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It was a small internal battle, the worry she had for other people and the selfishness that begged to just go home and sleep in a warm bed. Her selfishness won through the throb of pain, and she let herself get put onto the first transport home. When she was moving, fighting, she did the Roman thing and ignored her injuries. When she saw Ronan relief crashed over her, and the feeling of her injuries became real, instead of the faded throb she had made them out to be. She just wanted to go home, she asked him to take her back to camp. She felt the cough coming up again, a heavy chest rattling cough. Her stomach ached, and churned, but nothing came up. Not this time, because there was nothing there. It had been almost a week since she couldn't keep anything down. Since they started using cold water to try and get information out of her. Liam was helpful, as helpful as he could be given the circumstances. The warmth she leeched from him, the blankets he brought her. They weren't enough to stop her from getting sick in that cold damp cell.

Now she was home, in the fields of Mars. Coughing, bleeding, but alive. She couldn't help but smile at the groups of people waiting for those they loved. Her own friends where the ones captured, or even her best friends Ronan and Josh one was on the rescue team. So where did that leave her now? She breathed quietly, the pain of breathing nearly overwhelming her senses. Someone had told her it was pneumonia, that she'd have to rest for a few weeks but it'd be better. Josh stood off to the side with his wife, and that adopted brother of his. She shipped that family, shipped it so much. Her ships always ended up being some of the most painful ones, though she wasn't sure why that was. Perhaps the drama of it all. She hoped Remus would be there for Felicity, another ship of hers. Evelyn was her best girl friend, but she felt she needed someone softer. More sweet, and innocent. Walking forward she almost laughed at herself, her first thoughts coming back to camp Jupiter where of the relationships she liked to keep an eye on. The gossip she loved to listen to.

Was she traumatized? No, not particularly. It was painful, but she had spoken to her father about all she could as often as she could. She talked kindly with Liam, and Evelyn whenever they came to visit her. The whole thing was pretty nice, minus the torture and lack of sleep. She was able to learn more about Evelyn, to find a new friend in Liam. Those two needed some help, and to get away from that toxic place. All she wanted was to sleep for a week, but for her friends she would work through it.

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Ronan was so exhausted. The extensive use of his powers and the fighting plus the traveling, he felt as if he could sleep forever. Ronan had been furious when they had taken Miyuki. When they had taken Nova and Edmund, Ronan had been out for blood. Nothing would sate his blood lust till his friends were home safe. They were his family and no one would keep him from his family. Not that Edmund would admit to being family anyways. It was hardly fair for the group of thugs that he had first come across. No. He stood there with his flaming warhammer and struck down anyone who stood in his way. HE could hear the screams and groans of death as he killed those that would try to rip his family apart. Family wasn't just who you were born with, your parents, no, that wasn't just family. Miyuki was his dearest friend, someone that had believed in him when no one else would. She took care of him, fed him, forced him to sleep at times, but then he couldn't protect her. Ronan was going to bring her home, bring all of them home or die trying.

Shadow travel, teleportation, it all never sat well with his stomach. but landing face first into the grass of the field of mars, well it was rather appropriate. His powers had been spent, he probably couldn't summon another flame if he had been thrown into the forge fire. He was thirsty enough he could probably stick his head in the lake and not be done being thirsty. Unfortunatly, he didn't have any water on him. He gasped, his throat dry and his lips cracked as he shakily stood up. He spotted Miyuki. He crawled over to her, rolling on his back as he took in deep breaths. "You alright Miyuki?" He asked, his breaths coming in shallow. He rummaged through his pack as best he could, trying to get to a water jug before one of the kids from his cohort, Jake? Was that the little Apollo kids name? He didn't care at the moment, taking a long drink from the jug. "Thanks kid." HE said as he took a half a breath as he continued to chug down more water. Gods he felt like he couldn't get enough of this stuff. "HEy miyuki, I'm thinking a three day long nap would be amazing."

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A blond haired pile of smoke and exhaustion made it's way closer to her. "I'm good as can be expected, you look like you could be better though." Miyuki couldn't help but smile at her centerion, though it hurt her face a bit. Bruised up as it was. She truely did not think slamming someone's head into a table was appropriate fo getting answers. Nor should someone do that to a lady. The cut in her lip was still healing from that particular incident. The bruising had gone down, it was nearly gone. Before the fighting started at any rate. She had fresh cuts and bruises from that. She knelt down to be closer to her centerion, her friend. She had quite enough of sitting, though she felt terribly tired again. It'd been hard to breath, and she had been running hard inbetween small skirmishes with the government agents. She hoped Evelyn and Liam had truely taken her advice to not be there for a week. To take a vacation. She loved them, but she didn't exactly trust them. Even if she trusted, no one could say for sure the government wouldn't have gotten the information in a way other than asking kindly. She had seen what they put them both through, at least some of it. She was a bit glad she had incompetant tortures instead of Skylar. Though the one that removed the skin from her fingers and hands was rather on the compenant side. They had also started the water torture to shock her awake again. It was the only way they could keep her attentions.

She gave a bit of a laugh, which ended up being a terrible idea. She turned away from him as she coughed and sputtered, soon to be replaced by dry heaving that disinegrated into heavy breathing. She knelt to the ground. "A nap does sound good doesn't it? Happen to have any extra water on you?" she asked with a raspy voice, but the medics where there too quick, with a blanket and water. They gave everyone blankets, a method for helping shock or something of the sort. She had seen it on a television show, but wasn't sure about the truethfulness of it all. It was a story for entertainment after all. Though blankets made sense. She brought hers around her shoulders, curling into it, and flopping on the ground next to Ronan, looking at him again. "It's going to be hard explaining what you did to that base.

How is this melted, this isn't even supposed to melt.

Uhh...volcano sir

Did an entire platoon just spontaniously combust?

Uh....yes?"

she spoke in fake military mockery voices. She changed the tone of her voice a little, but not as she might usually. Anymore and she might have another coughing fit. She drank a bit of water, still laying on her side.

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"I hope I got that bastard that did this to you." Ronan said as he gingerly reached for Miyuki's face. Yeah, for sure there were days that she looked much better than this. But it was more than he could hope for. She was alive and well, a little worse off than he would have liked but all things considering, she was in much better shape. "I barbequed Wiess's torturer in the middle of interrogating. The Trivia boy laughed so hard he snorted. We Romans have a strange sense of humor." Ronan huffed and puffed, his chest heaving up and down as he looked up at the sky. He couldn't help but chuckle. He knew her father didn't quite approve of his relationship with Miyuki, but who couldn't come to be friends with such a loveable and wonderful person like her? "This grass feels cold and amazing." Ronan stated. If he could, he'd probably go sit in the lake for a few hours trying to regulate his body temperature. If it got any higher than what it was already, there was a chance he would spontaneously combust again. That was not going to be good. And he'd rather not fry another one of his friends.

She asked for water, and normally he had plenty on him. But he motioned with the jug that he hand in a gesture of offering it to her, but he was beaten to the punch by a few of the medics. "Damn they're fast." He said, taking in another shaky breath as he retrieved another couple of mouthfuls of water. He laughed hard and deep when she did the mock military voice. IT had been a good and long time since he had laughed like that. Mostly since they had been taken. The laugh was full of relief, happiness, he couldn't wait for things to go back to being normal. If that ever actually happened for a demi-god. He was pretty sure that demi-gods and relaxation didn't quite go hand in hand. Ronan would at least excuse her from the training exercise this weekend. "Ehh well the base had it coming. you can't poke the fire giant and not expect to be burned, though I think I may have gone a little bit over kill." He rubbed the back of his neck and gave a sheepish look to his friend. Man was he just glad that she was back.

Ronan turned to watch the others being reunited with their friends and family. He was so glad that they were happy. It was nice to see them happy and whole. A bit worse off, but still, alive had to count for something. Ronan smiled to himself, though he made no effort to hide it from Miyuki. To be part of something important like this made Ronan feel good, like he was able to reunite families. When you didn't have anyone, you had your cohort, you had Romans. "I think little Nova was sick when I got her, she had cold sweats and felt rather clammy. I hope she gets to the infirmary alright." He said, furrowing his brow.

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On reflex she moved away from his touch, but she had the manacles on still. She relaxed and leaned onto his hand, glad to feel his warm hand on her face. He was like a heater, and truthfully she felt like she was freezing. The heat from his hand almost burned, but she liked it. “Hard to tell the difference when they're smoldering.” She said with a bit of a smile. She wasn't entirely fond of the idea of hurting people, but she didn't hold others to her beliefs. She had refused to kill anyone, at any point, but didn't falter when another person decided to finish the job. If she faltered, that would mean someone else would get hurt in the time she took not acting. Generally though people were fine leaving the enemy unconscious on the ground, and just continuing forward. “He was probably just thinking that chicken is best when it's crispy.” She could appreciate a good torturer, strange as that might be to say, but the pathetic ones where just bullies that thought they could make their way in that profession. Bullies are and always would be cowards. A strange leap, but it worked, at least in Miyuki's mind it did.

“Your warm hand felt amazing.” she said, not very fond of the cold in the first place. It was even worse while she was sick. Sometimes people would complain about being too hot when they had a cold, she enjoyed covering herself with blankets until she felt like she was on fire. It was perfectly healthy. She shook her head a little bit when Ronan offered her his own jug. “I don't want to get you sick.” luckily medics gave her water, because she was sure that Ronan wouldn't care about getting sick and just give her water anyway. The water flowed down her throat, soothing it. Slowly she drank so as to not cause herself to cough and heave again. With a sigh of relief she curled more into the blankets. It was nice to hear his laugh again, any laughing again. She liked it much better than the screams of torment. Worse than anything she had heard or seen in war times, those where what might haunt her for years to come. The way they echoed down the cold halls. A shiver ran through her, not entirly from the cold.

A puff of air, and a small laugh pulled her lips apart into a grin. “Only a little” was her reply to his partial going over board. It was okay though, she could understand. Nova and Edmund where blood family, while Josh and her were close friends. She wouldn’t fault anyone for burning that base down when they had done terrible things to your loved ones. Perhaps not approve of such conduct, but he had been hurting enough without her berating him for what he already knew wasn't right. “Thank you for coming to get us Ronan.” the look of peace on his face was nice. That he was so glad to bring people home, not just her and his family, but everyone. All the people who had been taken from their homes. “You saw how quickly the medics came here, they'll be with her. Taking care of her. Besides I think I saw Tessa out and about, it's only a matter of time before everyone gets dragged into the infirmary.” a small laugh came again, how she liked to laugh again. With ease, instead of the slight mockery of a laugh she gave her captors.

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Truthfully, he expected her to recoil from his touch. She normally did. It had to do with her powers, that much he knew. Miyuki had been his friend for long enough that even though he knew better, it was necessary that he try to comfort her in some sort of way. She was cool to the touch, almost clammy compared to the warmth of his own hand. Ronan admired her ability to incapacitate and just move on. He wished he had some more self control to do so. But something like that just wasn't in him. Especially not to those who thought they would hurt his family. The screams and the smoldering bodies gave him all the more satisfaction that he had gotten those poor sods that wanted to hurt his brother, his sister, his friends. Family wasn't about blood, Ronan had learned that at an early age. The boys at the orphanage said there was no way that he could have his own family. He was too slow, too stupid and too much of a screw up to have a family. He couldn't believe that he had found something, some place to call his own. He would protect it and fight for it like a dog with a bone.

“I'd give you a hug but....” he trailed off, he watched her drink, taking more and more water in for himself. He let out a sigh as he swallowed hard. “I'd rather not combust right here after saving you. Your dad would kill me dead. Like not even enough for Lord Mors to take back to the underworld dead.” He stated. Oh Ronan knew Somnia didn't like him and that it was made to be clear that he wasn't allowed to touch Miyuki. He loved Miyuki, just not in that way. She was his greatest friend. His dearest friend. He took the blanket the medics had thrown on top of him and placed it over Miyuki's shoulders. IT was warmed up nicely from his body heat, his Vulcan-ness. There were times when he loved that higher than average body tempreature. The ability to withstand nearly any type of weather that the gods wanted to throw at him, Snow didn't bother him and neither did summer, though he hated humidity with a passion. “I hope the blanket's warm enough. That one little apollo girl is going blanket crazy.” HE said, nodding towards the little ten year old who was running around wrapping people into blanket igloos.

“I'm glad your safe, your father was rather worried and harassing me to go get you, I still don't think he likes me.” Ronan said as he leaned back, again taking a deep breath. “I bet Tessa's got that dart gun out, the one with the tranquillizer darts, she's going hunting I bet. For the ones who escaped her clutches.” HE probably should get checked out at the infirmary as well. There was no telling what sort of stress doing that had put on him. Fighting, not a problem. Wrecking a building? Not a problem. Taking both on at the same time? Yeah that might have been over exerting himself. But he wouldn't do anything until after everyone else was taken care of and looked after. “I had to come and save you, I couldn't let you guys have all the fun without me.”

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While the girl with a delicate touch did not mind sharing peoples dreams and memories, she preferred to do it with their knowledge and consent. So it was a rather natural response to back away from contact with people, to remind them of what could happen with a smile on her face. The feeling of his rough hand was wonderful though. She could sometimes feel texture through her gloves, or her shirt sleeve, but nothing like this. Gentle, much more gentle than most people had been treating her the past few months. Liam was a sweet heart, but he often sat in his chair watching her. The longest standing female friend she had, Eve, would stay outside of her door. Everyone else was pulling hair, sharp knives, rough sand paper, and heavy hits. It was honestly a miracle she still reacted the way she did. Unafraid of a hand reaching out for her, the heavy muscle mass that sat behind it. This was Ronan though, so familiar. Besides, no one in the interrogation room even made her flinch. That was how she had gotten so much information in the first few weeks.

It wasn't a good thing, but Miyuki had seen Ronan catch fire before. Not just the idle, oh no my sleeve is on fire, but the pillar of red hot flame that licked up from the ground around him. He was better about it. Managed to keep people from getting close to him, like now. He knew how he felt, knew how to take it. Where he would need to take it. So she simply gave him a nod. “Another time then, you can give me a big bear hug.” A chuckle came from her, sweet with a hint of disbelief to it. “Father wouldn't murder you quite that hard, even if he already dislikes you a little bit.” Perhaps there was a rose colored veil over her eyes when it came to her father, but Miyuki couldn't see an evil bone in his body. Even though boys tried to protest the opposite. That they couldn't fine a good bone in him. Some at least admitted he loved her, though all the fear they felt for him.

A sigh of pleasure came from her as she settled into the freshly warmed blanket. “Thanks Ronan.” Her eyes trailed after the tiny girl with blankets, and extra blankets. Pulling them around people as some of the tried to refuse the girls attempts. “Must be a medic thing, the whole not taking no when they get something in their heads.” It was cute though, the girl carrying around as many blankets as she could carry at one time. Every time she went back for more blankets she ended up looking like a little blanket monster. It was nice, smiling and laughing. So she let herself laugh more. Relief mixed with the joy. “It's okay, because I do. You're one of my best friends.” she didn't quite like ranking her friends, but if she had to Josh and Ronan would be at the top. Underneath her father of course. Now whether Ronan or Josh was on top? Well she also had an on going crush on Josh too, so it wasn't exactly fair. Even if he did break her heart and pride. She couldn't bare to think about loosing either of them, no matter who topped the chart.

Laughing at the thought of Tessa popping out from behind trees to tranquilize people and drag them to her web, aka the infirmary. Miyuki rolled up in the two blankets like a little burrito. Even folded up the bottom of the blankets to keep her feet warm. “Most everyone who had been captured needs some kind of medical attention.” truth was even she needed a bit. More than just her cold, she felt like her arm was fractured and the gashes weren’t really bleeding anymore but still there. “Yes, and thank you. It was really nice to see your face Ronan. I missed you.”