Characters: Kida, Daniel, anyone else.
Content: CRAB BITE. Kida is badly hurt and desperately needs help.
Location: Edge of Washington Square on the NYU side.
Time of day: Late afternoon
Warnings: Violence right off the bat. Blood.
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When an immediate healing isn't enough... )
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Daniel stopped cold, a chill racing down his spine as his ears picked up the all-too-recognizable sound of someone screaming. Without a second thought, he turned and bolted towards the noise, praying the person wouldn't stop until he could follow the sound to them.
When he reached Washington Square, his heart jumped into his throat. There lay his good friend Kida, battered and bloody against a tree. Worse, there were three more parasites coming out from behind the buildings, likely following the scent and sound of injured prey. The explorer didn't wait. With an angry shout, he dashed towards Kida, firing his P90 at the nearest crab. A light chinking sound marked the bullets that merely bounced off of its exoskeleton, but then the thing stopped with a shriek and tipped over, writhing with the pain of its ( ... )
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Just down the street stood Chad, his sledgehammer hoisted over one shoulder. He'd heard the scream and come running to help. It didn't matter if these people were strangers, he had to do what he could.
"Do you need assistance?"
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And then a newcomer arrived, and spectacularly at that.
Kida knew she had to be careful who she healed. Whether they knew it was connected to Atlantis, even knowledge of this was dangerous to her people. But now it was her that needed healing. And while Kida would gladly die for her people, she was still its queen. Though she trusted Milo to rule well in her absence, there was not yet an heir of royal blood for the Mother Crystal to call on in times of danger. I cannot die here. Not yet.“Yes,” she replied simply ( ... )
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