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Celestial opened one eye to peek out at Kaori. Her first reaction was to tell her to just sit down and wait, but that would've seemed rude, and the girl honestly wanted to help. A weak smile played across Celestial's lips as she let her forearm flop against her forehead.

"Well I'm going to be useless for a bit while my immune system fights the poison. If you could watch Shepard for awhile, if he wakes up make sure he stays on the hospital bed lying down. His head will be light for the next hour or so. He will need to rest from the effects of the poison. He should be fine, but if his condition worsens rapidly, shake me and I'll call a doctor."

Celeste's voice was slightly hoarse and very quiet, quite different from her normal 'in control' tone. She layed her head against the cusion of the sofa and let her eyes hover closed. She wasn't asleep, but the poison did seem pretty bad, and his blood was hard to digest too. It was going to be a tough battle but hopefully it would be better soon.

Her black hair tie snapped, letting her black hair fall down like a shining fountain. Her cap had fallen off sideways, hitting the arm of the couch and falling to the floor. Her arm shifted so only her figers were pressed against her forehead. Her black hair fell down around her head, hiding her violet eyes and pooling on the seat of the couch. Celestial looked utterly tierd.

There where suddenly a bunch of running footsteps. Gordon slid into the room. " Shepard!. Is he ok?" Gordon said running over to Shepard. He looked down and Shepard slowly opened his eyes. He frowned at Gordon.


" Your face is the last face I wanted to see when I woke up" he said smiling. Gordon laughed a bit knowing Shepard was ok and back to his old self. Shepard tried to move but was still hurt from the fight. Though the posion was gone his injuries where still there. Suddenly He and Gordon looked out the window.

" Wow..thats amazing. Two very strong auras just fighting and then boom in a second gone. Its like they just went poof and where gone. And it wasen't Mergex. I took care of him." Gordon said moving torwards the window wanting to check this out.


" You twit. It was most likley two students fighting and where pushed to there max. It's nothing." Shepard said laying back. His injuries where bothering him. He hated it. Most of all though he hated that Gordon had saved him. He knew he said Gordon was there only hope but he thought he would need to help Gordon.

Gordon had surpassed him again and it made him furious on the inside. When he got out of here he was going to train. " Query: How did you beat Mergex meatbag Gordon? by my calaculation he was stronger than you" said HK-47.

Kaori jumped again, head turning to the door as it suddenly burst open. She stared at Gordon in surprise for a second, then slowly nodded in response to his question, blinking in confusion as Shepard suddenly awoke, as if on cue. "Y-you two need to be quiet," she whispered nervously. But she breathed out a sigh of relief as she heard the boy speak. He seemed perfectly fine now.

She tilted her head as the two glanced towards the window at the same time, she herself not sensing anything at all. Her eyes widened suddenly as Gordon claimed he'd defeated Mergex, but the robot asked about it before she could. It seemed it couldn't speak without insulting someone either...

She frowned, shooting it a glare and then turned back to Shepard. "You need to stay calm and just relax, ok?" she said softly as she recalled what Celeste had said. "And if you feel light headed, then that's to be expected."

Then her eyes widened again as a sudden thought occurred to her. "Ah, Gordon!" she said, but kept her voice low. Celeste was right there, trying to recover. She hopped from the chair, but then paused, staying beside Shepard in case something happened. She reached into her pocket and slowly withdrew the purple stone, holding it out to him. "Could you... break this? Oh! But if it'll cause a big disturbance or something, then please do it outside..."

She froze suddenly and glanced over at Celeste, seeing the woman stir. "Y-you dummies!" she whispered faintly to the two males, watching her eyes nervously, and frowning as she saw the purple light again. Then after a while she got up and accepted something from another woman who appeared at the door and then returned to her seat, smiling again as she drank. Kaori stayed silent, glancing between the three others in the room.

You don't feel guilty either then. It was... both of us.

Alyssa shook her head in a disagreeing mannor, her hands rubbing the knobs of her knees tenderly; the spell Cleeste had cast was slowly beginning to wear off. She only knew this because the tingling sensation that used to fill her body was going away;dammnit. Alyssa sighed heavily and responded with a finalizing tone; she really didn't want to talk about this now. I started it and almost killed you. End of story.

Alyssa would not have them fighting over petty things such as the sparr, she apologized and that was that. Her eyes fell upon Hiro for only just a moment, and what she saw caused her stomach to do a black flip. Hiro was truely the biggest mess she'd ever seen; besides that girl...Tomoro...she fought awhile ago. Alyssa didn't think Hiro understood how vital it was for him to stay still so, she would enlighten him on the situation.

"Don't you dare move...if that I.V. comes out of your arm you're in big trouble. The oxygen machine is keeping your breathing steady; without it god knows if you'd still be alive." Her voice was weary and cautious; Alyssa was trying hard to hold back the salty substances called tears. This was difficult for her to take in all at once.

"Wh-why are you... chasing off harmless birds?"

She turned her head and stared at him for a moment in complete disbelief. "How can you like those irritating things?" Alyssa spat out, still agast at his idea to protect those birds.

Suddenly, she reached up and began rubbing the side of her head in pain. It was a headache and Alyssa knew it almost immeadiately...but this hurt much more than a regular one. "Ugh...stupid headache.."

I started it and almost killed you. End of story.

Hiro frowned again, but didn't respond. He didn't want to start arguing, not now. He just wanted to get better so he could stop feeling so helpless just lying here with that stupid mask on his face. He couldn't even breathe on his own! It was not the greatest feeling.

He paused as she suddenly began scolding him about movement and he sighed, falling still. He honestly hadn't even stuff like this before, but apparently his life or something depended upon that needle staying in him and the mask on his face. Yep, definitely helpless... He frowned, fighting off feelings of restlessness and instead just lay there, staring at the ceiling.

"How can you like those irritating things?"

He glanced over at her, watching out of the corner of his eye. Her words had renewed his paranoia and he was almost afraid to move at all. But he laughed quietly at her bird comment. "I.. didn't say I liked them," he said softly. "But they haven't... harmed me either."

He blinked at a sharp movement from her and very slightly turned his head to better see. He saw her clutching her head and frowned in concern. "You... alright?"

Gordon was about to explain when someone walked in. " No ma'm. Sorry about all the yelling. It's my fault." he said looking at her. She was an elf and seemed very nervous. And something seemed wrong with the one side of her face. but Gordon was never one to judge on look.


He bowed. " I'm sorry once again. I'll be more quiet" he said smiling. He then looked at Kaori and started thinking how to explain what he meant before.

Kaori was still staring at Gordon, waiting for some sort of explanation. Ria was already a whole new world to her, and thought of actually visiting a whole new world was pretty unbelievable. She still hadn't grown entirely used to the robot! Though, maybe that was because it annoyed her so greatly... But still, she was feeling a bit overwhelmed. He had said home planet, hadn't he? And who all was invited? Would it just be her, or could Kai come too? Speaking of which, where was he? Still with that Skylar girl? Kaori frowned. They should all be out looking for Meghan...

She jumped slightly as someone entered through the door, staying right in the doorway. Kaori blinked at her through crimson eyes, tilting her head as the elf spoke. Then she smiled, and shook her head slowly. "No, we're fine," she said quietly. "Thank you though." She glanced back at Gordon again, then at the robot, and finally at the sleeping Shepard, and frowned. They were causing so much trouble! Did those two not understand it was a hospital? The robot might know, but he probably didn't care. The jerk.

She watched as Gordon spoke to the woman in silence, then sighed quietly and sat back in the chair next to Shepard's bed. She returned the look Gordon gave for a moment until she heard the elf speak again. Kaori glanced back at her, more out of curiosity than anything else, as she listened to the female speak through her thick accent. She blinked as the elf looked back at her, before seeing she'd moved on to look at the robot for a while.

Kaori began absently adjusting the straps of the sword, which was still held to her back. She brushed some black hair behind a pointed ear as her tail flicked absently behind her once more. She was definitely beginning to relax again, knowing that Shepard would be fine. But she couldn't help worrying about Sai. Shepard had said Gordon was one of the only ones who could break the stone, yet he'd failed completely. Then again, he'd only tried stomping on it. Perhaps if he tried harder...? Kaori nodded, deciding to cling to this last hope.

She looked up as she realized the elf was speaking again, but saw she was talking to Gordon, so she kept herself quiet.

Kaori looked sharply back at Gordon as he spoke, her eyes widening again. He was a prince?! Now that she thought about it, that might have come up before... but only briefly. She exhaled slowly, shaking her head a few times as she refocused to take in what he next said. She blinked at him several times. "U-universe?" She stared blankly at him for a moment, then suddenly grabbed her head with both hands. This was insane! How would they even get there, if only chaos vampires could do it?

She bit her lip nervously as she continued holding her head, bowing it to the floor. Now she was really confused... She was somewhat relieved when he said Kai could come, and there was no way she would be leaving Sai behind, since he was still trapped in that stone... Her grip tightened around it at the thought.

But as Gordon suddenly mentioned Meghan, Kaori's eyes opened even wider than before. She stared at the floor for a second, then shut them tightly again, pulling her knees to her chest as she balanced in the chair. She burried her face in her arms as she continued biting her lip, harder now. He'd mentioned her death so bluntly. Kaori hadn't yet given in to that idea, still clinging to the hope she was alive somewhere.

The guilt was overwhelming as she rocked slightly back and forth. So she is... dead? But how does he know that? He can't know that! It's not true! She hid her face entirely as she suddenly realized she was crying again. Damn it, she growled to herself, but was unable to stop. She was the one who'd killed Meghan, her first friend in years, the girl her brother loved. He never opened up to anyone! And she had to live with that now, the fact she'd killed someone very close to them. I should just die too, she thought bitterly. I don't... I don't deserve to live.

She'd heard Gordon's question about Sora, but refused to raise her head. She didn't know the answer anyway. She was crying silently, so maybe he hadn't realized yet? Please don't, please don't notice... she thought frantically, squeezing the purple stone even tighter in her hand. If that stupid robot made a comment, she was definitely going to destroy it. Her teeth clenched more tightly as she continued rocking very slightly on the chair, tail wrapping tightly around her waist again.