Chapter 5 Sensations and Feelings
The pain shot through him and Dustin felt as if his world might fall in on him. The girl who'd been like a little sister to him didn't remember him.
Standing beside him hunter too felt sick, this was his fault, and she got hurt trying to saving him. Why was it things always went wrong?
Blake sat forward and gazed at Tori, she looked confused and in pain. He said nothing just motioned to Cam who got the picture.
"Come on guys I think we could all use something to eat." Cam said and Capri frowned.
"But we're not hungry." His cousin complained waking only then.
"Capri Tori's not feeling well we should give her a little time to herself."
"Oh, ok come on Marah." With that Capri led her sister from the room, followed by Shane, Cam and Dustin.
Hunter followed Shane out leaving only Tori and Blake.
"I'll get the nurse." The blue clad young man said and ducked from the room as well.
Tori was glad for the moment's respite. Now she lay there, staring at the name on the id bracelet she wore. Her name was Victoria Hanson, but who was she? Why couldn't she remember? The first thing she could recall was the nurse in the ER telling her name and that she would be ok. Did she have a family? Did anyone care about her? But then from the looks of the group who'd been there when she'd woke up they did. It was fumy but she couldn't recall any of them.
The pretty blonde didn't have more time to think about this depressing situation for the nurse entered just then and then for the next hour she underwent tests and things.
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"Hey bro want another drink?" Shane inquired and Dustin shook his head.
"Naw dude I'm not thirsty." Dustin shrugged.
"Dustin she'll be ok." Shane commented hoping he was right, the slightoly7 older boy didn't know what he'd do without his friend. Tori was just such a part of their lives…
"Dude she doesn't even know who we are." The yellow clad boy slammed a fist onto the table top in anger and frustration.
"The doctor said it should wear off in a day or so." Cam pointed out from where he sat beside Hunter.
"Yeah but dude I've like known her since we were two." Dustin said sounding on the verge of tears running his hands through his dark hair.
"Come on Bro it will be ok, somehow." Hunter put in and Dustin hoped they were right.
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Tori lay there trying her hardest to remember something but she just couldn't. There was that stupid void.
"Hey Tori feeling any better?"
"I um… this might sound odd but what's your name?"
"Right," he grinned with a little blush. "I'm Blake."
"Blake, that's nice." She smiled, for some reason that sounded right. "Listen I know it isn't a good thing but I was wondering can you tell me abut the others? Who…?"
"Hey no sweat." Blake moved to sit in the chair he pulled up. "As you now know I'm Blake and the tall blond brooding guy's my brother Hunter."
"Hunter, that suits, he has very sharp eyes." She murmured aloud.
"Well you're the first to say that." Blake smiled at the thought.
"Anyway, so who are the Easter eggs?"
"oh right, the one with the pink striped hair is Marah and the other one's her sister Capri." He said with a little smile at his description of the two former villainesses.
"Ok so it's Blake, Hunter, Marah, Capri…"
"Cam, he's the guy with the attitude and glasses."
"Attitude?" Tori asked a golden brow arched in question.
"He suggested everyone go for food." Blake clarified.
"Oh him, he looks like…" she frowned a minute then closed her eyes.
"Tori?"
"I thought I had something but it's gone." She muttered in disappointment. It had been something about both Blake and Cam.
"Hey, it's ok it will come back when your bodies ready." He said reaching out to brush some stray hair from her forehead.
"Do you really think so?" He inquired and heard the hope and the fear. More than anything at that moment he want to pull her close but instead he said.
"Yeah I do."
"Ok, so the other two?" She asked seeming to get herself back to ok.
"Right, the one who says bro a lot's Shane, he's big-time into skateboarding and afraid of spiders and the other one's Dustin."
"Thank you Blake." She said with a weary smile and he reached out again, this time hesitated, his hand over hers.
The girl in the bed didn't know why but that made her turn hers and link fingers with this young man.
That was how the others found them when they at last returned. Hunter couldn't help but hide a smile. Even with amnesia Tori was drawn to his little bro. Maybe things would be ok after all.
"Hey any more luck?" Dustin asked and Tori glanced at the boy, took in his anxious eyes and felt an odd stab of pain, she saw the fear and hope there.
"No, Dustin?" She asked hoping she'd get the people right. She didn't" want to upset them. They all seemed very nice.
"Yeah how'd you know?" The yellow clad young man asked feeling a hint of hope. Did she have her memories back so soon? Would she be his friend again?
"Blake gave me a crash course." Tori admitted and the hope that had filled him died down as soon as it had been born. She still didn't know him.
"I got you this." Marah said coming forward to offer Tori a small Mylar get well soon balloon.
"Thank you." Tori smiled at the girl and Marah smiled back.
Standing in the doorway Shane thought he'd never seen her looking so brave or so lost. Funny, not even when her parents died had she looked like that. Definitely not when they'd faced down Lothor. But she wouldn't even remember that.
the air ninja moved across the room, pulling up another seat and he didn't notice when Dustin caught Blake's eyes and the blue clad Young man left.
"Hey Tor, how you feel's?" Shane asked and she looked at him a minute wondering why these guys all wanted time alone with her. Was it test or did they really worry and want to look after her this much?
"I'm ok." She admitted.
"Are you sure? You've been through heaps in the last days." Shane reminded gently adding. "I know it can be confusing after you hit your head."
"How do you know?" Tori asked shifting slightly on the bed.
"Hey I've been there, one time I took a spill when I was practicing for an exhibition."
"A spill?"
"Yeah I was boarding and…"
"Skate or surf?" She asked interrupting him and again it hit Shane just how empty it had felt when he couldn't remember.
"Tor, I only skate these days. I've surfed once but not so well. You had to fish me out of the water." He told her with a rye smile.
"I did?" She asked surprised, she'd had to pull this big, apparently capable guy out of the water?
"Yeah Tori you are like awesome on a surfboard." He said and there was a light in his dark eyes, one of amusement and remembered laughter.
"Woe… So you lost your memory before?" she asked coming back to the situation at hand.
"Right, I was doing a three forty and missed the…" She listened to Dustin thinking that he was kind of sweet. Closing her eyes Tori tried to get a feel for him. The only sensation she had was that this guy was kind of like a brother. She just felt like she knew him. It wasn't the same feeling she'd gotten with Blake, no, that was more of a tingling of excitement. The sense was more than she'd felt around Marah or Capri but less than for Dustin. She wondered if she'd not known him as long as the yellow clad boy. But then what about Blake?
"Shane?"
"Yeah?" He asked looking down at her face, so pale yet still not as bad as the sheets.
"Who am I?" She asked and he could hear the fear and embarrassment in her voice.
"You're Tori, a great surfer, an excellent ninja and one of my very best friends." Shane answered honestly.
"Oh, do I have any family?" She thought to ask.
"Tor …" He looked away, how could he tell her the truth? If it were he who'd lost so much…
"I don't. What happened?" she asked not sounding upset merely curious.
"Tor, I don't know if this is such a good idea. You have been through a lot and if you try and…" she didn't think, reaching out to touch his hand.
Shane felt a tingle at the touch and knew he couldn't not tell her the truth. She was after all his friend and he owed her so much.
"Your parents died when you were seventeen." He admitted.
"How?" She asked not as afraid of the answer as she was afraid of not knowing everything.
"A car accident."
"Oh," The blonde knew she should feel something, some kind of pain but there was just nothing, a big hollow nothing.
"Tor, when I lost my memory it took a week before I could remember everything." He told her adding. "I got it back thanks to you guys, you, Dustin and Kelly dragged me around to places I'd through I'd never been before till they and you guys jogged my memories."
"Do out think that might help?"
"Well yeah, Kelly's not the one you'd need though, in your case I'd say it would be Blake and…"
"Shane?" Tori's voice had gone timid and j wanted to smile.
"Yeah?"
"Do Blake and I have anything going on?" And that had him smiling. In all of the time he'd known her she'd always been so ready to face things right on, at least in the case of everything but Blake.
"Not yet, that's why you came here to try and see about hooking up." He admitted quietly and she seemed to ease up.
"Oh," she didn't know how she felt about that. She sighed and closed her eyes once more. "Thanks for your help Shane."
"No problem."
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When the others returned it was to find Tori sleeping once more and Shane watching the news.
"How was she?" Hunter asked and Shane sighed.
"About as good as I was."
"Dude that's right when you wiped on the board."
"You lost your memory?" Blake asked a brow raised in surprise.
"Yeah, bro, don't act like it is so rare."
"It's not that, you just never seem to have much in that head to lose." Hunter smirked and Shane made a face at him.
"Um you guys maybe we should leave, you know don't want to disturbed her." Cam suggested and when Shane slowly nodded he was glad. He'd never been in Tori's shoes but he could imagine how hard it would be to have so many people everywhere when she woke. Besides they had class in the morning.
"I'm going to stay." Hunter told them once they were all out in the hospital corridor. Blake just nodded.
"I will too."
"Alright, call us if anything changes." Capri said and Marah nodded.
"No matter the time." The other half alien added.
"Dustin man," Blake called to his friend and the guy turned to him and moved to where he stood.
"Dude what's up?" Dustin inquired stuffing his hands into his pockets.
"Bro Tori will be ok, she's strong."
"Yeah just take good care of her ok?"
"You know it."
Together Blake and Hunter watched their friends go down the hall, looking for a place where they could streak back home.
TBC
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I just want to appoligize for the delay in this chapter. It took a little while to be sure things were the way I wanted them. I've gotten some criticism on my rushing so well I was more careful. Hope everyone likes this chapter. I'd really appreciate any suggestions out might have for what should happen. I'm working on the next chapter now but It's a little bumpy at the moment. anyhow thanks for reading yet another chapter. *smile*