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Colder Than Ice
Chapter 4
"That's odd," Adryan places her finger on her chin.
"Usually, Barbra is pretty good at getting the corpses out," Terry motions to the door with his eyes.
"Oh? You know the Commish?" Adryan shook her head to signal that no one was out in the hall. Terry places Selina's luggage and stuff in the hall, "Terry, do you think they bugged the place?"
"Let me check," Terry frowns as he opens up what looks like a pocket computer. "No."
"Well, I think the Ninjas may be the reason the coroners are late," Adryan grimaces.
"It's possible, but in that case, we'd best get your stuff and head back," Terry furrows his brow.
"ADY!" Selina shrieks running and jumping on her sister. Mr. Wayne chuckles from his bed in amusement. "Where did you go? You were gone for so long!"
"Sea," Adryan smiles softly at her sister. "Well… I went to find someone."
"Who? Who, Ady?" Selina tugs at Adryan's hair excitedly.
"Well… were you good for Mr. Wayne?" Adryan looks sternly at her sister, but when her sister nods happily, Adryan grins. "Why don't you go sit by Mr. Wayne and close your eyes. Terry and I'll go get them. No peeking and Mr. Wayne will be watching you."
"AWE!" Selina pouts, but she complies with her sister's wishes.
Adryan leaves the room for a moment and comes in with a large, round, furry ball, "Open your eyes, sis."
"YAM!" Selina shrieks happily and races for her cat.
Terry yelps out in the hall, "Damn cat!"
"Strife," Adryan sighs as her cat races in the door and jumps into her arms. "Now, what have you been up to you, neko no baka?"
"Your cat scratched and bit me," Terry glares at the cat in Adryan's arms.
"Strife, apologize now!" Adryan glares at her cat. Strife gives her a 'Do I have to?' look. "I'm waiting, Strife," Terry is surprised when Strife mews pitifully, jumps out of Adryan's arms, and purrs at his feet.
"You have cats," Mr. Wayne chuckles.
"Selina, I put you in charge of Yam and Strife. I'm going to clean up the mess Strife made of Terry."
"Aye, aye! Sir!" Selina mock salutes.
"Ha, ha," Adryan shakes her head at her sister. Mr. Wayne lets out a choking cough, "Do you have pneumonia?"
"Yes," Mr. Wayne gasps out.
"Selina, make sure he tries not to talk. I'll go see if he has any Gatorade and make him some soup while I'm at it. Don't talk too loudly either," Adryan orders her sister.
"Hai!" Selina nods, and watches as her sister drags Terry out of the room.
"Hey!" Terry tries to get out of Adryan's grip.
"Those scratches and bites need to be cleaned," Adryan drags him into a bathroom and finds the first aide kit. Grabbing a washcloth, "Terry, did he get through your shirt?"
"It's nothing I can't handle," Terry frowns at Adryan.
"Terry, he only has hind claws. Do you know where those claws have been?" Adryan gives him a look.
"Yes, he got me through my shirt," Terry sighs and removes his shirt. He watches and winces as Adryan cleans the scratches. "So, how did you know Mr. Wayne had pneumonia?"
"I've had it," Adryan replies and grins happily at her work.
"So, you know what I should do for him?" Terry frowns as he puts his shirt back on.
"Terry, he's going to want to be waited on, but not be bugged every five minutes. He will not enjoy being fussed over and loud noises may upset him. You might want to get him a computer or TV up there. Don't forget a good book or ten…" Terry stares at her in disbelief. "Terry, it's to keep his mind off of it."
"To keep his mind off of what?"
"Let me put it this way, when I had it, I wanted to die," Adryan scowls at the ground. "He's older, and older people don't always survive this. The disease itself makes you more susceptible to get it again, as well as others."
"Why did you want to…"
"I couldn't cough or breathe without hurting inside and my ears ached from the sounds. I felt like I was dieing. I almost convinced myself that I was, but I knew that if I hurt this much that I wasn't headed that way. I'm sure at times I was delirious."
Terry froze, "…"
"So, where's the kitchen?" Adryan asks with false cheerfulness.
Japanese terms used:
Hai Yes
neko no baka idiotic cat
