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"Lanna," Raoul ran to her, going to his knees beside her. He took her hand, "Wake-up! Please wake-up! I'll be back with help." Raoul ran off, back up the stairs he had came down.
There was a haze surrounding her and lots of faces, that's what Alanna remembered about the bottom of the stairs. Raoul had gotten help at the healers and they had come.
After checking her neck they had moved her up to the infirmary. Duke Baird lifted up her shirt to check her ribs to see if they were broken. When he did so, she started wriggling away from him and hitting out, still unconscious. Baird stopped trying to see her ribs and took tried to steady her to stop her form hurting herself.
She stopped fighting and wriggling when he took her hand to search and see what was wrong with her. He checked her head it had a large concussion. Her right arm was sprained and her left elbow was fractured. When he checked her back it was here where he started to run into difficulties. He managed to check the top of her spine and that was only bruised, but when he checked the lower of her spine it was getting harder and drawing more energy than it should from him. He checked her lungs, which were fine then moved onto her ribs, testing them this time with his gift. She had broken 3 of them and cracked another 12. None of these injuries were life threatening, he would heal them after he found out how the rest of her was.
The problems were after that. He tried to find out if her other organs were alright. It was then that he encountered a barrier. It was not what he would of expected, other than it was there. It was made of a white gift. So it wasn't made by Alan he thought. Why would someone make a barrier? It might kill him. He probed the barrier and his strength was almost all sucked out of him. He pulled away breathless and gasped.
"Timas! Come here please."
"What is it?" She had long blonde hair that was up in a bun. She was a tall woman in her early twenties, with grey eyes, a smallish nose, pale lips and creamy white skin.
"He's got a concussion, his left elbow is cracked, right arm sprained, 3 broken ribs and 12 cracked ones. I'm not sure about his abdomen, he won't let me near it to examine it and when I did it through his hand there was some kind off shield. It's taken most of my strength I can't heal his other ailments. There are a lot of bruises. Heal the rest of him but leave the abdomen. I'll speak to his friends." Baird left her with the young healer.
Jon ran into the waiting room with Gary and Faithful close on his heals. Raoul jumped up from his chair when they came in, he was distraught.
"What happened?" Jon demanded frantic.
"She just tripped and fell backwards, then skidded towards the stairs. There was nothing I could do. She fell 7 floors, Jon!" Jon sat down on one of the chairs dejected. He lent forward and put his heads in his hands.
"Gods!" Gary breathed, shocked. He paled visibly. Just then Baird came out, looking very worn.
"How is she- he. How is he?" Raoul asked.
"He's got a concussion, his left elbow is cracked, right arm sprained, 3 broken ribs and 12 cracked ones. I don't know about his abdomen, I couldn't get a look at him. There was something stopping me. I physically tried to see but he wouldn't let me, he was hitting out injuring himself even more so I looked magically and I got stopped by a white barrier."
"Can we see him?" Jon asked looking up.
Baird looked like he was going to refuse but when he saw their faces he agreed. "But only for a few minutes. There is someone tending him."
All of them went in to the room where she was. There was someone sitting on the bed beside her, Timas. She never looked up when they came in, she was to busy concentrating on healing. Jon sat down on the chair by the bed while the others stood and Faithful went onto the bed beside her.
After about 10 minutes the woman looked up and noticed that people were there.
"How's?" Gary asked.
"Not good. I think there's internal bleeding in his abdomen but neither the Duke nor I can get near enough in both terms to check. It doesn't look good. I'm sorry." She looked down and left. She closed the door as she left leaving them on their own with Alanna.
Jon moved his chair forward and took her hand staring at her face. It was so pale he thought. While Gary moved to stand infront of the door so no one could get in. There was a white flash. The three of them turned to see where it originated from and saw Faithful. He had his paw on her stomach.
She is beyond my ability to help. You know what you must do, he told them looking at Jon.
"Can't you do that? You're more able than me!" he said pleadingly looking from Alanna to the cat.
Do not be afraid she will listen to you. You have done it before you remember that. She will know it concerns Alanna and come. She will not want Alanna to die she is too important. I cannot contact her because that would mean I would have to cross over and I cannot go there and come back again. She needs me here, he told them mainly looking at Jon.
"Will one of you ask Baird for some vervain please? Tell him it's to do with the barrier." He looked at Gary while saying this. Gary nodded and left to speak to Baird.
"What are you going to do?" Raoul asked cautiously.
"Do a spell."
"But that wasn't what Faithful was going on about that."
"He was talking about the spell that Alanna did to save me and when we used it with the Ysandir. It can end up killing me just for trying it."
"The one for the Goddess?"
"Yes."
The door opened quickly and Baird came in clearly displeased with Gary following behind him. Jon dropped his hand when Baird came in. "You can't try that. There are other ways!"
"What other option is there? The shield is down but it's too late to do anything else. Alan will die if we don't try that. There's been to much bleeding!"
"Let someone else do it then. You'll die if you fail, as most do. Alan is the only person I have known or heard of in living memory to of performed it successfully."
"I've done it before! The Ysandir were going to kill us if we didn't try it. We heard her voice and she told us what to do. Alan's done it for me. I'm not going to sit around and watch her die when I can do something that will save his life! Do you have the vervain?" Baird and Jon exchanged glares for several moments then Baird handed over a small packet of the herb and left.
Jon got up and emptied the packet's contents into the fire. The fire quickly turned blue, the colour of Jon's gift. He put his hands into the fire and murmured the spell he'd need to call the Goddess.
It is you again. What is wrong? She asked in his head. It was a voice that hurt.
"It's Alanna, she is dieing and we can do nothing for her."
"Who's he speaking to?" Gary asked Raoul.
The Mother Goddess herself, Faithful told them.
"Lanna," Raoul ran to her, going to his knees beside her. He took her hand, "Wake-up! Please wake-up! I'll be back with help." Raoul ran off, back up the stairs he had came down.
There was a haze surrounding her and lots of faces, that's what Alanna remembered about the bottom of the stairs. Raoul had gotten help at the healers and they had come.
After checking her neck they had moved her up to the infirmary. Duke Baird lifted up her shirt to check her ribs to see if they were broken. When he did so, she started wriggling away from him and hitting out, still unconscious. Baird stopped trying to see her ribs and took tried to steady her to stop her form hurting herself.
She stopped fighting and wriggling when he took her hand to search and see what was wrong with her. He checked her head it had a large concussion. Her right arm was sprained and her left elbow was fractured. When he checked her back it was here where he started to run into difficulties. He managed to check the top of her spine and that was only bruised, but when he checked the lower of her spine it was getting harder and drawing more energy than it should from him. He checked her lungs, which were fine then moved onto her ribs, testing them this time with his gift. She had broken 3 of them and cracked another 12. None of these injuries were life threatening, he would heal them after he found out how the rest of her was.
The problems were after that. He tried to find out if her other organs were alright. It was then that he encountered a barrier. It was not what he would of expected, other than it was there. It was made of a white gift. So it wasn't made by Alan he thought. Why would someone make a barrier? It might kill him. He probed the barrier and his strength was almost all sucked out of him. He pulled away breathless and gasped.
"Timas! Come here please."
"What is it?" She had long blonde hair that was up in a bun. She was a tall woman in her early twenties, with grey eyes, a smallish nose, pale lips and creamy white skin.
"He's got a concussion, his left elbow is cracked, right arm sprained, 3 broken ribs and 12 cracked ones. I'm not sure about his abdomen, he won't let me near it to examine it and when I did it through his hand there was some kind off shield. It's taken most of my strength I can't heal his other ailments. There are a lot of bruises. Heal the rest of him but leave the abdomen. I'll speak to his friends." Baird left her with the young healer.
Jon ran into the waiting room with Gary and Faithful close on his heals. Raoul jumped up from his chair when they came in, he was distraught.
"What happened?" Jon demanded frantic.
"She just tripped and fell backwards, then skidded towards the stairs. There was nothing I could do. She fell 7 floors, Jon!" Jon sat down on one of the chairs dejected. He lent forward and put his heads in his hands.
"Gods!" Gary breathed, shocked. He paled visibly. Just then Baird came out, looking very worn.
"How is she- he. How is he?" Raoul asked.
"He's got a concussion, his left elbow is cracked, right arm sprained, 3 broken ribs and 12 cracked ones. I don't know about his abdomen, I couldn't get a look at him. There was something stopping me. I physically tried to see but he wouldn't let me, he was hitting out injuring himself even more so I looked magically and I got stopped by a white barrier."
"Can we see him?" Jon asked looking up.
Baird looked like he was going to refuse but when he saw their faces he agreed. "But only for a few minutes. There is someone tending him."
All of them went in to the room where she was. There was someone sitting on the bed beside her, Timas. She never looked up when they came in, she was to busy concentrating on healing. Jon sat down on the chair by the bed while the others stood and Faithful went onto the bed beside her.
After about 10 minutes the woman looked up and noticed that people were there.
"How's?" Gary asked.
"Not good. I think there's internal bleeding in his abdomen but neither the Duke nor I can get near enough in both terms to check. It doesn't look good. I'm sorry." She looked down and left. She closed the door as she left leaving them on their own with Alanna.
Jon moved his chair forward and took her hand staring at her face. It was so pale he thought. While Gary moved to stand infront of the door so no one could get in. There was a white flash. The three of them turned to see where it originated from and saw Faithful. He had his paw on her stomach.
She is beyond my ability to help. You know what you must do, he told them looking at Jon.
"Can't you do that? You're more able than me!" he said pleadingly looking from Alanna to the cat.
Do not be afraid she will listen to you. You have done it before you remember that. She will know it concerns Alanna and come. She will not want Alanna to die she is too important. I cannot contact her because that would mean I would have to cross over and I cannot go there and come back again. She needs me here, he told them mainly looking at Jon.
"Will one of you ask Baird for some vervain please? Tell him it's to do with the barrier." He looked at Gary while saying this. Gary nodded and left to speak to Baird.
"What are you going to do?" Raoul asked cautiously.
"Do a spell."
"But that wasn't what Faithful was going on about that."
"He was talking about the spell that Alanna did to save me and when we used it with the Ysandir. It can end up killing me just for trying it."
"The one for the Goddess?"
"Yes."
The door opened quickly and Baird came in clearly displeased with Gary following behind him. Jon dropped his hand when Baird came in. "You can't try that. There are other ways!"
"What other option is there? The shield is down but it's too late to do anything else. Alan will die if we don't try that. There's been to much bleeding!"
"Let someone else do it then. You'll die if you fail, as most do. Alan is the only person I have known or heard of in living memory to of performed it successfully."
"I've done it before! The Ysandir were going to kill us if we didn't try it. We heard her voice and she told us what to do. Alan's done it for me. I'm not going to sit around and watch her die when I can do something that will save his life! Do you have the vervain?" Baird and Jon exchanged glares for several moments then Baird handed over a small packet of the herb and left.
Jon got up and emptied the packet's contents into the fire. The fire quickly turned blue, the colour of Jon's gift. He put his hands into the fire and murmured the spell he'd need to call the Goddess.
It is you again. What is wrong? She asked in his head. It was a voice that hurt.
"It's Alanna, she is dieing and we can do nothing for her."
"Who's he speaking to?" Gary asked Raoul.
The Mother Goddess herself, Faithful told them.