Chapter Sixteen:...We lost Lloyd...
"How exactly do you loose Lloyd of all people!?" Nya screeched as she slammed a dagger into the table.
Cole and Zane both flinched, uncertain on what to do to calm the furious female. Scales sighed with relief as he sunk low in a chair, pressing an ice pack against his head. She was finally off of his case... though he was concern over the fact that Cole and Zane somehow lost Lloyd while they were gone. Zane moved his hands in what was supposed to be a calming manner, his eyes flashing with fear. "Nya... calm down. You will wake Kai up with all of this yelling..."
"I don't care!" Nya slammed the flat of her palm against the table next to her dagger. "What were you thinking!? He's such a young thing! Probably terrified that something happened to you two as he sits in one of the hotel rooms!"
"Oh! We didn't check the hotels for him!" Cole blurted out... forgetting that is not something you say in front of Nya.
"Aaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"
~With Lloyd~
Lloyd groaned as he turned his head to the side, a soft pillow cushioning his head. He tried to open his eyes, though he was so tired that just the effort of doing that... moaning to himself, he burrowed into the soft blankets that covered him allowing sleep to overtake him once more...
"...Should know? Look all I know is that I know what Montgomery's birthmark looks like...and that's it!" A feminine voice was speaking low somewhere nearby... Lloyd didn't feel like opening his eyes to see where she was compared to himself...
"I know dear... but don't you find it strange that he showed up after so many years of us presuming he was dead?" It was a masculine voice this time... one that Lloyd didn't recognize at all.
Groaning, Lloyd tried to force his eyes open once more... A soft hand covered with calluses suddenly was on his shoulder, pushing him back down. "Shh... just rest Montgomery..."
Lloyd instantly felt confusion crash down on him. "That's not my name..." He mumbled out half-heartedly as he slipped back into the darkness...
Lloyd slowly sat up, green eyes scanning the room he was in. It was a private med room of some sort... part of him wanted to believe that it was a hospital room, but he has visited enough of those in the time he's been away from Darkley's to realize that it was too... personalized, for it to be that. Grimacing slightly as his head pounded, he pushed the thick green and gold quilt off of him as he swung his legs out to stand up. The cool marble floor made his bare toes curl instantly, though he only allowed it to bother him for a second. Standing, he gripped the bed post tightly, swallowing hard as the room spun around him. Squeezing his eyes shut, he took a slow deep breath, before opening them again. Letting go with one hand, he began to inch his way towards the bathroom door that was slightly opened. Realizing he had to let go with both hands, he swallowed once more before releasing his grip... he winced as he tumbled over, crashing to the ground loud enough to draw unwanted attention to himself. Shaking his head, he half dragged, half crawled to the bathroom door. Once there he was able to use the door to pull himself back up. Twisting slightly, he slipped in, releasing one hand to grab a paper cup that was part of a stack of paper cups off of the sink counter. Turning the water onto cold, he filled the cup, his hand shaking as he brought it to his lips...
"What are you doing out of bed young man?" Startled, Lloyd whirled around to find himself looking at a rather ornery looking elderly woman that was glaring at him.
Sheepishly, Lloyd lifted the cup up for her to see. "I needed a drink..." He half expected her to scold him for getting out of bed, only for her expression to soften slightly as she looked at him.
"I see... would you like me to get you anything? Perhaps hot chocolate?"
Lloyd perked up at that, opening his mouth instantly... "With peppermint candies and marshmallows and whipped cream and sprinkles?" The sugary treat just about made his mouth water at the thought.
She laughed at that, before pointing to the bed. "You just have to get back into bed first..."
Lloyd sighed at that, tossing the now empty cup into a nearby trashcan, stumbling forward, he eventually made it back to his temporary bed. Collapsing on it, he closed his eyes exhausted from his adventure across the room. A soft sigh escaped him as sleep once more claimed him...
He cracked open one eye to find a steaming mug of hot chocolate next to his bed, piled with everything he had listed earlier. Pushing himself up into a sitting position, he lifted the green mug with gold swirls up to his lips, blowing on it briefly to cool it down before taking a careful sip... the not too hot liquid slid down his throat, warming him up from the inside. A satisfied sigh escaped him as he settled back into the bed, cradling the mug. Feeling much better than he did the last few times that he sort of woke up, he took the time to scan the room, trying to guess where he was at. The door that he figured lead outside of the room, due to the fact that it wasn't the bathroom or the green and gold wardrobe, creaked open as a familiar face peered in.
Misako sighed upon seeing that the teen was awake, and had already finished the hot chocolate, though the mug was still warm enough that he was holding onto it still. "I see your awake now. How do you feel? You've been pretty out of it for the past six days..."
"Six days!?" Lloyd felt panic rise up, even as he looked down at the empty mug. "I can't have been that long!"
"Oh... but it has been Montgomery."
Lloyd frowned, glancing up at her. "Lloyd. My name is Lloyd. You should know that since you're the one that is constantly chasing me."
Misako glanced over at his arm, where his birthmark, a green dragon with a gold outline, was in plain view for all to see. "Is Lloyd your name? Or is it what you've always been called? Do you know what your parents called you?"
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