Episode 4: Injured

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We placed Bigby down on his chair. We were back in our apartment. "Damn it." I said.
"I'll take care of Bigby." Swineheart told us.
"Y/n. Maybe you should...get some sleep." She told me. I yawned. "I'm fine, Snow." I said. Snow and I walked to my chair where it was. "Y/n. I get that you just want to stay for Bigby. But you really should rest." She told me. "We can survive longer without sleep than most Mundies. You really should get some rest."
I can't ever forget I'm not a Fable. I'm a Mundie. Snow's right. Most Mundie humans can only go about 11 days without sleep before they die. "Alright. I'll get some sleep." I told her. I sat down in my chair and Snow went back to Bigby snd Swineheart. I fell asleep.

God, how did that go so wrong?

I woke up to the sound of Bigby groaning. I got up and turned around to see a still shirtless Bigby was fixing his broken arm while Swineheart was working on Bigby's side and getting the bullets out. Colin was here too. Bigby pulled his arm back into place and Snow looked back at me. "Told you he was alright." She said.
"You talking to me or was Bigby that worried if i was alive?" I asked.
"Yes." Snow smiled. I went to Bigby. "How you holding up?" I asked Bigby.
"Just fine. I'm glad you didn't get hurt." Bigby said. I didn't notice earlier, but Snow's outfit was covered in Bigby's blood. I'm surprised mine wasn't. "Excuse me, Miss White, Y/n, but... perhaps it'd be better if you gave a few minutes to finish with him." Swineheart told us.
"Stick around, alright? I don't know if I trust this guy." Bigby said with a smile. Good to know he's able to keep a sense of humor during this.
"Oh please, I could do this with my optic nerves severed." Swineheart said. "Give us the time."
Me and Snow went to a wall to give them some headroom. "Hey Doc, how much longer?" Colin asked.
"Colin, leave him be." Snow told the pig.
"Colin, Doc said give them space. So give them space." I told him. Swineheart finished with Bigby. He grabbed the bandages and bandaged Bigby up. "Eat as many metal shellings as you see fit, but take one more silver round near your heart...and the only place I'll be visiting you is the morgue." Swineheart said. He looked at us. "Miss White. Y/n. He'll be fine for light duty, assuming he can figure out what that means."
"He knows what it means. It's just been... an unusual couple of days..." Snow told him.
"I know but don't him the excuse." Swineheart said as he grabbed his bags. "His body will eventually give out. You both take tare of him. Please."
"We will. As his undersheriff and basically 'peacekeeper', I'll try to keep him out of most trouble." I told him.
"'Guard against', as they say. Miss White. Sheriffs. Colin." Swineheart left the apartment. Bigby got up and went to the fridge after stretching his arms a bit. He grabbed a bottle of bourbon and took a drink. "How do you, um, feel?" Snow asked as her and I went to him.
"I'll be fine." Bigby said. He looked horrible. We went next to him and he turned to us. "You stopped breathing when you passed out or... or died... I guess." Snow said. She placed her hand on Bigby's arm. "It kinda scared the Hell out of me."
"You had us terrified, man. I didn't even want to sleep." I told him.
"Hey, I'd never leave you." He said with a smile. "Either of you."
"Yeah you were really fucked up, man." Colin said as he walked to us.
"God, Colin. You ain't helping." I told him. Bigby put a new shirt on. From there, the conversation was going everywhere. It went from if Snow trading Crane was the right thing to do (which me and Bigby agreed it was), to Snow taking over and adjusting the rule, to talk about how The Crooked Man has declared war. Snow wants all unglamoured Fables sent to the Farm. Then Bigby got a call. I answered it. "Hello?" I said.
"Hey, Y/n it's Bufkin. Is Miss Snow and Mr Bigby done? Taking calls is a real hassle all alone. And you and Bigby got a visitor. Girl named Nerissa." Bufkin told me.
"Okay, I caught only two parts of that. We'll all be there soon." I told Bufkin. I hung up. "Nerissa is in your office, Bigby. Waiting for us." I told them.
"She probably had more to say. Another way to help us out." Bigby told me. "She helped us get to The Open Arms."
"Yeah. While you two go to Nerissa, I'm gonna go change." Snow said. She left.
"What a piece of work." Colin said. "You ain't really gonna send me up to The Farm, are ya?" Colin asked us.
"Uhh..." I said.
"Sorry Colin. We can't let you stay. The rules are the rules." Bigby said.
"Bull. Shit." Colin spat. We left.

A shame he has to, but he's gotta go to The Farm. He can't stay. While he is correct about the Mundies not knowing because he's just a pig, a pig just roaming the streets alone isn't normal.

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