A big desk in the middle of the room buzzes with life, flickering computers, people on phones, patients getting pushed by on stretchers... come here to check in, out, or ask any questions.

::Lirie's 4x4 screeches into a stop in front of the Entrance. Lirie hurries out of the car, openning the door for Theo::

"Come on, Buffy... I just hope it's not too late..."

(You sound like you're talking about a sale in Maisie's... what a moron! Shuddup!)

::Theo holds Patience close and carries her into the hospital::

"Somebody please help!"

(This can't happen.)

::Lirie rushes into the hospital besides Theo, calling to the receptionist::

"We've got a punctured lung and she just entered the shock state 10 minutes ago..."

::Meeting Lirie halfway, she conveniently has a stretcher and two student nurses with her.::

"Help me get her on this..."

::The nurses help lift Patience onto the stretcher and start wheeling her away.::

"You can visit her as soon as Patience's Room has been created... in about three minutes."

::They wheel her away.::

::Lirie nods and smiles gratefully, proceeding into Patience's Room, pulling Theo after her::

::Lirie walks over to her car, examining the trunk::

(Still in there... damn, I feel shitty!)

::She glances up at the quickly brightening sky and sighs quietly, while climbing to the driver's seat. Taking last glance at the hospital - ::

(Please be okay, P...)

:: - the car moves out of the parking lot and into the street, hurrying towards the CW Apartment::

(I am so sleepy. Ugh, I have to wake up. But first...)

::Theo looks around at the receptionist and people working behind the desk. He looks at the clock and walks out of the hospital and to his apartment.::

::Patience steps up to the front desk and looks around. She spies her name on a sign in/out sheet and snatches up a pen from her purse. She signs herself out and heads straight for the CW apartments.::

::Parking his motorcycle he removes his helmet placing it on the seat. Theo walks into the entrance and smiles at the receptionist, before a worried look appears on his face.::

"Hope she's not too upset..."

::He walks past the desk and into Patience's room.::

::Theo walks to the desk ready to ask the receptionist a few questions. Seeing the sign-in/out sheet he notices Patience's signature written in the last space.::

"Your kidding, uh-oh I missed her. Back to CW."

::With that he sighs and walks out to his bike completing his helmet-on-ok-go routine. He speeds off to CW Apartments/Patience's place.::

::Patience slams on the breaks and leaves the car running as she pulls Justin's singed body out of the car.::

"HEY!!!!!! CAN I GET SOME HELP HERE!!!????"

::A Nurse runs into the check-in area after hearing Patience's cries. She runs over to Justin's body and with the assistance of her fellow nurses manages to place Justin on a stretcher.::

"What the hell happened here?"

::She begins to wheel Justin away, not waiting for a reply, and calls back to Patience.::

"You can visit him in Justin's room, when it's ready. He should be fine soon."

::She takes Justin away.::

::Patience keeps her mouth shut at the question from the nurse. She watches as they take Justin into the hospital.::

(I hope he is going to be ok)

::She waits for a moment and then begins to walk inside. On the way she snatches a yellow rose from a vase containing twelve.::

(They won't miss it.)

::She clutches the rose and bounds into Justin's room.::

::Shimmering in where the public couldn't see him, Parker steps put with Lirie in his arms. He walks to the front desk.::

"She needs help....she's loosing blood. I think she'll need stitches."

::Parker looks down to Lirie's cut and swallows hard.::

[Parker's wounds from the energy ball, serious wounds, effect him. The surge of pain sends a shock to his system and he faints, dropping Lirie to the floor. Next time don't ignore your wounds]

"Ugh..."

::Parker sits up and looks down to his horribly damaged chest.::

"I have to be more careful at that place."

::He looks over to Lirie and scoots to her.::

"Shit. Nurse!"

::Parker tenses up and flexes his jaw muscles. He picks Lirie up and places her in a nearby wheel chair.::

"Help her! Somebody!"

::Somewhat scared the young demon stumbles to CW Apartments..::

(I took too much damage...can't shimmer...)

::The nurse stalls for a second being amazed at Parker's medical miracle.::

"How did he pass out...but not? He was so injured but her ran out of here. He needed medical help."

::She walks to the injured Lirie and wheels her into Lirie's room.::

::Patience walks in and begins to randomly search the charts on the doors until she finally finds the one with Lirie's name on it. She pushes the door open quickly and dashes inside.::

::Luke hobbles in, using a shillelagh as a cane. He arrives at the front desk, waiting impatiently for someone to see him. He taps his free fingers on the desk out of boredom.::

:: The receptionist barely glances at Luke when he appears at the desk, just continues to tap away at the keyboard of her computer. When he is still there a couple of minutes later, she sighs and looks up. ::

"Yes?"

"Uh, yes. I'm waiting on a doctor to take a look at my leg. It got injured earlier. Shards of glass embedded themselves in it and I can barely walk anymore. The bleeding's stopped but I don't know what other effects they'll have on my body with being stuck inside my leg like this."

:: The receptionist looks Luke over in a sort of unconcerned manner. She glances around and grabs some forms, thrusting them towards Luke. ::

"Here. Fill these out. A Doctor will see to you once you're done."

(Or when they are finished with their coffee breaks, more to the point.)

"Thank you."

::Luke takes a pen and takes a few moments to read through them all.::

(Name: Lucas Morgenstern...blah blah not married blah blah fishcakes...)

::After several minutes, Luke finishes with the paperwork and returns it to the receptionist.::

"All right. All done."

:: The Receptionist, having put gum in her mouth during this time, pops a rather large bubble and takes the forms from Luke. She glances them over and inputs the data into the computer. ::

"Right. Go sit down until your name is called. Be careful not to mess up the floor."

::Luke takes the shillelagh with him, heading to the waiting room.::

::Patience rushes up to the receptionist.::

"We need a doctor...she got cut really badly...lost alot of blood...went unconcious."

::Alex rushes up to the receptionist behind Patience. Once there he lifts Lirie up into his arms so that Patience can deal with the receptionist.::

(What's taking so long?)

::A free doctor appears and takes a quick look at Lirie.::

"Cut badly? These are minor scratches... barely any blood come out of them..."

::He looks at Patience.::

"She's just fainted, possibly squeamish from these scratches, did she jump in a rose bush or something? Still, I suppose we can let her come to, moniter her for a bit."

::Gets the little attention-seeker onto a stretcher and takes her to her old room.::

(Squee! Wait till I tell the little attention seeker what was said...squemish indeed.)

::She turns to Alex.::

"Alright I'm headed to P3...I need you to stay with Lirie..."

::She snatches up a pen and piece of paper and begins to scribble a note::

(Went to get help at the place that must not be named. Meet me there when you wake up. Oh...if you bring the noob...make sure he is who he says he is.)

"Done."

::She pushes the envelope into Alex's hand and wills him to go under a trance.::

"You will NOT read this note. You will give it to Lirie when she wakes up and no body else."

(It's one thing to reveal myself and Lirie...it's quite another to reveal any other witches. Wow...did I just have a semi-responsible moment there?)

::She sighs and heads to P3.::

::Once Lirie is gone Alex slowly shakes his head as if he's coming out of a daze. Looking down at his hand he notices an envelope in his hand.::

"What's this?"

::Alex was about to open the envelope when he heard a voice in his head.::

(You will NOT read this note. You will give it to Lirie when she wakes up and no body else.)

::Sticking the envelope into his pocket Alex goes to Lirie's Room.::

::Patience drags the figiting Veronica along and releases her at the check in counter.::

"Yeah, she needs to see a doctor..."

(I did quite the job on her...felt good!)

"Quit... manhandling me!"

::Veronica jerks out of Patience's grasp and wheels on her, practically spitting.::

"Did I ask you to drag me all the way along here? Nooo! Did I feel like I needed a doctor? Noooo! Do I want to be here now that I am? Hells no! So if you'll god damn well get the heck outta my way, I'm leaving!"

::Makes for the exit.::

::Runs after her, takes a tight grip on her arm, and twists her around into a sitting position in the nearest chair. She places both hands on the handles of the chair, trapping Veronica in, as she inches closer and says in a threatening low voice.::

"Listen you ungrateful little whore, I don't make a habit of breaking things I can't fix. You are no exception to that rule, and seeing as I seem to have broken the hell out of you, you stay. I insist."

::She looks to the receptionist.::

"I'd be getting that doctor now if I were you."

::Leaning back as Patience gets in her face for the second time that night, Veronica sighs loudly.::

"You haven't 'broken' shit, so quit flattering yourself. Just because you got a lucky kick in doesn't mean I couldn't have killed you if I wanted to, so don't even try to make out like you won."

::She glares at the floor between Patience's legs.::

"I am not staying here."

"I didn't hurt you eh?"

::She pushes hard onto the scraches she had left on Veronica's cheek. She then pulls back to reveal a smattering of red on her fingers.::

"Then why did that hurt?"

::She holds up her blood soaked fingers.::

"And what is that?"

::Suddenly she feels a acid like burning in her stomach. She collapses to the floor in a breath and lies there unconcious.::

::Eyes widening at Patience's sudden collapse, Veronica leaps to her feet and crouches down beside the witch.::

"Uh... hello?"

::She gives her a small shake and deems her unconcious. She looks up for aid and shouts loudly.::

"Help! I need a doctor, she's collapsed!"

(... great.)

::A group of doctors and nurses flood into the room, placing Patience neatly on a bad and wheeling her away to Patience's Room. One of them adresses Veronica.::

"We'd like you to stick around. For details and such. Please continue to her room."

::Sighing, Veronica resignedly follows.::

::She pauses as she hears Veronica call after her. She turns around sharply, all out cold shoulder mode.::

(What?)

::She folds her arms and waits for Veronica to comment.::