Arriving

[Terry]

Terry raised his head to look up at Demoiselle. However, he didn't move. His stomach hurt as it felt like it was doing flip flops against his insides. His head also hurt trying to figure out why his heart was pounding so badly.

Just then, a calm voice came from behind him. A pale hand presented a plastic cup of seemingly clear liquid. "You look pale...drink this, it will calm you." Terry didn't know why, but he grasped the cup in both hands and gulped the drink. Suddenly, his eyes lit up. The merboy giggled as he felt the liquid fizz down his throat. It was 'sweet water'! At least that's what he thought it was called. How did Demoiselle know sweet water was the only thing that could calm the merboy when he was ever nervous.

Emerald eyes shot up and were stunned for but a moment as he saw a young man with cerulean blue eyes and long white hair pulled back in a loose ponytail. A gentle smile caressed his face. "Terrence, I see you're doing well." Terry was excited. His first (non merman) friend was here. Terry jumped and wrapped his arms around the young man's neck. "Akia!" Terry laughed, "What are you doing here?" Akia just smiled back, "I'm actually here on business, The Wizards needed complete some trade deals here."

Terry smiled again, as he released Akia from his hug. "Oh! Akia. I want you to meet my best friend. We just met but we're now best friends! This is Demoiselle Flyer." As Terry gestured to the Dragonis, Akia chuckled lightly at the light blush coming over Terry's cheeks as the boy turned away just as he said Demoiselle's name. Blue eyes then turned the Dragonis, "It's good see that Terrence has friends at his side. It's a pleasure to meet you, my name is Akia Matsumi." Akia bowed his head, enough that a few white strands fell over his shoulder.

[demoiselle]

Demoiselle noticed the blue eyed white haired wizard hand a drink to Terry and frowned, but it seemed to help Terry so he relaxed a little and watched as Akia introduced himself. He didn't know if he could trust the wizard, but he'd befriended Terry so he couldn't be that bad, at least Demoiselle hoped. Demoiselle watched Terry blush and chuckled a little, it was good to know that the merboy had other friends though he had to admit he did like having Terry all to himself.
"As Terry has told you, I'm Demoiselle flyer," introduced Demoiselle returning Akai's bow, " a friend of Terry's is a friend of mine." Only for you Terry, thought Demoiselle trying to get comfortable around the wizard, where to go now though.

[Terry]

Terry couldn't help but smile. He was glad his two best friends got along, though a light blush did fade across his cheeks as he caught Demoiselle's latter comment...'only for you...' what did he mean by that? Terry was confused. He didn't know what to make of it. Why would Demoiselle only be friends because of him?

Then he was broken from his thoughts, and emerald eyes gazed up at Akia. "Terry...I have to wonder though. It's amazing to see you all the way out here. I have to ask, does he dad know you're here?"

Terry, at that moment, panicked, his face flushed. He grabbed at Akia's arm. "Please promise you won't tell him! If Dad knew I was here or anywhere, he...I don't know what he'd do!"

Seeing the plea behind emerald eyes, Akia smiled and patted Terry's head. "All right, calm down. When I return to Parinenai next week I will not say a word to your father, if I see him."

Terry relaxed a little. He knew he could trust Akia, with his life. He then went over to Demoiselle's side and eagerly took his hand, then turned back to Akia. "Come on Akia, we were just about to go exploring again! You can join us if you want? Right, Demoiselle?"

However, cerulean eyes caught the little possessive spark within the dragonis' eyes. He smiled and shook his head, "No, I would love to, but I'm actually waited for my flight to Jeskara, to visit my mate and our son. You two go and have fun."

[demoiselle]

Demoiselle felt a little selfish after hearing Akai had a mate, but the feeling of possesiveness didn't seem to want to go away.
"I hope you have a safe journey," voiced Demoiselle forcing another smile, "and thank you for keeping Terry's location a secret. Think the last thing we need right now is to have a whole army for mermen and dragonis' after us." Demoiselle then realized his hand was now entwined with Terry's and he mentally beamed, the merboy seemed to be coming out of his shell a little. Demoiselle gave Terry's hand a reassuring squeeze and waited for Akai to leave before turning to Terry.
"Where to," inquired Demoiselle, "I believe it's your turn to pick somewhere."

[Terry]

Before Terry could open his mouth to say something, he felt something else brush his jade hand. Emerald eyes turned to see Akia looking at him with cautious blue eyes. "Speaking of Dragonis' armies, I did see a few dragonis' outside. I don't know if they might be friends of yours Demoiselle, but at the very least be careful, that is if you intend to keep your secrets secret."

Terry froze for a moment, as his grip tightened within Demoiselle's grasp. "Do you know why they're here?" Akia shook his head. "No, but I did hear one mention that they saw a silver dragonis flying over the forest region almost an hour ago. They wanted to check it out."

[demoiselle]

Demoiselle tensed at Akia's mention of other Dragonis' and thought better of leaving at least through the front door. How have they notice him though? He'd been catious in every way. They shouldn't have found us, thought Demoiselle with a frown, there's only one dragon I know who could find us and he has no want to come to Zerca...Feu couldn't possibly be here. Demoiselle looked at Terry, the pretty merboy couldn't get mixed up in this. There's no way he could fight off numerous members of a Dragonis amry, there were probably fire dragons all over the place and the though made Demoiselle shiver.
"Akia? Is there anyway you could get Terry out of here without him being noticed? I think I can throw then off my trail, but if not then Terry shouldn't be there with me," Demoiselle stated a little disappointed to have the merboy leave his side, but his safety was more important, "we need to get out of here." Demoiselle looked out the window checking to see if any dragonis' where approaching and surely enough they were. Feu, thought Demoiselle feeling panic tighten his stomach as he say the dark blue haired water dragon. What were they going to do?

[Terry]

Hearing that he should just run and hide, emerald eyes fumed with long time held back rage. That's what people always told him to do when there was trouble. They didn't want him to get hurt just because he was shorter than everyone else as well as less experienced. Terry turned his gaze to Demoiselle and grabbed his arm, pulling at the older man, almost trying to bring him down to his own eye level.

Determined eyes glared up at the dragonis. "You don't have to worry about me! No one does! I'm not a kid. I can take care of myself! I can show all of you I can face whatever challenge comes at me!"

Just as Terry turned and started marching toward the front door, a gentle hand reached again and rested on his shoulder, halting his movements. He looked up to see Akia's concerned gaze, "I'm sure Demoiselle did not mean to insult. He just wants to make sure you're safe, as a good friend should." He then turned to Demoiselle with a confirming gaze, "If you want to keep both you're secrets, and confirm to the other Dragonis' that the sighting was just a rumor. Perhaps you should go out the back of this place. Follow me."

Terry started to reluctantly follow his Wizard friend. He was still a little upset about no one giving him the chance to show he was strong too. He whispered under his breath, "He doesn't need to protect me anyway, it's not like we're mates or anything..."

Emerald eyes widened and he bowed his head quickly to hide a dark blush on his face. Why are you thinking that Terry? You haven't even known Demoiselle a whole day! Besides he probably already had a mate! Terry silently gasped, but thankfully his thick green hair had fallen over his shoulder hiding his blushing face and a tear rolling down his cheek.

[demoiselle]

Demoiselle stared at Terry's retreating back, he didn't know the nerboy would be upset at such a statement. Demoiselle believed that the merboy could handle himself or he wouldn't have tried to walk around Zerca alone, but he could handle Feu, not many could. He was glad that Akia knew how to handle Terry and that he was willing to help, but he couldn't go with them. I feel like I love the silly little merboy, thought Demoiselle with a shake of his head,I should have known better than to make friends when I knew I'd be found.
"No," voiced Demoiselle while Akia was at the back door and forced a smile, "don't go out the back door I'm sure they have that covered. Feu has the best nose in the whole Dragonis' army. Go out a side window prehaps, but I can't go. Feu knows my scent, it was a precautious incase anyone got the idea of kidnapping the famous traveler's son. My scent will lead him straight to us. I'll try to lose him, but there's no way I can conceal three people. Go on without me. Feu's a family friend of sorts. I might be able to ask him to ignore my presence, but he can't do that if I'm not alone." Demoiselle took a deep breath looking at the window and noticing Feu's silver eyes scanning around the area. His eyes stopped on the store next to their restaurant and Demoiselle knew Feu was giving him a chance to run. Demoiselle apperciated the water dragonis's sympathy and turned to look at Akia and Terry to make sure they would leave...even though he wanted to be with Terry, it was better if he didn't fall into dragonis' hands. They'd torture the poor merboy.

[Terry]

Akia laughed a little under his breath as he caught the dragonis' thoughts. Drawing his arm protectively, like a big brother, around the merboy's shoulders. Then called to Demoiselle, "I'll have a shuttle cruiser waiting for you two. It's probably not safe to remain here on Zerca much longer...that is if you want your secrets to remain safe." Terry meanwhile, still had his head down. A blush still covered his cheeks, but his hair hid his face. He still couldn't understand what these feelings he was getting whenever Demoiselle was near him or he merely thought about the handsome Dragonis.

Akia began to lead the boy further to the back of the restaurant, to the back storeroom. The only windows were placed high, to reach them one had to crawl up on the tower of boxes stacked against the wall. The windows were also small enough they would have to crawl through one at a time. Akia climbed first to peek outside to see the window leading to a seemingly empty ally. Akia came back to Terry and put his hands on the boy's shoulders, "All right Terry, it appears safe." He brushed a stray tear from Terry's cheek, "You're see Demoiselle again, once this ordeal is done. Have faith." Terry shook his head and looked up, emerald eyes shining. "I'm not worried. Don't worry, Akia, I'm fine!" Akia smiled, "Alright then, up you go, you first. Once you get out don't go anywhere until I get out." Terry nodded, then scrambled up the boxes and through the small window.

Terry stood in the alley waiting for Akia to join him. He wanted to know if Demoiselle was alright, but he promised Akia to stay where he was. He watched Akia through the window. The wizard was taller and not able to go as quickly as the merboy. Unfortunately, he didn't see the shadows lurking around the corner.

Akia had just about made it out, but as he looked up at Terry, blue eyes widened as he saw two shadowed figures approaching them quietly. "Terry run to the transport bay now!" He shouted at the boy. Terry was startled to say the least, but before he could say anything he was pushed forward by Akia. He ran as fast as he could, but soon skidded to a halt for there in front of him was a giant stone wall. There were no holes or things sticking out for Terry to grab onto. He whipped around and backed up until his back was against the wall. Three big, brawny men were ganging around him. Green eyes peered between two of them and almost shouted in fear seeing the white-haired wizard lying unconscious against the wall, blood and bruises covered his body.

"This one looks like a keeper...he'll make a fine price, don't you think?" Terry heard one say to his teammate. Glaring, Terry burst forward as fast as he could to get by without being seen. He had to get help for Akia! However, one of the men saw him and grabbed a fistful of green hair, making the boy yelp in pain. Terry struggled to get away, but it was futile, the men were just too strong. However, Terry wouldn't give, and no one noticed the struggle Terry's water gourd had come loose and was flung a few away behind a set trash barrels. The men then decided they had enough of their fun playing the boy, and one picked up a large rock, and slammed it against Terry's temple.

Terry's vision blurred, the last thing he saw was Akia still lying motionless on the ground. He needed to get help, but he couldn't keep his eyes open. As the boy's mind slipped into darkness, his last thought was of flying high on silver wings.


(((Wow...I didn't realize it was going to be this long...I just couldn't stop for some reason...)))

[demoiselle]

Demoiselle watched as Terry crawled through the small window. Demoiselle hadn't realized how hard it would be to watch the merboy go or maybe he wouldn't have suggested they split up, but then he couldn't let anything happen to Terry. So sucking it up he watch as the beautiful merboy disappeared out the window followed by Akia. Demoiselle gave a small sigh of relief seeing them escape and deciding to make things easier for the two he slipped out of the restaurant. He gave a quick glance to the shop next door and saw dragonises confirming that he wasn't in the place. Feu nodded knowing already that he had not been there, but pointed Demoiselle out now that Feu had already had a blow taken to his pride by pointing out the wrong building. I looked at the blue haired, silver-eyed dragonis wondering what to do then took off running. Demoiselle tried blending in with the zercans, but Feu had his scent now and he knew inside that he wouldn't be able to escape. I'm doing this for Terry, thought Demoiselle as he quickly changed into dragonis form and took off into the air, he'd been a record flyer so maybe he could lose them in the sky. Fate wasn't with him however and soon he was boxed in my the army of dragonises. I'm sorry Terry. I did try. Demoiselle felt a painful blow to his eyes and well as another to his head. Soon he felt the wind rushing around him as his vision began to fade and he pummbled to the ground.
" Sorry dear Demoiselle," Feu whipsered looking at the conscious dragonis sadly, " I did my duty and your father will be very relieved to see you alive." Feu then picked up his friend and cared him back to their shuttle.

((( I understand the need to write so much when something so big is happening. this is the longest I've wrote too. I guess we'll be moving are RPG to the P plant.lol. I can never remember how to spell it. well if you do. Please tell me it in the other part and no longer here. thanks))))))

[Terry]

(((You know I never really grasped the reason why people would switch...I felt like they were starting a new story rather than continuing...in Akia's thread my partner and I never switched threads, but we did move to different planets...I see nothing wrong with staying with this thread.))) Anyway...okay there was my rant for the day...I'll shut up now...


"Come on, let's get out of here." One of the shadowed men called to his cohorts, who one had slung the unconscious merboy over his shoulder. The team just made it out of the alleyway, as a young red headed Zercan spotted the the green haired boy, and called out to them. "Hey! Is that boy okay? Shouldn't you call for an ambulance!" The group froze for a moment then ran away, they didn't want to get caught in another brawl, not after what they went through to get their stubborn prize. The red head was about to give chase, however, as he passed the alleyway, he tripped over something small. He looked down and saw a small shell-like gourd of water. He picked up. Just then something else caught his eye. He ran towards it, and gasped at the bloodied body lying in front of him. He knelt down to check a pulse, thankfully there was but it was weak. As if on instinct, he pulled out his cellphone to call an ambulance. He looked for an identification, but could find none. Akia was planning to grab his things after he returned from lunch, everything was back in his apartment. While, a young white-haired Wizard lay in a Zercan hospital bed, his mind deep in the darkness of a coma.

[demoiselle]

Demoiselle shifted a little finding it hard to move his body and he couldn't open his eyes.
"Your eyes are banaged," informed Feu from somewhere nearby, "you took a good hit to your eyes as well as your head. The doctor says you'll be fine, but your hands are handcuffed to the bed incase you try to make a break for it. So tell me dear Demoiselle who was with you? Don't lie, I can smell them on you." Demoiselle gave a heavy sigh and refused to answer Feu's question, he wouldn't make this for nothing. He would keep Akia and Terry safe. Demoiselle heard Feu shift behind him and tensed.
"Calm down. I'm not going to attack you. We're friends right," inquired Feu and he could hear the smile in the water dragonis's voice, " just tell me. I promise to keep it a secret and hey maybe I can help you out."
"I can't do that. You have a duty to the army and you have too much honor to lie," Demoiselle stated calmly though he really wished his eyes weren't wrapped.
"I retired from the army and you know that. I only helped them because I was worried about you," voiced Feu softly moving a piece of hair out of Demoiselle's face, " now tell me."
"I found some friends. Terry's a merboy and Akia's a wizard. I don't no where they are or if they're okay," stated Demoiselle feeling exhausted and just wanting to go back to sleep, "don't hurt them the only reason I left them was to protect Terry."
"Oh doesn't my dear Demoiselle have a crush on the little merboy," teased Feu with a soft laugh, "don't worry I will snope around for news of them and I promise to keep this a secret."
"Thank you," murmured Demoiselle before once again driftin into unconciousness.

((((okay. we can stay here I was just making sure I knew what was going on. this will be fun!!! looking forward to it.")))

[Terry]

(((I'm looking forward to it too! Now, beware...I'm going to be torturing my cute little Terry...so if you see tear stains on the post, don't worry that's just me...I never want to hurt my characters but sometimes the story just screams for torture...)))

It almost hurt as green eyes strained to open, however, he could barely see his bangs in front of his face. There was no blindfold that he could feel, it was just so dark. Cold metal scraped against his bare skin. The boy couldn't move as his hands were tied so tightly behind his back. He couldn't kick as his legs were tied as tightly as his arms, the binds felt like they were cutting off the circulation in his body. Thankfully, binding was not around his chest, although he still heaved deeply in and out. Terry's throat was so dry, and the boy started panic slightly when he found his gourd shell was not at his side. He had to find it! That gourd was not only special to him because it held his drinking water, but also it was the only memory he had of his mama. His father told him that it belonged to Terry's mama when he was Terry's age.

Quickly, Terry bolted upright, and ignoring the throbbing pain in his head. The boy swung his bound legs sweeping the around him, hoping his precious item hadn't gotten too far away. Being naturally flexible, the merboy tried to stand up but soon lost his balance and fell back. Luckily, a nearby wall caught him, and Terry steadied himself. Once he did however, a heavy vibration hummed under his feet. The boy yelped loudly and fell again on the cold metal, landing hard on his shoulder. Wincing, the boy cried for the pain in his body, cried wondering if Akia was okay, his unconscious form etched in Terry's memory, and also he cried for Demoiselle. Terry still didn't know why but all he knew was that he wanted to be in Demoiselle's arms.

Just as the tears had begun to fall down his cheeks, when suddenly a swift, hard kick to his stomach which sent the boy rolling across the floor. Terry cried even more as his head hit hard against the wall. Then footsteps scoffed the floor, nearing him. A rough hand pulled at Terry's hair. Terry's eyes clenched shut as a another yelp of pain escaped his lips.

"Looks like this kid doesn't know how to be quiet." A voice laughed from far off. It was followed by more harsh laughter. A deep voice from the figure next to Terry spat out, mock-scolding his partners, "This pretty boy is young, and probably doesn't know how to behave in the view of the public. We should teach him a little discipline, what do you say boys?"

At hearing the snickering and the laughing, Terry's whole body shivered as he subconsciously tried to wiggle away, but was held tightly still by the grip on his hair. "Uh uh...where do you think you're going? You're our property now." The man whispered lowly in Terry's ear. The boy cried even more. All he wanted to do now was to go home and by his papa's protective side.

Terry gasped as his pants were suddenly torn away from his body. His voice screamed as soon whips struck across his skin. Terry lost count how many times they struck or how many whips were striking him. he tried to curl up to try and ease the pain, however, another man grabbed his ankles, stretching out his body so he was open and vulnerable to their vicious attack. Terry screamed again and again, wishing that it would all be over. He would die and see his mama finally. Another scream as a whip lashed across the boy's neck. "Watch it!" The man holding Terry's hair called out, "Remember we wanted to keep his pretty face unharmed."

After countless hours, Terry lay barely moving and chest heaving deeply. The lashing had stopped, but the cuts, from his neck to his legs, still burned. Cool blood flowed over the pale skin and the cuts, giving the boy a little relief.

The man pulled Terry up a little and suddenly a bucket of ice cold water was dumped on him. Terry thanked Heaven as he licked at the cool drops and sighed quietly as they ran down his throat.

"Wake up, boy!" Terry strained his eyes to open and saw the dark figure of a man. He wanted to sleep, his vision was so blurred over from the pain he had just endured. The man laughed, catching a glow within Terry's emerald eyes. "What do you know? You're still way too innocent for our business! We'll have to fix that."

Pulling the naked, bloodied body into the his lap, the man chuckled as he whispered in the boy's ear, "Now just relax, you'll soon learn to enjoy this..." Without anymore warning, he thrust with the merboy's body hard, grunts were drowned by the merboy's screams. The thrusts came over and over, one after another, each one harder than the last. Terry couldn't see but it felt like his small body was being ripped in two. There was nothing but pain, and he never wanted to experience this again. Terry threw his head back and screamed again, his voice went hoarse, and soon his body went limp, as his mind slipped into the dark tresses of peaceful dreamless slumber.


(((*sobs* I'm sorry Terry!!! But my cuckoo imagination forced me to do it!!! And I'm sorry to you to Demoiselle, for having to read that...I hope to never do it again!....maybe...muyhaaa I'm evil...did I just say that?)))

[demoiselle]

(((*gasp* you disturb me. no I really understand though Demoiselle might have a heartattack later on. ))))

Demoiselle shifted uncomfortably in his bed. Something was wrong. He knew something was wrong, but he didn't know what and it was killing him. Please, just don't let it be Terry, thought Demoiselle mentally begging,he's to sweet and carefree to allow anything bad to happen to him. Demoiselle wished his eyes weren't so messed up or he would be gone, but without his eyes Demoiselle wasn't much use to Terry, Akia, or himself.
"You should calm down. I'm sure your friends are just fine," soothed Feu his calm aura making Demoiselle want to scream.
"No, he's not," hissed Demoiselle being to yank and his restraints until he felt cold blood running down his arm, "something's wrong! I don't know what but he's in trouble. What have you found to prove he's okay Feu?! Tell me!"
"You're going to draw too much attention to yourself if you keep screaming," rebuked Feu harshly, " a zercan found the wizard. He's currently in the hospital." Demoiselle went cold after hearing that and wished there was some good news, but a deeper part of him knew it was only going to get worse.
"The zercan said he saw a merboy being taken away, but knowing he couldn't take them he saved the wizard. The zercan found this. It's a gourd, said he found it on the ground." Demoiselle held his hand out for the gourd and clutched it tightly when it was given to him.I sweat Terry. I will kill those who took you from me. I'll save you if it's the last thing I do.

[Terry]

(((*Evil laugh*....huh? *nervous chuckle* hey come on I disturb myself most times! Just a question, is Demoiselle still on Zerca or on his way back to Parinenai? Oh and also I'm going to be steering away from Terry for awhile, but let's just say his predicament isn't going to get any better....and mostly because Terry won't talk to me anymore....Terry! Come on! I didn't mean it!....See...at least I still have Akia sort of...and if my orginal partner for Akia comes back he's going to kill me...))) Anyway....on with the post.

A red haired youth rushed through the crowded streets of the Zercan city. All other thoughts on his mind had been supressed except about getting to the one place he wanted to be. The youth rushed through the sliding glass doors, and skid to a sudden stop, only to find he stood in the pasty white main lobby of the hospital.

The red head, controlling his breath from running, approached the main desk, his long waist length hair swaying gently behind him. He waved to the young brunette behind the desk. The brunette looked up and smiled at the red head. "Good morning, Ken!" The red leaned over the counter, "You wouldn't happen to know is my big brother had checked in already?"

Ken looked down, hiding a tinge of blush in his cheeks, "Aaron you should know that Dr. Taylor hasn't left since you came in the with Wizard yesterday afternoon." Aaron laughed out right, and reached over his hand to ruffle Ken's thick unruly brown hair. "Aaron!" The red head cringed a little at the shout of his name. Golden eyes turned to face a man who was a near carbon copy of himself except older and taller. "Hey Big Brother!" Aaron replied, putting on a cheerful smile. Taylor just crossed his arms, "Don't 'hey' me. Did you at least find out any thing more about your recent charge." Aaron sighed, "How could I? Those guys were too fast I couldn't keep up with them." Then his golden eyes brightened a little, "I did find out that the boy with was a merman, and that they were travelling with a Dragonis."

Taylor's golden eyes narrowed, his brow furrowed in concentration and frustration. He looked back to his little brother to see worry clouding normal cheerful eyes. "Is the Wizard going to make a recovery." Taylor's gazed faltered and his shoulders slumped. "It's not for me to say. His vitals are stable now, and his wounds have nearly all healed. Basically now it's a waiting game. All we can do is hope that his will to survive is strong."