User blog:Rexis12/Aftermath.

Balthair stared at the wall with a mix of contempt and forlorn, his hazel eyes boring into the grey bricks. It was like he expected to make a hole into the wall if he stared hard enough. Reality wasn’t too kind on the Juggernaut, as such all he could do was sit on the edge of the bed and gaze at the wall.

Zephyr, sitting across from the man, noticed his gaze. However all he did was lean back into the wall and tilt his head up, looking at the bottom of the top bunk bed. Inhaling and exhaling with a puff, like one would do with a cigar, Zephyr glanced out the cell bars and into the outside word. His half-lidded eyes stared at the sky, what was once a bright blue was now a deep purple. He briefly wondered of he could squeeze through them, but dismissed the stupid idea.

He blinked and breathed in through his nose, grimacing at the sweet smell and taste of the demonic energy in the air, and exhaled tiredly “This sucks.”

The barely audible mutter from Zephyr snapped Balthair from his intense staring; the two words caught his attention more than the banging of the bars from the cell across from them. “Lamenting, are ye lad?” Balthair chuckled out, keeping his eyes fixated on the wall.

“Lamenting and thinking” Zephyr shrugged. Placing his hands behind his head, he lowered his eyes to look at Balthair “Mostly on how we can get out of here” he added. He raised an eyebrow when Balthair scoffed.

Tearing his gaze from the wall, Balthair gave Zephyr a dismissive look, complete with the raised eyebrow and almost sneer. “Escape 'n' dae whit lad? We’ve lost. It's nae like we kin dae anythin'” he all but growled.

“So? We’ve lost battles before, we are soldiers not heroes” Zephyr started, somewhat confused at the Scottish man’s cynical response “Besides, with enough planning and enough man-power, I sure that we can easily bust out of here, and maybe damage the Demon Army in the process.”

Balthair mocking laughter reverberated in their cell, gaining muffled complaints from their bunk partners. “Bust out? Damage Th' Demon Army?” His laughter suddenly stops, Balthair face changed from laughing to snarling in a split second “Don’t ye git it Zephyr? We’re dane, we lost 'n' we we’re captured. Whit use wid we even be if we broke oot?” he exclaimed angrily, before he gritted out “It wouldn't chaynge anythin'.”

Zephyr lowered his head and leaned forward, giving Balthair a glare “I know that we lost Balthair, I was there, and I failed to lead my unit to safety. I get it that you’re distraught about it” Zephyr pointed his finger at the Juggernaut accusingly “But you know what I don’t get? It’s that you’re just taking the lost sitting down, and that’s not like you.”

Balthair scoffed and batted Zephyr’s hand away with an annoyed glare “Aye, 'n' neither wis ye freezin' up while giein' orders.” Zephyr stiffened at Balthair’s, surprisingly, cold reply.

He sighed and lowered his head “S-sorry lad that was… a bit tae far” he muttered. Zephyr stayed, he had resumed leaning on the well, though he still had his glare pointed at Balthair. The two didn’t say anything for a while.

“You’re not usually this snappy Balthair, what gives?”  The Scottish man looked up, he saw Zephyr had dropped his glare, and was giving him a genuine look of concern. He thought about what he was going to say, in end he was going to be honest “Let’s juist say, th' feeling o' losing sae quickly wis a bit jarring” he admitted.

Zephyr raised an eyebrow “You mean, just because you lost you’re going into a sad coma?” he questioned. Balthair breathed out a sigh “Na, i’m nae gaun intae a ‘sad coma’ fur ah lost. I’m gaun intae un fur we lost, sae quickly tae boot. If ah remember correctly, we lost Lescatie in juist un day” he said sadly.

Zephyr looked at the floor with shame, finally understanding just how demoralizing it was for a city renowned for taking down monsters to lose so easily. “I get what you’re saying” he sighed, Balthair nodded “Aye, 'n' nae that juist that. It's howfur we lost, we didn’t git ony reinforcements, th' heroes couldn’t hulp us, 'n' ah swear that a clocked a group Minotauri that keeked exactly th' Grenda sisters, attacking th' capital” he listed off one by one, his voice getting hasher and angrier.

The man sighed once more, and leaned back onto the stone wall “Thay made sure that Lescatie wid nae come back. They fuckin’ buteiniaid” he growled. Zephyr smiled faintly at the man’s slip of language. “Hey, do you the others are okay?” Zephyr asked quietly, before flinching at Balthair’s sudden laughter.

Genuine mirth fill the Scottish man’s eyes for the first time “Lad, If you’re worried aboot thaim don’t be. Oliver cuid likelie uggit a lillim tae death, a' Hans needs is a group 'n' he’d be set, i’ve yit tae see Minerva lose, Jack is doolally wi' his knife, 'n' Maìri is seicont tae that Mimiru lass. They’d be braw.” Zephyr found himself smiling at Balthair’s sudden optimism.

<p class="MsoNormal">“SHUT UP YOU TWO!!” Their cellmates shouted at the same time. Leaning over the tops bunks were two fairly bearded men, both of which looked nearly identical “Can you just stop talking and be quiet” The one of Balthair top bunk hissed, “Yeah, we’re trying to sleep” the one on Zephyr’s bunk finished. Zephyr gave them a sideways glance “Oh Sean, Bean I forgot you two were in here” he said casually, earning a scowl from the two. The duo said nothing else, both of them merely laid back down on their beds.

<p class="MsoNormal">“How do those two do it?” Balthair inquired, smiling slightly at the nonchalant attitude of the duo. Zephyr inhaled through his nose again, and made a unnoticeable grimace as the sweet demonic energy assaulted his sense of smell. He’d never get used to that.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Oliver gently laid the girl he was carrying on his back down. He made sure to lean her head against the tree, keeping her up. He looked sadly as the girl frowned and mumbled out words. The captain looked over his shoulder, the city of Lescatie was just out of sight, he gritted his teeth.

<p class="MsoNormal">He really wanted to go back. But considering it took him at least a day just to get here, with him having to get rid of his enchanted boots due to the demonic energy making them go into a fritz, going back would just be a waste of time. He barely managed to escape anyway, his brother and Gomez stayed back just so he could make it.

<p class="MsoNormal">A pained moan from the girl snapped Oliver out of his angry glare, the necklace around her neck suddenly began shining brightly. Quickly he held her close “Shhhhh, don’t worry Lea, just hold on, fight it and we’ll make it through this” he whispered, smiling faintly as she calmed down. He gently rubbed her head, ruffling her silver hair in the process, he planted a small kiss on her forehead, something which made her stir slightly.

<p class="MsoNormal">His smiled dropped when her breathing slowed down, the girl drifting off into sleep. He sat beside the girl, the exhaustion from running a full day without rest caught up to him. A growl escaped his mouth as his eyes glared at Lescatie one more time, before they closed to give himself rest.

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<p class="MsoNormal">‘Where am I?’ Hans opened his eyes, blinking the grogginess from them. He looked around and was surprised that he was in his captain’s room, more so when he realized he was on her bed. “D-did I sleepwalk or something?” He asked himself, he sat and winced as a flash of pain shot up from his thigh. Moving the covers, his eyes widened when he discovered himself to be naked, though the bruise forming on his pelvis and upper thigh was of more importance.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Hey, are you awake already?” A sleepy voice called from his side. He blinked in confusion “Captain, is that you?” He said warily, looking at the lump at his left. Before mentally slapped himself, he was in her room, of course she would be there. So what was he doing here then, what had happened yesterday. Everything was hazy at best and completely blank at worst. ‘I didn’t go to Cazzo’s again did I?’ Hans flinched and raised his hand to massage the sudden headache.

<p class="MsoNormal">The bed covers shifted when the figure beside him sat up. She was a female with a very voluptuous  figure. In fact she looked exactly like “Captain?” Hans said with surprise. Minerva yawned and turned to Hans with a smile, one that was missing her usual mischievousness and seemed too sweet for her. Somehow that fact which should’ve sent him into an alert went completely over his head.

<p class="MsoNormal">Might have something to do with the Captain being naked.

<p class="MsoNormal">Before he could say something, her smile turned into a smirk, which was followed by her grabbing him and pulling him back into bed. Han’s let out a surprised yell at this, and another (Albeit muffled one) when she suddenly stuffed his face into her ample bosom. “Ca-captain, what ar-” he was cut short when he saw her eyes. A very light shade of purple was mixed in her blue.

<p class="MsoNormal">For some reason that made him tired. And so he merely closed his eyes, enjoying the soft feeling of her breast against his face, while she gently chuckle.