A/N: Enjoy this chapter! It's kinda fluffy, but next chapter is going to be filled with guilt and bad thoughts...so wait for that.

I put this out earlier than expected, but anyway, enjoy the story.

Disclaimer:I don't own this.

Mentor waited in the common room for the others to gather, and he only waited about 2 minutes due to everyone being worried about Mike. Everyone had the same sad, confused look on their face, like someone had run over their puppy.

"I wanted you all here," Mentor started, "because this has never happened before. I thought you all destroyed Madimot earlier this week. And how did he manage to almost defeat you? Why was Mike so injured?"

Nobody answered him, too ashamed at what had happened, knowing they could have prevented it by forcing Mike to stay at the house.

"No matter how it happened, we need to make sure it never happens again. There must be another nighlok that allows another to have one more chance, because I know that Xandred can't do it. Or it could be you didn't actually destroy him, he just made you think you did." Mentor continued.

"Is that all?" they all asked.

"Yes," he sighed, "that is all, you may go see Mike, but as far as I know, he hasn't woken up yet."

Just then, Mike came stumbling into the room, limping, and seeming very out of it.

"Heeeyyy guuyss, I was wonnderringg wheerreee yoouuu guuys had ruunnn offff to." Mike slurred. But before he could move anywhere, or someone could respond, he collapsed. He would have hit the ground if Jayden hadn't run over to catch him.

"What are we gonna do with him?" Jayden asked light heartedly.

They had brought Mike back to his room, and had put the IV drip back in his arm. They were all visibly worried about him, Emily and Mia even having a slight tremble to their already shaken forms. Even being worried about him, in this state, they couldn't help him even if they wanted to.

"We should keep him sedated until he is able to get around without stumbling…" Mentor stated. "I know it's a hard decision, but it's the best option we have so he doesn't injure himself further."

Everyone seemed downcast with the idea, but without anymore viable options, they all silently agreed, shaking their heads in approval.

It had been three days since they first sedated Mike, and they were all coming to the conclusion that they should allow him to wake up and see how he's doing.

Mentor started the conversation, "It'll take a couple hours for the sedative to wear off, but when it does, one of us needs to be in here with him so he doesn't try walking around again."

Without thinking, Emily responded with, "I'll keep first watch. You all look visibly exhausted, you guys go rest. I got this."

"Emily," Jayden started, "you need sleep more than any of us, let me take care of this." Emily gave him a look that said, 'If you don't let me do this, I will hunt you down.' "Or...you could do it, and I can go after you. Well, I'll be in the common room if you need anything." Jayden swiftly left the room.

Mia and Kevin silently giggled to themselves, knowing how Jayden must feel. But they contained themselves when Emily shot both of them a death glare. They quickly left the room and joined Jayden in the common room.

"What was that all about?" Kevin asked.

"You're a guy, you can't possibly understand." Mia responded dumbfounded.

The conversation stopped there, and they all sat in comfortable silence, reading books and practicing symbol power until Emily practically ran into the room.

"He's awake!" She yelled excitedly.

They all dropped what they were doing and followed her back to Mike's room, hopeful that he would be okay, both physically and mentally. When they walked in, Mike still looked pretty out of it, but he was awake nonetheless. It took another five minutes for Mike to be fully aware of his surroundings. His eyes finally stopped and focused on his friends standing in front of him, all smiling brightly at him. He couldn't remember what had happened, and he was wondering what they were doing in his room.

Then it all came crashing back to him, his friends telling him to stay, then pain, and then nothing. It was like there was a big blank in his memory, and no matter how hard he thought about it, he couldn't remember what happened after he left the Shiba house to fight the nighlok with them.

Mike tried to ask what happened, but all that came out was a failed attempt at talking. Emily immediately grabbed the water cup sitting on his side table and helped him drink a couple sips. She sat it down and walked back to join the rest of her friends.

"What happened? The last thing I remember is leaving the house to come help you guys against the nighlok, by past that, nothing." Mike said exasperated.

"Well, it wasn't just any nighlok...it was Madimot." Jayden started. "Unfortunately…"

"Wait, wait, wait, it-it was Ma-Madimot? I thought you al destroyed him, that's what you told me anyway." Mike interrupted.

Jayden sighed, "We thought we did, but somehow he was able to come back, and-and he still had some type of control over you...so when we went to attack him for good, you stepped in as well, and not only did we hit Madimot, but we struck you as well."

They all looked to Mike, ashamed of their actions. But Mike had a completely different look, he looked confused.

"But why do all of you look guilty? It wasn't your fault, it was mine. If hadn't come with you guys, I wouldn't be in this mess, you can't be upset at yourselves. He still had control over me, again, my fault. If anyone should feel bad, it's me, I caused you guys this pain, and I wish there was something I could do to make it up to you." Mike continued, "I feel so stupid for trying to help, even though I knew I would just get in the way. I'm so useless!"

"Mike! You're not useless! You are an amazing member of this team, you shouldn't feel ashamed, you couldn't help what you were doing, stop beating yourself up about it." Emily cried out.

"Yeah, anyways, you only did what you thought was right, don't blame yourself." Jayden replied.

That ended that conversation right then and there, and nobody said anything else about it, and one after another, after hours of hanging out, they went to their respective rooms, and said goodnight to Mike, and went their separate ways.

'It is my fault, and I'm gonna make it up to them.' Mike thought, hoping his actions in the coming days would make up for the trouble he caused the others.

A/N pt. 2: I hope this chapter wasn't too boring, next chapter will be better, promise. Either way, this chapter was still fun to write, I'm starting to like my pairing of Mike and Emily, let me know what you think.

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And as always, have a great time reading and I'll see y'all next chapter!