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It was a long walk. Could it even be called a walk?
Lee felt his senses slowly start to numb as he held Tony, unaware of the time passing as he walked to where he assumed the Nova Tree would reach. Had he taken that right turn? He couldn't recall.. It seemed so fuzzy now... Each time he tried to remember, the memory seemed more unlikely.
He vaguely registered Tony shifting in his arms, slowly losing focus on what his son was saying. Ah, he was pointing now..
"-ght over there! We have a little more pa! Then we're thafe, we could get help!"
Help?.. Was.. He right? Did they go the right way?
Lee blinked rapidly as he looked to where the wyngling was pointing, eyes trailing the bushes and trees before finally catching the sunlight filtering through the sparse amount of trees. He could barely make out houses through the light, it was so blinding..
Actually, that was too blinding to be normal wasn't it? He felt his eyes shut involuntarily, finding that it required too much strength to open them once more.
Lee realized with a sinking feeling in his chest that blood was starting to spill from his mouth. A sharp stinging to his side made him sway, the intense pain in his head stopping Tony in the middle of his sentence. He was collapsing, how could he collapse right now? They were so close to safety, so close to Tony being safe!
His hold on Tony slipped as he felt his legs give out, trying to force his arms into working to try and grab back on his son. His wing only moved to cushion Tony's fall.
No! He couldn't faint now! They were so close! Wake up!
The feeling of blood in his mouth distracted him from the nauseating feeling of tipping over and falling fast to the ground, though nothing could distract him from Tony's cry of distress.
Nononono n o he coul dn 't! He had t o s tay a w a ke! N o!

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This had to be the worst moment of Tony's life.
At least top five.
Though, he should've known nothing would ever come out good for him. He was very lacking in the good luck, maybe he should ask someone how to fix that.
Tony was thrown out of his rather negative thoughts as he hit the ground, deciding his forever least favorite sound was the one of his dad hitting the ground. He quickly sat up, careful not to put too much weight on Lee's wing as he shook his pa's arm. He would wake up right? This happened sometimes when they were resting, his pa would just sleep randomly, but he'd always wake right back up.
"P-Pa?! Pa wake up, y-you can sl-thleep when we get h-home!" He felt his heart do a weird flop at the zero reaction, not liking the sudden burning of his eyes. He couldn't cry! He's been crying the whole time they've been lost!
"Pa!" He called out once more, moving closer to shake more than his arm. Tony almost flinched at the instant contact of bones, not knowing what to make of a weird squishy part where bone should be. Maybe he shouldn't.. Touch that...
The silence was starting to bother him, it made him scared.. Like he was alone... But he wasn't! His pa was right here!
"Pa wake-" He was interrupted by his own scream at the sight of a yittle. They were here! They were waiting, they were waiting till Lee couldn't fight them anymore!
They- They were going to take his pa! Or worse.. They'd take him away from his hurt pa, he couldn't! He can't be left alone!
Who couldn't be left alone? Him or his pa?
He shook Lee more urgently, ignoring the tears easily pooling in his eyes. "Pa!! You g-gotta wake u-up! Wake up!" He felt his face scrunch up in that gross way when he cried, grabbing his pa's fur tightly. "W-Wake up! Pa! Yo-You h-have to wake u-up!!"
He moved to lay over his pa's chest, tears falling as he glanced around to see more yittles. They were so much uglier in the day, their giggling was so loud.
His pa wouldn't wake up.. Maybe-
"Help! h-Help uth!" Tony cried out, trying not to sob at the ugly smiles from the spites. They were getting too close, too close to his pa, too close to him-
"HELP! P-PleASE! HELP!!" He decided it was useless to hold back his sobs, crying loudly as he shook and hugged his pa close. If the spites were gonna take them, they had to take both, he wouldn't be separated from his pa.
Tony's cries lessened at the sound of wings flapping, the sound getting closer and closer until he peeked out from his pa's fur. He watched a big blue wyngro fly into the clearing, charging at the yittles and yelling something. He moved to sit up a little straighter, still clinging to his pa as he watched the yittles fade into the trees. The blue gro had heard him call out..
Tony jumped at the sudden yellow appearing besides them, almost throwing himself back onto Lee before he saw them also helping in scaring the yittles away.
He just watched. He could only watch. What else could he do?
He stared at the gros with teary eyes as they finished getting rid of the spites, soon approaching them both in concern. Maybe concern. He couldn't tell right now.
"H-Hey there kid.. We're not gonna hurt you.."
The blue wyngro was talking to him, he was walking towards them. "Hey now, you can relax.. Here to help."
He followed the gro's gaze to his tightened grip on Lee, quickly looking back to the strangers. They were going to help. They just did, it's fine.
They're fine.
He didn't stop the strangers as they came close to inspect his pa and him, not knowing what to make of the pained expressions as they looked at his pa. He was.. Going to be okay wasn't he? Why did they look at him like that?
"Aight kid, we're talking you both to Dr.F... We're gonna have to carry him though." Tony took a while to register what the gro said to him, longer to realize what was being asked of him. He had to let go of Lee. That was fine. Yeah, he could... he could.... do that...
Turning to look at the yellow gro warily, he carefully removed his claws from Lee. His claws hovered, like he was fighting the need to hold back on and not let go. Not like he was. He didn't need to hold on...
Tony barely registered his feet moving him away from Lee, watching numbly as the gros lifted his pa from the ground.
It was fine until his eyes caught onto the red on his pa's face, blood had covered his pa's mouth and nose. He couldn't understand why his eyes focused on it, it was only blood, he's seen it even before all of this. His entire body was frozen, instead of feeling warm from the sunlight hitting him, he felt cold. He would've shivered if he could just move, why couldn't he move? Why couldn't he look away?!
Everything was hazy, he couldn't hear the leaves anymore, the grass stabbing into his legs no longer irritated his skin. But the red was so bright, it made his heart feel like it was punched, the chill on his spine felt so strong, so r e a l.
Tony was distracted from his thoughts at a gentle nudge from the yellow gro, looking up at them in confusion and surprise. Wait, when had they gotten there? Weren't they carrying Lee right now? Looking away from the concerned expression being directed at him, he got up to follow.

They were home.
But it didn't feel the same anymore.

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"I found your flyer and decided to help out. I was patroling when we found them."
"O-Okay, why aren't they with you? What happened?"
"The.. The older one had collapsed.. He definitely didn't have a good time in the woods, and the kid didn't seem to be all there. You might want to go see for yourself at Dr.F's."

They're home. But things are different now.

Eppard CoUmbi
Little Fang smokeing-fish
MAX WYNS

Description

It was a long walk. Could it even be called a walk?
Lee felt his senses slowly start to numb as he held Tony, unaware of the time passing as he walked to where he assumed the Nova Tree would reach. Had he taken that right turn? He couldn't recall.. It seemed so fuzzy now... Each time he tried to remember, the memory seemed more unlikely.
He vaguely registered Tony shifting in his arms, slowly losing focus on what his son was saying. Ah, he was pointing now..
"-ght over there! We have a little more pa! Then we're thafe, we could get help!"
Help?.. Was.. He right? Did they go the right way?
Lee blinked rapidly as he looked to where the wyngling was pointing, eyes trailing the bushes and trees before finally catching the sunlight filtering through the sparse amount of trees. He could barely make out houses through the light, it was so blinding..
Actually, that was too blinding to be normal wasn't it? He felt his eyes shut involuntarily, finding that it required too much strength to open them once more.
Lee realized with a sinking feeling in his chest that blood was starting to spill from his mouth. A sharp stinging to his side made him sway, the intense pain in his head stopping Tony in the middle of his sentence. He was collapsing, how could he collapse right now? They were so close to safety, so close to Tony being safe!
His hold on Tony slipped as he felt his legs give out, trying to force his arms into working to try and grab back on his son. His wing only moved to cushion Tony's fall.
No! He couldn't faint now! They were so close! Wake up!
The feeling of blood in his mouth distracted him from the nauseating feeling of tipping over and falling fast to the ground, though nothing could distract him from Tony's cry of distress.
Nononono n o he coul dn 't! He had t o s tay a w a ke! N o!

_________________________

This had to be the worst moment of Tony's life.
At least top five.
Though, he should've known nothing would ever come out good for him. He was very lacking in the good luck, maybe he should ask someone how to fix that.
Tony was thrown out of his rather negative thoughts as he hit the ground, deciding his forever least favorite sound was the one of his dad hitting the ground. He quickly sat up, careful not to put too much weight on Lee's wing as he shook his pa's arm. He would wake up right? This happened sometimes when they were resting, his pa would just sleep randomly, but he'd always wake right back up.
"P-Pa?! Pa wake up, y-you can sl-thleep when we get h-home!" He felt his heart do a weird flop at the zero reaction, not liking the sudden burning of his eyes. He couldn't cry! He's been crying the whole time they've been lost!
"Pa!" He called out once more, moving closer to shake more than his arm. Tony almost flinched at the instant contact of bones, not knowing what to make of a weird squishy part where bone should be. Maybe he shouldn't.. Touch that...
The silence was starting to bother him, it made him scared.. Like he was alone... But he wasn't! His pa was right here!
"Pa wake-" He was interrupted by his own scream at the sight of a yittle. They were here! They were waiting, they were waiting till Lee couldn't fight them anymore!
They- They were going to take his pa! Or worse.. They'd take him away from his hurt pa, he couldn't! He can't be left alone!
Who couldn't be left alone? Him or his pa?
He shook Lee more urgently, ignoring the tears easily pooling in his eyes. "Pa!! You g-gotta wake u-up! Wake up!" He felt his face scrunch up in that gross way when he cried, grabbing his pa's fur tightly. "W-Wake up! Pa! Yo-You h-have to wake u-up!!"
He moved to lay over his pa's chest, tears falling as he glanced around to see more yittles. They were so much uglier in the day, their giggling was so loud.
His pa wouldn't wake up.. Maybe-
"Help! h-Help uth!" Tony cried out, trying not to sob at the ugly smiles from the spites. They were getting too close, too close to his pa, too close to him-
"HELP! P-PleASE! HELP!!" He decided it was useless to hold back his sobs, crying loudly as he shook and hugged his pa close. If the spites were gonna take them, they had to take both, he wouldn't be separated from his pa.
Tony's cries lessened at the sound of wings flapping, the sound getting closer and closer until he peeked out from his pa's fur. He watched a big blue wyngro fly into the clearing, charging at the yittles and yelling something. He moved to sit up a little straighter, still clinging to his pa as he watched the yittles fade into the trees. The blue gro had heard him call out..
Tony jumped at the sudden yellow appearing besides them, almost throwing himself back onto Lee before he saw them also helping in scaring the yittles away.
He just watched. He could only watch. What else could he do?
He stared at the gros with teary eyes as they finished getting rid of the spites, soon approaching them both in concern. Maybe concern. He couldn't tell right now.
"H-Hey there kid.. We're not gonna hurt you.."
The blue wyngro was talking to him, he was walking towards them. "Hey now, you can relax.. Here to help."
He followed the gro's gaze to his tightened grip on Lee, quickly looking back to the strangers. They were going to help. They just did, it's fine.
They're fine.
He didn't stop the strangers as they came close to inspect his pa and him, not knowing what to make of the pained expressions as they looked at his pa. He was.. Going to be okay wasn't he? Why did they look at him like that?
"Aight kid, we're talking you both to Dr.F... We're gonna have to carry him though." Tony took a while to register what the gro said to him, longer to realize what was being asked of him. He had to let go of Lee. That was fine. Yeah, he could... he could.... do that...
Turning to look at the yellow gro warily, he carefully removed his claws from Lee. His claws hovered, like he was fighting the need to hold back on and not let go. Not like he was. He didn't need to hold on...
Tony barely registered his feet moving him away from Lee, watching numbly as the gros lifted his pa from the ground.
It was fine until his eyes caught onto the red on his pa's face, blood had covered his pa's mouth and nose. He couldn't understand why his eyes focused on it, it was only blood, he's seen it even before all of this. His entire body was frozen, instead of feeling warm from the sunlight hitting him, he felt cold. He would've shivered if he could just move, why couldn't he move? Why couldn't he look away?!
Everything was hazy, he couldn't hear the leaves anymore, the grass stabbing into his legs no longer irritated his skin. But the red was so bright, it made his heart feel like it was punched, the chill on his spine felt so strong, so r e a l.
Tony was distracted from his thoughts at a gentle nudge from the yellow gro, looking up at them in confusion and surprise. Wait, when had they gotten there? Weren't they carrying Lee right now? Looking away from the concerned expression being directed at him, he got up to follow.

They were home.
But it didn't feel the same anymore.

__________________________

"I found your flyer and decided to help out. I was patroling when we found them."
"O-Okay, why aren't they with you? What happened?"
"The.. The older one had collapsed.. He definitely didn't have a good time in the woods, and the kid didn't seem to be all there. You might want to go see for yourself at Dr.F's."

They're home. But things are different now.

Eppard CoUmbi
Little Fang smokeing-fish
MAX WYNS