The hospital had already been busy enough, in Hawk's mind, when the two strangers had arrived. He'd stood next to Patch at Tai-San's bed, watching and going over her stats again, talking about what to do and comparing their different treatment methods. Hawk had thought nothing of going to help the strangers, but the one boy started to get kind of ( Read more... )

"Great!" Trudy's demeanor seemed to brighten just as soon as Dee agreed to help, heading to the sink and rinsing out a sponge, grabbing an extra dish rag and walking off into the Extra Cafe with Dee. "So," she began, trying to take her mind off of everything and finding it suddenly hard to strike up a conversation that didn't include Patch, or Hawk ( Read more... )

Dee sat alone at the front table in the Extra Café, staring down at her clasped hands on the table. She had been startled when the scream had sounded and had held back from rushing out with the others to see what the commotion was. Patch, before he had abruptly left without so much as a 'bye,' had mentioned that it had been Ebony. As much as she ( Read more... )

As Anna pulled herself closer, Jack's hand slid up her leg without warning, and he found his fingertips just under the hem of her skirt, and instead of pulling back, ashamed, he simply grasped her thin leg in his hand and gave it a bit of a squeeze. It was as if his mind took over and knew just what to do, and he was going to simply let it. His ( Read more... )

Bouncing away from the Extra Cafe, Gel's falsly happy mood melted away and she bit back the tears stinging the corners of her eyes. How dare Lex say things like that to her, and the worst part was, Gel didn't have anyone to stick up for her. No one to stand up and yell at Lex for yelling at her. He was a horrible little man, and Gel just didn't see ( Read more... )

Dax led May quietly out of the hospital, passing by a boy carrying a rather sickly looking girl going in, turning just a bit to stare as they went by. His attention was quickly turned to May, giving her a tiny smile, "What a messed up night this has turned out to be," he told her with a bit of a heavy sigh, stress coming across thickly. As they got ( Read more... )

The drive to the city had been longer than Slade had expected, or perhaps time simply dragged on in his mind because he was so worried for Ruby. A couple of times after strapping her on to his back in Liberty she'd slumped to the side, forcing him to reluctantly pull over to the side of the road and readjust everything. She was barely breathing, ( Read more... )

Danni reached the balcony and rested on the bar, letting her head drop as she took in a deep breath. She felt like she was going crazy. All this paranoia over Luke, why did she feel so scared of him destroying her life once again? As much as she knew that the city was now a different place from when the Chosen were here, she still had this ( Read more... )

Moon had been stood here at the sink for a while now after leaving the Breakfast Room, scrubbing down plates and forks and rinsing out cups, washing the empty dishes that dinner had been cooked in. Obviously the Tribe had enjoyed the meal, it was all gone, nothing to even put away. Now, however, her back was beginning to ache, and she was starting ( Read more... )

Coming back from the bottom of the stairs, Patch tried to put the thoughts of insecurity to the side just long enough to get everything set up for when they brought in Tai-San. He could do this. There wasn't even much he needed to do! Get a bed ready, get some smelling salts or something, try to wake her up...it was all he could do! Unless he ( Read more... )