Can I stay with you? Crepic Story

Basement

Cross climbs down the ladder with a flashlight in hand.

"Be careful. Cross, it's dark, and I haven't been down there since I first built this place." Epic admits shamefully

"That's okay, Epic. I'll be done in a couple of minutes."

Cross dissappears down into the dark it's a long climb, so when he reaches the bottom, he can't see or hear Epic anymore.

He turns the flashlight on and is met with an empty dusty room. He walks around a little and comes across a door. He tries to open it. The door is stuck, and he pushes it harder. The door snaps open, leaving dust in the air.

Cross walks through and finds the wood Epic was talking about. He goes to grab it but is interrupted by a screeching noise.

Startled, he summons a sword. Before he can defend himself, a rapid animal like creature attacks him.

Crack
'What is this creature?' Cross tries to back away, but the creature charges him. It gets an attack on him again.

The creature gets a swipe at Cross's arm.

Cross groans at the pain in his arm.
He swings his sword at the creature, and it screeches in pain and starts dusting. Before it dusts, it lands one more hit on Cross. It stabs into his left arm, holding the flashlight, and the creature tries to pull it off.

Cross grunts in pain as his arm is on the verge of snapping. He tries to deliver a final blow to the monster, and it breaks his arm off with a snap.
Cross tries not to scream in pain
"You're going to regret that." he growls

Hw slashes the creature many times. The creature is finished and turns to dust. Leaving Cross to squirm in pain from his arm hanging off.

'What was that?' He wonders as his sword disappears

Cross picks up as much wood as he can. Only having one arm makes it harder for him. He gets back to the ladder with difficulty as he is now feeling the after effect of a missing arm.

Sweat pours down his skull as he climbs up the ladder he has to leave the wood near the ladder.

"Cross, are you okay? Did you find the wood?" A voice appears from up top.

Cross doesn't answer. He gets to the top, and Epic is waiting in the same spot.

Epic helps pull him up from the ladder. Only then does he notice his arm is gone.

"Cross!, what happened to your arm?!" He sweats as he is worried for him. "Come on, let's get you patched up." Epic wraps a hand over his shoulder to lead him to the living room.

Epic lays Cross on the couch and gets some bandages and food with healing properties

'Okay, first check if he's still losing health. Stop the damage from spreading.' He looks focused
He wraps the bandage around Cross's arm several times, and then he tapes it in place for stability.

"Hey Cross, can you eat this for me?" Epic asks, holding a health cronola bar.

Cross tries to reach for it, but he gruts in pain. His adrenaline wearing off.

"That's okay. I can feed you it." Epic says nervously

Epic holds the bar against Cross's mouth.
They make eye contact as cross eats the bar with Epic holding it.

A purple blush forms at Epic's face as Cross licks his finger, leaving no crumbs on his hand.

"Y your strong Cross whatever you fought you won," He stutters, trying to forget about the image of cross licking his hand.
Epic leaves the room and returns with pain medicine and a cup of water.

"Here, take this. It will make the pain stop." He puts the pill in Cross's mouth and pours water into his mouth.

Cross swallows the pill and already feels better.

"Thank you, Epic." He shuts his eyes

"No problem, Cross. Thank you." He hears before he passes out.