//------------------------------// // Licking Our Wounds // Story: Continuing the Dream // by Blue Breeze //------------------------------// Author's Note: ...I honestly don't know why this is here. I have no warnings or announcements of any kind. Shall we just move on with the story now? Believe it or not, despite all of the blood, sweat, and tears that were shed in this entire fight, especially my own, I actually am happy right now. Somehow, Graze pulled it off and beat Grim and Stallord. I'm not sure what we're gonna do next, but right now I'm just trying to enjoy this victory. From the gigantic explosion Graze caused, the fallen members of the group start to wake up. Ice is the first to get up as he rubs his head. "Celestia, my head hurts. Who knew dreams could hurt like that?" Zephyr groans as he wakes up. "At least you got taken down a cool way. I got my mace sneezed back in my face at a hundred miles an hour." "I'd rather take that than having my limbs collapse on themselves then get crushed." Drax says, stretching his body. A pop can be heard before he grabs his back. "Gah! My back!" "Tell me about it." Dark says, rubbing his own back. "I don't recommend being smashed up against a wall." Rhino just smiles at his friends. "Well, at least be glad we're all still all right." "You know it. It sucked being blind. I like the dark, but I don't wanna live in it forever." Orion says with a chuckle. Vine blinks her eyes as she walks up. She stretches her sore limbs a bit. "Remind me never to try something like that again. At least you're safe, Blue." she looks over to where she thought I was, but sees I'm no longer there. Her eyes widen. "Blue?!" she looks around frantically before looking down at the nearly destroyed arena. Grim groans as he slowly and shakily tries to get up. He moves his head about as he looks around his desecrated ring. He looks to see the pieces from his fallen Stallord, as well as his own blood. He freezes up as he sees a battered and limping Razor Graze slowly approach him. "You're not... getting away from me... motherbucker." Graze says through heavy breaths. Though hurt from his Necroflare Boom, Graze desperately tries to get to Grim. Seeing Graze approach him, Grim worriedly tries to get to his hooves to flee. As Grim turns around to run, he freezes up as he sees me standing behind him. "But, ho-" I cut him off by putting a hoof up. "When there's a will, there's a way. And my will to kick your flank is VERY strong." I wind up a charged hoof. His eyes widen. "NO! WAIT!" "HURRICANE HOOF, MOTHERBUCKER!" Send him flying back, passing passed Graze. Graze gives me a weak smile, which I return. The pain starts getting to us as we both collapse to the ground. "GUYS!" the others shout before flying down to us. Zephyr slowly approaches me as he notices the wounds on my sides. "Oh, Blue... I'm so sorry, man." "Yeah, that has to suck more than anything, a pegasus losing his wings like that." Dark says, actually being sympathetic. Rhino cringes. "I'm not a pegasus, and this hurts even me." "Ditto." Ice says. "I'm really sorry, Blue. If only I wasn't knocked out." he stomps. "Or if I wasn't blinded. This should've happened to me." Orion says. "No, don't blame yourselves. It's none of your faults." I say weakly before coughing. Honestly, I feel like vomiting right now. I try to stand, but Drax pushes on me slightly. "Don't move, Blue. You're in no shape for it." Vine examines Graze. "Neither is Graze. That last move really put him over the edge. He's just about the most hurt besides Blue." she picks him up on her back. They'll both need to be carried for a bit, but first..." she reaches behind herself and pulls out a box with a red cross on it. "Bandages?" Ice asks. "I figured we'd need them, so I brought them along." "Good thinking, Vine. Allow me to do it, being just about the most medically trained one here." Rhino says, volunteering. He takes the box with his magic and points his horn at my open wounds. "Sorry, Blue, but we need to keep those wounds from getting infected. This'll probably sting a little." His horn glows as he prepares a spell that has similar properties to that of rubbing alcohol. I groan loudly as I try to keep myself from screaming from the pain. Sting a little?! This bucking burns! He stops and smiles. "There. Now that wasn't so bad, was it?" "Buck you!" "Okay, I guess it was." trying to hurry things along, he takes the bandages and wraps them around my body. Great, back to these stupid things. You guys should already know how much I hate having bandages tied around me. He snaps the bandages as he finishes up. "There. A bit crude, but it'll have to do for now. Now on to Graze." he goes to do what he did me to Graze, but not on a quite as extreme scale. He wraps some bandages around Graze's head where he is bleeding. Makes sense since he did take a lot of the impact on that landing. With both of us bandaged up for now, Drax puts me on his back and Rhino puts Graze on his back. "You guys just hang tight for a bit, don't try to move." "Oh, you have got to be kidding me. I'm not ba-AH!" I'm cut off as I scream in pain. "You were saying." Rhino says smugly. I sigh. "Fine, you win." "Good. As your doctor, I recommend not moving for at least the next few hours... or days." "We better get a move on. It's gonna be a long climb back up." Dark says. "Right." Vine says. "It's gonna be difficult with Graze and Blue like this, but at least all of the bad guys are restrained. I say we should go as quickly as possible." As we begin to walk out of the huge arena, Grim groans as he tries to get up. He glares over at us with pure anger in his eyes. "No... NO! I won't let you win like this!" he leaps over at us. Not being ready for his lunge, Grim tackles Graze off of Rhino. Using the last bit of strength he has left, Grim focuses magic in his horn and blasts Graze with a spell, making him writhe in pain. Grim smirks before Vine grabs him by the back of the neck and slams him down. She brings his face to hers. "You bastard! What did you do to him?!" Grim chuckles a bit as he coughs. "I simply shot him with my Venerian Curse. Just a little something I came up with. I would hurry if I were you, because if you don't help him, Razor Graze will die in three days." "What?!" we all say simultaneously. Vine growls before dragging him over by the edge and picking him up. "How's about this?!" "WHAT?! NO!" ignoring him, Vine tosses him down the pit. Grim's scream echoes as it fades off. Vine looks back at us as Rhino worriedly picks Graze back up. "You heard him! We have to hurry or Graze will die! Move it!" "Yes, ma'am!" all of the guys say. Going as fast as possible without dropping us, they start hurrying out of the room. Down deep in the pit, Grim Blade leans up against a wall on a small cliff he landed on as he breathes heavily. "Try as you might, ponies. But Razor Graze will not escape here with his life."