A/N: Voila! another chapter! enjoy!
Chapter 14
"Will… be alright?" Whose voice was that… it sounds familiar…?
"…should be… it looks like… lost a lot… power drained…" hmmm…. I wonder where I am… wait… what happened…?
I slowly regained consciousness. The voices were still hazy. I focused on my surroundings. I knew I was lying on a bed of some sort. It didn't feel like my bed…
I slowly opened my eyes to see where I was and was greeted with bright lights and white. The room was shades of white… it looked like a medical ward…
Why am I in a medical ward… what happened…
Wait… I remember I was falling from my platform during the Save the Citizen…
I slowly started to look around I saw my brother, he must've been the familiar voice I first heard, talking to an elderly woman. If I remember correctly… she's the school nurse… what was her name again…? Right! Nurse Spex!
Warren took another look over to notice I was awake. He rushed to my side.
"Hey, are you okay? What happened? Loosing that much energy and power? How hard did you fight us? Are you alright?"
I laugh lightly "Warren, calm down; one question at a time."
Warren sighed. "Okay, first, are you okay? How do you feel?"
"I feel fine… tiered but otherwise great." I reassure him, as I see him relax.
"Good. Alright. What happened? Do you know? It's not like you to push yourself to over exhaustion."
"You're right… I don't know… I didn't feel anything at the start of the fight and I was alright during and after our fight… I just remember getting tired as I chased Will up to the citizen…"
"Do you remember anything once you started to feel tired?" Nurse Spex asked from behind Warren. With Warren all over me making sure I was alright I had completely forgotten she was there.
"Ummm… I remember everything starting to blur and go in and out of focus…"
"Yes, that's quite normal, anything else? It's strange that you would lose your energy so quickly without showing prior signs of energy loss."
I racked my head for anything else…
"I don't remember anything else…"
"Hmmm… Okay, tell me what you remember from start to finish." Nurse Spex tells me.
And so I sat in the nurses' office with her and my brother going through the events of the day.
"… I remember sitting on my platform getting dizzy… oh, and this was when I realized that Will had won so I sort of just decided to relax… I don't know why I thought I'd rest on my platform… and then that's when I started to black out…"
As I recall the events of the fight I see a face flash through my mind again.
"Wait! There was a girl… the face of a girl…"
"Okay, that's very good!" Nurse Spex told me. Beside me Warren didn't look as happy. He had been quiet as Nurse Spex did her thing.
"Why is it a good thing that she's seeing a face in her head?" Warren asked incredulously.
"Well, if she can remember what the girl looks like then we can figure out who did this to her. It's unusual for any hero to drain their power and energy without any prior signs of fatigue. If she remembers a face that means that someone was tampering with her powers and or energy." explained Nurse Spex looking at my brother as if he should know better. "We're super powered beings. You shouldn't be surprised by a little face in your sister's head. It's probably better than if she actually did drain her power with no symptoms."
"Makes sense to me." I said shrugging.
Warren sighed raising his hands in defeat and decided not to argue.
That night I stayed home while Warren went to work at the Paper Lantern.
For the rest of the day I was excused from all class and I sat in my bed in the medical wing.
In between classes my friends dropped in to check on me. Sam and Chloe popped their head in. Chloe gave me a hug and Sam just smirked and telling me "Don't push yourself to hard, superstar."
Warren came back again as Sam and Chloe were leaving. This time with Lily. The two of them spent their spare with me.
"How's it going, must be pretty boring in this bed… hmm?" as she rested her arms across the small table by my bed.
I shrugged at Lily's question. "I guess… I sort of just get to sleep or read and stuff…"
"Well that's no fun." Lily said sticking out her tongue as she rested her chin on her now crossed arms.
"Well since I've been sleeping in between bells it's fine."
"We didn't wake you up did we?" Warren asked.
I sighed. "No, Warren, you did not wake me up. Chill out."
"Yeah, let the girl breath." Lily said as she whacks him upside the head.
"Ow…" Warren rubs the back of his head. "Was that really necessary?"
"Yes. Yes it was." Lily nods. "I'm sorry," she said as she gave him a hug. "But seriously, loosen up a bit. Relax."
I laugh. We chat and play a few children's games to pass the time. There isn't much to do in a school medical ward. Besides… it was fun watching Warren being convinced by Lily. And oh-so entertaining when he finally agreed. It's amazing how easily Lily can convince him to do just small things. He must really like her…
Later on, Will, Layla, Zach, Magenta, and Ethan stopped by to check on me.
"Glad, you're okay. Gave me a real scare back there I didn't think you were going to fall like that." Will told me.
"Yeah… sorry."
"No, no don't go apologizing; it's not your fault. We'll find whoever did this." He reassured me.
"And we'll stop by tonight if you want some company." Layla offered.
I smiled "Thanks, that would be nice. But you don't have to."
"Nah, man, you'll be bored out of your mind and by yourself. That's lame." Zach spoke up.
"I can bring you whatever work you missed in class too."
Magenta turned to Ethan. "Seriously? You're going to give her her homework while she's recovering from her power being drained. I'm pretty sure her teachers won't care."
I laughed. "It's alright Mag, thanks Ethan."
Once at home, I sat in my room, on my bed, staring at the ceiling.
Why? Why can't I remember what she looks like? I know I saw a face of a girl… but I just can't remember any details…
I tried to follow Nurse Spex's instructions and think on it to see if I could remember anything more. She had finished a full checkup and concluded that nothing else was wrong. All I needed was a good night's rest.
I didn't see what the problem was though…
It's not fair. People think I can't take care of myself.
I heard a knock at the door. I slowly got up and made my way downstairs. Another knock.
"Oh chill out! So impatient… geez…" I sigh as I open the door.
In the doorway was "Sam!"
"Hey," he said smiling. "How you feeling?"
I smiled "I'm feeling fine. Why don't you come in?"
Sam's smile vanished, and was replaced with an absolutely dark glare. He raised his hand as I tried to run. I looked down to see him stepping on my shadow. I look up to see Sam once more before he makes me walk to a car on the street. He made sure to keep my head down as we walked to the car and once we got near I feel my mouth and nose covered by a cloth.
"I was thinking we could go out instead." I hear him whisper before I black out.
A/N: So? What did you guys think? heh Cliff Hanger! heheheheh ^.^ thank you to all the reviewers!
To thernerdisin: Thank you for understanding :3 and I'm glad you like the story... although I don't know if you'll like the end of this chapter... guess you'll have to wait till next month to find out ;P
Thank you, everyone for the support! And to anyone wondering whether or not I'll finish this seeing as how scarce the updates are... FEAR NOT! I shall not abandon this story. Yeah.. hope this will satisfy you for a bit... till next time!
~Lily Nozuka
