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Helena welcomed the hug. Hugs were like a golden legal drug for her and they always left her feeling great. Then she rolled over and took the glass of water with both hands, sipping it slowly.

"Hi..Noel and..Jay!" she said, smiling as she put down the glass. "I just..feel a bit...tired...." she said and yawned, covering her mouth with her paw. She accepted a piece of garlic bread and ate it with a little more gusto. She liked Italian food. Garlic had a nice taste. Licking her lips, she laid back down and looked at her friends. Yes, she can call them friends now, right?

Hearing someone tumble, she craned her neck and saw Billy half on the floor. "Billy? Are you...okay?..."

Billy just moaned a little when he heard Helena talk. He didn't feel like moving. His jaw wasn't hurt luckily from the landing though. The drugs were still pretty heavy in his system though.

Thinking, he knew that this was worse than that time when he decided to eat funyuns and then chug a liter of Mountain Dew and then go on roller coasters after going without sleep for 24 hours.

He just whined a little when he heard another girl talking to him. Not move? That sounded good right now.

Billy tried to smile up at the girl. Using his hands to push himself up a bit, he tried to reply to her. It would have been harder with half of his weight on top of his jaw.

"I... I will, just feel a bit sore in both places that I've gotten a dart in. And I'm a bit dizzy but I'll get over it." He said, almost exhausted. He really didn't want to move right now but he knew that a challenge was coming and he would participate even if he was sore all over!

As the wounded were being tended to, Ratchet looked around the cabin. Her poles from earlier were still scattered on the floor. She quickly gathered them and stacked them against the wall between her and Noel's beds. Moving the poles made her think of tomorrow's challenge. "Speaking of the challenge... I managed to get a few things today. First, there's these things. I cut these poles for a surprise I'm making, but we can take 'em tomorrow if we think we'll need 'em. And I also borrowed a knife. Our dearly beloved cook wasn't using it, and I don't think he was going to be any time soon; it was kinda buried in the wall. I don't think we should take it to the challenge, though. And..." Grinning a bit ruefully, she pulled Edward and Bella out of her bag. "I don't think we should take these, either. But I did feel that they needed rescued. And I have a hammer, a screwdriver, and a wrench. Can anybody think of anything else we either have in the cabin or we could pick up outside that we should take to the challenge tomorrow? Or that we could go grab to help these guys?"

Billy looked a little weirdly at the puppets. He certainly didn't think they needed rescuing and they smelled bad but oh well. Nodding at Jay he replied, "Yeah, I'm a little of both." He smiled a little at Serena who had offered him some food. "Thank you! This looks good." He replied biting into it. He was glad that the dart was out of his arm. It hurt to have that thing moving in there!

He looked over at Ratchet. "If that flashlight of Helena's wasn't taken, we can still use that. And we might want some paper and something to write or draw with on the paper."

"Paper and pencil, we've got that in here... Oh, they let Helena keep a good flashlight? Mine got... taken," Ratchet said, gritting her teeth. She looked at Serena admiringly. "That's brilliant! I don't know where you got that stuff, but it's brilliant. What's in the other bowl under my bed? And! Before I forget! We've got a frackin' huge pile of toys in here. Dunno if anybody wants toys, but maybe we can throw them at Chris or something." She looked around the cabin, wondering what else could be used when Helena asked about the rubbers.

Um.

Ratchet's ears flushed red and she pretended not to hear that particular question. Having loads of older siblings, she knew darn well what a rubber was, but having loads of younger siblings, she wasn't quite happy to answer it. Instead, she watched as Helena played with Edward and Bella and looked up at the upper bunk. "I'll sleep up there tonight. You stay in my bed; if you roll out again, you might get hurt falling from up there."

Helena tilted her head a little bit and frowned at not having her question answered. They seemed...reluctant. Oh well, she would understand someday, right?

She nodded at Ratchet, "Okie dokie, Ratchie" she said and slowly made her way back to Ratchet's bed. Then she put Edward and Bella next to each other near the pillow and crawled in beside them. She tucked herself, then the puppets in and curled up. Turning to see Jay leave, she waved goodbye and fell asleep.