[AN: Arite, Hi Hi people.. To those who have been faithful readers and waited patiently for the next chapter.. Big ups to you!! To everyone else.... you guys are cool anyways ;). ... Alrighty on with chapter 4!!! ]

.::Fighting As One::.

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Mira, who had no clue as to what was going on, instinctively let out a groan as her vision blurred again and her head started to feel heavy. The last thing she saw was Ray running up to her, as her vision faded into black.............

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Mira woke with a start and pulled herself up in an up right position. She put one hand to her head in hopes of easing the pain in her brain, which she was sure, was splitting in half. Then realizing she wasn't outside watching Kai and Tyson's battle, she slowly pushed herself up.

She was standing in a black room.... and the walls seemed to be endless, seeing as how there were no walls in the first place. Still clutching her head she turned herself around looking for anything familiar but was met with the same black wall in every direction. Where was she....? And what was she standing on....? She asked herself as she jumped back in surprise.

Finding it really weird that she was standing on nothing, she began to edge backwards slowly. Then stopped unsure of where she was heading or what she was heading into.. Then suddenly a blinding white image flashed past Mira's eyes..... Something was coming.....

She whirled around and spotted a white light, which was getting closer and closer to her. Unable to move her legs, she watched as it neared her. It was so close to her now, she could clearly see what it was....... It was a door.......but not any ordinary door. A glass door with a golden door knob...... and it was about 3 meters from crashing into her.

She shut her eyes tightly, ready for the impact but none came..... she slowly opened her eyes to find herself right against the door. .... her nose brushed against the smooth glass and she fell back in surprise at the closeness.

She quickly scrambled back up and stared at the door. Weird.... this was definitely a glass door but she couldn't see through it.. A glass door that you couldn't see through.... That's a first.. ... she thought to herself.

Okay..... back to reality, she thought as she tried to stay focused on the task at hand, in this case..... getting out of this place.

Right then, she noticed a pattern embedded into the door and she peered more closely at it. It was a couple. .... A young man was holding a woman's chin with one hand and his other hand was holding his lover's hand, their fingers intertwined, and it nestled comfortably between them, as they were only a few centimeters apart from each other.

Mira gazed at the pattern, the love she saw and felt between these two lovers, was definitely something to die for..... It was a strong and pure love. almost fairy tale like.... And a love she hadn't felt in a long time. .... Since her parents had died, she and Darren had never been quite the same.....especially Darren.

Mira lifted her hands and traced the picture with her fingers lightly but stopped when she realized that her headache had stopped but something was pulling at her thoughts again. As if she was forgetting something..... Then suddenly a strong sense of déjà vu overcame her..... Something was familiar about this picture......

She pulled her hands away almost immediately and stared at the picture. She needed to get out of here before she went completely insane.... She needed to see Darren.... she'd never been away this long without him..... And she needed to find the 'answer'......

"There's no guarantee that there's anything past this door but it's either this or this black hole," she said to herself as she reached for the gold plated doorknob..... personally this place was too cheery for her liking.

Once she had a grip on the knob she swung it open..... and covered her eyes as a blinding white light enveloped her body. She opened her eyes slowly as her eyes adjusted to the light, she sat up and looked around at her surroundings... .... Her eyes landed on Ray who was sitting in a chair near her and looking up at her concerned.

"Are you okay?" Ray asked breaking the silence.

"Where am I?" Mira asked avoiding his question.

"You're in a hospital.....,"he replied slowly.

"So it was only a dream....."she muttered to herself as she shifted on the bed she was sitting on and peered out the window near her, remembering the vivid dream she had just had.

"Did you say something?" Ray asked and Mira turned to him and shook her head and smiled.

"No, I'm just a little confused, and I'm fine, thanks for asking," she replied, answering his first question as well.

Ray who suddenly looked a little uneasy under her gaze, nodded lightly.

"Where's everybody else?" Mira asked.

"Well..... Tyson's pigging out in the hospital cafeteria, Max ran after him and Kenny's sitting outside with Kai."

"Where's Darren?" She asked, starting to worry about him.

Seeing Mira's worried face, Ray started laughing lightly and replied "Don't worry, Darren's having a man to man staring contest with Kai. Him of all people..... watching a kid..... He can't even stand Tyson, let alone a 3 year old boy."

Mira looked genuinely surprised at this..... From Kai's first impression and all the other impressions afterwards, he made her get the feeling he didn't like 'anyone'.

"I need to see him, you mind.....?" She trailed off as Ray opened the door and Darren came running in.

"MOMMY, YOU'RE AWAKE!!" He yelled as he practically leaped onto her. Mira fell backwards into her pillow as Darren hugged her tightly. Although she was having a difficult time to breathe, she hugged him back with all her strength.

"Good to see you too sweetie," She said as she ruffled his hair and gave him a light kiss on the forehead. Darren wiped it off hastily and leant into his sister and whispered,

"Please, not in front of everyone, mommy!" She smiled and ruffled his hair again.

"Right, Right, No kissy business in front of other people, gotcha," She said and hugged him again. It was a touching moment before Tyson came bursting through the door yelling like a mad man.

"Mirha, I gob oo some foorgh," he muffled out through his stuffed mouth and threw her a carrot muffin. She caught it easily and set it on a small table that sat next to the bed, not bothering to ask what he was saying because she already knew.

A couple of seconds later, a pooped out Max came running in completely out of breathe, shortly followed by Kenny and .....uh yeah.....as usual no Kai.

Everyone gathered around Mira and started raiding her with questions. All she could do was stare confused as they all talked at once.

"Are you sure you're okay? How are you feeling?" Max asked.

"You were out cold for 3 hours Mira! The doctor said you passed out from physical and emotional overdrive....." Kenny informed her.

"I think that means you passed out from exhaustion....."Tyson finished. Everyone turned to him surprised at the sudden outburst of knowledge. Tyson looked at them questioningly.

"What? That's what the nurse told me when I asked her what physical and emotional overrun was...." He said. Right..... Everyone sweat dropped .It would have been too good to be true if that was coming straight from Tyson's brain.

"Overdrive Tyson, Overdrive," Kenny corrected but Tyson just shrugged it off.

"So how you feeling?" He asked her. She smiled lightly and sighed as she thought to herself. Emotion and physical overdrive.....? This wasn't surprising.... she'd been in a hospital before but she'd never been out for 3 hours..... A hand waving in her face snapped her out of her thoughts.

She looked up to see Ray's face staring down at her. His face didn't show a smile yet his eyes seemed to swirl with emotions..... And once again, a sense of déjà vu took over her, ignoring it, she turned her gaze to Tyson.

"Uh yeah.... I'm good. So, when can I get out of here?" She asked. Hospitals weren't exactly her favorite places and it was even less favorable when she was a patient in it.

"I think today sounds good," said a woman. Everyone turned to the door and saw a young lady, who was obviously a nurse, standing at the door smiling at them.

"Alright everyone out, I'd like some time to bond with my patient," she said as she pushed, the reluctant boys, except for Darren, out of the room and closed the door lightly behind as she turned to look at her.

"So, Mira..... Could you give me a reason as to why you might be here?" She asked softly as she walked up and seated herself at the foot of the bed.

"Well..... I'm not really sure..... My head goes ballistic sometimes and then I sort of lose energy and feel like I want to just faint....." She said slowly, watching the nurse with curiosity.

The nurse's name was Salena..... The name tore a deep scar in her chest like a sharp knife and she tried her best to hold her composure as she recognized the name. Her mother's name had always been the most beautiful name she had ever heard, yet here was this nurse.....

Her heartache turned to disbelief when the nurse's name was all she was able to pick up from her. Now this was odd..... She concentrated harder but she couldn't pick up a thing. ....

"Well I really don't know what to say.....except try to relax and steer clear from anything that could put you under pressure," Salena said breaking Mira's train of thought.

She stared at Salena and her eyes widened. Salena was a very pretty lady...... Her eyes were a bright blue with silver specks, just like Mira's except Mira had dark blue specks. Her hair was a shiny black color and she had it tied in a bun. She was average height, and had a very warm smile.

"Uh yeah..... thanks...... Am I going to be leaving now..?" She asked. She REALLY didn't like hospitals. Salena laughed and got off the bed side.

"Sure you can leave..... and make sure you don't wind up here again," she advised as she made her way to the door and opened it for her. Everyone, except Kai, came running in as Mira jumped off the bed with Darren in her arms. Speaking of which, had not said a single word since the nurse had arrived.

"Are we leaving already?" Tyson whined has they made they're way out of the room for the second time this day.

"There's still tons of food that have my name on it!" Tyson cried.

"How about this, I'll cook you guys a Mira Style Dinner, to repay you guys for getting me to a hospital and hanging around to see if I was alright, okay?" She asked Tyson and the rest of the gang as they started moving down the hallway.

She looked at her watch and smacked herself mentally. It was 11:00 pm, but these guys had stayed up almost all night to make sure she was okay. That was it! She was going to put all her energy into making this dinner! She doubted this would be enough to repay them but she would eventually make it up to them.

"Cool, sounds good to me," Tyson said and everyone else nodded their head in agreement. Kai walked a little behind everyone else and shook his head. They had wasted valuable time, when they could have been training..... that was another thing.... He had to discuss what had happened when he had been battling Tyson..... Something fishy was going on...... He could feel it.

Salena watched the retreating group and sighed as she looked down at the floor. Mira, who had an odd feeling that someone was thinking about her, turned her head to take a last look at Salena.

"BYE SALENA!!" She yelled but was surprised to hear another voice as well. Darren was waving like mad at Salena. The bewildered nurse looked up and smiled brightly.

"BYE MIRA! BYE DARREN!" She yelled and watched as they disappeared from view.

Once she was sure no one was in ear shot she sighed tiredly.

"Be careful sweetie...... You're the only one who can save our world.." She said before walking into the room Mira had been in and closed the door behind her.

A nurse who had worked in the hospital for over 10 years, watched as Salena, the new nurse on floor 3 walked into the room. Curiosity getting the better of her she strode up to the door and opened it.

"Salena....." She said as she made her way into the room. Her mouth fell open ever so slightly as she looked around. Salena had vanished......

[AN: I am sooooooooooooo sorry for not updated in like months but my life's been hectic and yes.. I did have some writers block but that's just because I haven't gotten as much support so yeah... Well in short I'm fully sorry and I hope this chapter makes up for all those months.. love u guys a bunch,

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