"Meu Deus, a minha cabeça..." moaned Rai softly, his eyes blearily opening. All he remembered was that they had been in the battle. You know, the big one that it all was bound to climax in, with all the Heylins versus all the Xiaolins. He had been fighting Chase Young, and Chase had hit him with a green jet of something from his staff, then everything was black. He abruptly sat up, grabbing his head in the process. Oww, it hurt so freaking bad –
– and he caught a glimpse of his hands. They were bigger, and much paler, and his sheets were totally white, he didn't have sheets like that, and he was starting to get freaked out, I mean really freaked out, and where was that incessant beeping coming from, and…
"Rai?" asked a voice from the doorway. Rai looked up and saw a pretty Asian nurse standing there, clutching at her clipboard. He was in a hospital, he instantly realized. What had happened to him?
"Ma'am?" asked Rai, lightly rubbing his head. "Do I know you?"
The woman only stared at him wide-eyed before fainting onto the floor.
"Ohhh, crap," said Rai, staring at her. He was used to causing women to faint (heh, heh) but not upon contact. He didn't even know this woman!
Another nurse, this one male, stepped over and poured a glass of water on her. "Heh, I've been wanting to do that for so long," he snickered. He looked up and saw Rai staring at him. "Ehhhh?!" said the male nurse, his mouth dropping open.
"Rai!" said the female nurse, getting up shakily. "You're alive!"
"Of course I'm alive," said Rai, laughing a bit. "Why wouldn't I be?"
"They were going to pull the plug tomorrow!" screeched the male nurse. There was something familiar about him, he wasn't sure if it was the eyes or the skin or the voice…
"Rai, I'm sorry, we thought you were a goner, it's been ten years," babbled the woman.
"Whoa, hey, hold up a goddammed minute!" said Rai, holding up a hand. "What do you mean, ten years?! What happened to me?! Who the hell are you people?!" he said, glaring at them, shaking all over.
"Rai…you don't recognize us?" said the woman softly. "You don't remember us?"
"Of course he doesn't," said the male nurse. "It's been ten years."
"Rai," said the woman, "You've been in a coma for ten years. Chase almost killed you."
"No," said Rai, leaning against the pillows. "No effing way."
"Yes effing way, Xiaolin Loser," said the male nurse. Rai abruptly recognized the voice and he looked up to see the male nurse grinning at him. Only then did Rai see the name tag. It said, 'Jack Spicer, Head Nurse'. Rai gaped at that, but he fainted at the sight of the woman's name tag. It read, 'Kimiko Bailey, Second In Command'.