A Kat in the Cradle (Kate)

[Arkady Awren]

Arkady ran out of breath as he dashed from the main halls into the middle of the courtyard. On a nearby bench he sat down and took a rest, he was out of breath, not from running, he had plenty of that to continue himself for such a short dash. No, he was tired from what had happened earlier just that day.

"Phew, that was definitely something I needed after getting stabbed..."

He laid his head back onto the bench and covered his face with his arm to block out the sun. It was a bright Californian day and the sun was already beating down on Arkady's exposed skin. He wasn't expecting to be disturbed so soon...

[Kate]

Girl or boy? It was a question that Kate very rarely asked herself. It was easy to tell girls from boys, normally. All you had to do was take a look and it was easy to tell. Even if they didn't take showers and wore baggy clothing. The only reason that she knew this male was in fact a male? The guy had worn some tight tights in the cheer leading practice he had been to. What was his name again? She forgot in the moment, seeing him lay there on the bench.

However, unknown to her... this was "Cutie's" older brother. The one he had called rather annoying, and frankly anyone that happy go lucky had the potential of being really annoying. Kate walked over to where his rather tall frame was laying on the bench.

"Hey, you doing alright there?"

He was a cheerleader, she had to ask.

[Arkady Awren]

"Hey, you doing alright there?"

Arkady was for the most part fine, but his knife wound had opened up and was getting messy. He had to lay down or he'd leak every where and everyone knows that Puss is just really viscous Piss. Haha... Get it? Arkady looked up to find his Cheer leading captain and he scooched back onto the bench to prop himself up a little bit on the arm rest.

"Oh yes... It is all good... Except my stab wound just tore open a little bit on my way through the hallways... Now it hurts like eight bitches on a bitch boat."

He began to poke at his gut where the wound was, wincing in pain on occasion when he hit the right spot. The blood hadn't seeped through his robes quite yet, but it was working on it. He had lost a lot of blood before he actually arrived at school, but his dizziness hadn't quite matched what he was experiencing right now. He reached into his robes to pull something out, but stopped as the twisting of his torso was increasing the pain factor.

"Please, come closer... I need... I need..."

Insert cliche dramatic bloom with close up here...

[Kate]

He didn't seem right in the head or something in this moment. The pale girl stepped forward and arched an eyebrow at his reaction. He was hurt, somewhere on his person. From his poking and prodding, Kate was willing to bet that it was around his stomach.

So, in good ole Kate fashion she prodded it too. Blood, she could smell it in the air. Those emerald eyes looked at him in a bit of concern. This was one of her cheerleaders. Kate would take the best care of him that she could.

"What you need is to go to the nurse's office. Come on."

She'd grab his upper arm, and start hauling him to his feet. He was taller than her, but much leaner. And she was a strong girl. She'd carry his ass to the nurse's office if need be.

"You can't get hurt all the time boyo, you have to stay healthy. Gotta stay in good condition for the squad."

[Arkady Awren]

"You can't get hurt all the time boyo, you have to stay healthy. Gotta stay in good condition for the squad."

Arkady sighed, that wasn't the response that he wanted... He was pulled up to his feet and he began to walk, it hurt like a bitch, but not enough to actually prevent him from walking on his own. He was getting a bit dizzy though, so he would lean on Kate as much as possible to help balance his head.

"Eh... This thing is old, just did a bit of my own work on it... I mean I'm no doctor, but I know the human anatomy. You've got the coccyx, the gluteus maximus, your hair, a pretty pony and some lemon drops... That's how you make a lemon daiquiri..."

Really? Who would've though he'd lost that much blood already. It was beginning to dribble throughout his robes and the bottom half was soon dyed red. They needed to move fast, but also slow enough to keep him from going into shock. He was still rambling, but his topic was becoming less and less clear.

"Then add two ounces of fish shaped rhubarb... Three cups of diced rhubarb and four teaspoons of rhubarb flavored rhubarb..."

[Kate]

Boy was he loosing it big time. Kate frowned slightly, noting how the blood was spreading. This was no time to be slow, as they were going. Instead, Kate was going to take this into her own hands. Or rather, take him into her own hands. She moved quickly, and picked the boy up as a groom would his bride. He was way taller than her, but she was a hardy girl. And he was lighter than she thought he would be.

It was a one way trip to the office, the fast way.

Kate had a decent grip on him, trying very hard not to injure the poor boy. But she was booking it like there was someone after them. And for Kate, that was pretty damned fast. She was trying to get him to the nurse as quickly as possible.

She didn't even yell for people to get out of the way, they were too slow anyways. She merely kicked them out of the way, moved around them, or jumped over them. She was good at this sort of thing, being strong and fast and all.

[Arkady Awren]

Kate was brutish, yet effective. He was bleeding all over the place and to most high school kids, that's one way to turn them into deer in front of headlights. Arkady was out of it and when he tried to open his eyes he discovered that he had lost his technicolor vision! It would be hard for him to move, but---

*BOOM*

They had arrived in the Nurse's office heroically and it seemed Arkady would survive for the moment. In place of the normal school nurse was an old fat prune with a hairy mole and a neanderthal brow. She stood up and walked to the two students nonchalantly, blood now dribbling from Arkady's sopping wet robes.

"Hmmm... Seems like you've got a stab wound theya. Need a band-aid?"

She then chuckled with three loud "ha"s, her neckfat jiggling disturbingly. As she laughed Arkady struggle to point a finger up and conveniently it was his middle one. The fat woman stopped laughing immediately and growled at Arkady as if about to eat him.

"I'll tell you what I need... I need... Three shots of Tarantula and a... a Frappucinn-"

Arkady was interrupted by the loud cracking of his own knuckles by the nurse folding his finger down too hard. The sound was brutal, but the puddle of gore at their feet was even worse.

"Okay, put the little hood rat over there on that bed... And get a mop, he can still use that stuff on yer shoes."

[Kate]

Kate had done her job, according to what she considered to be her job. Which of course was getting her cheer man to the nurses' office. He would be well taken care of, right? The blonde looked at the nurse, and doubted for a second. But then again, he had bled all over her. If she hadn't been a rich bitch, then she would have thrown a fit about it. However, Kate didn't really care because she could buy anything she really wanted.

"I'm actually... gunna... gooo.... GETWELLKID."

Yeah, Kate was bailing, which meant she was running away from this entire situation. To change into something clean, and probably take a bake. And maybe some blood tests to double check nothing SOMEHOW got into her system. On a side note, being covered in blood made of an interesting conversation starter with the teachers of 42. Woo.