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Sadie Kane Gets Sick Chapter 3
Sadie's POV
When I woke up again, I felt like death. My entire body ached and it hurt to breathe. I had to throw up again, but I didn't think that I had anything left in my stomach to throw up. I looked around and I was relieved to see that I was back in my room. Anubis, Carter, and Walt were all in there with me. Sleeping.
I shook him to wake him up. He took one look at me and kicked everybody else out of the room. "How are you feeling Sadie?" He asked. "Honestly, I feel worse. My entire body aches, it's hard to breathe, my head is pounding, and I need to throw up again, even though I have nothing left in me to throw up? And why is it so damn cold in here?" I replied, angry. "Wait… you're cold?" he asked. "Yeah, freezing." I said. "Sadie, I think that you're burning up." He informed me. I was still really confused, and I wanted nothing more than to go back to sleep. "Okay, I am going to give you something to bring down your fever. Just go back to sleep. If you are still cold when you wake up I'll go get Jaz and figure out what to do." I did as I was told, and then I curled up beside him and went back to sleep.
Anubis' POV
When Sadie woke up again, she was delirious. She was mumbling incoherently, and I could tell that her temperature was too high, so I ran downstairs to get Jaz.
"Jaz, I need you," I said as I shook her to wake her up. She was asleep on the couch downstairs. Then I realized that it was 2:37 AM, and that Jaz was probably going to kill me later. "What… Why…?" she asked when she woke up. "It's Sadie. I think that her fever is too high." I explained. "What is it?" she asked me, going into full-on doctor mode. "I didn't check. She was delirious, and her skin felt like it was on fire. If I had to guess though, I would say at least 104.5" I replied. "Okay, go get Carter and Walt. I'll go get what I need and meet you guys in Sadie's room." I did as I was told and got the guys. They were a little mad about being woken up this early, but once I told them about Sadie, they shut up.
When we got back to Sadie's room, Jaz beckoned us over to the far side of the room, away from Sadie, who had gone back to sleep. "Sadie's temperature is too high, and we don't have time to wait for fever reducers to take effect. We are going to have to bring it down the old fashioned way." She told us. We all looked at her confused, and she rolled her eyes. "We are going to have to give her an ice bath. Anubis, I need you to go in with her to keep her in." She wasn't asking. It was an order. "Now, this is going to feel like torture on Sadie's skin. If there was anything else that I could do I would, but this is it." Then she pulled out her wand and pointed it at me. All of a sudden I was wearing a pair of swim trunks.
I went over and scooped up Sadie so that she was cradled in my arms. Then I noticed that she was already wearing a swimsuit. Jaz must have changed her before I got back with Carter and Walt. I brought Sadie into her bathroom. The bath had already been filled, so I stepped in. I sat down and I had been careful to not let Sadie touch the water until I was ready. Slowly, I lowered her into the water. Te second that she touched it she had woken up and started screaming. She was trying to claw her way out of the tub. I wrapped my arms around her and tried to think of a way to calm her down. "Shh Sadie. It's okay. I've got ya. Nothing's gonna hurt you, I promise." I whispered softly in her ear. She kept freaking out, and I kept whispering. After what felt like forever, she realized that she wasn't going to get out of the bath for a while, and calmed down somewhat. She leaned back into me and cried. It was just then that I realized how sick Sadie really was, and how much pain she must have been in. Sadie NEVER cries. Then quite a few of the other kids burst in. Sadie's body got really tense, and she was crying more, with violent sobs wracking her sick body. Carter ushered the kids out, and Sadie basically just lost control.
She released her hold on the tub and curled up into me. She cried and cried, and I did the best that I could to comfort her. Then Jaz finally said that I could take Sadie out of the bath. I scooped her up and stepped out, and Jaz changed us back into pyjamas. Then I tucked her back into bed, and laid down beside her, trying to comfort her, listening to her sobs, trying to think of what I could do to help. It just wasn't like Sadie to let down her walls like this. She curled up into me and I rubbed her back, trying to offer what little comfort I could. I knew that Sadie's illness wasn't even at it's worst yet, and that there was a possibility that she could die; and I was going to everything in my power to prevent that from happening. Then she eventually drifted to an uneasy sleep, and I decided that I would get whatever sleep I could, knowing that it was only a matter of time before the fever dreams started.