Claire's POV (Amelie will come later)
My neck is so hot, I feel I'm on fire. I can't walk, have to have Amelie's guard carry me everywhere and no I have to live in fear of what Myrnin will bring. I know it's stupid to be scared of him, he's done much worse than e.g. tried to kill Shane, but I'm just shaken up at the moment. I could end up like that mouse with its head burned off from the inside. My skin is already broken and bleeding and my heart is beating very fast.
Amelie holds a towel to my neck to stop the bleeding. It feels strange to have this close. Normally we would be separated by a desk, or a very long table *cough* the Elders Council *cough* I'm really tired but the pain keeps me awake. Finally Myrnin comes in with a clear liquid. He drops it on my hand and what I thought was water is actually acid. Probably hydrochloric acid. I scream and jerk away. Amelie elbows then punches Myrnin. He obviously did that on purpose.
Amelie anger transferred to the guards and they got angry and when Myrnin went to attack Amelie the guards pounced on him. They didn't even need instructions. No-one assaults The Founder while they're round.
Amelie turns to me and cools my skin using cold water.
"Are you alright?" she asked, worried. I nod shakily. Amelie stems the blood loss with the clean side of the towel and gives the order to get the guards off Myrnin. They step back but are still angry. Myrnin gets up.
"Now unless you want a deadlier attack I suggest you get the antidote. Right now." Amelie said, her voice as cold as the Antarctic in winter.
Myrnin gives the guards evils and then goes and gets the (hopefully) antidote. The guards - one of them - calm down. The other still has crimson eyes.
Amelie takes the towel away and grimaces. Then puts it back on, with the clean side.
"If Myrnin doesn't bring the antidote then he's finished. I don't care, whether he's been my friend for centuries, he will make you get better. No abuses you, like this, Claire. Ever." Amelie said. I thought about what I'd do without Myrnin. Oliver would be glad. Amelie would probably regret it later.
Me? He's like a friend. A crazy friend who wakes me up at 2 in the morning. I hate him sometimes but ... well lets just say it won't be the same without him. I feel an intense pain in my side and remember my kidney. Ow. Not my best day. My head about to be burned off inside and now I have to worry about my kidney as well.
I groan. Amelie snaps her attention to me.
"Claire what's wrong?" she asks. I take a deep breath, but that only makes it worse. A huge stab of pain comes from my side and the liquid burns like hell. I whimper, as quietly as I can, without screaming, and try to stand up. At the worst possible time I get cramp. Jeez, my body really hates me, I thought. I scream and collapse. Amelie catches me and hands me to her guards. Then she dissapears.
Amelie's point of view
After hearing little Claire scream and whimper I couldn't take it any more. I gently handed her to my guards and ran out at vampire speed to the hospital. There I banged open the door and went into one of the empty operating rooms. It smells of chemicals but I find what I'm looking for. An anaesthetic gas mask. I run back to Myrnin lab, where I see pain etched on poor Claire's face. I tilt her head up at me. The guard puts her down but supports her.
I put the mask on her face, and spray the anaesthetic. Claire quickly sleeps. I feel her leg. her muscle relaxes but the pain in her veins at the moment doesn't. I direct the guard to put her on the sofa. Then he leaves. I go and see what's taking Myrnin so long. In his bedroom, he's busy reading a magazine. I look over at Claire and see her neck's badly wounded. The tiny trickle of blood has turned into a gush which the guards were busy trying to stem. At least she can't feel anything, I thought.
Sadness turned to anger. I marched up to Myrnin grabbed him by his ear and dragged him out. Then I dropped him by the desk.
"Now find an antidote" I growled. Myrnin got up, and begin fixing one. I went over to Claire and stroked her soft hair. Sighing I helped my guards. I got another towel and held it firmly against her neck. Myrnin didn't look so pleased. I ignored him.
Oliver came down the stairs and saw me. His face turned soft then he saw Myrnin and it turned to disgust.
"Amelie, what are you doing here? And why did you leave me?" he asked. I rolled my eyes. Surely he can see why I'm here.
"Claire, hurt and Myrnin fixing an antidote. And I had to leave. Work calls and I needed to shower and have a drink." I said. The work part is a complete lie. The rest isn't though. Oliver quickly kisses me and then leaves. I feel ready to puke. One of my guards helpfully hands me a glass of water and I down it. It's said that water helps you to get rid of the sick feeling.
Finally Myrnin comes with hopefully antidote. I grab it off him and inject it into Claire's bloodstream.
"If this makes her worse, your life is over" I said, at Myrnin. He nods. The guards take the mask off and Claire almost immediately wakes. She made a quiet strangled scream and woke up. The bleeding stops and Claire relaxes. The guard supporting her cleaned off the bloodstained neck and drained out the blue liquid that had formulated under her skin.
I picked her up and began to go outside. I turned round.
"Claire is only your assistant. If you want to test something use an rodent. If you ever test anything on Claire ever again, you life will be over. No chances." I said. Myrnin nodded and went.
Back inside my house, I lay her down on in one of my spare bedrooms and she slept like a lamb. I left her and went downstairs and signed some papers.