~Chapter 8~
Claire was extremely weak when she woke up. She managed, on the other hand, to say, "S-shadow, w-where a-am I? W-what h-happened?" Glad to see that she was awake, Shadow told her everything that had happened. Even about the parasite inside of her brain.
"H-how i-is th-that e-even p-possible, S-shadow," Claire said, trying to make an attempt to sit up, but Shadow gently tried to make sure that she stayed laying down. "Please, Claire, lie down. You need your rest," Shadow said to Claire. Shadow then walked over to another table and grabbed a syringe with a strong seditive in it. Noticing the syringe, Claire said, "W-what are y-you going to do w-with that, Shadow?" Shadow patted her head and said, "Claire, that parasite has to come out of you one way or another. Don't worry, Claire, there is only one way for me to take this kind of parasite out." When he said that, Shadow injected the seditive in Claire and she went back to sleep.
When he was sure Claire was asleep, Shadow made a potent mixture and held it up to Claire's nose; at the same time, putting his hand on her forehead. Claire cringed in her sleep due to the smell of the liquid that Shadow held up to her nose.
Hours had passed when Shadow finally noticed something crawling out of Claire's ear. "That must be the parasite," thought Shadow. Still holding the mixture to Claire's nose, Shadow took his hand off of Claire's forehead and quickly grabbed the parasite. Shadow only tightened his grip as the parasite tried to excape. Shadow then grabbed a jar and put the parasite inside along with a parilize grenade.
Shadow walked back over to Claire and took the liquid away from her. He then injected another seditive into her, this time waking her up. When Claire awoke, she turned her head and looked at the jar with the parasite in it. She sat up saying, "So that's the thing that was in my brain? It looks disgusting." Shadow walked to her and helped her off the table. Claire nearly fell when she stood up, but luckily for her, Shadow was there to catch her.
When Claire finally stood up, she turned and hugged Shadow. Shadow hugged her back when Claire said, "Thank you sooo much, Shadow." Shadow looked at her in confusion and asked, "For what?" Claire looked at her friend and said, "For everything, silly." She let go of her hug, turned her back towards Shadow, blushed and said, "Shadow, to tell you the truth, you have always been there for me no matter what." Claire turned and faced Shadow. Her gaze went to the floor. Shadow lifted her head and kissed her softly on the lips. "I remember promising you long ago that I would help you no matter what. To this day, I have kept my promise, have I not?" Claire nodded and walked with Shadow out of the infirmary.
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