Andy read over the scans she took of herself, frowning before ripping them up. She then glanced over at Kei who was still unconscious. Hiroki had spent a lot of his time there, but was currently out sleeping. Ryon and Yamae had been checking in a lot too, but they were currently out at school with Ryusei.

"Ryusei, can I talk to you?" His professor asked after releasing the class.

The porter grimaced, but nodded. He stood waiting, his eyes downcast.

"I was just a little concerned by your first assignment. Is everything alright? Writing wise, it's fine, so you got an A, but subject wise, I just wanted to check on you," she smiled softly.

He gave her a tiny smile. "A friend of mine was attacked and is in the hospital right now. I promise my work will improve."

"Sorry to hear about your friend. Hope they get better soon." She then added, "If you ever need help or want to bounce ideas off of me, my office is open."

He gave her another smile. "Thanks Professor." He looked up for the first time and stopped in shock. He stared at her, then shook his head in disbelief.

She raised an eyebrow, "You okay?"

"Sorry. You just look like the twin of a good friend of mine. It's kinda weird." He looked at his watch. "Crap. I'm going to be late for work. Thanks again for not yelling." He headed out the door quickly.

He got to a safe area and teleported to the infirmary. "Hey Andy? Do you believe in dopplegangers?"

"Supposedly there's at least seven people who look exactly the same as you in the world," she answered before raising an eyebrow, "Why?"

"My new professor looks like your twin, I swear. I almost fainted when I took a good look today."

"Hmm. Take a picture?"

"No problem. How's Kei?"

"Still asleep. He's almost all healed up now though, so I'd hope he'd wake soon."

Ryusei nodded, then snapped his fingers. "I forgot! They handed out faculty pictures." He dug through his bag, then pulled out a picture. "Here's Professor Rain." He pointed her out to Andy.

Andy stared at the picture for a moment before grabbing her head. Memories flashed through her mind quickly until one of her parents performing a memory spell on her. Tears filled her eyes as she looked back at the picture.

"Andy? Are you alright?" Ryusei watched her in concern.

"They made us forget each other..."

"You're not making any sense."

"You know how most necromancers don't live to adulthood? Because their powers normally start at a young age?"

The porter nodded with a look of disgust. "Because everyone's afraid like idiots."

Andy nodded, "Our parents made us forget about each other, because I revived her. So I'd be safe.. Your professor is my twin..."

Ryusei's eyes went wide. "Holy shit.. Are you going to go see her?"

"What if she doesn't remember me like I did..?" Andy looked down at the picture.

"Won't know if you don't try." Ryusei shrugged.

Andy nodded slowly, "Will you take me to her?"

"Sure. Hold on." He grabbed her arm and teleported outside her office. "Should I stick around?"

"Maybe.." Andy knocked slowly, unsure what to say.

The door opened and Arie froze, staring at Andy for a moment before finally asking, "Daka?"

"Rie.." Andy pulled her into a hug. They stayed like that for a good few minutes before pulling away.

"I can't believe.. I knew I was raised by my aunt, but I thought my parents died.."

"I can't believe magic could make us forget about each other."

"Are they still alive?"

Andy looked at her sadly and shook her head, "No."

"How did you find me?"

"One of your students is my friend."

"Ryusei, right? He said I looked like his friend."

Andy nodded, "Come with me and catch up?"

"Sure," Arie smiled. "Where are we going?"

"We work on a military base."

Arie raised an eyebrow, "Never expected that from you."

"I'm a doctor. And everyone in the squad is porters, shifters, or witches."

Arie raised an eyebrow, "Sounds like you live an exciting life. Take me to meet them?"

Andy nodded and looked back out at Ryusei, "She's coming to hang out with us. Hope that's okay."

"She's family now." His phone rang. He answered and his eyes darkened. "Understood."

"What's wrong?" Andy asked.

"Tet just sent out a Code Armageddon from his location. I gotta go. You should get the infirmary ready." He vanished, leaving the two of them alone.

"We should probably wait to spend time together. Sounds like I'm going to be busy.."

"I just found you again.. Can I come with?"

"You better be fine with blood," Andy answered before teleporting them both to the infirmary. Andy started grabbing out supplies as she told Arie a bit more about her life with the team.

Arie looked over and noticed Kei, "Is that the friend Ryusei said was attacked?"

"Yeah.. We get attacked a lot.."

Kai suddenly appeared holding an unconscious Yamae and a semi conscious Hiroki. He placed them on the nearest beds with a grimace.

"Is there anything I can do to help?" Arie asked.

"Unless you know healing spells, you should probably just stay back."

"I know a few.." Arie went to Hiroki who raised an eyebrow.

"Am I seeing double?" Hiroki asked.

"Nope, that's Arie," Andy answered. Arie started reciting the healing spells she remembered over Hiroki. Andy looked over Yamae, starting to heal him up.

Ryon ported in, one hand on his side and the other around a woozy Kiba.

The wolf took one look at Arie and snarked "Oh god there's two of them."

"Shut it," Andy answered before helping him into a bed. She started healing him up as Arie went and tried to help Ryon.

The porter kept anxiously pacing back and forth, blood making a trail behind him. "Come on.."

"I can do a few healing spells if you sit down?" Arie said softly.

He sighed, finally sitting in a chair. One foot tapped repetitively.

Arie did the healing spells, slowly closing up the wounds.

Andy looked at Kiba, "How bad is the situation?"

"The code should give you a clue. Can I go back yet?" The shifter fidgeted on the bed.

"You aren't going back," Andy answered. "Who is still out there?"

"Tet." He wouldn't meet her eyes. "Stitch went to get him. They should have been here by now unless the squad got them."

"I'll go find them," Andy answered. "Rie, keep doing what you're doing. I'll be back."

Andy focused on Ryusei and teleported to his location.

He lay crumpled in a puddle of blood next to Tet. Both had several gunshot wounds and neither were breathing.

Andy sighed and knelt by them, teleporting them back. She put them into beds.

Arie froze as she noticed them. She looked Ryusei over, tears in her eyes as she realized he was dead.

Andy worked on healing both Tet and Ryusei.

"Why are you healing him if he's dead?"

"Don't you remember why our parents split us apart...?" Andy raised an eyebrow.

"Not really.."

"Just keep watching."

Andy soon focused, the gold light surrounding them.

Arie gasped as they started to breathe. Her mind flashed back, water pulling her under, the gold light, and then finally opening her eyes again to the sun. "I died..."

"Yeah.. You did."

Tsukasa came in, then froze. "Andy?"

"Everyone is doing okay now." She gave him a small smile. "And this is Arie."

"Did you do a clone spell?" The dragon raised an eyebrow.

"Our parents wiped our memories of each other after I revived her as a child.."

He stared for a moment, then nodded quietly. "Hope she isn't traumatized."

Arie gave a small chuckle, "Just a lot to take in in one day.."

"Believe me, I know how you feel. I'm Tsukasa, also known as Boss. Nice to meet you." He looked at Andy. "How long do you think Tet and Kiba will be down?"

"Kiba will be fine soon. Tet will take a bit longer. What do you need?"

"It seems today is the day for disaster. Kenji just called for evac. He was on a one man mission that has apparently gone completely to hell."

"I'll go take care of it." Andy focused on Kenji and teleported out.

Arie raised an eyebrow, "Does she constantly just rush into battle like that?"

"Try to stop her. She went after a hellhound armed with nothing but a pistol twenty minutes after meeting that idiot." He indicated Kiba.

Arie gave a small chuckle, "She's always been crazy."

Andy appeared next to Kenji.

He looked only a little worse for wear and quickly handed Tsukasa a usb.

The dragon gave a salute and left.

Kenji raised an eyebrow at Arie. "Two beautiful mademoiselles now? I feel exceptionally lucky."

Andy chuckled, "She's my twin, Arie."

"The world can never have enough of you, cherie."

Andy rolled her eyes, "Rie, this is Kenji."

He gave her a bow and a dimpled smile.

"Nice to meet you," she smiled softly.

"The pleasure is mine." He chuckled before wincing.

"Get in a bed," Andy ordered before starting healing spells on him.

"Oui." He settled into a bed.

When she was done with healing him, Andy moved to sit by Tet.

Arie came and sat next to her.

"This is Tet. He's one of my boyfriends."

"One of?" Arie smirked.

Andy blushed, "Yeah, Kiba is my other one."

Arie chuckled, "I can't even get one guy and you have two?"

"I would be glad to take you out." Kenji piped up from his bed.

Arie blushed, "Alright. Where do you want to go?"

He gave her a smile. "You choose."

Arie smiled in return before looking back at Andy. They continued to talk for the next while, catching up on all their years apart.

"Andy?" The voice was faint and slow, coming from the other side of the room.

Andy stood and followed the voice.

Kei was blinking at the ceiling, his eyes slightly hazy.

"Hey, good to see you awake," Andy smiled softly.

"What happened?" He stared at her in confusion. "Weren't we fighting Hiroki's bitch of a mother?"

"Yeah, you've been out for a while."

He slowly sat up with a frown. "How long exactly?"

"A couple weeks.."

"Shit." The witch grumbled. He stopped when he saw Arie. "Uh.. what's going on?"

"Found out I have a twin."

"Seriously? What is it with twins around here?"

Andy chuckled, "Not sure, but we do seem to have a lot, don't we?"

"At least you two are easier on the eyes.." The witch joked.

Andy rolled her eyes at him while she laughed.

Jun poked his head in. "Hey sleepyhead. Nice to see you up. Maybe now Birdboy will start sleeping longer than two hours a night. Mind if I steal Andy away for a minute?"

"What's up?" Andy went over to him.

"Not feeling real well. But everything tells me I'm healthy. Wondering if you can read my energy, see if there's something going on?"

Andy nodded and closed her eyes, focusing on him. "It seems like you have a lot of energy, but nothing seems bad?"

He gave a shrug. "Maybe I should go to the range and let off some power. Thanks." He waved and disappeared down the hall.

Andy went back into the infirmary, smiling at Kei as she passed and went back to check on Tet and Kiba.

Kiba gave her a soft smile as a growl was heard. "Grumpy rug is awake."

Andy chuckled and headed over to Tet.

He was staring at Arie, his eyes puzzled.

Arie gave him a small smile.

Andy chuckled, "Hey, how're you feeling?"

"Better than when Stitch found me. Did I get a concussion?"

"No, you should be fine," Andy smiled.

"Why are there two of you then? Or am I dreaming?"

"Meet my twin, Arie."

"Twin?"

"She died when we were nine, and I revived her... Then our parents erased our memories of the event and each other and sent her to live with an aunt. Trying to keep me safe.."

"Damn.." He looked at Andy. "It's a good thing I didn't try to kiss her."

The twins both laughed.

"It's been a crazy day, to say the least."

"No argument there." His stomach growled and he blushed in embarrassment.

"I'll go start dinner, okay?" Andy smiled. "If you don't mind just keeping an eye on everyone?" She looked at Arie.

Arie nodded and gave her a small smile.

After Andy was out of the infirmary, Arie looked at Tet, "So, how long have you known her?"

"A couple of years now? I apologize for my memory, but repeated concussions do a number on exact dates." He shifted position, hissing as strained muscles protested.

Arie chuckled softly before trying to use a few healing spells on him to help the pain. She then sighed, "It's been years since I've seen Daka.. To some extent it feels like no time has passed. And then we start catching up and it really hits me how much of our lives we've missed. She's really been through a lot hasn't she?" She then looked concerned, "Is she sick? I get the sense that something is wrong but I don't know how to bring it up.."

He narrowed his eyes. "Not that I know of… Maybe we should gang up on her and make her tell us?"

Arie looked thoughtful, "Maybe. I'd rather not upset her though."

"If she needs help but is hiding it… I'm going to kick her ass."

Arie gave him a small smile, "I'm glad that she has so many people who care about her."

"Can't help it. She's literally the reason why we are still alive. Plus I couldn't stop loving her if you put a gun to my head." He looked toward the door with a soft smile.

Soon, Andy reentered with trays of food for all the awake patients. She passed them out then sat back down by Tet.

He gave a smile as he started eating. When he was finished, he pushed it aside and locked gazes with her. "Darlin, is there something you want to tell me?"

Andy raised an eyebrow, "What do you mean?"

He rolled his eyes. "Are you hiding being ill?"

She looked down, "I've been trying to take care of it with Akasa and Jun.. but yeah, I guess."

"I thought you three were conspiring about something. Why didn't you tell us?" He raised her chin. "Thought we agreed to no secrets?"

"I didn't want to worry you.." she sighed, "I'm sorry."

"You know I worry more when you don't say anything. Now what exactly is wrong?"

She whispered, "Brain tumor.."

His eyes went wide in shock as Kiba froze.

"The migraines… and you didn't say anything?!" The wolf tossed his fork down angrily.

Tears started to fill her eyes, unsure what else to say.

Arie just looked at her sadly, "Can't you fix it with a spell?"

"It's not that easy.."

Tet stared at her in terror. "I can't lose you.."

"It's alright, it's not that bad yet. It had been worse but Jun shrinked it a few times.. I've been trying chemo but it doesn't seem to be working.."

Tet clenched his fists as he fought his emotions.

She looked down again, the tears starting to spill, "I'm sorry."

"I'm sure there's something we can do. I'll look through my aunts book of shadows and see if I can find anything," Arie gave her a small smile.

Andy nodded slowly, "We've been through our parents books and a couple others and still haven't found anything. But I'm not giving up yet."

Tet took a deep breath. "Better not."

Andy wiped at her eyes, "I've been surprisingly positive about it. I know we'll figure it out somehow."

Arie moved to hug Andy, "I just found you, I won't let you go that easily."

Kiba chuckled. "Another member of the we love Andy club."

Andy gave him a small smile before asking, "Are you guys mad at me?"

"I decline to answer as it might incriminate me.." Tet and Kiba chorused, laughing.

Andy sighed.

"Why don't you go get some rest? You have my number, we can hang out again soon," Arie smiled. "And I'll be working on figuring out some way to heal you."

Andy nodded and gave her twin another hug, "You know the teleportation spell?"

Arie nodded before pulling away and disappearing.

Andy took a deep breath before standing and starting to head out of the infirmary.

"Darlin, come here."

Andy turned and raised an eyebrow before walking back to Tet.

He raised up and embraced her, whispering "I love you" in her ear before kissing her.

She gave him a small smile, "I love you too."

"Time to share!" Kiba called out.

Andy chuckled and went over to him and gave him a kiss, "I love you."

"We're not mad. And we love you more." Kiba returned the kiss with a smile.

"Thanks," she smiled softly before leaving the infirmary. She headed to their room, laying in bed and thinking about her memories with Arie until she fell asleep.

Chapter 45

"Let's try this one?" Arie tried one more spell on Andy before they ran the scanner again. Each time she grew more and more frustrated, wondering if any of the spells would work.

"It's alright, we'll figure something else out," Andy sighed, her headache getting worse.

"I'm going to help you somehow," Arie spoke quietly as she flipped through more pages.

Arie growled as she got to the end of the book, slamming it shut. She closed her eyes, trying to come up with a spell. Before she even started the words, a light surrounded Andy. The necromancer looked at the light in confusion, "You have healing power?"

"Do I?" Arie opened her eyes and they went wide as she noticed the light.

"Seems like it," Andy gave her a smile. When the light faded, Andy ran the scans again, staring at the printout in shock, "It's gone.."

"We did it?" Arie looked surprised.

"I mean, it could always come back.. but it looks gone to me." Andy smiled.

"Only question is.. how did I do that?" Arie chuckled.

"I'll explain it to you later. I have to go tell a few people the news."

Arie glanced at the time, "I have class soon anyway. See you later. Maybe we should go out and celebrate?"

"Sounds good. Maybe we can have a party here? They guys need a break anyway."

Andy went and stuck her head in the office, smiling at Akasa.

"Uh oh.. Should I check my bed for traps?"

Andy laughed, "Arie apparently can heal. It's gone."

He yelled in delight, giving her a tight hug. "That's fantastic!"

She smiled before looking thoughtful, "How's that seal spell holding up?"

"Feeling pretty good. Not sure how to repay you."

"You don't have to repay me. I'm a doctor, healing is my job."

He sobered. "Speaking of that, you might want to look in on Jun. He's looking rough."

Andy nodded and headed to find Jun. She knocked on his door and waited for a response.

He opened it, giving her a small smile. He was pale, dark circles under his eyes and he was trembling.

As she watched, vines encased a small table, then vanished.

"Are you alright? Why don't you sit down?" She looked him over worriedly.

He stumbled over to the couch, laying back with a wince. "I have no idea what's happening. But I keep causing spells to happen without trying. The vines started last night and I almost strangled to death."

Andy closed her eyes and focused on him, "You have too much energy. You need to let some of it go."

"Been doing that every day, sometimes more than once." He let his eyes close for a minute.

"You need to let more go then," she sighed before pulling paper out of her pocket and starting to scribble on it. After a few minutes she put her hand on his chest and recited the spell she wrote. A seal appeared before fading away. "This should help your body stop producing too much energy but we still need to keep track of it. Start checking in everyday and I'll check you over until we know you're better."

"I'm responsible for the crater on the range.. Thanks by the way. Did you just come by to check on me?"

Andy gave a small chuckle, "A whole crater?" She then smiled, "The tumor is gone."

His eyes went wide. "That's great!" He gave a wry laugh. "Boss wanted to know if a ufo had crashed.. That should give an idea of how big it is."

"Damn," Andy laughed. "If you need help with your spells going nuts, let me know."

He gave her a grin. "Ready to be run ragged? Pretty sure Kenji is still sore at me for messing up his date."

Andy chuckled, "What happened?"

"Invisibility is bad when it comes time to pay the check. Arie ended up paying."

Andy laughed, "Hopefully their next date goes a bit better."

"Hopefully. As long as I'm far away, probably."

Andy rolled her eyes, "You'll get the hang of things. Just keep letting more energy go and that should help."

He nodded tiredly. "I hope I can sleep safely now."

"If you want, you can sleep in the infirmary and I can keep an eye on you."

"Not a bad idea honestly."

She gave him another smile, "I'll see you later. Let me know if you need anything." She headed out to find Tet and Kiba.

They were in the gym, lifting weights and running on the treadmill.

Andy smiled widely, "Why don't we throw a party tonight?"

Kiba paused. "I'm always in a party mood but out of curiosity why tonight?"

Andy grinned, "I'm completely healthy. Arie healed me."

Both of them froze for a moment, then Tet was hugging her as Kiba kissed her.

Andy chuckled when they pulled away. "So.. party?"

"Absolutely." They chorused in unison.

Her cellphone rang.

Andy answered it quickly, "Hey, what's up?"

"The school's under attack. I'm trapped in the English building with Arie." Shouma's voice was hurried.

"Any idea on who is attacking?"

"They look military but that's just a guess. Andy, they've got Ryusei."

Andy's eyes darkened, "I'll be right there." She looked at Tet and Kiba, "There's trouble at the school. I'll be back soon."

His eyes flickered. "Need help?"

"If you want? Are you good to go or do you need to change?"

"I'm fine." He looked at Kiba. "Coming?"

The wolf nodded. "Try to stop me."

"Alright then," Andy focused on Ryusei and teleported them there.

They were in the auditorium, black clad men massed on the stage. Some of them appeared to be guarding something as a man raged. "I send you to get the woman and you bring me that?"

"Let him go," Andy growled.

"How are you here when you were in the English building?" One of the men looked at her in shock.

Andy raised an eyebrow, "Cuz that isn't me?"

Tet snarled. "You aren't getting anyone. And you aren't keeping him."

"What do you want anyway?" Andy growled.

"You. My king wants you." The man in charge laughed.

Tet and Kiba growled, shifting and standing between him and her.

"King? And why me?" Andy glared.

"He wishes immortality. King Crispin of Darvestan."

Andy rolled her eyes, "Not happening."

"Not acceptable. Unless you want him to die along with everyone else here?"

Andy froze, "Don't hurt them."

"Come with us and he's free to go. No one else has to get hurt."

"Alright," Andy sighed.

"No fucking way." Both Kiba and Tet charged the men. Tet pathed "Get whoever it is out of here. We'll take care of them."

The man glared at them, then snapped his fingers. Two men began dragging Ryusei toward the roof exit as the head man drew a gun and began shooting.

Tet and Kiba zig zagged toward him, avoiding the bullets. They leapt onto the stage and attacked.

Andy ran out of the building, then flew up to the roof, attacking the two men that had Ryusei. When they were down, she knelt by Ryusei, "Are you okay?"

He winced, nodding. "Darted me. Not sure I can port." He looked behind her, his eyes going wide.

He pushed her aside, running for another man who had just emerged from the door. The man was aiming a gun at her, but Ryusei tackled him. There was a gunshot, then both of them were falling off the building. There was the sound of twin sickly thuds below.

Andy quickly flew down to Ryusei, starting to use spells to heal him. She soon moved him to the infirmary, getting him into a bed and saying a few more spells. She called for Akasa to help before she disappeared again, going to check on Tet and Kiba. She entered the auditorium slowly, looking around.

All the military men were dead. The leader had been torn apart.

Kiba and Tet were lying on the stage. Both were unconscious, multiple injuries visible.

Andy got them to the infirmary, starting to heal them up. When they were stable, she went to the English building to check on everyone.

Arie gave her a small smile when she noticed her enter. "You okay?"

Andy nodded and gave Shouma a smile, "Ryusei is safe, he's badly injured but we're working on healing him."

Shouma nodded. "The men?"

"Dead."

"Good." He helped Arie to stand, a bloodstain on his shoulder. He caught Andy's look and shook his head. "She healed me already."

Andy nodded, "Alright, I'm heading back to the infirmary to help out more. Do you want to go home or do you have more stuff to do here?"

Shouma shrugged. "I'm free." He looked at Arie. "What are you going to do?"

"Well, I'm going to go home and relax after all that commotion."

"We're having a party tonight if everyone is awake," Andy smiled.

"I'll be there then," Arie replied.

Shouma went over to Andy, giving Arie a wave.

Andy teleported them back to the infirmary and went back to healing Ryusei.

Shouma paled as he caught glimpse of his friend. "You weren't kidding. What happened?"

"He tackled someone.. right off the top of a building."

Shouma face palmed. "Good grief."

Andy gave a small chuckle before reciting more spells. When she was done, she sat down where she could keep an eye on the three men in beds.

"Let me guess, the two stooges did something stupid too?" The shifter eyed Tet and Kiba.

"They attacked the bad guys."

Shouma nodded before exiting the infirmary.

Akasa sighed as he dropped into the chair beside her. "Definitely need to unwind after today." He glanced over to a bed in the corner, where Jun lay unconscious.

"He doing alright?"

"He's getting a new room. There was an incident with fire while you were out. Had to sedate him to get the flames out."

Andy nodded slowly, "I don't know what to do other than make him use up more energy.. I tried a seal spell, but I'm not sure if it'll work."

The nurse sighed. "At the rate it's going, he's going to kill himself if he can't get this taken care of."

Andy nodded, "I could try to take some of his energy out from him, but I'm afraid I'd take too much and hurt him."

Akasa was about to answer when Kei rushed in. He went straight to Jun, his eyes glowing as he looked him over. The witch muttered to himself, then headed for the lab.

"You have any ideas to help him?" Andy followed.

"Possibly. I think his body is trying to adjust to an increase in his power. I'm working on a potion, but I could use your help." He gave her a small smile. "I've had memory issues ever since.. I can't screw this up."

Andy nodded, "Let me know what you want me to do," she gave him a small smile.

"Just verify the ingredients are all in?" He began to create the potion, his forehead furrowed in concentration.

Andy watched in silence, checking over the recipe book.

As he finished adding things, he looked at her. "Everything there?"

"Looks good to me," she double checked. "What will this potion do exactly?"

"Think of us earth witches as conductors. The earth is the power source and the spells are the wiring. Jun's wiring is not conducting right. He's 120 while the earth is 240. This should give him the rewiring needed to channel correctly again." Kei muttered a spell, watching as the potion went from blue to yellow. "Fingers crossed."

He made his way over to Jun, pouring the potion down his throat. "Once he wakes, we can check him." He swayed slightly, beads of sweat on his forehead as one hand grabbed his chest.

"Are you alright?" Andy put a hand on his shoulder gently.

"You tell me. I've had chest pains off and on since I woke up. My head won't stop pounding either. I actually forgot where my room was earlier."

Andy frowned, "Sit down."

He did so, breathing deeply as he fought the pain.

Andy checked him over, listening to his heart and breathing. She then closed her eyes and focused, pushing energy into him as she tried to heal his problems. She knew those were effects that could happen from strangulation, but she hoped she could heal him enough to stop them.

He closed his eyes, giving a sigh as the pain began easing.

She continued to push her energy into him for a few minutes, until she allowed the light to fade away.

He sat there for a few minutes, then looked at her. "I'm not doing well am I?"

"Not really. How are you feeling now, though?"

"Better. What is happening to me?"

"It's all side effects from strangulation," she sighed.

"Don't tell Hiroki okay? He'll just blame himself." Kei exhaled softly.

Andy nodded then looked thoughtful, "Try not to worry. I know we can figure out a way to help you. We managed to save Yamae from cancer, we managed to save me from a brain tumor, I know we can find a way to save you from this."

He gave her a nod before standing. "I'm going to take a nap." He left the infirmary slowly.

"Are you alright?" Ryusei's voice was soft, his eyes hazy from painkillers.

"Yeah, I'm fine," Andy approached and gave him a small smile.

He let out a relieved sigh. "Was scared I hadn't gotten to him in time." He reached a hand to his head with a frown. "What exactly happened?"

"In your attempt to tackle him, you threw yourself off the building," Andy looked at him with a small smile, "Try not to do it again."

"Oh. Yeah, definitely not one of my better ideas." He paused, then grew alarmed. "Shouma? Arie?"

"Are both fine. Don't worry."

"Thank god. They looked like they were looking for her."

"Yeah, cuz they thought she was me," Andy sighed.

"Oops. Guess they were upset when they realized their mistake?"

"They tried to trade you for me when they realized. Then Tet and Kiba flipped out and attacked them."

"Sounds the right speed for dumb and dumber." Ryusei grinned as a now awake Kiba flipped him off.

Andy chuckled and gave Kiba a smile.

"Says the idiot who fell off a roof. Everyone okay?" Kiba rolled his eyes.

"Yeah," Andy nodded.

Her cell rang.

She took a deep breath, "What now?" She clicked the button, "Hello?"

"Dr. Takimoto?" A male voice answered.

"Yes? Who is this?"

"Detective Sato. Do you know a Ryon and Yamae Takano?"

"Yes? What's going on?"

There was a pause, then "I regret to inform you, they have been found dead on the campus of the local university."

Andy took a deep breath, "I'll be right there."

The phone clicked, the dial tone sounding.

"This started out as such a good day too..." Andy shook her head before teleporting to the campus.

There was a swarm of police around a secluded outside study area. A tall detective separated from the crowd and approached her. "Dr?"

She nodded.

"Sorry for your loss. How do you know them, if I may ask?"

"We're friends. We work at the same base together," she answered. "Do you know what happened?"

"That explains the military IDs." He pulled out a small notebook and read his notes. "Approximately a half hour ago we received a report of two bodies being discovered. Cause of death in unknown at this time. No injuries are present. It appears both just dropped dead. We'll find out during autopsy. Did either of them have any medical issues?"

She shook her head, "If you don't mind, can I take them for autopsy? I can talk to my boss if you need paperwork on it."

"It's out of the ordinary, but if the M.E. signs off, that will be acceptable." The detective led her over to another man beginning to stand.

Two white sheets covered the bodies a few feet away.

Andy looked at them sadly before looking back at the man, "Hi, I'm Dr. Takimoto."

"Dr. Nakano. I'm sorry for your loss."

"Thank you," Andy sighed. "I was hoping to take them back to base for autopsy, if that is alright with you?"

"They are active duty personnel?"

She nodded, "Their deaths could be connected to one of our missions."

"Understood." He pulled out some paperwork, scribbling his signature before handing Andy a copy. "Keep me updated if possible?"

She nodded again and went to the bodies, pulling the sheets back and looking them over for a moment before beginning to move them.

Once back at base, she laid them in beds in the infirmary and focused on reviving them. Once breathing, she looked at Ryusei, "Any chance you can edit police records? If these guys see them alive and go to check, it'll end badly, I'm sure."

He chuckled. "Not the first time. And Boss can take care of everything else." He watched them with a frown. "What the hell happened anyway?"

"No wounds or anything, so I'm guessing a kill spell. Question is, who did it?"

"Some black suited asshole who was looking for you." Ryon grimaced as he sat up slowly.

Andy nodded, "Probably those same assholes from earlier."

"What assholes?" Ryon gave her a look.

"They tried to go after Arie thinking she was me. They kidnapped Ryusei," Andy answered. "Some king wants me to give him immortality."

"That shit again? Ever feel like a rare commodity up for auction?" Yamae asked as he blinked his eyes open.

Andy sighed, "I hate all the bad things that come with being a necromancer, but I'm glad I can save you guys. I just wish they'd get the message that I'm not helping them with that." She rolled her eyes, "It was going to be a good day, and we were going to have a party, but at this rate, who knows what'll happen next."

"Let's do the party right now before our luck changes." Kiba suggested.

Andy nodded, "I'll go get everything ready."

Tsukasa entered with a smile. "Already being done. How is everyone?"

"Everyone should be alright. We're keeping an eye on Jun but we're hoping he'll be fine too. He'll probably stay sedated for a few more hours."

"How's Kei? He wasn't doing well earlier."

Andy frowned, "I helped with the pain, but we still haven't exactly figured out how to fix the problem. We'll figure it out though, we always do."

He gave a chuckle as Daiki pushed a table full of drinks in.

Andy smiled before calling Arie. Within minutes her twin appeared next to her.

"Party time!" Kiba laughed. He paused, looking over at the still unconscious Tet.

Andy smiled, "Maybe we should take the party elsewhere so they can keep sleeping?"

"Rec room?"

Andy nodded, "Yeah, let's go."

"Lead the way," Arie grinned.

The awake men filed out of the infirmary, quickly congregating in the room.

Andy glanced at the sleeping men once more before heading out. Her and Arie made their way down the hall.

"You've had a busy day, haven't you?" Arie assessed.

"It's like that a lot around here," Andy answered.

"How have you not gone crazy?"

"I've definitely gotten close.." She entered the rec room.

There was a lot of laughing as Shouma and Kiba were having a dance off. Shouma won to the sound of cheers.

Andy chuckled before grabbing a drink. Arie followed her and got one too. They both sat down and started sipping their drinks as they watched the group.

Kei made his way over, laughing at some story his brothers were narrating. He forced a smile as he reached them. "This is welcome."

"I figured we needed a party. It's been a while."

"Yeah. And with a day like today.." He leaned on the wall quietly.

Andy nodded and finished her drink, standing to get a new one.

He slid down the wall, his eyes locked on his brothers. He looked sad for a moment, then winced slightly. "You haven't told them, have you?"

Andy shook her head, "It's up to you if I tell them. I totally understand hiding things.."

Arie rolled her eyes, "Hiding isn't the best thing to do, you know."

"Better than worrying everyone around me."

Kei's lips quirked as he watched them bicker. "Good. I know they'll probably be angry at me, but I don't want them attempting something stupid to save me."

Andy nodded before looking at Arie, "I wonder with both of us healing him, if it'll help?"

"I have no idea what I even did to heal you," Arie responded.

"I'll walk you through it, okay?" Andy turned to Kei, "Willing to let us try something?"

He raised an eyebrow, then shrugged before gasping quietly as his face went white.

Andy quickly rushed to him, kneeling beside him before looking at Arie, "Help me get him to the infirmary." They lifted him and carried him out of the room, putting him in a bed. "Just close your eyes and feel your energy. Then push it into him."

Arie nodded slowly.

Soon, both women were pushing energy into Kei, bright silver light surrounding him. After a few minutes, Arie started swaying, struggling to stay upright.

"Stop before you pass out," Andy ordered as she continued. Another couple minutes later, the light faded.

Arie sat down in a chair as Andy checked Kei over.

He was deeply asleep, all traces of the strangulation gone.

Andy let Arie rest a couple minutes before they headed back to the rec room and retook their seats.

Hiroki gave them a questioning look from across the room.

Andy just smiled at him.