http://human-sponge.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] human-sponge.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] damned_institute2009-12-16 12:12 am

Day 46: Sun Room

Peter woke up suddenly, his body twisting in the bed and then forcing him to catch his breath in pain. Pain, which was coming from his middle because of the thing that had scratched him last night, and after that...

After that, Zach had jumped in front of him like some kind of martyr, like the exact opposite of everything Sylar stood for, to take the next hit for him. It got pretty fuzzy after that, so night must have ended right around then.

The man let out a pained grunt as he straightened himself up in bed. For some reason, he got the feeling that he'd slept in. There was no way for him to really tell without a window in the room, but he just knew. The fact that Sam's bed looked long since vacated was another clue.

Sam, but was he Sam again? Had the brainwashing worn off, as he and Roland had hoped, or was he going to have to go through this nightmare for even longer? He didn't know how long he could handle "Zach" and "Harrison" before he started going batty himself.

Pulling himself out of bed, Peter lifted his shirt and saw that he was tightly bandaged. The scratch most likely wasn't nearly as bad as the bite that "Zach" had received, but it still smarted. He let his shirt fall and then had to deal with a nurse chiding him for sleeping through the morning announcements. Not that Peter really cared at the moment. He was too busy thinking about last night and the fact that in a way, he now owed something to Sylar. Except it hadn't been Sylar. That was something he was sure of now.

Lost in his thoughts, Peter reached the Sun Room right as the rest of the patient populace was trickling in from breakfast. Sighing to himself, he headed over to the bulletin board and then saw a note written in familiar yet unpleasant handwriting. Holding his pen in a vice grip, Peter scribbled out a reply and then stalked over to an armchair and fell into it with a huff.

While Sylar was maddeningly frustrating, there was one good thing about the fact that he was himself again. It meant that Nathan was too.

[For Spock!]
longlivetheking: (Hnn)

[personal profile] longlivetheking 2009-12-16 06:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[Mind a lion?]

That had been irritating enough, and Scar was even somewhat grateful when the nurse finally showed her face and began ushering him towards the Sun room. He had been planning to locate a usual seat upon the floor rather than sitting on that silly human furniture, but the nurse had seemed to notice what he had in mind and began to chide him how he shouldn't sit on the floor as she ushered him towards a couch. Scar rolled his eyes in annoyance, but had little choice but to comply. She left after her charge had finally taken a seat, and the former lion didn't pass up the opportunity to glare at her back before looking around the area.

And only then he noticed he was sharing the couch with someone else. How surprising. The other patient was a little girl with a rather curious color for a mane. Or hair, how they called it. Then again, most of these humans had hair colors every color of the rainbow.

"Good morning," he greeted, more out of habit than the sake of being friendly. Breakfast had left him a little too irritated for that.