Chapter 2 – Healing

The next time I wake up, it's morning and I hear birds chirping outside. I look around and find that I'm in a hospital room. When I raise my arms, I see that they're wrapped up tight in bandages.

"So that fire last night really did happen." I sigh, "Hopefully our parents made it out alright. I didn't have much of a chance to try to find them before I heard Ember scream." The door slides open and a nurse comes in with a clipboard in hand. "Oh. You're up. That's really good. When you and your sister were brought here last night, both of you were burned pretty badly. Luckily, they were only on the surface, so we had an easier time treating them. Your more serious wounds were taken care of. The lesser ones will heal on their own time." The nurse tells me.

"Thanks. How's Ember holding up? And what's your name?" I ask as I adjust my position so I could sit up more comfortably. "The name's Compa. And as for Ember, she's doing rather well." Compa answers. "That's good. What about our parents?" I ask.

"You two were the only ones brought here. Noire reported that she and Uni looked throughout the remains of the house after dropping you off. There were no signs of life." She responds sadly as she checks my vitals. "If it means anything, I'm sorry for you and your sister's loss." She said before giving me a quick hug and leaving the room.

A few minutes later, while I was trying to figure out what to do to keep myself occupied, two girls walked in. They kind of reminded me of how I looked in the mirror, the only real differences being the hairstyle. Before I could even ask their names, they already started introducing themselves.

"Hello. I'm Noire, CPU of Lastation." The older sister says. "And I'm Uni, CPU candidate of Lastation. Nice to meet you." The younger of the two says.

"I'm Brindle. It's nice to meet you two as well. Just wondering, where are we, exactly? This doesn't look like Lastation." I say, gesturing to the city out the window. "We're at one of Planeptune's hospitals on Neptune's recommendation. I still can't believe I agreed to it, but at least you're almost completely healed. You and Ember should be out of here by tomorrow morning." Alright." I simply say, not really sure how to continue the conversation.

"So did you two see anything on the night of the fire? We found both of you passed out on the front yard when we got there." Uni asks me. I tell them about the CPU that was flying away really fast into the distance along with a really huge dragon as well as the sight of another two CPUs flying torwards the location. "I'm guessing the latter two were you two." I assume. "Yeah. We were going there to see what was going on when we saw the light of the fire from the Basilicom." Noire responds, nodding.

After a few more questions, Noire and Uni start to leave the room. "We'll be back in the morning to pick you and Ember up, okay." Uni say as she holds the door open for a bit longer. In response, I give her a nod, upon which she nods back and closes the door to.