By the time the ambulance arrived, Harukas screams had worn down to a soft sobbing. The blonde still covered her eyes, and the pain almost made her lose her sanity. Michiru held her close, and in some way she was glad that Haruka covered her eyes. The aqua haired girl was too afraid of what she would see if the blonde would take her hands down; she knew what battery acid did to the skin, but she had never seen the effects of it if someone got it into the eyes. Finally the ambulance car pulled up next to the two women and the crowd that had formed around them. Two paramedics jumped out of it and ran over to Haruka, carrying a stretcher between them. They helped the crying blonde on it, and while they did so, Haruka had to let go of her face. Michiru turned away in pure horror when she saw what the acid had done to Harukas eyes. She pressed one hand to her mouth to keep the shocked moan inside her; after all, she didn't want Haruka to hear it.
During the drive to the hospital, Haruka fell unconscious several times. Once, her heart stopped beating; the shock had been to much for her. Luckily the paramedics managed to reanimate her, but later Haruka would wish that they'd let her die. As soon as the ambulance pulled in the hospital yard, the two men got Haruka out of the car, covering her face with a piece of fabric to keep the other people in the yard from seeing the poor woman. The paramedics ran into the emergency room, the stretcher rolling between them, Haruka screaming in pain again. Shortly after Haruka had vanished in the ER, Michirus car pulled into the yard and stopped. The aqua haired girl jumped out of her vehicle and ran into the building, only to be stopped in front of the ER doors by the two paramedics. "Don't go inside." The taller one said, looking slightly green. "It's…not a nice sight." "I don't care." Michiru answered, almost crying. "I want to see her." "You can't. You have to wait until the operation is done." "Will they be able to save her eyesight?" Michiru asked, the tears now flowing. "I'm not a doctor", the smaller paramedic now said, "but I don't think so. From what I saw while we were on our way here…terrible." Michiru leaned against the wall, sobbing. If Haruka should go blind, she surely wouldn't be able to cope with it.
When Haruka awoke from her sleep – or unconsciousness, she didn't really know – she felt some soft fabric covering her eyes. It wasn't tight enough to keep her from opening them, but when she did so, the only thing she saw was blackness. Haruka frowned; didn't the hospital usually use white bandages and not black ones? "Mi…Michiru?" The blonde whispered, almost inaudible. "I'm here." Came the familiar voice from her left. Haruka reached out and felt soft fingers tighten around hers. "Michiru, what…what's with my eyes?" No answer. Haruka started to panic. "They'll be alright, won't they? Michiru, please answer me!" Michiru closed her eyes while the words of Harukas doctor echoed in her mind. "Miss Tenoh lost her complete eyesight, and there is no way to bring it back." "I'm sorry." Michiru now said, her voice hoarse with tears. "No." Haruka whispered powerless. "No…" Fresh tears sprang up in her eyes, and that hurt like hell. Haruka let out a painful scream, a single, desperate word: "No!"