After much needed rest, chaos began to stir. He slowly opened his eyes and found himself in a small and quiet room, softly lit by one lamp near the head of his bed. He looked down at his own body to find that he was no longer wearing his own clothes but was instead wearing a hospital gown. He blushed a bit.

He softly sighed as he began to sit up. He was still quite drained. Deciding it was best to move as slowly as possible, chaos sat for a moment, letting his body get used to consciousness. How long had he been asleep anyway?

He stretched his arms up above and behind his head as he stood, feeling the cold, hard floor beneath his feet. "I wonder if I'm in the Durandal," he thought to himself. Not used to having barely anything on, he shivered and wrapped his arms around himself as he made his way to the door. Just as he was about to open it, Jr. and MOMO walked in. chaos quickly scrambled his hands to make sure his gown was wrapped completely around him.

"Hey man! You're awake. How ya feelin'?" Jr. asked as they continued to walk in despite chaos' obvious shyness. chaos backed away and made his way back to his bed. "Uh…I'm doing fine now. I…hope I didn't ruin anyone's day off," he replied sheepishly. "No! Why would helping you ruin anyone's day?" MOMO sounded offended. "Besides, we have the entire rest of the week," she smiled at him. "We just want to make sure you're okay."

"Yeah, uh…hey, we brought you some food." Jr. handed chaos a small take-out box. "You've slept the entire day away, we figured you must be starving."

"Thanks," chaos raised the box up as a sign of appreciation. He sat back in his bed and opened the box gingerly. Jr. watched in eager anticipation, as if he hadn't eaten anything all day either.

"From what I understand, this is something that isn't new, correct?" MOMO asked chaos. "Uh…" "I mean your episodes of seizures," she waited for a reply as she rocked back and forth on her heels. "Yes, you're right," he replied softly. "The last time I started losing control like this….." he shook his head as if in doubt. "Well, it's been a while." "Do you know what is causing it? It seems the medication only helps for a short while and in order to stave this illness off for a while, they have to give you quite a bit." chaos hadn't been expecting her to ask so much. "Well, I'm not sure what it is…but, I've managed to cope with it my entire life. No one, as far as I know, can help keep it away for very long. The longest I've gone without an episode is….10 years, maybe." chaos seemed to go into a daze. "You okay, chaos?" Jr. handed chaos a plastic fork from the bedside tray. "Yeah, I'm fine. I just can't shake off this exhaustion. It's not going to get any better, I'm afraid." He looked deflated. "Well, you should get to eating before I do it for ya, I'm still starving." chaos was already handing the food back over to Jr., ready to share, "I really don't eat this much, I don't mind if," they looked to the door as Captain Matthews and Hammer walked in. "Hey chaos! Good to see you're doing better!" Captain Matthews messed with chaos' hair. "Hey man!" Hammer said cheerfully, patting chaos on the leg.

The room filled with cheery conversation. By the time chaos could look over in Jr's direction, he was already halfway through chaos' food. chaos could only giggle to himself. It was a good hour before the noise of happy conversations was interrupted by a doctor and a nurse.

"Hello everyone," the doctor said as he walked in. "Wow, chaos it looks like you've got quite a few checking up on you today," he smiled down at him. "How are you feeling?" The nurse was wheeling in some equipment. chaos wrapped his arms around himself and wore a slight scowl, almost looking ashamed of himself. He didn't answer, just stared at his feet. "Hey, you okay man?" Jr. looked up from the now empty container. Once again, chaos snapped out of his daze. "Uh…yeah, I'm sorry. I'm fine. I'll be okay." He smiled weakly.

"Well, if you all will excuse us, we'll be having to run some tests and ask chaos a few questions that may be personal. We'll let you know as soon as we're done and you can have the rest of the night here with him." "Sure, no problem," Capt. Matthews replied. "C'mon kiddos! Let's give chaos some privacy and some rest." "Hey, sorry for eating your dinner chaos," Jr. scratched the back of his head sheepishly. "We'll bring you some more. It….heh, it was really good." "That's fine, Jr. Thank you," chaos replied quietly.

The group exited the room, leaving chaos alone with the doctor and the nurse. He'd been through this many times before. He didn't like it one bit and just wished he could evaporate and never have to go through this again. "Hey, chaos," the doctor looked worried for him. "I promise you'll be okay. I know you don't like this, but we really have no other choice." chaos was now hugging his knees tightly to his chest.

Before they could proceed with their checkup and tests, chaos flopped back onto his pillow and began to convulse again. The nurse hit the call button for more assistance. This night was going to be a little more difficult for all than was anticipated.