Lukes New TR47 Fanfic Chapter V: The Not-So-Great Escape
After Joey and Luke met the boss, Tac brought them into the laboratory. Joey immediately recognized the lab, because it was the very same lab that she had been created in. Luke had never seen it before, but his mother had told him things about it. He knew what sort of testing went on in the lab, and it made him sick.
Tac wasn't going to start anything, he was just showing them around. Joey and Luke didn't know it, but Tac was trying to win their trust. He wouldn't resort to forcing them unless he had to, but Tac knew that it would probably end up that way.
After showing them around the lab and also introducing them to a few of the other scientists, Tac allowed them to eat lunch in the cafeteria. The guards stood close by, making sure that they didn't try and steal anything that might allow them to escape.
Joey and Luke didn't eat much, however. They were too depressed to care about eating. Tac noticed, but he didn't bother them at all. Once they were finished, Tac took them back to their cell. When Tac left, Joey and Luke sat down on a bed and started talking quietly so that the guards couldn't hear them.
"He's trying to get on our good side," Joey whispered. "It's just his way of getting us to trust him."
"I noticed that," Luke whispered back. "I could tell that he wasn't doing any of that truthfully
"How long do you think we'll be here?"
"I'm not sure. It may be a while, but I know Magick well enough to know that she's probably already worked out a plan to break us out. Whether or not it's successful is all up to them. We're just going to have to sit tight and wait until either they break us out, or Tac succeeds in forcing us to join Team Rocket . . ."
Magick double-checked to make sure everything was in the packs, then smiled. They were going to strike at 1:30 A.M. The time was currently 12:15 A.M. They had all intentionally stayed up late the previous night and slept in, so they were still fairly awake.
At 1:00 they picked up their packs and headed for the Team Rocket HQ. It only took them 15 minutes to get there, but they had to move carefully around the outside to avoid the security systems; especially the surveillance cameras.
When they got to the prison area of the HQ, they carefully studied the map and identified the exact window they would be going in. Magick, Michi, and Melanie walked over to where the window was and looked up. Michi opened her pack, then pulled out the climbing gear.
Michi gathered up what she needed, then began climbing up the wall. The wall was lined with rocks, so it made it easy for her to climb. When she reached the second-level window, she found a place to secure the rope. She peered in the window, then looked around carefully. There were about ten guards that Michi could see, but there would likely be more nearby.
Michi gave the thumbs-up, then Magick and Melanie began climbing up to where she was. They both paused below Michi, then waited patiently. Michi carefully took a glass cutter and attached it to the window, then began cutting out a small section of glass.
Michi removed the piece of glass when it was free and carefully set it on the windowsill. Dropping it might make noise and attract attention, which is the last thing they wanted. Michi snapped her fingers, then Magick handed her a smoke-bomb. Michi pressed a button on the bomb and set a timer for 10 seconds. She made sure the guards weren't looking in her direction, then reached through the hole and dropped the bomb.
The instant Michi dropped the bomb on the floor, she heard a guard say, "What was that? Did you hear something?"
A few seconds later, Michi heard a faint beep. The bomb began to smoke violently, blocking Michi's view through the window. The smoke was specially designed so that it wouldn't set off any fire alarms. The guards would be too blinded in the haze to find the security alarms. Michi grabbed onto the top of the window and kicked it in, shattering the window into a thousand pieces.
Michi jumped through the window, then kicked the smoke bomb down one of the corridors. The air was already think with smoke, but Michi could still see a bit. Magick and Melanie jumped in the broken window a few moments later, then handed her some goggles. With the goggles, the three of them could see clearly, despite the smoke.
Magick and Melanie both triggered another smoke bomb and threw them down the other corridors. The entire area was filling with smoke rapidly, so that phase was going as planned. They immediately began running from cell to cell, looking for Joey and Luke. They didn't realize it, but Joey and Luke were quite a few cells down from where they were at . . .
Tac stood in front of Joey and Luke's cell, watching them carefully. Suddenly a ball rolled past him and continued down the corridor. He watched it stop, then eyed it curiously. He realized what it was moments later, but by then it was too late. The smoke bomb beeped, then a jet of smoke erupted from it. The corridor filled rapidly with smoke, and Tac swore as a wall of smoke rushed over him.
Joey and Luke heard Tac swear, then turned around. They had barely turned around when the thick smoke invaded their cell. They both instinctively dove onto their stomachs on the floor, but the smoke filled the entire area. They quickly discovered that the smoke wasn't from a fire, because it didn't smell like burning wood and such.
Tac puled out his cell phone, then squinted to find the power button. He barely managed to dial the boss's number, because the smoke was becoming thicker. He lifted the cell phone to his ear, then threw it down in frustration. The smoke was blocking the signal, so the only thing he was getting was static.
Tac wasn't sure how effective the ventilation system would be in clearing out the smoke. It would be a few minutes before he would be able to see anything again, so he didn't move and waited patiently. Tac heard three voices a few seconds later. He didn't recognize them, but he knew they probably belonged to the attackers . . .
Melanie, Michi, and Magick were checking he cells faster. They needed to hurry. They had plenty of smoke-bombs to provide cover, but they didn't want to be captured. Someone would've noticed by then that all the cameras on the second floor in the prison area were showing nothing due to the smoke.
They had already tranquilized a few of the guards, but they didn't have too much trouble. As they were running from cell to cell, Michi spotted someone standing outside of one of the cells. They weren't a guard, however. Michi adjusted her goggles, then pulled out her tranquilizer gun. She aimed it, then saw the person pull something out of their pocket.
A few seconds later, a loud humming filled the air. Michi, Magick, and Melanie all looked around, trying to find the source of the sound. Their vision began to get blurry, so they pulled off their goggles. The smoke was getting thinner somehow. They were in trouble, and they knew it . . .
Tac watched as the smoke began to rapidly thin out. He was glad that the people who had built the HQ had installed an ultra-rapid emergency ventilation system for such occurrences.
Tac didn't recognize the three people standing there as the smoke cleared, but it didn't matter. They were trying to break out Joey and Luke, and Tac knew it. He turned around and reached for the nearest security alarm, then began to feel extremely sleepy. He fell down, then was out like a light.
Michi put down the tranquilizer gun she was pointing in Tac's direction, then put it in her backpack. She walked over to Tac and picked up the device that was lying on the floor next to him. She pressed a button on it and the humming stopped. The instant the humming stopped, the air began to fill with smoke again. The bombs would continue to release smoke for another 15 minutes, so they had plenty of time.
Magick puled out her light saber (it's not really a light saber, but I'll just call it that so that people aren't confused) and pressed a button on it. A beam of energy flashed from the handle an took on a shape similar to a light saber, but it was flaming. Magick sliced through the bars, melting the metal and opening a hole large enough for Joey and Luke to escape.
They both quickly jumped out of the cell, then everybody hugged them. They only had a few seconds to celebrate, because a group of guards came running down the opposite corridor. They ran back the way they had entered, then got to the window. Joey and Luke had to hold hands with the others since they didn't have goggles.
Everybody began climbing down the rope that was still hanging from the window. Magick was the last one out the window. She was about to grab onto the rope when suddenly it broke loose. It wasn't much of a problem for her, because she could just fly down since she was a Mew. She leaned and was about to step out when a sharp pain tore through her leg. She screamed, then fell out the window, plummeting toward the ground . . .
The guard smiled as he watched Magick fall out the window. He ran over to where she had been, then swore as he saw everybody running quickly. Luke was carrying Magick in his arms, and everybody else was carrying the stuff. The guard fired off another shot, but it missed by quite a bit. Giovanni was going to be pissed . . .
Everybody kept running until they determined that it was safe. Luke gently put Magick on the ground, then began searching through the packs for some bandages.
"Did anybody pack some medical supplies?" Luke asked a few moments later.
"We didn't think about that," Michi said quietly.
The gunshot wound on Magick's leg was bleeding profusely. Luke sighed, then pulled off his shirt. He twisted it up a bit, then wrapped it around the wound as a makeshift bandage. The night air was cold on his body, but he didn't care.
Luke then picked Magick back up gently, then they all continued running. They arrived at the nearest hospital five minutes later. Magick's wound wasn't life threatening, but she had lost quite a bit of blood. The doctor gave Luke a strange look, but didn't say anything when he realized that Luke's shirt was wrapped around Magick's leg. It was soaked in blood.
A nurse hooked up an IV, then the doctor carefully peeled Luke's shirt off the gunshot wound. He applied a pad, then looked at Luke. "You want this back?"
"Only if it's washed first," Luke replied.
The doctor laughed, then tossed the shirt in a laundry basket. He checked the IV, then looked back at Luke. "It's nothing major. We'll monitor her for a few days after she wakes up, but I don't think she'll be in here any longer than a week."
Everybody breathed a sigh of relief, then walked out to the waiting room. Everybody walked back to the apartment, except for Luke. He stayed in Magick's room, and planned on hanging around until she woke up . . .
Tac had locked himself in his office after waking up. He didn't plan on coming out for a while, because his promotion had just escaped. He had overheard one of the guards bragging about shooting an Anthro Mew as they were escaping, but Tac now knew that Joey wasn't the only one of her kind.
Tac heard a knock at his door, so he reluctantly stood up and unlocked it. He opened the door and Giovanni was standing there, a look of rage in his eyes.
"Get out," Giovanni said quietly.
"Look, it wasn't my fault that Joey and Luke managed to escape. There were others."
"Get out," Giovanni repeated a bit louder.
"Why should I be blamed for something that I didn't cause to happen? If you can prove to me that it was my fault, I'll leave."
"Get out, now!" Giovanni nearly yelled.
Tac yelled in frustration, then dove at Giovanni. He tackled him to the ground, then began punching him ruthlessly. Giovanni hadn't been ready for that, so he was at Tac's mercy. Tac gave Giovanni a sharp punch across the jaw before he was restrained by two guards.
"You'll regret this," Tac yelled as the guards dragged him away from Giovanni and down the hall. "I'll make you sorry that you ever kicked me out of Team Rocket! You'll see!"
Giovanni stood up, then brushed himself off. His lip was split open wide, and his nose was bleeding quite a bit. He held himself back from pulling out his pistol and shooting Tac. Losing Joey and Luke was a huge problem. Now the police would know the location of the Team Rocket HQ, and the collars and ID tags would be more than enough evidence. He would probably have to go into hiding as he had so many times before . . .
Magick woke up slowly, then squinted in the bright light that was filtering in through her window. When her eyes adjusted to the light, she looked around the room. She saw Luke sitting in a chair next to her bed, sleeping soundly. Magick glanced around again, then saw a clock on the wall. It was 9:30 A.M.
Magick pulled herself into a sitting position, then winced as a slight pain went through her leg. She looked down at her leg, then remembered what had happened as she was escaping. Her leg was wrapped in a pad, so she couldn't look at the wound. She knew that she had been shot.
Magick noticed a desk next to her bed. There were some get well cards on it, as well as flowers. She reached over and picked up the cards, reading each of them. Magick smiled, then placed the cards back on the desk. She heard Luke shifting, then looked over at him. He was still asleep, but he looked like he was about to wake up.
Despite the time, Magick still felt drowsy from the painkillers that were dripping into her IV. She yawned and laid back down, then fell asleep. Luke woke up a few minutes later. He stood up and stretched, then yawned and looked at Magick. She was still asleep, so he went to the café to get some breakfast for himself.
Luke returned to Magick's room a little while later. He sat down on the chair next to her bed, then picked up a book and began reading it. He glanced up as the doctor walked in, then jumped a bit when his shirt landed in his lap. It had been washed, so it was clean now. The doctor then did his usual rounds, checking Magick's vital signs and stuff. He carefully lifted the pad off her leg and examined the wound, then replaced the pad.
The doctor jotted down some notes on the clipboard hanging off Magick's bed, then left. Luke stood up and stretched again, then stepped over to Magick's bed. She stirred a bit, then woke up. She smiled when she saw Luke standing over her, then pushed herself up. Luke helped by putting a pillow behind her back, then pulled his chair next to Magick's bed and sat down.
"Good morning," Luke said quietly. He glanced at the clock and smiled. "Although I should point out that there's not much morning left."
Magick laughed, then said, "I was actually awake an hour ago, but went back to sleep."
"I woke up at 9:35," Luke said. "That means you went back to sleep right before I woke up."
Magick giggled, then they talked for a while longer. The doctor brought Magick breakfast a little bit after Luke left. After Magick was done eating, she pulled a sketch pad out of her backpack, which Luke had brought to her room. She flipped through her other sketches, then giggled as she saw the sketch of her and Luke.
Magick flipped to a blank page, then began sketching carefully. Nobody came to visit her for a little while, so she got plenty of time to work on it. The end result was a detailed sketch of Luke. Luke had told Magick about how he had caught her when she fell out he window, then carried her to the hospital. Previously Magick only had a crush on him, but that was changing quickly. She was falling in love, and she knew it . . .
After Joey and Luke met the boss, Tac brought them into the laboratory. Joey immediately recognized the lab, because it was the very same lab that she had been created in. Luke had never seen it before, but his mother had told him things about it. He knew what sort of testing went on in the lab, and it made him sick.
Tac wasn't going to start anything, he was just showing them around. Joey and Luke didn't know it, but Tac was trying to win their trust. He wouldn't resort to forcing them unless he had to, but Tac knew that it would probably end up that way.
After showing them around the lab and also introducing them to a few of the other scientists, Tac allowed them to eat lunch in the cafeteria. The guards stood close by, making sure that they didn't try and steal anything that might allow them to escape.
Joey and Luke didn't eat much, however. They were too depressed to care about eating. Tac noticed, but he didn't bother them at all. Once they were finished, Tac took them back to their cell. When Tac left, Joey and Luke sat down on a bed and started talking quietly so that the guards couldn't hear them.
"He's trying to get on our good side," Joey whispered. "It's just his way of getting us to trust him."
"I noticed that," Luke whispered back. "I could tell that he wasn't doing any of that truthfully
"How long do you think we'll be here?"
"I'm not sure. It may be a while, but I know Magick well enough to know that she's probably already worked out a plan to break us out. Whether or not it's successful is all up to them. We're just going to have to sit tight and wait until either they break us out, or Tac succeeds in forcing us to join Team Rocket . . ."
Magick double-checked to make sure everything was in the packs, then smiled. They were going to strike at 1:30 A.M. The time was currently 12:15 A.M. They had all intentionally stayed up late the previous night and slept in, so they were still fairly awake.
At 1:00 they picked up their packs and headed for the Team Rocket HQ. It only took them 15 minutes to get there, but they had to move carefully around the outside to avoid the security systems; especially the surveillance cameras.
When they got to the prison area of the HQ, they carefully studied the map and identified the exact window they would be going in. Magick, Michi, and Melanie walked over to where the window was and looked up. Michi opened her pack, then pulled out the climbing gear.
Michi gathered up what she needed, then began climbing up the wall. The wall was lined with rocks, so it made it easy for her to climb. When she reached the second-level window, she found a place to secure the rope. She peered in the window, then looked around carefully. There were about ten guards that Michi could see, but there would likely be more nearby.
Michi gave the thumbs-up, then Magick and Melanie began climbing up to where she was. They both paused below Michi, then waited patiently. Michi carefully took a glass cutter and attached it to the window, then began cutting out a small section of glass.
Michi removed the piece of glass when it was free and carefully set it on the windowsill. Dropping it might make noise and attract attention, which is the last thing they wanted. Michi snapped her fingers, then Magick handed her a smoke-bomb. Michi pressed a button on the bomb and set a timer for 10 seconds. She made sure the guards weren't looking in her direction, then reached through the hole and dropped the bomb.
The instant Michi dropped the bomb on the floor, she heard a guard say, "What was that? Did you hear something?"
A few seconds later, Michi heard a faint beep. The bomb began to smoke violently, blocking Michi's view through the window. The smoke was specially designed so that it wouldn't set off any fire alarms. The guards would be too blinded in the haze to find the security alarms. Michi grabbed onto the top of the window and kicked it in, shattering the window into a thousand pieces.
Michi jumped through the window, then kicked the smoke bomb down one of the corridors. The air was already think with smoke, but Michi could still see a bit. Magick and Melanie jumped in the broken window a few moments later, then handed her some goggles. With the goggles, the three of them could see clearly, despite the smoke.
Magick and Melanie both triggered another smoke bomb and threw them down the other corridors. The entire area was filling with smoke rapidly, so that phase was going as planned. They immediately began running from cell to cell, looking for Joey and Luke. They didn't realize it, but Joey and Luke were quite a few cells down from where they were at . . .
Tac stood in front of Joey and Luke's cell, watching them carefully. Suddenly a ball rolled past him and continued down the corridor. He watched it stop, then eyed it curiously. He realized what it was moments later, but by then it was too late. The smoke bomb beeped, then a jet of smoke erupted from it. The corridor filled rapidly with smoke, and Tac swore as a wall of smoke rushed over him.
Joey and Luke heard Tac swear, then turned around. They had barely turned around when the thick smoke invaded their cell. They both instinctively dove onto their stomachs on the floor, but the smoke filled the entire area. They quickly discovered that the smoke wasn't from a fire, because it didn't smell like burning wood and such.
Tac puled out his cell phone, then squinted to find the power button. He barely managed to dial the boss's number, because the smoke was becoming thicker. He lifted the cell phone to his ear, then threw it down in frustration. The smoke was blocking the signal, so the only thing he was getting was static.
Tac wasn't sure how effective the ventilation system would be in clearing out the smoke. It would be a few minutes before he would be able to see anything again, so he didn't move and waited patiently. Tac heard three voices a few seconds later. He didn't recognize them, but he knew they probably belonged to the attackers . . .
Melanie, Michi, and Magick were checking he cells faster. They needed to hurry. They had plenty of smoke-bombs to provide cover, but they didn't want to be captured. Someone would've noticed by then that all the cameras on the second floor in the prison area were showing nothing due to the smoke.
They had already tranquilized a few of the guards, but they didn't have too much trouble. As they were running from cell to cell, Michi spotted someone standing outside of one of the cells. They weren't a guard, however. Michi adjusted her goggles, then pulled out her tranquilizer gun. She aimed it, then saw the person pull something out of their pocket.
A few seconds later, a loud humming filled the air. Michi, Magick, and Melanie all looked around, trying to find the source of the sound. Their vision began to get blurry, so they pulled off their goggles. The smoke was getting thinner somehow. They were in trouble, and they knew it . . .
Tac watched as the smoke began to rapidly thin out. He was glad that the people who had built the HQ had installed an ultra-rapid emergency ventilation system for such occurrences.
Tac didn't recognize the three people standing there as the smoke cleared, but it didn't matter. They were trying to break out Joey and Luke, and Tac knew it. He turned around and reached for the nearest security alarm, then began to feel extremely sleepy. He fell down, then was out like a light.
Michi put down the tranquilizer gun she was pointing in Tac's direction, then put it in her backpack. She walked over to Tac and picked up the device that was lying on the floor next to him. She pressed a button on it and the humming stopped. The instant the humming stopped, the air began to fill with smoke again. The bombs would continue to release smoke for another 15 minutes, so they had plenty of time.
Magick puled out her light saber (it's not really a light saber, but I'll just call it that so that people aren't confused) and pressed a button on it. A beam of energy flashed from the handle an took on a shape similar to a light saber, but it was flaming. Magick sliced through the bars, melting the metal and opening a hole large enough for Joey and Luke to escape.
They both quickly jumped out of the cell, then everybody hugged them. They only had a few seconds to celebrate, because a group of guards came running down the opposite corridor. They ran back the way they had entered, then got to the window. Joey and Luke had to hold hands with the others since they didn't have goggles.
Everybody began climbing down the rope that was still hanging from the window. Magick was the last one out the window. She was about to grab onto the rope when suddenly it broke loose. It wasn't much of a problem for her, because she could just fly down since she was a Mew. She leaned and was about to step out when a sharp pain tore through her leg. She screamed, then fell out the window, plummeting toward the ground . . .
The guard smiled as he watched Magick fall out the window. He ran over to where she had been, then swore as he saw everybody running quickly. Luke was carrying Magick in his arms, and everybody else was carrying the stuff. The guard fired off another shot, but it missed by quite a bit. Giovanni was going to be pissed . . .
Everybody kept running until they determined that it was safe. Luke gently put Magick on the ground, then began searching through the packs for some bandages.
"Did anybody pack some medical supplies?" Luke asked a few moments later.
"We didn't think about that," Michi said quietly.
The gunshot wound on Magick's leg was bleeding profusely. Luke sighed, then pulled off his shirt. He twisted it up a bit, then wrapped it around the wound as a makeshift bandage. The night air was cold on his body, but he didn't care.
Luke then picked Magick back up gently, then they all continued running. They arrived at the nearest hospital five minutes later. Magick's wound wasn't life threatening, but she had lost quite a bit of blood. The doctor gave Luke a strange look, but didn't say anything when he realized that Luke's shirt was wrapped around Magick's leg. It was soaked in blood.
A nurse hooked up an IV, then the doctor carefully peeled Luke's shirt off the gunshot wound. He applied a pad, then looked at Luke. "You want this back?"
"Only if it's washed first," Luke replied.
The doctor laughed, then tossed the shirt in a laundry basket. He checked the IV, then looked back at Luke. "It's nothing major. We'll monitor her for a few days after she wakes up, but I don't think she'll be in here any longer than a week."
Everybody breathed a sigh of relief, then walked out to the waiting room. Everybody walked back to the apartment, except for Luke. He stayed in Magick's room, and planned on hanging around until she woke up . . .
Tac had locked himself in his office after waking up. He didn't plan on coming out for a while, because his promotion had just escaped. He had overheard one of the guards bragging about shooting an Anthro Mew as they were escaping, but Tac now knew that Joey wasn't the only one of her kind.
Tac heard a knock at his door, so he reluctantly stood up and unlocked it. He opened the door and Giovanni was standing there, a look of rage in his eyes.
"Get out," Giovanni said quietly.
"Look, it wasn't my fault that Joey and Luke managed to escape. There were others."
"Get out," Giovanni repeated a bit louder.
"Why should I be blamed for something that I didn't cause to happen? If you can prove to me that it was my fault, I'll leave."
"Get out, now!" Giovanni nearly yelled.
Tac yelled in frustration, then dove at Giovanni. He tackled him to the ground, then began punching him ruthlessly. Giovanni hadn't been ready for that, so he was at Tac's mercy. Tac gave Giovanni a sharp punch across the jaw before he was restrained by two guards.
"You'll regret this," Tac yelled as the guards dragged him away from Giovanni and down the hall. "I'll make you sorry that you ever kicked me out of Team Rocket! You'll see!"
Giovanni stood up, then brushed himself off. His lip was split open wide, and his nose was bleeding quite a bit. He held himself back from pulling out his pistol and shooting Tac. Losing Joey and Luke was a huge problem. Now the police would know the location of the Team Rocket HQ, and the collars and ID tags would be more than enough evidence. He would probably have to go into hiding as he had so many times before . . .
Magick woke up slowly, then squinted in the bright light that was filtering in through her window. When her eyes adjusted to the light, she looked around the room. She saw Luke sitting in a chair next to her bed, sleeping soundly. Magick glanced around again, then saw a clock on the wall. It was 9:30 A.M.
Magick pulled herself into a sitting position, then winced as a slight pain went through her leg. She looked down at her leg, then remembered what had happened as she was escaping. Her leg was wrapped in a pad, so she couldn't look at the wound. She knew that she had been shot.
Magick noticed a desk next to her bed. There were some get well cards on it, as well as flowers. She reached over and picked up the cards, reading each of them. Magick smiled, then placed the cards back on the desk. She heard Luke shifting, then looked over at him. He was still asleep, but he looked like he was about to wake up.
Despite the time, Magick still felt drowsy from the painkillers that were dripping into her IV. She yawned and laid back down, then fell asleep. Luke woke up a few minutes later. He stood up and stretched, then yawned and looked at Magick. She was still asleep, so he went to the café to get some breakfast for himself.
Luke returned to Magick's room a little while later. He sat down on the chair next to her bed, then picked up a book and began reading it. He glanced up as the doctor walked in, then jumped a bit when his shirt landed in his lap. It had been washed, so it was clean now. The doctor then did his usual rounds, checking Magick's vital signs and stuff. He carefully lifted the pad off her leg and examined the wound, then replaced the pad.
The doctor jotted down some notes on the clipboard hanging off Magick's bed, then left. Luke stood up and stretched again, then stepped over to Magick's bed. She stirred a bit, then woke up. She smiled when she saw Luke standing over her, then pushed herself up. Luke helped by putting a pillow behind her back, then pulled his chair next to Magick's bed and sat down.
"Good morning," Luke said quietly. He glanced at the clock and smiled. "Although I should point out that there's not much morning left."
Magick laughed, then said, "I was actually awake an hour ago, but went back to sleep."
"I woke up at 9:35," Luke said. "That means you went back to sleep right before I woke up."
Magick giggled, then they talked for a while longer. The doctor brought Magick breakfast a little bit after Luke left. After Magick was done eating, she pulled a sketch pad out of her backpack, which Luke had brought to her room. She flipped through her other sketches, then giggled as she saw the sketch of her and Luke.
Magick flipped to a blank page, then began sketching carefully. Nobody came to visit her for a little while, so she got plenty of time to work on it. The end result was a detailed sketch of Luke. Luke had told Magick about how he had caught her when she fell out he window, then carried her to the hospital. Previously Magick only had a crush on him, but that was changing quickly. She was falling in love, and she knew it . . .