Thread: Waiting Anxiously (12-6-09; Mini Only; McKnight Estate)

Mini Ogre stumbled up to the walkway to the mansion he now called home. If not for the blood waiting for the wounded there was no way he would have been able to drive the tour bus back. The others thought he was crazy to be so determined to return home so quickly in his state. All Mini would say is "I hear her. She sings our song. I must." Mini drove like on anto pilot repeating that over and over, like it was a guiding light. Now he was home and at the door. With the determination of a man on a mission, he summoned his strength and rang the doorbell.

A text message comes to Angelique's phone, its Evan's number. When she reads the text it says only: We are both alive.

She hears the doorbell ring and wonders who the hell would be coming to the house this late in the evening, then she hears her phone ring. She only looks at the phone, not wanting to see what the message could say. Michael stands, grabs her phone and hands it to her, when she reads the message from Evan tears fill her eyes.

Michael leaves the room to go check the door, he opens it and yells to Angelique.

"Angelique, come quickly!"

She drops the phone, rushing down the stairs she turns the corner to see Michael there holding Mini in his arms. She runs over to them, as Michael closes the door then lays Mini on the ground. She takes Mini into her arms, looks Michael in the eyes, then starts to sing (Siuil A Run) to Mini. She rocks him back and forth as Michael walks out of the room. It's only a few moments before Michael returns to their sides with a glass of blood. She sits Mini up, as Michael puts the glass to Mini's lips.

When the door opens, Mini Ogre sees Michael. Mini feels his energy leaving him as he says "Angelique....". He falls on Michael.

When Angelique starts singing Mini Ogre drinks the blood from the glass then tries to sing. He's still very weak but in a light voice matches her pitch. When the song is through he looks deep in his wife's eyes. "I heard you out there. Wherever i am, all you have to do is sing our song. I will heeeeaaar........" Mini Ogre trails off, still weak physically and mentally.

She grabs him tighter, holding him to her, then looks at Michael.

"More. Get the herd if you have to, just get him more!"

She turns her attention back to Mini.

"I'm here my love, I'm not going anywhere."

He tries to speak to her again, but she presses her finger to his lips.

"Save your strength my love."

She looks deep into his eyes, eyes that the night before had been so bright and full of life were now dark and cold. Michael comes back with more blood, and once again the two of them help Mini up to drink it. When Mini finishes the second cup, Michael immediatly stands and takes Mini from Angelique. She stands, putting one of Mini's arms around her shoulders on his left side, and Michael doing the same on the right side.

They take him to a spare bedroom on the lower level of the house, not wanting to force him up the stairs. They lay him on the bed, Michael leaves as Angelique starts to take Mini's clothes off. Michael brings back some fresh, warm water and bandages. Angelique takes a washcloth, dips it in the water and washes off Mini's face. She repeats the process of dipping the washcloth in the water, and washes all his wounds. After his wounds are clean, she takes the bandages, covering and wrapping the wounds.

When she is done she covers him lightly with a clean blanket, climbing into the bed next to him, she takes a part of his arm that isn't wounded, and sings their song again.