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"102, ace, you definitely have a fever." Jon said holding the thermometer up to his eyes.
Aislynn grumbled and crossed her arms in front of her. she hated being sick, because it took away from her school work and studying with all the resting she'd have to do as a result.
"Thanks Jon, I just wanted a second word on this, you know how stubborn she gets when people tell her she's sick." Em said.
"yes, I do, and ace, I know you don't like it, but you need to rest." He said.
Aislynn wanted to argue but knew it was rather hopeless. She sighed and went to her bedroom. Almost immediately as she climbed into bed, she began to feel dizzy and drowsy. And within moments was asleep.
Meanwhile in emerald city.
Glinda,who had been in the kitchen working on a large pot of soup, returned to the chambers to find ozma, now sitting in front of the crystal ball.
"Seems California is in the middle of a rather large freak storm." She said.
"is dorothy alright?" Glinda asked immediately walking over.
"oh, she's fine, but her aunt is stuck someplace because the wind knocked a rather large tree branch in the way, and her cousin is presently sick." Ozma said.
Glinda let out a sigh.
"anything else?" Glinda asked.
"the power went out so she's completely in the dark, I think she's looking for a flashlight." Ozma said
"Well, I have to go keep an eye on the soup, it should be almost ready, let me know if anything important occurs." Glinda said leaving the chambers.
Mean while in California.
The problem that dorothy always seemed to notice, is that whenever she needed a flashlight, there was never one on hand, or at any rate, in the same area she was in. she knew she didn't really need one since there was still some light out, and she could see in the dark rather well, having been a cat on a number of occasions. She however eventually gave up and concluded that there was no flashlights kept in the kitchen. As she walked back into the living room another flash of lightning lit up the room. This was once more followed by a loud crack of thunder.
"so, now what do I do?" dorothy asked herself.
"you know, you could go upstairs." Toto suggested.
"go upstairs…middle of a storm, my gut says the basement would be safer but having only been down there once to help auntie Melinda get a box of photographs, I'd rather not try to navigate it in the dark, so…" dorothy said trailing off.
Suddenly Zeb walked into the looking rather pale and tired.
"where's auntie Melinda?" zeb asked.
"Stuck at the pharmacy, you should continue to get some rest, you can have the couch." Dorothy said.
"power out?" Zeb asked.
"did you not hear the bang of the transformer going?" dorothy asked.
"I honestly thought I-I was having a fever dream." He said with a yawn.
"nope, do you think your father and uncle bill are asleep still?" dorothy asked.
"likely." Zeb said lying down on the couch.
"should I go check on them?" Dorothy asked.
"if you'd like." He said.
Dorothy sighed and made her way to their bedroom. When she got close to it she could hear rather loud snoring. As she opened the door she found them both sound asleep.
"must be rather easy for them to sleep, lying in bed all day." She said to her self quietly shutting the door
She sighed and walked back to the living room where she found zeb waiting, lying on the couch, mumbling to himself.
"by the way, flashed lights are in the draw over there, top drawer, far left, not sure if the batteries are still good in any of them, I know the green one is dead though." He said.
"why is it dead?" dorothy asked.
"Last time the power went out I used it to work on some pranks, which killed the battery." He said.
Dorothy sighed and walked over to the drawer that zeb had pointed out. She found various colors of flashlights, red, blue, black, purple, and green. Picking up the purple one, she made the mistake of looking at it while testing it. the light temporarily stunned her causing her to fall onto her backside.
"Yea, auntie Melinda does that almost every time she tests a flashlight, normally she only needs to blink a few times, you alright?" Zeb asked.
"yes, im fine, kinda stunned myself, but atleast I know the flashlight works." Dorothy said switching it off.
"good to know." Zeb said with a yawn
Dorothy sighed and got up, walking over to one of the armchairs as another crack of thunder shook the house. Curling up on it, she herself began to feel drowsy. However just as she began to doze, a loud crack of thunder and the sound of whistling wind startled her awake. She didn't know how long she had been nodding off, but Zeb was sound asleep on the couch. Getting up and stretching, she picked up the flashlight and switched it on. Shining it around the room she found both toto and pockets curled up in the corner, huddled rather close to each other, fast asleep. Shaking her head, she sighed and got herself a glass of water.
Meanwhile in Kansas.
Alex had spent several hours, after finishing the soup his mother made, lying on his bed, he could tell he was sick, he felt way more drained than usual, but the problem with him being himself, was that he didn't sleep much. He didn't know if it was because he was still worried about dorothy, or if he had just managed to turn himself into an insomniac. He wasn't sure which but he felt it was probably a mix of both. Sighing he finally got up and went down stairs. Going to the kitchen he found his mother there reading a cookbook.
"you should be resting." She said
Alex sighed and walked to the cabinet, reaching to open it, suddenly he felt dizzy and a moment later found himself in a chair.
"wha…what happened?" he eventually managed to ask
"you were trying to get a glass to get some water I imagine." She said.
"that…I think…is that what I wanted to do?" he asked himself.
"alex?" she asked.
"huh? What? Oh, mom, hi." He said taking some deep breaths.
Unlike normal kids, alex, whenever he was ill, which wasn't often, would end up dazed and confused after a while. And seeing as he hadn't been sick since his little sister was born, he was more confused than in a daze. As his mother gave him a glass of water, he took several minutes to finish it before leaving the glass on the counter and heading back up to his room. His mother followed, making sure nothing happened on his way up there. when he got to his room, he laid down on his bed, and closed his eyes. A moment later, madeline appeared in the room and waved her wand over him. Within moments he was in a dreamless sleep.
