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Who: Rin Okumura, Ratchet, Alec Edwards, ??? [Later: Haku Yowane, Dart Volgue, Yukio Okumura]
What: A very cold and rude awakening from the end of the world
When: Feb 19th, mid-day on
Where: Meria

Fuck it was freezing. Beyond freezing. That kind of cold where you swore your bones were going to freeze inside and leave you a statue in the barren white wasteland that created the cold.

Rin grumbled to himself as he slowly picked up one foot in front of the other, up to his mid-calves in the hard packed snow that only gave when he brought his foot down on it. His tail was wrapped underneath his tattered shirt for whatever warmth he could manage from it, and on his back was a barely conscious Lombax.

All around them, whiteness seemed to stretch out for miles with the wind only whipping up more white, blocking any sense of vision from further out than a few hundred feet. As much as Rin could resist and regenerate from, he was already starting to feel a heaviness sinking in to his lungs and dragging weariness down in to his bones even more than the cold itself. Ratchet was still breathing, but barely, and at this rate they would be lucky if they survived another few hours.

Was this hell? Had Chaosmon succeeded in destroying everything, including them? He didn't know. He just knew that he had to keep going, keep moving, and hope to whatever deity was listening that something would take pity on a half frozen half demon and a Lombax.

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Haku stared at Yukio quietly. She had never seen him this angry before, though she fully understood WHY. If any of her siblings had been with him, or - God forbid - her daughter, she would probably look the same. Determined, stone faced, ready for anything. And just scary enough to be intimidating.

But her attachment to the people involved were little more than friendship. She was worried, yes, but she left the anger to Yukio while she took the cautious side.

She nodded to Yukio and started forward on her crutch towards the door, entering the dim, sunset-lit warehouse area of the factory.

Yukio stayed by Haku's side, his eyes scanning the warehouse. With all those shadows it was going to be hard to tell if the doctor had kept his side of the bargain as well. Lunamon was back in the Hummer and knew to come in if he heard gunfire. It was the best signal he could think of right now.

He walked in further and looked around, taking in every entrance and exit. If fighting broke out, getting Haku out was top priority. She could then contact DATS while he handled the threats with Lunamon. Now they just had to wait.

"Do you think he's here already, Onizuka-san?"

"I don't know... he did say he had to get help carrying them from his digimon..." Haku said with a worried sigh. If that was the case, then they must have been in bad shape. Rin usually recovered from even the worst injuries quickly, but it was obvious even his demon physiology couldn't fight off hypothermia forever.

"... D... Doctor Finitevus?" she called out finally, worry and impatience finally winning out over any other hesitation she had.

There was silence but only for a moment. Suddenly a large golden ring appeared in front of the two and out stepped the doctor himself. He observed the two for a moment before smiling.

"I trust you have come alone, Haku. Am I right?"

Haku swallowed hard, but nodded slowly.

"Dart is out in the car. He won't come in. He's only here to drive me," she explained, motioning to her missing leg. "Please... just give us Rin, Ratchet and Alec..."

Edited 2012-03-04 09:46 (UTC)

"Of course." The doctor snapped and stepped out of the way form the ring. Black slowly stepped out of the ring. In his large Adult form arms he held all three of them, currently unconscious. They all wore jumpsuits instead of their clothes. Alec's digimon came in behind Black and had on a pack with all of their belongings inside.

"As I promised, safe and sound. Black can carry them out to your vehicle for you."

Yukio's eyes went straight to Rin, watching his brother's chest slowly raise and fall.

"And we are in agreement still, Ms. Onizuka, correct? A truce between us from this point on."

Haku's eyes looked them all over slowly, getting vitals, heart rate, blood pressure, everything. They were all extremely ill, and Ratchet was injured on top of that, making his breathing even more labored and his heart rate weaker than the others.

This was bad. They needed to get them to the hospital quickly.

"Y-yes..." she said hesitantly, falling over the words, "I won't say anything to DATS, so long as you leave my family alone."

"Then we have a deal. Black, go." Finitevus snapped again and Black nodded. He moved passed the two of them and headed outside, putting the three unconscious people into the back of the Hummer with only a few words to Dart about what he was doing.

Finitevus stayed where he was and observed Haku for a moment before speaking.

"Tell me, my dear. What are the two older ones? I've never seen a Mobian like the one and the other boy could glow." Yukio himself tensed at the question. Why was this man interested in Rin and Ratchet?

Haku tensed as well, looking nervously at Yukio. Lying wasn't an option, especially when she was so terrible at it. Avoiding the question wouldn't work either, and telling him it was none of his business might start something that that she couldn't handle right then.

She chewed on her lower lip, trying to have some faith, the tiniest flicker of trust that he might keep his word.

"Ratchet is a Lombax. He's the last of his kind even in his universe. And Rin is a half-demon, the son of the lord of all demons in their world," she finally answered, giving an apologetic look to Yukio.

The doctor was quiet for a moment before he chuckled to himself and shook his head.

"Oh my. So in one day I saved an entire species, royalty, and a boy with the gift of teleportation. What an eventful day indeed."

Yukio swallowed and looked at Haku. It wasn't a harsh look, but it was stern. He didn't blame her for telling but he hoped it did not come back to haunt them in the future.

"And so this one is his brother?" The doctor pointed to Yukio. The exorcist nodded.

"Yes, I am."

"So you are also a half-demon then, correct?"

"...Yes."

"Very interesting indeed. Well, you may both take your leave now." Black returned from outside and stood beside his Tamer with a blank expression.

"And do get them all to a hospital soon. We wouldn't want anything bad to happen to them." With that the doctor left through the Warp Ring and vanished with his partner.

Haku said nothing to Finitevus, not when he prattled on about who he'd saved and not when he'd left. She just stared at where he was, fist clenched at her side before he was gone.

She released a sharp breath of air after he was gone and turned to Yukio, clearly upset.

"Yukio-kun, I'm sorry... I couldn't--... he would have known if I was lying."

Yukio nodded. "I know. I don't blame you. That man...there is no good in him. I can see it in his eyes. He is evil incarnate. And I know you did this to protect your family from him."

He gave her a small comforting smile. "I understand. Let's go get them to a hospital. Come on."

"... if he breaks his side of bargain... we can tell DATS everything. Even if it gets me in trouble."

It was the least she could do. She was willing to take that bullet for them if it came down to it, because she had been the one who agreed to the deal in the first place.

"Alright..."

A nod, and she started her way back out the door, hobbling step by step. There was nothing more they could do now, besides get the three of them to the hospital where they could recover.