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Cole P.O.V

He's okay. He's fine. He's been through worse. He'll be fine.

I couldn't get these thoughts out of my head. They plagued me. They laughed and jeered and made fun of my weak state of mind.

He's a robot. Robots can't die. Zane won't die. He'll pull through.

I cursed myself for my idiotic thoughts. How could I be so sure that he'd be okay? He'd been poisoned. Poisoned! And here I was thinking he'd be okay?! How could I be so foolish?!

Don't worry. He's fine. He's Zane. He's okay.

He won't! He'll die! He's not going to wake up!

He's okay... Don't worry he's okay.

And then I had the feeling I was being watched.

I stood guard beside the hospital bed, glaring at random things in the darkness. And then I heard the tiny voice we'd all missed so much.

"ColE?"

His voice was quiet. It glitched as he spoke, making understanding what he said near impossible. But it was there.

Zane was there.

"WHere aM I?" He asked. I glanced down at him in relief. "Zane! You're okay! Thank the first spinjitsu master!" His eyes were dull and barely shone through the dark, quite contrary to the icy, electric blue eyes I was used do. His skin was still paler than usual, having a ghost-like appearance. But he was alive. Awake. And to Cole, that was all he wanted. "You're in the hospital. The mission didn't go as planned."

"dID wE Not ACompLisH oUr ObjeCTive?" His eyebrows furrowed slightly.

"Well yeah, but-"

"As LonG aS tHe MISSion WaS CompLETed, My COndiTIOn DoeS nOT MaTTEr."

I stared at him in absolute shock. Is this what he thought? Did he think that his health didn't matter just because he was a little different? He was a part of their family. He is my family. Why would he think like this? I sighed in confusion and frustration. "Get some rest, Zane. I'll call the others in the morning." The android on the bed shrugged slightly, but closed his eyes.

He was asleep within the hour, but for Cole, it would be a long, restless, night.


Still Cole P.O.V

The next morning, I woke up early and turned straight to Zane. Colour was slowly returning to his skin. The doctor came in and I couldn't help but grin proudly at the shocked look on his face.

"He is much better this morning."

"Yeah. He woke up last night too!"

"He did?"

"Yeah!"

The doctor still looked grim, and soon turned to me, "He is improving. But you mustn't get your hopes up just yet. His condition has been somewhat erratic this past month. We do not know if he will take a turn for the worst."

His words worried me, but I still smiled, "I'm sure. Absolutely sure that he'll pull through."

The doctor nodded in response, and then left.