I'm Coming Home

They had always been connected, the two of them. No matter what happened or what they seemed to get themselves in to, they could feel it, taste it almost. So she knew that he was on his way, his scent dancing across the wind to her nose. Her heart hammered in her chest with worry and regret, with fear of seeing a rare lashing of his anger towards her. But as soon as her brimstone eyes saw his form, she nearly retched. Something dire had to have happened, because Voltage looked... well he looked like shit. She was so shocked that all she could do was sit there and watch him come closer to her, eyes wide and hackles risen along her fiery back. And that is when the all consuming guilt seemed to crash in on her, threatening to pull her under. She should have been here, she should have been here to stop all of this. Sere should have... Letting out a gasp she curled her form around him as he neared, feeling as well as seeing the tears that fell onto her shoulder. "Oh Volt, my Voltage..." she whispered, the bolt on her shoulder seeming to sear red hot as she watched her dear brother fall apart. "I should have never left, it was selfish of me... I thought... I thought..." She cut off, shaking her head and digging her nose further into his golden fur. "Never mind, tell me what happened. Tell me what did this to you." The woman whispered, pushing herself further and further into Voltage. All she wanted to do was hold him close and never let him go, to wash away the pain that was sitting so close to the surface.

They both felt things to the extreme, it was how they always had been. So she knew what he must be feeling like, even though she had no idea what had actually happened. It was all guilt, pushing her down, trying to crush her, when all she wanted to do was take away this pain. He looked like he hadn't eaten in weeks, and probably hadn't slept in an even longer time. He was a shell of the man she had left on the beach, and Serefina should have known that this would happen if she left. They were always so close, closer she thought than any other sibling in their family. So why, why oh why had she run off like that? It wasn't like it was the first time, when she needed space she just took it, a mile a minute if she could. But this was certainly the longest she had been gone, she couldn't even recall exactly when she had left. She could have been back sooner if it wasn't for this grudge she was holding, if it wasn't for all those theories that she kept feeding herself. "I'm here now, I'm here. I won't leave you again." She whispered, and instantly regretted her words. Hadn't she said that last time, and then she got up and left again anyways? Cursing herself silently as her ears pressed against her skull, she pulled back to try and meet his dulling eyes. "You must tell me what happened." Her voice held a soft demand, her body still as she took in a deep breath. She knew that the news wouldn't be good, she had never seen Voltage like this. Not even when he found their parents dead, this was far worse.