As they were all waiting, a nurse approached them to notify them that Kire had woken up, and was ready to recieve them. A flash of relief crossed Jade's face, and she promptly got on her feet to follow the nurse. The teacher and the two students followed her lead, before entering a single-bed hospital room.

Daniel hated hospitals. Mostly their smell. He always felt queasy in those large sanitized hallway, and medicine-smelling rooms. They always felt likde desperation, as if a hundred lost souls were roaming around. He shrugged those thought off as he went to see his student.

At the moment Jade entered the room, she zoomed to Kire's side, hugging her, before letting go fast. "Ah ! sorry !" she said, blushing lightly. Maybe she was still too ill to be hugged. She then adde, her eyes full of worries : "Are you feeling better ?"

For some reason, Daniel felt even more queasy upon entering Kire's room. He couldn't shrug off the dark thoughts from before, and distinctly felt as if something was off, although having no idea what. This worried him.

Vozhak lumbered into the room getting a weird stair from Kire's mom, but he didnt notice. He was more concerned about Kire, she looked like a train wreck with her hair a mess, dark circles under her eyes, and a simi unconcious glaze over her eyes. She had something different about her but he couldn't figure it out; maybe it was the atmosphere around her. He had noticed that her eyes werent as green as they once were, they were a little greyish; he brushed it off as lighting.

Kire made a weak attempt to smile at Jade before lazily saying, "Yeah I'm fine, just a little tired." Her voice was a little lower and raspy. She looked up at Vozhak then remembered him catching her at the stairs. "Thanks for catching me earlier." Vozhak nodded as her mom gasped, "You fell? Did you hit your head? Do you have a concussion? Is that why you passed out?" Vozhak was startled by her mom's quick chattering, he was used to his mother's slow and calm voice. "No, I don't think she hit head, you might need to check shoulder for torn tissue, yes." Vozhak said thinking back to how roughly he had snatched Kire's arm. Both Kire's parents jumped at Vozhak's voice and started to judge the boy by his size, accent, and deep voice. "What are your names?" Kire's father questioned the trio but was more interested in Vozhak.

Daniel raised an eyebrow at the father's question. He sounded suspicious of something. Looked like he was quick to judge, he thought turning to look at both parents, who were doing their best not to stare at Vozhak while he was watching. They were not really the most subtle people in the world, but, it was easily forgivable due to the current situation.

Vozhak answered first : "Vozhak Hobbs" he said, his voice echoing in the small room. Jade stepped by his side adding "Jade Merryl, we're Kire's friends" To this, Daniel added : "Daniel Lanton, I'm your daughter's physics and chemistry teacher"

Kire's father nodded at Mr. Lanton, "It's nice to know that she has a teacher that cares," he turned to Vozhak and Jade, "nice to meet you two." Vozhak nodded and seemed unaware of the adult's judgment. Kire's mother shook hands with Mr. Lanton, "Jhoney Erdas, Kire's mom." Her father followed suit, "Fred Erdas." As he leaned over he couldn't help but stair at the huge scar on Vozhak's face, "Uh, how'd you get that?" Fred asked while pointing at Vozhak's scar. "Dad!" Kire squeaked in embarassment, "I'm sorry, Vozhak." Vozhak shook his head while laughing a bit, "No it fine. It stupid how I got it; I was young and trying to show a friend how high I could throw machete and catch it," he stopped for a moment before continuing, "well, look how that turn out."

Kire was expecting an abuse story but was relieved that Vozhak found what had happened humorus. Her parents nodded as Vozhak spoke. "And they had to remove your eye?" Her father asked Vozhak still curious about his scar. "Yes, it was too damaged to salvage. They put steel ring that expands as skull grows in socket and sew eye lid shut." Vozhak explained while making small motions with his hand to accentuate "steel ring" and "sew eye lid shut". Just as Vozhak finished a nurse came in to fetch her parents to explain what they think happened to them and left Vozhak, Jade, and Mr. Lanton alone in the room with Kire.

As soon as they were alone, Daniel got up and looked at Kire. He sighed, a worried look on his face, and paused before asking : "Did anything happen ?". He couldn't shake the feeling that something was afoot.

Jade was still distraught, and she stared at Kire and Mr Lanton one after another. There was worry in his voice, but also something else. She understood that there was another meaning to his question that her mere health. She suddenly grew more nervous.

Kire shook her head, "No, nothing happened." She didn't want to risk telling Mr. Lanton that she had mixed her powers with that thing, or did she? Maybe it was a dream; still she wasn't telling anybody any time soon. She saw the look on Jade's face then asked, "Is something wrong, Jade?"

Vozhak knelt down after a moment, his legs still burned from running to his mom's car. He took note of the suspicious tone in Mr. Lanton's voice. He was a bit confused by it, she couldn't have done anything wrong while she was sleeping. Vozhak begain to doubt Mr. Lanton's credibility.

Jade was flustered at Kire's inquiry. She shook her hands, saying "Ah ! Errr... nothing ! nothing... I'm still worried, Kire" She looked down and then added : *Please... don't use your ability anymore.... I was scared you'd die."


Daniel sighed, he wasn't sure of anything. However, he felt he should share it with the childrens. "Well, Kire, you should be careful. I can't tell what, but something feels... off. It's just a vague feeling, but... you should all watch your back, and be mindful of your abilities. And Kire, please, don't use yours anymore... You my die, next time."

Fear gripped KIre as she was told twice that she could die, but what scared her most was Mr. Lanton's intuition. Vozhak didn't say much but he did nod when the others were talking to her. Kire desprately wanted out of the hot seat and was thankful when her parents came back in to the room. "Well, they are going to keep you over night to watch you." Her father said as he sat back down in the chair next to Kire.

Vozhak quickly looked at the time, 1839, "I have to go, mom need help with dinner tonight." He said as he pulled out a piece of paper the tore it in half and wrote his number on both then handed one to KIre then the other to Jade, "That's my number, text or call if you want or need to." He laughed nervously then left the room after saying goodbye.

sorry, I forgot that I had not answered... I know, that's stupid...


Jade took Vozhak's paper, making a mental note to send him a message later so that he would get her number. Then, she realized she had to cycle her way back to her own house, which wasn't exactly really close. She stayed a little, but told Kire she had to go. She scribbled her own number on the back of the paper Vozhak gave to Kire, and left.

Daniel stayed behind after the two other left. He was still worried, and he knew visiting hours were ending at 19:00. Before leaving, he asked one last time "Are you sure nothing happened ? Even something insignificant ?"

(( That;s totally alright ^^ My house is having a bit of drama going on so i might not reply as fast as i used to -.- ))

Kire took a moment before saying, "Yes I'm sure nothing happened; just a weird dream about talking sheep." She made the lie up on the spot and incorperated whatever came to her mind quickest. Her dad stood up then said his goodbye before leaving his wife and daughter in the room together.

Vozhak called his mom as he walked out of the hospital and got slightly turned around. After a nurse directed him to the exit, he husteled out into the parking lot where his mom waited. Instead of jumping in and getting threatened with mace, Vozhak knocked on the glass to get his mother's attention. His mom looked up from her book then turned to see Vozhak's face pressed to the glass. "Let me iiinnn," Vozhak said comically as he drug his face down on the glass to make a piggy nose. His mother laughed then reached accrost the passenger side seat and unlocked the door for her son. Vozhak smiled as he climbed into the car. As his mother drove off she asked, "So, how was it?" Vozhak took a little while before saying, "She woke up, but she's being held overnight." His mother made a noise of acknowledgement as she drove down the road, "Well, I'm glad she's alright."