Laurel sighed again and leaned into Raven a little.

Meanwhile, Pepper cornered James as he was heading back to the infirmary and talked to him awhile.

Raven continued to try to comfort Laurel.

Missy was still no where to be seen.

Aaron was wandering about.

Nic and Yue hadn't moved.

James eventually stepped into the infirmary. He talked to the nurse and soon she left. After a moment he walked over and sat down next to Nic. "Sorry, but you've got to stay asleep for awhile," he said in Laurel's voice as he took a syringe out of his pocket. It was filled with a strong sleeping drug, he wouldn't wake before nightfall. Once done, James sighed and leaned back, waiting.

After awhile, Laurel seemed to have calmed down. "... I should go check on him again. I... ran out as soon as I saw he was stable," she murmured quietly.

Almost immediately after Nic was given the drug, his vitals began to fluctuate and he became unstable. There was a chance he could enter a coma if left unchecked.

"... Want me to come with you?" Raven asked.

James looked at Nic with bored eyes, "Pepper said it shouldn't kill you," he replied in Pepper's voice.

Laurel shook her head, "I'd like to be alone with him right now," she replied as she started to stand.

Nic continued to take a turn for the worse.

Raven nodded. "Let me know if you need anything," he told her.

Laurel nodded before she took off, reaching the infirmary door quickly.

James held his hand to a small ear piece before looking at the door.

Laurel paused as she reached for the handle, she didn't know what she'd say to him anyway. Not that he could hear her.

“… Do you understand?” Nic’s voice asked from inside the room. Laurel's hand froze, he was awake! Her hand reached out once more.

“Yeah… I never even considered-“ Yue’s voice responded. Laurel blinked and stopped moving.

“It’s alright, we were both played.”

“Nic, we need to go back. We need to explain everything.”

“I know… I’ve missed you, Yue.”

“… I’ve… missed you too.”

There was a pause.

“We’ll leave tonight,” Nic’s voice said.

“Okay. But what about Laurel? She’ll try to stop you.”

“I’ll deal with her. I’ve realized now… she’ll never be able to understand us. I can’t love her because she’s not one of us. She’s not in our world.”

“Do you love me?” Yue's voice asked.

“I’ve always loved you.”

Laurel slowly backed away from the door, not wanting to hear anything more. She was so deeply in shock that she didn't stop to think about the absurdity of what she had heard. Instead, her eyes remained wide and she stopped breathing. What? What… had just happened?

Blaze noticed Laurel by the door of the infirmary on her way to pay Kale another visit.

Suddenly there was a deep fall in Nic's brain activity. And in the same moment there was a small peak in Yue's. As Nic started to reach a critical condition, Yue slowly began to wake.

Laurel suddenly too off down the hall at a quick walk.

James took the piece out of his ear as Laurel took off and quickly went to the door. He opened it and looked around, "Blaze!" he shouted in her voice, "Help!"

Blaze frowned at Laurel, and didn't hesitate to run over as James stuck his head out.

"I'll go find the nurse!" he continued in her voice before taking off down the hall.

Blaze didn't let James phase her and went inside.

Soon the nurse arrived, very upset as she immediately went over to Nic.

Blaze had something in her hand as the nurse entered. And just as she realized what Blaze was doing... yep, she had just stopped Nic's heart. "I know what I'm doing," Blaze reassured the nurse in a calm voice, "... mostly."

The nurse just about hit the roof, screeching obscenities at Blaze, "Start it back up right NOW!" she ordered.

(( too lazy to look up medical terminology ))

"Working on it," Blaze said, still calm, as she got about doing just that, ripping his shirt off with her bare hands and attaching electrical nodes to his chest, leaving it to the nurse to start charging the supply.