Chapter 4: Anguish

Flames consumed everything in sight. The beast tailed close behind aiming its claws. Every time he dodged every strike felt too close, he was tired, losing stamina. The cries all around him told the boy to run away, to keep moving, but he could not. It was all over as the monster he faced grabbed hold of his arms and flung him to the ground! "And that's what you get for touching my hair!" Yang growled.

Clutching her fists Yang's rage subsided, she dusted off her hands then hailed the referee to get over to her and do their job. "Can I get a ten count?"

"1...2...3..."

"Talk about a slaughter." Qrow rubbed his throat.

"Kid's better off not getting back up." Taiyang sighed. The kid was shaking in his boots before the fight even started, the way his daughter had torn apart the other competitors scared the rest stiff and with her ferocity and natural skills she was far above the average Signal student. The old man sighed to himself watching her now was reminiscent of her mother. "9...and 10!"

"Way to get'em out there Yang the mang!" Ruby cheered.

"Anything for my biggest fan!" She pointed to her sister. She couldn't help but pump her fist in excitement over her family getting to see her win. Ember Celica clacked into in-activness and the victor finally took a breath now that the tension was gone.

"The winner of this year's Signal junior cup is...Miss Yang Xiao Long! Let's give her a round of applause ladies and gentleman!" Bursting into applause parents and children clapped for her while half were superficial, half did so out of a feeling of obligation, all wished they could be the ones in the spotlight. "Here you are Ms. Yang please take your trophy."

"Look this way baby!" Taiyang snapped a picture of her. She flashed a peace sign putting her newly acquired trophy high in the air and hopping around. "Come here!" He threw her up on his shoulders. "You actually did it sweetie. Now what do you want to do?"

She jumped down, latching onto Ruby and smiled. "Ice cream! Ice cream! Ice cream!" They chanted.

"I know a good little place."

"No bars."

"I wasn't going to...well it isn't technically defined as a bar. Don't gimme that look Tai...ugh. Follow me." He said taking the lead. Their trip was delayed a bit Yang stopped to talk to her friends and Ruby writing notes into a little book she was carrying.

Ding. The bell rang out. A cold waft of air rolled over the family as they entered. A few other people were making their exit while thye made their way to the front counter. There was a teenager with a long scowl on his face. "Hello sir welcome to the Stray Sparrow where we've got the best ice cream in all of Vale. Would you like to try our Beowulf Burst it's got the flavor of chocolate sherbet guaranteed to make you cream...sorry I meant scream."

"Yeah...tell'em what you want champ."

"Strawberry Sunrise!"

"Whoa where'd you here about something like that little lady?"

"Well my Uncle was-"

"Ok!" Qrow coughed nervously. "Just get her the biggest and best combination of strawberry, lemon, and orange sherbet you got. Alright Ruby you're up next."

"Um...I'll take the berrylicious in a waffle cone."

"Sounds good I'll take one of those too. What about you Tai I'm gonna pay for you too."

"Did they give you a bonus I don't know about?"

"Just got that money in from my extra job and wanted to share a bit of the wealth."

"And let me guess this gesture right now means that you're about to head off? Ah just give me something lemon flavored." The young man nodded and took the orders to the back. Ruby and Yang had already found a spot to sit. Ruby was gawking over the size of the piece while her sister was more than happy to gloat about how she had attained victory.

"No I don't plan on leaving anytime soon but on the off chance something comes up before I head off I want them to be able to remember the fun times."

"Here you are sirs." The barista handed them their items then returned to standing, bored, in front of the counter.

"Well here's to hoping the fun times won't stop for a while."

XXX Evening, Ruby's Room XXX

The land surrounding their home was blanketed in ice and snow. Ruby stared at the window watching it further cover the land and how everything that was once lush and silver be came colorless and dead. Though all the pretty flowers they had planted in spring would die there was a tranquility about it. Her family could go outside and build a snowman or have snowball fights but most importantly they would be together. Taiyang and Qrow would not have work and the latter would smell like gingerbread and not liquor.

Qrow milled around the room looking for any book that he had not read to them yet. Usually he kept to himself whenever he was around then he and Taiyang would have discussions in the kitchen while the girls slept. These days however he had a firm change of attitude taking on a more mature personality and chose not to hit the whiskey as hard. A despotic feeling of obligation overtook him after Summer's death, due to his own ineptness. In another way it was to help their father who he knew, even though he smiled at the man, resented him.

Taiyang was more than pleased to have Qrow around as long as he didn't talk too much. Because the girls knew they had him tied around their little finger they would try to pressure information out of him but he friend ordered him to say firm. Tonight was one of those nights. Yang and Ruby kept asking about their mothers, glorious tales of their past exploits but he stayed quiet. No matter how many he told them those stories all had one end. A dead one and the other who ran off to live a bandit's life. What kid would want to be told how selfish their parents were? How he was unable to help two members of his family.

Family. Qrow smiled softly at the word. It was little and broken, but still good. He didn't have nothing and he wasn't alone. They were his good luck charm. He swallowed back his anxiety, finally grabbing a book he hadn't read them yet. "Alright kiddos I thing I found a new one." He sat down in the old rocking chair in the corner of their room flickering on the lamp light. Yang rocketed out of bed taking a place on his lap.

Ruby trotted over to them holding her hands up begging her uncle to pick her up. Qrow scooped her up in his hands and placed her on his shoulders. He coughed twice opening the story book. "The story of the Little Hunter and the Grimm. On an island faraway there is a forest they say home to the eldest Grimm in the world. A scary forest where bad feelings go to mix and to swirl. Deep in the woods it lived in a cave entering there you would not be saved. This is a place no ordinary person could go."

"A village was made at the base its only purpose was to keep that Grimm in its place. Should it wander, should it get away, all of Remnant would fall into disarray. It attracted many huntsman who claimed to be the strongest of all each claimed, 'I will defeat this Grimm! To me it will fall!.' Each came back beaten and bruised, upon its victory it howled, seemingly amused. More came, more failed each returning with less than they had. The Grimm took their weapons and shields treating each like a badge. Everyone believed that this is one Grimm no one could catch."

"Centuries passed by, oh so fast, and as time went to slay this Grimm no hunter was sent. The legend of this Grimm became just that. With no foes to face in its cove it sat, sat, sat. One a bright beautiful morning there parents swore they were blessed came the life of the Little Hunter and in her bed she was placed to rest. Red hair and eyes of a misty smoke for eyes her family eagerly awaited the young woman's growth."

"They read her bedtime stories like most parents do and told her the one of the Grimm the elder generation once knew. 'I want to find it! I'll hunt it down.' Her parents laughed. Fancy yourself a little hunter are you? That girl was light of their life but this could not continue because soon their was strife. One nasty winter the crops were lost the soil claimed by the frost. On a desperate attempt to feed the ones they love the men of the village came up with a plan...kind of. They braved the forest if the tales of old held true maybe that treasure would allow them to save their refuge."

"With little food the families did what they could. The Little Hunter asked her mother 'Will Daddy be home today?' Her mother replied, 'He should.' Months passed and the men soon returned. All those left behind expected them to come back treasure in tow but no such luck. Into their skin reality sunk. Only one man returned, the Little Hunter's father. He hobbled and limped then fell into the dirt, from then on no one was allowed on the outskirts."

"A broken man he was entirely consumed by fear however he still but on a brave face for those he held dear. With no leg to support him he was bound to a chair most days he would sit on the porch and stare. On her birthday the Little Hunter Was given a cloak of white. How magnificent it was truly a sight. 'You may go out and play a little longer today but only in the village! Go no farther this is where you need to stay.' She and her friends played all day but one was not so happy and had something to say.

'How can you play so carefree? Somewhere in the trees there lies an old Grimm's home my grandfather told in there the beast patrols. It took our father's this dreadful winter! I will make my way in there to the very center! Who will join me?' Their blond leader suggested."

'But my father said stay away. Can we just be in the sun and play?"

"'To avenge our families we must go! This is the right thing to do you have to know!' Their leader assured."

"This sounds like a quest!"

"Gimme a moment I'm not wearing my best!" So they followed him pride glowing on his face but the Little Hunter knew they should have not come to this place. They started of strong their merriment making them breakout in song. The time of day soon began to alter and as the moon rose their spirits faltered."

"Wait a second uncle Qrow if this Grimm only hurt all those hunters why did it kill the men? And if this Grimm is so strong and old how could it just fade into legend?"

"Well Yang that's just how things go sometimes. Legend are there and poof there they go but we're only even half way into the story yet you gotta let things play out before you go poking holes in everything!"

"Yeah Yang we're just getting to the good parts." Ruby listened intently her eyes glued to the page. The gang of children took trepid steps walking through the forest. Looks of terror doting their faces in different ways. The one described as the Little Hunter nervously held onto her cloak and followed behind her friends as they tried to find a way out.

The night loomed over them and everything was so dark they could not see their feet in front of them. "Where do we go? It's so dark I can't even see the ground? Do we make camp for the night at least that way we will have some light? Wait! Wait! Up ahead! A place we can surely make our homestead. They entered the bark the whole place a glitter, treasures were on he ground tossed like litter. 'This is the place of treasure but where is the-" Silence. The other three children huddled around the little huntress."

"'Wh-where have you gone? Are you there Xiao Lon-" Another one was taken. This is a nightmare where none of them would reawaken. "Come now we need to run! Coming here was not worth any fun." The Little hunter grabbed her friend and broke into a sprint but the Grimm was close behind following their scent. "Are we safe now?"

"Yes I am sure."

"What do we do now? Our situation is poo-."

"What did you say? Hello? Hello are you there?" She panicked. The Little Hunter called out to her friends but none were there. From the darkness they peered a pair of ghastly red eyes. "Leave me alone!" Thus darkness swallowed her whole. " Qrow abruptly snapped the book closed. The children were found in the middle of the next day and ran into the arms of their parents. They were scolded and forbidden from going outside for a time but the Little Hunter's mind was not on her punishment but as to why? Why did the Grimm let them live when it had killed so many people? She wanted to know. So into the night she snuck out of her room and tread into the darkness." He closed the book.

"What happens next?"

"I'd love to read it took you but that's how it ends." Qrow frowned. The rest of the pages had been torn out almost as if someone wanted the ending to be unknown to others. "Alright you two time for bed."

"Ah!"

"No 'Ahs!' or 'Come ons!' kiddos you need your beauty sleep."

"Well what if I don't want to be beautiful." Yang pouted.

"You already failed at that a long time ago then firecracker. Ok, I'm gonna turn out the light. Good night."

"Sleep tight."

"Don't let the bedbugs bite." Qrow slowly closed the door. "Took a while but I finally got them to-"

"Girls wake up I've got a present for you!" The front door to the house slammed open Taiyang climbed up the stairs, past Qrow and barged into his girl's room. "Guess what I've got?"

"I just got them to go to sleep..."

"What is it dad?"

"See I know you've been missing a special someone but I think I've got the cure for that. I got us a brand new dog!" He pulled the Corgi out from behind his back. It was a puppy. "I named him Zwei."

"You got us a new dog?" Yang pet the tiny creature. He shuddered in her hands asking for more. "Oh his fur's so soft! Ruby you've got to pet him it's awesome!"

"A new dog?" It was Ruby's turn to ask. "Hm..."

"Do you not like him Ruby? Isn't he adorable?"

"Y-yeah...isn't he cute Uncle Qrow?"

"The cutest. I think he'll make a great addition to the family."

"If you all think so." Ruby managed a smile. Qrow pat her head. "Today was an awesome day. Maybe even the best day." She grabbed hold of Zwei squeezing him so tight that it look like he lost the life in him for a moment but he immediately bounced back licking Ruby's face.

"Come here Zwei fetch this uh...pencil!"

"Zwei come over here I've got a treat for you!"

"No Ruby that's chocolate!"

"Heh...This just seems like one of those nights where no one in all of Remnant could be unhappy." Qrow grinned. "Hey let me see if I can teach him a trick."

XXX Kuroyuri XXX

Night had descended upon the village, coating everything in darkness save for a few lamp lights. The village hummed with the sound of snores, songs of crickets, and the thunk of arrows. "EEsss! Esss! I...diidd it! dIIId it!" Scattered across the ground was an innumerable amount of arrows, a few had stuck into the fence while barely any were in the actual target. While all his other failures were clearly visible a single shot was all it took to give him the proper confidence. One bullseye. With his task complete the little faunus let go off the bow and dropped to the ground. The red blisters on his fingers were taking shape and his arms finally gave out from holding the weapon in the same position for so long.

"Wonderful." Li congratulated him. "You managed to get it on the mark and took... You truly do have promise yes this will be fine for tonight. Tommorow we will continue your training then when your skills have improved I will take you out to hunt with us. True battle experience is what will forge you into a warrior, but go rest a young mind needs its sleep."

Connie charged up the stairs sheer happiness and excitement coursing in his veins. There could be isn't a better man on this world than Li Ren. He could only describe the feeling as exhilarating he could finally be useful as more than a chore boy. The urge to break out of these walls and see what the rest of the world around him was calling and the moment to finally break free was there. He looked down on Kuroyuri, his home. If the day came where he was truly prepared to leave this place even if he did not find the answers he wanted he could always come back here.

"Lie's gonna be so jealous when I tell him about this tomorrow!"

The next room over. "He certainty sounds excited doesn't he?"

"Quite. I suppose menial chores did bored him this may be the chance to awaken his true self."

"Haha. Well I'll go tell him to calm down you sounded as if you have big plans for him in the coming days." Thud! "Oh dear I hope he hasn't hurt himself." Boom!

"That sound did not come from inside our home. Is someone starting a fire? At this time of night?" Boom! Neigh! Ring! Ring! "The alarm bell? What in the world is going on? I'm going out to investigate. Grab Lie and Connie take them to the safe house stay there until I return."

"Connie! Connie! Come with me dear we need to leave!"

"wWWheereee LIee?"

"He has gone off but we have to go. Lie," She forced open the door. "Get up we have to go!"

"Mother? What is the matter?"

"Now! Right now!" She held his hand and rushed down the stairs.

"Connie what is going on?"

"dDunno. Lloud nyoises."

Haggered breath rang out as Lie unceremoniously pushed through the door. "An you're still here. Good."

"Y-yes we were just about to go to the safe house."

"No. I saw the beast. We need a huntsman staying in this village isn't an option." Roar!

"Mother..." Lie whimpered. Connie tugged on his friend giving him a reassuring smile that helped calm the nervous boy's heartbeat. It was going to be fine he told himself. His parents were like heroes, strong, brave, invincible there was no way something like this could shake them. And he had his brother. He wiped his face and forced a smile.

"Everything will be ok darling. Everything's going to be o-"

"Watch out!" The wood to the ceiling cracked open burying An and Lie in the debris. The body of one of the watchmen laid crumbled on top. His eyes looked as if they and been gouged out and his torso was ripped open almost as if someone were feasting on it.

"Good heavens. An! Lie! Connie! Are any of you there?"

"Here..."

"Connie help me move this off of them we need to get out of here!" Together the two men removed the rubble and tried desperately to save their family. Underneath the rubble the boy found the body of Lie still breathing. "Good hopefully An is the same..." He removed the last brick all traces of life were gone from her face. Her head had gone entirely around her neck, her body was broken underneath their rafters.

Li clenches his fist and bit his lip. There was no time to even mourn properly. He had come out here to be safe from the tyrannical rule of Mistral but had found himself in the clutches of a truly evil force. There was no time to think. No time to regret past choices. He simply grabbed the two boys and started to run. " Connie can you walk if so hand me Lie we are leaving!"

"An..."

"We cannot stay here or we'll all risk dying tonight. Sleep well my love." Seas of people rushed past their front door all looking for a way out. As he clutched Lie Li held onto Connie too and guided them through the crowd.

"N.n..." Lie open his eyes. "Connie? Father? Wh-where is mother? Why are you both bleeding? What's going on? Please! Please tell me where is mother!?" Flames grew higher and higher scaffolding from homes fell out from their collapsing on the houses they were meant to support.

"Gah!" Li fell to the ground dropping him and Ren. The elder man held his side breathing deeply and reeling from the pain.

"Father!"

"Lie...Connie...You have to run."

"No! No please! Get up!"

"I cannot. You have to go without me!"

"But Father...no I can't leave you here!"

"Son...you have to be brave. You can't stay here I will simply drag you down. Do you not understand!?"

"No! No please I can't!"

"Yes you can!" He pushed him back and stood back up once more. "Take action Lie." He handed him the dagger he held at his side. "Your mother and I love you. Connie," He turned to the other boy. "Take care of Lie. Please. Look out for each other. Do what it takes to survive. I'm sorry I will not be able to fulfill my promise. Take Lie and go!"

A thump met the weary man's eardrums followed by the soft whinny of a horse. Lie pushed the boys behind himself and took aim. "Go!" He commanded. Doing so Connie ran to Lie and snatched him from the ground. "Where do we go? Where do we go!?" He began to ponder as he moved faster, letting the blood and adrenaline pump throughout his body. "The bridge? Yes we can hide there!"

Connie pulled Lie underneath the bridge up in the sky he spotted the five hulking birds. The beasts circle in the sky eagerly awaiting the chance to pluck someone away. Ren cried clutching the knife his father had given him with a face full of tears he looked over the side and saw the same sight his brother had. Could they escape?

"Ah! Ahhh!" Ren's eyes settled on the origin of the cries it was the girl from before. The screech of the monsters beckoned calling for blood. Connie clutched his ears in pain hoping to shut out any of the sound as he tried to think of the best plan of escape.

"The entrance is probably swarming with the Grimm but there are plenty of homes near the walls that we can get too. If the damage has not gotten to far we could climb one and make our way out but what about finding safety...Oh yes! there are plenty of road signs leading to Mistral if Lie and I circle around and find the signs we could get there by the morning if we run fast enough! Yes! Yes we an escape."

"LiIIie...IIIIie...? IIIIIIEEE! " He called out again.

Time stood still as Connie's eyes gazed over him. Ren's body suddenly loosened and his tears stopped. A calming pink aura washed over him lighting the darkness all around them. Lie wiped his eyes and breathed. "Connie," He began calmly. "We have to be brave."

"LIiie?" Ren tugged on his arm leading them through the destruction of their town. "Grll." The same girl from earlier was crying from beneath one of the buildings. Lie ran ahead.

"Hello there." She eyed the boys they were the ones from earlier. "We have to be brave." He repeated hearing those words forced her to latch onto him the same serene feeling passed on to him. The Griffon that loomed above them cawed its red eyes scanned the bottom of the home but there was nothing there. "See we're going to be fine. Just fine." He assured them but fate had other plans.

"Let go of me you beast." A familiar voice rang out. "Get your hands off of me! Release me!"

"Father?"

"LiII?"

It grasped Li's neck and yanked. His body slacked all vigor in it from before was gone. He felt like puddy in its hands the grimm raised the once noble man to its jaws. In what seemed like slow motion, the Nuckalvee raised Li higher and placed him between its teeth and bit down. Lie and Nora to shield their eyes. Connie watched on as shivers ran up and down his spine as the monster's sharp teeth came down and tore Li in half.

"LIIIIII!"

Connie stood in trance by the gruesome sight of his adopted father's blood and insides dripping down the grimm's teeth. The Nuckalvee tilted its head back and swallowed the man's bottom half as something akin to a smile crossed its second face. Connie's arms lowered and he stepped out from beneath the house. The monster then locked in on the boy's presence, looking to him with its red eyes glimmering as it found its next victim.

Connie's body began to tremble a well of emotions all churned in his gut. The grimm before him then took a few steps in the his direction, focused in on continuing the rampage. Connie's mind swelled with the image of his father being eaten. The sheer thought of Lie being hurt warped in his mind. Refusing to let that happen a deep hatred took root in his soul. Anger and regret flowed through his veins, slowly transforming into rage. Lie spoke his name, but the boy's mind was too submerged in revenge. Steam escaped in large puffs from Connie's mouth as his eyes glowed a menacing silver.

A growl reverberated through Connie's throat. Swallowed by fury, Connie he his head back and released an unnerving roar that shook the very earth he stood upon and shattered surrounding glass. "I! Will! Kill! You! All!" Silver exploded from his eyes enveloping the boy. From his hands a small spark formed taking the form of a javelin of pure energy. Connie then lunged, jamming his weapon into the Nuckalvee's chest. It fell back reveling from the immense pain it roared to the sky. All the grimm simultaneously turned their heads heading for the noise.

As they surrounded him the smaller attempting to bite, chomp, and tear him apart the grimm were tossed aside into the smoldering remains of buildings. Connie stomped forward, his eyes tunneled on the Nuckalvee but he was stopped. A Griffon stood in his way ready to kill its ancient enemy. He released another deafening roar and jumped high driving his hands into the beast forcing it to the ground. He tore the beasts wings taking away the only thing that displaced it from its other kin and watched it squirm on the ground. Finally satisfied with the divine punishment he dealt Connie then hauled the grimm violently to its feet opening its beak and tore the creature in half.

With the small fry out of the way he snarled ferociously and aimed his attacks at his main target. With cruel precision the javelins whizzed through the sky stapling it to the to the ground. Connie then gripped the Grimm's arm tightly and with a strong wrench, ripped its arm clean from the monster's body. It screeched the darkness from its arm pouring out like a black smoke.

The ugly monster screeched almost as if it was begging for mercy but no such act would come. He growled and dug his fist into the grimm's abdomen, the flesh giving way and revealing the creature's red insides. Connie then clawed his hand into the mass and ripped out any and everything. The Nuckalvee could no longer take it, it tossed the berserk boy from his body and unhinged itself from the stone and slapped Connie away. It ran. His glowing silver eyes bore into his retreating opponent. It would not escape. He would end this now.

He pulled back his arm channeling his aura and threw it! The explosions blinded everyone and as the smoke cleared he thought he had done it but the sound of hooves still filled his ears. A wall of ice stood in his way a hole formed in the barrier. Once the ice gave way bloodstains splattered on the walkway. Connie reared his head that fluid was from no grimm. The woman behind it gripped her stomach. "You won't get away."

"Connie!" Ren latched onto him. "You stopped it! We can leave now!" But his plea fell on deaf ears as he was slapped away skidding across the ground back to where he came from. He curled up into a ball holding onto his sides as he struggle to regain his breath from the massive attack. With no more hinderances the enraged boy chased after the beast fully ignoring the person he had attacked. He would not stop until he found it. "Why? Connie! Connie come back!" Ren called. But he wouldn't. He never would. And so Ren stood there alone in his destroyed village the bodies of people he once knew scattered around. Lie faced the reality. The only person there with him grabbed his arm.

XXX Forest, Anima XXX

It was gone. Nowhere to be seen. "Where are you!? Come out!" He raged but that would amount to nothing he slowly learned. With every step he took farther into the forest he understood that fact. It was smarter than the rest of the grimm that had dared to wander into his home. Its tracks were gone looping back into the same place. Tired of running he began to walk and then he started to think and reminisce.

Flashes of memories began to cycle through his mind. There was the father who he had spent long hours of his day with learning from. The man who would teach him about the true face of this world bit it had already come to them. Then there was An who read to them at night, fed him, and loved him as if he were her own. Connie recalled the kind ways she spoke to him, rubbed his ears, comforted, and always encouraged him. Then there was his brother who had either escaped or died because of his own lust for revenge. Tears began to flow from the boy's eyes. He was never going to hear their loving voices again.

The traumatized child threw his head back and wailed at the sky like a baby who was missing its mother. His muscles tensed as he struggled to prop himself up. His fist pounded the trees around him as he continued to cry. Thunder clapped across the sky. Connie buried his face into the grass and cried. "I couldn't kill it. I couldn't do one thing!" What had he done to deserve all of this?

The world was silent except for the chilling rain. Connie's mind began to calm as he pulled himself back up. With his rage and frustration fully suppressed, he was able to think again. The power high he felt dulled. He just wanted to go home so he began his long trek back where there was no one waiting for him.

He traversed the broken village looking for any semblance of life. "Lieeee! LiIIE?" The grimm he killed disappeared, their remains floating in the wind like leaves, the homes once in a blaze were now smoking. The stalls he had foolishly bought bad food from, the stream where he and Lie went to have water fights, and even there home was gone. Among the bodies he stumbled onto Li.

With the last bit of his strength he dragged what remained of Li's body back to there home and set him along An. He removed the rubble and took the remaining belongings of their home and placed them around their bodies. He closed Li and and An's eyes and collapsed. He was tired. So tired. The pain finally caught up to him. Connie whined softly as the thunder continued to roll. His silver eyes remained on the two carcasses. He failed to protect Ren the one thing he was asked to do. He had failed to save anyone. "Lie...please don't leave me here all alone."

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX I'm not particularly good at writing action so I hope it wasn't an eyesore for anyone to read. And thanks if you stopped by come back if you want to.