help quickly!" He tried the door without even waiting for an answer.

just coming in from the garden in her backyard when she heard the door being pounded on. "Just a sec!" she called out, rushing to the door_

and opening it." I-Ivan~ What's wrong?"

holding an unconscious girl, who looks like she could be (and is) his sister. "Natalia... she was shot by that Danish bastard a few days_

back... she did not get any medical help."

"Okay, come quickly bring her in here." she led the way, getting things set up. "Lay her down on here.. and let's see.." she checked all her

vitals, noting she was running a fever and grabbed a cool cloth to place it on her head. " Okay.. I need you to step outside Ivan, please."

clenches his fist. "... Do I have to?" He asks quietly. Although sometimes Natalia scares the living hell out of him sometimes and can be a_

bit too devoted, she's still his sister and he loves her. He doesn't want to leave her.

(( WOW I didn't get this till now D: sorry ))

nods. "Please, I can't have you interfearing with my work and you'll distract me, I promise to let you in as soon as Im done, okay?" she_

stared into his eyes, hers final but knowing his pain. " I promise.. okay?"

looks at Natalia for a long moment as she barely stirs, eyes unreadable except for the flicker of pain that could be only seen if one_

looked really deeply. "Okay," he said slowly, turning and stumbling out the door.

as he left, she turned to study the patient.. Only one exit gunshot... jesus how is she still alive?" sleep.." she waved her hand over the_

girls face, hand glowing as she did so. " Now.. hmm.." roaming her hands over the girls body finding the pieces of metal logged into her_

body, chanting, the bullets emerging from their resting place in her arm and stomach.

leans against the wall outside the door, imaging what could be happening in their. He sinks to the floor. This is partly his fault. He_

should have taken better care of Natalia, brought her here first, before going after that bastard. He shouldn't have forgotten about her_

in the morning. Burying his face in his hands, he slides down to the floor, mumbling to himself. "Why can't I take better care of the_

things I love?"

noted that the metal was finally out of her system, but the wounds were far worse..." jesus.." she watched the pus erupt from some of them_

as she exaimed them.. she waited any longer she would of lost her arm for sure.. and quite possibly her leg.. this was going to take more_

than her medicine to clean... it would take more magic than she would like to perform on a person, but she cared for ivan..."Alright.."_

she muttered, closing her eyes chanting something in a language that was indescribable to those who aren't magics.

he hears words coming from inside and is tempted to look... but it might distract Ly and consequently hurt Natalia, so he doesn't risk it._

Upon listening closer he realizes that the words are completely unlike anything he has ever heard before. Magic, he realizes. Natalia..._

Must be very bad.

chants, small ribbons of light appearing from the tips of her fingers, reaching out to the wounds to suck up the poison in the girls body_

purifying them. Ly's forehead began to sweat, there was a lot of muscle and skin rotted from the wounds in such a short amount of time.._

so it took longer than she thought bit managed to get it all out. opening her eyes again, she swayed a bit, unsteady, then saw to heal her_

wounds with her basic procedures. Soon after bandaging up the girl she was able to call ivan back in, an hour or so later.

hasn't noticed the passage of time, so to him it could have been five minutes or an eternity since he left. He's almost afraid to come in_

when Ly calls, hesitating at the door for a second before entering. Natalia was lying on the bed, all bandaged up, but still unconscious._

"How is she?" he finally manages to ask.

"she's fine.. Im glad you brought her in now.. she would of lost limbs from the infections.." her face was white as a sheet, damp, eyes_

not completely focused on his face. "But she'll be fine... she will be staying down here.. she can't be moved right now.. I was just about_

to get a pillow and blankets..you can sit with her here.." she murmured, words kind of meshing together as she walked out the door.

unexpectedly torn. He can stay with Natalia now and watch over her, but Ly... looked like she needed him too. She seemed sick, about to_

collapse at any moment. He hesitates for a second then goes after Ly, biting his lip as he glances back at Natalia. "I will be back,_

promise," he mumbles before exiting and hurrying after Ly.

heads to the closet to pull out the extra blankets and what not, not even hearing him follow her and sways but catches herself before she_

fell. She just needed to get a hold of herself.. she used too much magic in one go..

catches up just in times to see her almost fall, just barely righting herself in time. He dashes forward, gently wrapping his arms around_

her. "Ly..." he says quietly. "I think you need to sit down."

"Eh?" she turned around to look at him. " I'm fine dont worry" she brushed him off to head back into the room to take care of his sister." _

"You should be here watching your sister, dont worry about me, okay?" she smiled, but it not even getting close to reaching her eyes.

follows closely, in case she almost falls again. "Natalia is stable for the moment... You look like you are about to fall over," he say in_

a concerned tone.

"I just used too much magic.." she told him, getting his sister all comfy. "Really.. I'm_I..woah.." her vision darkened as her knees wobbled

catching the side of the medical bed for support.

moves forward, catching her before she has a chance to fall again. "Nyet... Ly... You are not fine. You need to rest. Please... I... if I_

were to lose both of you..." he mumbles, blushing as the words come out of his mouth.

's ears were ringing but could clearly hear his words, and blinked, looking up at him.. " ..W-wha..?" she managed to get out of her mouth_

cheeks finally having colour return to them, even if it's just the red colour.

's blush deepens and he looks to the side awkwardly. "Nothing... only... stay safe, da?" he mumbles.

nods slowly... Guessing she heard wrong. " I'll be fine.." she nodded. " Now you stay here with your sister, if you need anything, I'll be_

upstairs, alright?"

nods. "You as well, call if you need anything," he says meaning it. He pulls a chair up next to Natalia's bad and sits down, looking up at_

Ly as he does so. "I cannot thank you enough," he says quietly.

smiles. "It's my job.." she turned to leave, holding herself along the wall as she heading up the stairs. She needed to get away from him_

so he wouldn't worry about her... Her whole body finally giving out to the trembling as she all but collapsed at the top of the stairs,_

limbs twitching as she crawled herself into the bathroom.

watches her until she's out of sight then turns to Natalia. It is scary how much paler than normal she looks. It reminds him of when she_

would get sick as a child, and he'd have to take care of her. He takes her hand, and just as he did back then, he starts talking to her in_

his native tongue, telling her old folktales that he had mostly forgotten, but now remembers enough to try and recite them again.

pauses in his retelling of the Frog Princess. Did she just make a sound? "Natalia?" he asks softly, hoping it wasn't just his imagination.

a long due sigh of relief. "I am right here, Natalia," he says gently.

"You passed out and I took you to the clinic a... friend of mine runs," he explains. "You were very bad... healing you took a lot out of_

her..."

strokes her hand. "You had two bullets still in your body, getting infected... all the pain medication and everything else you've been_

goin through must be taking its toll." He's hesitant to mention that Ly used some sort of magic to heal her. He doesn't want the steam vs._

magic feud to come up, not now when Natalia is so weak.

gently pushes her back down. "You just went through major medical treatment... You probably need to rest more. Doctors poking at you can_

do weird things to your body, da?" He smiles, trying to make a joke.

quickly shakes his head. "Nyet, why would I be mad? I was... am so worried about you, Natalia, that I have no room for anger. I certainly_

wish you would have gotten help sooner, but what's done is done."

about it. "I was, a little... but now I am glad you are alive, so it's okay. Only, please, don't be so careless with your life in the_

future... don't be like me."

starts to look at her sternly, but doesn't have the heart to be mad. "Then take better care of yourself," he says, patting her head.

sighs. "Walking around for 2 days with untreated bullet wounds is *not* taking care of yourself, Natalia.

"

doesn't know what to make of this statement, is starting to get annoyed. "Natalia, please don't act stupid. Three bullet wounds.. you know_

that is enough to kill someone."

isn't letting her get out of the conversation that easily. "Then please don't act like it... Natalia, I was so worried about you..."

sighs as well. "Only because you were lucky..."

firmly plants a hand on her chest, stopping her short. "Nyet Natalia, I am not letting you run around until you are fully healed."

her an intense almost glare, almost challenging her to disagree. "Nyet."

doesn't move. "I will not."

stands in front of her, blocking her way. "Why do you feel the need to get up? What do you have to do that is so important, you would risk_

seriously injuring yourself?"

stares down intimidatingly. "That is like looking up at a sky full of grey thunderclouds and saying 'It won't rain.'"

made her way to the toilet, throwing up her whole stomach contents into the bowl, her skin clammy and damp, limbs shaking profusely.." this_

can't be good.."