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Learning to Breathe

Chapter Two: A Not so Easy Recovery

Andi felt the chill in the air before she was fully awake. Since the Dreadnok's base was never this cold, she figured that she had been taken to the medical bay. The blinding light that hit her eyes was the other indication. But aside from the great white glare and the cold, the entirity of her base seemed to be in the room. "What happened?" She asked.

"You're alive!" Kristen squealed before pouncing on her.

"Hey!" Andi shouted.

"Sorry." The vamp grinned sheepishly.

"You had an attack." Zartan said.

"How is that possible?" Andi groaned. "I thought that stuff treated the attacks not started them."

"Apparently the tests on the rats failed to account for some human problems." Zartan said.

"So they screwed up." Andi raised an eyebrow.

"That's how we understood it." Bryan shrugged.

"Hey!" Mitch exclaimed. "You remembered us."

"You're not that easy to forget." Zanya quipped.

"The last thing I remember was getting sick on base, and then falling on the floor." Andi said.

"You had a seizure." Zarana said. "We found you on the bathroom floor."

"And now what?" Andi asked. "They putting me on those other pills?"

"Actually, no." Zartan said. "One of the doctors unearthed your medical file and discovered that you were allergic. Of course, that leaves the option you shot down the first day."

"Shit." Andi grumbled.

"I'm still not going to give you a shot in the ass." Kristen commented.

"What shot?" Neal asked. "I thought that you only had two treatments."

"That's because number three sucks." Andi commented.

"For the umpteenth time, you are not getting shot in the ass." Zartan groaned. "It can be given in the arm."

"Three to four days a week?" Andi asked. "Yeah, like that's gonna happen on the same arm."

"It's not a huge shot." Zartan sighed, massaging the bridge of his nose as he spoke. "It won't go down into the bone, just far enough to get the medication into your system."

"I don't do needles." Andi growled.

"Too bad, you'll just have to learn." Zartan retorted. "This is not the best part of my week by any means, but it is our only option."

"Do I have to?" Andi asked.

"Unless you prefer spending your life in the medical bay." Zartan said. "What will it be, kid."

Andi thought long and hard before answering the question. "Fine. I'll take the muscle shot."

"So, that will make her better?" Bryan asked.

"Let's hope so." Zartan sighed. "I'm not going to put up with this all month."

I heard that. Regan "said" back.

What have I told you about eavesdropping? He asked.

Don't do it. Regan answered.

Good. Now go away. He told her. She mumbled something as she left his head, and then was silent. That is it, I'm putting in for some telepathy blockers tomorrow.