Wierd Strange Trip - 4 - Freefall

[withamagicword]

They flickered through the portal, and Billy heaved a sigh of relief... until he felt the air streaming past him. he looked down and saw Milliways. A long, long, long ways down.

"Holy Moley!!"

He Shifted his grip on the suddenly very heavy Hank, holding on for dear life as he frantically tried to remember the spells for flight. His mind was confused and tired and disorganized, and he hadn't studied that spell in some time and... this was so not good.

He watched the landscape come closer and closer...

He remembered the last time he had fallen, but it was vague, he had been in and out of consciousness, then.

This? This was worse.

(Elsewhere, Cassie's head snapped around and her eyes got big. Panic and a hint of fear filled her as she ran for the door. Billy!)

He scrambled for spells and magic, reaching out to the underlying magic around him and taking hold of it as the water and the ground rushed up at them.

Then, one spell sprang into clarity, and he laughed as he spoke the words. They fell the last hundred feet fast, and he braced for impact as the magic took hold, and then.... they bounced.

They came down again, and bounced again, several times, the impacts feeling like nothing more than taps, as they bounced over several startled and amused patrons. Finally, they came to rest in some flowers and Billy laughed.

It was relief as much as anything else, and the let go of hysteria. The spell slipped away and he just laughed for a while. Even as he felt Cassie approaching.

He leaned up on his elbow and grinned at her.

"Hey, Cassie. Are we having fun yet?"

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[janetsdaughter.livejournal.com]

Cassie falls to her knees and hugs him tight.

"I was so worried!"

[withamagicword]

He hugs her back kissing her and just luxuriating for one long moment in her being there.

"Yeah. I was a little worried too..."

He smiles at her.

[janetsdaughter.livejournal.com]

She gently touches his face and kisses him long.

Softly, "I'm glad you're okay."

[withamagicword]

He kisses her back and then sits up and stares at the changed Hank.

"I'm glad to. I am defintiely glad to be back here. I just wish I knew what happened to the Doc."

[janetsdaughter.livejournal.com]

Cassie blinks, noticing Hank for the first time.

"That's Doctor Blue?

He's..not blue."

[inquisitivehero]

Billy shakes his head.

"Nope. He is definitely not blue, or furry, or large and clawed. But I saw it with my own eyes. That is Hank McCoy."

He thinks.

[janetsdaughter.livejournal.com]

"Huh."

Paaaaaause.

"Um."

Another pause.

"Well. We can't leave him like this.

...

Not as in we need to fix him..

Necesserally..

But we shouldn't just drop him off somewhere..

In case he needs help or something's wrong or..

Something."

Beat.

"What HAPPENED exactly??"

[withamagicword]

He chuckles and hugs her.

"Have I mentioned I love you?"

Then he nods.

"We should likely watch him for awhile."

Then he chuckles again.

"Better sit down. This is going to take awhile."

And he fills her in on the whole story, exactly as he saw it, anyway.

[janetsdaughter.livejournal.com]

There is rather a lot of blinking.

"You're telling me that a little kid did this to him? Took away his fur and made him smaller..
Of course I guess that is better than him being on the brink of death.."

She shakes her head for a moment.

"Right. So. We need to get him upstairs. Do you think you have enough energy left? I'll help you."

[withamagicword]

He nods.

"Yeah. I think so."

He stands and waits a minute, then concentrates and mutters the words of a levitation spell, and focusses it on the Doc. Slowly Hank rises from the ground and floats above it.

He nods and turns to Cassie.

"Lead on."

[janetsdaughter.livejournal.com]

She nods and heads up the stairs to Billy's..their..rooms.

She holds the door open for Billy and Hank, then runs and gets some sheets and blankets for the couch.

[withamagicword]

He follows her, directing Hank with his mind, and slowly, slowly moving. By the time they reach their rooms, he is sweating. He has used a lot of energy and effort during all this mess and he is starting to feel like he could sleep... for a year.

[janetsdaughter.livejournal.com]

Cassie hastily arranges the sheets on the couch and gets hold of the floating Hank's arm and helps guide him onto the couch.

As soon as Hank's down Cassie reaches for Billy in case he decides to collapse.

[withamagicword]

Billy doesnt collapse, quite. But he does sag gratefully against her and kisses her.

"I love you, Cassie. Thanks."

Those words are full of a lot of sentiment and he smiles at her.

[janetsdaughter.livejournal.com]

She smiles, love in her eyes.

Playfully, "Well someone's got to take care of you."

She kisses him.

"Now come on, you need to get into bed." She takes a few steps toward the bedroom, still supporting him.

[withamagicword]

He moves with her and yawns.

"I can definitely go for that plan. I am wornnnn out. Alternate Universss and team ups always tire me out."

As they reach the bed, he kind of flops on it and closes his eyes.

[janetsdaughter.livejournal.com]

She climbs up the other side of the bed, snuggles against him, closes her eyes and breathes, just glad to be with him.

All is quiet.