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Chapter 12: The Road to Recovery

Rei looked up into the clear sky but there was no trace of dragon, girl or Kai. He got up shakily and ran off to tell the others.
"What?!" everyone chorused.

"It's true!" Rei exclaimed, panting for breath. "Kai was about to be killed by the ice monster but than he got these cool fire powers." He paused. "Last I saw of him was when he collapsed, unconscious and that girl with the powers disappeared on the dragon with him."

"You're not trying to pull our legs are you Rei?" Max asked suspiciously.

"No!" Rei shook his head for emphasis. "I'm not joking."

"So, where's Kai now? Is he ok?" Hilary asked frantically.

"I don't know." Rei looked down.

"Is he…" Tyson stopped, not wanting to voice the dreaded question.

"I don't know," Rei repeated quietly. "But I wish I knew."

Kai: I'm dead?!

Me: Well…

Kai: I can't die! At least, not yet… I don't think I'm…

Me: gives him a death glare Don't give anything away!

Kai: Ok…ok! mumbles paranoid.

Me: smacks him on the head I'll deal with you later. Right now, I gotta get back to the readers. winks and whispers Don't worry folks, I won't hurt him… chuckles evilly at least not that hard.

Kai: TT Somebody… help?

Me: cracks knuckles

Kai: runs away

"Is the boy ok?" Goldclaw rumbled at Angel, settling down nearby.

"I don't know." Angel sighed. "We can only hope."

After the rigorous battle, Kai had collapsed, leaving Angel trying to decide whether to bring him to her mansion or not. In the end, she had brought him along and put him in the Chamber of Life.

Goldclaw had insisted on having one, saying that back in the Realm of Fantasy, the palace had one. At first, angel had rejected the idea but after a lot of discussion, agreed grudgingly. Now, she was grateful for listening to her guardian.

"Do these healing pod thingies actually work?" Angel asked incredulously, pointing to the "pod thingies."

"I assure you Angel, they do work." Goldclaw shook his big head. "Do you doubt me?"

"No!" Angel exclaimed in horror. "It's no that! It's just…" Angel walked over to where Kai was, sleeping serenely in one of the pods, bands of light passing over him as his energy replenished and he slowly recovered. "I'm just worried. That's all."

"Is it?" Goldclaw plodded heavily but carefully over to her. "All we can do is hope and wait."

"I know." Angel sighed. "But I don't have to like it."

Kai groaned. He couldn't seem to move. His limbs seemed to be weighed down with lead. He tried to open his eyes but they didn't seem to budge. His body was freezing and he shivered and struggled in place.

"Stop moving," a soft voice whispered.

Kai kept on shivering and he felt himself getting warmer. The same voice cooed softly in his ear. He concentrated on the voice and slowly slipped into oblivion.

"Mistress Angel?" the butler Jeeves prodded cautiously.

Angel sighed wearily. "He finally went to sleep and his cold fever just broke. Are you taking over Jeeves?"

Jeeves nodded. "Yes Mistress Angel. You go get some rest now."

"Thank you." Angel got up, gently brushing away a lock of blue hair from Kai's forehead. Whispering, she said, "Take care."

Kai opened his eyes and winced at the swath of sun that met his eyes. He got up groggily and found himself in a huge room in a huge poster bed with velvet curtains, a soft feather mattress and quilt and lots of fluffy pillows. The light was filtering through the big windows uncovered by the rich green damask curtains.

Kai looked down at his clothing and saw that he was wearing a blue kimono style robe. His clothes were nowhere to be seen. He did see another change of clothes close by: a black tanktop with blue jeans. Beside these clothes was a robe of fire red and orange. A gold circlet with an orb of red fire completed the whole ensemble.

Kai changed out of his robe and into the clothes. He looked at the robe of fire and put it on reluctantly. Looking at the crown of gold, he clasped it around his forehead, orb dangling. Going out, he saw a pair of black leather boots and put them on as well.

He opened the wide mahogany doors and blinked in awe. On either side of his room were more rooms that were interconnected in a circle. Two spiral staircases graced two opposite ends of the circle.

"Master Kai," a voice said from behind. "Breakfast is served in the dining hall. Please follow me."

Kai turned to see the butler walk away and hurried to catch up. They walked down one of the staircases. At the bottom, the butler turned right and then right again down a dimly lighted corridor.

"How did you know my name?" Kai asked curiously.

"Mistress Angel told me," he replied. "By the way, the name's Jeeves."

"Pleasure." Kai smiled wanly. "Where am I? Why am I here?"

"All your questions will be answered in due time." Jeeves stopped in front of a massive pair of oak door. "I will leave you here. Good day sir." And he disappeared into the shadows. Kai looked at the foreboding doors. Taking a deep breath, he pushed them open.

Finally! Another chappie done! The brief dialogue up there… I couldn't resist. I've been really busy with homework lately especially English. ILUs AND a stupid short story presentation to do! I can't believe it! Couldn't they just give us the ILUs and be done with it? Now I have to work on ILUs and worry about what unit we're doing next. And Chemistry's okay but it's pretty boring really (at least so far). And I have Art and CommTech but those are fun so no worries there. And I started Saturday school as well so I have EXTRA homework to deal with on top of it all. I know I'm complaining to you but oh well. If anybody has any suggestions to modify or add to this fanfic or my other one, please feel free to tell me or email me. Don't forget to R&R!