Pain. All she could feel… was pain. She felt as though she was trapped in some sort of endless void, floating amongst the pitch black darkness. She couldn't see anything. She couldn't move. 'Where… where am I? Is this… a dream? Am I dreaming? Wait… light! I see a light! No… I see two lights. But are they really…? They don't look normal… they're… red.' Her feet slowly drift to the ground as her body regains its control and motion, and she slowly walks towards the lights. 'Is this… a way out?' As she walks closer to the lights, she soon realizes that they weren't lights at all. They were eyes. Two glowing red eyes. But what did they belong to? 'Who are you?' She called to the hidden figure. … no reply came. Instead, the eyes began to fade. 'W-wait! Don't go! Please! Tell me who you are!' She reached out a hand towards the figure, only to feel herself growing slower and slower. 'I-it's no good… I'm… waking up… I…-"

Olivia's eyes fluttered open as she finally regained consciousness, though the pain still remained and her vision was slightly blurred. She groaned as she took a moment to analyze her surroundings, her vision slowly clearing, only to realize that she was back in the infirmary at the D.W.M.A. After a few moments, her eyesight returned, though once it did, she almost wished it hadn't.

"Ah. So you're awake. Pity. I was hoping you'd be out for just a bit longer…"

She yelped as she saw Professor Stein hovering above her with a scalpel in his left hand and a notebook in his right. 'W-w-was he trying to dissect me!?'

"Don't look so frightened, Olivia. I was merely conducting a few harmless experiments once I had you all patched up."

He gestured to the bandages the covered her stomach, wrists, and arm. She also felt something around her neck, but she couldn't quite tell what it was. As she tried to sit up, she let out a cry of pain, and Stein was quick to lay her back down.

"Easy now. You aren't ready to be moved yet."

She blushed almost immediately as he gently lay her down, gazing up into his shining glasses. She bit her lip with a nod, unable to deny that the mad professor was rather good looking. Not to mention that fact that he was different… just like her. Olivia inwardly groaned at her own thoughts as she brushed them away. 'God I'm crazy. He's my teacher for crying out loud.'

"Um… h-how did I get here, professor…? What happened?"

"Hm. You don't remember? Ah, I suppose it's nothing uncommon considering the medication I gave you. Short memory loss is a usual side effect."

He sat down at her bedside as he placed his scalpel back into his lab coat pocket.

"When Kid brought you back here, you were in critical condition. According to him, you were attacked in the eastern ally by a man who had become a Kishin egg."

He took a drag from his cigarette as he recalled the events, and slowly everything began to come back to her. 'The man… the knife… Kid… Wait… Kid! Kid saved me! He was the one who rescued me!' Her mind whirred as she tried to remember every detail from after the point he had appeared on the scene, right down to the point where she had fainted. He had said something right before she fainted, and her heart stopped as she remembered. 'He… knew my name. Death the Kid actually knew my name!'

"Professor Stein? A-are you saying that Kid brought me here himself?"

He gave a nod before looking upwards.

"Carried you all the way here. Strong kid… he looked rather panicked too. Are you two close friends?"

"W-well… not really. I mean… I don't really have any friends, and he's never spoken to me either..."

"Huh. Odd. He was in a right state when he came through the door. Nearly broke it down."

This made no sense. Why would he worry for me so? She couldn't help the blush that began to rise up into her cheeks. 'Kid… actually cares about me.'

"Well I'm glad you're awake. I was asked to inform Kid once you were able to talk again. Please excuse me."

Stein swiftly left the room, closing the door behind him with a soft click, and Olivia was finally left alone with her thoughts. 'He… asked him? Was he really that concerned? But he's never uttered but three syllables to me! So why would he-'

"OLIVIA!"

Thank you for reading and sorry for the short chapter. The next will be much longer, I promise. Please review if you want more~!