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God he looked awful.

Nikki sighed, then shifted, waking up from the sleep he had fallen into after fainting from using his energy draining new-found power. He sat up groggily, yelping when his burned raw hands touched the bedspread, curling up over them. He then looked round, panicked. "Luke!"

Luke glanced over his shoulder at Nikki then grinned and turned around, "Hey kid, how are you feeling?"

Nikki shook his head. "Luke! You were on the floor and there was lots of pretty red everywhere, but you weren't moving, what happened?" He asked in one breath

Luke's smiled faded and he shrugged still a little embarrassed about it, "I tripped an' fell..." He smiled weakly.

This seemed to appease Nikki, who nodded, then looked round. He went pale as he saw the hospital type equipment. "L-l-Luke.. are we, are we back in the..." He stopped; unable to talk because he was stammering too badly, scared of the instruments around him. He had flashbacks of the same kind of hospital room in the asylum where the sadistic doctors had tried everything from electroshock therapy to hydrotherapy on him. He looked to Luke for help, confused as to why he wasn't as worried about this as he was.

 "No, no, no," Luke shook his head, "We're still in the mansion, they brought us down here to rest." Luke sat down on the edge of Nikki's bed.

Nikki crawled over to Luke and pressed up to him for reassurance, still shaking slightly. He held his hands out to Luke. "It hurts." He said quietly.

Luke frowned at Nikki's blistered hands, "What happened?" He asked as he climbed off the bed and helped Nikki stand up.

Nikki shrugged. "Did I upset mummy?" He asked, this seeming the only possible reason he could think of.

"Nope," Luke looked around finding a first aid kit, "Hold on." He told Nikki then went and grabbed the first aid kit and returned with it.

Nikki gave the box a look, but trusted Luke enough that he didn't make a fuss.

Luke opened the box and sat it down on the bed then pulled out a bottle of burn cleaner, "This is going to sting a little," He told Nikki showing him the bottle, "But it's so your hands won't get infected and start to hurt a lot."

Nikki looked apprehensive. "If you say it's good for me Luke..." He decided, holding his hands out.

Luke carefully sprayed the stuff onto Nikki's hands.

Nikki closed his eyes and bit his lip, but didn't move an inch apart form that.

"Okay," Luke smiled wrapping Nikki's hands up in gauze then a bandage wrap, "Done."

Nikki opened his eyes and looked down at his bandaged hands, then grinned at Luke. "Thank you." He sang.

            Luke nodded "They feel better?" He asked as he put the first aid kit back.

"Mm-hmmm." Nikki nodded vigorously, then moved over on the bed, patting the space next to him. "Sit next to me?"

Luke shrugged and sat down, "What's up?"

Nikki shrugged, laying his head on Luke's shoulder. "Nothing."

"NOOO! Get off me!" Luke screamed.

Nikki moved away from Luke so fast that he fell off the bed. He stayed where he was, peeking up at Luke over the mattress. "Luke?" He asked tentatively.

Luke clutched his head and squeezed his eyes shut.

 "No, I... I can't take it..." He grit his teeth together then let out a horrible scream that sounded something like a wounded animal.

Nikki was scared and more than concerned for his best friend. He didn't know what to do... "Luke? What's wrong?" He tried, scared even more when Luke screamed.

Luke's eyes snapped open and flashed yellow, he cried out again and fell to the floor curling up into a ball.

 "Help..." He cried closing his eyes again, "Some one..."

Nikki edged towards Luke. "I'm here Luke, I dunno what to do.." He said desperately, coming nearer. "What's wrong? How can I help you?"

"Get... get… help..." Luke squirmed and let out another scream.

Nikki nodded and bolted out of the infirmary, screaming his head of for help.

 ~Nikki, what's wrong?~ Xavier sent telepathically sensing the boys fear and panic.

Nikki jumped. *No, no, no time for voices in my head, I have to get help for Luke...* He thought

~Logan,~ Xavier sent to Logan at hearing Nikki's reply, ~Something is wrong in the infirmary, will you go and check it out?~

 ~Sure Chuck.~ Logan thought back and started for the infirmary when he ran into Nikki.

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