Been awhile...

[Shukko]|]

Relka sat calmly at the channel, staring down at the water below her. This was where she had ammitted her love to Pyran for the first time, before she had used the machine on him. She stared up at the evening sky, slowly rubbing her swollen stomach, anyday now... She kept telling herself, and she wanted Pyran to be there.

But, was that going to happen? Probably not, Pyran kept disappearing all the time... It wasn't fair, Sky Corp would just ignore him if he stopped trying to get involved... and she knew it, why did he insist on fighting them instead of being with her...?

"Pyran! Where the h*ll are you?!" She called out angrily into the distance, her voice echoing off the bridge which was not to far away from here. Where was he? Hadn't he tried to atleast look for her?

[Pyre]

A head turned on the bridge, sharp ears picking up that familiar voice he loved so much, a grin breaking the sad face into one of absolute joy--which was stupid because he knew he was in trouble.

A black shape dropped off the bridge behind Relka, landing lightly on the rocks. "Miss me?"

The tall cat took even steps towards her, that crooked almost mocking grin back in place, his red eyes bright.

[Shukko]|]

Relka's ears twitched and her head whipped around, her eyes lighting up, she could hold back the anger, but only for a little while. She had a cute little kitten face on, and stood up almost right away to greet Pyran. "Of course I missed you! You disappeared on me again, maybe next time I should just leave the country and pretend you don't exsist." She said sacasticly, smiling happiliy at Pyran, managing to hold back her anger for now.

"You okay? Any new wounds I should no about?"

[Pyre]

"Yeeeaaa...a few," Pyran said with a sudden frown.

He was wearing a new trench coat, this one longer than his old one, and the sleeves weren't rolled up. He reached down and pulled up the sleeve of his right arm, the bandaging around his forearm tattered and torn around large blast holes. He lifted his left sleeve, wounds still fresh even after the two or three days it had been since he'd received them, gaping bloody holes through is arm. Pulling his trench coat back, his new shirt had massive holes in it like swiss cheese--holes that would continue through Pyran's body. And thick now-black stains all over his shirt.

"I have one on my leg too...think there's still a few bullets in me that haven't worked their way out yet. Oh, and um...there's this."

He reached up and pulled at the thick metal collar around his neck, pulling it down as best he could with how snuggly it fit, a large gaping hole through his throat revealed underneath.

"Cyan refused me medical care, said I was already dead and didn't need it...but she had another patient to deal with so I guess I couldn't blame her. She saved my life at least."

[Shukko]|]

Relka shut her eyes for a second, not wanting to see the holes and wounds that Pyran had gain, sick, disgusting and unbearable. That would make anyone throw up, thankfully Relka could manage not to, she wouldn't do so around Pyran anyway, would be disrepectful like that. "She hates you... Of course she'd refuse it..." Relka coughed, trying to get the thought of the bloody holes in her boybfriend out of her mind.

"Never... Show me that again... Or you'll have a broken jaw to go with it... Ruining your precious face." She gave an evil twisted grin there, just for one moment then it turned into a smile. "You've got explaining to do, about why you never actually stay with me..."

[Pyre]

Pyran's ears flattened and he suddenly was on the defensive. "Hey now..." Pulling his sleeves back down, he tried to keep his fur flat, not get irritated. "I was thinking you'd be...a little more welcoming. I'm personally surprised my voice box even still works..."

He was comforted by her final smile though and let that wash away his irritation. "I'm sorry. I know you probably get sick of hearing that it wasn't my fault. Well heck, it was my fault for going out on a train ride at midnight. But it was...raining. And..." What a poor excuse he was about to use, but how sadly true it was. "I...love the rain. You know, and...I could almost feel it. Feel the chill, feel the wind, feel the water down my face. I would have taken you along, but...well you're pregnant, thought it would be hard... It was supposed to be a quick trip honestly, I know you're still sick of hearing that. And I know you're getting sick of hearing this too, but naturally trouble found me. Little gang of GUN soldiers...shot me through and through then dragged me and some random guy off to a torture house. Cyan got us out of there. Not sure why she didn't leave me exactly."

"Look, I'm sorry. But for what it's worth, I suffered for it..."

[Shukko]|]

His last sentence wasn't the best thing he could've said to her, it was one of thw worst things. She growled slowly, taking a threatening step towards him. "I know that.... but so did I... You never bother asking me wether I can or want to come along, and the rain? Yeah... Right... You stopped wanting to be out in the rain after I brought you back... Your lucky by now that I haven't reversed it..." She whipped her head away, almost as if to turn around and take a walk to calm down, but she didn't do that. Instead she reached out and grabbed Pyran by the shirt, pulling him right to her face.

"Love means your supposed to let me know before you do it... and your supposed to ask me these things, you don't do that... To you it means to don't have to tell me anything, just keep me in the dark like I was in the lab for an enitre year! I don't like feeling like a lab experiment anymore! I don't like the feeling of being alone and locked in a cell! And I fell that way because of you!!"

[Pyre]

((Well I must point out Relka's very wrong about the rain. Almost every other post I did with Pyran after that involved him in the rain enjoying it.))

Pyran flinched when he was yanked by the shirt, but didn't fight it. He took her shouts to his face, took her glaring blazing eyes, took it all with one small grimace.

He was quiet when she was finished, kept quiet even, debating whether he should start talking back or let her ranting run its course. The second might have been the wiser decision. But Pyran had a hard time keeping his big mouth shut...

"Relka?"

That was the one word he whispered for a long moment, a name that spoke levels, questioning if she was all right, but also questioning her sanity, questioning if this were really her, questioning if she hated him right now.

"...You're really still torn up about that, aren't you, hun?"

Yes, yes, and yes. Pyran was trying to avoid a fight. Someone get the camera, this is something rare to behold.

[Shukko]|]

Relka blinked, then released Pyran's shirt. Shaking her head slowly then glaring up at him again, letting out a low growl. "Just like before... Pretending to understand how I feel... You don't know what it's like being trapped in that lab out in the desert... What it's like being tortured by Sky Corp in there... Being killed over and over again by the machine..."

She turned away walking back over to where she was before and sitting down, staring back down at the water of the city, that a few years before was crystal clear and clean, but now was dark and murky, just like the city had become because of Sky Corp and all the other problems. "You never tried to understand me..."

[Pyre]

Pyran staggered back, eyes narrowed at her and ears back, his mouth opening and closing several times, but he kept biting his tongue, biting back things he knew would be very bad. But irritation and injustice kept rising up in thick swelling waves, threatening to overwhelm him.

"I'm trying to understand now. Sorry if I don't see how me limping home from a gun fight and saying I love you merits a lecture on your life torments."

Pyran took in a deep breath. He didn't want to be hateful right now. He was hurt, he wanted...well he wanted attention, a hug, a kiss, even a pat on the head would be great. Just something to know that Relka would have actually missed him if he hadn't come back.

He limped forward, again having to bite his tongue several times. But the same phrase came up again. As he slowly sat down next to her, he let out that same breath he'd taken in and been holding up until now. "You're not the only one who's been stuck in a lab, darling. Though after what I've been through with Sky Corps I'm absolutely horrified at the idea of being stuck with them for years like you were. Okay? I'm sorry for what you've been through. Now...will you please stop trying to rip my face off and tell me what set this off? You were happy when I left... Did something go wrong?"

[Shukko]|]

She leaned sideways and wrapped her arms around him and hugging him. Thinking about things besides the lab, getting her mind off all of that. "I know... I'm sorry... I just hate being alone..." She hugged him tightly, at first she almost started crying, but she held back her tears.

"Can you atleast stay with me till... Well, my daughter's born? Anyday now..."

[Pyre]

Pyran flinched when she put her arms around him, expecting a punch or a slap, anything...but the hug he received. He lowered his head and his ears, gently resting his chin on her shoulder, his tired glazed eyes staring past her at the golden waters. He was so tired...

"I know. I honestly hate not being at your side...." He took a deep breath again, more and more it seemed, just to keep his head cool. "I will try. I'd love to see her...I'll bet she looks just like you." If nothing came up...but Pyran knew his life so seldom worked that way.

[Shukko]|]

"...Me? You may not be her real father, but if I'm lucky, she might get black fur like you..." She yawned, almost falling asleep next to him, right here where they were sitting. Relka closed her eyes peaceful, ignoring the scent of dired blood and breathing in another... Not just Pyran's, but the one of Ross... She loved both of them, two different people, same memories, same souls, same bodies, but a different mind and personality.

[Pyre]

((She seriously loved Ross? Well I guess he was cute as a kid, but Relka never really saw his psychopath side, did she? The possessive one?))

Pyran let out a low, rumbling growl. Not a purr--he didn't think he would ever be able to purr again with this throat. But it was a loving growl, hoarse and soft, one that spoke so many levels.

"Heh, so you admit it's a girl? I wonder when you found out... Whatever your child looks like, I'll love her with everything in me. Even if she looks like your Snow Leopard, I'll love her.

[Shukko]|]

((Yeah she did love him, all the way, kinda got jeoless on him being taken... And she would've seen part of the posseive side, she was taken by Sky Corp after Aira and Ross got married, like two weeks after.))

"And she'll love you... I know that... But you have to be there for her..." Suddenly Relka moved away from Pyran, she was happy that he was here, but she felt pain. It was time, and they were no where near a phone so, now she needed Pyran most of all. "Ngh... Pyran, uh... Hospital, now please... It's time..."