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Vendetta · (This post was last modified: 08-17-2016, 03:47 AM by Vendetta.)

An Unfortunate Aftermath

Parting ways after their dinner, the two couples began their trips back to their respected households.

Hunt & Raven

"Are you sure you were okay being there? I couldn't help but sense you were... uncomfortable through the link " Raven asked, looking at him as they walked along. Hunt sighed. "Incredibly uncomfortable, but... It didn't go as bad as I thought it would." He replied. "Why do you think it would go bad? That grudge?" She inquired. "He had a gun in his suit." He answered. "That was kind of expected. He's in public, I told you. Even if he wanted to... he couldn't. Not without repercussion." She tiptoes briefly to kiss him, immediately embracing in to him after, walking slowly down the path, "Besides, you're not alone." She said with a smirk. "Yup. I've got a badass Bird beside me." He smiled slightly. "Did you enjoy yourself?" Hunt asked. "It was good. The food was great, the talking was okay." - she wraps an arm around him. "Zeal made some interesting points." He wrapped an arm around her in return, rounding a corner. "Hm? What points?" She asked inquisitively. "Even with all their preparation, all the time they've put in to readying themselves - and this applies to us - It's... Unlikely that we'll ever-"

Before Hunt could finish his sentence, as they had rounded a corner to another street with less traffic, a man stood in front of them in a long coat with a bushy, fur collar, wearing a large hat. Hunt looked forward towards the man, his expression going cold. Raven turns to look at the male, almost walking in to him - surprised that somewhere was there, "Woah. Excuse me. Watch where you're going, heh..." As she had bumped in to him, his coat parted to reveal a Bounty Hunter uniform. The man pushed Raven back and quickly drew his sidearm from under his coat, pointing it at Raven. "You're worth money, and I'm here for it." The man said. "U-uu-h..." Her blood drained from her face, for a brief moment, her heart would stop in shock, "Hey-hey-hey, we can uh... make a deal, I can pay you double it to leave me a-a-alone." she places her hands up, backing off slightly, stammering slightly in fear. She tries to calculate the best opportunity to trick the hitman. Before she could formulate a plan, Hunt grabbed the man's arm and yanked it to the side, punching him in the face. A loud shot could be heard firing, followed by a second. A pained grunt and a third shot soon followed as the man collapsed back, with blood dripping from under his chin, and a visible bullet wound. Noticing Hunt made a strike, Raven went around the corner for cover, breathing heavily from the moment of action. It was tiring to even put up a good fight, let alone move quickly.

Hunt's breathing had become rapid and shaky. He leaned forward, grabbing his stomach. He dropped to a knee, grunting out in pain. Blood pooled out from under his hand. "H-he's gone. It's sa-..." He coughed slightly. Raven peers around the corner, noticing Hunt was hurt. Raven hurries over, "Nonononono, Hunt - p-please." Tears would form, she would try her best to think of a solution for this, doing their best to suppress emotions, in favor of trying to get help for him. She raises up her PD, seeing how far the local hospital would be, and for any available units in the area. "I'll... I'll... help... Just - Just - Don't die, o-okay?" Hunt sat backwards against the wall, his breathing rapid and unstable. "Y-y-yeah... I-I'll try that... Ar-re you h-hurt? I-Isai?" She briefly inspects him, seeing the location of it, "F-f-f-f-flip. Christ. Oh god, I hope you're not hurt inside." Beginning to weep harder, "I-I.. o-okay, it's... okay, we're fine... just... put pressure on it." Raising her device again, quickly dialing the emergency line, "Uhhh-Cambridge-Medical-Central Passage-gunshot-Please come quickly!" She gets down on her knees, putting her hand and applying pressure to the location of the wound. "Pl-please don't leave me." She begins to cry, leaning her forehead on his shoulder, still awaiting the emergency team to arrive. Hunt's breathing was still unstable. He planted a small, soft kiss on Raven's forehead. "I-I... Told you. I-I'm not going a-a-anywhere..." He said, smiling briefly, before being interrupted by some light coughing. Raven wails out tears of grief like a child, already losing hope in the situation. With each inhale, it stuttered from the overwhelming feeling of emotions, struggling to even stay calm. She continues to cry uncontrollably into him, occasionally squealing out whimpers, still doing her best to keep pressure applied.

Geoff & Zeal

"So... What your saying is that we should at least try to make an effort to do these things on a regular basis?" Enfield seemed to not be pleasant at the idea of what Zeal brought up at the restaurant. "Well... You've done nothing but work for the past five years... Plus those at university before I even existed." She argued as she was unpacking the bike gear from the back. Enfield just put the key in the ignition of the bike before mounting it and putting on his gear. "Well a holiday is something I haven't done in years." He said. "Good i-" Gunshots rang from down the street not too far away. "Your SMG's are under the exhausts." Enfield took his from a compartment at the front of the bike while Zeal reached under both exhausts for hers. Immediately as they got them he revved up the bike and headed down towards where the shots came from.

As they raced down the street to see in the distance that Hunt was against a wall and Raven was panicking at his aid. But as they sped towards them a large black SUV was speeding around to aim themselves right in front of them. "Zeal!" He screamed and they both unloaded their guns into the front windshield of the SUV. With a sharp turn they angled the bike to slide sideways Enfield had rolled off his side away from the oncoming car, while Zeal had decided to go through the front of the shattered windshield. Gunfire ensued inside the car with bullets flying upwards out its roof and a few bodies and blades extruding from the windows and doors before completely stopping.

We've got to stop meeting like this...

Hunt saw the vehicle roll to a stop, hearing the additional gunshots. "H-hey..." He placed a bloody hand on Raven's cheek. "H-h-he wasn't a-alone... P-please. Get s-somewhere s-sa-" He coughs. "P-protect Isai." Hunt yanked up his pant leg and unclipped the holster, yanking the gun out and offering it to her. "P-please." She takes the gun, placing it in her mouth. Raven attempts to pick him up, dragging him away to a more public area where hopefully the local enforcers will see them, away from the scenery. Speaking with teary determination, muffled by the gun. "I-Willphf - Notphf. Leave. Yu."

Enfield still rolled up on the ground manages to get himself back on his feet. Picking up his machine gun and running towards Hunt. "Shut up, you're not dying yet! Keep that hand on your wound!" He assisted with moving him. The back door on the SUV had swing open with Zeal chucking out a fourth body. "Get him in!" She shouted as one of her arms retracted a bloody blade back inside. Raven helps get him in the vehicle, getting in along with him, keeping careful pressure on him, sitting beside Hunt in the seat. She throws aside the gun in the her mouth briefly, lobbing it on the seat. "C-c-come on, C-critter. P-please." Hunt coughed and grunted out loudly in pain as he sat down. "Pl... I-Is he... Safe?" Hunt shakily placed a hand on Raven's abdomen. "H-he is, he's safe - Just... Just be okay!" She stares down at him, staring through her pool of water glassing up her view. Her hands were bloodied from pressuring the wound. Hunt tears up slightly, slowly going pale and becoming weaker. He placed a hand on Raven's cheek and softly spoke out. "J-just... wanted to k-keep y-... S-s-safe..." He notes weakly. "Zeal, that was a hit squad. Check the back for a triage kit." Enfield checks on the man Hunt had fought, looking at the uniform he saw that it was only a monetary motivated hit. Placing his cybernetic fist aiming at the mans face, he displays an instant execution as a thick blade penetrates his skull and retracts back inside his arm, ensuring he was dead. Zeal looking in the back of the trunk pulls out a rather large medical bag and a white box. Throwing the medic bag in the back to Raven, she opens the white one to show a large amount of blood packs. All O-type. Enfield runs around the car to get into the drivers seat while Zeal climbs into the front passenger seat. "Hold on!" Geoff shouts. "Pl-please... whatever you're doing, DO IT FAST!" She squirms out quickly, noticing he was getting weaker. "N-no, you're - you're st-staying... Hunt - You-you-you have to be there. Y-y-yes?" She shakes her head, "I wish I pre-packed a medkit, I'm s-s... orry!" Some tears would drop on to him.

"Zeal, get some fluids in him." Enfield steps down on the accelerator, closing all the doors on the car. Zeal reaches around from to the back to get into the triage kit. She pulls out a blood pack and ties it to the handle bar above the window. Inserting its fluid needle into his artery in his wrist which starts to flow inside. She proceeds to rip open Hunt's clothing to locate the wound. "Y-y-y-y-ou're... going to be f-fine. Come o-o-on, s-sweetie." There were two gunshot wounds directly in the center of his abdomen, scorched from what was likely particle shot. "Y-y-yeah..." Hunt chuckled weakly towards Geoff and Zeal. "W-we've got to stop meeting like this." He said. "N-no, no, no-no-no, I didn't g-give you permission to die. Please keep your s-strength. Co-come on." Hunt slowly turned his head towards Raven, smiling warmly. He was still pale, and spoke in a weak tone. He reached up and cupped her cheek. "M-my dear Saffir... Don't cry. P-please. Y-y-y-... -ou've given me the best times of my life." She whimpers out quietly, shaking her head slowly, "I-I-I don't want you t-t-to lea..ve me..." He chuckled quietly. "I t-told you... I can't. I-I'm not going a-anywhere. I k-keep my promises, Bird..." He strokes her cheek with his thumb slowly. Enfield mostly concentrated on the driving, looking all around while taking a few glances back. "Yeah, well... I'm not disappearing for months on end this time, you'll make it." Zeal grabs a rather large syringe filled with white fabric pellets. She inspects both wounds to find that the scorch marks had left two clean holes, but fortunately didn't pass all the way through. "You're lucky... she's not." She starts to fill both wounds with pellets that start to expand when in contact with blood; Plugging both wounds. She gets a syringe labeled morphine and injects them near the wound. She fetches another syringe and passes it to Raven. "You tell him to keep it down with the death talk, his eyes start to flutter, hit him with this..." Quickly pointing to an area near his Heart. She looks into Hunts eyes while she starts to wrap the plugged wounds with a silver binding. "Your heart will feel like it hit a jump-start switch... It's going to hurt like hell..." She looks at Raven with a somewhat crazy smirk. "Tell me when you do. I'll hold his hand, unless you want crushed fingers." Hunt looked towards them. "Epinephrine. I-I've had to use it before." Raven grabbed the syringe. "O-o-o-oh g-god... Y-yeah... O-okay." She briefly strokes his cheeks, comforting him. "It's all okay - It's all okay - It's... all okay.."

Looking at the signs on the road, Enfield passes one that shows Cambridge medical center just a mile off. A police fighter flies above, along with two ambulance vehicles passing them on the right. Completely ignoring them speeding towards the hospital. "We're almost there... we'll get you in there soon." He said. "It-It's... It's all fine." She glues her eyes to Hunt's face. It really didn't help that Raven was neglecting her medicine, everything felt foggy, cold, her heart feeling the strain under distress and emotional pain. Hunt gestured for her to lean down whilst Zeal worked away on his abdomen. Acknowledging his desire, she leans in with a distant, worried, expression. He simply smiled warmly at her. "You're r-really beautiful..." She blinks with her only able eye, slowly. "I'll be f-fine... I promise." He winked at her. Raven moves in even closer briefly, giving him a slight peck of affection on his lips, leaning back away. Hunt attempted to steady his breathing. He gripped Raven's hand with some slight force, but not enough to cause harm. He felt cold, and his hand was shaking. "I-I'm sorry." Zeal shook her head. "You keep talking like that she'll jab that into you in not time at all." She said while monitoring the blood flow. Raven shifts her position around, sitting behind him on the floor of the car. She places her head down beside his head, holding his hand. She keeps silent, trying to be vigilant. Raven raises her head, carefully watching his face. It was too painful for her to even talk. She blinks slowly, the world seemed to slow down for Raven, as did her heart. With sluggish blinks, she stares at his face. Hunt looked to Raven. "S-seems like every time I try and do something nice it ends up bad." He smiled slightly. "Trouble m-magnets." He appeared to be regaining his strength ever so slightly from the extra blood and secession of bleeding, but it was clear that he was still in a monumental amount of pain. "Nobody threatens m-my family."

Raven continues to stare at him in sympathetic pain. The link between them shared their struggles, Raven is still emotionally and mentally overwhelmed - as a result of such stress. Her eye would slowly blink in a dumbed manner, still drowned in a pool of tears. Hunt reached up and cupped her cheek. "It's okay." He said, in an attempt to reassure her. She breathes harshly, as if it was forced. She shuts her eye briefly, attempting to mentally focus on her breathing but fails in effort. Raven would open her right eye, revealing that it was red and still watered up. Her chest can be seen stressfully pumping air through her lungs, cycling air as intended. Hunt forced soothing thoughts and feelings through the pain and in to the link to try and reassure her and calm her down. "I'm o-okay... So are you. So is Isai." She looks up and around. Everything seemed distorted, the blur of the outside world seemed to be very disorientating. She would look around again, noticing a visual construct of her mind appearing, seemingly taunting the scenario. She would see a mirage of her original skinny and fit self, twirling a cane and floating around Hunt. She was too tired to even fight her psychotic state, and looks back down at Hunt, feeling extremely drowsy.

Cambridge Medical Center

The vehicle had turned a corner and drove through to the emergency section of the Cambridge Medical Center. Two members of the staff rushed out to the vehicle and collected Hunt, who panicked slightly and grabbed Raven's hand, urging her to come with him. She forces herself up, trying to follow. At first, she was wobbly from her mental state impairing her balance, moving over to the entrance. The buildup of stress was still impacting her medically neglected heart. Trying to stumble along, thoughts pace in her mind, Need ... To... Stay... Strong. N- weakness. N-o-no... Heart... Ceasing. The staff wheeled Hunt along the corridor at a quick pace as Geoff moved to park the vehicle. Hunt reached out to Raven and tried to sit up, but was forced down by one of the doctors. "You need to stay calm." Hunt tried again. "...Bird..." He called out softly as the bed rounded a corner, trying to wave her over. I failed. Raven finds herself collapsing in to a stress induced cardiac arrest in the lobby. "I... So-...rr." She weakly blurted out as she fell. "N-no!" Hunt forced himself up from the medical trolley, pushing the doctor down. He tried to stand but slouched forward due to the immense pain of his abdomen. He collapse to his hands and knees, and crawled to her, carefully conducting CPR to calm her heart rate down. The staff walked over and recognized the issue, beginning to help out. Hunt reached down to his ankle holster and opened the spare battery pouch, which was emptied in favor of a pill bottle. He took it out and opened it, placing a capsule on the palm of his hand.

Other staff members would quickly appear to respond to the situation, taking Raven away to a medical room after briefly securing a temporary heart rate. The others would take Hunt, noting that he requires serious attention and that everything will be done in their power to help them.

Geoff & Zeal

"-So what you're saying is... Retire?" Geoff asked. "No!" She gives him a bottle of liquor as they sit in a secluded area behind the hospital. Sitting in-between a pair of rubbish dumpsters. "Where'd you get this?" He examined the bottle. "Glove box, found it while you were driving... I can't drink it, its too thick." They continue to share the bottle as they stare at the back of the shot up SUV. "You think he's woken up?" She asks while he's gulping down the first quarter of the Sambuca liquor. "Maybe... Should we just kill him?" Geoff looked back. "Yeah, all they're after is money." They both get up to walk to the back of the SUV.

Enfield is banging a few times on the back to disturb who ever is in there. "Hey... You up?" He said. "Who the hell is asking!?" he raises both eyebrows to the response of the man locked in the boot. "Ohhh~ Someone's angry." Geoff said with a small smirk. "Now listen, when you let me go... I'll make sure that you get a lower bounty on your head so that the guild won't be that motivated." The man frantically noted. "Do you know who we are...?" He didn't respond; Obviously dumbstruck. "... No?" Geoff chuckled. "Right, What we're going to do is harvest your organs. So stay fresh!" The man panicked. "Eh?! What-!" The back of the SUV was suddenly rocking and being kicked. The pair start chuckling, amusing themselves at the panic of the locked up bounty hunter. "Alright... Christ, we're not Corsairs... So we're not going to harvest your organs." Zeal takes the bottle of Sambuca from Enfield and takes a lighter from his pocket. "But we're going to do this." Enfield opens the trunk to see a man with his ankles and hands tied up like a caught fish. He instantly wraps his palm over the mouth of him to shut him up. Zeal started pouring the rest of the bottles contents on him, especially the face where Enfield also held open his eyes while pouring a good portion over his chest and crotch. "Poof-!" A sudden bright blue flame rose in less than a second. Followed by a second of clear screaming before Enfield quickly shut the boot to muffle it at best. "Right... I'm going for another cigarette then keep watch outside their ward..." He said. "I'm going to get a taxi back to the house, pick up our car, more firepower that way. I'll try get back as quick as I can." She gives him a kiss before rushing off towards the taxi parking to get in the nearest one. Enfield walks off to the front of the hospital and lights himself another cigarette. He takes out his phone and makes a call. "Yeah can I get one large Donner kebab pizza, chips with cheese and a cola delivered to Cambridge Medical Center?"

Hunt & Raven

Raven would open her eyes, finding herself in a room, seeing two silhouettes of people looking over her, the beeping sounds of the monitoring equipment can be heard, her blurred vision slowly coming in to focus. Two doctors watched over her vital signs, noting down the incident, specifying details of the fault. Attempting to communicate with them, she groans out, "Wh-...Where am -" She raises herself up, one of the nurses walks over, ensuring that she doesn't get up, "I-is my friend okay?" She asked. "Yes he's fine, and you'll be fine too. You'll have to stay an extra hour for observation. You can leave afterwards. He's currently in the theater." She sighs in relief, sliding back in the bed, turning to her side to get more comfortable with her bodily figure. Raven looks down at the silver ring she wore with the two crystals that sat in it, memorizing the time he gifted her it. She looks up at the doctor who previously spoke with her, who was now checking one of the consoles in the room, "When can I... visit him?" They turn around, "As soon as your observation is over. You'll be able to talk to him after they're done treating him." Raven frowns. "Oh... Guess I'm stuck here for a while." Raven looks around, noticing her personal device was taken off her and placed by the table bedside, she picks it up and starts typing to Enfield.

[TEXT: Hey. Thanks for that back there. Sorry for the whole dying thing? |: But I'm super grateful you two came. I owe you my life, and his. I'm being kept in for observation for an hour. You can visit Hunt if you want. They're currently treating him. ]

The hours moved by rather slowly. Elsewhere in the hospital, Hunt awoke in a medical bed in his own room within the recovery ward, as a nurse was injecting his IV with painkillers. He panicked, looking around the room for his partner. He tried to sit up, but realized he couldn't move. Something was holding him in place. The nurse looked to him. "Relax, please. You're alright." She said softly, setting down the syringe. Hunt didn't listen. He continued to try and get up. "Sir, please. You tried to multiple times. The Doctor requested you be strapped down." Hunt looked at the nurse, then looked down at his waist, which was held in place by a red medical strap. He sighed in frustration. "Where's my friend?" He said sternly.

"She's under observation for another five minutes. She can visit with you shortly. Please try and relax, and don't try to get up." The nurse said. She collected the medical equipment and left Hunt alone in the room. Hunt reached out via their link, transmitting feelings of fear, concern, and loneliness. He sat back down on to the pillow behind him, staring up at the ceiling.

One of the nurses approached Raven, where she was resting on the bed in silence. As they approach, she would get up, eagerly awaiting to hear her status. "Well Miss, it appears that your vital signs are nominal, your heart rate was showing some abnormal signs after you were committed for treatment after the incident. Your norepinephrine levels had declined, which lead to temporary sensory deprivation and eventually, heart failure." The nurse notes. They continue on, "We stabilized you and studied the effects further, prolonged effects of stress and emotional prevalence seemed to... trigger something in your brain. We couldn't quite detect what it was, but we were managed to draw a correlation between it and your increased hormones, your pregnancy. Otherwise, you and your child are healthy. It's good that you were nearby when you fell, otherwise, this could have gone worse for you and your son." Adding as a late note, "You're free to leave. Try to avoid heavy amounts of work and take it easy, or else it'll put stress on your heart. I can only advise you to increase your magnesium and potassium intake to help support your system. I put a note on your personal device." Raven responds, "E-ehrm... okay. Thanks." Most of the provided information went past Raven's head. The nurse leaves, Raven starts to get up, gathering her items.

She places on her beret, adjusting her hair, and walks out of the room with her bag. Standing in the middle of the corridor, she looks from left to right, realizing she forgot to ask for directions. "U-uhm..." Noticing a sign on the wall, it shows some directions around the hospital. "O-oh... the reception is... thaaat way." She twirls to her right, walking down the clean white corridor, passing people. She reaches the desk and queries the receptionist, "U-uh, h-hi. I - uh - recently... came in... with - urhm, my friend who was shot and I... had a heart-attack-and-stuff-so-like-where... can I go see him? I'm not totally lost but I'm pretty lost." Raven would randomly change the pace of her talking, from stuttering, to faster and then to a more confident manner of communication. The receptionist blinks slowly at her and points towards the right, "Go down there, turn left, recovery ward. Your friend is in Room A-7b." Raven nods. "...Thank you." She said with some hesitation.

She makes her way to Hunt's room, passing various doctors and people, she knocks on the door briefly, walking in. Raven peers around the corner, then walks in, shutting the door behind her. She saw how Hunt was strapped up, feeling his emotions more clearly now. She sighed a little - realizing what may have happened as she walked up to him, "You... panicked, didn't you...?" She asked quietly. Hunt smiled and sighed as she walked in the room. "I... Tried to find you. Apparently, I kept trying to get up and leave the theater." He said in response. "You could have hurt yourself badly..." Raven stands beside his bed, looking down at him. "I don't remember trying to get up until I woke up..." He reached a hand out for hers. "Are you okay?" Raven nods slowly. "I'm... fine." she holds her other arm, which had the personal device mounted on her arm, covering it with her palm. "Please be honest." Hunt looked up at her. A doctor had walked in to the room with a clipboard and approached the medical equipment. "I am being honest. Me and Isai are fine." He lets out a sigh of relief. "Good."

The doctor approaches the two. "Your friend is a lucky one, madam." She raises her head up towards him, "Huh?" She asked. "Were it not for the plate on his spine, he wouldn't be able to walk. No internal organ damage. The two shells would've ripped clean through his spine were it not for that piece of metal supporting it. The shells were removed." Raven wipes a slight tear from her only visible eye, "O-oh..." The doctor looks at the clipboard. "Legally, we can't keep him here without consent, and since he was admitted through the emergency section, those who accompanied him are who can give consent. So it's up to you if he leaves or not." The doctor notes. "But, he is okay to leave, right?" Raven asked. "Yes." She looks down at Hunt, "Well then? Do you want to stay strapped to a bed for the entire day? Maybe a week. Or a month. Or a year. Or a century." Hunt chuckled slightly. "I want to go home." He said with a smile. "Then we shall." The doctor nodded, "Very well then. I have some other patients to tend to, so if you'll excuse me. Just sign out at the desk before you go." He walks out the door, leaving the two alone. Hunt looked up at Raven. "I'm sorry." He said. "For what?" She asked. "Getting shot and ruining my suit. Now I won't look so nice for you." He smirked. "I wish... I wish that could have gone differently." He reached up and cupped her cheek. "I wasn't going to let him hurt you."

"I was hoping he was going to fall for my bribe trick. Come on." She tries to undo the restraints, "Let's just go home." She said. "Yeah." Hunt reached down to help her, unclipping the strap. He slowly sat up, grunting aloud in pain. "Raven." Exhaling tiredly, "Hunt." He stood up slowly and hugged her. "I love you." Raven smiled ever so slightly, still exhausted. "Mhm. Let's just go already." she keeps idle like a slab of meat. "Lead on." Hunt collected his holster and PD. She leads him towards the desk, waiting in a small queue. Raven rested her hands on her hips. The queue moved forward. The drone at the desk looked at Raven. :: How can I be of assistance? :: The machine asked. "We're here to sign out, or something. Came from emergency." The drone offered up a sheet of paper and a pen. :: Please sign the release form. :: She looks down at it, taking the paper and pen, leaning against the desk. She angrily mutters in silence, "Yeah, sign a piece of paper or just die... bloody... government..." she rambles on, spouting some incoherent words. Raven reads through it first. It was a simple medical release form for documenting the patient leaving. She begins to fill in the details, checking over it, biting her lip in the process. "Right. Done." she slides it on the desk towards the worker. :: Thank you. Take care Miss. Take care sir. :: The robot collects the paper and places it in a file holder marked 'out'. "Farewell." Raven turns around to walk out of the hospital with Hunt. She goes past the doors, then goes over to a wall, leaning back on it, raising her device. Hunt joins her on the wall, leaning back with a slight sigh.

"I thought I was going to lose you." she lowers her arm. Hunt looked over at her. "I promised you I wasn't going to leave you ever. I was scared when you collapsed..." He said. "You could have hurt yourself so badly. Nevermind, this isn't the time to talk about it. I just want to go home. Where's Enfield anyway?" Raven asked. He shrugs. "I don't know. We can just get a taxi." He notes. "Let me text him then." She raises her arm again, tapping in to the device.

[TEXT>Geoff Enfield: Me and Hunt are signed out of the hospital, we're headed home. Apologies, but none of us feel very well. Sorry about that. We can catch up another time concerning dates.]

She lowers her arm. "Home? Let's just get a ride back to our ships. I told him we were going home. Truthfully, I don't feel too particularly bright either."

Homeward Bound

A loud roar of an engine came from down the street, along with a pair of bright headlights. A 4-door sports car just swerved its way around into the front bay of the hospital before stopping and parking itself directly in front of their path. The front drivers window rolled down to see that a Zeal had picked up a ride for them. "Where's Geoff?" Zeal asked. "I don't know, we were about to pick up a Taxi." Raven states. "I sent him a message about it too." She looks around briefly. "I can... try to see where he is?" she raises her arm. "Mphhhm-!" Grunted a noise from behind them, Enfield was trying to catch up to them while eating out of a take-away box and a drink can under his arm. A couple chips flew out as he ran to them. Once he did he, he was still trying to eat his way through a few strips of donner meat. "Weeer-Wherrr-ooooh?" Raven looks back, raising a brow at him, "There he is." He manages to try gob down the mouthful he had. "You're lucky, two guys came in looking for a group with gunshot wounds." Zeal reaches over and opens all the doors with a flick of a switch. "Lets go then." Raven's expression changed. "...Seriously? They can just... waltz in... like that?" She asked. "Depends if they were looking for you, or their friends." He adds, climbing into the front passenger seat. "Let's not put too much thought into it then." She climbs in the back with Hunt, holding his hand. "I can try to ask the Admiralty concerning Bounty Hunters, Hall might be willing to listen." Hunt nods in agreement. "I hope so." He winced slightly, crawling in to the car. "For once I'd like to be able to enjoy a date without someone getting shot. Or hurt." Zeal steps down on the accelerator bringing it up to speed with the rest of the traffic. "Where you guys going?"

Enfield, finished with his food, places the box on the floor. "Right... It will take us an hour. I'm going to catch forty winks. Wake me up when we arrived." He pops his feet on top of the dashboard, crossing his arms and sinks into his seat resting his head against the window. Zeal was concentrating on the road. "Its going to take us a while so-" A few fire trucks suddenly zipped by in the opposite direction along with police escort. "I think that's ours..." Zeal turns on the radio to the BBC news station. "Today's traffic within the central Oxford plaza has come to a halt, the shoot out last night within what seemed to be rivaling Mercenary groups ended with five fatalities shutting down the city area with an also recently linked vehicle arson at the Cambridge Medical Center when a body of a captured individual was also found in the rear of the burnt vehicle recognized as a member of the Freelance mercenaries rivaling the Guild. The vehicle was found after a large explosion was heard after what witnesses seemed to suspect it was fuel tank explosion. Two Members of the Bounty Hunters guild have been arrested at Cambridge Medical Center in suspicion with both the shoot out and arson." She immediately turns off the Radio. "Yeah...... That's ours." Hunt sighed and shook his head. "Every time we go to dinner. First Honshu, now here. Never a dull moment. Good thing we've got aliases." He leaned his head on Raven's shoulder. "Hah. It kind of gets ridiculous." Raven smiled. "Mhm. Neither of us said it would be easy to try and lead a normal life though. And honestly?" Hunt looked to Raven. "I like our lives. They feel normal. I don't like getting shot though. That part kind of sucks. Everything else though - that's top quality." He closes his eyes and rests his head on her shoulder. "Good dinner. Good time with friends. A beautiful Bird at my side, and you all somehow tolerate me." He chuckles quietly. "I think that passes as a good time." Raven leans her head on to his slightly. "I never realized how easy it is to get so tired, so quickly."

The vehicle came to a stop outside the small bungalow. Hunt looked towards Geoff and Zeal. "Thanks for the ride, I suppose. We'll see you around." She glances at her personal device, "We have a meeting to be at, actually. Ech." Raven gets out of the vehicle, "Once again, I thank you so much, I massively owe you one, big time."

As the sun rose on the horizon and the next day had begun, Joshua Hunt and Sapphire Raven tiredly walked to their house to change and get ready to return to their lives as Keeper and Curator of Auxesia, whilst Geoff Enfield and his android wife Zeal returned to their home and readied themselves to return to Rheinland and get back to their duties at the Buro.

Just another day off...

The End

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