KAI

Maggie cleaned her up and put a dressing gown on the kid. I watched her all night like a hawk and then some. There was no way I was going to let her get captured again. I promised myself to keep her safe and look what happens, and people wonder why I'm a lone wolf. I patched up her wounds and stood ready with painkillers for her.

She didn't wake up that morning or later that afternoon. She finally woke up that night but her eyes were unfocussed and blank. "Mira?" The little girl winced and I helped her take the painkillers to help her sleep. Her eyes were pink and her skin was white as chalk. Her temperature was much higher so I sent for the doctor. I knew I couldn't tell him about what happened so I just said she was like that since last night.

He came out an hour later looking grave. "It's very serious whatever it is. She doesn't seem to be in tune with us at the moment. Here, give her these next time she wakes up. They should help her temperature to drop and sooth her head." He handed me a couple of blue pills. "I would go to sleep yourself lad, you don't look so well either."

"Not until she wakes up." He knew I was lying but didn't push the matter any further. "Then call me in the morning to report any change." I complied and sat by her bed ready for her to wake up. She did a few hours later and I helped her to take the pills.

I was tired and covered in dust from the cave-in but didn't want to leave her side. It swirled with every move I made in my seat to stay awake. Eventually it irritated my sinuses making me want to sneeze so I decided to take a shower. The noise from them would've disturbed her and that's the last thing I wanted to do. Besides, the shower woke me up enough to get back to my post quite quickly.

When I returned she was standing by the window looking at the sky. A light glow was radiating off her again making her look even more angelic in her white dressing gown. I stood beside her to see she was looking at the moon. "See anything interesting?"

"Hmm." Was her reply and I stood next to her. "How are you feeling?"

"Shaky." Girl of few words tonight aren't we. "Then why are you out of bed?" She sighed and looked at me not letting go of the windowsill. "I wanted to see the moon." I looked at the carpet to see marks of where she struggled to get to the window. "Let go." She shook her head. "I won't let you fall."

"You'd better not." She growled and I smirked at her trying to act tough. She let go and I picked her up when she started to fall. "Stay in bed until you can stand on your own two feet. Doctor's orders."

"His or yours?" She said not looking too convinced. I laughed and looked down to see she had fallen asleep in my arms again. I put her back in to bed and left her alone to sleep. This also gave me a chance to get some sleep as well much to the relief of my eyes. I fell asleep as soon as my head touched the pillow.

MIRA

I knew I'd feel worse than before but I didn't realise how bad. At first I thought I was getting better, but then I felt like I had a bad bout of flu and was shivering all over for hours on end. But the worst was when I struggled to the bathroom beside my bedroom to throw up. I did this six times before finally going back to sleep with my stomach finally emptied. I felt even more tired than before and didn't wake until late afternoon. "Hi."

"Hi." Came my weak reply. Kai was sitting there looking at me with two pills in his hand. "The doctor came to see you this morning and said you should take two more of these." I didn't remember taking them before but I did as he said. "How do you feel?"

"…" I didn't quite know how to answer that. "Like a million dollars." I didn't use sarcasm a lot but I think it was good. It caused Kai to smirk so it must've been good. "Still shaky?"

"Shivery." He felt my head and frowned. He went out and came back with a hot drink and another blanket. I felt a bit better after that and Kai's mood changed when some colour came back in to my face. "Try to get some rest." I nodded and lay back on my bed with Kai by my side. "You don't need to be around me all the time you know." Kai seemed a little agitated by this and guilt flooded his face. Man it looked so wrong. "I don't blame you Kai" Was all I said when he walked out my room. I don't know if he heard me or not and was too tired to think about it.

EBONY

I wondered about Kai and the little girl. I tried ringing his phone quite a few times but he turned it off. 'Must be keeping watch.' I thought. I needed to talk to him to feel strong again. Ok I'm sounding like a major sissy but I don't care right now. What Creed asked for really scared me. I thought I was going to loose to Mira when she called out her bit beasts but I managed to hold her off. If I lost what would've happened? Would I have been able to make the decision to leave Kai and join Creed? Or rip Black Dragoon out of me and died with Kai by my side? It was tearing me apart just thinking about it.

My nights were haunted with the match. I wanted to know how Mira was doing; I wanted to know if Kai was mad at me. But neither of my questions would be answered until Kai rang my bloody phone!

It was only until I went back to school did I get a chance to talk to Kai. But he was far from being angry with me. He held me close and kissed me deeply. "How's Mira doing?"

"She's getting better." I had a feeling he wasn't telling me everything. His eyes could hide nothing from me and it took one look to know something was wrong. "And?" I asked incredulously looking deep in to his eyes. He knew I'd sussed him so he spilled. "She's taking longer to recover this time. Sometimes she seems ok and other times she gets worse."

"I wish I'd never been born!" I exclaimed to the sky. I lay back and heaved a heavy sigh with my eyes on the clouds. Kai loomed over me and kissed me again. "Never wish that." He lay back beside me and closed his eyes with his arms under his head. I smirked and stayed silent for a while. But then some yelling caught my attention and I sat up to take a look. The whore from hell was arguing with one of the popular boys. "Probably unable to decide what position to take tonight." Kai snorted and I looked at him to see a big smirk upon his face.