A/N: What? Did you seriously think I'd torture you with that for five long minutes? Puh-lease! Here's the next chap! Either this one or chap 30 will be the last, and there will be a Q & A with the characters, so start sending you questions with reviews!

I woke up in an all-white room, in a stiff and uncomfortable bed. My eyes fluttered open, and the first thing I saw was a large needle.

I shot up, then screamed because that action sent fits of pain up my spine. Falling back on the bed hurt, too.

"Holy mother f-" I started.

"You broke both your legs," Tally informed me.

"And bruised your spine," Kaede piped up.

"And got so much blood all over the place, it was like a scene from a horror movie!" Chiho shuddered and looked at me.

"Then that means…" My gaze drifted to my arm, where (sure enough) there was a needle. "Oh, my God. Ew, ew, ew."

"A killer monster? No problem for you! An IV? You freak out," Tally stated, shaking her head. "What is wrong with you?"

"Everything," I said, my voice strained. I was trying to convince myself not to rip the IV out of my arm. "I already had the same talk with Kae-kae."

"Oh." Tally sat back.

"Where, exactly, am I?" I asked, looking around.

"You're in the Emergency Room at some fancy-schmancy hospital. We told 'em you fell. Off of a hiking trail, down a hill, and into the road, where you narrowly missed being hit by a car." Chiho smirked.

"Chi had a little too much fun fabricating the evidence. That is one bloody hill, let me tell you," Kaede snickered as Chiho turned red.

"It was fun," Chiho said, almost defensively.

"What happened to the Dark Dork?" I asked.

"Well," Kaede started to say.

"We got together-" Yuki began.

"AND WE HACKED HIM TO PIECES!!!" Chiho shouted enthusiastically.

I laughed, even though that hurt, too. "So, Ren…"

"Is fine," Yuki piped up. "I got the shot in his arm."

"Wimp," Akako coughed.

"Two inches off target," Shay muttered.

"So he…"

"Is alive," Ren piped up, from his hospital bed next to mine. "Now, can we stop talking about me like I'm not here?"

We laughed. "Right," Yuki said, smiling softly.

Just then, the door flung open.

"My baby!" my mother shouted dramatically. She rushed forward (brutally shoving Chiho aside) and hugged me.

"OW!" I screeched. The tiny cuts all over me seemed to scream in pain all on their own.

"Sorry, dear." My dad came in, half-smiling. "I told her not to hug you."

"Who's this?" My mother eyed Chiho with certain disgust, studying her Gothic outfit and the dirt smeared all over Chiho's face.

"My friend," I said firmly.

"Oh, but sweetie-" My mom started to protest.

A nurse came running into the room. "Excuse me, but Miss Ariana cannot handle more than one group of visitors at a time!"

She ushered my parents out.

I glared at Tally. "You called my parents?"

"Yes." She glared back. "They're here to take you back."

"To SK?" I asked, eyes wide.

"No," Shay snapped.

"Then where?" I wondered.

"Back to your original home."

A/N: whoo, I decided this is the final chap! I've gotta start the sequel, but it will be up very, very soon. Did you like it? I hope so! Like I said, next chap will be Q & A will the characters, so make sure you send questions with your reviews!