Lloyd POV: I tried to train after they told me about Kai this morning. But I was too distracted to do a good job, and I kept catching myself making dumb mistakes. Plus, I just felt so anxious about all of this because I felt like I wasn't doing anything to help. I know that I didn't have any medical training or anything like that, but I wanted to do more. Especially for the person who has always supported me and saved me more times than I can count.

I had to stop and sighed loudly, only to flinch because of my ribs. They didn't hurt very much. That was the truth, but they were still annoying at times. I put my practice sword away and sat on the stairs, which I followed with another sigh, and I rubbed my face. Why does everything have to feel so hard?

"Lloyd? Are you okay?" someone said. I looked up and saw that it was Cole. I should have guessed.

"Yeah, I'm just taking a break." I answered, and he sat down next to me.

"You sure? You're still healing, too." he said, and I nodded. He stayed right next to me despite that.

"They're healing fine. I just have to be careful." Saying that made him give me a look.

"Really? And I should ignore how you've been recently? Seriously, what's wrong?" he asked, moving closer to me.

I sighed a little, but I didn't say anything right away. I just… didn't know what to say. Kai was also his brother, but he wasn't having problems like I was. He was handling it better than me, even though I knew he felt the same way I was right now. And I don't want to add to everything, especially since I really was healing just fine. Though I am going to take a break from training for now.

Cole, probably tired of waiting on me, sighed loudly. Before he pulled me into a side hug and said, "Lloyd, you can tell me anything. You know that, right?"

"I do, but I also know that I'm fine. I promise." I responded, and he gave me a squeeze.

"And so will Kai. He's too stubborn for anything else, and you know it." He said, and I laughed a little at that.

He was right about that, and I do believe him. But I can't shake the feeling that it's going to get worse before it gets worse.

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Zane POV: I went back to check on Kai, who was still sleeping after this morning. And I was not comfortable with what I saw.

He was clearly in pain, and I had to put an oxygen mask on him to help with his breathing. He was panting and coughing even while sleeping. He didn't have an infection, but he was starting to run a fever. It wasn't high enough to be concerning for him since he is the Master of Fire. However, the sudden increase was what I was concerned about. There was still time to do something about this, though, and I needed to work fast.

I switched the IV medication to assist with his fever, as well as other fluids, to keep his system strong. Next, I recleaned all of his smaller lacerations and checked his stitches. Fortunately, unlike his flank wound, those stitches were undamaged. However, when checking his broken bones, I got a little worried. The broken bones were healing at a normal rate, but his fractured wrist wasn't. Not at the rate that I hoped, and it was still tender when I unwrapped it. Nothing else has happened to it, but I wasn't going to take any chances.

Carefully, I wrapped it again with more support. I hope that I won't have to worry about it in the future. Finally, I checked his flank. It was still a darker shade of red, but the stitches were holding. By the looks of it, all I needed to do was light cleaning and reapplying the medicine. As I was doing that, Jay walked in, noticed what I was doing, and sat in the chair against the wall.

Once I was finished and rewrapped his wound, he whispered, "I convinced Nya to get sleep. In exchange for an update."

"He's doing fine, but we're going to have to watch him closely from now on." I whispered back, and I gestured for us to leave.

He nodded, and we left, but the second I closed the door, he asked, "What do you mean? Is Kai okay?"

"He is, at the moment. His injuries are close to becoming infected. However, I caught them early and treated them." I explained, but that didn't seem to calm him down very much.

"But they could get infected, right? That's still a possibility." He said, mostly to himself.

"Only if we don't watch closely, which is what we're going to do." I reassured, only for him to make a face.

"Kai isn't going to like being hovered over. Even if we ask." He stated. That was a very good point.

He is very independent and tries to prove that a lot of the time. Same with Nya, and he also never liked it whenever we have been protective of him. Even when injured, they both have always tried to take care of themselves. I hope that sometime in the future, that will change. But for now, it is a challenge that we must deal with.

And by the look on Jay's face, he was having the same thought as me. We both sighed deeply and started to wake down the hall. We were both quiet for some time.

"What about Lloyd? Is he doing okay?" he asked after a while.

"He is doing fine. His ribs are the only injury that he has, and they are healing well." I answered, and he looked relieved by that fact.

"At least something is going right." He said, again to himself for the most part.

"We'll still need to keep an eye on him to be sure. However, he's always been a fast healer." I stated and he laughed a little.

"Yeah, he really is. We can count on that." he said, still laughing a little.

I smiled too. Lloyd was good at being a patient when it's just him. But he's definitely like Kai and Nya when others are hurt. However, he wasn't as good at that as they were. He was significantly easier to handle than those two. But after thinking about it that did give me an idea.

"We could have Lloyd stay in the med bay." I said, and Jay was confused by that.

"What? Why? I thought you just said that he was doing good." he asked.

"He is, but Kai wouldn't find it weird if he stayed there for a while." That's when I clicked for him.

"Oh! I see where you're going. That's a good idea, but is he going to agree with that? He's also stubborn." he said, stopping which made me stop as well.

"If it's to help Kai then he will. He has been wanting to help out more anyway." I answered, and he nodded.

"Then that will work. For a while, at least." he said, and I nodded. It will definitely make all of us feel better about this.

I hope, though, that we don't have to worry about infections for much longer.