Harper sat at the edge of the medical bed looking down at his feet, dangling a foot above the ground. Trance, Beka, Dylan, Tyr and Rommie were huddled around him.

"Harper I asked you to explain." Said Beka. Harper was silent.

"Harper what did this?" asked Dylan, still no response.

Tyr who was on the far end of the room walked quickly up to Harper, pushing the others aside.

"Boy! Answer the question!" he shouted and grabbed Harper's shoulders and shook him slightly.

"Tyr stop it!" yelled Beka. She then turned to Harper who still had his head down.

"Harper, I need you to tell me what happened." She said as calm and quiet as possible.

Harper looked up from his shoes, into Beka's eyes, how could he lie to her, he never had before, then again before it was never this serious.

"I..uh.I got cut on a coolant pipe." He stated, saying the last part of the sentence very quickly.

"Are you sure Harper?" asked Rommie.

"Yeah I'm sure." He said, then quickly got off the bed and ran out the door.