Kara
“Your stance is wrong,” The boy's father stated, using his cane to move his son’s legs a bit to the side.
The room they were in was dimly lit with a punching bag in front of him. They had been training for hours and at this point Kara had grown sick of it.
“Everything is wrong with you dad,” Kara sighed giving his father a slight glare.
“You should know how to wield a knife by now Kara.”
“I’m not the best at it.”
“You’ve been working with your mother since you were 11 how are you not good at this?” Kaz snapped
Kara stifled a growl and adjusted his stance for the tenth time.
“Is this better?” He snapped
“Almost.” His dad mumbled using his cane to raise Kara’s elbow slightly.
“Why do I even have to work on this? It’s not like you ever let me outside anyway.”
“It’s better for you to be prepared even if I won’t let you outside.”
“Dad there’s no point-”
“Sorry remind me who the father is here.”
“You but-”
“No buts. I’m your father and I know what’s best for you.”
“Dad-”
“Stop complaining and just do it kara it isn’t that hard. Now try it again.” Kaz snapped at him.
“Why do I need to have a certain position to wield a knife isn’t this good enough?” Kara asked getting increasingly annoyed with his father
“You know exactly why you have to now try again so we can move on,” Kaz said back becoming very impatient with his son
“Can’t we just move on from this already? Can’t we work on it again in a bit? I’m tired of doing this for an hour.” Kara complained again
“Not until you get it right this is important to learn kara,” Kaz stated gently tapping him on the back with his cane
“Please dad can’t we just move on? I don’t want to do the same thing over and over again. Maybe I could get better if you would let me take a break from this and move on.”
Kaz let out an exasperated sigh as he rubbed his temples.
“Kids these days. You're all so lazy,” he grumbled
“I’m not lazy, I'm just sick of doing the same thing and having to restart every time I get it wrong.”
“Fine. Let’s switch to guns.” Kaz grumbled handing one to him.
“Or you could go back to what the next step you were going to do.”
“I can’t do that until you learn how to stand right.” Kaz snapped at him, flicking his forehead.
“But if we go to guns it will be very similar to what we're doing already. And that is what I’m trying to get a break from. And can you please stop flicking me?!”
“What have I told you about raising your voice young man?” Kaz asked, his voice becoming low
“Well I‘m getting annoyed and it doesn’t help when you keep flicking me.”
“You're annoyed?! I have an idiot for a son! You're not even holding your gun correctly!” Kaz growled
“I’m done here all you do is keep yelling at me for trying my hardest.” He says as he puts his supplies away then starts to walk away.
“Kara get back here right now!”
“No, I’m not going to stay here and learn if you keep yelling at me.”
“I wouldn't have to yell at you if you listened to me! Now get the fuck back here and pick up that gun.” Kaz growled finally reaching his limits with his son.
“I am trying to listen to you dad can't you understand that?! I’m trying but you’re just yelling at me!” Kara snapped
“You know what Kara? Get out of my sight. Go to your room and you’re not having dinner tonight.” Kaz snapped
“But dad-” Kara tried to protest only to be shut up by a swift hit in the head by Kaz's cane.
“Do not talk back to me you little brat! Now go!” Kaz yelled
Kara’s head throbbed as he struggled to get to his feet. The hit had seemed to make everything fuzzy and he lost balance as soon as he stood up, sending him falling straight to the ground. The dark-haired boy clutched his head, letting out a soft groan as the throbbing pain got worse.
Kaz seemed to have realized what he had done as he immediately dropped his cane and got to eye level with him.
“Oh, saints Kara I'm so sorry!” Kaz exclaimed, gently pulling him to his feet
“You should learn how to control your temper,” Kara growled through gritted teeth
“I know Kara, I know.” Kaz mumbled softly “How much pain are you in kid?”
“My head is throbbing thanks to you and your stupid raven cane.”
“It’s a crow-”
“My head hurts too much to care,” Kara grumbled focusing his gaze on the ground
Kaz managed to lead him as far as the door bef/ore he collapsed under their collective weight.
“Shit! Dad are you ok?” Kara exclaimed, dropping to his father’s side
“Yeah… Yeah, I’m fine, kid, don't worry. My leg’s just been bad today.” Kaz told him
“Is your cane still in the other room? I can go get it for you if you want.” Kara offered already getting to his feet to grab it
“No, I’m fine. Now come on let’s get you to your mother for your head.” Kaz said trying to struggle to his feet only to fall to the ground again
“I’ll be quick, dad, I promise.” Kara told him
As he tried to stand the world started to spin and he was forced to sit back down
There was suddenly footsteps heard as Inej appeared and said “is everything alright in here- oh saints what happened here?”
Kara managed to glance up at her, blood dripping from his head.
“Father apparently doesn’t know his own strength.”
“What is that supposed to mean?”
“He got frustrated with me and hit me in the head with his cane.”
“Kaz! Why would you do that to the poor kid?!”
“It was an accident, Inej. I never meant to harm him.” Kaz snapped
“You still did it kaz!” She exclaimed kneeling down to hug her son
“I know that inej. Is he ok?” Kaz asked eying Kara, who looked about ready to pass out.
“How am I supposed to know I haven't got a good look at him and it’s not like I’m a professional with head injuries!” Inej exclaimed exasperated with her husband’s idiocy.
“Well take a look at him!”
“You think I’m going to know if it's fatel?!” She yelled causing Kara to wince
“Take him to nina!” he yelled back
“You know she’s not the best idea because she can’t do the things she can normally do. She told me she can’t feel anyones heartbeats or mess with them to slip people into a coma. She controls the dead now. And I saw it with my own eyes we need someone else.” Inej said while working on compressing Kara’s head wound.
“Alright then find another doctor!”
”I’m working on it Kaz now stop yelling at me! We wouldn’t be dealing with this if you could control your temper!”
“Mom dad quit fighting.” Kara said
“I’m sorry kiddo It’s just stressful at the moment. Kaz be nice to the kids while I’m gone or you're grounded.”
“I’m your husband you can’t ground me-” kaz stated before being quickly shut down