A Courier Aid

Chapter 5: It’s time for some backstory with our characters

(wavy)
Arcade eyes are rub with his hands as he breath in and give a heavy sigh. “Alright, so let me get this straight, Meddler is knock out because Loyal,” he point his thumb to Meddler body on the bed without his armor, revealing only his shirt and underwear and his Pimp-Boy. Loyal is rubbing her head on his arm giving a few chirps as she try to comfort him the way she knows how.

“Said something that reminds him the Legion and the word was ‘master’, and not only that but the recent activity from the Legion as well? Am I getting this right?” Our head nod to this information.

“Indeed, we only assume that he would be surprise by this information, however instead he just pass out. We would ask why this happen?”

Arcade once more repeat rubbing his eyes and breathing in and out. “Just how much do you know of the Legion?” Our head move to the side in confusion. “Well, only thing he and Boone said is that they are bastards that deserve to die. Nothing else though.” reply Gilda.

Arcade slap his head and sigh. “Yeah well, let me explain you what the Legion are since there is a reason why they didn’t go in much detail. Let’s head to the dining room so it’ll be easier to speak about.”

“Wait, what about Fleur? She probably need to know about this as well.” add Gilda, we admit she brings a good point. “What the one who finish with the bath? Well we need a helmet and a few things, unless of course one of you can translate what I say to what she can understand.”

“We can, we can easily speak her language and understand it. We just need time to translate, that’s all.”

Arcade nod his head. “Right, anyway follow me.” We exit out of Meddler room, or at least until we notice Loyal is still by Meddler side. “Loyal, follow us, what Arcade say will be said only once.” Her head turn to us, her eyes are fill with worry and confusion, she didn't know she would cause Meddler to be in this position and is afraid for his well being.

“We promise that you can return to Meddler as soon as Arcade is finish.” we assure to her, finally after debating she move by us with a buzz of her wings and walk with us to the dinner room. Arcade is sitting before Gilda and Fleur as we both sat down by them, my head turn to Fleur, who is eating some Potato Chips and drinking some water, she look to us in confusion.

{“What is going on here? Why are you all,”} she start to say, we answer back. {“The one name Arcade who is before us is going to tell us of a enemy we have to be wary of. I will translate for you so that you may understand each word he will say.”}

“Alright, now forgive me if I don’t fully explain all about the Legion since that not many would want to go into history of this group. Originally there was no Legion back then, and Caesar was from the Followers of the Apocalypses, or that’s what I heard from the others.”

“From what we all heard is that the Legion was form from tribes, he conquered tribes left and right until he got the title ‘Conqueror of the 86 Tribes’ and were ignore until the first battle of Hoover Dam.”

{“There was a call Caesar who was part of one group until he made another one as he conquer tribes until he earn the title ‘Conqueror of the 86 Tribes’ and then a battle happen.”}

“The ones who fought at against the Legion are the NCR, and they went on it until NCR won by tricking the Legion, so Caesar went back and made a base call the Fort and wait until the time was right. Now for the Legion itself they were basically a slave army with a strict hierarchy that view woman as sub-human.”

“And were mostly use as breeders.”

We pause for a moment as we hear the information. When we first hear Loyal a few day’s earlier of her dedication toward Meddler we thought it would be amusing. But now when we hear of this information, we see why Meddler went to shock.

He never wish to own someone, yes he overtook New Vegas, yes he first view everyone as something to use, and yes he sometime difficult to understand. But he is also one of the honest beings we ever seen so far, he never want to own someone, but when he hear Loyal, one of his new companions to call him master…

It cause him to breakdown, we didn't almost hear Fleur trying to speak to us as she nudge her hoof on our leg. {“What did he say? Nightmoon mad’am what did he say?”} Our head shake a bit to gather attention to our mind as we soon speak to her.

{“Arcade said that the Legion were a male hierarchy that view mares as breeders and sub-beings.”}

We can see the shock in her expression and then anger form on her as she stomp her hooves on the ground. {“How dare they, we should go and teach this so call ‘leader’ a lesson on humility!”}

We turn our head to Arcade with a confuse expression, we open our mouth to translate what Fleur just said. “She thinks that we should go and make Caesar pay for what he done.”

Arcade give a small laugh as he reply. “A bit too late, Meddler already went up with Boone and ED-E as they slaughter every Legion at the Fort, including Caesar.”

We open our mouth in shock under our helmet, our head slowly turn to Fleur as the words slowly came from our tongue. {“Arcade said that Meddler already did the job for us mares.”} Fleur move her head back in surprise as she then speaks back after a minute. {“Ah, well good job for him.”}

Our mouth translate to the others who cannot speak Prench. “She congrats Meddler for doing a good deed. Is there more?” We said. “Well nothing much beside of how much Meddler hates them all, I think that’s one thing he and the NCR can agree on. As for the rest of the Legion they sort of separated since there was no one left to lead them all.”

Our head nod as we gather this from when he said ‘was’ and ‘were’, however there seem to be organize from what we seen when we left Primm, we decide to speak about this.

“But Arcade, we notice they seem to be well lead when we left Primm, how can this be?”

Confusion is set in his expression as he rub his chin. “That is a good point there Nightmoon, honestly I have no idea, hopefully we can figure this out before something big goes down.” He look at the time and sighs. “Sorry to cut this short but I got to leave, have to make sure that nothing went bad from my absence, take care guys.”

As he raise himself up and walk out of the room we ‘felt’ something in Meddler room, our body went up as we ourselves went out to head to his room.

We do not know why we are acting this way or how we can feel such things, perhaps since we were once part of Luna we inherent her sense of nightmares when one dreams? It would make some form of sense when we first felt such a thing some day’s back.

As we enter in we see Meddler moving around with his eyes clench, our body lay down by his bed as our horn glow.

Usually we would never try to do this at all, we do not know if this will even work at all, but if we wait and sleep then he might awaken. We do not wish for this to come, we wish to speak to him now to calm his sense’s before he awakens, we only hope that this will work.

As our horn gently touch Meddler head sleep overcame our eyes as we close them and sleep.

***
(meddler)
Darkness raise up as my body moves through the dead and burning smell, my body spins as my left side narrowly move away from an attacking ghoul. A hit went to my riot armor as my right hand raise up the Plasma Pistol to shoot at a Legion, my legs quicken toward the light as my body stop before a cliff.

My eyes see a town, a community that is around a canyon. It look so peaceful, wonderful, and,

“Well, look what we have here. The Courier.”

My head snaps to see a dead face, Caesar with blood on him, a bullet in his chest with a few bruises on his face. My eyes widen to see him walking up to me with a smirk on his face. “Do you remember this Courier? This is your home that you made, the one you settle into.” My head turn to this place before me, it was call something else once.

For some reason that confuse me my mouth couldn't say the name, of what it was before, but it can say the word of it is call now. “The Divide.”

A flash of light went around me as a few seconds later my eyes open to the sun fill skies above me, around me is the familiar setting of my home. My left hand holds a rope that is tied to a large bag that is fill with mail and supplies that I gather before my department from the Mojave Express. My right is within my pocket as it holds a familiar coin from a much longer memory.

My duster move against the gentle wind, my face is moving to see so many faces, so many memories, and at once my body is moving against my will.

All the while my ears are fill with Caesar voice.

“Do you remember all of this Courier? All of the faces here, the people who you trust and love. Do you see this false peace here?”

My eyes try to close from all of this pain within my heart, but my body refuse to obey me. My eyes look around to see NCR troops moving around, civilians walking around, smiles all around. Then all at once my mind freeze as my eyes see a too familiar person three steps from me.

The person turn as a smile grow on that face, the legs move as arms stretch out as the chest touch mine. And that voice, oh that voice cause so much happiness and pain at once. “Meddler! How are you dear?”

My throat dried even before my mouth open as to say words that spoke from me so long ago. “Well I’m doing fine love, how’s our little trooper?” A smile move on my face, even though within me knows it is false, yet even I cannot tell if this is a nightmare or a memory.

Hell it can even be both at the same time.

“Doing fine, he’s almost finish with school, so is the job done?”

A chuckle escape my lips. “Almost! Just got to deliver this shit to the office and I’ll be back to see you and the kid!” A smile is on her face, mischief is set in her eyes. “You damn better Meddler, because when you get back we’ll have so much time to be together,” Her mouth crept up to my right ear as she whisper in a lustful tone. “Because I got a new bag of toys to use for the both of us back in the room. And I’m quite horny from the last trip you made to it.”

A blush appear on my face as my arousal went up. A toothy grin is form on her face. “Don’t keep me waiting love.”

“Oh if she only knew what you brought with you to change that little plan.”

And another flash of light went around me.

***

My legs move through the office as my right hand moves the bag on my back on the table. “Hey, packages from the West.” Smiles from all around are shown from the other who work here with a few approval hoots or two, the clerk nod his head to me. “Thanks Meddler, hopefully the morale is up, haven’t heard much back home.”

A familiar arm is wrap around my shoulder, the tone of the voice is full of joy as a male voice speaks out to me. “Hey there buddy! how’s the trip back to good old NCR?” My head turn to see a Caucasian male, yellow hair down to his neck shown, a light beard form around his mouth as his brown eyes look at me with familitary of an old friend.

“Henry you crazy bastard nice to see you too. As for the trip it’s not bad, still see the debates of the ‘leader’s’ going non-stop and all. But I did manage to see my folks, heard that they were thinking on coming over here to see the kid.”

A laugh escape from his mouth as he gently shakes me.

“So, you manage to get something from the old hoots?” My nose snort as my reply came forth. “You know if dad heard that he might order you to do 200 push ups. Just because he’s retired from being a Colonel doesn’t mean he won’t make you a recruit again. And mom still got her rifle all nice and prime to take off a raider head.”

“Whatever Meddler, so did you got my package?” his tone turn to serious, my head nods as my head turn with my hands searching in my bag to take out a small box, and a giant ass robot, it look freaky as hell. I heard it’s some sort of machine the Enclave use in the past or some shit, my hands pass the two item’s to him. “Don’t know why that General wanted me to give this to you, but here the package’s. I swear you guys in NCR always keep your dirty little secrets.”

“Well no offense Meddler but we love to keep our porn close to ourselves. Not all of us got a woman waiting in our bed ready to,” My right hand went to his mouth and clamp it. “Hey! Careful there Henry, I don’t want the others to look at my wife with all the gossip you bring around here.” A chuckle escape from my grasp as he push my arm off.

“Well Meddler sorry to say that I can’t help it, you’re too easy of a target to make fun of.”

My eyes roll as a sigh escape from me. “Anyway Henry gotta go, things to do and all that.”

“Take care man!”

“Ah if you realize what the box truly held back then, perhaps you might of stop it all.”

Once again a flash of light went around me, I swear these things are getting damn annoying.

***

My hand close the door behind me as laughter can be heard in the other room. My eyes look to the living room with the sofas and pictures on the walls. My head turn to hear a voice that haunts me before it all happen.

“Daddy! You’re back!”

My body been push by a inch as a little boy of ten hug me as his face look up to mine, a face full of joy. A smile form on my face, but within my mind is of terror and pain of what will happen. “Well kiddo guess what Grandpa got you?”

“Is it a BB gun? Oh is it a thousands caps?” ask the boy, a grin form as my right hand search my pocket as a my hand grasp the coin and took it out of it’s temporary prison as my fingers flip it to him, he caught it as he look at the silver coin. “What is it?” he ask as he hold it up to see the picture imprinted on it.

A face of a man on the side, the size of it is larger than most coins, the words on it say’s ‘In God We Trust’, on the top of it say’s ‘Liberty’, and under the face is the year ‘2015’. “This is a family heirloom that went all the way back from our great-great-great-grandfather. Now it has been pass on to you my son, try to take care of it, okay?”

His head nod up and down with a large smile on his face. “You got it daddy! No way will I ever, ever, lose it!” A laugh came from me. “Good to hear kid!”

Then that’s when the all familiar siren came around. “Daddy, what’s going on?” My head turn outside. “I don’t know, I’m going to check it out,” my body move against my will to stay, because I knew what is going to happen next, that will become the greatest and most shameful thing that will always haunt me.

“Ah and here it is. The moment when you done what you ‘had no choice’.”

The light went around me, and for once I truly wish that it would take me away from this whole thing.

***

“Henry what’s the hell is going on here?” I shout as NCR troops move past me, he turn with a frightened look on his face. “Look Meddler, this is a really bad time right now, just go home and,” My hand went to his shoulder as my voice raise up. “BULLSHIT! Henry you know that avoiding this thing with me is not a good idea, beside you might need my help, so drop it.” He look at me as he sighs.

“The Legion are attacking, we spotted a few from the north and are heading our way as we speak. Meddler go back home, we can handle this.” My head shakes as my eyes look to a Service Rifle, my hands grab the weapon and turn the safety off. “You’re going to need everyone to stop those bastards. Count me in.” Henry gives a small chuckle. “No matter what I’ll do, you’ll just ignore me and try to help. Fine, come on Meddler. Let’s go kill these bastards.”

As we both move through the streets Caesar voice fill my ears. “Oh Courier, no matter what you do, the next moment will forever be burn in your mind. Even if you try to forget it all. The instincts will always be part of you, your ‘anger’ of the Legion never truly left you even if you wipe your entire mind.”

We both stop the gate of my community, all the NCR wait, and wait as we hear the troops of the damn Legion start to move around it, my eyes look to all the troops around me, some shake of anxiety, others from fear, and a few of will probably be the biggest battle of a life time.

Finally a large explosion hit the gate’s as we all hear a voice shout to us all. “DO NOT LET A SINGLE BASTARD THROUGH OUR HOMES!”

And at once we all fire our shots as the Legion enter in from the destroyed gates of this place. My sight move from the left to right as most of my fire went to their chest, my ears hear troops giving them all as we hold our position.

As hours pass from the fighting we slowly force our way back and back, we lost ground as the Legion kept pushing and pushing until we all remain inside the Missile Base Headquarters of Hopeville, my heart aches of the terror that I will soon unleash upon everyone.

Including myself.

“Henry, I hope that everyone got out safe, we all know what could happen if the Legion got to them.” He turn his head as nothing came from him, at first I thought he look at the casualties that the Legion did to us, wounded troops all around us, some are sleeping on the ground. There was 500 troops station here, now there is only 100 left.

Henry took something out of his pocket. It’s a trigger, but there is no hole on the front and it’s not a laser pistol. “Henry, what is that you got?” He look to me with eyes fill with despair and tears. “A last resort. If the Legion try to take this area, well we been order to fire the missiles on ourselves.”

My mouth open in shock as my mind knows what will happen next.

“Henry! You know there is no way we can,” He interrupt me. “Don’t give me that Meddler! We have no choice, any moment now they will take over this place and use the missiles to destroy the NCR, we can’t, no shall not let them do this, no matter the cost we will end them. Even if it cost us our lives.”

My body moves straight at him and force the thing off of his hand. “Don’t do this Henry, I swear to God that if you do this, I’ll,” Before my words form next a loud explosion hit the base itself. My body move from the blast as does Henry, the trigger left his hand as it went a few feet from me. The sounds of guns and death fill my ears.

My eyes look to see Henry with a sad look, my head look up to see the Legion are coming closer, then to the trigger as my left hand quickly grabs it. Henry shouts at me. “MEDDLER! MEDDLER DO IT NOW! PRESS IT NOW!”

Tears went down on my face as five words exit out of my mouth.

“Please, forgive me everyone.” My finger press it.

And the light finally enveloped me one last time, as my mind know what will happen next, that will cause me to purposely erase my memories.

***

My voice give out a groan as my eyes slowly open to see the ruin room, something on my body as my head raise up to see Henry body on me. His back facing the door as troops of both sides earn burn marks on their body, my arms push Henry off to gather myself up. My ears hear something move away, my head turn to see a empty vial with a needle in a spot near where my body was.

My eyes look to see him with his eyes close, my right hand quickly move to his throat and felt nothing. A cough escape from me as my voice croak. “W-What?”

My left still holds the trigger as it quickly let go, my eyes dart around to see the dead around me. My mouth is dry as my head turn while my eyes try to find something to drink. Sadly there is nothing, my legs move as my ‘past’ mind gather it’s thought, a Service Rifle is found in my sight as my hands grab it, a few magazines are near it as my left hand gathering them, my ears hear something.

A groan, my head turn to to see Henry slowly going up. “Henry, how the hell did you,” Then as his skin turn red, hair slowly gone as he begins to charge at me, my body turn as he slowly turn around. My hands begin to shake as my instinct know what to do when dealing with a ghoul. “H-Henry,” my voice speak out as it whisper, my arms raise up in a aim position with him in my sight.

My arms shake as tears begin to run down again, he slowly comes at me, my throat gulp as the words finally came out. “I’m so sorry.” And then when he charge my finger press the trigger and fire each shot at him, again, and again, and again until he finally falls.

Then my ears hear the others slowly getting up, my mouth open in another whisper as my ‘past’ mind remember something. “Oh no, Melody, Felix.” My body moves as fast as it can go as it moves left and right dodging the abominations that I have made.

My body walks out to see the burning sky, the sands and burning wreck. My eyes search to find my house, and at once they found it. My legs move as fast as they can be push to my home, finally the house is in my sight as the sounds of the Others are slowly coming up, my right leg is up as it kick the door open.

“MELODY! WHERE ARE YOU LOVE?” my eyes quickly search around to find them, but they aren’t in the living room, that’s when my body move to the basement, the door is lock as my hand use the Rifle to push it against the door, then shoot the knob as my legs kick the door, my body went down to try find them, but instead of seeing my family alive, despair fill my heart as my eyes see the two with the same marking’s as Henry.

My tears went out even more as my voice cry out. “No, no, no, NO! NO! NO! DAMN YOU HENRY! DAMN YOU LEGION BASTARDS! DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL!” The two slowly went to me with the look of hunger, my head shakes as my arm instinctively went up to aim, my voice went up to a whisper. “Please, don’t do this, I love you both so much. Please, no more. Please turn back.”

My pleads are ignore as they charge at me, my hands fire at them as a whimper escape from me as my eye’s see the bullets going through them, one by one. Finally they stop dead. My hands let go of the weapon as my back move to the wall, my body slide down as my arms wrap around my head as the ‘past’ me couldn't take it anymore.

This went on for maybe fifteen minutes as the noise’s outside became more, my hands wipe away as my body slowly move to the two, dragging them in a loving embrace as my hand search their pockets, my wife got the key to the emergency caps, including some caps in her pocket while my son still got the coin in his own pockets.

Tears went down again as my right clench it and place it in my own pocket. My body went to the door and unlock it to reveal a large bag of caps. as my right grab it, my voice went out. “Forgive me love, forgive me son, forgive me everyone. For I have committed a great sin to you all.” As my body turn to see the two one last time my lips went to their heads and give a quick kiss on the foreheads.

My body move to the stairs, knelt down quickly to grab the weapon and moving up, as my legs move toward the exit, my head turn to the memories that are within this household and finally turn back to the exit of this damnable place.

As my body move did things go to worse. The curse ones began to move straight at me, my hand drop the bag down as they fire at each one, all the while Caesar voice fill the ears.

“One would say what I done is a blight to all of humanity, but many don’t know what you have done here Courier or chose to forget to, out of the two of us you are the bigger monster than I am. You were the one who brought the package, you were the one that pull the trigger, you were the one that killed your ‘friend’, and you were the one that killed his own family.”

Tears went down on my face as I slaughter the ones who I once call friends and neighbors, the weapon went out as my hands eject it and place a new magazine in. Caesar went on. “Do you remember what you done next? Oh I do, instead of staying there in your home you ran away back to the corrupt West, to find out why you brought the device, only to find out someone you care order it. Your own father. Do you know what happen next?”

My head shakes away as my mouth whisper. “No, no more.”

A dark chuckle came from him. “In your own rage you killed him, you left like the coward you are. The guilt almost destroy you until you hear about a Pre-war machine that can make people forget things, so what did you do? Ran away to it giving all the caps you have and ask them one thing, and when they ask what you want to forget what did you say?”

“‘Everything. I want to erase my own past and forget of all I done.’ And so it was done, then you hear about a package in the Mojave and ran to there. That’s all you are Courier. A coward that runs away and away, never looking back.”

“That’s all you are Courier, that’s all you ever will be.”

They came closer now, grabbing onto me as they hold me down, dragging me down into the darkness. My head looks up to see a smirk Caesar. “Sooner or later you will pay, pay for your sins Courier. But then you are paying them now, question is who blood will be on your hands?”

Then a new voice came, a strange familiar voice.

“Enough of this, we grow tired of this foolishness nightmare.”

All at once everything stop, the hands move from me, my body raise up to normal, the background change into a growing darkness, the darkness wrap around my entire body as it moves me away Caesar and near to a four leg being. My mouth opens in shock and my tone fill with surprise. “W-Wavy?”

Her head turn to mine, the helmet gone and her look is of how she came to New Vegas when she arrive. A smile form on her face as she turn her head to Caesar. “You will not harm Meddler as such nightmare, he is now under our protection as of now.”

Caesar look at her as his skin pales as a dark laugh came from him. “Creature, I am merely doing what I am suppose to do. Cause him grieve and remind him of his failures. But you do not belong here, this is not your domain.”

Wavy smirk at Caesar. “We know that we do not belong in this place call the Mojave, but when it comes to dreams and nightmares that is another thing entirely. Allow us to introduce ourselves to the likes of you,”

Her hooves raise up as does her body, then she slam her forehooves down on the ground as the scenery change into some sort of hall. Large glass on the windows, stone all around us, carpet under our feet, my head turn to see some sort of throne, the voice of Caesar speaks out.

“What is going on here? WHO ARE YOU CREATURE?”

My head turn to Wavy with that smirk still on her muzzle, She then open her muzzle to answer. “Normally we wouldn’t say this as we learn that it would cause our foes to laugh at us, but for now we make an exception,” Her voice begins to shout each word in a loud tone which is painful to my ears.

“We! ARE! NIGHT! MARE! MOON!” She then add one more word as a gate appear behind Caesar. “Bitch.” The gates open as something drag him in, he screams as he enter in, the gates close and disappears as Wavy head turn to me.

“Are you alright Meddler?” Our head slowly nod. “Wavy, mind explaining to me what the fuck is going on before my mind decide to think that it’s crack from all of this,” My hands move around as my body move around in a circle. “Strangeness?”

Her head nod as she moves to the throne thing and sit down on it, a chair appears by her left side. Her left fore hoof move to it as to say I can sit on it, my legs start to move as my body went up and turn to allow my ass to sit on the chair. My head moves to Wavy as her muzzle moves to explain.

“Honestly Meddler we do not fully understand at first. We know that we have inherent a ‘gift’ from somepony before we enter here; the ability to enter into dreams and well meddler in them,” my eyes roll from her ‘joke’, if it can be call that. “At first we did not know we can do this, but this is our second try of enter in your dreams, or it’s a dream now, we do not know if what we saw is a memory or a dream.” My shoulders shrug. “Honestly Wavy even I didn't know at all as well. So what you’re saying is that you can enter into dreams and shit?”

Her head nod. “To be exact, yes we can, normally when we sleep we can enter into other dreams, but for this time we use some magic to enter in your mind, we did not know that this would work at all since magic is now a tricky thing here. But we are gratefully that it aid us instead of troubling us.”

“Meddler, when we first enter in your dreams, we were shock to see such a thing that you harbor in your mind. The death and pain you hold in your heart and mind.” My head turn away as a sigh escape from me. “We apologize, does this talk make you uneasy?” My head slowly turn to the concern gaze of Wavy. My head shakes. “Wavy, it does make me uneasy but for other reasons. I never talk to someone about this because what the hell am I suppose to say to them?”

My body move up as my mouth opens in a mock explanation. “‘Hey there buddy? Can I talk to you about the time when I brought a dangerous thing into my home where my wife and kid are at? Not only that can I also tell you that I am the one that pretty much made the Divide into what it is and kill so many lives and destroy what was a great home to me? Not to mention for some reason I am the sole survivor when I should be dead?”

“‘What’s that? You’re getting your weapon? Now why would you,’” My right finger went to my head. “BLAM!” My head and body turn to Wavy.

“We...See that this would be a problem Meddler, and we know from experience that speaking about sins we done in the past would be uneasy to speak now.” My head turn away as another sigh escape from me.

“Yep, no one in this whole damn Mojave can know what I went through.” that’s when my body feel a wing around me as my body is slowly push toward Wavy, my head turn in shock to see her doing this.

That’s when I realize she is giving me a hug, or at least is trying to. My right side is press to her left as she nuzzle my head with her eyes close, my right arm slowly moves around her in hesitation as a few seconds pass by as my body hug her side and some of her front.

Then the tears went down on my face. “Damn it, damn it.” Wavy didn’t even say a thing as she allow me to cry on her and accept it. Finally what seems like hours my body let go as my left hand is wiping away the tears on me. “Sorry about that Wavy, not use to getting a hug like that or be pussy like so.”

Her head shakes as she answer back, her eyes open to look at me with such a wonderful and understanding gaze.“We know what it is like to cause damage against love ones and to hold such pain in the heart.” She open her left fore hoof again to welcome another hug, and one I accept willing, we hug for a while as she lay her head on mine. “We will make a deal with you Meddler, we will tell you a bit about our lives in exchange you slowly tell your life. Deal?”

A hearty laugh escape from me. “Thanks, Wavy, and I accept. Still quick question, did you honestly meant that I would be under your ‘protection’?” She temporary let go with a smile on her face and a nod. And we went back to hugging once more.

For once, perhaps I can finally let go of my pain and accept the healing of someone who understand my position. However she ask something that that I’m not ready to speak about. “Meddler, we wish to ask about something, it is about your family, you see we,”

“Wavy, I just got done going through a recurrent traumatic experience in my life, now I am going to say this once and only once. Do not bring up family, all it’s going to is to ruin the moment okay?” All she did to respond is a nod of her head and the silence, at least one good thing from this whole thing is that she knows when a scar that is slowly healing, and when it comes to my family, even my parents and sister, that wound is taking a long damn time.

***
(meddler)
My eyes slowly open as my eyes to see Wavy slowly waking up herself, my eyes look down to see both Feathers and Psycho sleeping on the couches, Loyal is sleeping on my other side with her head on my right shoulder.

My nose slowly breaths in as a breath went out.

Okay I went through one hurdle and now I gotta go through another. Small steps Meddler, small steps.

My body slowly gets up as my shoulder moves from the two, Loyal quickly wakes up as she see me up and awake, her helmet is off as she chose to have comfort than communication. Wavy raise her head up and gives a small yawn. [“We see you are awake now Meddler, are you better?”

My shoulder shrugs. “Somewhat, still need to work with, oof!” my body push down as Loyal glomp me on my left side with her push her head on my chest, her horn is thankfully away from a position of pain as she rub her muzzle on my chest with her ears flatten and tears coming down her eyes.

Oh fuck, not again. Okay Meddler you can do this, just...calm her. And then figure out her side of the story.

My right hand gently rub her head as my mouth open to give calming noise. “Shh, shh, shh. It’s okay, you did nothing wrong Loyal, it’s not your fault, okay?” My hands gently raise her head to allow her eyes see into mine, a smile form on my face as my thumbs rub the tears away from her face.

She move forward to nuzzle me, which I accept as my hands wrap around her and holds her as she gently cries. My head slowly move to Wavy who is seeing all of this. My mouth opens as she reads my lips. ‘Get her helmet please.’ She nod her head in understanding as her body is up with her head move around to search for the lost helmet.

She finds it as her horn glow to grab it and float it to my now outreach hand. As it gently moves on my palm my other arm let go as my hands move over her head as my hands place it on her, she submit as she allow me to attach the helmet to her.

She then speaks to me.

“Master, are you angry with me?”

My nose breath in as my answer came out. “No Loyal, I am not, confuse? Yes greatly so, but angry? Not even a bit.” She went back onto my chest hugging me, which I allow and sighs. Finally the door open to see Raul looking at me with a surprise look. “Hey Boss, glad to see you’re awake.”

My head nod. “Yeah, anyway how long I slept for?”

He sighs as he answer. “About a full day, it’s morning already.” My head nod as something came to me. “Wait, why are you here Raul? Normally you just sleep at your shack, what’s up?” He sighs again as he shakes his head. “Bad news Boss, really bad news. But I’ll wait for you to get ready okay?” My head nod as my mouth speaks. “Thanks Raul, appreciate you for being patience.”

With a nod return from him he moves away from the door as he gently close it.

My attention turn to Loyal. “Hey Loyal?” My hands gently push her away as she moves back and sit down on her rump looking at me. “I need to ask you some questions okay, hun?” I ask in a gentle and patience tone, she nod her head as a sigh went out and my question is ask. “Loyal, why are you calling me Master?”

Level up! (Wavy)

Protector of Dreams-With Nightmoon as your guardian of dreams, you’ll sleep better and have a better chance of looking around your environment with one point of Perception.