Wings Of Fire: Thorns And Roses

"Hurt"

"Oh thank Clearsight, you're alive," Radiant said, mostly to herself.

"Oh MOONS! MY LEG!" Screamed Locust.

"Well, at least he's still himself," Radiant sighed. "Hey, idiot, It's okay."

Locust began to wheeze a bit as smoke and dust came out from his mouth. "Radiant?" he began.

"It's me," Radiant smiled. "Are you doing okay?"

"Considering that I just screamed just a few moments ago, do you really think that I'm okay?" He coughed as more ash came up.

Radiant shook her head. "At least you're alive."

"Being honest, didn't think I would've gotten out of there alive," he tried to wiggle himself to sit up. "Can you please explain why I'm trapped like this?"

"Wasp." Radiant replied, deadpan.

"And how long am I going to be like this?"

"Beats me." Radiant shrugged.

Both stayed silent for a bit before Locust broke the silence "I still can't really believe you're here... A— and alive too."

"Why not?" Radiant asked.

"I don't know... I just thought that you would've been captured or you'd get lost."

"Well, I didn't. At least I can say that," Radiant chuckled. Locust laughed along too before transitioning back into a wheeze. Radiant threw a blanket towards Locust's face, covering all of his snout. "Cough into that, why don't you?"

"It'll only be a few... Minutes of this." Locust guessed as he coughed into the blanket.

"Clearsight alive..." Radiant sighed.

"I can practically hear you rolling your eyes," Locust noted, chuckling to himself. "Can you at least sit me up?"

Radiant got up and began to drag Locust over to the fountain, trying to sit him up against it. "Here you go."

"Ow, OW! Careful with the leg, why don't you?"

"Listen, this will only be temporary. If Wasp doesn't show up maybe we'll untie you."

Locust fell onto his back against the fountain, knocking the blanket off. "Better," he said. "Who's them?" He asked, staring past Radiant.

Radiant turned around to see Adonis heading back towards them. "Her? Oh, just a friend."

"I can tell, I meant as in what is her name."

"It's Adonis." Radiant answered. Adonis glided towards them and landed gracefully on the ground, however the landing caused her to drop a few small boxes.

"Good news, found a lot of boxes of honey drops and vegetables. Bad news, we probably have to move Hives some time soon." Adonis dropped the boxes on the ground with a loud crash.

"Ow, ow..." Locust whined as his ear twitched.

"Oh, sorry." Adonis apologized.

"Honey drops you said?" Radiant grabbed one of the boxes and tore it open, revealing hundreds of thousands of little droplets of honey. She was about to grab a handful when Locust tumbled over snout first into the box, knocking it over.

"Oh dear..." Adonis mumbled as a few honey drops scattered around the floor.

"Finally... Real food!.." mumbled Locust as he began to dig in. Suddenly, his body stiffened and he let out a long sigh.

"What are you doing?" Locust's voiced hissed. It was almost like an echo with a familiar female voice speaking along.

"Get the blanket, get the blanket!" Radiant yelled. Adonis grabbed a talonful of blankets and tossed them onto Locust's head.