"Son, would you care to explain this?" Randor straightened his tunic and strode inside, unheedful of Man-At-Arms and Teela's urgings not to endanger himself. Cringer hid under the bedclothes while the naked redhead hid in the closet.
Adam knew 'that tone' and wisely snapped to at least semi wakefullness. That didn't exactly mean he snapped to military attention, more like he stood up in his pajamas and scratched his head. "Explain what, Dad?"
"Sire, I really don't think we should have this discussion here-"
"We're find now, Duncan, the assailant seems to be incapacitated." Randor glanced over at the quivering backside of the shivering girl huddled in the darkened recesses of Adam's open closet. "Put her in the dungeon for now until she calms down."
Man-At-Arms helped Teela to her feet and disengaged his face armor. "Understood. Teela? Think you can handle that?"
"Yeah, fine." She smoothed out her nightgown and tucked her serpent staff back into the waistband of her undershorts. Crossing over to the catatonic redhead, she hauled her up by the arm, wrapped her in one of the sheets, and led her outside. Randor, Duncan, and Adam watched the redheaded pair disappear around the corner. Then the shouting began.
"What were you thinking, Adam? Were you thinking?" Randor threw up his hands in frustration.
"What d'you mean?" Adam, still groggy, didn't understand what the bid deal was, so he'd slept in - what else was new? Due to his late awakening, Adam had completely missed seeing Ranma's fight with Teela, in fact, by the time he'd rolled out of the blanket on the floor Ranma'd already hidden in the closet. The only glimpse he'd gotten of her was her pert backside as Teela led her away only moments before.
"Do you understand the ramifications of what you've done, Adam?" Duncan's armor deflated and he pulled off his helmet. "The nation of Ezara has been in a constant state of aggression with Eternos for hundreds of years, bringing or buying one of their nationals as a bed-slave is-"
"What is the name of the Ancients were you doing in Ezara, Adam!? Do you know what Emperor Shalah D'Gara would've done if he'd captured you?" Randor's fists shook at his sides. Duncan quickly realized he'd made a big problem even worse with his unfortunate slip-of-the-tongue.
"Jeez, Dad, I was-"
"He was accompanying He-Man in a border dispute between Ezara and Tomaluk last night," Duncan smoothly interrupted. "I didn't inform you because there wasn't enough time, sire."
"Bed-slave? What're you guys talking about?"
"Don't make excuses for him Duncan! He's old enough to understand the consequences of his actions, no matter how foolhardy they may be!"
"Hello? Dad? Man-At-Arms?"
"I wasn't making an excuse, Randor, I was just trying to-"
"WOULD SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON ALREADY!?!?"
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