Here is Chapter Twenty-Six, enjoy!

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"Blah" – talking

'Blah' – thinking

Change of place/time

Chapter 26

The redhead burst into the room, hoping that he wasn't too late as well as causing everyone to turn and look at him. Suddenly a moan hit his ears and Tala rushed over to the bedside table searching through the drawers until he found what he was looking for. He jabbed the needle into the cannula on Kai's hand and his eyes stopped fluttering and lay still.

"What did you do that for? He was about to wake up," shouted Tyson advancing towards him.

"He would only of started screaming in pain again Tyson," replied Tala.

"How do you know?" answered back Tyson. "That could have just been yesterday."

"I know because Kai has been poisoned," Tala stated calmly.

"What? How do you know?" asked Hilary standing up, the shocked look on her face matching everyone else's.

"Because of this," Tala replied holding up the knife, his grip on it tight like it had been before.

"Dude, that's a knife," stated Tyson.

"You don't say, look closer," as they all stood up and tried to get closer.

"Hey it's got holes in it," shouted Ian.

"Where I can't see," said Tyson and Max.

"Well if you move closer you might be able to, they're hidden, so you wouldn't notice until you pressed the ruby. Also I found this," Tala pressed the sapphire and the end popped off again, only hanging there by the small hinge, and long thin vial fell into his open hand. "Luckily there was still a little bit of poison left in there, so we could get the doctors to test it and see what it is and if they can treat him," explained Tala.

"But what if they can't?" came Hilary's small voice. They all turned round to look at the brunette.

"They should be able to Hil, even if they don't know what the substance actually is. If they know what makes it up then they should be able to treat it," reassured Ray. A small smile made its way onto the brunette's face as she re-seated herself. "So he will have to stay asleep right, that is until they know what is causing this," stated rather than asked Ray. Tala just nodded.

"Otherwise he would just be in pain."

"Do you think it works while he is asleep?" asked Max as they all sat down.

"Knowing Boris most probably, so watch him just in case you notice something; as since he's not awake he can't tell us anything," said Tala heading towards the door.

"Hey how are you going to explain this to them?" asked Bryan, as the others in the room looked at them confused, except from Spencer and Ian.

"I guess I'll make it up as I go along," smirked Tala. "Or as they say honesty is the best policy," he added.

"What are you two talking about?" asked Tyson.

"I asked Dr. Ito yesterday if I could have a look at the knife, he wouldn't let me saying it was something to do with the police now. So Bryan and I snuck in here last night and took it," he confessed as they looked at them shocked.

"Do you know how much trouble you're going to be in?" stated rather than inquired Tyson standing.

"Don't know, don't care. All that matters is that whatever is causing Kai pain, we can now find out what it is," he told Tyson as he walked the rest of the way to the door. Just as he placed his hand on the door handle a shrill beeping sound reached his ears.

This caused a panicked brunette to press the green button several times hoping it would make someone come quicker. Within a few seconds, the two nurses rushed in pushing a crash cart. While one got it ready, the other nurse escorted them out.

"Why did they bring in a crash cart?" asked Hilary tears forming in her eyes.

"The poison most probably found its way to his heart," stated Bryan.

Suddenly Dr. Ito raced down the corridor and before any of them could ask him anything, he rushed into Kai's room. About 10 minutes later they were still standing there, the worry inside them growing deeper.

"Hey guys, why don't we go to the waiting room, they might be a while," suggested Ray as the rest of them nodded and followed him.

Once half an hour had passed, Hilary tried to stop the tears from coming, but it was useless. Ray again consoled her, hoping that they would hurry up before he got to that stage. Just as Tala was about to leave, Dr. Ito entered the medium sized room. They all stood up hoping to hear some sort of good news.

"I'm afraid that Hiwatari-san has just suffered a heart attack, along with his lungs having stopped working. His heart and blood pressure are now being closely monitored; and we have placed him on a ventilator so that he can breathe. We've taken a few blood samples hoping that this will tell us something. But I'm sorry to say that if we don't find out what is causing this to happen he could die," he explained. At the mention of this Hilary again began to cry, Tyson comforting her instead this time.

"Hey, I hate to say it but your suspicions were not unfounded, I took the knife out of your office," admitted Tala as the doctor looked at him shocked. "As you can see I didn't do anything to Kai, but I was looking at it, and I've found out Kai's been poisoned. Luckily the knife still has some liquid in it, so you can test it and see what is causing this," he explained, the doctor still wearing his look of surprise.

The dark haired man then quickly regained his composure and said, "Alright, Tala you come with me, the rest of you are allowed back into Hiwatari-san's room," he ordered before leaving. Bryan was the last one to leave the room, and gave his friend one last glance before exiting like the rest of them had.

As they entered most of them gasped, while the brunette ran over to his bedside and grabbed his hand. Kai looked so pale and lifeless now; he now had a plastic tube inserted into his mouth which was connected to the machine making him breathe, while the thinner one that was placed under his nose was no longer there. He was still attached to a heart monitor, so then least it let them know he was still there. Lastly he was still connected to the IV bag through the cannula on the back of the opposite hand that Hilary was holding, giving him much needed fluids. The rest of them took their places around the small dimly lit room.

They sat in silence for a few moments, staring at the unconscious teen on the bed before turning away lost in thought. Soon quiet talk could be heard between a few members of the room.

About 30 minutes later Tala reappeared in the doorway, eyes downcast. He slowly made his way to his place on the other side of the room, near the window which was behind Hilary; not looking at anyone or saying anything. He sat down, crossed his arms over his chest and closed his eyes. Everyone else figured that he had gotten in major trouble, causing him now to be in a bad mood.

"Hey Tala, what's up," asked Spencer as he was the closest one to the redhead. Tala looked at him before sighing and then opening his eyes.

"If you're wondering, no I didn't get into trouble. What I did was overlooked because I saved a patient's life. But I did get a lecture on how it's not right to steal…The substance found in that vial is apparently two different substances from what they could tell after a couple of minutes. They will be able to identify what they are in the next couple of hours," Tala replied before looking over at the still unconscious Kai, his heartbeat ringing in his ears.

So they all sat in silence, the only sound that could be heard was that of the heart monitor. Soon enough the tension again dismounted and people began to talk, except for two; a brunette and a redhead who sat in their own little worlds, hoping that Kai would pull through this.

The door bursting open caused everyone to shut up and stare at the person in the doorway. Dr. Ito stood there a relieved look on his aging face with two vials of clear liquid in hand.

"I can inform you that Hiwatari-san has been poisoned with…"

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