"Damn it all to hell!" Ryker yelled, as he approached Eke.

Once he saw that the dragon wasn't breathing, he started mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, as well as CPR.

"Damn it, Eke!" he said.

"WAKE UP, DAMN YOU!" he commanded, as he continued to try and revive him.

"Don't die NOW!" he ordered.

"Come on! Start breathing again!"

"..........." Ryker was silent, before collapsing on his ass.

'Whew.' he thought.

'Good. He's alive.' he thought further.

He then placed a hand on Eke's back.

"Hey." he said.

"I'm here. You're safe." he told him.

"......." Ryker was silent, before sighing and standing up, lifting Eke in his arms.

He then slung him onto his back, and started the trek home.

"Why did this have to happen?"' he growled.

"This is gonna mess him up even more." he said.

He then continued to head back home, wanting Eke to wake up in familiar surrounds. In his own bed.

"Eke...." Aly said when she saw he was awake. She had been sitting in the chair by his bed, and she had refused to leave until Eke had woken up.

"You're awake. Good." she said further.

"Are you all right?" she asked.

"Ryker told me everything." she continued.

"It's not fair that this happened to you..." she added, seemingly angry now.

Aly was silent as Eke said what he did, and took her hand.

Her eyes started welling up with tears, before she lunged forward, wrapping her arms around him and holding him close.

"Eke..." she said.

"I'm glad you're alive." she told him.

"I... I don't know what I'd do without you." she then admitted, tears falling down her cheeks.

"I don't want to lose you THIS early!"

"I love you too, Eke." Aly replied.

"I'm so glad you're okay." she said once more, before finally pulling away from him and wiping her eyes.

"Anyway." she muttered.

"Is there anything you want?" she asked.

"Anything you want or need at all?"

Aly was quiet, and merely pulled him into a hug.

"Oh, Eke..." she said.

"It's okay." she told him.

"You're safe." she said further, rubbing his back.

"I'm here." she went on.

"Ryker's downstairs. He's here for you as well."

Aly was quiet as Eke laid down, before Ryker poked his head through the door.

"....." he was silent as he saw what he did, before sighing.

Then, as he made his way closer to him, Aly laid down on the bed as well, wrapping her arms around him as best she could.

Ryker sat down on the edge of the best closest to Eke, and place a hand on his shoulder.

"Hey." he said.

"Feeling rough, huh?" he asked, knowing he was understating it.

Ryker just smiled.

"Hey, no worries." he said.

"And to be fair, you defended yourself real good back there." he told him.

"Seriously. You done good." he assured Eke.

Meanwhile, Aly returned the embrace and held Eke close.

It was clear she was happy he was still with her, and that she was with him right now.

"Woah, woah, woah." Ryker said.

"Easy, there." he told Eke.

"You're gonna need to be looked at, see what kind of injuries you've sustained." he said further.

He then sighed, and shook his head.

"And the phone's... well... busted." he told him.

"I saw it near the mugger's body. It... yeah, you'll need a new one." he muttered.

"Boy, I'm glad I got a warranty on it, now." he then added.