It Takes a Hotel to Raise a Cub

Something That Can Help

TW: Mention of physcial/corporal punishment, mention of abuse, trauma, injury, outburst of anger

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Once Husk and Angel arrived at the hotel infirmary, the spider set Crymini down on one of the beds.

"Alright, lemme take a look," Vaggie said.

"Can I fix Crymini's hand?" Niffty asked eagerly. "Can I? Can I? Can I? Can I?"

"Uh... well, you can hand me the supplies I need."

"Okay!"

Niffty sped off to grab the first-aid kit while Vaggie carefully removed the glove from Crymini's paw. The cyclops quickly returned with the first-aid kit in her arms.

Vaggie got to work patching up the hyena's paw. Crymini sat there in silence. She knew that she was probably going to be in huge trouble for the stunt she pulled, but she didn't care. She was used to being punished at this point.

"Alright, I fixed it up for you," Vaggie spoke after bandaging Crymini's hand. "You've gotta quit getting yourself hurt."

Crymini rolled her eyes as she pulled her hand away.

"Gee, not even a thank you?"

"Want a sticker or a lollipop?" Niffty offered as she held up a box of colorful stickers and Dum-Dum suckers.

"No, how old do you think I am? Five?" Crymini scoffed.

"Okay, more for me! I can use them for my bug traps!"

Niffty ran off while Charlie entered the room.

"Is Crymini going to be alright?" Charlie asked.

"Yeah, she's gonna be fine. The cut wasn't deep, and the bleeding stopped," Vaggie responded.

"Crymini, why'd you sneak off like that?" Angel questioned. "We didn't know where you were. You could've gotten yourself more hurt than you already are!"

"And why would you steal alcohol from the bar?" Husk added sternly. "You know that you're not old enough to be drinking."

No response came out of Crymini's mouth. She stared at the floor as the grown-ups continued lecturing her about the dangers of what she did, about how underage drinking was dangerous, along with sneaking out of the hotel. God, this was bringing the hyena back. She felt uneasy. Her heart began to race. Her body started to tense up. She could feel herself getting angry and overwhelmed. She was sick of being bitched at.

"I get it..." Crymini grumbled.

"I'm sorry, what was that?" Husk asked.

"I said I get it!"

"Excuse me, we're not gonna have you talking to any of us like that."

"We're trying to help you get better," Angel scolded.

"You guys aren't my parents! Why should I have to fucking listen to any of you, anyway?" Crymini yelled.

The hyena got up from the infirmary bed and then stormed upstairs, not before punching a hole through the wall with her non-injured hand.

Charlie, Vaggie, Angel, and Husk stared at each other, thinking to themselves "What the hell just happened?"

"Maybe I need to go talk to Crymini," Charlie said as she started to leave, only for Vaggie to stop her.

"Why don't we just let her cool off?" Vaggie suggested. "You can't reason with someone when their temper's at an all-time high."

"But she looked so upset."