So, wanted to mention I'm getting a little creative with these chapters. For a couple of them we're going back and forth between reading the past to investigating the present ;).
Hope you have fun with this concept :).
Deep gravitation
Part 3: In depth investigation
Freefall hadn't slept last night, he was looking over Talon's unconscious body and wounds for any clues. He was happy that Freedom was sound asleep, holding onto Talon's uninjured arm. The half of Talon's chest now glowed with his arms.
Freefall: -sighs- *brings up screen* This isn't good.
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TALON, FALCON RUSHER;
HEALTH-45%
ENERGY LEVELS-50%
EMOTIONAL STATUS- UNCONSCIOUS
INJURIES-ARM INJURY, BLEEDING
ILLNESSES- UNKNOWN
STATUS-CRITICAL
LOCATION- HOK MED WING
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Freefall: Health has gone down a bit. *places screen down;concern* What the heck is this? I never seen this back on Cordalion not even on the battle field.
Freefall was pacing back and forth looking at the stats, before he nodded and went to the shelf grabbing a blank page book. He went to his desk, grabbing a pencil and starting to write on a open page.
'
illness: Rusherz' veins will glow intensely and cause them to be in a large amount of pain.
Cause: Unknown
Symptoms: Veins glowing (and growing up the body), hot body temperature, coughing up blood, intense pain, sweating.
'
?: Freefall? You in here?
Freefall looked up to see Liberty walking in, shaking at the sight of Talon's open wound.
Freefall: Yeah, can't close it. Something just..tells me not to yet.
Liberty: Y-yeah...*looks at the book* You writing something down?
Freefall: Yeah, trying to piece together what this is. Writing this down could help us in the future too i-in case this happens again...I hope this doesn't happen again. Might as well write the aliments we Rusherz get other than the usual we see here on Earth...I don't suppose You have seen anything like this before we meet?
Liberty sadly shoke his head.
Liberty: No, never during my solo travels. Even I don't know what this is, but I-I know not the illness that took my grandfather, that was more energy based...THIS, THIS JUST-Feels wrong. And I-I don't think Zatu or Sudden Death works are in this. I-I know I must be sounding crazy-
Freefall: *shakes his head* Nono! I have that feeling too and any information is helpful. This illness just feels, way to natural for it to be from either of them. *holds head* Just wish I knew what the freak this is that made Talon do...THAT. -sighs- I-I'm sorry Lib, I know you and Stamps have your hands full trying to calm the league and the others-
Liberty: Freefall it's fine, your doing your all to look into this too.
Liberty looked at Talon again, seeing the pain in his unconscious body as he sweated. He then noticed something else other than his wound not covered yet.
Liberty: You haven't taken his gloves off?
Freefall: *shakes his head* You know I can't do that, it's tradition not to remove fully gloved hands from Falcon Rusherz not fully train on their powers.
..Something clicked in Liberty's brain at that.
Liberty: Frees, Talon has been a pro for years.
Freefall: I-I know so..I have no idea why he's still wearing them if he already mastered them...
Liberty: So, why does he still have fully covered gloves on even if he's a master at the 'RISE UP' ability?
Both were quiet for a moment, before Freefall nodded.
Freefall: *determination* You have a very good point. Alright then, with that in mind their coming off. I can make a closer observation too.
Freefall walked over to Talon and removed his gloves...
...He dropped them in shock as his eyes shrank.
Freefall: *shock* S-SHARDS OF THE CORE.
Liberty ran over fast, nearly tripping upon seeing the sight. Talon's hands were practically PULSING as they glowed brightly, his veins on overdrive with the current condition he was in.
Liberty: *shock* WHAT, THE HECK IS THIS?
Freefall: *shock* I have no clue I-I never seen his hands like this before, AT ALL! NOT EVEN WHEN HE'S IN OVERDRIVE WITH HIS POWERS!
Freefall was shaking a bit as he took a step back.
Freefall: How-What could this be? I-I just-...-sighs- *calming himself* I am at a lost here as to what is going on.
Liberty went over and hugged Freefall from behind, Freefall hugging his arm.
Liberty: I know, me and Stamps are in the same boat too. We're figure something out we will...I promise.
Freefall nodded, both their inner worries and concern decrease...even if it was a little.
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Freedom was watching from his spot, some tears falling as he kept silent. He could see how much the two and Stampede were worry on the situation. He closed his grasp on Talon's uninjured hand gently, yet tightly.
Freedom's thoughts: Talon, just hang in there. Your going to be okay, we'll find something. I promise.
...Talon had some tears fall from his closed eyes.
Meanwhile, Library...
Troy was looking over the books, the crystal orb safely next to him as he read on. How he manage to get through school was a surprise to himself. All day his mind was on Talon and the others. He was sure the others were thinking about him too, as they were still in school for studying for a make-up test.
Troy: *reading* Come on, there's got to be something here about you. Or at least something that can help us on, whatever is going on here.
Troy groaned as he kept on reading...then, something caught his eye. One of the books he had gotten, had a feather in it.
Troy: A medical book?
He reach out opening it as the feather fell out, picking it up and looking at it.
Troy: This is, Freefall's. He must of been here recently.
He looked at the page the feather was in, seeing their was a sticky-note on it; With that Troy began to look it over.
Troy: Alright let's see what we got here...
"Blood clots are clumps that happen when the blood hardens into a solid called Thrombus, which can also form in the heart.
I wonder if it is possible for us to get these blood clot. With me and the other doctor's research, we have yet to look into our blood streams in depth yet.
Call Georgetown University to set a later date."
Troy: Georgetown University eh? Maybe I might find the answer to what's going on here. If it's a medical emergency they might have something to help Freefall. *looks at the orb* MAYBE, the others might know about you too.
Troy placed the feather back, but he took the sticky-note as he grabbed his things and walked out.
Later, HOK...
Stampede was fiddling with a pillow, worry on his face.
Stampede: Talon...just what happened over there for you to do this?
He sighed sadly, hugging the pillow...he felt someone hug him from the side, seeing Steed.
Stampede: H-Hi Steed.
Steed: Hey...I'm worried too.
Stampede slumped on the couch, groaning.
Stampede: I feel so useless, there's got to be something I can do I just can't tell folks what's going and and just wait. Freefall tiring himself looking into this illness and Liberty's been trying to keep the head honchos of the league calm with all the buzzing-
?: Hey, Stampede.
Both turned to see Troy, a small smile on his face.
Troy: Sorry for coming in unannounced, um...I don't know if this a good time, or if I'm able to visit-
Steed: Nono, it's fine just..is everything alright?
Troy: Yeah..*walks over;sits down*..I've been looking over something and saw this sticky-note at the library.
Troy handed the not to Stampede, who read it.
Stampede: Freefall's writing, must of been looking into the new updates to the medical field...but, 'BLOOD CLOTS', *looks at Troy* Mind telling me why this caught your interest?
Troy opened his hands revealing the red crystal orb, both Rusherz looking in awe.
Steed: Whoa...
Troy: I saw this on the ground yesterday at the Georgia Dome, after..well, whatever happened happened. For some reason I have a feeling this little guy might be a clue so I've been hitting the books. Found this in a medical book and decided to come here, have a feeling this is a connection to the situation.
Stampede: *looks at the crystal orb* It's strange...I feel energy from it. You said you found it yesterday?
Troy: Yeah! I figure you guys might know what this is. I needed to do something given training today was canceled with all this, and the others are studying for a make-up test since they got sick that day.
Stampede took a breath, reading the note again before nodding standing up.
Stampede: Well, Pick-Ax busy with his team so he's unavailable...*determined smile; looks at the two* but Georgetown University is our best bet for both these questions to be solved.
Troy and Steed smiled as Troy got up nodding.
Stampede: Steed, tell Liberty and Freefall where I am. Me and Troy are going to do our own little investigation.
Steed: *Gets up* ON IT!
In a flash he was gone as both Troy and Stampede ran off to head to the portals.
Troy's thoughts: No idea what's going on But...this is a start to something! Hopefully his team is doing okay. Arthur and Matt were terrified with whatever they saw, so hopefully their okay. Who knows maybe they found something that can help us too.
To Be Continued..