บท 176: 16. Seasons In The Sun
Shadow came into the room and said to Mimosa, " Come on, I have an idea. We can try to help Mimi."
Mimosa left with her. She was pretty much ready to do anything for Mimi. They walked into another room despite Mimosa's need to be with her cubs. Mariella teleported Damon somewhere.
Shadow says "The first problem is locating her, not to scare her. But where she is, if we try to find her, she might spook." Her voice was contemplative.
Mimosa said, "I can get to Mimi at any time. I can take us there, but what do you think we can do? Will Mimi even let us get close?"
Shadow said, " We are females. We have milk, and let Mimi decide for herself. She might even trust us. And this way, we can protect Mimi from Damien a little bit. Just a little bit. We are just magic cats like her. and despite her being a jaguar, magic cats do live in packs or cooperate."
Mimosa smiled and said, " Why don't you let the whole pack come, then? We could quickly get Mimi down with a dart. "
Shadow said. "It won't work as Mimi can hide. If someone shot a substance into her, she might blow up her rage, and teleport the hell away before the drug hit her. They wouldn't find Mimi or the puppies. I want to help at least these puppies. We can't take the risk that shot goes awry and no take her out right away, besides we need to find the cubs."
They decided to try. At least, then they would know they had tried and not just sat and looked. Mimosa said to Shadow. "Mimi has some plan, for Damien and it is nasty. She will not tell us, but she will be in a bad place for a long time, so maybe we can be there for her."
Shadow looked at the future, her eyes turning green as grass, she was an herb wolf, slight amusement colored her voice but there was also bitterness "Yeah she will be in a nasty place, but there will be someone for her, someone you would have no idea of. We can try to be with or help her, but Damon, salvatores, Mariella, and even Adam and Charles are cold towards her, so it will be nasty," Mimosa sighed. Why did it always have to be Mimi who suffered?
I was desperately looking for meat and warmth again when I smelled other females. I was female with cubs, so I was pretty much ready to do anything that was necessary to ensure the safety of my cubs. Two. Fine, I was ready for a fight if these were the ones to pick a fight. Then I saw them. Good condition, shiny fur. And they smelled like milk, but they didn't have any puppies.
I went over to the females and sat down. I was not going to look for the fight here, but I wanted to see what these were all about. I looked at them for a while. One got up and came over to me, tail up, curious, and said hello. I politely pushed back. Another female came. I continued to look for meat, and the first female dragged a deer. A whole deer. Big and fat one too.
One female indicated that deer was for me and my cubs. I could feel their magic. These were magic cats, too. I was desperate and this would help my cubs to have one more meal, and I teleported the moose closer. The females looked at me, and I leaped toward the cave. The females followed, and I went to see my kittens and tried to warm the smallest ones, I licked them and purred them, but these were smaller and sleepier, not as alert, and it took me a while to get them all to eat.
I had torn a piece of the deer and delivered it to the bigger cubs; they, too, were cold, but hunger won out. They crawled and walked unsurely to the meat, starting to rip what they could, but they were tired too. These females went and started chopping up the meat for the pups quickly and efficiently.
Mimosa said to Shadow, " Shit, we need to do some pretty fucking quick. Half of these cubs are already sick, and so is Mimi. The little ones can't suckle. How on earth are we going to get Mimi to trust Damon? He's needed urgently. This place reeks of sickness, and Mimi can't hold on much longer. She will be ripe for Sark and Damien to snatch. "
Shadow was quiet for a moment and said, " Mariella is not the answer because she smells like Damon. Fine, Mimi needs to be drugged. I know an herb. She is still vulnerable to calendula, and I saw some of it growing nearby. I'll get it and try to hide it in the meat I bring to Mimi. Then only after Mimi is drugged, we'll inform Damon because if it doesn't work, we'll have one fucking panicked alpha male on our hands."
Mimosa nodded and said, " Go and be quick. "
Shadow skipped away. She went to pick calendula, crushed it in her mouth, put a little dental substance that hid the scent and taste and made small holes in the meat, where she put herbs in. As much as she could.
I licked and encouraged my little ones to eat. I knew there would be milk, and that would help as long as I could keep eating. These were so cold and sleepy that getting each puppy to eat took time. They seemed more fragile, and bony too, but maybe they would get stronger once they grew. I was tired and achy all over, but my cubs and their well-being were what mattered.
Then another female came to help and washed and licked the cub and soon went to her side, revealing her full tits, and gently got one cub at a time to eat. Her milk smelled much stronger than mine. Even though I was alpha, I was not in my best shape. All my bigger puppies had eaten their fill for once, and I knew they could last three or four days now if I didn't find so much food. It was just how things were done in nature. I know that much.
I didn't know how much deer meat was left over, but I left it for my puppies. Then, another female brought three rabbits in front of me. I ate them. Now, I didn't even have to vomit, and it felt strange to have food in my stomach. They were delicious and fatty, and I was so hungry. I ate them as I saw that each of my cubs had a belly full of meat so I could have them. She had taken the skin off rabbits, so no fur. Made it easier for me to consume them.
I tried to gather my babies to me now that they had eaten and were asleep. I was tired, too, and when I got all my kittens, including the bigger ones, into a sort of pile, I curled up around the little ones and fell asleep. I was somehow so tired; I needed to sleep too.
Mimosa waited a while as she saw her curling up and went and poked Mimi. No reaction. She pushed a little harder, but still nothing. Shadow said, "She is out. We gotta act. Not sure how long she will be out."
Mimosa said to Mariella, "Is Damon okay? We need an alpha male here and pretty fucking quick. We got Mimi to trust us, and Shadow got Mimi sedated with herbs. Calendula, to be exact. She's asleep at the moment. But I don't know how long and if she'll trust us again when she wakes up. Use me as an anchor, so teleport to me."
Mariella sighed and said, "Good work, you two. Let's see if we are in time, get even some of them saved, and if not, we can take them out. No need Mimi to see those dead ones." her voice was clinical almost
Mariella said to Damon, "How about it? Are you ready? The wolves got Mimi asleep and drugged. Go get supplies, flanks whatever, drug her more, help those cubs, try to save as much as you can, and ask for help as soon as you can. Use Mimosa as an anchor, so you will find them."
Damon perked up and said, " Sure, I'll go right away. And I'll let you know as soon as I'm ready. I need to try goddamn it, you make sure we are ready to receive, and have someone give Damien and Sark hell. And tell the magic house that Mimi will be moved there for treatment. Our hands will be busy with cubs, but they can help Mimi."
His voice did not leave room for argument and somehow Mariella was satisfied that Mimi would not be a burden for the pack, but in the magic house to be healed, she was not important. Only cubs were.
Damon teleported somewhere, and Mariella went off to get the medbay ready because she knew there would be a crowd and a lot of them. She told everyone to get ready and start collecting whatever was needed.
Damon collected supplies, from feeding bottles to hot packs and everything in case of emergency, including drugs for Mimi. The first thing would be knocking her out cold and deeply. And lots of energy because he was determined that not one litter would not die. He'd boost them with energy and then put the cubs to bed—all the rest of it. No one would die.
He didn't know about Mimi's condition or anything yet. This should be taken calmly, and Mariella would contact the Jewel Sark, who will take care of Damien and the naughty Sark out, though. He took a deep breath, and he was ready to save his offspring. Then he was ready and teleported to Mimosa.
Mimosa was on the outside of the cave and said when Damon came in human form first, Mimosa said, "Mimi is still asleep, same as the puppies. When we got them ripped meat, and you know what broke my heart, Mimi's idea that on one meat meal, the puppies would last three or four days."
Damon was silent and went after Mimosa. He had to keep his emotions under control, so he just grunted and prepared to work.
He said, "In nature that is normal for felines, you know, look at your nature documents. Mimi is going with her instincts here, nothing more. Let's work and not chat around, shall we?"
His voice was biting, he was highly strung. He walked deeper into the cave, the ground crunching under his boots.
The cave was big and fucking cold. It was like a refrigerator and Damon realized that the sun was not getting anywhere warming the walls of the cave, instead the wind was blowing quite hard into the cave and water was dripping from somewhere. He swore softly under his breath. He had felt the influence of weather witches so this had been a big setup, to get whether lousy when Mimi would give birth outside, not in the house, to weaken her, make her need of help.
He ventured deeper into the cave and saw her. Mimi was bald, covered in scratches and so damn skinny that Damon hadn't seen a cat that skinny in a long time. And the kittens, there were a lot of them and they were so damn skinny too, bad shape, and one kitten raised its head, looked at Damon for a moment and sighed, and put its head back down, the kitten didn't even have the energy to hiss at him.
He looked at Mimi clinically. Yeah, magic house would be busy taking care of that. He was not going to spend weeks picking her off the floor. But then the cubs. He took the syringe and touched Mimi. She felt too hot and Damon cursed in his mind when he realized half the kittens and Mimi were in the grip of infection. He could smell it and he told this to Mariella in his mind. So she knew how to prepare.
He stroked Mimi a little harder, and no reaction. He put some numbing energy into Mimi's side, stuck a needle into her heart, and pressed the plunger. Mimi sighed and was now breathing very slowly and shallowly. She was harmless.
Damon turned Mimi to face him, focused on the cubs in her stomach, and administered the energy and magic. Two hours, then he was as exhausted as can be, but all the remaining 17 litters were now put to bed. He had saved his cubs, every one of these. It had been so damn tight, but he had pulled it through. His hands shook as he breathed a bit. It was done, and he had saved his offspring. That was all that mattered.
Damon said to Mariella." The rest of litters have been put to rest, shrunken down, and no one died, but these puppies are so weak, that they don't talk or even hiss. I'll try to see if I can get the magic out of Mimi in a bit, but you can come here now. If not magic house surely can get it out of her, but come and get my cubs into care. I will transfer Mimi as soon as Magic House is ready. She is sick too, and we don't have the time or energy to pick her off the floor next month."
Mariella and the rest of the pack were ready. It was time to help and heal, get those cubs stabilized so the Magic House could care for them. Mariella did not need to have Mimi's litters all over the house and have pack care for them. She had cubs too, and she was jealous.
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