Warnings: Injury, Anger
Relationship: Grian/Pearl/Xisuma (Siblings)
Extra: Pearl wasn't in Evo in this story.
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Grian pranked Doc. And Doc wanted revenge.
Grian was flying over his base, examining the front.
"This is starting to bother me." He groaned, "Why are you STILL not lined up!?"
While he was hovering in the front trying to figure out what to do, Ren stumbled across Doc hiding in the midst of Mumbo's trees.
"What're you doing Doc?"
"Spying on Grian."
"With a firework armed crossbow?"
"... And maybe prank him by scaring him."
"Doc, no."
Doc aimed the crossbow, "Relax. I'm not gonna hit him."
Ren started to struggle to grab the crossbow out of Doc's hands, but instead, Doc shot the fireworks and they hit Grian's right wing. They heard a shout, looked over and saw Grian hit three things on his way to the ground.
Doc and Ren both ran over shouting his name. Grian pulled himself to his knees and put the slightest bit of pressure on his right wrist but felt a searing pain go straight through his arm.
"Grian are you okay?" Ren asked, "Your wrist doesn't look good..."
"I'll be fine..." Grian winced, he stretched his wings with a loud flap and got pain in his spine, "I don't understand what just happened?"
He looked at the sky cradling his wrist, then at the other two, "Where did you guys even come from?"
The two taller hermits were silent for a second. Then when Ren was about to speak up, Grian's sister, also know as the one and only Pearl, ran over and began looking at Grian's wrist.
"Are you okay?"
"I'm sure I'll live." Grian assured, the rest of the Boatem community walked out of their houses to see all the commotion.
"Guys, what's going on?" Impulse asked, then saw Grian on the ground, "What happened to Grian?"
"I don't know." Grian said, wincing at every movement that Pearl made with his wrist, "I was hit with something in the back... I hit my lights and two other blocks on the plummet down."
Impulse walked behind Grian, "I'm calling Tango. Those look like burn marks, and if anyone knows a burn mark, it's Tango."
Soon enough, Tango, Xisuma, Scar, and Stress were tending to Grian's wounds and figuring out what had hit him.
"...Rockets fired from a crossbow." Tango concluded, "But who shot him?"
The Boatem Community all glared at Ren and Doc.
Doc averted his eyes, Ren spoke up, "Doc was out for Grian after he pranked him. So Doc decided it was a good idea to target him with firework crossbow!"
Grian looked at Doc while Stress was wrapping up his wrist, "You shot me? In midair?!"
Pearl stormed up to Doc, "ARE YOU INSANE?! GRIAN'S A PRE-MATURE WATCHER! YOU COULD HAVE KILLED HIM!"
"I WASN'T AIMING FOR THE CREASE OF HIS SPINE AND HIS WING!"
"Pearl, calm down." Grian chimed in, "I liv-"
"You may have lived, but what about the next time?!" Pearl interrupted, "You could actually die, that hit was so close to your weak point!"
"PEARL." Xisuma shouted, "CALM. DOWN. Grian's okay, he's going to be fine. He's just a little hurt."
"Xisuma, you're our big brother, you're the oldest! You should be more upset than I am!"
"Pearl, Grian's been here with us for a few years. I've allowed him to be able to use his full powers so that he'll always be okay. He can endure a lot." He looked at Grian, "But if she's right about one thing, you're lucky you've just received mild injuries."
"Look, Ren was trying to grab the crossbow from me and I accidentally pulled the trigger." Doc chimed in, "I'm sorry. I was originally trying to just shoot beside him and scare the kid."
At that immediate moment, Pearl snapped and killed Doc.
"WHOA!" Ren exclaimed, "VIOLENT!"
Then Ren was dead, "That's enough of that."
Pearl flew away in a huff. Xisuma sighed, he and Stress helped Grian to his feet, "Let's get you to bed kid."
"But I'm not tired!" Grian protested, "Besides, I'm fine! I still have things to do!"
Xisuma whispered in Grian's ear strictly, "Just rest for the rest of the morning. Okay? Then when you don't have the searing pain in your spine, you can get back to work."
Grian whined, "Fine."
After getting Grian to lay down and rest, Xisuma went to Pearls' place.
"Pearl, what the hell were you thinking?"
"Doc and Ren deserved what they got. They hurt Grian!"
"Grian may have been a preemie, but he can take care of himself. He's grown since the last time you saw him. He doesn't need to be constantly protected anymore."
"He's our baby brother!"
"Yes, but he needs space just as much as we do! He will come to us if he needs us."
"How can you assure that?!"
"Because he's been here since season six. Something happened in his old world, Evo, that he hasn't talked to me about. He'll come if he needs help. I get alerts on my communicator if he's needing help with something. You don't have to worry about him."
"I'm his big sister, Xisuma." She walked up to Xisuma, "It's my job to protect him."
"And it's my job to protect the both of you. You need to understand that he's okay. He's safe even if he's on his own."
"Fine."
Xisuma went to walk out, "Oh, and try not to nuke the Goats."
