Band of Five Attributes (Re-Written)

“She’s not going to be moving a few hours or so.” Nurse Redheart said, her eyes wide and ears flat. She turned to Rekka, whose injuries were cascaded with a moderate amount of bandages. “As for the stab wounds, they’re not too bad. With proper care and cleaning, they should finish healing in a few weeks.”

“So, how often do I change the bandages?” Rekka asked, looking at his wrapped shoulder.

“For the first two weeks, change them every day. After the third week, change them every other day, and always clean them every change.” Redheart replied, a small grin on her face.

“Alrighty then. I can manage that. But do I have to come here to change my bandages every so often?” Rekka asked, rubbing his chin with a hoof.

“No, the bandages are washable and can be reused.” Redheart answered, her grin not wavering once.

“Fair enough.” Rekka said, smiling himself.

Kaguya paced in circles in the living room. She grit her teeth, and her eyes narrowed. Her mane was a mess, strands sticking out in places. Sitting at the nearby table were Mimu and Mimi, both of whom had flattened ears as they watched the elder mare make circles as she walked.

The door opened, and the pacing mare stopped in her tracks and turned her head to the anomaly. Standing beyond were Yuuki, Rekka, and Koto who for some reason had a bruise on her face. They trotted in quickly, closing the door behind them. She shot a glance at both of the unicorns. “The two of you must talk to me upstairs. Immediately.”

The unicorns sighed, quickly trotting upstairs in short order. Kaguya followed, stopping halfway up to glance at Yuuki.

“I’ll fetch the others right away.” Said the pegasus, who then turned around to open the door, trot out, and shut it. The flapping of wings resounded soon after, and faded away after a few seconds. Kaguya resumed her course to find the young adults waiting for her in the hallway. She almost seemed to glare at them with how narrowed her eyes were.

“What the flying fuck happened last night?” She asked.

“We got hit with something after hearing breaking glass, but not actually SEEING said breaking glass.” Rekka said, his ears flat on his skull.

“I saw broken bottles...and a unicorn somehow got into the house…” Koto added, her ears flat as well.

Kaguya turned to Koto. “What happened after that?” She inquired, her ears twitching.

“When we woke up, we were in chains...and the unicorn who hit us tried raping me, but…” Koto trailed off, looking at the floor for a brief moment.

“And?”

“He failed to actually do her, so to speak. We kinda passed out. All I know is when I woke up after that….I...uh…” Rekka also trailed off, his jaw beginning to shake a bit.

“Hmm?” Kaguya hummed, arching an eyebrow.

“The unicorn….” Koto trailed off again, slowly raising her left hoof and pointing it at Rekka, “kinda put him inside me, and I flipped...and then the same one hurt one of his colleagues, and she broke us out of wherever we were at.”

In that instant, more brown strands of mane stuck out of place on their own accord. “HE DID WHAT?” Kaguya asked, her jaw dropping open and eyes widening.

“Also, the bastard kinda stabbed me.” Rekka sighed, his mouth still twitching.

“What of the colleague he attacked?” Kaguya asked, her eyes narrowing again.

“We kinda took her to the hospital. She was beat up pretty bad. We had to repay her somehow for getting us out of that hellhole, and she said she wasn’t going to talk to him anymore unless she were to basically maul him.” Rekka answered, his ears slowly returning upright.

“And who was it that did all of those things?” Kaguya asked, even more strands of mane sticking out of place.

“Uh...he had a gold pelt and short crimson mane.” Koto answered, a frown on her face.

“Same one that hurt Yuuki twice and knocked her up?” Kaguya asked. Both unicorns nodded in unison. The white mare’s hoof then connected with her face before sliding off and returning to the floor. “When I thought it couldn’t get any worse…” She mumbled, a vein appearing on her cheek. Only now did the duo notice that fairly heavy bags hung under the elder mare’s eyes, and they were already on the brink of darkening.

The mare then fell onto her side, eyes closed and form barely stirring afterwards. Some drool crept out of the corners of her open mouth, but she seemed little fazed by it.

“She didn’t sleep again?” Rekka asked, arching a brow at the anomaly.

“Seems to be the case.” Koto replied, sweat beginning to form. Her horn lit up in soft blue. “Let’s put her in bed.”

“Yeah. Last thing we need is her waking up to body pain because she slept in the wrong position or something.” Rekka agreed, his horn also aglow. A mixture of red and blue auras soon bathed the sleeping mare and lifted her gently into the air, and the two ponies didn’t stall in trotting into her room, placing her onto her bed, and covering her up with a blanket. They then crept out of her room and closed the door behind them, hearing the sound of another door opening from below.

That was followed by more hooves resounding, and then the sound of a door closing. The two unicorns quickly went to the stairs, then down them, to see exactly why. Now in the living room were 01, Tenmei, Nagare, and Yuuki looking at them as they descended the small flight. The two stallions who still lacked horn and wing for some unexplained reason had messy manes and sweat clinging to their frames, complete with ragged breaths and red faces.

“Yuuki...told us everything. I’m...still dumbfounded myself.” 01 said in between breaths. He sat down on his rump and wiped some sweat off his forehead with a hoof.

“We ran around like...raging lunatics looking...for you two.” Tenmei added, proceeding to mimic the elder stallion.

Nagare stretched his wings briefly. “The more I hear about the prick, the more I want to personally hunt him down and strangle him with his own gonads. I really need to invest in a punching bag.” He murmured, eyes narrowing.

“At least they’re alive. They do need to get cleaned up, though.” 01 replied, pointing a hoof at the two unicorns.

“There’s that.” Nagare agreed, nodding his head.

“Where’s Kaguya?” Tenmei asked, arching a brow.

“She kinda went kerplunk. We put her in bed.” Rekka answered, ears flat on his skull.

“Ah. As long as we know where she’s at, everything’s fine.” 01 said, stretching his forelegs into the air. He then set his hooves down and stood up. “Same goes for everybody else.”

“But you can’t know where we are 24/7. Suppose I went to Sweet Apple Acres and got kidnapped on the way, right? You only know where it was I had intended to go, not where I had been stowed away to.” Tenmei pointed out, looking at the elder stallion with narrowed eyes hidden behind glinting lens.

“You do have a valid point, I suppose. Maybe all the running around today is already wearing on my brain.” 01 replied, closing his eyes and sighing.

“I heard that unicorns could do something that would enable them to go to any place they wanted, but it would drain their magic in an instant...I forget what it was called…” Rekka added, putting a hoof on his chin.

“Teleportation, I think?” Koto inquired, a brow raised as she turned to look at her fellow unicorn.

“Sounds about right.” Rekka replied, putting his hoof down. “But I also heard not many could even do it properly. It’s one of those spells that’s reserved for the higher-ups.”

“Isn’t that what Raki did when she got you out of that hellhole you told me about as I basically took you back to Kaguya?” Yuuki inquired, head hanging low as she sighed.