The Unfamiliar Patient

[Xavier]

The usually semi-quiet surroundings of the Hospital Wing seemed no different that day. Nurses tending to students with various injuries ranging from a broken arm to some of the foulest curses allowed to be performed in the school. However, something was different that day...

A sudden burst of noise filled the room as a tall, green-haired man wearing a matte-black outfit kicked open the door to the Hospital Wing, carrying in another man, bruised, broken and bloodied. A small girl followed the two males.

"Nurse! Nurse come quick! This man is badly injured and needs your attention!"

The man had no time for waiting, so he hurried past rows of white hospital beds - some containing young patients, others plain - to the end of the wing by a large, high paned window. He skidded to a halt beside the bed and carefully laid his injured quarry down. As the man anxiously waited for the necessary medical attention, the injured man's blood began to seep into the bed, spreading out in a small pool around each wound.

The man standing beside the bed grasped the wounded man's hand tightly and knelt beside him, closing his eyes and seeming to meditate with the patient. He spoke into the man's mind quietly.

Kage, it's Xavier. I've brought you to the Hospital Wing to be taken care of. I've called the nurse and she will arrive soon. Hold on, my friend.

The man's message had a tone of despiration, and the small girl beside him looked very worried, both for the man on the bed and the one beside him...

OOC: Sorry for the slight God-RPing...heh...*shrugs*

[Rogue]

After half-drowning in the scent of more shed blood - this time Kage's - Rogue had strangely followed the trail of his strong scent, and Xavier's, and Cealla's all the way up through the grounds and to the castle. Never had the snow-white she-wolf enjoyed stepping paw or foot anywhere near the castle, but she was so sick of the bloodshed, and she needed to help Kage.

He'd saved her life once, she remembered.

Slashing her bushy white tail along the ground nervously, she waited for a gap in the doors to appear, before dashing through and tucking her tail between her back legs, suddenly overthrown by all the different scents in the castle. Backing up against the door she closed her lilac eyes, concentrating hard to follow the scents of the two males, and the pup.

Finally she caught them, and only after opening her eyes did she see the trail of blood as well. Dragging in air desperately as she ran, skimming corners and darting around terrified students, she eventually ran head-first into the Hospital Wing door, knocking it open with force and rushing inside on hot paws.

Glancing around for her familiars, she cowered away from students in nearby beds and flattened her ears, absent mindedly growling at the over-domesticated atmosphere of it all. There, she spotted Xavier bent over Kage's hand, meditating it seemed, and Cealla right there beside him.

Slowly she trotted up to the bed, then braced her haunches and dove up on top of it, her snowy paws sinking in pools of blood-red. Rogue's eyes were watery, worried and deathly afraid of what met her. Expecting to see Kage's once-brown eyes staring back at her, she was repulsed to see them hacked away in bloody chunks.

Stepping the light-weight of her two forepaws onto his chest, she lay over him gently, keeping him warm, and still allowing him clear passage for circulation. With a blur of salty tears welling in her eyes, she lowered her muzzle to where his would have been and softly began licking the blood off and away from his eye sockets.

Kage, please hold on. I did for you, now don't you dare give up on me.

[Xavier]

OOC: Thank you for the post, Rogue. I'm waiting for Kage, but he's retiring for the evening soon, so we may not continue till tomorrow. btw...did you see the new post in the Tunnels? The vampires have invaded...

[Kage]

Pain.

Through the fog of endorphins that his body futilely tried to inject into his system, that was the only constant sensation that he could cling to.

Pain.

Vaguely, he felt a weight land upon the bed, causing the mattress to sink, and then felt a warm, fur-covered being lie down upon him and lap at the blood oozing from his face.

Dont you dare give up on me

Vaguely, he lolled his head from side to side, shaking his head. He could not comprehend who it was that was talking to him, all he knew was that she was right. He couldnt give up.

"No...." He moaned quietly

[Rogue]

Ooc: You're welcome, and yes, I know.

Ic: Kage's head moved side to side hopelessly, and Rogue nudged his cheek with her muzzle, preventing it from hitting the side of the bed. Stay still Kage, you'll hurt yourself even further. She cooed to him telepathically, speaking in a gentle whisper to try and keep him calm.

She heard him moan and she pointed her ears forward, catching his word as though it would slip away too fast. Looking frantically around the room, the she-wolf barked loudly, before letting out an eerily quiet howl, loud enough to carry around the Hospital Wing, but not through the school.

Nurse, where are you!? She called, before blinking her teary lilac eyes and looking back down at the blind lycan underneath her. Wrapping her tail up around his arm, she licked at the fresh blood still leaking down the sides of his face, swallowing it easily.

Xavier, what happened? She asked suddenly, though somehow she knew she wasn't going to like the answer.

[Kage]

Kage stilled as he felt a warm furry muzzle press against cheek. Through the clouds of pain, he could vaguely assertain that his Lycan brethren were gathered about him.

I....must....

Agonizingly, he focused on changing, on healing, on being able to see again. His teeth gritted with pain and his forehead gleamed with sweat as he tried to focus on his Lycan form. His body rose slightly off the bed, weighed down by Rogue as he was, and then, after what seemed a long moment of silence, collapsed again. Breathing heavily, tears of pain mixing with his blood.

"I....cant..... do it...." He moaned piteously.

[Rogue]

Rogue noticed Kage's efforts and quickly rose from his chest, backing up off him she realised she was probably weighing him down far more than he needed. You can. She answered with determination, lifting her forepaw and placing it in his hand. Concentrate Kage... She said softly.

With that, she turned, her bushy tail sweeping over his chest, before jumping off back onto the floor and leaving four bloody pawprints in her step. Desperately in search of something to help Kage, Rogue did something she never would have normally done, even anywhere, let alone the school of all places.

Sliding behind the shield of the bed, she melted effortlessly into her human form, then rose to stand on bare feet, the usual simple silver gown hugging her abnormally slim frame. Her rugged, straight white hair streaked down her shoulders, and her amethyst eyes darted around the room nervously, her form as a woman still gave her beautiful she-wolf characteristics. It all came naturally.

Slipping past the bed, she rushed towards the nearest cupboard, and upon finding it locked, she angrily tore at it with her thin but strong fingers, until breaking the lock clean off the doors to the cupboard. Dropping the lock, she quickly pulled open the doors and began searching through the cupboard, though she never really learnt how to read exceptionally well, so it was mainly a blur to her.

Xavier, help me here! She growled, turning to him and flashing him a look that said 'we don't have much time, move your ass before I do it for you'. And with that, she began running her hands along the shelves, knocking aside anything that wasn't of obvious use. The students in the beds nearby stared at the woman with wide-eyes, clearly she wasn't human at heart.

[Xavier]

Xavier snapped open his eyes as he watched Rogue desperately try to rouse Kage and watched as Kage attempted to change. He spoke quietly.

"No, Kage. Don't force it. Don't use up your energy. You're going to need it later."

As Rogue bounded off the bed and ran over to the cupboard, Xavier followed at her command.

"Cealla, stay here with your father. I'll be right back."

As the Lycan sprinted over to Rogue, he gently moved her aside and picked up the various vials that she had knocked over.

"What can we use here?" he asked himself quietly.

Xavier thumbed through the various potions until he came upon one with a very long and confusing name. Below that it read "For use with lacerations and other bad cuts". Xavier nodded and handed the liquid to Rogue.

"Gently apply this to Kage's cuts and scrapes with a cottonball," which he handed to the white-haired female. "I'll find something for his broken bones."

Then Xavier stood still for a moment and smacked his head. He'd taken classes as a student here! He knew some spells to help Kage. With that thought, Xavier ran back over to Kage and quickly put on his dueling gloves, then pointed a hand at Kage.

Ferula!

Suddenly a set of splints and bandages appeared in front of Xavier and he yelled to Rogue.

"Rogue, get these on Kage right away. We need to set his broken bones!"

Xavier looked back at Kage and spoke quietly to him.

Kage, I'm going to cast an immobulus charm on you to keep you from moving too much. We don't want you hurting anything else.

Then Xavier pointed his gloved hand at Kage again.

Immobulus!

Kage immediately stopped shifting positions painfully and Xavier smiled. So far, so good.

[Kage]

He couldnt move.

God's be cursed, he couldnt MOVE! All his muscles had become locked in one position, and although it may have helped expedite the healing process, it was terrifying as all hell.

Somewhere, in the deep recess' of his psyche, he knew it was only Rogue and Xavier, but his mind, too weak to fend off the paranoid, conjured up many images of phantions that caused sweat to bead on Kage's forehead.

A listless moan of terror passed Kage's frozen lips, sounding like a dying animal.

[Shae]

"You will stop that right now, Xavier." The ghost said as she melted through a door, which opened behind her slightly to let through a stream of potions, vials, and a few splints.

"You know his body needs to be still, I know he needs to keep still, but forcing it isn't good for the mind." Her bright green eyes flashed with a small menace that would hurt even more than a big one if she wasn't listened to.

"You will take off that charm, and then you will pour this one down his throat to help him relax. It doesn't help anyone to try and bind someone rigid with fear, stress, and a spell."

The dead girl had met the older lycans before, once or twice, and they probably wouldn't even remember who she was, but her memory these days was something else entirely. Rogue wouldn't remember her, but phantoms had no scent, only a chill wind following them.

Moving to the injured man's side, the spirit whispered to him in her soft, slightly resonant voice.

"Kage, you have a little one worried about you, two friends nearly needing medical attention because they're so worried about you, and damn it, I don't want to put up with you in death. You're not a quitter Kage, you're a bully. Now, bully some will power back into that soul of yours, and then we'll work on some life into that body." She looked him up and down, taking not of all his wounds.

"If you don't survive this, so help me I'll drag your spirit and soul back into your body, and then you'll wish you were dead."

The frozen girl of the ether blew across Kage's wounds, chilling the flesh enough for the blood vessels to contract and slow the blood flow.

[Xavier]

As Xavier knelt next to Kage, tending to his brother's wounds, he felt a chill enter the room. As the Lycan turned around he found himself face to face with an old acquaintance.

"Shea...you're...a ghost? How? When?"

Shoving his questions out of his priority list for the moment, Xavier obeyed Shea's commands, removing his charms and pouring the vial down Kage's throat.

"Sorry, my friend. Thought it was best, ya know?" he muttered to Kage as he applied splints and bandages to various fractures and cuts on the other Lycan's body.

OOC: (Short, I know. Lacking muse right now...sorry...)

[Shae]

No, she had forgotten that the last time she had seen Xavier she had been alive. But at least he could put questions aside when there were more important things to be doing, things like taking care of Kage.

The potion administered, the phantom summed up her death quickly.

"Forest, met Mai, dead. You were there that night, you just left the party early. I've been like this for a few months now. I'm actually getting the hang of it. Now then, who's this?" She said, kneeling to look at someone she was sure was someone's pup.

She turned her bright green eyes up, and looked from Xavier to Rogue.

"What in the name of all the punishments on earth happened?" She almost demanded.

ooc: I understand perfectly, Xavier.

[Xavier]

Xavier gave a weak smile as Shae inquired to who Cealla was.

"This is my granddaughter, Cealla, named after my wife. She's Kage's daughter, too. And..."

For the next five minutes or so, Xavier described the events in the Forest with Sealla, the human, the faerie and the demon. Several times he balled his fists in anger and his voice became harsher, but he managed to cool down. When he was done, his teeth were gritted and his fists were in balls, shaking.

OOC: Bleh...yeah...that's it.

[† Cealla †]

OOC:
Sorry for my late entrance!

BIC:
She had travelled through the school in wolf form at first, ignoring the stares of the students as the black wolf followed along beside the man carrying another bloodly lycan in his arms. A few stared, or even pointed and laughed- something that really stung. They obviously didn't know that she could tear them to pieces if she really wished to.

When she had the chance to stop, she ducked into an empty hallway and changed into her human form. Natually, her clothing was dirty and unkempt; she badly needed to be taken for new clothes since the only things she had were ones that used to belong to Amelia. They reminded the girl of her, of how she used to look when she went out for a night in human form and looked absolutely beautiful.

Finally, they arrived at the Hospital Wing. Her eyes followed Xavier as he lay Kage down on the bed, making sure that no harm came to him. If anyone tried to hurt her father, there would be hell to pay. What were they going to do to him? Well, all that mattered was that he had to be made better; otherwise she and Alissa would be orphans.

She hardly noticed when Rouge showed up, or when the ghost floated in and began to care for him. Her eyes remained locked on her father, watching everybody who came in contact with him and just making sure that they weren't causing him any more pain than he was already in.

She hardly had time to open her mouth before Xavier told the ghost her name, though she did nod to recognize the fact that it was true. She considered adding that they had better not hurt her daddy, but she figured that might be rude. Hence, she just stayed silent, her eyes locked with Kage's.

[Kage]

Twitch

Twitch

Twitch

Kage's right arm, the more uninjured of the pair, seemed to twitch almost 'spasmodically' as Xavier spoke, apoligizing for the immobilization.

Abruptly, Kage's upper body rose from the bed, his right arm blurring up, his hand grabbing Xavier by the collar of his shirt and yanking him downwards.

"Dont you ever, EVER, do that again." He hissed, then fell back on the bed, 'staring' up at the ceiling, his mouth set in a dangerously thin line.