Injured

Saturday, June 15, 2013

“Kadaj!”

“Are you okay?”

That’s all I hear before the crying starts. It’s day two of the phaser laser chase and as you may have guessed, it ended in disaster. On the third trip down the stairs I hear a loud thump. I rush out of the kitchen to the stairs to see Kadaj sitting at the bottom of the stairs with a bloody nose.

“What happened,” I ask.

“Don’t know,” Yazoo says. “He was behind us coming down the stairs.”

I pick Kadaj up and carry him to the bathroom. Loz and Yazoo follow behind. I put Kadaj down on the edge of the sink.

“Where’s Riku,” I ask cleaning up Kadaj.

“He’s asleep in Kadaj’s room,” Loz says.

“Put the phasers away and go down stairs,” I tell them taking the vest off Kadaj and handing it to Yazoo. “Find something less destructive to do for a little while.”

My oldest two slowly make their way to Loz’s room, both of them pouting.

“Now little one,” I say, “What happened?”

“I… missed… a step,” he said though his tears.

Once I get the bleeding stopped I check his nose. It doesn’t feel broken, but I can’t be a hundred percent sure. I don’t worry much though cuz I know all the mako roaming though his system will fix any damage done. Some injuries take long than others, but never more than a few days. One of the pros of being Sephiroth’s kid.

I pick him up and put him down only to have him fall over in pain. Seems he twisted his ankle too. I pick Kadaj back up.

“Which ankle,” I ask. He points to the right one. It’s swollen up quite a bit.

“Look’s like your not walking for a while,” I tell him. He starts to cry again and buries his face in my shoulder. I turn to see Loz and Yazoo peeking into the bathroom.

“From now on the laser tag stays in Loz’s room,” I demand.

“Yes mama,” they say. We all walk toward the living room as the doorbell starts ringing. I put Kadaj down on the couch, hand Loz the remote and head for the door.

“Isdela,” she stood there with a goofy grin on her face. Vincent leaned up against the door beside her.

“Look look look,” she said shoving her let hand in my face.

“That what I think it is?”

“If you’re thinking that’s the most badass engagement ring you’ve ever seen then yes, yes it is.”

I look over at Vincent. I can see the smile on his face despite the fact his trying to hide it.

“Was this your idea or hers,” I ask.

“Both,” he says taking her hand in his.

“You know, Sephy and I dated for almost a year before he asked me to marry him.”

“Yeah well Sephirella’s an idiot,” Izzy jokes as she pushes past me. Vincent follows, whipped… he’s completely whipped.

“Hello boys,” Izzy calls. The boys just grumble in response. “What’s with them,” she asks.

“We had to put the phasers away,” Loz mumbles.

“How come,” she demanded. I point to Kadaj who’s rubbing the bridge of his nose.

“Kadaj fell coming down the stairs and face planted,” I inform her. “He busted his nose and he’s got a swollen ankle.”

“Oh no my little monster,” she coos running around the couch. She takes Kadaj into her arms and starts hugging him silly.

“Isdela… can’t… breath…” he manages to say.

“I just hate that you got hurt,” she says.

“I’m okay,” he says, “see…” he jumps out of her arms onto his feet. When he falls over in pain and starts crying again she picks him up and cradles him like a baby.

“Where are the Ace bandages,” she asks.

“No need,” I sigh, “He’ll be fine. Give the mako time to kick in.”

Vincent laughs, he just laughed. I check my pulse.

“Izzy call 911,” I say. “I think my heart just stopped.” She stares up at me. “That or hell just froze over.”

“How so?”

I point to Vincent, “He just laughed! I’ve never heard him do that. It’s kind of creepy.”

“It is not. He has a cute laugh.” We hear the door open behind us and turn.

“Hello Aranel,” I say. “Have a good night?”

She just sighs and stares off into space.

“Aranel,” Isdela says questioningly. No response.

“I think we’ve lost her,” I say.

“What? She final hook up with Rude or something,” Izzy asks.

“With Cloud’s help,” I say.

“He’s so romantic,” Aranel final says, although she hasn’t moved yet.

“I smell double wedding,” Izzy says excitedly.

“I smell train wreck,” I whine. “Plus I doubt Rude would be the type to just jump in blind.”

Izzy and Vincent glare at me.

“Don’t give me that look,” I demand. We hear Riku starts crying.

“He’s still here,” Vincent asks.

“Yeah Xem’s gone off grid,” I inform. “At least I think he’s gone. Sephiroth’s been looking for two days now.”

Speak on the devil; he just knocked Aranel onto her face.

“Good timing baby,” I say. “Go deal with your cousins kid.”

“Why can’t you do it,” he asks. “And why is your sister in the floor.”

“She likes the smell of Pine Sol,” I tease.

“You knocked me over with the door you ass,” she screams.

“What were you doing in front of the door,” Sephy questions.

I just shake my head. I have a feeling Sephiroth’s about to get his face pounded in, or at least she’ll try. Point is Aranel is about to go off and I do not want to be in the same room when she does. And neither does anyone else. I notice we seem to scatter like roaches from light as Aranel starts to get to her feet. Sephy is really lucky he’s pumped full of mako and Jenova cells.