The Early Hours of the Morning

[Shehrazad]

The sun started to rise. The sky slowly became brighter as Simeon sprinted silently across the umbral cityscape. Whatever weaver spirits were alerted to his presence were quickly outstripped and soon gave up on chasing the wolf.

As he neared the bawn, he could feel the safety of the Caern and the spiritual strength drive him on the last few steps. He felt he could hear the guardian spirits whisper as he breached the Caern's edge.
Only then did he stop to catch his breath.

And within seconds a tall man with long brown hair appeared. His face wore a look of concern as he knelt down next to the panting wolf.
"Is everything ok?" Ben asked. "Take a moment to catch your breath. Where are the others?"

(Simeon takes a couple of levels of lethal damage but they will heal up quickly enough. Nothing serious.)

[Simeon]

With some bit of effort, Simeon shifted to a form that could speak a lot better. Gasping for breath " Back in the sewers, some bad injuries. We need a healer as Jess is tapped out and Emily unconscious." Simeon was still on all fours, fighting the desire to retch up what food he had in in stomach. he had run far and hard, and had a long run back.

""Four down, including the healers. But we may have gotten the rats cooperation for our own needs." He added the last is a raspy voice, so that the elder wouldn't think they had screwed up the job too much.

[Kamut]

Kamut arrives a few seconds later beside his tutor and tribemate, Ben. After a moment's thought he speaks up.
"Is it not possible to carry the unconscious back?"
He isn't about to volunteer his help unless it's necesarry, since being deficient even one healer could endanger his packmates.

[Ben Jaworski]

"Rats?" Ben looked surprised, but now wasn't the time to ask for details. Kamut had already asked the important question.
"They can't be moved?" he added to it. "How far away are they? How long have they got?"
He could see no other reason for Simeon to half kill himself sprinting back here unless they were in critical condition. Garou could usually be expected to survive most wounds.

[Simeon]

"The boys condition is...unknown. Emily will loose the leg without help soon." He wasn't much for medical training, but the would was bad and the urgency in which he had been dispatched for help was enough to make even him realize Em's condition was grave. Having run the distance in wolf form and in the umbra, Simeon was having some difficulty putting the distance part together. "Not close by foot, but with a vehicle."

"They can't be moved, they need help now." And then as an after thought. "And some water would be bloody nice." Now that he was catching his breath, he needed to refresh himself in order to run back, hopefully with assistance of some kind.

[Kamut]

Kamut considers the issue for a few seconds, it is no longer just an incapacitated fighter. A maimed leg would slow her down, slow down her pack, make her a liability in any fight on two legs.
"I'll come, I can heal her."
He just hopes he isn't endangering his pack.
"I can't drive, can you?"

[Simeon]

Simeon flashed Kamut a grateful smile. "Ya, and almost as fast as I can run." Though he gave the other a slight, if tired wink to show he was joking about the speed driving. It wouldn't do any good to speed and end up being ticketed by the local police.

"Do we have a car?"

[Ben Jaworski]

"I do," Ben said. "But I cannot leave the Caern. We are the only pack around at the moment. There are a few cars around, though. There's always someone on the physical side of the library, so head down and ask for keys, or a driver."

He looked at Kamut and gave him a nod.

"Go," he said. "We can continue later. I will be here."

[Simeon]

Simeon gave a nod as he pushed himself to his feet. Looking over at Kamut he simply said "Let's go." After all there was little need for more talk at this point and a definite need for action. Slipping back to the real world he did as Ben instructed and headed down to the main desk for keys. Hopefully someone was there and they wouldn't have to look for them.

[Edward Rockerfella]

Driving up to the caern in his nice van, Edward decided that he'd break the news about David to Cloud-Dancer, if she was in. If not, then it would be a good time to check up on the caern. Edward parked and remotely locked his van before going up the walk to the caern.

Entering the library door, Edward went to the front desk to see if Cloud-Dancer was in. Upon spotting Simeon up at the front, he asked, "You look like one winded garou Simeon. Do you need any help?" Noticing the stink, he wrinkled his nose and added, "Have you been playing in a sewer?"

[Kamut]

"I will be back as soon as I am able, Commands-the-Tides-rhya."
Kamut says before following Simeon through the gauntlet into the library.

When Edward makes his appearance, Kamut simply follows Simeon's lead. As far as Kamut is concerned he's making the decisions.

[Simeon]

Normally Simeon might have taken time to make a quip about the smell, but now was not one of those time. "We need a car." as he nodded behind him at Kamut. "Had a run in with a nasty git, need to get a healer to them fast as on of the injured was a healer and the others is tapped out." while he was talking he was looking all over the desk for car keys, and trying not to curse as he did so.

[Edward Rockerfella]

Edward's face immediately got serious and he said, "How about a van? That should be able to get you there."
He took out his keys and added, "I can drive you wherever you need to go. Just get in the van with me and tell me where to go. It will be better than the car to carry you guys around and if you have wounded, it will be easier to put them in the van than in the car. I will go start up the van; Cloud-Dancer can wait. Just give me directions and I will help as much as I can."

Edward turned around and started running back to the van. Remotely unlocking it, he jumped in and opened the side door after starting the van. He made sure that his pistol was in the glove compartment before making a call on his cell. He called the office and said, "I'm going to be a little late. I have a rush job to complete and I won't be in for maybe an hour or two."

I think I'm going to need another shower after this. If Simeon came from a sewer, then I suppose I will have to get the van cleaned afterward as well as myself.

[Simeon]

Simeon gave a grateful nod as he followed Edward out the door and to the van. Getting in the passenger side. "Appreciate this man....between the rats and their bloody traps, and then that ugly piece of work we fought, it was not a good night for us."

Once Kamut was in, he began to give Edward directions, hoping that they would be there in time. Oddly he was quite worried about the kid, Zach had taken some hard hits. As they drove, his foot tapped in a nervous pattern, the only outward sign of any stress or concern he might be having.

[Edward Rockerfella]

Edward waited just long enough for Simeon and Kamut to get in and close the door before he sped out of his parking place. He kept to just barely within the speed limit, fast enough to get them to the sewer entrance, but not fast enough to get caught by the police. It wouldn't do to be pulled over when time was against him. He said, "Simeon, how badly injured is your group?"

(Please ST, Don't have a police car pull me over while I speed to the sewer entrance)