Okay. This was no big deal. He'd just grabbed a bleeding girl off of the street and now had no idea how to get back to the refugee camp. This was fantastic.
"I'm just trying to help you," he said, through gritted teeth, as Alex struggled weakly against him. As soon as he stepped out into the street, he realized just how little he'd thought through. People were staring. Most of them hadn't been around to see the girl duck into the alley by now, but these new people were still fairly suspicious seeing a completely unfamiliar boy carry a bleeding girl out of an alley.

".. uh.." Ryland looked around, trying to figure out if he recognized anything. Nothing really stood out as terribly familiar. He wandered slowly in a random direction, passing by a little row of nice restaraunts without noticing much about them. It was getting late too.. Even if he could find another doctor for this girl, he would have to get back to the little tent city in order to have a bed to sleep in tonight.

Alex growled. "Do you even know where you're going, boy?" She was a bit frustrated now. He had picked her up, and she could tell that he had no clue of what to do. Luckily for Ryland, Alex weighed very little, due to her not eating every day. She could hardly get real food once every week.

~~~

Azalie looked at Stucka and nodded. "It was good." It was amazing how much the girl could eat. Of course, she never gained any weight, given how many times she had to run from Shadowkeepers, and her own brother. She rubbed her stomach, and sat up a bit straighter.

(( Sorry's, I wont be able to post anymore today, or a little tomorrow cause I got a sleepover at my friends, also I was sick for a few days, so I stayed off the computer. I'll post now....))

        Stucka looked down at his stomach, hoping it didn't get any bigger, even though the calories would most likely burn off when he shifted into an animal and started to run around like he always did, but it still bothered him when he ate too much. He made sure his slight abs and muscles were there before looking back up at Azalie, happy they were fine, and that she enjoyed her food.

        "Want anything else before we leave?" Stucka took out his wallet and made sure he had a few bills, not to mention tips for the waiter. Before paying though, he wanted to make sure Azalie was done. "You can always get something and bring it with you if you want....for later..?" he asked questionably, looking back at her with a curious ex
pression.

        Stucka raised his hand for the waiter and smiled. "Yeah, I understand completely." When he recieved the bill, he didn't cringe at the price at all, instead he payed it fully, giving the waiter a large tip as well, he was in a good mood today so far, why not share it. "Thank you." he said to the waiter once more before standing up and sighing as his stomach felt way fuller then before.

        Stucka only took a few steps to stand in front of Azalie, reaching out his hand toward her. "Coming?" he asked without taking the smile off of his face.

        Stucka lightly grabbed her hand, not expecting her to accidently bump into him, although the action made him smirk, especially because he managed to notice Azalie blush. "Are you alright?" he asked, placing his open hand on her forehead to make sure nothing was wrong. Surely he knew that she fine, but it didn't hurt to ask. "Your getting pretty hot, your not sick are ya?" he then lightly placed his hand on her cheek, noticing how red and harm they were.

        Stucka chuckled lightly, not wanting to stir up anything in the resturant, his words were spoken softly so that no one around could hear. He kept his other hand holding Azalie's, not really noticing that they were still interlocked.

Azalie followed behind Stucka, Jack behind her. She was debating on what to do. Should she take Stucka's hand again? What if he didn't want her to? What if he thought that she was just his friend or something? Azalie shook her head, going into another flashback. She stopped dead in her tracks, her eyes dazed over.

~~~~~

It was a hot summer day, and Azalie was only about six years old. Her and her big brother, River, who was ten at the time, were playing happily in the flower field. She caught a gra.sshopper, and went to show her big brother.

However, when she got to him, he was being toted away by several Shadowkeepers. Azalie screamed, tears rolling down her face. She ran to her brother, but two other Shadowkeepers pulled her away, then she watched as her brother, along with the Shadowkeepers, disappeared into a shadowy mist.

~~~~~

Azalie had tears streaming down her face, but she sniffled, trying to stop. However, it only made her want to start crying even more when she thought of how Jack had tried to comfort her in those lonely first few weeks without River. She fell to the ground, sobbing now. Stucka was probably going to think that she was crazy.

        Stucka knew that Azalie was slightly behind him, he kept his pace simple, not wanting to go to far ahead. His good hearing picked up a few things, first, the footsteps behind him died down, not long after he thought her heard her cry lightly.

        Stucka turned and slowly walked over to Azalie as he noticed her, his ex
pression showing sighns of worry. "A-Azalie?" he knelt down and tried to look at her face, not sure what was wrong. Stucka ignored everyone around him and wrapped his arms around her, resting his head on her shoulder as he stayed kneeling on the ground. "Hey...it's alright, please don't cry, your okay..." he wispered, rubbing her back lightly, feeling bad for her, whatever was going on, it must have been something that bothered her greatly.

(( -3- last post, gotta go now, I'll reply again tomorrow. Cyaa <3 ))

        "If you need any support, I'm always here." Stucka said, walking slowly forward, his house already in sight. He ment it more in the way that she was a little inseady, and that she could lean on him, but he also ment it in general, if anything were to happen, she can always go for him for help, especially because she had almost no friends, other then him. How is that possible, she's....so nice, and genuine, and.... he drifted off in his head for a moment, then he looked back at her, hoping she was alright.