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Sephiroth nodded his head as he moved out the door. “I’ll tell them in transit.”
When Jenna didn’t respond to him, he tried making another telepathic call to her, repeating the same thing he had just said. When there no response yet again, he growled in frustration and sprang into the air. Jenna and her non-communication were not important to him any more at that moment so he flew off towards the hospital.
He arrived at the hospital only a short time later. After a brief panic attack and some yelling at the staff, he was escorted to the waiting area beside the doctor’s room where Desiree was being worked on currently. He took a seat, put his head down and sighed. He did not like waiting, yet he had no other choice. He began to contact the others via telepathy instead.
*”I am just informing you that Desiree is hurt. She has been involved in a car-accident.”*
Each time that Sephiroth attempted to contact Jenna, the only reply he ever got was a short, sharp static. Thus, the woman did not show up to the hospital or anywhere else.
Meanwhile, Desiree was still in quite a bad shape. She had a bit of internal bleeding and bruising from her accident that the doctors were taking care of. Also, her right radius was splintered and being set by the doctors. If the girl did not have a concussion already, she would have been kept unconscious from the mental agony that was being sent through her bond.
One thing was for sure, if she had been awake, she would have been threatening to bash in Kalysto’s head.
Meanwhile, Dimitri had been doing his homework at Edgeworth’s place, as he liked doing. The boy had managed to graduate from high school early and get into law studies, for he wasn’t as dim as some would like to call him. THus, he really liked it when Edgeworth helped him with his work. However, he abruptly stopped his work as he heard what his father broadcasted.
Edgeworth was sipping imported tea and seated comfortably on the leather lounge in his living room. His attention was immediately on the television despite the fact that nothing particularly good was going on. When he saw Dimitri stop dead, he set his cup aside and raised a brow at the youth.
“What is wrong?” He queried. “Stop worrying about your test. You worry entirely too much.”
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Sephiroth continued to wait in the waiting area. He twiddled his thumbs and put his head down, anxious and grumpy until he got any news. As he was updated on Desiree’s condition, his mood shifted between anger and relief. He wanted to know why and how she had gotten into the accident in the first place, and so he began to make PHS calls to the investigation department at the Police station.
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Kalysto did not know where he was. All he knew was that he was in a confined space and he wanted out. His body had remained in the morgue-drawer and had tried reviving him many times over now. He had woken up the first few times with large rocks still embedded in his skull and died immediately from blood-loss after removing them. However, after a few more rounds of bodily repair, he had managed to remove all the foreign objects from his cranial cavity entirely.
Kalysto did not currently know whether he was male or female at the time and made a quick check of the area, only to discover that he was properly male once again. That answered his most pressing question, now he wanted to get out. So, he began to wiggle in his drawer, causing it to clatter about and shake on it’s rails. It slowly slid out when he leaned to the far-end of the drawer, and then he sat up, coughing.
“Ouch…” Hr groaned as he looked around the room. His hair was caked with dry blood and there was blood all over the bottom of the drawer. He stepped out of it after another moment and promptly collapsed on the floor, dizzy.
Dimitri’s head shot up as Edgeworth’s voice cut through his thoughts. The boy quickly shook his head, though worry continued to lace his head.
“No, sir… It’s not that. It’s not that at all. My father just informed me that my sister was in a car accident,” the brunette bit his lip with worry. “He wouldn’t tell me something like that unless she was really hurt.”
~Father, what happened? Should I head over there? Is she going to be alright?~
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At the moment, there were not many clues as to what happened at all. Most of the police assume that Desiree fell asleep at the wheel when she had her accident. This conclusion was made based on the fact that the car had impacted into the tree without any signs of attempted defensive measures.
It was also possible that Sephiroth would have been told about the body that had been picked up elsewhere at the time of the crash. This body would have been Kalysto’s.
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As Kalysto was waking up, he would have been able to hear the distress beacons that Orpheus was sending out for his daddy. The boy was quite frightened by what his uncle had told him. He was even more terrified by the fact that his daddy wasn’t around.
*”You may head over if you wish.”* Sephiroth’s reply came immediately. *”However, your department may be called up very soon – I have commissioned an investigation into the cause of the car accident. I wish to know why Desiree’s car ended up ruined. I do not believe she is a bad driver.”*
Kalysto began to struggle across the floor. He forced himself to a sitting position and loudly groaned as he put a hand to the side of his head – he had a pounding headache and his head was killing him. Still, he persisted in his efforts to stand and within another few moments, he was on his feet again. He grabbed onto the morgue-drawer he had been lying in for support.
*”It’s OK, baby… calm down OK…? I’ll be there soon…”* Even though it hurt his head horribly, he still managed the telepathic signal to his son. Once he was confident in the fact he could balance, he raised his hands up and cast the Demonic Teleport spell he knew that would send him to the runed-circle he had carved into the Alchemy Lab room inside his house.
Thus, there was a loud hissing sound as his form disintegrated from the morgue, and another loud hissing-bang as he teleported to the room inside of his house.
~Seriously? I really hope that no one was trying to kill my sister… That wouldn’t be good at all,~ Dimitri frowned even more before he looked up at Edgeworth.
“Sir.. Can you drive me to the hospital? I think I should probably be there. My father also said that he’s opening up an investigation on the accident that she was in,” Dimitri softly spoke.
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Orpheus wasn’t calmed much by the sound of his father’s telepathy. However, he did stop calling out for the elf. When Kalysto arrived at home, he would have found his son clutching onto Rhyderi’s side. The boy was actively crying and clearly scared by the events that had occurred.
Edgeworth sighed. His tone was vaguely scolding but his expression was a grin while he spoke. “Why don’t you get your licence, Dimitri. You are nearly old enough to do so. As it is, I believe that you can already buy a motorcycle. Why don’t you arrange your own transport for once?”
*”If somebody is trying to kill her, I’ll find out.”* Sephiroth snarled. *”And then I will kill them, burn their house down, and cull everyone related to them.”*
Kalysto stumbled around his laboratory, disorientated. He was still naked from being stripped in the morgue when he was a corpse. He grabbed up the nearest pair of pants he could find and stumbled out of the room shortly afterwards.
Rhyderi hugged onto Orpheus in an attempt to calm him down. When Kalysto came out of the Alchemy Lab, his expression shifted from sympathetic to raw anger. He glared hard at his younger brother, but said nothing.
Dimitri quickly shook his head, feeling a bit defensive over the matter. “I’m only sixteen, sir. The best I can do is take the test for the learner’s permit, which I do plan to do… As for a motorcycle, I can’t drive one. My wings would drag on the ground. I can’t imagine that would feel nice.”
At the mention of his wings, the boy lifted them up a bit and shifted them about. As with his height, his wings had become longer throught the years. It would be clear that they are meant to be the right size to fly with. However, the boy had never once shown any inclination of wanting to fly.
“Can we just go, Miles. My father is already threatening to burn down the house of whoever may have tried to kill my sister..”
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Orpheu’s ears perked up as he heard the shuffling at the end of the room. Slowly, the boy looked up. As he spotted his father, he rushed out of Rhyderi’s grip and moved to hug onto Kalysto’s left leg.
“Daddy! Mommy’s hurt. Where you been??”
Kalysto frowned at Orpheus’s statements. He didn’t want to answer the question, however, the boy’s commentary on his wife worried him very much. “Mommy is hurt? Where is she?” He quickly looked around the room. “I need a shower, but we need to find her OK? Tell me about it…”
Rhyderi flicked his ears back as he resisted the desire to punch his brother in the face. He made a soft angry sound then simply gritted his teeth. “Desiree had a car-accident. I heard a noise outside and discovered that it was your car. She smashed into a tree… she’s at the hospital.”
“Ughh…” Kalysto groaned. “You mean the one I just came from….?”
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Miles Edgeworth nodded his head. He felt that it was not appropriate to make another joke and so he silently walked across the space of the living room to pick up his car keys. “Very well.” He said finally once the keys were in-hand. “Let’s investigate the situation so we can work out what we need to do.”
Orpheus nodded at what his uncle said. “Yea, Unca Deri tell us that she really really hurt. Mommy is hurt! You weren’t there, Daddy! You were supposed to be there!!”
The boy sniffled as he continued to hug onto his father’s leg. “There were lots of noise and sirens and lights. You weren’t there..”
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Dimitri quickly moved to follow after Edgeworth, knowing that the man didn’t like waiting. As Edgeworth mentioned investigating, Dimitri nodded. “Yea, I suppose. I just want to make certain my sister is ok.. And that my father isn’t going to kill anyone. He does have quite the temper.”
Kalysto reached down to pick up his son in order to cuddle and comfort him despite the fact he was still covered in blood.
“I… wasn’t here.” Was all he could think of to say. While he couldn’t think of a good way to explain the situation to such a young child, he certainly didn’t want to lie to him either. “Daddy wasn’t here. He was… somewhere else…”Rhyderi’s brows flattened as far as they would go, his fel-tainted eyes giving his brother a very piercing angry glare. “Just go get cleaned up and put some proper clothes on. You smell horrible. I’ll take him to the hospital.” The Paladin paused for a moment before adding to his statement. “You’re useless.”
Kalysto set Orpheus back down and nudged him towards Rhyderi. “Go, go on… I’ll meet up with you guys…”
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Edgeworth was quick to walked out to the car. Within the next minute he was in the driver’s seat and running the motor. He waited for Dimitri to get strapped in, and then he drove off towards the hospital.
“It may be crowded. I am not sure how many people have been informed just yet, but you have a large family.”“You not supposed to be somewhere else… Supposed to be here when we need you, Daddy!” Orpheus cried out as clung onto his father. It seemed like the boy wouldn’t ever let go with the way that he was clinging onto Kalysto. For the time being, the boy was oblivious to the fact that his uncle was very angry at Kalysto.
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Dimitri slowly nodded his head. “Mmm… Yea, I do. But, I doubt father would bring most of my younger siblings to a hospital.. He hates doctors, and hates white rooms, and chemicals… and well, he hates hospitals. He usually needs to be knocked unconscious to get him in one. And, well… He just doesn’t take us to places that he hates.”
Kalysto sighed miserably and tried to pick the boy up once more. “Do you want to go take a shower with me, then…? I need to get cleaned up.” He gave Rhyderi a hopeless glance, almost as if pleading for help. “I need a shower. I also need to go find Desiree…”
However, Rhyderi simply crossed his arms across his chest, refusing to do anything to assist his brother.
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Edgeworth sped off and began to race along the road, exceeding the speed limit quite considerably. “Yes, I think I recall you commenting on something similar. It is a shame but it cannot be helped. I just hope for your sake it is not crowded. However, based on that commentary, it shouldn’t be.”
Orpheus stared up at Kalysto as he offered to take a shower with him. After a bit of thinking, the boy slowly nodded his head. However, there wasn’t much thinking going on in the boy’s head at all. His emotions were all a turmoil and all he knew for sure was that he didn’t want to be away from his daddy.
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“Mmm..,” Deimitri grunted in agreement. “I suppose it’s like you and earthquakes, Miles. Though not quite. Father doesn’t go hiding under desks… He just kinda tries to kill things in white lab coats.”
Kalysto nodded his head in return. “Rhy, keep an eye on the other two. I’ll take them over after… well… after this.” He carried the youngster off to the bathroom with him. Once in the room, he shut the door and began to run the bathtub.
“Do you need help stripping down?”
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“Let’s not talk about me.” Edgeworth stated firmly. “I am not the subject of the conversation here.” He floored the throttle and the car suddenly jerked as it rocketed off down the road. When the hospital building came into view, he slowed down rather considerably once again and then drove into the parking area. “Do you wish to be dropped off? You can always call me when you need a ride back to my house if you wish.”
Orpheus just numbly nodded his head at his father’s words. He really didn’t know what he was agreeing to. However, he wasn’t feeling disagreeable at the moment. In fact, he was tiring himself out with all his crying. However, he was not anywhere close to tired enough to sleep yet.
As the water in the bath began to ran, the boy glanced down at the water and slowly loosened his grip on his father so that he could be stripped down.
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Dimitri nodded at Edgeworth’s suggestion. “Yea, I think that would probably work best, Miles. I mean.. if you wanted to come, you could. However, I don’t think you even really met my sister, have you?”
Dimitri shrugged as he stepped out of the car. “I’ll see you later tonight then.”
Kalysto adjusted the temperature of the bath-water and let it run for a short while before he helped to strip his son down. After gently plucking him up again, he placed him into the tub. “Sit down for now.” He instructed him gently. “I need to rinse under the shower to get the worst of this crap off, but I’ll join you in a moment.”
Kalysto promptly stepped into the shower recess and stripped down. After a quick wash to remove the dried blood from his face and hair, he stepped into the bathtub to join his son.
“Isn’t this much better?” He offered. The male picked up the soap and began to lather his hands up so he could wash the youngster properly.–
“I haven’t met your sister, but now would not be a good time to start. People are generally not at their best after they have been seriously injured.” Edgeworth nodded his head and waited until Dimitri was out. “Yes, indeed. You shall see me later this evening. Call when you are ready. Take as long as you need.” Once the door was closed, he sped off again in a cloud of tyre smoke, leaving the younger male standing on the kerb.
Orpheus just numbly stared at the surface of the bath water as his father moved about. For now, the boy had finally stopped crying. However, he was nearly catatonic with his responses. The stress from not having his “daddy” around for months as well as the sudden injury of his mother was simply eating him alive. The boy had worked himself up so much that he just retreated into his mind for reprove.
Thus, Orpheus didn’t really respond much as his father began to clean him. Instead, he simply released a soft whimper as he scooted closer to his father. Otherwise, his limbs were rather limp and easy to move about for cleaning.
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Dimitri sighed as he watched Edgeworth speed away. His exasperation over the older man’s driving habits soon disappeared into a humored grin that only lasted for a split second. For, as soon as the teenager turned to face the hospital, his grin vanished.
After asking about for a few moments, Dimitri found the waiting room where his father was located. Without waiting for instruction, he slipped in to sit next to Sephiroth.
“Any news, Father?”
Kalysto washed the boy off rather quickly, mostly because his mood worried him. After he was done, he drew him in close for a cuddle, hugging onto him in attempt to assure him and calm him down. He placed a wet hand on Orpheus’s head and began to run his fingers through his mess of hair.
“Shh.” He said finally. He couldn’t think of anything else to say.
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Sephiroth was still seated in the waiting room area when Dimitri arrived. He looked up when he heard the younger male speak and he grunted in reply. “No further news. They are working on her now. She has a broken arm which still needs assessment, but she may get away without needing surgery. Right now they are more concerned with the internal bleeding… they are working on it now.” He put his head back down.
Orpheus simply leaned into his father’s embrace, happy enough to be close to him. For now, his sobbing had finished up, but the boy was still largely unresponsive. He wouldn’t struggle against Kalysto as the elf dried and prepared him to go to the hospital.
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Dimitri gave a small nod at the words that his father provided to him. Sighing, he spread out his wings to make it so that he wouldn’t sit on them before he sat down next to the silver-haired general.
“Desiree is tough, Father. I’m sure she’ll pull out just fine,” the brunette offered. “I also think that Edgeworth is probably going to head over to the accident site to look it over. Do you want me to call him and make sure? He’s really good at investigating stuff.”
Sephiroth waved a hand as if to dismiss the suggestion entirely. “I already made the phone calls. The wheels are in motion. One of the departments responsible for the investigation of road-accidents is already going to do it. Your lawyer friend may be called in time I’m sure, but at this point… let things proceed as they should.”
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Kalysto washed the youngster off, as well as himself. Once they were both clean, he drained the water out of the bathtub and began to dry both of them off. All the time he did this, he kept giving his son little prods and tickles with his fingers, though ultimately he was very concerned about his current attitude.
“Orphy… are you OK? Do you want to talk to daddy?” He wrapped a towel around his waist to hide his more private areas and crouched down the place his hands on the boy’s shoulders. “Look at me, huh?”
“Mmm,” Dimitri nodded at his father’s sentiments. After releasing another displeased grunt, the boy glanced up at the doorway to the operating room before he sighed.
“Does Zach know about all this? And… Where’s mother and Desiree’s elf husband? Shouldn’t he really be here??”
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Orpheus remained rather limp but compliant to anything that his father had him do at the moment. Overall, he seemed languid and unresponsive. In fact, when his father asked him to look at him, he just continued to stare at the floor.
Sephiroth scowled. “I’m more than positive that Zach knows about it. I’m also confident that if he’s not already in there looking after her, he is nearby dealing with something directly related to her recovery.” He shook his head. “I can say one positive thing about my clone – he is attentive to his work.” He snorted and shook his head. “As for the elf, I haven’t seen him. He seems awfully inattentive.”
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“Orphy…” Kalysto spoke more slowly, his tone etched with concern due to the fact he couldn’t hide it any more. “Speak to me, baby. Come on…” He began to gently rub his shoulder.
“Well, at least Zach will be around to tell us what all the doctor talk means,” Dimitri gave his father a small smile before he blinked at a thought. “Then again… you’re probably too familiar with all that lingo, aren’t you father?
“And Kalysto hasn’t even shown up yet? Damn… You should probably go and drag him in here.”
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“Mmmm…,” Orpheus only mumbled at the shaking. Otherwise, he didn’t respond at all. Instead, he just snuggled up against his father and remained silent.
“I don’t care about the fancy-talk that Zach states at times. All I care about is knowing that nothing is going to go horridly wrong.” Sephiroth made a loud angry growl at Dimitri’s suggestion. “I should do nothing – it’s not my marriage. I have interfered before with others and their relationships and all I received in return was ire and immense dislike.”
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Kalysto simply sighed and moved Orpheus out of the bathroom so he could put clothes on him.
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