Chapter 45
It had been a couple of days since Tania had been defeated and Bastion was still not over her loss, the four remaining Key keeper was all extremely anxious about when the next Shadow rider would appear.
Alexis woke up to the sound of knocking on her door, Alexis sat up checked her clock, it was 8:30am, usually Alexis would already be up at this time but thanks to all of the stress she had been under recently she had been having trouble sleeping.
There was another knock on the door and Alexis wondered who it could be, "Just a minute" said Alexis as she quickly tried to make herself look more presentable, Alexis fixed up her hair and straightened out her nighty.
Alexis now satisfied with how she looked opened the door and was greeted by a party horn being blowed my Mindy, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" shouted both Mindy and Jasmine together leaving Alexis stunned.
Jasmine was the first one to notice that Alexis looked both confused and like she had just gotten out of bed, "Alexis are you ok" asked Jasmine, "What, oh yes I'm fine, said Alexis coming out of her shock.
Mindy seemed to realise what was going on, "Wait a minute, Alexis did, did you forget your birthday" she asked, "What, no I didn't forget, I just forgot it was today" said an embarrassed Alexis, thanks to all of the insanity that she had been dealing with Alexis had completely forgotten what day it was.
Nether Mindy or Jasmine could believe that Alexis who was usually so organised could forget something like her own birthday or that she would oversleep, the two had also noticed that Alexis had seemed very distant recently and that she had seemed to be very stressed.
"Alexis are you ok, your not sick are you" asked Jasmine as she placed her hand on Alexis's forehead to check her temperature, "I'm fine guys, it's just, I've got a lot on my plate at the moment" said Alexis as she removed Jasmine's hand.
"Well you should hurry up and get dressed, we've got a whole day planned for you" said Mindy, "Ok guys, just give me five minutes" said Alexis.
Alexis quickly started to get dressed, she had been under so much stress recently that the thought of spending the day with her friends sounded like paradise.
Robin was in the infirmary, today was the day that his bandages was finally going to be removed, however he was not excited to see his hands again.
"Ok Robin, are you ready" asked Nurse Fontaine as she reached for the bandages, "Just get it over with" said Robin not wanting to draw this out any longer than it had too.
Nurse Fontaine slowly remover the bandages, once they was all off she sighed "I'm sorry Robin, I did the best I could", Robin looked at his hands for the first time since his injury.
After seeing his hands Robin didn't say anything, he just stood up and walked towards the exit, as he left the infirmary he shoved his hands into his pockets so that no one would see them.
Robin speed walked all the way back to his room at the blue dorm, once he was in his room Robin quickly locked the door and examined his hands.
Robin sighed as he fought back tears, then he opened one of the draws of his nightstand and pulled out a pair of black gloves, Robin put and gloves on and examined his hands again, the gloves completely covered his hands allowing no one to see what was underneath.
Now satisfied Robin unlocked his door and left his room.
Alexis was laughing and having fun with her friends, she, Mindy and Jasmine was sitting on a bench while eating ice cream.
"So Alexis, what have you been up to recently, you seem to be really busy" asked Mindy as she licked her ice cream, Alexis hesitated, she didn't what her friends to know about the Shadow riders in case it put them in danger.
"Well, Dr Crowler put me on a special course and I've been working really hard on it" lied Alexis, "Really, what's this course about" asked Jasmine, "Oh well, it's about the advantages of extra monster zones" lied Alexis thinking quickly.
"Really, I wouldn't have thought that that would have been taking up so much of your time" said Jasmine, "Neither did I" said Alexis silently prying that her friends wouldn't look into this.
"Hey Alexis, do you know what happened to that boy your always hanging out with" asked Mindy, "What boy" asked Alexis slightly nervus, "You know, the one with the green eyes, why has he got all of those bandages on" said Mindy, Jasmine was clearly annoyed by this change of subject.
Alexis thought quickly, she knew that she couldn't tell her friends that Robin had been injured in a shadow game, "He just had a accident in the kitchen" said Alexis, "It must have been a pretty bad accident if he still has his hands covered" said Jasmine.
"Actually I heard that he got his bandage taken off this morning" stated Mindy, "He did, is he ok" asked Alexis concern clear in her voice, "I don't know, its only what I heard" said Mindy.
Alexis stood up, "I should probably go and see him, just to make sure that he's ok" she said, "But you can't go now, we still have so much stuff to do" said Jasmine, "I'm sorry Jasmine, but this might be important" said Alexis as she left.
Jasmine huffed in annoyance, "It figures that some boy would ruin our fun" she said, "Hey don't be so mean to him, he does seem like a nice guy" said Mindy.
Alexis found Robin near the lighthouse, he was sitting on the edge looking out to sea, Alexis sat down next to Robin, "Hi Robin" she said, "Hi Alexis" replied Robin.
Alexis looked down and noticed the black gloves that Robin was wearing, "I heard that you got your bandages take off today" said Alexis, "Yeah, it's about time" said Robin with a fake smile that Alexis was easily able to see through.
"So, can I see then" asked Alexis, "What" asked Robin as he turned to look at her, "Your hand, I just wanted to make sure that their ok" said Alexis, "Oh, don't worry about that, their fine" said Robin, now Alexis was sure that there was something wrong.
"Robin please, show me your hands" said Alexis now much sterner, "Look their fine, there's nothing to worry about" said Robin doing everything he could to convince her.
Alexis took a hold of Robin's whist, for a second Robin thought that Alexis was going to take his glove off but she made no move to do so, "Robin I know that there's something wrong, please just tell me what it is, because I care about you" said Alexis as she held Robin's hand in both of hers.
Robin opened his mouth as if he was about to say something, but then he closed it again and just looked away, Alexis took this as a sign that he wasn't going to resist.
Slowly Alexis started to remove Robin's glove and Robin made no attempt to stop her, Alexis gasped as she revealed half of Robin's hand, no longer wanting to wait Alexis pulled the glove the rest of the way off.
Robin's hand was a splotchy mess of pink and purple, Robin's veins was a bright blue colour and they stood out clearly just underneath his scared skin, Alexis reached out and took a hold of Robin's hand, it felt smooth, much smoother than human skin should feel, it was as smooth as glass.
Robin tried to pull his hand away from Alexis but she held on tightly, Alexis couldn't look at Robin's hands without being reminded who was responsible for his injuries, "I'm sorry" she whispered.
"What" asked a confused Robin, "I'm sorry, this shouldn't have happened to you" said Alexis, "It wasn't your fault" said Robin, "No but I still feel guilt, after all it was my brother who did this" said Alexis.
"Alexis your not your brother, so don't feel guilty for his actions" said Robin, Alexis moved closer to Robin and hugged him, "It still isn't right that you got hurt" she said as Robin hugged her back.
The two stayed where they was for some time until Alexis received a text from Jasmine asking where she was, "I should probably get going, Mindy and Jasmine planned a full day of fun for my birthday" said Alexis.
"Wait, todays your birthday, why didn't you tell me" asked Robin, "Well, with everything that's been going on with the Shadow riders I sort of forgot" said Alexis.
Robin started to laugh "And you questioned me for not mentioning my birthday" he said, Alexis started to laugh as well, "Yeah, I guess it is a little ironic" she said.
Alexis stood up, "Anyway I need to get back to them, otherwise Jasmine's probably going to think that you kidnapped me" she joked, "Sure thing, I guess I'll see you soon" said Robin with a smile.
Once Alexis was gone Robin put his glove back on, while he now didn't mind Alexis seeing his hands he still didn't feel comfortable showing his scars to anyone else.
