The two of them watched curiously when Roxie was sent flying Max prepped herself to fight again... that is until she heard her husband's voice... his real voice... she knew it was him for sure... "S-so what do we do?!" She yelped "Simple... kill him..." Roxie said tossing Max the mini scythe she had "Do it... right in the shoulder it should take him out... then you can use your powers on Sage to heal him..." Max gave a small nod and did as she was told looking at him apologetically before she thrust the blade through his shoulder "Cya never..." She growled out toward death "This half human bitch just beat your ass..." She growled.

Death snarled when Max sent the scythe threw him, and thrashed around wildly for a few moments before he seemed to have warn himself out. "You...you..." he sputtered, then his face changed and Sage himself was back. Face pinched in pain and sweat on his face, but it was him. "You're stronger than you look," he groaned before his eyes rolled back in his head and he collapsed. Well, as much as he could being pinned under Max, anyway.

"I know." Max said simply giving a smirk and twisting the scythe a little to make it more painful for Death. When his body went limp for a moment she held the scythe in until Roxie told her Death was gone before she took the blade out and started healing Sages wounds her dragon-like animal reappearing with Charlie still on its back trilling lightly. "Sage?" Max called gently looking at him "Come on babe..." She begged him.

Sage lay there limp for a few long moments while Max healed his many wounds before stirring and blinking his eyes open wearily. "Hey babe," he rasped. It was a small noise...a rather weak one, and he was definitely still hurting as Max's magic could only do so much. But he was happy....he was home, and he was him, and now their life could get back to normal. Well, as normal as possible. Charlie may still be afraid of him, being too little to understand what was happening, and there were plenty of other things that could go wrong. But right then, all he wanted was to curl up in his bed and rest, with his family nearby. It was late...and he could use some cuddles of reassurance from Max right about now, for sure.

Max watched him carefully when he blinked his eyes open relief flooding her when she recognized the love in his eyes planting a kiss on his forehead "Oh my God Sage..." She said hugging him tightly. Charlie slid off the dragons wings "D-dada?" Charlie asked hesitantly coming over to her father.

Sage hummed in response to Max, hugging her back tightly, burying his face in her shoulder, still shaking slightly. Whether it was from panic, or exhaustion, or something else, he was just completely wiped out. He raised his head when he heard Charlie's voice and looked over at her, a pang of guilt hitting his chest. He'd scared his daughter...even if death was controlling his body, it was still him. "Hey sweetheart," he murmured, holding his arms out. "Come here," he said, hoping she would.

Max kissed his forehead gently before turning to Charlie "Yeah its daddy sweetheart..." She told her daughter wrapping an arm around her the little girl getting a good look at her father before she lept into his arms in a big hug snuggling into his shoulder.

Sage felt his chest tighten when Charlie heasitated, then felt his shoulders sag with relief when the little girl recognized him and lept into his arms. He wrapped his arms around her tightly, putting one hand on the back of her head after a moment. He looked up at Roxie, his expression telling her more thanks than words could. She nodded and smiled before dissapearing. "You two alright," he asked after another moment, looking up at Max, who was really still just holding him. Not that he minded...he was still pretty sore, and exhausted, and he needed her. When they confirmed they were both fine, he sighed with relief and sort of just sagged into Max, already falling asleep despite his tense muscles.

Roxie left the family alone as the three of them cuddled close to one another. The two of them nodded and just sat there for a bit hugging him tightly "We're fine." She assured him before the three of them got situated again and went to bed. The next morning she had a big breakfast for Sage, Charlie and herself spread out on the kitchen table (Though a decent chunk of it was to satisfy some cravings...) she'd even gone and done some hunting despite her somewhat cumbersome middle it was a little more difficult to get around in the dense forest like this but she'd done it many times while he was gone so she just did her best.

Sage was more than happy to go to bed and curl up with Max. Luckily, no nightmares came to haunt his mind since he was so tired and in such a deep sleep. He slept in quite late, and was delighted to see a large breakfast on the table....he was absolutely starving! He waddled over to a chair and slid into it, chirping a good morning to his family before shoving food into his mouth. He ate enough to satisfy him, and then threw Max a look. "I'm hunting from now on," he noted, though in a fond manner more than anything else. He just didn't want her or the baby hurt. He just kept eating after that until he was full, and then sat back with a content sigh.