Matt looked at her then back at the egg. " You- You mean it? " He asked, excitedly. Nope gotta fix that. he cleared his throat. " I mean, that would be cool, I guess. " Im gonna get a pet! Im gonna a pet! Matt picked up the egg quickly, being gentil as he discretely danced. To Hope, he hoped it looked like he was shivering.

Hope smiled. "Of course I mean it." she said with a chuckle. She noticed he was discreetly dancing, but didn't let it show that she knew. "Is is that cold in here?" she asked, making it look like she thought he was cold. Nox let out another rumbling purr, walking over to Matt and briefly gently pushing his large head into him. Hope chuckled, before going back out of the tent to tend to the group. She saw a pair rough-housing, beating each other up pretty bad. "Hey." she said, walking over, and they quickly got away from each other and resumed their tasks. She sighed, sitting down by the fire pit in the middle of the camp. The embers glowed slightly. She noticed a pair of shadows of members of the group as they scouted around the edges of the forest. The day drew ever nearer, and she had to make sure they'd be ready.

Matt eye's twinkled as she responded. " Yeah, it's freezing. " He cuddled into Nox happily as he pretend shivered. Matt left Nox with Hope, heading to his cot. With his book underarm he headed to the sleeping quarter's. Suddenly Matt flet someone behind him, A blade to his neck. " Hey pretty boy. " They said in a menacing ton, " Why don't you join us for a bit? " He chuckled, and Matt panicked. " I-Im good. " He said, trying to keep his voice even. " Aw, that's a shame... " He dug the blade a little deeper, making Matt cry out in pain. " Now then why don't we go for a walk, hm? " Matt knew that whatever would happen, it wouldn't be good. Hope please help me. He wasn't very good at hand to hand combat and his power's would be useless here.

Nox's ears pricked up at the sound of a cry of pain, and Hopes eyes glowed, charging up her electricity as she pulled on her cloak, blue sparks flashing in her fingers and static electricity surrounding her as she stepped out of her tent menacingly, heading towards the sleeping quarters of the group, rapier in hand. She slipped in, with Nox at her side. She saw the thug holding Matt captive and pressed her blade to his neck, her hands now glowing with sparks and transferring some to the rapier, enough for the man to feel a crackle of electricity. She pressed the blade harder, enough to make a small trickle of blood go down his neck. "He's not going anywhere with you." she growled, Nox growling with her, both of their eyes glowing in the dark. She noticed the cut on Matt's neck, and looked back to the man. How dare he hurt on of the group, especially Matt, the one who had probably been hurt the most by her brother. She growled. "Get. Out. Before I make you." she said, pressing the blade even harder, making the trickle into a small stream.

The man chuckled at the shock, and the rapier at his neck.. " You can't scare me. " More appeared around them, and the man dug his blade deeper. Matt yelped again. " You see, what you do to me, i'll do to him. " Matt shook as his bandanna began soaking the small stream of blood. " Hope, you have to leave. I'll be fine. " His voice was shaky, though it was controled. The egg, which was in his hand, began to grow cold. Matt released his grip lightly. All of the thug's around them held some sort of weapon

Hope shook her head stubbornly. "No." she growled. She looked over at him, noticing the blood on Matt's neck. She slowly retracted the blade, eyes focused on the man. She raised her hands, before suddenly sending an incapacitating bolt of electricity directly at the man, and Nox pounced on his goons, one after the other, just a dark blur as he flashed from one to the next before returning to Hope's side, licking the small drips of blood from his claws. Hope stood in front of Matt, holding her blade and refusing to leave him alone, no matter how tired her use of powers had made her.

The man dropped, clearly injured. Matt fell foward to his knee's as the other thug's shouted in pain. Matt panted as he tried calming himself, but the blood that soaked his clothes was too much. " T-Thank you, Hope " He said trying to stand. Matt knee's gave out and he slumped on the ground. He sighed an dgingerly took his bandanna off, placing it next to him. " I- I need to clean it. Can you help? "

Hope nodded after taking a length of rope and tying the thugs up, leaving Nox as a guard over the thugs. She draped one of his arms over her shoulders and picked up the bandanna, led him out, back to her tent. "I can heal it for you. I think I have enough energy for that." she said softly, her eyes clear with worry, looking at the bloodstained bandanna. "I should have checked to make sure it was safe for you to go back to the tent" she said, slowly feeling her energy replenish, along with guilt. It was her fault he got hurt. She reached out and gently touched her hand to the wound on his neck, her hand glowing green briefly as it healed the wound. It took up more energy than she expected, and she grew slightly woozy, her vision fading in and out. She put Matt down on the cot and sat down herself, to try and stop the dizziness.

Matt leaned on her dependebly, his vision dancing. He nodded wincing as it stung and made more blood flow. But, do I want magic to be used on me? He then remebered the egg. It seemed to be moving,i'll have to check my book. MY BOOK! He laid gingerly on his cot, dizzy from the blood loss. " My book. Can you get it? " He whispered, cuddling the egg. His face was pale, and he haunting bag's under his eye's. He tried closing his eye's but the event's just repeated in his head. Open his eye's he saw Hope still there.

Hope looked at him, concerned by how pale he was. "Yeah, of course." she said, slipping back to the sleeping quarters. The thugs were still tied up and in a daze, Nox keeping a close watch on them. Hope grabbed the book off of Matt's cot and then went back to her tent, handing it to him. "Anything else you need?" she asked, sitting in a chair beside him, still feeling slightly dizzy, but her strength was coming back slowly. She was glad Nox and she had heard him cry out, and that the thugs hadn't killed him as soon as he had. Otherwise, she'd never be able to forgive herself.