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Chapter 5
Sazh floored the accelerator, sending Brunhilde speeding down the road, praying to Etro that Snow was okay ignorant of Wakka's plight as he held on for dear life. Sazh stopped by the Daycare and dropped the food off and sped down the road towards the hospital. Sazh sped into the hospital parking lot pulled the emergency break and before Brunhilde had even stopped, jumped out and hit the ground at dead run for the entrance. Only when Brunhilde came to a stop did Wakka manage to crawl out and collapse on the ground in a daze. Brunhilde transformed to her humanoid form looking down at Wakka with pity before taking off after her master.
Sazh stopped at the front desk and saw now one manning the station. He looked around in a panic and noticed a nurse walking down the hall and ran over to her.
"Excuse me ma'am can you tell me if a boy named Snow Villiers has been brought in?" Sazh asked as he tried to catch his breath.
The nurse smiled, she was tall with long silver hair, two rabbit like ears, and an all knowing look in her eyes. She wore a form fitting body suit that didn't leave much to one's imagination, but was mostly covered by a white lab coat.
"Wasn't expecting to see you so soon, Sazh," She said with a sigh, "Snow is in room 505, he is currently being looked over by Doctor Balthier right now."
Says took off at a job waving back at the nurse, "You're a lifesaver, Fran!"
Since the Daycare had opened, there hadn't been a dull moment in the Hospital. With a shake of her head Fran when to go check on the other patients in the ward.
As Sazh rushed down the hall way his phone rang, pulling it out of his pocket he answered it, "Sazh Katzroy speaking."
"Sazh, it's Jihl. How's Snow doing?"
"I'm walking to his room as we speak." Sazh said looking at the room numbers as he jogged by.
"Whose his doctor?"
"Balthier."
Jihl sighed with relief and looked over to the other kids, "What should we do about our Little Violent Guardian?"
Sazh thought for a moment as he reached Snow's room. Snow was laying in the bed with his arm in a sling, staring at the ceiling.
Sazh smiled, "I have an idea, call Mrs. Villiers and Mrs. Farron and have them come to the hospital. I'll be by in a bit to pick up Lightning."
Wondering what crazy plan Sazh had cooked up, Jihl decided she would asked about it later, "Understood, See you when you get back."
"Later." Sazh said hanging up as he walked into the room and stood next to Snow's bed and smiled, "How're you feeling, Little man?"
"Like I've been struck by Lightning times a billion." Snow replied with a slight twitch, "I can't move my arm and I don't know why. And I still don't know why that crazy girl likes to hurt me so much. What did I ever do to her?"
Sazh stared at Snow as the boys eyes brimmed with unshed tears, "I honestly don't know, Snow. But every day I wonder the same thing."
"Good to see you found him," A sauve voice said from the door.
Sazh turned around and saw Doctor Balthier standing there looking as calm as ever. Doctor Balthier was a very debonair man with short sandy blond hair and striking hazel eyes. There was a rumor flying about that he was a former sky pirate before he came to work at the hospital. And when he and Fran would go out together, they were the main topic of discussion.
"So is he gonna be okay?" Sazh asked praying that there wasn't going to be any bad news.
"For a kid that just got hammered by a Thundaga Bolt, he's fine. Beside some fried hair and the fact that he can't moves his arm, he is no danger. But we're going to have to take a look at that arm, there might be some nerve damage, of course that bolt must've been a big one if he can't move his arm."
Sazh looked at Balthier and sighed with relief, "I have to go punish the one responsible so I'll be back in a bit. Keep me updated on his condition will ya?"
Doctor Balthier nodded, "Of course, I'll send Fran in to prep him for x-ray to make sure nothings broken."
Sazh made sure Snow was comfortable before leaving him to the tender care of Nurse Fran and Doctor Balthier. As he walked back towards the front desk, he notice Brunhilde and Wakka waiting patiently.
"So what's the veridict?" Wakka asked crossing his arms.
"They're gonna do an x-ray since Snow can't move his arm. But other than that, he's fine." Sazh motioned for them to follow him outside.
"That's good, ya. But ah'm guessin' it was Lightnin' who did it. So what are we gonna do about her?" Wakka followed Sazh as he walked out the front door.
"I've got a plan, but at the moment we need to get back to the Daycare. Brunhilde you know the drill." Sazh turned to his summon as they stopped at the curb.
Brunhilde nodded and stepped into the drive way, "F1 racer or sports car?"
Sazh smiled, "Sports car if ya don't mind."
Brunhilde sighed with relief as she transformed, "Thank Etro, that damn bus form makes me look fat."
"Aww Brunhilde you're too pretty to be fat." Sazh said knowing it would make his summon happy.
"Such a charmer." Brunhilde said revving her engine as she finished transforming.
"Could ya please do this speed limit this time, Sazh? I nearly lost my lunch earlier." Wakka pleaded as they climbed into Brunhilde.
Back at the Daycare, Jihl was standing next to Lulu and Aerith trying to calm everyone down. Gadot and his siblings were worried about their friend and wouldn't stop asking if Snow was going to be okay. Hope was clinging to Serah and Vanille trying desperately not to cry. And Fang, Fang was trying to contain her laughter, when the Thundaga bolt had hit Snow the first time she had laughed so hard she had nearly peed her pants.
Lightning, poor Lightning, was forced to stand in a corner far from everyone else. She was pleased that she had managed to cast Thundaga and strike snow with it, but she was displeased that she was once again in trouble. The rest of the kids were as worried as Gadot and his siblings, but made no effort to show it. Cloud and Tifa busied themselves by playing with building blocks, Vincent was reading a book, but Yuffie kept bothering him asking questions about Materia. Sephiroth was sitting at a table drawing pictures of Aerith's demise. Rikku, Yuna, and Paine were playing on the swings while Tidus juggled a blitz ball with his head.
Jihl nodded glad that the children were under control and turned to Lulu and Aerith, "I'm leaving you two in charge while I go prepare lunch."
Lulu nodded patting a scared Hope on the head.
"It's a nice day out, Jihl. Maybe we should have a picnic outside." Aerith said as she put away the practice dummies.
Jihl like the idea and smiled, "Excellent idea, Aerith."
Jihl went into the kitchen and started preparing for an afternoon picnic.
The peace lasted all of ten minutes, because once Yuffie got bored she went outside to play. Rikku had just jumped off the swing after noticing something shiny in the sand, precisely at the exact same moment Yuffie laid her eyes on it. The stared at each other for a moment and dashed towards the orb. Neither willing to let the other get to the orb first leapt and landed on the ground both grasping the orb at the same time. A spark of anger filled each girls eyes as their eyes locked and the tug of war for the orb began.
"Hey this is my Materia I saw it first!" Yuffie said pulling as she tried to stand up.
"No it's mine, I saw it first!" Rikku yelled pulling the orb back towards her, "and it's not Materia, it's a dress sphere!"
"Materia!" Yuffie growled and pulled.
"Dress Sphere!" Rikku manage to sit up and pulled it back again.
"MATERIA!"
"DRESS SPHERE!"
This struggle only lasted a few minutes, when Lulu noticed the two fighting girls and moved to break them up. In doing so both girls dropped the orb. Lulu's moogle doll jumped down from her arm and picked up the orb.
"I'll be taking this." She said to the two girls who stared up at her in shock.
As both girls attempted to say something Lulu bent down picked up the moogle along with the orb and walked away.
"But, it was mine." Both girls said in unison as they watched Lulu walk away.
Yuna walked over and hugged them both and invited them to play with her. Soon everyone was laughing and having a grand old time. Jihl looked out the kitchen window and smiled, it was nice to see everyone was enjoying themselves. As she finished making a batch of sandwiches, the bell for the front door rang. Rygdea was at the front desk, fast asleep, and did not notice Sazh and Wakka as they walked in. Sazh frowned, walked around the desk, and struck Rygdea in the back of his head with the butt of his pistol.
"64!" Rygdea answered waking up and rubbing his head, "Oh hey, Sazh."
"Don't you, 'Oh hey' me. You're supposed to be watching the front door!" Sazh continued frowning.
"Sorry." Rygdea turned forward and watched the door.
Sazh holstered his weapon and shook his head as he walked towards the back door, "Sometimes I wonder why I even hired him."
As he was about to pass the kitchen, Jihl came out and waved him over.
"How's everything goin?"
"Everything going well as of right now. Every one calmed down after they took Snow to the hospital. Lightning is in the corner and everyone else is just playing."
Sazh smiled putting a hand on her should, "It will get better."
Jihl smiled touching his hand softly, "I know it will. But first, let's take care of our Violent Little Guardian problem first."
Sazh's smile grew even bigger, "I've got that covered."
Jihl raised a brow curiously, "You have a plan?"
"Hey, I can have plans!" Sazh said quickly.
"Of course you can." Jihl teased as the phone rang, "It's never quiet here for long."
With that she picked up the phone next to the fridge. Sazh took that as his cue to deal with Lightning and went over to where she stood in the corner. Almost immediately he noticed Lightnings body language was that of a very angry child. It was obvious she wanted to go and play with her best friend Fang, but Sazh had other plans for the Little Violent Guardian.
Sazh walked up to her and crossed his arms, "Come on, let's go."
Lightning turned around slowly looking up at him curiously, "Go where?"
Sazh's brow twitched as a sweat drop slowly moved down the side of his face, "Where do you think?"
"To get ice cream?" She asked hopfully.
"No," Sazh answered, "Nice try though. We're going to the hospital to see Snow."
"Never you have to catch me first!" Lightning said and tried to run past Sazh.
But Sazh was one step ahead of her and deftly picked her up tossing her over his shoulder.
"NOO! YOU CAN'T MAKE ME SEE THAT BRAT! I REFUSE TO GO!" Lightning said kicking and screaming as Sazh carried her toward the front door.
Seeing Sazh carrying Lightning over his shoulder, Jihl called out to Sazh, "That was Mrs. Farron and Mrs. Villiers, they're going to meet you at the hospital."
"Thanks, Jihl." Sazh said carrying Lightning out the door.
Everyone watched with newfound interest as Sazh loaded Lighting into Brunhilde shrugging off her punches and ignoring her screams to be released.
"Good luck!" Jihl called out as the front door slowly swung shut.
She heard Brunhilde's engine roar to life and went to go check on the children. She smiled as she watched Aerith and Lulu both participate and keep a watchful eye on the children's play. Satisfied she finished making lunch, opened the window and called both of the other caretakers over.
"Lunch is ready, can you round up the kids and take them over to the oak tree?"
Lulu and Aerith nodded and began rounding up the children when they realized that Vanille and Hope were missing.
Jihl came out carrying a large picnic basket and noticed the absence of the two children as well, "Where did those two run off to?"
"They were just here a minute ago." Aerith answered looking around the playground trying not to panic.
Lulu simply shrugged unable to answer Jihl's question.
Little did they know that, moments before Sazh returned to the Daycare. Hope was sitting in the flying grass watching a bug fly about. He was mesmerized as the bug flew up and up, high above him. Something glimmered off in the distance and caught his eye, as he watched, it danced about heading towards the fence. Without a word, Hope got up on his little legs and chased after the shiny object. Vanille looking for her little friend, saw him running towards the fence, and immediately followed.
As Hope neared the fence Vanille called out to him, but he could not hear her. Hope stopped at the fence as he watch the shiny thing, go over it. He let out a sigh of disappointment and begun to look along the length of the fence. And that is when he spotted it, a hole near the corner of the fence. Still not hearing Vanille call after him again, Hope scurried over to the hole and climbed through it.
Vanille squeak in horror as her little friend found the hole in the fence that had been caused by Lightning and Fang's "Let's blow up, Snow" plan. Mr. Katzroy had planned to fix it and had told the kids to stay clear of the far side of the fence, up until now. Determined to keep Hope safe and out of harms way, Vanille too scrambled for the hole in the fence.
Hope cleared the fence just in time to see the shiny dance away from the fence and towards the forest. Completely entrance Hope followed it, unaware that Vanille was just a few feet behind him, trying desperately to keep up.
20 minutes later
Jihl, Lulu, Aerith, and Zack searched all over the Daycare for Vanille and Hope, but found neither hide nor hair of them. All of the caretakers were now worried and began to think of where the two little ones might've gone.
Fang noticed the odd behavior of the adults and suddenly realized that Vanille was nowhere to be found. Angry at herself for not keeping a better eye on her little sister, Fang began to sniff the ground trying to pick up Vanille's scent(Vanilla and Lavender). The little huntress picked up the scent and followed it to the hole in the fence. Fang tried to get through the hole but gave up once she discovered that she was too big to fit through the hole in the fence.
Growling angrily at the fence Fang turned back towards where the caretakers were, cupped her hands around her mouth and yelled, "HEY MS. NABAAT!"
Jihl turned and saw Fang waving wildly from the far side of the fence. Setting the picnic basket down under the oak tree, she walked over to where Fang stood.
"Yes, what is it Fang?" Jihl asked as she notice Fang was cover from head to toe in dirt.
Fang's arm shot up and pointed towards the hole in the fence, "They went in there. I picked up Vanille's scent and that's where it went."
Jihl was not one to doubt the Gran Pulse girl in front of her, who was by far THE best tracker she had ever seen. Nodding she thanked Fang and went to go the other caretakers, failing to notice that Fang was now following her.
"Did you find them?" Lulu asked her face showing slight worry.
"Fang tracked them to the hole in the fence that Sazh has been meaning to fix. Which means they are probably in the forest by now." Jihl answered her own face covered with worry.
Zack stepped up, "I'll go get them."
"That's great," Jihl frowned, "But how are you going to find them. They could be anywhere in the forest by now."
Zack withered a little bit at this, despite being a former SOLDIER, his tracking skills were nothing to be proud of.
"I'LL DO IT!" Fang shouted with a smile, "I can find them!"
Jihl looked down at Fang whose smile was as wide as her face and gave her a very worried look, "I don't know if that's a good idea, I don't want to lose another one of you children. Your parents would not be happy at all."
Fang gave Jihl a determined look, "I'll be okay,I'm a Pulsian after all! Besides, I can stay by Zack the whole time, I promise."
Jihl was about to protest when Zack put a hand on her shoulder, "It'll be fine, I'll keep a good eye on her and since she's a much better tracker than I am. We'll find Vanille and Hope much faster."
Jihl sighed and bent down to meet Fang's eyes, "You better do what Zack tells you to do and listen to what he says. Is that clear young lady?"
"Yes, ma'am." Fang said with a small salute.
Zack went inside and grabbed his Buster Sword from the weapons locker. He knew Fang carved spears of her own and began to rummage through the locker. In the back corner was this small spear with retractable blades, it was just big enough for Fang and it wouldn't break like the wooden ones if attacked by a beast. Grabbing the spear he closed the weapons locker and made his way back outside where he handed the spear to Fang.
Fang took the spear and stared at its awesomeness, before securing it at her back.
"Ready?" Zack asked the little huntress.
Fang nodded with a smile, "Ready!"
Zack led her to the locked gate and used his key to open in, in just a few minutes they were out the gate and headed across the small field headed toward the forest. Jihl gave a silent prayer to Etro that they would all return safely. As if to stop her worrying, her phone rang. She ran back into the Daycare and picked up the phone in her office.
"Fantasy Daycare, this is Head Mistress Jihl Nabaat speaking."
"Hello Jihl, it's Edea from the Fantasy Orphanage," Edea said softly, "I have something to ask you."
Back at the hospital
Lightning continued to kick and scream as she was dragged unceremoniously towards Snow's room. After the fight to get her into the car and keep her still on the ride over, this was the hardest. The Little Violent Guardian knew how to plant her feet and use every object she possibly could to keep Sazh from moving forward. But once she saw her mother, she became eerily still. Smiling Sazh put an arm around Lightning's shoulder and walked over to Mrs. Farron.
"Hello Mrs. Farron. How are you?"
"I am doing well," She replied then looked down at her daughter with one of those creepy mother smiles, "So, what has Claire done this time?"
Sazh took a deep breath, maintain his grip on Lightning, and explained everything to Mrs. Farron. Mrs. Farron's smile never faded but the warmth that would normally go with such a smile was completely absent. When the explanation was finished, Mrs. Farron looked down at her daughter, and Sazh swore he saw the girl flinch.
"Claire, explain to me why, you felt the need to strike poor Snow with Thundaga."
Lightning swallowed and hung her head in shame, but said nothing.
Mrs. Farron gently, but firmly took Lightning for Sazh and led her into Snow's room, "You are going to apologize right this instant young lady, is that clear?"
Lightning said not a word and nodded as her mother led her into the room. Sazh followed behind them and saw Mrs. Villiers sitting next to her son's bed. Mrs. Faron crossed the room and began apologizing to Mrs. Villiers for Lightning's bad behavior.
Lightning glanced around the room and saw Snow lying on the bed doing nothing and felt the urge to punch the punk's lights out rise. She balled her fists and told herself that she'd get him later when no one was looking.
Mrs. Farron looked at her daughter, "Claire, apologize to Snow."
Lightning said nothing and her mother returned to her side and nudged her closer to Snow.
Knowing she wasn't going to get out of this, Lightning sighed and gave a half-hearted apology, "Sorry I hit you with Thundaga."
Satisfied with her daughters apology, Mrs. Farron let Lightning move to a chair next to the door.
Mrs. Villiers eyes drifted from Lightning to Sazh and she asked, "Is there no way to prevent this from happening again?"
"I'm glad you asked," Sazh smiled, "Because Claire is going to take care of Snow while he recuperates."
"WHAT?" Lightning shouted in disbelief.
"Claire." Mrs. Farron said with an air of authority silencing her daughters outburst.
"Thank you, Mrs. Farron. I've decided that every time one of the kids puts another in the hospital or hurts them in any way that makes it so they can't do anything for themselves. The person who hurt them must take care of them until they are better. Sound like a plan?" Sazh crossed his arms feeling very satisfied with himself.
Both parents nodded in agreement, Lightning on the other had was thinking of ways to get out of it as quickly as possible.
End Chapter 5