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It was a dark and wet night when Blitz Buckzo’s life changed. He’d once again gotten into an argument with his current girlfriend, Verosika Mayday, and needed some air. It was as he was passing an alley that a whimpering caught his attention. Now normally, he wouldn’t give two shits, but something about this whimpering seemed different. Placing a hand on his gun, he moved forward.
He silently made his way down the alley as he didn’t want to let whoever it was know he was coming. Before long, he found the source but it wasn’t what he had been expecting. Hidden inside of a dirty cardboard box was a child that looked no more than four-years-old. Big green frightened eyes looked up at him and something in Blitz broke. “Hey kiddo, what are you doing out here in the rain?”
He kept his voice soft so as not to frighten the kid anymore then he already was. Sniffing the air slightly, Blitz could pick up the metallic smell of blood and realized it was coming from the kid. “If you’re hurt, I can help fix it but ya need to come with me.” He wasn’t a hundred percent sure this would work, seeing as he was some random creepy imp wondering around at night.
The kid seemed to slowly calm down, looking at Blitz from top to bottom. He seemed to find something he liked, because he slowly reached a hand out. The imp gently took it and slowly helped the kid out of the box. Blitz still couldn’t make out much of the kid’s features, but to the imp he looked more human than he should. As he was still kneeling down, Blitz could see that the kid wasn’t wearing any shoes and a shirt that was several sizes too big. “Is it ok if I carry you? Don’t want’cha steppin on anything bad.”
Once more, the kid stared at him as if judging his soul, before slowly nodding. Being mindful of any possible injures, Blitz carefully carried the kid home. Thankfully, Verosika wasn’t there so he didn’t have to deal with her screaming at him about the kid. “Alright bud, let’s get ya cleaned up and then treat your boo-boos.” Blitz blinked stupidly for a second, as his inner dad came out. It always happened when he was left alone with kids for any period of time.
The kid tensed up as they got closer to the bathroom, something Blitz noticed right away. Digging under the bathroom sink, he found what he was looking for. “Here, why don’t ya hold on ta him while we get you cleaned up?” The kid looked from the blue pony to Blitz and then back again. Seeing no need to rush the clearly abused kid, Blitz patiently waited. After a couple of minutes, he hesitantly took the toy and stared at it, curiosity shining bright in his eyes.
Chuckling softly, Blitz slowly turned the water on and filled the tub just enough to reach the middle of the kid stomach. “Ok bud, bath time.” Still seeing how tense the poor kid was, Blitz stuck his hand in. “See, it’s safe and warm. Do you need help takin your shirt off?” The kid stared at him skeptically, but did nod. Once more, being mindful of any injures, Blitz carefully took the kids shirt off and had to bite down his anger. Cuts, burns, bruises, and welts littered the poor kids’ body, some of the cuts were still sluggishly bleeding.
Yeah, even if he did find out who the kid’s parents were, Blitz wasn’t giving him back. Honestly, there was something about the kid that the imp couldn’t place. He really wasn’t sure if he’d be able to give him up to anyone at this point. Shaking his head, Blitz grinned at the kid. “So, bud, do you think you can tell me your name?” Fear appeared once more in the kid’s eyes but so did something else. He opened and closed his mouth a couple of times, most likely afraid of being punished for speaking. But he did eventually get there. “Teacher says it’z Hadrian… but everyone else says Freak or Boy.”
If it wasn’t for Blitz’s good hearing, he might have missed the last part. Yup, whoever the kid’s previous guardians were, were going to die. “Well Hadrian, my name is Blitz the ‘O’ is silent.” He added with a playful wink which caused the kid to giggle softly. “Ok, bath time!” Blitz cheered happily as he gently tickled Hadrian’s sided making him laugh again.
It took two changes of water before Blitz was satisfied. Hadrian thankfully seemed to calm down more throughout the process once he realized that Blitz wasn’t going to hurt him. “Ok, time to treat those boo-boos. This might sting a little, but we need to get ‘em clean so ya don’t get sick, ok?” Hadrian nodded slowly, seemingly trying to fight off sleep. It didn’t take long to patch the kid up, but now came the trick of getting him dressed. Luckily, some of his boxers shrank the other day in the drier, so they would work for now and then Hadrian could just wear one of his shirts.
The poor kid was still trying not to fall asleep, which Blitz found cute. Thankfully, Verosika wasn’t going to be back anytime soon, so Hadrian could just share the bed with him. “Night kiddo.” Hadrian snuggled up to him and Blitz couldn’t fight off the purr that was building up as he too fell asleep.