Nightshift 25: Discplinary Therapy Room Hallways

[stray_shinigami]

[from hereRenji stopped himself from simply stumbling into the hallway by grabbing the door frame. There were nine people behind him, poised for attack and rescue. But it would be stupid to run in blindly

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[stray_shinigami]

[ from here]

Renji walked out of the room, Kairi firmly in his arms. He paused once they were outside of it; at least one of the fights seemed close to ending. He looked at Artemis. "Stay here," he said. "When the next group finishes, tell them that Adel is in that room." For a moment he balanced Kairi easily in only one arm, so that he could point out the room to Artemis. He kept pointing until he was certain that Artemis had the exact location.

He turned his attention to Sora. "Let's head back to Ed's room," he said. "The kids'll want to know how things are going."

There was room to get past the monsters. He headed that direction. He figured he'd drop Kairi off at Ed's room; Sora could stay with her, and Tamaki could fuss over her. Then he'd head back and... hopefully find something to kill.

[byname_bynature]

Renji's command caught Artemis by surprise. Stay here? Renji must have really not wanted to look the boy in the face now. His secret was blown, after all--there were bottles all over the floor. But Artemis was used to being hated by now. At least staying in the hallway didn't involve suturing wounds. ...yet.

Artemis shrugged, trying to look indifferent. But of course he wanted to come back with the rest of the party--hail the triumphant heroes and all that.

But then again, there was blood to be bottled...

"I'll let them know," Artemis assured Renji, trying to keep the edge out of his voice. He didn't want to become the next surgical table, that was for certain. Without another word, he moved to stand next to the door Renji indicated. There was no need to help the group. After all, a man had just pierced the monster's weak point with a spear. Ed's rescue group would be there soon enough.

[scintillatingly]

While it made sense for Artemis to stay behind and help the others (though it looked like things were winding down, anyway), Sora was still somewhat sad to have to leave him behind. He had offered his help, after all.

He gave the other boy a pat on the shoulder similar to the one he'd received from Artemis just earlier, and then turned to Renji. It looked like Kairi was falling asleep, which was probably for the best. She had to be extremely drained after being injected with darkness. Though he did have some concerns as to how that was going to affect her...

Renji was on the move, though, and Sora had to jog to keep up. "The kids?" he asked. Were there people waiting for them, then?

[heartcrown]

Kairi was surprised to see Renji balance her in one arm while he pointed out a door to Artemis, and for a second she clung to him as if she thought she were going to fall, but realization sunk in and she soon released the death grip.

Sighing to herself once Renji and Sora were on the move again, the redhead caught a fleeting glance at her old friend and flashed him a small smile before allowing her eyes to shut once more.

Within a few moments, she was fast asleep.

[stray_shinigami]

"Suou and his friend," Renji said. "Maybe Sheska as well. They stayed behind to prepare if there were casualties."

He kept walking.

[byname_bynature]

Artemis turned from watching Renji carry Kairi away from the battles. Ed was breaking away from the battle--the monster was finally dead.

"He's in that room!" He yelled, pointing back at the door and running towards Ed. On the way, he picked up some of the pill bottles, ready to store the blood in the stolen containers.

[Moving up to Rena/Jean/Hitsu Fight thread~]