Day 35: Bus 2

Wally woke as the intercom crackled to life and was surprised to find himself back in his room. The last thing he'd remembered was feeling relieved at finally beating off those dragonfly-lizard things. There'd been that weird intercom message, then... he wasn't quite sure what had happened after that, but he was certain it hadn't involved falling asleep. He'd be half-wondering if he'd dreamed the whole thing if it hadn't been for the nagging ache on his back and ankle from where he'd been bitten. A quick check revealed they'd been bandaged, apparently while he'd slept. He wondered if he had Kal to thank for that. Maybe he'd get the chance to ask later.

He jumped as the door swung open to admit the familiar face of the nurse who'd woken him yesterday. "Up already, are we?" she said cheerfully as she busied herself pulling out clothes. A blue shirt and a pair of jeans were passed to him. Wally blinked, he hadn't been here long, but he'd gotten the impression that the grey-and-smiley-face combo was standard.

"Does this mean I'm being released?" he asked, hope creeping into his voice.

The nurse turned back to him, pity etched on her features. "I'm afraid not, dear." She smiled brightly as she continued, "but today's when all the patients get a special field trip into town! Won't that be a treat!"

Wally stared at the clothes, his mind working away. He'd been trying to get into town and to a phone last night before he'd been attacked. But if they were going in today, this might be the perfect chance for him to contact the Justice League. He smiled warmly and thanked the nurse as she left to allow him to change, then happily allowed himself to be led to one of the buses, picking a seat about halfway down and sliding in to look out the window. It seemed like today was going to be brighter than yesterday, at least in the area of possible phone calls and rescues. About the only dark patch he could see was that the contents of his paper-bag breakfast were going to be nowhere near enough to fill the yawning pit that had taken the place of his stomach, and even that was tolerable when he was positive he wasn't going to be here much longer.

"And you say that time goes rushing by, but it seems so slow to me, and you see a blur around you fly, but it takes too long, it seems so slow to me..." he sung absently.

[Oh Captain, my Captain~]

[identity profile] flawed-sight.livejournal.com 2008-09-07 10:16 pm (UTC)(link)
"We'll think of something," Alice replied, shrugging. "We know our own restraint, we've lived with it for long enough. What do you do, if dinner is so hard to find?"

Was that what had happened to Edward? No, she couldn't see him letting himself go that long. Edward wouldn't have taken the risk, and she wasn't going to jump to any assumptions without talking to him. She knew him better than that.
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[personal profile] idolism 2008-09-07 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'll take your word for it," said the vampire. For now, anyway. It was an unwieldy task to kill every one of them he came across as he was now, as he'd decided some time ago, but he'd also resigned himself to do it if it came down to it. At least this time, he assumed he wasn't going to be a babysitter for person with naive instincts regarding their own need for blood.

His best answer was, "I'm a noble. I definitely don't break my own rules, and creatures like us that seriously injure humans need to be killed." Consequently, the creatures who needed human blood to live.

There were also the freak cannibals like Roland who desired human flesh, but it was no different for them. It didn't matter. As far as Aidou was concerned, he didn't feel any guilt over taking lives in that sense.

"Anyway, I also wanted to ask: is that why you spend time with Bella? For that blood of hers."

[identity profile] flawed-sight.livejournal.com 2008-09-07 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Now Alice looked downright offended. "I do not stay around Bella for her blood!" she retorted, her golden eyes flashing with anger. "She's my best friend and future sister-in-law, that's why. I've never tasted her blood and I won't. She's not dinner, she's part of our family."

The bus lurched to a stop, Alice noted with relief, and she spring to her feet, the movement somehow still managing to be graceful despite the cramped quarters. "Now, if you're done with your interrogation, I'll be going."

And with that, she slid past him and headed down the aisle of the bus without a backward glance. As far as she was concerned, the conversation was over.