Rob, Danny, and Xander stare at Maria in disbelief.
"Did she just…" Rob asks.
"I heard it too," Danny confirms.
"And me," Xander adds.
"Let me try something," Rob requests; Danny and Xander fall silent. "Maria, you need to wake up if you want to save Hanna."
"Hanna," Maria whispers, stirring slightly. "Save… Hanna."
"Keep going!" Danny urges.
"Maria, do you want to save Hanna?" Rob continues.
"I… save… Hanna?" Maria whispers, stirring more noticeably.
"Yes, you will save Hanna!" Rob continues. "We'll all save Hanna!"
"Save… Hanna… good." Maria slowly opens her eyes; it takes her a few moments for her vision to clear enough for her to recognise her friends. "Hey there," she greets quietly.
"Hey," Rob replies, shedding tears of joy; Danny and Xander shed a few of their own.
"I had the weirdest dream," Maria continues. "I dreamt that I was fighting alongside Carol and Milla, and we were losing to Tsubaki and Ryoichi, and then Tsubaki… that wasn't a dream, was it?"
Rob hangs his head. "No, it wasn't."
"How badly was I hurt?" Maria asks.
"The doctor said you lost so much blood, you may never wake up," Danny explains.
"We're glad you proved them wrong," Xander adds.
"Did we at least protect the Crystals?" Maria asks.
"I'm afraid not," Rob answers.
"Ah," Maria sighs. "So, what-" Maria suddenly sits bolt upright, groaning loudly.
"What's wrong?" Rob asks, a trace of panic in his voice. "Want us to get the doctor?"
Maria doesn't answer; she leaps out of the bath and sprints out the door, yelling "Outta the way really hungry need food NOW!"
Rob, Danny, and Xander immediately set off in pursuit. They chase Maria to the nearby canteen; when they catch up, they find her behind the counter, devouring sushi at a rate they never thought possible. After a couple of minutes, Maria suddenly stops eating; looking around, she sees her friends and the canteen staff staring at her.
"What?" Maria asks; the word is muffled by the sushi she's halfway through eating. "I'm really hungry!"
"You… erm… might want to cover up," Rob suggests.
"What do you mean?" Maria looks down at herself; with a panicked squeak of embarrassment, she desperately tries to cover herself with her arms. "I uh… excuse me," she mutters, blushing heavily.
Xander removes his vest and tosses it to Maria; she catches it and puts it on as quickly as possible. On Maria, the vest works as a very short ill-fitting dress; thankfully, it does enough to cover her.
"Thanks," Maria smiles before continuing to consume sushi at an alarming rate.
Danny then notices Xander's on his feet. "Erm… where'd the wheelchair go?"
"I… must have left it in Maria's room," Xander explains.
A moment later, Maria suddenly stops eating again. "Did I just run through a hospital naked?" she asks through a mouth full of sushi.
The three boys exchange looks; together, they burst into laughter.