Colin's posts

"....yeah." Ash muttered.

"I concede that you're right on that." he admitted.

"I should probably try and contact Ashleigh as well." he then said.

"Just see if things are going all right." he went on.

"She IS out on a hunt, after all..."

"Stupid?" Ash asked, almost pointedly, before sighing.

"I don't feel like I did serious damage." he told her.

"...also, I don't know if I'll ever see her again, Casey." he then admitted.

"I refuse to potentially die, thinking 'I never hugged my daughter and told her I loved her the last time I saw her'." he declared.

"I'm sorry, but if that's stupid, then I'm stupid." he stated.

"I hurt physically, but I feel more at peace now."

Ash nodded in response and chuckled.

"Duly noted." he said.

"Anyway, go pack up and come see us before you head out." he told her. Kelly nodded and left the room... and as soon as she did, Ash seemed to seize up and let loose a scream. But it was a silent scream. He then got back into his previous position, and waited for about a full minute, before he relaxed again.

"Ahhhh-ha-HA!" he exhaled with a laugh.

"MAN, lets you know you're alive!" he declared, before looking at Casey.

"...and before you ask, YES, it was worth it." he told her.

Ash just smiled a her, before literally forcing himself to a position where he could hug her... and did so.

Casey could see it was causing him pain, but she also saw that he didn't care.

"You're my daughter, Kelly." he said.

"If it meant I got to give you a hug and tell you I love you, no amount of pain is too much." he continued.

"Love you, Kells." he then told her sincerely.

"If anyone shows up to try and hurt you... give 'em Hell."

Ash snapped a glare at Casey... and then regretted it immediately, as the sudden turn of his head made pain shoot from his shoulder through his body, causing him to wince... hard.

"Ow..." he mumbled.

"Anyway, yeah, get going." he told Kelly.

"Pack as much as you feel you need." he said further.

"Stay safe, and good luck." he finished.

"I will shortly." Ash responded.

"Just... ugh, if I weren't a Harmony memb-" he started to say further, before he clammed up, horror in his eyes.

Kelly just rolled her eyes in response.

"Zeke already spilled the beans on that." she told her.

"...great." Ash growled.

"But I suppose, given the circumstances, secrets between friends, family and allies are extremely dangerous." he then reasoned with a sigh.

"Yeah, it's probably best if we get Leo to soup up your phone." Ash agreed.

"He'll be sent there ASAP." he told her, before pausing... and sighing.

"Hey Kells?" he addressed his daughter.

"Try and stay safe, and stay low." he told her.

"There's serious shit happening, as you know, and I don't need anything happening to you." he said further.

"So try not to be reckless."

"...hm." Ash mumbled.

He then looked at Casey.

"We still have any spare phone batteries?" he asked.

"I know... or think, at least... we got a spare one for Kelly when she got her phone, and I'm pretty sure she shares a phone type with Evan, so if there's any HE left behind, she can use that." he reasoned.

"You know for certain?" he asked further.

"Because it won't do to have a phone that cuts out and/or dies for no reason." he told Kelly.

Ash was silent as he heard all that.

"Correction." he said. "You WILL be easy to get ahold of, as long as you stay at the draydin's home." he said further.

"Casey told me that the banging on the door earlier was Zeke, and it was because he couldn't get through to your phone." he continued.

"And I'm guessing it was dead." he continued.

"AGAIN." he stressed.

"So we'll call Lucas if we want to get in touch with you reliably. Unless you'll remember to keep your phone charged?"

Ash just sighed heavily.

"At least Evan lives with Blair in San Diego." he said.

"And yeah, maybe her being with Jaden and Desiree might be best." he agreed.

"If you want, I'll back up the decision." he then offered.

"Because seriously. After what that ONE did to me... albeit with that sword... they're bad news for ANYONE."

Ash paused for a moment, thinking about it.

"Hm." he mumbled.

"Well, I WAS going to suggest you stay here, be grounded, and go nowhere." he said.

"Casey has advised me of that being a bad idea." he then muttered.

"That being said, your idea sounds a lot better." he admitted to her.

"I assume they're cool with you staying with them?" he asked.

Ash looked at Kelly as the two women had their conversation, before sighing.

"Better than before." he said. "...which, admittedly, isn't a high bar to surpass..." he then mumbled.

"Overall, I have pain shooting through my body, and it hurts to move certain things, but at least I don't feel like I'm going to split apart." he commented. "And I can actually move my arm and shoulder." he added.

"Hurts like hell to do it, but at least it's doable." he muttered.

"Anyway, so you know what's happening." he then said. "Or, at least, what the theory is." he corrected himself.

"Yep." Kelly replied.

"So what is your plan from here?" Ash asked her. He already had ideas as to what was best, but he was willing to hear her out if she had her own, and weigh it against what HE was thinking.

When she was gone, Lucas just looked around, before staring at the vegetation around the house.

"..." he was silent, before sighing quietly.

"Things will get worse before they get better, I just know it..." he mumbled.

Meanwhile, as Kelly headed up stairs, she heard her father groaning a little, and heard Casey talking to him, before he called out to her.

"Kell!" he shouted out.

"That you!?"

Lucas returned the hug, and nodded.

"Got it." he said.

"Want me to teleport you there or are you going, yourself?" he asked.

"Because I know I can get you onto the roof of your place, at least." he chuckled.

"I can hit THAT target now."