There was the unrelenting hum of the monitors around him. The sound of a wheelie cart as a nurse rushed by the open door. Stork turned his head. In the nearbye bed, he could see the sleeping form of the purple merb, Axee, her friends had called her. There was a soft knock, and Stork's head whipped around towards the door.
An older nurse stood in the door way, one had on a cart, the other on her hip. She was different from the blond one he had seen earlier, the one who mentioned a room mate. The big difference was that the new nurse was a pale pink merb, and she had a rather motherly look to her.
"Well now, good morning." She said.
Stork looked back at the window. "What time is it?" he asked.
The nurse smiled "Just a little after Six in the mornin'" she said.
Stork leaned back. Even sick in the hospital, he woke up the same time as always.
The nurse wheeled the cart farther in. "Ive been telling them doctors you and your little lavendeer friend don't eat the normal stuff, I tell em' I should know, 'cause I can't stand the stuff." she said with a shrug. "But them stuffies don't listen to the rantins' of one old nurse, sorry hun." she said, putting a plate of hospital food onto a tray and putting in in front of Stork.
Stork sniffed it and sighed. "Every thing in this place tastes like cardboard." he muttered.
The nurse nodded. "The government don't care much for the quality of the food in Terra Hurban, it been so small and such. If you were at a better place you would have better food." she said.
"At least it has food."
Both the nurse and Stork looked up.
Axee was awake, watching them with a smirk.
"Well now, never seen you so perky in the mornin' Anexandra." the nurse said.
Axee flinced. "Cygnus, Please...?"
The nurse nodded. "Right, sorry darling, you and your knickname. She rolled her eyes to the sky. "Teenagers."
She then turned back to Stork and smiled. "I won't stand for formalities. Just call me Aunt Cygnus darling." she said.
Stork half smiled. "Right." he said.
Cygnus dusted off her hands and walked over to the wall. "Right then." she said, pulling a wheelchair out of the closet. "Anex..erm..Axee, Strix has called a early mornin' meeting, to kinda introduce Mr. Stork to the rest of the group.
Axee pushed the covers off and slid herself out of bed. "So much for my beauty sleep." she said, settling down in the chair.
Cygnus nodded to Stork. "Comin' hun? were gonna go meet with the others."
Stork scratched his neck. "Others?"
Cygnus pushed the wheelchair over to the door. "Why yes dear, you didn't think you and lavendeer here were the only ones in this ward, did ya?" she asked.