Rek'aa is back. (Ruby, Dori, open)

[hunter]

Rek'aa was finally back in Aldon after a longer mission to the far North. She has been gone almost a full month and she missed the busy city. She was exploring the area far nothr of Aldon and found a larger city there.
On the way there she had to fight a teenager gitl Giant... and boy was that girl tough... having broken 22 or Rek'aa's unusually durable bones and caused wild loss of blood.
Rek'aa was in her usual Predator gear and standing at her ususal 8 feet 4 inches. She was in a lot of pain but shrugged it off, her greenish blood was all over her body, armor and mask.
Hunter just walking in the forest towards the entrance of the city. But she was not alone... behind her was a whole smaller army or Elves, Dwarfs, Men, Centaurs, and Angels... as well as Undead and living stone Gargoyles and creatures... the HUD of her mask counted 5000 units. Foot troops, mounted and air units. She actually found it wierd that they where able to keep her pace and still not freeze in all the snow. She thought that it was maybe due to the curse on the army.
Rek'aa suddenly smelled a familiar scent not too far away. She know the female was very close by. She soon saw one of her camps and trotted into it. The Army continued there march towards the City. Rek'aa then saw the female figure not far ahead. She would tell Red about her mission asap.
"Red... guess who is back? " Rek'aa called out towards the forest.

[Ruby Gray]

In Red's defense... this had began with a simple joyous hunt through the trees. It had been so very long since she and Dori had done something without the intent of a bed, a wall, a dresser...the floor... she had thought a nice day out and away from his portrait would do wonders for him, allow him to clear his head and mend his mind, at least for the afternoon. her intentions had been pure and just, they had even taken two separate horses! It was good for them to be seen together, she was supposed to be his fiancé and it would help his reputation, if on occasion, he indulged in such fancies, and he had behaved she stretched this word with dull sarcasm to a point, but that had ended once the road had vanished and trees had surrounded them.

Dorian, the damn bastard, had pulled up alongside her horse, leaned over, whispered the most sultry thing she had ever heard in that deep baritone that she loved so much and suddenly the horses were gone and she had her back slammed against a tree with her skirts hiked up halfway up her thighs. Damn him... damn him... damn him. He kissed her with possession, domination, passion and she was utterly powerless to his charms. He had never had her against a tree, a new place to check off the growing list, when a foreign scent reached her nose. Reluctantly, she broke from that wicked mouth. Pushing against his chest until he released her.

"Someone's coming..." She muttered, still distracted and still trying to get her head away from the press of Dorian's body, not a moment later, a familiar figure appeared between the trees. Her body relaxed and a gentle smile broke out across her face, but it faded just as quickly as it came as she realized the injuries that adorned her friend. "Rek'aa! Are you alright? It's been a long time, where have you been?" Red paced forward slightly, knowing better than to touch her, her blood would burn a hole straight through her skin.

[Dorian Gray]

Ruby always had the best of intentions, it seemed, but Dorian was not a creature that had been made with such things in mind. At least, not the cursed Dorian, and the sides of him had begun to meld together again with Ruby at his side. She brought out the best and worst of both sides of him, and he began to forget where the curse ended and he began. That was why he could not help himself. When he found a moment, he was overcome with such desire for his fiancée that he could not help but act on his wants. He was a man of passion, pleasure, and all things that could indulge a man in the good things of the world. He was glad to have Ruby, because at least she loved him for it. She was good to him, and he tried to be good for her but he couldn't help himself.

But as he had her pinned against a tree, there sounded a noise and Dorian found her pushing against him, and he hated to stop but there was something coming. "Damn it, Ruby..." he muttered, and let her free. "Who? No one ever comes out this way," he said.

Then a figure appeared and Dorian released his hold on her even more, letting her skirts fall back down and brushing her hair out of her eyes. "Sorry," he apologized in a whisper, and then turned to see someone he did not recognize but Ruby seemed to. She was very tall, and she looked hurt, but she was unlike anything Dorian had ever seen before. He looked to Ruby for answers, but she was approaching. He sighed and followed close behind her.

[hunter]

She looked over herself very briefly and then smirked slightly. She had much or her legs and arms exposed and more of her stomach area too.
" Red... i was on a mission up North. I was bashed by a teenager Giant girl... but i bought a few people along. " She motioned for the army silently marching by about a 100 wards away. She noticed that she did not want to tuch her and smirked again.
" i am not too well... I am hurt... but my blood will only caought you slight pain if you toch it. " She smiled weakly and then looked at the man threght her Predator mask and nodded slightly.
" Hello there... i am Rek'aa Hakk... or knows as Huntress. " she introduced heself and then turned back to Ruby.
" The North has a smaller city that i freed a cursed army from... i am gessing that that was another kingdom from earlier. " She informed Ruby with slight nod, and then started taking her mask off. In a few seconds her mak was off and her face was in a very small smile.
" Damn... i really missed you Red. " Rek'aa nodded and then sighd. She wan wanting to say this for the past month now and now that she was back, she wanted it to happen.
" I seriously need a long rest from hunting... Ruby... i am very tired. " She ment it about all her five of hunting non stop. Rek'aa said in a tired tone and all of a sudden, she started crying. She tured away fast to not show her emotions to them.

[Ruby Gray]

He cursed her and she sent him a suffered look. She knew better than anyone that she was hinged to his body's every desire. She hated to stop just as much, if not more so, than he. With a devious grin and wicked intent gleaming in the dark corners of her eyes, she dragged him down to her level by the lapels of his jacket, growling into the shell of his ear. "After they leave you can have me against every tree in the God damned forest." And just to torture him all the more, she gave him one, long, languid lick, from the shell of his ear to the tip of his chin, releasing mere moments before the massive woman made her appearence.

For a moment she had forgotten her desire, and propriety as she noticed her many injuries and her face fell, she knew she couldn't touch them, but perhaps she could supply her with bandages. Suddenly she blushed as she realized she had all but forgotten her lover in her haste to heal a friend and quite embarrassed she reached for him, dragging him forward. "Forgive me, both of you. Rek'aa, or more commonly known as Hunter, meet Dorian Gray, my fiance. Dorian, Hunter. A very old friend who has not written me in ages!" She teased the woman gently.

"A cursed army? Who commanded them?" Red suddenly grew quite serious, hoping like hell it wasn't Regina, they weren't ready for that kind of invasion yet. Red knelt down ripping off the bottom of her skirts into fine strips, it wasn't the best of bandages, but it would work in a pinch. "I have missed you too! If you wish to heal though those need to be bandaged..." She froze as the woman began to cry, hiding herself from both she and her lover. She turned to glance at Dorian who looked something akin to a deer caught in the headlights.

Red sighed.

Trying to find a part of her that wasn't covered in blood, Red rested a gentle hand upon her back. Wincing as the blood burned her pinkie. "Hey... Rek'aa, please don't cry, we haven't forgotten you, not I, not Charming, not Snow. Let's get you cleaned up alright?"

[Dorian Gray]

((ooc: sorry. Short. Really short.))

Gods damn this wicked woman. She was going to be the end of Dorian, because just when she'd peaked his passion, piqued his interest in her body, she was contented just to pull away for someone? He sighed, adoring her long last seconds with him, and grinned a wicked smile at her words, but he took in a deep breath and tried to revert to his good self before he acted like a fool. There was company now.

He stood there stupidly for a while, looking like some poor dog that just followed Ruby around, staring like a fool into the blue. He smiled, trying to at least look pleasant, and after a bit Ruby finally remembered that he was standing there. He was pulled to the forefront, and glad to be back beside her again. He gently eased an arm around her waist, ever protective of his love. "Hunter. Enchanted, I'm sure," he said nicely, ever the gentleman. He was going to be a good guy today.

He did not quite understand the conversation, but he tried to follow, and he got the gist of the talk. She was otherworldly, Hunter. And then... What? She began to cry... He was so terribly confused and stepped back to let his fiancée deal with this, because he was no healer, no consoler, not good with anything but words, and Ruby was here for that. She was good with people. He, in turn, was not. He watched with tired eyes as she offered the bandages and also her friendship. Damn. What a good woman, she was.

[hunter]

Rek'aa wiped her tears away slightly angryly and took a deep breath to calm down slightly. " Ruby... i know you or Charmin or Snow... but i just had to unload all the built in pressure... but i can do that elsewhere. " She started off with a shaky voice but then ended up with a weak smile on her face.
" There is a smaller spring leading from the caves... that is way enught for me to get myself clean... and presentable. " She joked winking ar Ruby. Rek'aa then glaned at the moving army and nodded to herself.
" And the army was curced decades ago by a powerfull witch queen. I also had to battle her to break the curse. i was bleeding for 3 days non stop. " She said as she started walking out of her camp towards the city. "I have a lot to tell Charming and Snow but i need your help to talk to them. " Rek'aa nodded slightly looking at Ruby. " And after i freed the army... i commended them... but now i will donate the army to Charming and Snow... i feel we are going to need it soon... there are... wierd things up North. " She said with without any smile. " I know this from experience... and we need to protect Charming and Snow. " She added and then soon smiled again. "There is the natural bathing place. " She kept on walking and when she got to the top of the hill, for the first time in a very long time, she was slightly out of breath and worn out. She hopped in the poot of water around 8 feet deep. She yelled out in pain as her brocken ancle hit the bottom of the pool. She then grunted loudly and then groaned at the good feeling of water against her body. She then glanced up at Ruby and Dorian and grunted slightly. " Having 22 broken bones at once is very painfull... landing on a broken ancle with almost 480 pounds is even more painful. " She shook her head and leaned against the wall of the pool and sloced her eyes. It felt simply great.

[Ruby Gray]

She slowly stopped crying as Red tied the tattered pieces of her skirt around the various wounds upon her friends body. The poor thing had more injuries than Red had skirt, but she bandaged the worst ones and hesitantly choose not to rip the material any higher than her knees. It didn't seem like the woman was dying, but then again her tolerance for blood loss seemed to be a bit higher than most everyone else's, a remarkable creature Rek'aa was. She smiled gently at the woman's apology. "No need my dear, you have served Charming's army loyally, I'm sure they understand. They will see you, have no fear." She turned back to her beloved and smiled as his arm found its way around her waist, she placed her own fingers a top it, intertwining their fingers and locking him around her. She leaned into the delicious heat of his body, and melted, relaxing entirely against him.

"Dorian, Rek'aa is another who has been pulled from a different realm, she comes from an alien race called the Yaujta?" She turned back to Rek'aa to be sure she pronounced the foreign word correctly. "She has been conscripted into Charming's army and has served him for well over a year. Before I was able to control my wolf and shortly after meeting you, I was almost killed, a group of hunters impaled me with multiple arrows. I was dying and Rek'aa saved my life, we have been friends ever since." She explained quickly to her lover. She owed many debts to many people, but Rek'aa especially.

She smiled gently at Rek'aas enthusiasm at keeping Snow and Charming safe, ultimately that was her own goal, but Dorian now topped her list, she was his first, the kingdoms second, but she nodded gratefully all the same. She was no longer Red, for the moment she was the Queen's personal bodyguard, the picture of politics and nobility. "Snow and Charming are vital to the kingdom, yes, but first and foremost its people must be kept safe, and even if war blinks on the horizon, they need to feel safe. It matters little if the Queen and King are healthy if they have no one to rule over."

Rek'aa began walking and Red repressed the urge to sigh. She twined her free arm around Dorian's waist, tugging him impossibly close as she followed the woman. The two horses, ever loyal, trotting along behind them. Shock filtered across Red's face as her dear friend stripped herself of her armor and hopped into the spring. For a moment, the werewolf was at an utter loss for words... well this certainly wasn't helping her Dorian now was it? "My dear..." Red laughed, amusement glittering in the depths of her gaze,Number one it would be terribly indecent for us to join you and number two, if you are as injured as you claim, why in God's name are you standing here talking to us, you need a medic." Red frowned, debating what exactly she should do. She really wanted a day with her beloved, it seemed like such a long time since she had merely gotten to enjoy his company. She sighed softly. Perhaps another day.

[Dorian Gray]

[sorry... this will be short. Dorian muse running low.]

Dorian wanted to keep Ruby at his side, but that was simply him being possessive, always desiring to have her all to himself. He was curious about this friend of hers. So tall, so imposing. Bearing a mask and speaking of things he did not understand. And Dorian hated, absolutely so, to not understand something. Was that not why he so often read? Why he locked himself often in his study to learn and procure knowledge of things far and things near, things clean and things queer? Yes. And he did not understand who this Hunter was.

Ruby explained it generally, and he followed most of it. She was, at least, on the same side as they, and, curiously, had once saved Ruby's life. He turned to Rek'aa with a smile. "For that, then I thank you. I believe that means that I am indebted to you immensely, for Ruby is my pride and joy. I know now what I'd be without her." He was grateful, at least.

He was impossibly glad that his fiancée clung to him as they walked, and he held her to him, keeping her close to him. For the moment, they were the proper lovers, not so violent and not so naughty. Just innocent, sweet things... Ha. He laughed at his own train of thought. As Rek'aa entered the water, Dorian just stared, unable to comprehend what was going on. She did not seem so terribly injured, but Ruby was right. She gave him a look and he tried to conceal his want for her. Join? He wanted Ruby to join him, maybe, but not now. There was a third party. He gave only a short laugh.

[hunter]

(sorry if it is too short )

She listened to Ruby from the pool with her eyes still closed.
" Yes... that is how you say it... and i am half human too. " She opened her eyes and slowly got out of the pool. The water had a slight shade of light green... her blood. " She nodded and started walking towards the city entrance... towards the local hospital. " Ruby... i am more injured then i look... but i can not show weakness in from of my men... and Red... Charming is not the first royalty i served... i know how if all gose " she motioned towards the last of the passing army. She then pointed at them both.
" Or if i am disturbing you love birds?, then i will walk to the medic faster. " She grinned with a laught while winking at Ruby, knowing full well, Ruby's and Dorian's close connection. Even at first sight.
" I am not blind you see... Red... you two make a good pair... you really do. " She said with her grin still on her face but she meant it.
" Okay... if i am not needed here, anymore then you will find me aigher in my house... ir at the medic... probably healing myself and letting the mecid take a break. " She snodded as she walked towards the City. She then turned back to Dorian.
" Do not thank me... as much as i love Hunting, i am very honorable member of my clan... i help the people in need and never attack an injured woman. " She smiled weakly and nodded to them both. She would need to pach herself up, and then she would have to visit Charming and Snow.
Healing and resting can wait.

[Ruby Gray]

She sent a scathing look at her beloved, but an open three way with someone obviously more injured than well was not something that the brunette wished to engage in... although a third party did sound intriguing? If it was a woman, she wondered what her lover would plot and if it was a man... could he let another take her? He was terribly possessive of her, she could not picture him being pleased with the idea... not that she wanted another to claim her, she was Dorian's. She knew that, he knew that and fairly soon the whole damn world would know that.

But she knew he enjoyed such excursions. She almost sighed, she would talk to him about it one of these days. She refocused her attention back on Rek'aa as the woman finished bathing, ridding herself of blood and whatever other debris she had picked up along the road. She felt a little uneasy at being so close to her when she was accomplishing a task meant to be private and she slid a bit closer to Dorian, resting her head upon his shoulder, breathing in his scent. It amazed her how much a scent could calm her.

"Rek'aa... you are injured and these soldiers, they owe you their lives, they will not look down upon you for an injury. Look at all you have accomplished, they owe you their lives, each and every one of them, how do you know one of them did not have a background in medicine?" She knew her hybrid friend could survive much but it worried her how long those injuries had been allowed to fester. Reluctantly she pulled away from Dorian, bringing her fingers to her lips allowing a high pitched whistle. Crescendo, came galloping through the trees, Dorian's horse right behind. She grabbed her beloved stallion and he came to an impatient halt.

"I am no healer Rek'aa but a good friend of mine is... phenomenal medic in fact. he goes by the name of Dr. Whale. Crescendo here, knows where his office is. Guide him toward the Golden Inn and take a right once you reach it, he will take you the rest of the way. Ill come to retrieve Crescendo in the morning." Red smiled gently, offering her, her most treasured companion. before the woman could protest, Red turned to smile at her beloved, mischief glittering in the depths of her gaze.

"Don't worry about me Hunter, I can ride Dorian... damn it... I mean ride with Dorian back to the city." She sent her fiancé a wink, wickedness lighting her face, completely unrepentant with her word play.