely gone.

Richard hopped out, not noticing Raquel's fall, He was too preoccupied with pulling Lorey to her feet, hugging her tightly. He told her all would be ok before turning to Enty confused. Enty just smiled and went off in his own language. Richard seemed to nod before looking to the others. "He says that He had overheard Raquel and Sveriana earlier before they came for us...so he rushed back here, knowing he couldn't beat them back to the house to warn us. He got Vi to help him finish up the repairs on the engine so we could make a speedy get away." He explained nodding a thanks to Vi who looked utterly horrid.

"Its not problem...We all need to get the hell out of here before that death bringer decides to head this way. Del's not doing so good, I left him to rest on his own ship." She looked back at the ship that was relatively near by. She had just finished repairing a decent meal for him to regain some of his strength when enty showed up in a panic. She had tried her best to understand him and finally caught on that he needed the engine back in repair asap. "Though we all need to hurry. I regret tho that this is goodbye. We're going to have to go our separate ways to survive here." She sighed. Poor vi hadn't had a bit of sleep the last night or so now and here she was trying to recover from an earlier attack, emotional stress, and physical stress of repairing their ship in time.

Richard nodded, stepping towards her, giving her a quick but warm embrace. "Thank you for all your help...I apologize if we put you in any danger...and I don't think I have a way to repay you." He said regretfully, but Vi shrugged.
"Hey...you actually did me a justice....I got Del back....Thats more than enough payment." She smiled even though she knew she and Del both could argue both sides of the situation if it was better or not to be together again. With a quick wave to everyone, she turned to head back to Deilita, only to call over her shoulder: "This isn't goodbye, it's a 'see you soon'! I'm somehow positive we'll cross paths again!" She smiled wearily, taking a running start as she got closer, grabbing a hold of the zip line to bring herself back into the ship.
Richard smiled and waved, looking to the others. "I'm afraid shes right about having to leave now. I think I know where we can go to hide out for a bit...till things calm down you know." He said, taking Lorey with one arm around her to lead her towards the ships entrance. "You guys coming?" He called over his shoulder.

Raquel was starting to see things with a fuzzy look again, but hearing Damians genuine worry made her feel...something...she couldn't quite place it. But nevertheless, she shook her head. "A smaller ship like this wouldn't have an entire med center...All I need really is some pliers, gauze and alcohol...." She said quietly, trying hard not to pay any mind to her side. "I'll handle myself Richard, you just get this thing out of here...." She instructed, making a move to be free from Damain's hold, but she was too weak. That ...and she just enjoyed him holding her again.

Richard nodded to her still holding onto Lorey. "There's a small bit of medical supplies in one of the back storage rooms. But I'd suggest seating yourselves for the initial take off alright? Can you hold on that long?" He asked, glancing back as he lowered the ramp to let them all on. Raquel nodded, her arms around Damian's neck at this point.

Enty immediately went to the controls to the front of the ship, leaving Richard to attend to Lorey's apprehension. He kissed her forehead softly before setting her down carefully in one of the seats against the wall of a rather large communal sort of cab. He buckled her in gingerly, kissing her here and thereto calm her down. "I wish I could make this better Love...I promise... the moment we;re a safe range away, I'll be here for just you and me...we're all ok and going to stay that way alright??" He said sweetly as a father to his terrified daughter. "I'll be right back..." He cooed, stroking her hair before turning to join Enty at the front. "The rest of you...hold on...We already have clearance and we're so out of here." He said with a smirk as he started up the large vessel. The engines vroomed to life and his smile grew. "Missed you too..." he patted the ship's control panel with an affectionate air. With a wink to Enty, he started the take off procedures.

Raquel was taken aback by Damian's sudden ginger and gentle way. She liked it...she thought. It was different...and sweet. This was surprisingly the most prevalent thing in her mind as the ship took off. She just looked down at his hand in hers and couldn't get her mind around his kindness...even after supposed betrayal and lies from her side...did he really have true honest to god feelings for her?
The take off didn't really affect her...the lightweight feeling in her stomach was something she had experienced in many other, much more negative situations, even though she had never really left the planet before from her knowledge. She didn't think about where they were going, or what it looked like leaving the atmosphere of the smoggy city like planet of Veratia...she just looked at Damian.

Ricahrd and Enty guided the ship up and out of the atmosphere with a great force that made Richard and Enty both smile wider than they had in a long time. Richard even forgot himself and give out an excited shout of success as the ship started to slow down a bit, finally being in the weightlessness of space. He looked behind him, down the narrow hallway, smiling a little less at Lorey's shaking figure, but seemingly in awe of how beautiful she was despite it. Her gorgeous white hair was rising all around her a was a bit of her dress, causing Richard to blush and turn to adjust the gravity aboard the ship.

**tip: idk I just picture their ship to have the same ish layout of the millennium falcon. >w<**

Richard smiled and unbuckled himself, making his way back to Lorey. "Here love..." He cooed gently, unfastening her belt and pulling her to her feet carefully. "That wasn't so bad was it?" He asked, kissing her gently on the lips.

Raquel was considerably weaker now. Her exertion after the initial impact oft he bullet had made a much harder impact on her body than she wanted to admit. She knew her heroic little act was stupid in many senses of the word. So she didn't fight when Damian brought her to the back of the ship. She took a seat on a little bench with storage underneath it as Damian pulled out a first aid kit. *sorry for GM* she had broken out into a pretty bad sweat now, her face and entire body considerably paler now. The sudden space trip didn't help either. "G-give me...tweezers..pliers....s-something..." She asked, looking up at him with a weak smile. "P-please dont worry, I've been through worse....much worse...and I've patched myself up then and I can do it now..." She nodded to the box, imploring that he please hurry.

Richard was caught off guard by her sudden frightened spill. But as soon as she expressed herself, he couldn't help but hold her tightly, shushing her gently and stroking her hair. "Lorey...Love...I've been around awhile...I can't die yet...I've just found something to make me happy again...you think I'd let anything come between that?" He joked as he kissed her a few times, trying to fight off the tears welling up in his eyes.

Raquel kept smiling despite the pain. She merely shrugged as she took the pliers from him and stripped off her dress. She usually had no shame in her body, but around Damian...it was a little awkward. She was wearing a lacy black bra and simple boy-short style underwear, making it look as if she were wearing more of a bathing suit than lingerie. Her body was slender and lean, yet attractively petite. She would have been stunning if it weren't for the gaping bloody mess in her stomach. She took a rag and dabbed at the gaping wound, blood seeming to want to keep coming out. "Dont worry about it...it was an accident..." She tried to give him a smile as she stretched her back back to stretch out the wound. She grimaced a little as she worked her hand and the pliers into the wound. Her face looked pained. Her free hand gripped Damian's suddenly as she bit her lip. After a moment, she pulled the pliers from her body, the remnant of the bullet in between the tongs. She let the little bit of blood covered metal hit the floor with a ting. She exhaled deeply, trying to catch her breath as the wound continued to bleed. She was afraid she might pass out from blood loss before she was done patching herself up. She looked around at the various supplies Damian had found and frowned. "...Richard? Enty...?" She called, knowing Richard was probably preoccupied.

Ricahrd had looked up, not really wanting to leave Lorey's side. Enty seemed to pick up on that and put the ship on auto pilot so that he could attend to the call. When he stumbled upon Raquels bloodied but bare body, he wasn't sure where to look first. But the little bear like creature seemed tense and nervous, eying Raquel with a soft pur in his voice. Raquel ignored this, trying to sit up a bit. "There's not rubbing alcohol in here...nothing for disinfecting...which is just brilliant mind you..." She sighed with a sarcastic tone as she looked around. "I know two previously single men have got to have some rum, gin or schnapps somewhere on their ship." She said with a hint of annoyance, probably feeling Enty's stare burn a hole in her after awhile. Enty seemed to shake out of his little mini daydream fantasy and nodded, rushing away and returning quickly with a bottle of vodka. Raquel had nodded her thanks, slightly unnerved at how bad this was going to hurt. She looked to Damian who seemed so eager to help. She knew there wasn't much he could do, so witch a weak smile, she raised the bottle. "Cheers..." She laughed nervously, taking along, hard sip before turning the bottle over to her wound. The clear, strong liquid washed over her abdomen, cleaning away some blood, and hopefully killing anything harmful within the wound. Though this didn't come without a price. She let out a cry before dropping the bottle, trying hard to fight the urge to hold her side from pain. Tears welled up in her eyes as she waited for the pain to subside. She shut her eyes tightly, reaching out with one hand, blindly feeling for some gauze. "A-all I need to do now is just wrap myself up...and I should be as good as new..." She said quietly, looking up at Damian pleadingly.

Richard had meanwhile heard her cry but knew that she'd be fine, ecspecially with Damian and Enty looking over her. Ricahrd returned his worry to Lorey. "I promise, I won't ever leave you again...alright?" He said softly, pressing his forehead to hers. "Darling you're exhuasted.... There's a rather small but still adequate sleeping quarters down the hall...you need rest..." He said, worry filling his voice as he held her tired and frail body close to his.

Raquel blinked slowly at him, taking him in a moment. He had been so gentle with her...so careful...so loving...It was a rather drastic change for him. At his question, she could sense the stress in his voice. "...You..." She said quietly. "I...I need you...w-will you...could you...stay?" She asked, scootching over in the small cot, wanting him to just hold her. She had her own guilt crushing down on her, she just wanted to be near him to make it all go away.

Richard nodded, sitting down and bringing her into his lap like a small child. He took the bag in her hands and layed it down on the floor before cradling Lorey in his arms. "Shhh...its all going to be alright...I'm here ....I'm here...." he said softly, nuzzling her with his nose.