hugely,
which was impressive when she did it.
"We have him for now. You
can set things up with the others. This is great."
Ginger stood then, and moved over
to him, leading with a leaning kiss, avoiding his stumpy right leg.
"Yeah. Until you do it. After about five or six days though it really isn't that bad. I mean, it
will always hurt during the day, but you can both kind of manage that. It's not
getting tired that's the hard part. You do wake up at night, so it isn't that
bad. Doing it in the summer... Well, I'd pick the winter for it personally, if
you wanted to do it the easy way."
Scotty laughed.
"Right. Well, the not eating
part will both be nice and probably the hardest for me. That part of things is really intense. I'll get some Human style food going. You don't eat meat, right, Tyler?"
"Right. Thanks. Talk to you
later, Ginger?"
"Yep. I'll probably be back
in a few hours. Less than that, if Felicia has a short list as to who she wants
to fill the slots with."
Then, as she often did, the girl
vanished. It was just her moving fast, but in a way that was a lot more than
running. He'd traveled that way, being carried before. It wasn't just jogging
quickly, or even sprinting. It was a blur of colors, making a rainbow of the
world. The process also made it impossible to breathe while it happened. That,
as it turned out, wasn't a big issue for him, personally. A regular individual
might just have a problem that way.
Rebekah settled into Ginger's
chair, since it was directly across from him.
"This will really help, if
we can do it. Being asleep part of the day is a pain. Not that I can't do
better than I have been. I'm old enough that I could push it to about two
hours, right around noon. I probably should now. Anyway, we were on the One Legged
Boogie? We should practice everything once Steve get's home from work. That
Mage, Lisa... She's been working him so hard and often that I wonder if she has
designs on him? I've met her a few times. She seems a bit old for him, to be
honest, but some men like that these days." It was small talk, rather than
a demand for instant action on his part, it seemed.
"Lisa's cool. Lesbian. I
think that she just really needs the help." It was in a candle
shop. One that was also the Mage embassy. Steve was doing the sweeping and
shelf arranging part of things however, as far as Ty knew.
The words didn't get any kind of
reaction from the Vampires, but Scotty hopped up, moving quickly.
"So, you wanted soup? Or I
could do up some sandwiches for you? Nothing special, but I won't let you
starve. Just remember this though, if I ever need help getting something
to eat."
Tyler got the joke about feeding
him, but it wouldn't work, personally. He was as dead as the Vampire was. They
just fed in different ways, and had slightly different abilities, with Scotty
being cooler.
"Sound good, actually. Mom
said I should eat more, earlier. At least until I finish healing. Maybe
something with protein? Milk or soy?" He didn't want the man to get
confused and bring him a steak or anything.
"Right. Let me see what I
can get for you?"
Then he moved away, flapping his
arms a bit, like he wanted to take off and fly. Since that was, with a bit of
shape shifting, a thing he could manage for real, that made sense.
Then, as if it weren't a joke,
Rebekah and Ty played with the "One Legged Boogie" for a while. It
was a fun enough thing to do, even though it didn't go with their current sound
in the slightest. Just as Scotty was coming with a tray of food that seemed a
bit ambitious for one person, the front door opened.
They were in a room that was a bit
down the hall, but a voice called out, letting them know who was there. It
wasn't Steve.
"Hey everyone! It's me,
Zack. Steve is here. I'm just returning him."
When the two men got there the
other man, who looked a little younger than the Greater Demon and who had
coppery red hair ran at him. It was a happy thing, he thought. It ended with a
careful hug,