Blaze's POV

The sound of my high-heels against stone rang out throughout the corridors of the castle as I walked swiftly through the hallways, navigating them with great haste to reach the infirmary. I had been woken early with the news that the other Guardian I met the other day had been found unconscious not twenty foot-falls away from his room - ten, if he'd been walking at the speed that I was at that very moment. The two guards that were found near Hydro were the only witnesses to what happened, and I had tiredly asked that they be brought to me for questioning, to see if they could tell me what had happened.

The questioning went smoothly for the two guards, the smarter of whom seemed to answer the most questions, and according to the large bat, it seemed quite obvious at the time what had taken place the previous night. Hydro had gone past the guards, taunting them and trying to pick a fight. When that didn't work, he'd attacked them and the guards had simply responded by defending themselves. Their story was noted, and I was about to leave the room when the hedgehog that was found with the bat uttered one sentence that cost them their argument, "Heh, we sure fooled that princess, eh boss?" The two were quickly taken to their rooms under a week-long house-arrest. I found it slightly amusing that the fox that was keeping them in their rooms hadn't locked the door. Instead, he left them with the distinct impression that if they tried to open the door, it may explode. He then went about his usual rounds while they cowered inside, staying as far from the door as possible.

While all this was happening, a nurse had brought Hydro, who was still unconscious, to the infirmary and set him on a bed to rest, after checking to make sure he wasn't too badly injured. I quickly made my way to the infirmary, and met one of the nurses. I asked a question of her, "How long will he be out?"

The koala that I'd spoken to responded with a sigh, "He'll be unconscious for a good portion of the morn' at the most. He's got some mighty bad bruisin' to his torso, but that seems to be the worst of it. I can't really do much but give 'im some pain relievers and wait until the boy wakes up."

I nodded to the nurse, "Very well. Thank you for your assistance."

The koala bowed slightly, "You're welcome, M'lady."

I nodded in return, ignoring the reference to my nobility, and turned to Hydro to look for myself. He had some thin bandages wrapped around his torso as the koala had said he'd been bruised at, and his gloves were in a small backpack placed at the foot of his bed, showing some bruising on the backs of his hands, but as she said, that was the extent of the injuries dealt to him.

I had other duties to attend to. As I turned to leave, however, I bumped into the nurse I had spoken with earlier. My necklace fell off, and clattered onto a bedside table, knocking a small cup of water over. Note for self: Fix the clasp on this necklace. On that note, both I and the koala nurse moved quickly to try to clean the mess up.

While I quickly grabbed my necklace and attempted to keep track of the water so it could easily be cleaned, the nurse, who had brought back a small towel to clean of the water with, stopped and pointed something out. The water has spilled onto the table, and was formed in a perfect circle. Not even a drop was out of place. Finding it odd, I looked around the room, seeing nothing but Hydro with an un-gloved hand placed on the edge of the bed near the bedside table, and by extension, the water spill. I quickly noted it, meaning to ask him about it later, and helped the koala get the mess of water cleaned up.

Having done that, I sat down, fully intending to wait until the blue feline had woken, so I could see to it that I learned about what just happened.


I finally update this story! XD Sorry about the wait, guys. It takes me a while to plan these chapters and get the put into words. :/ I'll try to be faster with chapter 8.

As always, Hydro, the guards, and the nurse here are the only things that belong to me. Everything else belongs to Sega/Archie.