Sam had brought Lara back to Kakariko after she'd passed out and he'd given her CPR. Since they'd gotten to Kakariko, Lara had been asleep-possibly in a coma-and Sam hadn't left her side for more than a few seconds.
He hadn't slept in two days, he was too worried about Lara. Seth had done something to Lara, and Sam knew the vampire would come back to finish the job.
He hadn't eaten or drank anything either, and frankly if he went on like this he'd end up being twice as thin as he already was.
"Sam. Maybe you should rest. Don't worry about Lara, I'll look after her."
"No, Renado. It's my fault this happened and it's my problem."
"Sam, I'd prefer to only have two sick people at a time. I don't have room for a third."
Sam looked over at the other bed. The Zora Prince was sound asleep, still weak from his own sickness. Sam sighed, he knew Renado didn't need anymore trouble.
"Alright, but can I stay here?" he asked.
"You'll have to sleep on the floor, but yes."
Sam sat on the floor and leaned his head on the matteress of the bed. He wasn't going to go too far if Seth was coming back to finish Lara off.
Sam fell asleep at some point. When he opened his eyes, it was the middle of the night. It'd been early morning when he'd fallen asleep. He stood up and sat down on the bed again.
Seth hadn't showed up, maybe the vampire was still recovering from that magic attack Sam had used. Sam felt the blankets move suddenly.
He looked up and saw Lara was sitting up, panting for breath.
"Sam? What happened?" she asked. "How'd we get here?"
Sam wrapped his arms around her and held her tightly. That was all he had to do to tell Lara he'd been worried. She hugged him back, then both of them pushed away from each other.
"Again, I ask: What happened and How'd we get here?"
"First off," Sam began. "Seth tried to kill you by ripping your throat. I used some sort of magic spell on him, made him stop and fly away. Then you passed out, weren't breathing so I had to give you CPR."
"Kiss of life?"
"Mhmm."
Lara's face grew to a light rose color.
"Anyways," Sam continued. "I used a fire warp spell to bring us back here-"
"Fire warp spell?" Lara asked.
"Yeah, Seth dropped this necklace thing. Gives me fire magic."
"Is it a silver locket with a ruby inside?"
"Yeah."
"That is a magical item I had Seth keep in the story. It gives the master a magic power, but Seth can't use it since it's for human or half-humans only."
"Hmm. Well, I brought us back here, got you in the bed and you've been sleeping for nearly three days now. I've hardly slept at all though, I was worried about you."
"Well, you can stop worrying. I'm fine, but you're not."
"Huh? Wha'ddya mean?"
Lara placed a hand on Sam's forehead and removed it at once.
"You've got a fever. That's what I mean."
"But I don't feel-" Sam began to cough.
"You've caught something," Lara sighed. She stood up and pulled the blanket farther back. "C'mon, get in the bed."
"But we gotta-"
"We can't do anything since you're sick. It won't kill us to wait a few more days."
Sam grumbled but climbed into the bed. He laid his head on the pillow and Lara pulled the blanket up.
"Alright, you rest," Lara said. "I'm going to go back to Arbitar's Grounds-"
"You can't!" Sam sat up. "What if Seth comes back?"
"He caught me once, but he won't catch me again. Please Sam, lay down. I don't want to have Renado give you a sleeping potion."
Sam laid down again but grabbed Lara's hand and held it. He pulled out the silver locket, placed it in her hand and closed her fingers around it.
"Take it. You'll need some sort of magic protection if Seth comes around."
Lara nodded. Sam released her hand and let his arm fall beside him. Lara walked to the door and turned to wave to Sam but stopped. He had fallen asleep.
She sighed, then walked down the stairs, outside and behind one of the buildings where no one would see her. Lara pulled out the black marble and dropped it.
Lara vanished to where ever she'd wanted to go, but what she didn't realize was that the black marble had stayed in Kakariko.