Finding one self ( Open)

Unfortunately Horus had noticed. He took note of it at first that she never came around to visit him in the infirmary when he was barely able to travel or move, which at first he thought the nurses were preventing it from happening but after a few weeks it seemed like they'd allow it now that some wounds had healed. Not to mention he had become a bit more mobile but still had a long healing process. When he didn't even see her around school and got word she had actually ran away it worried him that she might be hurt or maybe angry with him. His main concern was to find her but he had always been barred from doing so because of his condition but finally he had gotten a hold of Jean and asked her himself since it had been rumored she was the one going off so often to find the girl.

Finally after a long time of traveling Horus found the destination, the place where Taji might very well be hiding. Despite still being in rough shape from both spying on the Brotherhood causing his torture at the hands of Analisa and the brief fight with Sinister's henchmen it was luck that he was moving at all. His chest and sides were still bandaged on top of his left eye being covered and his shoulder bandaged and only one spot on his leg remained. Nevertheless he hobbled along, ignoring the pain as he had faced such pain before at Sinister's hands and tried to follow any scent he could, some of which had been faint. Only an hour in though he began to smell something like cooking making Horus hopeful that was Taji.

Still it took him another hour and a half to catch a fresher scent on the wind and he risked moving a bit faster despite the pain it put his body in. And flying was out of the question as they still were healing even slower than the rest of his body. After a short time of looking he saw the clearing ahead and relief washed over the draconic mutant once he saw the very person he had been looking for. "Taji!!"He called with joy and relief, moving surprisingly fast even with his injuries and gave the girl no time to react before he was embracing her.

After hugging her for a few minutes Horus finally let go, for the most part just glad he found Taji and that she was safe. It seemed she had certainly come a long way since that night he found her when she had been on the run from Sinister and his men. That was something he couldn't be more proud of in his life. "You had me worried sick Taji, I never thought you ran away until your absence became pretty clear when you didn't come visit in the infirmary. Not really suppose to be out here but I just had to know you were safe." Horus told her, gently wiping away some tears that had formed showing he wasn't angry with her only worried that something bad could had happened.

This was especially so when those men who were under the lunatic scientist's control came around. If they had captured Taji again they certainly would be seeing the wrath of a dragon full force. Nothing to the extent Taji could do but certainly close to it. Looking towards the view he seemed to relax a bit when he had been certain she truly was safe, "To be honest I got even more concerned that you might have been...captured. Some of Sinister's men came by looking to to hunt me down and found out they were after you as well so I just had to know you were safe." He said to her, knowing she must have ran away for a reason but the least he could do was tell her another primary reason he was here and that was above anything else to ensure she never faced that life of misery again.

Looking at her with an understanding glance Horus only nodded, "It's alright Taji. I never got word of that but you won't be the first person to runaway when they think they've done something terribly wrong and think there's no other way. And you won't be the last." Horus told her as he had heard such stories many a time. "But you know none of the school blames you for that nor will they simply kick you out, mean if we did that for every student who lost control there wouldn't be much need for an academy." He joked lightly, hoping he could lighten the mood. Yet, that was unlikely now.

He should have never mentioned the henchmen but he gently grabbed Taji by the shoulders, seeing she was beginning to panic. "Taji listen to me, and listen carefully. Long as I'm still breathing and have strength in my body to keep fighting Sinister will never get his hands on you ever again. And trust me he was bound to know where I was as well considering I have my face probably plastered on the news more than once in the last few months." Horus told her as he knew it would have only been a matter of time before Sinister would have tried to get them.

Relieved to see Taji calm down Horus could only smile as he let his hands fall back at his sides but he listened to her as she talked now. She certainly was already stronger, probably more than she realized and he was a bit surprised to hear the dragon she became was a separate entity altogether yet at the same time it was not unheard of. "Taji you are strong, and you've only gotten stronger since I first met you. Those small milestones are evident and that's all it takes sometimes, baby steps and taking things one step at a time. That I couldn't be more proud of." Horus told her, his tone proud of her accomplishments and this just seemed like another.

"So the dragon is her own entity, pretty interesting really. But at the same time I'm glad to hear that Taji since that can be viewed as another step forward for the both of you." Horus said with a nod before he remembered he did have something with him. Reaching back he pulled out what seemed to be folded papers, four total in the stack as he looked at the papers before looking at Taji. "There is something else Taji, something important I've been hoping to talk to you about. I know since I first found you and us becoming close you have almost been like family to me, which brought me to the decision to make things official." He stated to her as he held out the papers to her so she could look, "I want to adopt you Taji and make you part of my family, to be my daughter if you so wish."