Five days after arriving

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Kurt slowly made his way back to the room he'd been staying in, which the vamp had given him. He was thinner than he was before, and much more unkept. His fiance hadn't woken yet, but he still went out every day for fresh food for when she did wake. He tried to give her liquids, but it didn't work often, and she showed no signs of improvement.

Against his better judgement, and always hoping when she woke she wouldn't be upset, he'd been sleeping by her. He wouldn't usually, but she was so cold... so cold and gray, and even when he slept by her all night, holding her, and praying non stop, she wasn't getting better.

While he was downstairs he'd managed to bribe a store owner into trading some good thick blankets for Kurt unloading a shipment of heavy inventory from a truck, which he'd wrapped around his love. And though he'd been loathe to leave her he'd done smaller work, always for good, fresh food, leaving her wrapped up for short amounts of time so he always had something for when she woke.

And now he set down the tray, then kneeled by her and bowed his head, starting to pray for her, tears welling in his eyes as he struggled to remain strong.

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She was cold....

Joy moaned slightly and tried to move, then twitched her ears back in a frown when she found herself unable. Dazed black eyes opened and she turned her head a little, trying to figure out where she was.

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Kurt's head jerked up, and he quickly got up.

"Mien Gott, thank You," he said, eyes closed as he sat by her, quickly getting his water.

"Liebe," he said softly, loosening the blankets but keeping them on her, stroking her cheek. "Liebe, drink zis... oh thank You, thank You."

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"Cold..." she said faintly, turning her head toward the cup, but too weak to lift it.

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"Here," he said softly, eyes brimming with tears as he lifed her head gently and fed her the water. "Drink slowly, but finish it," he said gently, and then took her hand.

"I am trying to get more heating blankets," he said, slightly ashamed of himself. "I vill find them, I svear it."

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She drained the cup, then closed her eyes for a moment, feeling the waves of shivers that went through her body. "Vhere... Vhere is this?"

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"I'd never hurt the elf." His jaw clenched under the stubble, black eyes steady, though creased at the corners with pain.

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"You are not a Sabertooth," Kurt stopped and looked at him closely. Then he turned, inhaling deeply.

"I... must return to mien liebe," he said, voice catching before he sank to his knees, mind whirling as his anger faded and left little strength for the luxury of staying on his feet.

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Vanya crouched beside Kurt, completely ignorant of the larger man. "Can you make it back up there?"

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Vic's eyes narrowed in concern and he started to get up, only to grit his teeth and flop into his face.

"So that's a no on the room?" he asked the frozen mud.

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Vic groaned slightly with pain, then flexed his left arm and put a hand to his chest, rumbling uneasly.

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Kurt wanted to help, but knew he couldn't, and teleported away to his fiancee.

"Sorry, liebe, I'm sorry I vas gone," he said softly, bending by her and stroking her hair, worried still by her color and tempurature "But zings haff taken a better turn. Ze Sabertooth, he vas a friend, und has a varm place fo us to stay, vith gut food."

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She twitched her ears slightly in a faint smile, then closed her eyes wearily.

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He nodded, kissed her forehead, and gently and carefully gathered her up, then bore her downstairs.

"Sleep now," he said, softly, going out to the others. "I vill haff us there quickly. Rest, but vake up, too."

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His eyes and jaw clenched with pain, the big man failed to hear her. His breathing was starting to get ragged and shallow.

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"I vill find one varm," Kurt said, then went upstairs, finiding a rather nice room and setting Joy on the bed, tucking her in before teleporting to the Church for the blankets, returning.

"Please vake soon," he said softly as he tucked her in, then bowed his head to pray for his Lord's protection for her, before going to check on the man. watching for a moment.

"Is zere anyzing I can do?" he asked softly, in case anybody heard and needed help.

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"Just hang on," Jeimu said from inside Vic's room, removing his shirt and putting both of her hands on his chest, listening and reaching and feeling for the anomaly. "I might need you to fetch me something. A pause and she spoke to Vic. "Taken your medicine lately?"

The gothic woman stood in the darkest part of the room and made no offer to help - but she was moving a metal rosary through her fingers with her gaze fixed on Vic.

Interesting.

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-Uh huh,- he thought wearily, moving his head slightly. -Think the shock 'o hittin' the ground done it, like it done my leg.-

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"Thanks," he rumbled softly, his eyes fluttering shut and then jerking open. "Get... the kid.... She's Wolverine's."

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"Of course." Jeimu grinned and crossed the hallway into the room where Kurt and Joy were, pausing only briefly to observe the woman who was sitting outside the door, looking exceptionally troubled.

"You okay?" she asked.

The woman was terribly pale, and she looked up with tears in her eyes. "I think so."

"You need anything, just holler for Mu, and I'll come running."

"I'm Vanya," came the sniffling reply. "Thank you."

Jeimu grinned and stuck her head into the room. "Would you like me to see what I can do for her?" she asked Kurt.

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"Ja... anyzing, please," Kurt begged from where he'd been kneeling, stroking Joy's hair and keeping up with his fervent praying.

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She was shivering slightly, the greyishness returning to her bay brown skin as her eyelids jerked in troubled dreams.

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Joy winced with pain as her stomach gave a muted roar, then shuddered as the room seemed to spin.

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Kurt got up, managed to walk over and take the bowl without too much difficulty showing.

"Thank you," he said softly, then turned and slowly shrank to her side, taking the sppon and pouring everything he had into ladeling some and getting it to her lips without spilling.

"Here you go," he said softly.

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Vanya didn't hear; she simply went to the shadowy hallway to resume her vigil.

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Joy drank carefully, then squeezed her eyes shut and put her ears back.