CHAPTER 3

Chrystal sat at the table and looked around for Jasmine, but she was not there. Next to her, a familiar face stared at her. Chrystal felt the eyes looking at her and she looked back. "Hey, aren't you my nurse?" Julia smiled, her blue eyes growing large. Sean sat down across from the two girls and looked at them. Julia looked to Sean and smiled wider. Sean shuddered.

"I am the nurse to end all nurses. I am GOD!!!" Julia stood up from her seat and yelled the God part. "I have an army of ANIMALS!!!!!!" Chrystal looked at her in shock and looked for the men in white coats, but they never came. Julia sat down after all the stares. She looked at her plate and concentrated hard on it. "I've lost my powers!" Julia began to cry. "My power is all gone! Wasted on TEWGE!" Chrystal looked at Sean who just looked blankly back at her. Julia was hitting her head into the table making the whole thing shake violently. "Stupid, stupid, stupid TEWGE!" Julia lifted her head. Chrystal looked over and laughed out loud. Stuck to Julia's forehead was a white plastic knife. Julia crossed her eyes and looked at it, which made Chrystal laugh harder.

Sean leaned across the table and grabbed the knife and slammed it to the table. Chrystal immediately stopped laughing and looked at the table. Julia squinted her eyes and looked at Sean. "You are a……piece of……squirrel food!" Julia looked at Sean. Nothing. He was still sitting there, a horrible frown on his face and an evil glare in his clear blue eyes. Julia slowly looked down and cursed TEWGE under her breath.

The food came and went. Chrystal got more food this time, she had learned how to force her way to the food before Orlando ate it all. She had to or she would go hungry again, like she did the night before. In the middle of the meal, a loud squeal was heard and a doctor stood in front of the room. He had on a white shirt, tan pants, and a long white overcoat. His black hair was short and he had a small mustache under his nose. "Everyone. The storm is clearing up," he said into his microphone. "Thanks to this, all of you will be allowed to roam about outside." All the staff members began to clap loudly. "Thank you, now finish eating!"

After breakfast, Chrystal followed Sensei out onto the field. Sensei was going to all the flooded tunnel holes and looking in. After a few holes, she began yelling in. "Jasmine! Are you in here?" No answer would come from any of them. She began to panic. "Jasmine?! Jasmine! Where are you?!" Sensei sat next to one of the holes that was close to the club house. This was the first time Chrystal had seen the place up close. The walls were a bright white colour, but looked dim in the gray sunlight, and the roof was blue. The house looked very much like the uniform they had to wear, except upside down. She smiled and looked at Sensei as she spoke in a whine. "She's never not there for breakfast. Or for any meal; she's always there. Always!" Sensei closed her eyes and jumped in the mud. Someone coughed from the front door. Sensei opened her eyes and looked.

Standing by the door was a tall man, maybe about 6'2''. He had short, spiky black hair, sapphire blue eyes, and tan skin. Sensei looked at him as he nodded his head for the two of them to come into the clubhouse. She got up, grabbed Crystal's hand and followed him in. Lying on the table was a familiar person in a red sweatshirt. Sensei gasped. "I found her this morning before breakfast. She was on the floor by the tunnel over there." He pointed to the open tunnel; a puddle was formed next to it, though it was mostly dried.

"Does Sean know?" Sensei looked up at him; he shook his head no. "Josh, we need to tell him, he needs to know." He sighed. "Chrystal, go find Sean and tell him to come here."

"No, I don't want to!" Sensei pointed out the door and looked sternly at the short Chinese girl.

"Fine!" And she went out the door. About twenty minutes later, the door flew open and in marched Sean.

"What's going on?!" He nearly yelled. Josh and Sensei shushed him. He saw the body on the table. "What is that?!"

"That is Jasmine," Josh spat at the shorter man. "She could have died. Hell, she WOULD have died if I hadn't skipped breakfast!" Sean backed off, he knew better than to mess with Josh. Chrystal walked in and got rammed to the floor by the scared Sean.

"What happened to her?"

"She nearly drowned in her tunnels last night!" There was no emotion on the boy's face, except fear. "Do you not care?!" Sean just stared. He finally noticed that he had rammed into someone, but he didn't care about that, he just didn't want to get beaten. Josh looked at him evilly. Chrystal tried to make her way back into the room, but she got pushed back out and Sean made his way out of the house. She fell into the mud with a big splat. Sensei walked outside and helped her up and inside. Josh was sitting at a chair by the table.

"Will she be OK?" the two girls asked in unison. Josh just looked at them. Josh looked away from the two girls, thinking of the shock of that morning.

AWW, I CAN SKIP BREAKFAST, ITS NOT LIKE ANYONE WILL MISS ME. He opened the door and walked in, surprised to her a fainted, raspy breathing. He shrugged. MUST BE ONE OF THE OTHER PATIENTS. He walked over to the table. "Hello? Is anyone there?" No one answered, but the shallow breathing continued. "Hello?" He walked around the table and saw a puddle of water leaking over from the tunnel. He raised an eyebrow and walked to the hole. Next to the hole sat the limp body of a brown haired girl. The tunnel door was wide open and she was still half way in the water. He ran over to her and pulled her out and flipped her on her back. Her eyes were closed and she was slightly waterlogged. Quickly he turned her head to the side and began to press on her stomach. Nothing. HOW LONG HAS SHE BEEN HERE?! He thought to himself. He continued pressing until she began to cough up the water. He immediately sat her up as she continued coughing. She looked over at him, smiled slightly then passed out against him.

"Josh?" Chrystal was talking now, "Josh, come back to earth Josh." He looked over at them.

"Huh?"

"Will she be okay?" Sensei pressed.

"O, yea, course……" He faded off.

Josh quickly picked her up and carried her over to the table. He laid her down on the clean top and sat next to her. He sat there, watching her. Every few minutes, Josh would open his mouth to speak, but would just close it again. After an hour, words final came from his gaping mouth.

"Jasmine……" He reached over and touched her pale cheek. He sighed. "How can I say this?" He sat there, silent. "I……lo--" Jasmine stirred on the table. He abruptly shut his mouth. He watched her, she stopped moving and breathed a deep, shallow sigh. She began coughing. Josh stood up and sat her up, supporting her like a newborn baby. She kept coughing for a few moments, Josh lightly patted her back, watching her body shake violently. When the coughing died down, she opened her eyes, her head was bent forward. She saw the table and felt the warm body next to her. She titled her head up and looked at him.

"Josh……?" He nodded. "Where am I……?" She asked in a hoarse whisper. Josh looked down at her.

"You're in the club house, Jasmine." He stroked her hair as she leaned against him. Moments later, Josh began talking to her.

"Jasmine, there's something I've been wanting to tell you something for the longest time. I," he paused, "I love you." He tilted her head up, but she was asleep again. He sighed in disappointment and laid her down on the table again.

"He's coming back." Chrystal said from the window.

"And he has the doctor with him," Sensei added. Josh looked up from where he was sitting. He walked over to the window.

"He told them about her. Now they're going to take her away." Tears welled up in Josh's sapphire blue eyes. The door flew open and in walked the doctor and Sean.

"There she is!" Sean said, pointing to the table. The doctor nodded.

"Alright," the doctor listened. "When did the BoA music stop? I reset it this morning." He looked around. "Where are the speakers?" Sean looked away.

"Aren't you going to get Jasmine help?"

"Oh, yea." He picked her up from the spot, she stirred slightly but didn't wake up.

"Where are you taking her, Dr. Gether?" Josh asked.

"Hospital wing." Dr. Gether said. "Now, someone open the door," he commanded as he carried the lifeless girl away. Sean opened the door and the doctor walked out. He turned towards the group. Chrystal and Sensei were dumbfounded, their mouths gaping open.