The sound of rapid murmuring caused me to blink my eyes open. Squinting, I was able to make out about five figures; of those four, one was a blue-haired male, clad with armor and a long cape. He was the first to see me regain my consciousness, and he shook the blonde that bore a green tunic next to him. They both raised their voices from the little whisper I had been welcomed with and it caused me to flinch with pain. Almost immediately, the Hyrulian Princess, Zelda, who had been one of the people I'd spotted, scowled at them and told them to shut up. Before them stood someone I wasn't familiar with, a grown man in a doctor's uniform.
I finally managed to open my eyes completely, and everything grew clear. I raised my hand and examined my arm, taking note of all the lacerations I've managed to accumulate.
Every muscle in my body ached with bitter pain.
"Sir Greil, how are you feeling?" The doctor spoke rather softly, and he smiled down at my crippled state.
All I could give him in return was a grunt, and I tried to sit up. However, Marth gently forced me to lie back down. "Don't be ridiculous, you're in no state to move."
"Hm, yeah, I guess so," I turned my head toward Zelda and nodded in acknowledgement, "Are you alright, Zel?"
"Don't worry about me, Ike."
I sighed and looked back at the group surveying my bed and blinked before closing my eyes.
And that's when it hit me.
I immediately snapped my eyes open and glared right at them.
Link took a slight step back, "What? What's wrong?"
"Where is she?"
Silence.
"Where is Samus?"
They remained silent.
"Where the fuck is the bounty hunter," I ripped one of the needles that sat in my vein connected to a clear tube out of my flesh and stood, turning on the doctor. A surge of unbearable pain flashed through my body, but I was too numb to do anything about it. "Where the fuck is Samus?"
The man in white backed away and raised his hands, "Sir, you are in no state to move, get back in that bed before I call for backup!"
Marth and Link grabbed my arms, pulling at me but unable to move me anywhere. Link spoke, attempting as much as he could to get me to sit down, "Lay down, I'll get you some supper, okay? Just sit and breathe and I'll bring up some warm food-"
"Bring me to Samus or I swear, I will tear down this fucking building."
"Ike, please, listen to me, okay? You're-"
Link attempted to speak, but before being able to finish his sentence, he was cut off by a sharp yell from Zelda, who stood erect and narrowed her icy blue eyes. She took a step forward, "Let go of Ike."
They did.
"He wants to see Miss Aran? Then I shall take him to see Miss Aran." There was a pang of sadness etched throughout her demanding statement and it made my stomach churn.
"Yes, Princess," Marth hung his head and stepped aside, and that was when Zelda delicately intertwined her arm with mine and walked me out of the door.
We were in the infirmary of the Mansion, so there were a lot of separate rooms and nurses I have never seen before. The floor and walls were marble and spotless. Everything seemed so immaculate.
My heart raced as we turned the corner and headed down the hall. Zelda hadn't spoken as she led me, and I secretly wished she'd move faster. Finally, at the end of the hall we stopped at a closed door with a curtain over its window. A nurse sat next to the door and, upon seeing the Princess, allowed us entry.
The interior was dark; no light shined beside the bright monitor screen next to the bed. All I could hear was the rhythmic beeping of the device. There was a thin curtain separating us from her, but we were easily able to move it out of the way. I stared down at the body, the body of the woman who had protected me, who now lay practically lifeless before me.
Her golden locks fell at her sides and ruffled around her shoulders. She had an oxygen mask placed over her mouth and tubes connected to both arms. There were bags of fluid hanging overhead. Her finger was pricked and she was hung up to the machine.
She looked so serene, so peaceful.
She saved me but I didn't save her, and now here she is, broken and hurt.
The thoughts started rushing through my head, and for the first time since my father had died, a trickle rolled down my cheek, the tear landing on her arm.
Zelda had backed away into the dark corner of the room and left me alone as I started to sob, my body shaking my cruelly and causing my bones to ache. It had lasted for a few moments, but it felt like a few years.
"Zelda, what's wrong with her?"
Now she wasn't answering me.
"Zelda, what is wrong with Samus?"
She stepped forward, her chin still held high. She was trying unbearably hard not to show any emotion; after all, Samus had been like an older sibling for her.
"Tell me. Right now."
Zelda stared at the body, and with a deep breath, she finally spoke to me, "Samus is in a coma."
My ears began to ring.
"The impact her body received from Mastercore knocked it all out of her. Ike, I can sense it. I am so sorry, but I sense her soul is out, but her body lingers; her shell."
"Shut up, Princess."
The words hurt her; she flinched away from me. "It isn't likely she'll wake up, I'm so sorry, Ike."
"You don't know shit, do you?"
She didn't speak to me, she didn't look at me.
Her eyes shot right through me, and a single tear dropped from her eye and rolled down her porcelain cheek.
"Get out."
The princess now raised her eyes to look up at me, and she extended her palm out toward me, to which I threw back at her. "No, get out of my sight."
She left, she left and closed the door behind her.
She left me alone with Samus.
Everything felt so numb.
R&R! Will continue if I get some B)?
Lol at the Linkin Park cameos woo
-xJay