***Hello, everyone! I'm back again with this chapter. I don't have too much to say, other than the fact that the summary begins to come into full play here. Grillby and Ember belong to Toby Fox, the nurse and Cyra belong to me, and let's roll!

Chapter Two: Sending The Message

Ember had been admitted right away. That left Grillby in the waiting room on that floor. He filled out the forms, but his mind was other places.

He figured that it was a respiratory illness, but those could be deadly-well, especially deadly for flame elementals. Anything that stopped the air in the fire could put the fire out.

So, Grillby filled out the papers, checking boxes and scribbling information. He'd been done for about twenty minutes before a nurse came in. "Are you finished with those forms?" she asked.

"Yes. Here they are," Grillby said as he passed them over. "Well, have you heard anything on Ember?"

The nurse nodded. "A close call with a bad case of pneumonia, really. We'll keep her for a few days, just to monitor her and make sure she's okay during treatment. Does her mother know about this? She said once her breathing steadied out that her father brought her, and I'm assuming that's you," she said.

Grillby felt a bit... offset at that mention. "Her mother and I are divorced. We... really haven't contacted each other in a while. I didn't think to call her, I was in such a panic," he admitted.

"Well, you calling your wife is up to you. I'll let you know when you can see Ember," the nurse said. Then, she left, the papers in hand.

Grillby took out his phone. He scrolled through his contact list until his bespectacled eyes caught onto a name: Cyra. His ex-wife, and the mother of his child.

They hadn't spoken to each other in a decade, if not more. They'd only come close to contact by dropping Ember off at the other's house every two weeks.

But still... Cyra had as much of a right to know about this as Grillby did.

With a sigh, he called the number.

"It's strange that you finally decided to call me."

"Cyra, please, this is important. It involves Ember too."

"What is it?"

"She's in the hospital. She's got a bad case of pneumonia, and it nearly caused her flame to go out. The doctors are treating her now, so I haven't gotten to see her yet. But a nurse told me that she's in stable condition just now. I just... though that you should know."

"Alright. I'm coming to see her. But not you!"

"I was expecting that."

With that, they both hung up. Grillby put his phone away. As if his afternoon hadn't been long enough...

***I hope to have another chapter up by Thursday, because I'm leaving on Friday to go on a trip to New York for a few days, although I am working on another one-shot. But we'll just see about that! Anyways, be sure to leave a review on the way out and I'll see you all in the next one! Bye!