Chapter Five
"Wow, it's huge!" exclaimed Halley, looking at the great clinic in front of him. The others were just as amazed. They had just arrived to the Caduceus Clinic, the best hospital in all of Greece. It indeed looked majestic, composed of several tall buildings, all painted in white. At the front of the main building was a weird symbol composed of a big cross with wings and two snakes that enveloped the cross (A/N: this symbol is a veridical one, it's called Caduceus and it's part of Greek mythology. It symbolizes life and balance of all things.)
They were distracted by the arrival of a Healer. The Healers were doctors that used both science and magic to help and treat people. This one, dressed in white like all the other Healers, had dark hair and hazel eyes. A comforting smile filled her face. She began to speak.
"What did she say? I can't understand a word. Anybody speaks Greek?" asked the Russian princess, looking at her friends. Everyone was just as puzzled. They hadn't thought of the fact that nobody in the group spoke the same language of that country. They were too concerned on treating Yuri, who was severely ill, to even worry about different idioms. Until now, they communicated fine among themselves. Being of different parts of the world, all of them spoke a common language: English. Some spoke it perfectly like Alice, others with strong accents like Zhuzhen and others would speak it with many flaws like Halley and Yuri. Sometimes there were dialogues on their native languages: Yuri and Kurando would talk in Japanese, Margaret and Anastasia in Russian and Alice and Geppeto spoke in French from time to time. Language barrier hadn't been a problem until that moment.
"Well, I know a few words in Greek" offered Roger, who was still inside the plain as was Yuri, still unconscious. He was immediately pulled by many hands out of the airplane.
"You should have said so! Now, explain her why we're here." Karin hurried him.
Roger frowned and turned to the calm Healer. There was a dialogue between them in that weird language, with Roger occasionally stumbling on the words. After a while he approached the anxious group.
"Well, what would she say?" asked Margaret.
" I explained the situation the best I could. They'll let Yuri stay here. However I think his healing won't be so easy. He's been poisoned for too much time." Roger answered.
A few more Healers arrived, who transported Yuri inside the clinic. The others followed lost in their thoughts. This place was their only hope to get Yuri better.
A week had passed since their arrival at the Clinic. Yuri was getting better with the treatment. He had regained consciousness at the second day, to find himself in a warm room, surrounded with strange magical objects that emitted an eerie light. The rest of the group was installed in other building of the clinic, that was used as an Inn for the patients' families and friends. Only Alice remained in the same building as Yuri, in the room next to his. She spent all day with him, to try and keep his mind of things. He was a bit depressed since he had come too as he was unable to fuse with his monsters for the time being. The Healers had explained that it was normal because his body had been through a lot and was still too weak to sustain the pressure of a fusion. He couldn't help it to feel useless. Alice had tried to cheer him up to no avail. The others would visit regularly too.
"Common, cheer up! That's not like you kid" Zhuzhen had dropped by that morning along with Karin and Keith.
"Where are the others?" asked Yuri, trying his best not to look worried.
"They got tired of this place and went sightseeing for a while" answered Karin, glad that Yuri was recovering.
"I wouldn't blame them" said the Harmonixer, looking around. He was sick of that place, filled with weird objects and painted all white. He was also tired of not being able to go outside and having to wear the clinic's clothes. He was dressed with black pants ( his own he refused to wear the shorts the clinic had available for the male patients) and a long sleeved white shirt. He couldn't wear his boots inside the clinic, instead he wore a pair of sandals ( that he also hated).
"Well, we'll go too. Our visiting time is over." said Keith. With that, the three exited.
Yuri laid down with a sigh. He got tired rapidly because of the remains of the poison in his body. This day was being the worst for him, with Alice away shopping. But she deserved it. He didn't want her to sacrifice herself for him. At first she had wanted to stay with him, but he had asked Margaret to convince her and, that morning, all the group had gone shopping and sightseeing.
"This is going to be a long day." he complained, staring at the ceiling.
"Hey look, let's go there, please!" begged Anastasia to Kurando, pointing at store filled with fancy dresses.
"She's really excited about this isn't she?" smile Alice
"Poor Kurando, I don't know how he puts up with that kid" said Joachim.
"Who's a kid! I heard you!" shouted Anastasia kicking the big vampire. All the group laughed while he rubbed his knee.
"So, isn't this funny? You have to rest for a while girl." Margaret turned to Alice.
"Yes, but I feel bad for leaving Yuri alone." answered the fair haired girl.
" You can always buy him a souvenir" suggested Karin. She, Keith and Zhuzhen had just joined them.
"Yes, maybe that'll cheer him up. What do you think I should buy…" she couldn't finish her sentence because a thunderous noise filled the air. The group looked up. A massive black cloud filled the sky.
"This is not a normal storm" the Adept stated.
"What do you mean?" asked Keith
"I, I can feel powerful energy from that cloud. It's filled with negative emotions. It's like Malice." Alice stared at the cloud. It soon covered the sun, leaving the city in pitch black darkness. Suddenly, a strange mist covered everything. People began to drop dead on the ground. Alice and Zhuzhen quickly cast protective spells on all of them.
"What's this! Why is this happening?" shouted Halley. Vicious monsters were appearing through the mist.
"We have to get back to the clinic. We'll be safer there" said Zhuzhen, remembering that the place had magical barriers protecting it.
"Yes, let's hurry. I'm worried about Yuri. He can't fuse at the moment." Alice turned in the direction of the Caduceus Clinic. Suddenly the big building was stroke by a huge lightning, from the Malice cloud. It crumbled apart.
"Oh no! Yuri!" screamed Alice. The group hurried towards the half destroyed building.
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