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::Chapter 9::
The night continued and much to Weiss' curiosity, nothing was happening, which didn't seem to make sense to her but she just shrugged it off. After two hours or so, Weiss was still awake. Not fully, but enough to be aware of her surroundings, though her focus was mediocre right now due to grogginess. Meanwhile Mai had informed Weiss she was heading to the bathroom in the hallway not far from base. Weiss just nodded, waving it off, while trying to repress a yawn.
Mai headed out to the bathroom and went about her business. After finishing up and washing her hands, she started to feel off, like she was losing conscience. She dried her hands and left the bathroom, heading back to the security office as she could feel her conscience being pushed into the back of her mind. She tried her best to shake it off and keep walking, but unfortunately she failed.
Mai lost track of what she was doing. Her conscience now gone, but she could sense her body was still moving. How she didn't know, but she could see it, like looking at a TV you can't turn off. She watched as she walked into the security office. She saw Weiss sluggishly watching the monitors before her body walked to a desk in the office, grabbing a pair of scissors from it and slowly walking up behind Weiss. In her mind, Mai was screaming for it to stop, for Weiss to watch out, but in an instant it happened. She stabbed Weiss right in the side of her torso. The usually calm and rather kind girl screamed in pain as she lurched forward. A rebound of her telekinesis threw her chair back at Mai and pushed her back a bit as Weiss clutched her side, trying to stop the flow of blood. She looked at Mai from the floor.
"So...you real...really took the bait, huh, William? Not bad, but I'm still alive, and I'm not going to be dead anytime soon." She laughed weakly as she slowly tried to get up. Her blood was already on the security desk where the monitors were and on the floor by her. She saw Mai stalking toward her before speaking, but it wasn't Mai's voice she heard.
"You're not going to die?" The spirit inside of Mai let out a dark chuckle that didn't sound right coming from the petite girl. "I'm afraid you are wrong about that. All of your little friends are gone, they're not coming to help you. And you can't do anything to me unless you want to kill this girl whose body I am inhabiting and who you also promised to protect with everything you had." A cruel smirk made it's way into the brunette's face, something that also should never be there. Weiss knew she had it bad. While not effective as a weapon, the scissors did pierce her body quite deep—enough so that she just barely avoided a punctured lung. She had a small pool under her of her blood. She just laughed weakly, forcing a few coughs to come out.
"I wouldn't be too sure of that, Cots. I never fully disclosed everything I can do with my psychic abilities." She said. The spirit in Mai's body lunged forward at Weiss, a bit in panic that the girl he swore to kill was up to something. Weiss managed to focus enough, ignoring her pain to send a blast of telekinesis at Mai's body just as the scissors pierced into her abdomen again. It threw Mai into the soft couch of the room. Weiss used her TK—short for telekinesis—to pin Mai's body against the couch before using another small portion of her power to focus on the door to the room where Naru was in. She opened it and pushed his body just slightly with just enough force to try to awake him. All while her restraint on Mai's body and the bleeding from two stab wounds in her abdomen were causing her to struggle.
Naru suddenly became awake and aware as he felt someone practically shove him. Naru didn't see anyone moving in the room but immediately thought about Weiss. He promptly woke Lin up.
"Lin, get up. I think something is wrong." He ordered. Lin awoke and got up quickly. Just as they left the room they were in, they noticed the door was already open. Then they heard someone shouting from the security office, a voice that promptly and quickly got them to wake the rest of the team.
"You can't hold me down forever, Izanagi!"
Everyone immediately hurried into the security room to see Mai lying on the couch, violently struggling to get up, and Weiss who had blood all around her abdomen. Weiss smiled weakly to everyone as they entered before speaking. Her voice had lost all its wit and confidence, now it sounded almost sad, like a woman on her death bed asking for a last request.
"E...everyone...hurry and execute...the plan..." Weiss was obviously trying to save her strength, but the blood wasn't helping. She had become just slightly pale and her breathing weak as she was nearly shaking. Most of the team nodded as Monk, Ayako, Lin, and John moved to handle Mai and the spirit in her. Naru, Yasu, and Masako moved quickly over to Weiss. Naru looked nearly ready to have an emotional breakdown.
"Weiss, no more talking and no dying. I forbid you from dying, is that understood?!" Naru was obviously angry, but there was a bit of panic and distress in his voice—something no one had seen from him—though it was barely noticeable. Yasu and Masako did their best to help Naru try and stop the bleeding. After a while Yasu rushed to call 911.
"D-don't...worry...it's M...Mai...you sh-should..." Weiss tried to tell Naru. He shook his head profusely as the others were handling the restraints and exorcism of William Cots. Yasu got off the phone and hurried back over to Weiss, who looked like she was holding true to her words. Her eyes showed she was barely keeping conscience, but it seemed her stubbornness was in fact keeping her alive, for what it was worth.
"Weiss, Mai is going to be fine. The others have that under control as per our plans. I am not losing another sibling, even if they aren't related by blood. I am not losing another one, is that understood?" Naru showed anger toward Weiss, but also sadness. A sadness she hadn't seen since Gene's death. She reluctantly nodded as Naru told Yasu to go and watch for the ambulance. The young man hurried out like the devil was trying to grab him. Naru silently cursed himself for not being there. He should've known something like this would happen. He should've stayed in base with them or had Lin or Monk do it.
The members of the team, who were handling Mai and Cots, were struggling a bit. Aside from all the grunting and thrashing Mai's body was doing, by the time the ambulance had arrived, it was over. Cots was gone, but Mai's body was so weak that she collapsed right away. Yasu rushed into the office with the paramedics and a stretcher. Naru looked to Weiss who was now barely breathing and her eyes seemed a bit glazed over thanks to the blood loss. Naru immediately had the paramedics get Weiss and Mai out. They took Weiss first to try and stabilize her condition before quickly coming back to get Mai. The rest of the team all sat down to let out a sigh of relief that it was over, but now they had two more huge issues. Two of their friends were now on the way to the hospital and one of them looked like she was at death's door.
Without even asking one another, they all began to hurry out of the room and the mall, heading towards the van to drive to the hospital. Once they all got in the van, Lin immediately started the vehicle and rushed as fast as he legally could to the hospital. The whole ride there was completely silent with everyone being on edge. As they pulled up to the hospital, Lin didn't even have the engine off before Monk and Naru got out of the van. The entire team rushed in and ran to the emergency entrance, heading right up to the desk. Naru looked at the nurse sitting behind it.
"We are friends and associates of Mai Taniyama and Weiss Izanagi. They both just came in via ambulance; can you tell me where they are?" He questioned impatiently. The nurse looked a little stunned at the sudden wave of people, but she finally gave a small nod.
"Just a moment..." She said as she began to type on the computer in front of her. The team was extremely anxious while Naru and Lin were livid. Weiss could very well be dead for all they knew. Everyone was finally brought out of their thoughts when the nurse spoke again. "Ms. Taniyama is in room 247. She seems to only have extreme fatigue and a minor case of dehydration. Ms. Izanagi...is currently in surgery." They were silent for several moments before Monk stepped forward.
"Can we go see Mai?" He asked. The nurse nodded as the team started to head to the elevator. Naru was reluctant to leave though. "What is Ms. Izanagi's condition?" He asked, staring at the nurse as feared the worst. The nurse looked at her computer again.
"It says she is currently in surgery and is in critical condition. I'll inform the doctors to find you all in Ms. Taniyama's room when they finish."
"Thank you." Naru gave a curt nod to the woman before following the others. The team rode the elevator up to the second floor, heading to Mai's room. As they walked in, Mai was awake laying in bed with an IV in her arm for her dehydration.
"H...hey guys, did everything go alright?" The girl asked. She noticed that Weiss wasn't with everyone. She could easily be seen as worried. "Wh...Where's Weiss?" Everyone looked at each other nervously before their gazes went to the floor.
"Weiss, she ah..." John began awkwardly. "She's in surgery right now." Mai went wide-eyed. She was now easily very worried. Her new friend and 'love matchmaker' was now in surgery from wounds she knew her body was used to inflict.
"Is...she gonna be alright? It's not serious is it?"
"The nurse we talked to said it was critical condition, but that's all I know." Naru replied, his gaze was absent-mindedly on the wall across from him. Mai could feel her eyes begging to cry. She was hoping something wouldn't have happened. Now all they could do was wait.
"I'm sorry..." Mai whispered wistfully to Naru as he was standing right beside her beside. "It's my fault..."
Lin put his hand on Mai's shoulder and shook his head. "Mai, don't worry, Weiss has been in worse situations." The brunette looked up at the Chinese man a bit startled.
"Ma-maybe... But I..."
"Mai, she will be fine; she was more worried about you. If anyone is to blame, it was Cots, not you. You couldn't have known. The doctors will come to inform us of her condition when she is finished in surgery." Naru chimed in, now giving Mai that usual annoyed tone.
"Yeah, no one could've known he would have possessed you after all of us had left." Monk tried to comfort her, ruffling her hair with his hand. Everyone nodded and gave Mai a warm smile before they all went off and did various things. Monk and John went to the hospital cafeteria for some food. Mai, Ayako, Masako, and Yasu watched the TV in Mai's room, while Lin and Naru were going over the case and its conclusion. Finally around two hours later, the whole team was still in Mai's room when a knock was heard at the door. Without waiting for an answer, the person opened it a couple moments later. A man, probably in his mid-thirties, came into Mai's room. Everyone in the room looked at the man, who wore a doctor's coat and carried a clipboard in his arms. He looked around at them all before speaking.
"Are you all friends of Ms. Izanagi?"
"Yes, that's us." Naru gave a nod towards the man. The man looked at them all again and nodded.
"Ms. Izanagi just got out of surgery a short while ago. We did everything we could. She had suffered several deep stab wounds to her lower abdomen. Whatever was used on her just grazed her left lung, causing minor bleeding inside of the organ. We managed to seal her wounds and the lung, but she lost a lot of blood. By all natural rights, she should have died, but she will make a full recovery. She did need a blood transfusion though; she is currently on her way to this room right now, since the room is large enough to accommodate two patients. She is not awake right now, however, so I must ask that you all refrain from doing anything loud or abrupt when she is brought in." He requested. You could see everyone visibly relax from the news the doctor gave them. They were also glad she'd be staying in Mai's room.
Naru nodded to the doctor. "Thank you for informing us. We will make sure she gets her rest as will Mai." Naru seemed to be making it a point that both girls would be resting till they were fully recovered. The doctor nodded and left.
Not five minutes later, a nurse knocked and opened the door, excusing herself as she wheeled a bed and an IV stand in to the space next to Mai's bed space. A curtain being the only divider between the two. In the bed was Weiss, it was hard to tell if she was asleep or if she was unconscious. The IV was hooked up to her arm, and her clothes were on the foot of the bed. Not a single word was said as everyone just saw the young woman laying in the bed. Though Ayako and Mai both mentally noted that Weiss did NOT look good in the hospital gowns. The nurse made sure the IV was secure and working before nodding her head to the rest of the team and leaving.
Mai found that she couldn't take her eyes away from the unconscious Weiss. Despite Lin and Naru's words, she couldn't help but feel guilty. Everyone felt a bit of relief that Weiss was going to be fine, but they also all noticed Mai's expression. Naru put his hand on her shoulder and shook his head.
"It is not your fault, Mai. Weiss has been through worse. She will not blame you for anything, she will more than likely blame herself, knowing her. She probably already knew he had you but decided to play it off till he came out."
The brunette took a deep breath and nodded a bit, trying to rid the guilt in her stomach. She tried to take Naru's word for it.
Naruisawesome: Woah...who expected that, ne?!
Chaosweaver13: I might have, JK. But seriously that was nuts!
Naruisawesome: I know! Though the plan did actually work...just not in the plan they planned lol.
Chaosweaver13: True, I'm worried about Weiss though. I hope she will be okay.
Naruisawesome: I'm sure she'll pull through...if she's anything like Naru, she will. XD
Chaosweaver13: Yep ^_^, Don't forget to fav and review for us, and we are still taking suggestions for the next cases.
