"Look at the view!" Sky said, clearly enjoying the trip, but Malaki was not. Don't look down, don't look down, don't look down... Malaki tried not to panic as Sky continued to fly, moving quickly over the trees as she flew him over to the hotel she knew about. Eventually, after what seemed like an eternity, Sky circled around and landed by the river, letting Malaki get off. Malaki took a few shaky steps before regaining his composure. "You can rent out a room there. In the morning, we can go searching for the others. I can meet you here in the morning." She said. Malaki nodded and walked inside the inn. It wasn't anything fancy, but it wasn't a dingy inn either. "Hello sir, staying the night?" The person behind the counter asked him. He said yes and wished for a room and how much it cost, with the price turning out to be 68 dollars. Malaki grabbed his walled and counted the bills, realizing that a night would only leave him with 20 dollars to his name. Crap. I really shouldn't rent a room for the night, but... Malaki slapped the cash on the counter, and after getting his key, walked over and threw his backpack off.

After a modest 20 minute shower, Malaki felt refreshed as he put on his clothes. That felt good. Now all I have to do is wait, I guess. Malaki looked around his room and turned anything that had a camera towards the wall, paranoia getting the better of him. Was this a mistake? If Ibex come rolling in here and ask for me, that lady behind the counter could rat me out. As he mulled it over in his mind, he heard a voice he hadn't heard since his time within Ibex. "Well maybe you should leave; tell that Sky girl that you had a change of heart and say that you want to rough it out for another night. You've been sleeping outside for years, so what would hurt sleeping in that tent for one more night?" The voice said, which Malaki named Benny. No. I already paid for this room, and besides I needed to take a shower anyway, plus the soft bed will help me catch some z's when I need to go to bed. "Malaki, if you stay here, Ibex will know where you've been and they can track you down. You must leave here and stay off the grid for as long as you can. You don't want Sky to get captured because of you... right?" He shook his head, not letting Benny talk him out of the room. I'm staying here for the night, and that's final. He didn't hear a counter-argument from Benny, so with that, he went to work, taking stock of his situation and enjoying some of the amenities that were offered.

Ahmya and Elea I I Mentions: Dread and Ota

Elea sighed, hearing the crying child and Dread's request to take them. Ahmya didn't even make a move to help her own child, which Elea was used to, but still it was a lot for the woman. Elea did her best to sit up and try to grab the child. She felt sick and exhausted, she didn't want to deal with teh crying child, she could barely sit up on her own, much less worry about all the child that wasn't hers. She managed to grab the little one and handed them carefully up to Dread. Her winced, feeling some discomfort in her stomach as her baby moved around.
"Sorry Ota." Elea said, even though it wasn't her child nor her responsibility. She wasn't sure how he'd handle having another child, it's not like they planned on it. She sat back and closed her eyes, putting her hands over her stomach. She felt sick in the car.

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Ahmya watched as Elea handed her crying child to Dread. She wasn't getting near that thing, her thing that was. It was her baby's, but she never had taken an interest in it. She sometimes didn't mind the baby when it was quiet, but when it was crying she wanted nothing to do with it. She was a horrible mother and she knew it. She noticed something weird when the van sped up and furrowed her eyesbrows.

"What's going on?" She asked, ldpoking up at the driver of the van, aka Ota. She ignored his stupid comment about shutting up the crying baby if it didn't shut up. She understood his feelings on the situation.

Dread and Ota

Nyx || Mentions: Sephtis, Levushka, Blade, Abominations

Nyx was silent the entire time, as soon as she saw Sephtis, there was no way around it. She wouldn't be able to free herself, not with these disgusting Abominations. She hung her head low, her life was nothing but a race. A race of survival, and she hated it. Sephtis was going to be back... Ibex wasn't gone.. it was just the beginning of the end.

When she saw Levushka racing towards her, she felt her wrists being released, and she flung herself forward, wrapping her arms tightly around him. She stuttered a word quietly, but stopped, and dug her head into Lev's shoulder, tears running down her cheeks. She was paranoid, afraid, anger, even furious, while scared all at the same time. Her two main concerns were Levushka and her child.. what would happen if Sephtis found out she was pregnant with Lev's child? Did he know already? Would he kill her and her child? Or would he force her birth, the child being born prematurely with issues? Her eyes watered at the thought of any possible, horrid outcomes, once tears turned into sobs. She refused to let her stomach roll back out, until the day of her birth, she would need to keep it hidden.. she had to.

As they arrived home, Nyx's first thing was continuing to hold onto Lev, her cheeks, and Lev's shoulder soaked in tears. "I-..I am sorry-" she began, her jaw quivering, "I should have went.. and-and found you sooner." Her stifled sobs were quiet, almost like a whisper. Her hands clenched his shirt, her body heaving. She wanted Ibex gone, but they were all cockroaches. No matter what you did, they always came scurrying back for more, and it made her exhausted, and afraid.

Dakota || Mentions: Levushka, Nyx

Dakota had cleaned up the house, and was quite worried as to what happened when she left. She heard sounds outside, quiet voices, and she looked out the window, to see Nyx and Levushka. But.. something seemed- off. She walked up to the door, and opened it slowly, to see that Nyx was actually sobbing. Her eyes widened in fear, and her first thought was the baby. Did she loose it? Is it ok? She didn't run, but she walked over slowly, examining the issue. When she got close enough to see Nyx's stomach, she almost gasped and scream but she thought for a moment, realizing she probably suck her stomach in like how she did with her wings. "What.. what happened?" She asked in a soft voice, placing a hand gently on her siblings shoulder, and she glanced at Levushka. Nyx never cried, not like this.

Levushka

Levushka was silent while Nyx was sobbing. His shoulder was drenched with her tears, his lips thinning, "No. Don't be sorry. I'm sorry for leaving you alone and suffering for so long. I'm the one that should apologize." He pulls her closer to his body, cradling the crying woman, and places his head against hers. "I'm not going to leave your side for now on. I can't allow no more harm to the only light I have." When he sees Dakota, his eyes grew dark when she asked that question. He wasn't in the mood to talk, but he has to. "A man kidnapped, beaten, and even try to convince her to stay despite the pain he caused her and the baby." His tone was hostile, but it wasn't directed at Dakota. "Sephtis is back alive, which means Ibex is back. However, if he's working with them or not is a big question left unanswered." He calms down thinking about the baby, and he enters the home.

Nyx || Mentions: Dakota, Levushka

Dakota winced, knowing not to ask any other questions. She tucked her hands into her sweater puckets, and they curled slowly, angering her. This guy had some nerve kidnapping my sister.. I swear when I see him- she had began, but Nyx heard her, and spoke, "Its ok Dakota.." her voice trailed off, her eyes half opened. Nyx could feel her sister rubbing her back, backing away to let her and Levushka through.

A few moments went by, and she was in her bedroom, and she was lying on her side, scared to find out if her baby was harmed. Her hands slowly made their way to her stomach, and she began tearing up again, horrified to what was about to be said. "The baby is okay." She sighed in relief, wiping her face of her tears, her body was tense, but was slowly relaxing. As Levushka spoke of himself being a terrible husband and father, she glanced at him, and sat up slowly, looking at him with honest eyes. "Don't you dare.. you are of no such thing, and never will be. You are going to be a great father," she spoke in a quiet voice. She stood up, walking over to Levushka, wiping her face, leaning against him. "As long as you live, you are not comparable to 'horrible'. Not in the slightest."

Dread

Levushka