Warnings: Repossession of a child
Relationship: Gritho
Extra Tags: Phoenix Grian, Phoenix Etho
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As Etho was bringing Grian out to the table he was geeking out over his fire-y curls, they waved calmly as they walked through the hall. Grian didn't talk much, it was normal knowing that he was just born a few weeks ago.
As they were eating, the doorbell rang causing Grian's curls to flare and rise. People from the reserve were let in and as they passed the doorway to the dining room they stopped in their tracks and looked at Grian.
"Who's the new boy?" They asked, pointing to Grian.
"Oh... Uh..." Xisuma stuttered, "That's our foster.. His name is Grian."
"How old is he?"
"A year younger than Etho?" The reserve's people gave him a skeptical look, "Okay, I don't know. Not even the orphanage knows."
"Right, show us to the eggs?"
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Two weeks later, Grian was barely speaking half sentences. Loud noises scared him, but he found comfort with Etho. Grian's fire-y curls flared when the bell rang again. Etho and Grian both decided to eavesdrop.
"You tell a convincing lie, XisumaVoid. But it's unfortunate we have to take the Phoenix boy with us."
"What?! You can't take Etho or Grian!"
"You have two Phoenix hybrids? We'll be repossessing them both then."
They saw the people walk in and towards them.
Grian looked at Etho, "Danger?"
"Yes Grian, danger." Etho whispered, grabbing his hand and running to his room. He locked the door behind them.
"Etho, help?"
"Gri, shush."
"Help, Etho?"
"Grian, shush!"
"Help, Etho."
"What do you need help with?"
"Help, Etho."
They were soon forced to unlock the door and leave with the Reserve's people.
The boys were taken to the facility where they were separated and observed. Grian looked lost out of the both of them. They had put the two boys in containment units opposite of each other. Every so often, Grian would lose sight of Etho and start yelling out to him.
But two days after they were taken, the Reserve's people were poking and observing Grian, he began speaking.
"Etho, help?" He stated, the Reserve's people ignored him, "Help, Etho?" The people tagged Grian's ear causing him to yelp, "Etho, help."
"Do you know any other words? All you've said is, 'help' and 'Etho'."
"Danger! You. You, danger."
While they were escorting Grian back to his containment unit, he saw Etho, "Help, Etho..." His left side flamed and his right froze the reserve's people to the floor. Grian stole their keys and ran to Etho's unit, unlocking it.
"Grian!" Etho shouted the moment he looked up, he then ran over and hugged him, "You're okay!"
"Help Etho." Grian said, "Grian, help Etho. Home? We go home?"
"Yeah, we can go home."
