Rogues

Episode 25 | Too oblivious, too shy

Cirrus sighed, lying across her bed as she tryed to relax from the stress filled day she'd just had.

Swiss and her had been sent out to question Trudy Judy on the location of the Rogues' den, but had come back with nothing. The bartender was tough, she'd give her that. But it made finding Sunshine so much harder.

Cirrus rolled onto her side, sighing again and she curled up on the sheets slightly. She just wanted her mate back. It was killing Cumulas and her to still feel Sunshine in their souls but not have her around to properly fill the void. For a few nights now, Cumulas had joined Cirrus in her room to comfort her. They were both desperate to find the Rogues and have their mate back with them, Cumulas was just less vocal about it. She knew Cirrus needed her support, and she was willing to push her own emotions to the side for a while as she comforted her.

An abrupt cloud of black smoke enveloped the corner of her room for an instant and Cirrus immediate sat up to stare at the group that had just appeared there.

Prince's legs almoust gave way beneath him and Em swiftly caught him in her arms, letting him hold onto her for support. Bismuth was evidently uncomfortable, glancing around the small room suspiciously as he motioned Valerie to stand behind him. Poppy, on the other hand, was the only one focusing on Cirrus. She seemed to have suddenly realized that they'd appeared in someone's bedroom.

"Hi." She began awkwardly.

"Where's Sunshine?" Cirrus growled out, suddenly noticing the apparent lack of her mate in the small group.

Poppy frowned at her, having to swiftly quiet Bismuth down when he instinctively growled back. "That's actually why we're here. Sunshine and Sprite are in danger and we...need the Clergy's help to find them."

Cirrus' eyes widened, pausing for a moment as the earth ghoulette's words sunk in. The Rogues had been adamant that they didn't want to work with the Clergy the last time they'd met, especially since Bismuth had been sure the Clergy had betrayed their trust. The situation must have been dire then if it meant they were willing to form a temporary truce just for the hope of finding Sunshine and Sprite.

"Please." Cirrus turned to meet Prince's gaze, frowning when she saw the pain and the fear in his eyes. "Just take us to your Papa and we can sort it out. I don't want Santos to hurt them again."

Cirrus sighed, knowing he was talking about Sprite. The younger earth ghoul had been at the mercy of Santos and his black witches before, she'd leant that from a brief warning Sunshine had given her when they'd met up after her week with the Rogues about how to interact with Sprite. The incident had scarred the small seer badly and Sunshine had told her specifically not to bring up Santos around them, incase it caused another panic attack.

Cirrus glanced between the group, her eyes landing on Bismuth. "Fine." The air infinity ghoul smiled back at her in thanks. "But you haven't exactly been popular amongst the others since you ran off and took Sunshine with you."

"Well, We didn't really take her. She just followed us." Bismuth corrected, earning a swift elbow to the stomach from Poppy. "She did!"

Poppy sighed, looking back to Cirrus and nodding in gratitude.

The air ghoulette smiled, nodding back at her. She knew she'd be in trouble for taking the Rogues to her Papa, but she didn't care. Not if it meant keeping Sunshine safe.

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Copia stood, concealing his anger well as he held the gaze of the Rogues. He couldn't help but feel like the danger Sunshine was now in was their fault, despite understanding how much they must have had to cared for her to risk coming to him for help.