Chap 2 Recuperate
When she awoke she lay in a cot covered by a warm white blanket. Devil looked around. She decided it looked like a one room hospital. Test tubes, latex gloves, and a plastic case full of shots were seemed out of place in the sterile room. The door opened quietly. A woman in her mid-thirty's slipped in. She couldn't have been more than a foot taller than Devil, with snow white hair cut just below her chin. She wasn't tall or graceful in fact she was big boned and short. However she had a kind face. When she saw that Devil was awake her face broke into a huge smile.
"My, my child at last you are awake and imagine that only a week you will have to recuperate!" Recuperate? Devil thought will they kick me out so soon? Seeing the confusion and hurt on Devil's face she immediately spoke up.
"I do not mean we are going to kick you out child I would never allow that. But if you are going to Ranger school you are going to need to walk and move your arms!" "Ranger school?" Devil croaked out, her usually cool voice sounded more like a dying cow. "Yes, yes of course! It took some convincing, but I got you in after all you washed up on the beach. Poor thing, poor thing no parents in their right minds would allow that to happen!" Devil pulled herself into a sitting position. She was wearing what appeared to be a night gown. Her flesh had mended into thick white scars on her arms. Her left wrist had marks from a needle. Had they given her an I.V?
"You were in a dreadful condition! Arms all tore up thigh bones cracked in-two! O my, O my however did you get into that condition girl?" Devil new she didn't actually expect an answer she just continued babbling. Desperately Devil tried to stand; the nurse had turned away from her still babbling. Devil knew that her legs were mended, but they felt like jelly. Her arms felt only a little sore and so she put her weight mainly on them allowing her legs get used to her weight. She noticed the nurse was watching her with knowing eyes. She wrapped one arm around Devil's waist taking the pressure of her hands. After what seemed like forever the nurse let go of her waist allowing her to stand on her own.
"I'll come back with a ranger uniform, that's all we have for you too ware. Don't fret, don't fret since we haven't sent any out yet we can get you one that fits you perfectly. Devil wasn't at all fretting she was actually so happy she couldn't speak. After all her years of torment she would be in a place no one would hurt her. Safety was something she had never known, and when the nurse left she could help allowing a sob to rack her body. After she felt more comfortable with her weight she began to move around little by little.
The nurse was taking a while. Devil thought pacing in her room. She walked around the room for an hour at least. At last she walked in carrying a sealed box.
"Sorry, sorry it took me so long they didn't have this year's uniform in your size." She smiled sheepishly and gave Devil the box. Devil looked at her pointedly and the nurse huffed and left. Devil opened the box and took out a black leotard. From the look of it the top half had a little sleeve and the bottom half would stop just above her knees. Desperately Devil searched the box for something to put over it. She found a red shirt that would fit above her abdomen, and a pain of mid-thigh shorts that were fashionably rolled up. When she put it all on she was surprised to find it was actually quite comfortable, not that she had ever owned anything that wasn't a hand-me-down.
Devil wished there was a mirror in the room so she could see what she looked like. She turned back to the box and checked for shoes. A pair of black combat boot with a pair of plain white socks was what she found. She loved the smell of Mareep wool. Devil walked out of the room to see the nurse there, holding a clip board with a single sheet of paper. "Please fill this out and sign at the bottom." Devil took the clip board. It asked the regular questions like "are you allergic to anything?" At the bottom she signed her name-Devil. Devil returned the clip-board.
"You didn't sign your last name." the nurse said. "I don't have one Devil said coolly looking away. "I see, I see. Well, welcome to ranger school you have a week to do whatever you wish. However you may not leave the Ranger school grounds or go down to the basement. I will of course show you the girl's dormitory, when school starts you are not permitted on the boys side, understand?" Devil nodded the nurse had seemed like a kind caring person at first but she seemed rather strict. Devil was not going to do anything to make her angry. She nodded.