Darkeyes*Taipa

Darkeyes came in slowly, his steps heavy with the weight of Apollo on his back. He didn't even see Taipa as she leapt to support him, coming up beside him and letting the elder wolf lean on her strength. The father was uninjured, but something had gone terribly, terribly wrong. He was tired; bone tired. So sickened and weary of war was the alphen of Green Haven that he could only stumble along aimlessly, allowing his small daughter to guide his steps as his eyes looked through whatever met them. How could a mission of peace have gone so wrong?

Taipa grunted a little under the combined weight of Apollo and her father. She was a strong little fae, but small in size, and her father's distraction frightened her. Finally coming to a halt, she dragged Apollo off of her father's back and let out a lilting soprano call. She needed Mother, and she needed her NOW.

Moon Phase

The moon dusted goddess lifted her dial, having stayed put for the sake of her mate. Even though taipa had gone along, she could not trust herself to stay on the side of peace. Her instincts of a wanted animal held onto her, despite what Dark eyes had expressed to her. The only way she could be sure that she did nothing to further break the bond with Artemis was to not be near her at a time when she may end up doing more damage.

Her throats ended abruptly at the high pitched howl that little Taipa had sent forth, and the sound alone scared her. She reacted without hesitation, lifted her bodice off the ground before sprinting to the sound of her daughters voice. The fae almost tripped over her own peds when the sight of her unconcious son entered her globes. "What happened?" Her voice was trying to hold some calm, but it was failing miserably. Her eyes quickly scanned the features of both her daughter and mate, looking for an answer.

Darkeyes*Taipa

Darkeyes flopped wordlessly to the ground as Apollo's weight was removed, but he didn't look at any of his family.

Taipa whined and worried about until Moon Phase appeared, and then she leapt to her, speaking quietly. Papa's visit... did not go as planned. The humans were attacked by a group of wolves. Apollo was among them. One of the humans bashed him with the gun, and now... And she whined, prancing in place, unsure what to do. Finally, she settled for laying next to her brother curling protectively about him and using her tiara to shake him gently, repeating over and over, Apollo! Wake up, brother! Please, wake up!

Moon Phase, Apollo

The huntress stood stunned, her dial instantly looking towards Darkeyes. His silence showed his concern better then words, and she let him to it for the time being. Slowly her peds carried her towards her son, her dial low and harks slightly back in worry. She met his face with a nudge, her silver eyes willing her son to open his own optics. She two kept rather silent, although in her heart she screamed.

Darkness... his bodice shook and yet he remained stuck in he blackhole. Where was he? Who was he? His thoughts swirled, but his body gave no indication of it. He remained still, and had it not been for the rise and fall of his chest, he would have been presumed dead.

Darkeyes*Taipa

Darkeyes remained silent, incapable of doing anything other than stare at his son.

Taipa came forward to nudge her brother, quietly whispering his name over and over. Apollo... get up. You've got to get up.

Moon Phase, Apollo

The huntress stood, silent now just as her mate. How could something like this happen. Her orbs were focused souly on the rise and fall of his chest, which seemed to grow fainter by the second.

Darkness, and then nothing. The brute's brain injury hadbeen the cause, and now he lay dead and lifeless.

The huntress caught the final fall, and as she tried to breath a ball seemed to grow in her throat. She choked back tears before turning abruptly from the body, silently weeping. At the moment her view on the humans remained very low, and she had no intention or raising her oponion of the two leggers now that THIS had occured.

Darkeyes*Taipa

You beat me and you bruised me
You tore me all apart
And now you stand surprised to see
All the shards of my heart

Shattered souls
So many dreams
So many things that should have been.
Shattered souls
Can't you see
The shards of my heart torn asunder...

Darkeyes too caught the last fall of his son's chest, and let out a howl of anguish that rang through the trees. It seemed to tear itself from his chest of its own voalition, completely without his consent. Lowering his head, he came up beside Moon Phase, reaching out to cradle her tiara against him.

Taipa whined, hopelessly nudging her fallen brother, and let out a low wail as she felt him die. But it was her father's face that caught her eye and made her heart plummet into her stomach, causing her jump up to run into the trees, where she quickly surrendered her last meal to the cold ground.

For tears leaked from her father's eyes as he quietly sobbed his heart out next to his mate. Whatever the troubles that had been between them, Apollo had been his son. The ever-present pride in him had completely shattered, bearing his soul in an almost indecent way. The strong, reliable father was gone, replaced by a wall of pain.

Shattered souls
So many dreams
So many things that should have been.
Shattered souls
Can't you see
The shards of my heart torn asunder...

Moon Phase

The steely fae hung back, allowed her tiarra to be cradles, ut she gave no warm return. She felt cold and lifeless now, just as her son. So many disasters had fallen upon the family, but none had been so devestating as this. Unlike the others, this one had no way of being mended. Apollo would not speak again...
With a sudden jerk of her dial she pulled away from her mate, and she found her harks instinctively pressing towards a sound coming within the distance. She did not want to follow it, but as alpha, it was her duty. SO with a final choking glace, she made way towards the sound, attempting to regain as much compossier on the way. Her mate was as hurt as she, and she would have to try and be strong for him now.