"Amara!" Scott yelled, running into the clearing. His hand was clamped down hard on a huge gash on his arm. Adrenaline was the only thing keeping him up right now, he'd lost a lot of blood. Right behind him ran Annette, Alpha, and Spot. Alpha and Spot had taken the role of showing them around the territory and taking them on a sorta border patrol. This patrol had to be approved by a High Class member named Cypress. I'd taken some time to convince her but she agreed to let them go. Scott almost wished she hadn't. On their little patrol they crossed by the Scale Tribe's border and Alpha had sensed someone unwelcome on their territory. And that's when a tall blonde haired boy jumped out of the bushes and attacked them. Alpha and Spot had been able to defend the twin's ok, but the attacker weaved between them and got to Scott. Annette didn't think and morphed into a Snow Leopard and pinned him down. He transformed into a King Cobra and bit her before slithering away. Scott looked behind him and saw Spot carrying Annette bridal style with Alpha worrying beside him.
"AMARA!!!" Scott yelled again, his voice broke as he thought of Annette limp in Spot's arms. He could hear her ragged uneven breath. Amara came running out of her den still in animal form. Her ears were flat against her head and her fur was ruffled from waking up.
"What happened?! I smell blood and Scaleans!" She whimpered. Scott dared another look at his cut and blacked out.
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Scott woke up inside a nice warm den. Everything was fuzzy and a head appeared over him,
"Scott!....Scott!...Scott!!" Amara almost yelled in his face. His vision cleared and he found he was laying in Amara's den. She put something cold and wet on his gash making him gasp in pain.
"Shh, it's ok just breathe." She purred. Scott let out a shaky breath as Amara continued to wipe the blood of his wound. She handed the soaked moss to someone else,
"Keep that against the wound and apply pressure. I need to grab something." She told the person. Another face came into view in Amara's place. It was Mitzi's. Mitzi leaned over Scott with worry glittering in her orange eyes. A strand of her brown hair fluttered down and tickled Scott's nose. She tucked it back behind her fox ear as she pressed the moss on the gash. Scott winced,
"Sorry cherie but we need to stop the bleeding." She cooed. Scott looked her in the eye.
"You speak French?" He asked softly. Mitzi looked surprised, then flushed red.
"Y-you know French too?" She stuttered. Scott nodded painfully,
"Being around Adrien you pick up a lot of it. Most of it's not good though." Mitzi said softly. Scott chuckled and winced again as Mitzi pressed the moss harder against the gash.
"Mitzi, how's he look?" Amara called out of view.
"Um… pale and he's hot. I-I mean like feverish!" She called back a bit flustered putting her other hand on Scott's forehead. Amara said something Scott couldn't catch and Mitzi's face turned a bit more red when she said that.
"Come on Amara!" Mitzi cried, Scott just heard Amara laugh. Mitzi brought her hand up a few inches off Scott's forehead and blue mist flowed out of her hand again. It felt cold when it touched Scott's head, he shivered. At this point Amara came back into view holding gauze and medical tape.
"Wha?" Scott muttered, but Amara stopped him.
"Don't speak, but if you're dying to know I have to keep normal human medicine and first aid stuff around. I can't just wrap it in cobwebs and call it good." She chuckled.
"But there are plants you can use to stop infection." Mitzi told her and Amara nodded.
"Now stay still, this is going to hurt but I have to bandage this." Amara said softly. She took a leaf coated in honey and placed it on the gash first then started to wrap the gauze around Scott's arm. She bound it tightly making Scott gasp in pain. Mitzi stayed in his line of vision and comforted him. Once Amara was content with the amount of gauze wrapped around his arm she took some tape and taped the end of the gauze so it stayed in place.
"There. Do you think you could sit up Scott?" Scott nodded and both Amara and Mitzi put their hands behind his back to help him sit up. Once he was up they turned him so he could lean against the wall of the den. Now that he could see all around him he saw Annette laying in Amara's makeshift bed. The snake boy had bitten Annette's hand, which was dangling off the bed and it was slowly swelling. Annette twitched and was in a deep coma. When Scott was safely up and leaning against the wall the girls immediately went over to Annette. Amara rummaged through her medical shelves while Mitzi used her cooling magic to try and slow the swelling. When someone poked their head in Amara snapped at them to get out. They left and Amara grabbed something from her shelf and fed it to Annette who groaned. She moved to Annette's hand and put a half chewed leaf against it, then began to do what Mitzi was doing only the mist coming out of her hand was a light green color and it didn't have the same cooling effects as Mitzi. Instead her's was bringing the swelling down and bringing some color back to Annette's face. Scott guessed it was healing magic instead of cooling magic. Scott watched as both girls used their magic and directed it at Annette's bitten hand. He occasionally heard Amara mutter something he couldn't decipher. This went on for about half an hour and both girls looked exhausted and drained. Mitzi was the first to collapse and Scott tried to stand,
"Is she alright?" He exclaimed. Amara was only able to muster a small nod. He made it over to Mitzi and cradled her head in his lap, wincing as he moved his arm. Amara tried to keep up her magic but she eventually collapsed too. Although Annette did look better, she slept peacefully now and the color had returned fully to her face. The snake bite and swelling were gone. She looked better but Scott would have to wait for Amara to wake up before he pressed his luck. Looking at the three unconscious girls around him he didn't know what to do. Should I call for someone? No that would wake them up. I'll just watch them...I don't know like a guard? Scott thought about his reasoning for why when Mitzi's ear twitched. She sighed and went silent again. Mitzi had a soft smile on her face. Why must I question my reasoning? They're so peaceful when they're sleeping, I don't want anyone to wake them up. Scott smiled and sat in silence.
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It'd been a few hours since Mitzi and Amara had collapsed, and Scott hadn't moved at all. Just then Elder Paw poked his head in the den,
"Amara wha….um Scott what happened?" He asked with just the slightest hint of worry in his tone.
"Mitzi and Amara were using their magic on Annette's bitten hand and they both collapsed. They've been out for a few hours." Just then Mitzi stirred a bit. Her eyes opened a crack,
"What...who?" She muttered then her eyes flew open as she saw Scott's face looking down at her.
"S-scott?! What happened?" Mitzi tried to sit up and Scott helped her. Once she saw Amara also unconscious on the ground she understood,
"We used all our magic and it drained us so much we blacked out." She said putting the pieces together.
"It would appear so." Elder Paw said. Mitzi's head turned his way,
"How's she look? I don't trust myself enough to stand right now." Mitzi asked. Elder Paw examined Annette,
"She looks okay. Just some more rest should do her good, but Amara knows more than me about this stuff so I'd ask her when she wakes up" Elder Paw concluded.
"Ok" Mitzi nodded. They both looked at Scott which made him feel nervous,
"W-what?" He asked, Mitzi giggled.
"Nothing, you look tired. Did you sleep at all after we passed out?" She asked sincerely. Scott held back a yawn,
"No." He said. Mitz sighed,
"You should go sleep in the den. Come on I'll help you up." She stood and offered her hands to Scott. He grabbed them and stood, but sitting criss cross for a few hours tends to leave your legs asleep and numb so...he fell into Mitzi. Thankfully she was able to hold his weight,
"Are your legs asleep?" She laughed as she wrapped her arm around his waist to help support him. They stood like that for a bit, both their faces a bit pink while Elder Paw stood by and watched. Once Scott's legs weren't numb and sleeping Mitzi let go of his waist and stepped back.
"I'm gonna go sleep now." Scott said. As Scott turned to walk out of Amara's den Mitzi placed a small kiss on his cheek,
"Sleep tight." She said, and they both blushed tomato red. Scott nodded and walked out of the den. But before he got to the sleeping den Elder Paw mumbled something at Mitzi,
"Elder!!" She said and started laughing. Scott smiled as he morphs into his Bobcat form. He slipped into the sleeping den and fell asleep in his bed.