Chapter 3- “Flooded Fire"
The medics rush Lewa through the doors of the arena medical facility, strait into a room filled with odd equipment and a large healing tank near the west end of the building.
Lewa is in too much pain to notice his current surroundings, and squints at the bright lights in confusion.
One of the main medics named Kakdeus, a skilled medic of mechanics, comes up next to the stretcher and directs the medical staff to bring Lewa over to a medical table near the edge of the room. Suddenly Lewa feels himself being lifted off the stretcher, and placed face first onto a cold, metal bed.
Once the side medics are gone, Kakadeus approaches Lewa and gently rubs the back of his neck in attempt to get his attention, causing Lewa to tiredly moan. Kakadeus looks under the table at Lewa's face which squishes against the head pad, and quietly says, “Hey buddy.. you awake?”
“Huhhh?” Lewa questionably moans. Kakadeus shakes his head and sighs at Lewa's condition, “Listen buddy... you have poison in your system, and if I don't get it out soon, your entire body will be paralyzed. I'll give a small warning, the way we get it out isn't entirely pleasant, but is very necessary.”
Lewa creakily responds with irritation, “Greeeeaaaat...”
Kakadeus rolls his eyes and calls for someone to aid him. Lewa suddenly hears a familiar voice nearby, and Kakadeus rushes off to another room for medical equipment, leaving Lewa with a friend. Lewa feels a gentle, but heavy hand touch his shoulder and then hears a cheery greeting he knows all too well.
“Lewa! How's it been?”
Lewa looks over groggily, and sorely replies, “Pohatu....?”
Pohatu grins, “Yeah, in case you're wondering.. I'm attending here for the experience, thought I'd try something new.”
Lewa smirks, “Ah, yeah.....so you can beat up on me eh?”Pohatu snickers and Lewa rolls his eyes at the current situation.
Pohatu shrugs, “What...? I'm not here to beat up on you buddy; honest.”, he laughs.
Lewa groans with a smirk, “Sure feels like it.
Pohatu shakes his head and says, “You're already beat up as it is; why would I want to beat you up any further?”
Lewa tiredly smiles, “Oh..just to mess with me, you know...be yourself.”
Pohatu shakes his head, “Naww, I think the medical guy over there is going to do his job.” Lewa moans at the thought, and Pohatu tries to keep the situation calm by adding, “I'm not technically needed for most of the work around here..if that makes you feel better.” Lewa moans again with unease and Pohatu slouches, “Oh come on...no worries; I hear they're nice.”
Lewa blankly stares and says “This is a medical guy we're talking about.”
Pohatu sighs at Lewa's sudden shift in attitude from being a peppy air type no matter the situation; to suddenly being a whiny, discomforted Toa. “Oh Lewa..come on, I hear he's great, has lots of experience, has gone through many things, and knows what he's doing.”
Lewa groans in a displeased manner, feeling no matter what's been said, a medical appointment can't mean anything great.
Pohatu sighs and takes out the gift basket handed to him by Flame; “I know this situation isn't fun, buddy... But, I brought you something which just might cheer you up. Your friend Flame asked me to bring this to you.”
Lewa puts his arms out and takes the basket, then unwraps it with curiosity. He hopes for something good, but suddenly his face goes from somewhat exited, to drooping and dull. “SOAP..... It had to be SOAP; and not just any soap, 'specialty' arena bath soap. And some shampoo... Oh, and a bath card to the hot springs of Tesara.” Lewa grumbles with irritation.
Pohatu tries to hold in laughter, but is unable to contain it, “Hahahaha... Oh, that's good. But, look on the bright side brother, you can at least clean up after all this is over.”
Lewa droops his head, and Pohatu chuckles, “Well, if not, maybe Gali would like the stuff or something.” Lewa nods in agreement with the idea.
In the next few minutes Lewa starts to feel kind of numb. Pohatu looks under the table at Lewa's tired face and grins, trying to get him to smile; but instead Lewa tiredly says, “I can't feel my arms...”
Pohatu shrugs; “Hold on” he says while looking over at the open storage room door Kakdeus rummages in. “Hey Kakadeus, why can't Lewa move his arms?!”, Pohatu yells out.
Kakadeus face palms and peeks his head out the door at Pohatu, “That most likely means the poison is taking over his system, which means he's shutting down.” replies Kakadeus in a casual but grouchy, why me? kind of tone.
Lewa growls with pained irritation, then Kakadeus adds in, “I'll be there briefly...and stop moaning! Irritating air type..” he mumbles.
Lewa frowns, “Oh...come on..”
Kakadeus shakes his head at Lewa's whining, “You'll be fine... Probably will be moaning even more later though, let me tell you.”
“What??!”, Lewa screeches out with shocked confusion. Kakadeus doesn't say another word, and does his best not to let his snickering be heard from the storage room.
Pohatu chuckles and says, “Not meaning to burst your day any further, buddy... But I have a feeling you're in for a little discomfort.”
Lewa creakily grumbles once more, “Uhhmm, great...... I wish I could just go wind-flying, or go to bed, or.... quick-wake from this nightmare.”
Pohatu nods, “Well you could fall asleep here, but it might be kind of hard.”
Suddenly Pohatu looks around and glances at something Kakadeus is carrying; his eyes get big “Kakadeus, what in Mata Nui's name is that?!" he asks in a shocked manner.
Kakadeus looks around and signals with a finger to his lips, “Shhhh...”
“I don't even want to think nauw....”, Lewa moans.
Pohatu scratches his chin in confusion and shakes his head, “I can't tell you what it is... It's the weirdest thing I've ever seen.”
Lewa looks at him uneasily; “Whaaaat..” he creaks fearfully, his eyes expressing pitiful discomfort.
Pohatu looks around awkwardly at Kakadeus, who stares blankly in return. “Pohatu, do your job...please...”, he says. Kakadeus then directs his attention towards Lewa and continues; “Attend the patient, and keep him still”.
“Keep me still...?” Lewa questions
Pohatu lifts a brow, “Wait...what..? Keep him still? Why..?”
Kakadeus pauses, “Pohatu, come here..” he whispers, signaling for Pohatu to follow him far enough away that Lewa can't hear them.
“See this?”, Kakadeus explains while holding up the odd devise, “This is a devise designed for overnight colonic procedures. This shaft here goes up Lewa's rear... I'll then feed him medicine which will help flush the poison out of his system by the quickest means possible, strait through the colon.”
“You're going to what?!!”, Pohatu gasps. “You're going to...Oh..ho..oooo. How does that work?!” Pohatu shivers, his muscles clenching at the very thought.
Kakadeus tries not to smirk; “I know, it's mean, and I don't like it, but... I have to deal with this messy work and I'm tired; so frankly, you either help, or I'll call somebody else to help me. It would be better if a comrade of his helped with this, instead of one those big fellows over there...” Kakadeus says while directing his attention at some rough looking assistance.
Pohatu groans a bit, and twiddles his thumbs; his face expressing pity and guilt. “Oh..I am so going to regret having to do this.” he moans.
Pohatu turns around and comes back to Lewa's side. “Pssstt...Lewa”, he whispers.
“What?” Lewa whispers back.
Pohatu puts up a finger in thought, trying to figure out how to break the news.“I....for the record... I'm sorry.” Pohatu creakily squeaks.
Lewa's eyes get big and worried. “Huh....? Oh... I don't want to know do I?” he groans uneasily.
Pohatu shakes his head, “No.. Just....just relax.” he says with an awkward grin.
Suddenly Lewa feels Kakadeus pull straps over his wrists and middle, securing them firmly to make sure Lewa stays down. Kakadeus sighs as he works, and pauses for a drink of coffee, then puts the cup down and presses several buttons on an odd machine near the table.
Lewa then hears the most unpleasant, and dreaded sound; the sound of rubber gloves, snapping as Kakadeus puts them on.
“Eeeaaa....” Lewa uneasily squeaks, his muscles clenching with discomfort at the thought of what's to come.
Pohatu sits near to Lewa, his eyes wide as he watches Kakadeus work. “Want me to hold your hand?” Pohatu asks Lewa.
“Ehhh..no..but you're going to have to hold me hard-down, cause if he touches me I'm gonna flip-freak.” Lewa whimpers.
Pohatu nods and slightly smirks, “Well that's what the straps are for”.
“You know me.” says Lewa with a confident tone.
Pohatu thinks for a moment, then smiles, “Yeah..windy”.
“Yeah, and air can get out of anything.” Lewa thinks to himself.
Pohatu shakes his head and snickers, knowing Lewa is thinking it in his overconfidence, then puts his hand on Lewa's back, “Eh, you'll be fine.” he says with assurance. Lewa moans in disbelief, and Pohatu pats his back to help boost his spirit.
“Lewa will be fine, right Kakadeus?” Pohatu says with hopes of assurance.
Kakadeus glances over at Pohatu and smirks tiredly, his eyes slightly mischievous. “Sure..after all this is over he should be.” Lewa then hears a squeaky sound as Kakadeus rubs lubricant on the devise's nozzle.
Pohatu's eyes grow bigger, “I don't think I want to be here to watch this.” he says while looking at the lubricated nozzle Kakadeus holds.
Kakadeus stares blankly, “Welcome to the medical center... I hate my job.” Kakadeus says tiredly.
Suddenly Lewa feels Kakadeus unclick his lower armor. “Mmm, hey....?!” Lewa squeaks, clenching his butt muscles when they're exposed.
Kakadeus shakes his head at the sight, “Air types... you really need to learn how to clean.”
“I am clean!” Lewa grouchily snaps.
Kakadeus snickers, “Oh sure..”; he then grabs some cleaning ointment and pours the cold liquid onto Lewa's bottom.
Lewa tenses up, “Cold cold cold cold....and WET!” he yelps.
Kakadeus snickers, “Well yeah it's wet... duh..it's cleaning agent.”
“Ahhhwaaa..” Lewa moans.
Kakadeus shakes his head, and mumbles, “Big baby...” . He then checks over the equipment one more time, holding the tube and mumbling to himself.. “Lets see, switches are on, buttons respond to the liquid..check check...mmhmm.” Kakadeus then glances at Pohatu and says, “Ready?”
Pohatu's eyes get big; he turns around and closes them as Lewa continues to moan. Lewa shakes his head and panics, “No no no no no...!” he yelps, squirming in his restraints. Suddenly he feels Kakadeus stick the nozzle in, a feeling cold and invading, Lewa gasps and tries to hold in his words, but fails, “Mmm, ohhh, mmmmmm mmm, BREYSHA!” he screams.
Kakadeus lifts his brows, “Ah, it means I did it right.” he says while nodding. Lewa squeaks uncomfortably as Kakadeus comes in close and says, “Do you even know what that means..?”
“No......”Lewa pitifully responds.
Kakadeus snickers and makes sure the pump suction is sealed properly, then looks at Lewa form under the table and says, “Breysha is Junti for the S word in your language.” he says casually.
Lewa lifts his brows at the knowledge, “Ah...” he says with new understanding.
Kakadeus smirks, knowing Lewa probably heard that word being used by Junti tradesmen in the local markets; then adds, “Honestly, Breysha was a good word choice for you to use,since that's what you'll be doing a lot of by the time this is over.”he says.
Lewa moans at the thought.
Kakadeus snickers as he takes off his gloves, and looks at Pohatu with a face of mischief. Pohatu lifts a brow and gapes, seeing that Kakadeus is about to push the switch on the machine.
Pohatu looks at Lewa and gives warning, “Oh...oh no, prepare yourself brother.”
Lewa tenses up and whimpers, then Kakadeus flips the switch and they hear the pump turn on. Suddenly Lewa feels liquid enter his body in a most uncomfortable way; his muscles tense, “Mmmm....” he squeaks.
Pohatu makes a face of discomfort at the sight. “That's got to be uncomfortable.”, he says. Then he asks curiously, “Say, how long has it been since you cleaned out your system? You know...”
Lewa looks at him uneasily and slightly confused , and says, “I took one this morning...but it wasn't big.”
Pohatu nods, “Hmm, this might be good for you then.” Lewa shakes his head at Pohatu's words, and moans at the feeling he must deal with.
Kakadeus pauses for a moment and sighs, then gets a blanket, flops it over Lewa, and comedically puts up a sign that says “DO NOT LIFT BLANKET, OR BOTHER PATIENT” . Then Kakadeus comes in close to Lewa “How ya feelin?” he asks.
Lewa looks at him tiredly and says, “Weird....really weird.”
Kakadeus nods, “It will go through spurts.... Sometimes the flow will get a little heavier, then it will slow down, bubble a bit, and get heavy again. You're going to be stuck here for the rest of the night, hooked up to that thing...so, enjoy your stay.” he remarks sarcastically.
“Can I have water?” Lewa groans.
“Of course.” Kakadeus nods.
“With a straw, or something I can suck on at night?” Lewa adds.
Kakadeus nods and leaves for a moment; then comes back with a large jug, and sticks a bendy straw through its hole.
Lewa starts to drink; then Kakdeus says, “Of course, being that you're stuck on a table, and if you're going to be drinking that all night...mmm.” He pauses and doesn't finish his sentence, then gets under the table with a drainage tube in his hand, pulls down a flap from the underside of the table, and simply says, “Sorry...” .
Suddenly Lewa feels something suction to his anatomy, “Mmm, hey!” he yelps.
Kakadeus comes out from under the table and shakes his head. “Well, I couldn't very well let you go on the table. Now that you have that on, if you need to pee, feel free.”
Lewa groans and almost growls at Kakadeus, who casually drops the blanket back over the table edge like nothing ever happened.
Suddenly Kakadeus hears commotion echoing through the halls; the sound of griping and pained moans can be heard.
Lewa picks his head up and looks around curiously.
Kakadeus looks over at a door connecting to the main corridors, then puts a hand up and says, “I'll be back.”
Lewa shrugs, “Ook.” he says tiredly, and continues drinking from the oh so colorful bendy straw.
Pohatu bumps Lewa's arm, “Hey, better be careful, or you're going to have to use that tube soon.”
Lewa looks at him with irritation, “Pohatu...... I'm in so much pain right now, I don't care.”
Pohatu shrugs, “All right”.
Lewa scrunches up in discomfort, then adds, “And if you ever spill-tell Tahu or the rest of the team about exactly what happened in here.... I will so make you regret it.”, he says grudgingly.
Pohatu laughs, “Pfff, why would I want to tell them about the butt load of trouble you're in?”
“Pohatu..!”, Lewa growls.
Pohatu laughs all the more. “I'm sorry, unintended pun.”
Lewa shakes his head and uses a little air power to blow Pohatu pack a few feet. The gust of wind barely moves him, he only stumbles slightly in his weight.
When Lewa is done venting, Pohatu snickers and adds, “ Butt you're fine”.
Lewa grumbles at Pohatu's joking, then suddenly the two Toa hear a noise.
Kakadeus comes back through the doors with two patients on stretchers, and yells out, “Orpheus, I need you!”. Orpheus, the medic who's profession is in organic structures and medicine, comes over to help pull in these two griping fire types.
Kakadeus rolls his eyes in aggravation and says to Orpheus, “Oh man...pin that one down! The male is way too aggressive... and they're burnt! I can't believe these people, they're still fighting and they're burnt?!”
“They're fire types; they'll never let up.” adds Lewa from the side lines as he watches the commotion.
“Yeah, until we dip them in the healing tank, then the matches should be out for good.” replies the aggravated Kakadeus.
Lewa snickers at Kakadeus's remark, thinking about how this situation might turn out.
Ashton continues griping at Fiamma; “You owe me another match lady!”
Fiamma rolls her eyes, “I owe YOU another match? Well.. you're the one who lit one in the first place”.
Ashton lifts a brow with confusion, "What?! What the heck is that suppose to mean?!"
Fiamma shakes her head, "Matches dummy...catch the play on words." she makes the sound of a match striking the box, and pulls one out from her arm compartment.
Ashton pauses, then shakes his head with aggravation, "I meant an arena match!"
Fiamma smirks and laughs, "Hah!", then she drops the real match on his chest and says, "There..there's your match."
Ashton snarls and takes in a heated breath, "Why you little...! Grrrr."
Lewa laughs at this scene of irritation, then tenses up from pain in his laughter, and looks at Pohatu pitifully when he feels his muscles contract. “Mmm, I hate this.” Lewa moans.
“I'm sorry.. I can't help ya. If you don't get that stuff out of your system, you'll be dead.” Pohatu sighs.
Lewa moans again and flops his head against the table in agony.
Pohatu shrugs, “Well, it's this, or death..your choice”.
“Fine..” Lewa grouchily snarls.
Pohatu takes in a breath, “Besides, I'm sure your future has great things in store.” he says in hopes of distracting Lewa from pain.
Lewa laughs with a tone of disbelief, “Yeah..sure, like what?”
Pohatu shrugs, “I don't know..maybe you'll meet a girl”.
Lewa pauses for a moment, then says, “You know, I somewhat doubt that.”
“Ah.. but knowing you, hehehe..” Pohatu snickers with a joking tone.
Lewa lifts a brow, “What...? You expect me to settle down and get married?”
Pohatu shrugs, “Well....maybe not right away, but.. iiiit could happen.”
Lewa makes a face of disbelief, causing Pohatu to shake his head and snicker more. "Ah Lewa..always believing you're going to be a loner. Don't be like Kopaka. You're always telling me how much you dislike Kopaka.."
Lewa rolls his eyes, "Yeah yeah. Well, of all of us I can see you as one to get married first."
Pohatu nods, "Well, true... maybe; although I've never seen any such female stone type in existence."
Lewa smirks, "Eh, you'll find one." he says confidently.
Pohatu shakes his head, “Pfff..yeah, sure.” he remarks sarcastically.
“Or you'll end up with a water type, one of the two.” Lewa quickly adds.
Pohatu nods, “Yeah..but, most the water types seem to be attracted to the... *looks over at the fire types* well.. you know.”
Lewa blankly stares and nods, “Unfortunately....” he says grudgingly. “Eh, maybe you'll find one still”, he confirms.
“Or maybe I'll just stay single” Pohatu smirks.
Lewa drops his brow, "I thought you disliked Kopaka for the reason of being a loner like that too?" he says.
Pohatu shakes his head, "I hang out with him sometimes..which makes me sociable and therefore not a loner as Kopaka. Besides, I like being in the company of others.” he says.
Lewa nods, "Yeah..you do..but still."
Pohatu shrugs and sits down,twiddles his thumbs, and waits for a moment; then looks over at the two Viperatos who tiredly try to calm the fire types as they pull their stretchers near the healing tank; then questions out loud, “What...are they doing I wonder?”
Lewa looks around at the west end of the building and adds, “Is that a tank?”
“Yes.”, Pohatu snickers.
Lewa lifts a curious brow, “Of what?” he asks.
Pohatu shakes his head, “I have no idea, but it's part of my training... I'm going to find out.” He then gets up and sprints for the medics.
“Well when you find out, tell me please!”, shouts out Lewa.
Pohatu speaks with Kakadeus; and Lewa can only hear their mumbles as they chatter near the tank in front of him.
“You're going to put them in a tank?” grins Pohatu, as Kakadeus explains.
Kakadeus nods and looks at the floor, then glances at a monitor and casually says; “Healing liquid is what we call the stuff in the tank. It's a specialty liquid infused with medicines that increase healing time for certain things like burns and infections. Even stranger, is that you can breath in it.. and even talk in it. These two fire types will be harnessed in gentle holsters, then lowered into the tank, where the liquid should then do its job, and heal them. The best news is, we don't have to deal with them a whole lot. Unfortunately this tank is the only one large enough to heal these two, and we only have one this size for the moment, because they're expensive..so, we're going to have to put these two in the same tank.”
Kakadeus glances at the two fire types who continue snarling at each other, and shakes his head in aggravation and disbelief, then says, “If only we had a separator.... Orpheus?!..do we have anything we can use to separate these two?”
Orpheus shake his head, “Afraid not!” he says with a snarky smirk.
Kakadeus stomps his foot, “Dang!” He then looks at the floor and grumbles, “I hate days like these...”
Pohatu steps back and watches Kakadeus, who goes over to Fiamma and grabs her arms. “All right...you first.” he mumbles.
“Ay! Careful where you touch!” Fiamma feistily snaps.
Kakadeus blankly stares at her and says in a tired voice, “You want to get better don't you?”
“Yes...” Fiamma nods, “but what is that?” she says while pointing at the tank.
“It's a tank.” Kakadeus says plainly.
Fiamma looks at him uneasily. “You're going to put us in water? We could drown!”
Kakadeus rolls his eyes, "You won't drown... That stuffs breathable, ok? It's weird, don't ask questions. You want to get healed...? In you get."
Fiamma takes a moment to calm herself; “Oh....fine.” she poutingly sighs.
Kakadeus nods and takes out a harness; Fiamma's eyes widen slightly, "You're going to put us in harnesses? Wait, wait, wait.." she looks over at Ashton, "where's he going?"
Kakadeus smirks and says nothing, then gently puts on the harness and says, "Where he's going, and how we're going to treat him, isn't your business."
Fiamma gapes at Kakadeus's cold response, "Oh..." she chokes angrily."Oh..if you weren't old..!" she threatens.
Kakadeus looks at her coldly, "If I weren't old, you'd what?" he says sternly. “I know where each and every little bone in your body is; do you honestly want to pick a fight?"
Fiamma gulps in fear and looks at him angrily.
Kakadeus shakes his head in and heatedly mumbles under his breath, “Fire types....” He then looks over and says somewhat impatiently, “Orpheus... are you done with Ashton?”
Ashton starts to fight Orpheus, and Pohatu comes over peppily, "Ope, let me help" he says. Pohatu grabs onto Ashton firmly, but gently, and keeps him still for Orpheus.
Ashton breaths angrily, "Oh come on! I'm stuck between.. *sniff sniff* Mr. Toxic fruit perfume, and pebbles!" he growls.
Pohatu looks at Ashton with a confused smirk and questioningly snickers, "Pebbles..? I'll have you know I do ROCKS. They're a lot bigger than pebbles."
Ashton looks at Pohatu with a blank stare of sarcasm that says (all right smart A**). “You're still full of rubble.” he grumbles.
Pohatu shakes his head and looks at Orpheus with a grin; “Can you believe this guy?” he snickers.
Orpheus smirks tiredly and nods, "I deal with it all the time. I hate em...well, strike that, I don't like them.", he says while flicking Ashton in the nose.
Ashton twitches his nose, "Hey!" Orpheus starts to laugh at his aggravation. Ashton tenses up, "Why you...you..you.." he growls, trying to think of an insult.
"Oh will you shut up? You're just a young man who needs a good soak, in a nice bath." Orpheus laughs.
Ashston clenches his fists, "Oh..you just said bath! I'm NOT going into a bath..especially not by you; you're not taking off MY armor."
Orpheus shakes his head, "Oh no no no.. Don't be ridiculous, we're not that absurd....usually." he says with a comedic tone that sounds like he's joking, but serious all at once.
Ashton looks at him with a shocked face, "What?! Usually...? What do you mean usually?”
Orpheus looks at Pohatu and sighs, “Hold his arms up for me please...just long enough for me to put on this harness.”
Pohatu does as asked, and Orpheus hums a happy tune while swiftly doing what's needed. “Ta da!”, Orpheus peppily remarks when done; “That wasn't so bad was it?”.
Ashton stares blankly with a face that says, “Are you for real?”
Orpheus smiles and looks at Kakadeus, ok Kakadeus, ready.Kakadeus nods finally...he thinks to himself.
They attach two hooks to the back of their harnesses and the machine hanging from the ceiling gently lifts the two fire types from their beds.
Ashton tenses up and lets out a shocked, “Woo....”
Fiamma looks down, "Hey..we're not air types, put us back down!" she snaps.
Lewa snickers at this scene, and Ashton looks over at him, then says, "Oh man, what's wrong with that guy?....And why does he have a tube in his butt?"
Lewa looks up "Poison...real fun." he says sarcastically.
Ashton nods, “Cool....glad I'm not you.”
Lewa shakes his head and grouchily says, “Not cool! Kid.....?” He then uses a little air power to swing the harness slightly, just to freak Ashton out, but not enough to mess with the apparatus.
Kakadeus looks at Lewa and shake his head, “You better be careful, Toa; if you use too much of your power, it's going to make that situation you're in a lot worse.”
Lewa sighs, “I used very little, Kakadeus.”.
Kakadeus carefully starts lowering the two fire types into the tank; Fiamma looks over with shock and disgust, “You're putting me in here... with THAT thing!” she says while pointing at Ashton.
Ashton folds his arms, "Excuuuuse me, I happen to be the hottest guy around."
Fiamma rolls her eyes, "Oh sure...maybe if you think Rahi butt is attractive..."
Suddenly the two get dunked into the liquid, and freak out thinking they can't breath.
“Open your mouths...” Kakadeus grumbles; “ Sooner or later you're going to have to breath in; if you don't breath in you'll suffocate.”
The two wait a moment; finally Ashton can no longer hold it, and takes a breath. His eyes widen from the feeling, and his words are muffled but clearly heard, “Ewwww....woaaw.”
Fiamma finally takes a breath, lifts her brows at the feeling, but stays mostly calm and says, “Oh..oh that is nasty..” She then looks over at Ashton and grumbles, “You stay over there.”
Ashton snarkily responds, "What's the matter? Don't like hot stuff?"
Fiamma shakes her head and puts her hand to her chest. “I AM a fire type, I AM hot stuff. The difference is, I can get so hot it's cold.”
Ashton lifts a brow in confusion at Fiamma's insults.
Fiamma folds her arms and looks away, then smirks and says, “And so much for being a strong fire type, you had to breath in before me.
"Whoa...are you saying you have better lung capacity now?” snorts Ashton.
Fiamma puts her nose up, "No, I'm saying I've had more training than you."
Ashton squints his eyes, “Is that so....”, he quietly hisses.
Pohatu ventures away from the tank and sits down next to Lewa once more. Lewa's eyes are filled with excitement as he observes the fire types, “Oh, they're going to start fighting; this is gonna be good.” he says with eagerness.
Pohatu cocks his head, “Uh Oh...” he says with unease
“This is going to be entertaining, I can feel it.” smirks Lewa.
Pohatu smirks and says, “Especially for some guy who's strapped to a bed.”
Lewa nods, "Yeah..got nothing else to watch."
Pohatu looks up at the Viperatos, "Speaking of which...Kakadeus, can I unstrap Lewa now? Not like he's going to be walking anywhere." he says while looking at the pump.
Kakadeus nods, "Yeah..you can unstrap him."
Once the straps are off, Lewa manages to prop his arms under his chest for a more comfortable view.
Pohatu pats his back, “Much better isn't it?” “Mm, much.” Lewa nods.
Back in the tank; Ashton wants to boil, but can't. The tank liquid prevents them from heating up. Every time they try to boil, the water gets colder. Ashtons scrunches up and shivers, "Wooo..c..cold"
Kakadeus laughs at the two as they shiver and grip about the cold. "Stupid fire types..we built this tank so you wouldn't be able to fight each other!" says Kakadeus. "Every time you use your elemental powers the water will get cold, then go back to normal. If you continue to do this, the tank will feel like ice water..if you want to swim in ice water, that's your choice. Heck, it might help your burns a little bit..."
The two glance at each other with irritation. Fiamma glances once, Ashton takes a double glance, the second time with a look of attraction.
Fiamma gapes, "Did you just look at my curves?!" she snaps.
Ashton shakes his head and playfully tries to cover his secret, "Oh naw, naw....don't be ridiculous."
Fiamma glares at him angrily as Ashtons looks at her with an awkward grin, “Hehe...” he nervously chuckles. Fiamma knows his thoughts and coldly says, “No...”
Ashton drops his head in defeat at first, then smirks and says, “Eh....you're not that hot.”
Fiamma folds her arms and glares at him, “You're not either..” she irritably snaps back.
Ashton rolls his eyes, “Pff..hotter than you.” he says, trying to get a reaction.
"Buster, you are getting on my nerves.. We just fought each other in the arena, almost melted the audience when we hit opposing walls...and you have the nerve to tell me how I look?" Fiamma snarls.
Ashton nods mischievously, and Fiamma shakes her head at his play. “You love yourself more than others.” Fiamma remarks. Ashtons takes back in thought for a moment, realizing in some ways she has a point, but he refuses to admit it. “I do not.... I love myself equally as others.” he opposes.
Fiamma turns her face away from his, “You're vain...” she says. Then she smirks and decides to play his game. “Of course, you're not that attractive; not like me.”
“Oh, and I'm vain?” Ashton smirks. “You just proved you're no better.”
The two look at each other angrily, and Fiamma smirks evilly as she thinks to herself; then she says, “Humph, I suppose you're right. After all, you fight like a girl; so as far as I'm concerned...with your vanity, fighting style, and 'charming' personality, you and I stand on a similar level of femininity.
Ashton clenches up, anger fuming in his eyes.
“Besides...” Fiamma adds, “your armor is so tight, I can't tell the difference.”
Ashton's fists rattle, “Get over here and say that to my face!” he yells.
Fiamma glances over with a smile, “Why should I? I can say it from over here just fine.”
Ashton growls and starts swinging towards her in his harness. “When I get over there ..”, he grumbles threateningly as he kicks himself off the side of the tank wall for momentum.
Fiamma backs up a little and tauntingly says, "Oh..what's the matter, don't like the fact that I'm playing around?...Or are you just trying to prove yourself a better woman?"
“Baaaaa!!” Ashton growls with anger.
Fiamma mockingly puts her hands up, "Oh..I'm so scared."
Ashton takes a moment to think, then says, “If I'm a woman, than what are you?”
“A better woman.” Fiamma says confidently.
Ashton smirks, “No, you're a little girl!”
Fiamma goes silent and glares at him coldly, then clenches her teeth and say, “You have the nerve to call me a little girl? After I blasted you across the arena and burnt you to the core?”
“Well, as I clearly recall, I blasted first, and caused you to go flying back a second before your blast hit me... which means I'm stronger and faster than you; proof that I'm better and could beat you any day depending on the circumstance. So Yes, I am the better fighter.”
Fiamma fumes with anger, “Wanna bet! Come at me and we'll see who's better!” she screams.
“Don't mind if I do, sweet cheeks.” growls Ashton.
Kakadeus and Orpheus look at each other with concern as they observe the bickering fire types , and mumble simultaneously, “Oh no...” Orpheus then thinks for a moment and shrugs, “Ah..let em fight. They'll find out soon enough that their powers will drain from all this; tanks working on it already.”
Kakadeus nods, and smirks tiredly while taking a sip of coffee, hoping their day doesn't become more hectic that it needs to be. "Humph, as long as they don't get into trouble, or try cracking the glass.. because if they do, THEN we're going to have to do something about it." adds Kakadeus as he sits down.
“Ah, let em play, it's the only entertainment I'm going to get this evening.” says Lewa from the side lines.
Orpheus and Kakadeus look over at him with lifted brows. Kakadeus shakes his head, "This is not about entertainment, air type;if these two crack the glass, you're not going to be entertained, you're going to be WET..like the rest of us."
“Uhhh....” Lewa grimaces.
Kakadeus nods, “Yeah, and you're still going to have that thing stuck in you.” he adds.
Lewa shivers from the thought, and now realizes why the medics are concerned.
The fire types swing for one another in their holsters, ignoring their pained bodies out of sheer anger towards each other.
Ashton gets close enough to Fiamma that the two manage to grab each others holsters. Fiamma angrily kicks off Ashton's legs, and back flips gracefully through the liquid, catching herself before she hits the wall.
Once more they swing for each other, grabbing out and angrily trying to yank each others holsters. Finally Ashton gets his hands on the front of Fiamma's holster, and slaps her in the face.
Fiamma angrily lifts her legs and firmly places her feet on Ashton's belly, then ricochets of him; causing Ashton to curl up in pain as his belly thrusts inward from the force of Fiamma's kick. As Fiamma comes forward to make a final blow, Ashton manages to grab her leg and push her back forcefully, causing her to slam against the glass.
The two clench up in pain for a brief moment, then make a final swing at each other. Suddenly their holster rotate around and they find themselves entangled in a mess; then resort to fighting like cats, lashing out and whacking each other in the head.
Kakadeus gets up and finally has enough, “All right, that's enough! You two get untangled or I'm coming in there." he snaps.
Fiamma looks at Ashton angrily and says, “Lets end this.”
“Babies first.” says Ashton with an arrogant smirk.
Fiamma rolls her eyes, “Oh, stop talking about yourself...”
“Fine!” Ashton spits. He tries to untwist himself a little, and his hand skims along Fiamma's side as he tries to untangle.
“WATCH where you're TOUCHING!” Fiamma growls.
Ashton rolls his his eye, “It's not my fault we got tangle like this.”
Fiamma lifts a brow, "Oh..really? You're the one who was swinging around like a baboon."
“I was?!” Ashton gapes.
Kakadeus stomps his foot with impatience. They stop arguing and look at Kakadeus uneasily through the glass, and decide to stop fighting for fear of the medic. Carefully they untwist and and hang apart once more, bored and folding their arms as they pout; ignoring each other for a brief amount of time.
Pohatu smirks and sniffs the air, then nudges Lewa and chuckles, “You smell that?”
Lewa sniffs the air, “Hmm, what is that?” he says, at first getting a whiff of his own body odor; then catches himself, realizing Pohatu is metaphorically speaking.
“That is the smell of love at first sight.” Pohatu snickers.
The two Toa chuckle at this; Lewa lifts a brow, “Love?” he questions.
“Yeah” Pohatu nods, “I mean, look at those two, just look at them” he says while directing Lewa's attention at the two fire types, "they're trying to keep their eyes off each other, but they just can't."
Lewa chuckles and Pohatu says, "I've heard this is the beginning of what they call..relationship". Lewa and Pohatu shiver comedically at the thought.
“I don't know..” Pohatu shrugs, “it may just be the start of friendship..maybe?”
Lewa nods in agreement, “Probably” he says.
Pohatu squints his eyes, “A close friendship....”
“Mmm, a little weird.” Lewa remarks.
Pohatu cocks his head, “What do you mean? Look at Hahli and Jaller... Oh, or Hewkii and Macku.... Don't tell them I said that.”
Pohatu winces, "Eh.. I see those two fighting more than I see them in a relationship/ friendship connection. Although...Tahu is awfully protective of her."
“Mm hmm, and I don't think it's just because she's the girl of our team.” Lewa smirks.
Pohatu shakes his head, "Oh come on, we all have a place in our hearts for our sister, admit it; she's the only female Toa on the team. Even Kopaka protects her and cares for her to some degree."
Lewa nods awkwardly, "I know, and that creeps me out."
Pohau then reflects on the past, “And then we did protect Gali's little friend, Pearllight..whom she so passionately cared for like a little sister. I'll admit, that kid was like a little sister.. sort of a short, sweet team member if Tahu let her join us...” Pohatu takes a quick breath and clears his throat, then quickly changes the subject by looking at the time. “Well.. I best get going; head back home since it's getting late and I have to travel. I'm pretty much done here I think...*turns his head to Kakadeus* right Kakadeus?"
Kakadeus shrugs, "Not unless you want to work an all nighter... But, most people don't stick around that long."
Pohatu rubs the back of his neck and says, "Well... I really need to check up on my village, so.. I best get going."
"Think you could drop-leave a message at New Le-Koro, telling them I'm not going to be there tonight, on the way?" adds in Lewa.
Pohatu nods, “Sure.” he snickers.
"Thanks" Lewa returns tiredly.
“And tell me how the two love birds go, huh?”, Pohatu pitches in peppily with a mischievous wink.
“I will.” Lewa chuckles.
As soon as Pohatu leaves the room to head home for the evening, Lewa mutters to himself in pain, “Uhhh, this feels horrible.”
Kakadeus laughs from the side lines at Lewa's whinging; Orpheus folds his arms and shakes his head at Kakadeus's behavior. “You cruel thing...” Orpheus thinks to himself.
In pity Orpheus takes out some medicine and shakes it up, then comes over to Lewa and whispers, “Hey buddy?”
Lewa looks at him tiredly, “What?” he quietly says.
“Want some pain relief?” Orpheus smirks.
“Yes....that might be nice.” Lewa creakily returns.
Orpheus nods and pours the medicine into Lewa's water, then stirs it with the straw. Lewa takes a drink and feels the medicine kick in instantly. “Ooo, that feels good.” he says peppily.
“Yeah...have a good sleep.” Orpheus smiles.
Lewa's vision starts to blur, and suddenly his head gets so heavy feeling it hits the table, out cold for the night.
Orpheus laughs and Kakadeus shakes his head; “Orpheus! Did you just give him sedative?”
“What?!”, Orpheus shrugs, “the guy looked like he needed it.”
Kakadeus face palms, “Orpheus...” he sighs. Kakadeus comes over to the table and lifts Lewa arm, then lets it drop with a thud. "Knocked out cold!? What did you put in that stuff?!" he asks with shock.
"New formula, works great.", Orpheus chuckles.
Kakadeus shakes his head in disbelief, “He's an air type..not a Junti! Just because he's green, doesn't mean he's a Junti. Do you realize how that medicine could effect him”?
Orpheus shrugs awkwardly, "Oops..Eh..he'll just be waking up by lunch instead of early morning I guess.” he says with a grin.
Kakadeus Frowns, “Orpheus!”, he snaps with a reprimanding tone.
Orpheus grabs Kakadeus's shoulder, "Ah, don't worry about it Kakadeus. You worry too much; he'll pee it out. I only gave him a small dose.. certainly not enough to cause any problems. You act like I don't know what I'm doing; need I remind you that I'm the one who makes these medicines.”
Kakadeus says nothing, just nods grouchily and directs his attention to other things.
The two medics get back to work for the evening. Several hours later Orpheus's assumption comes true, Lewa's body starts to flush out the sedative, his urine a bright florescent green, an indication that the medicine is in fact leaving his system as planned.
Orpheus nears the drainage tube and signals for Kakadeus to come over and have a look. “Ewww, check this out, it has the color of that strange drink Humans call, Mountain Dew”.
Kakadeus grimaces with disgust, “Aww, gross...Orpheus?! Why did you have to make reference to a drink? I was just having dinner....” Kakadeus pauses and takes a second glance at the tube, “And you're right, it does look like that nasty Human drink. Bleh!”
Orpheus lifts his brows as the stream grows heavier. “Woo! I'm surprised he's peeing this much in his sleep..most people don't do that unless they're sick. That's some strong sedative; he's out like a light... fascinating.”
Kakadeus glares at him, “Orpheus, be a little more professional; medical isn't a game, it's an art form...a very sensitive art form. You should know, you've taught me much through the years, and if there's one thing I've see, it's that medical is hard and messy work, not to be taken so lightly”.
Orpheus shakes his head at Kakadeus's lecturing; knowing full well he has the proper knowledge and training for the job, just looks at situations with a lighter view, not so seriously like Kakadeus. None the less, Orpheus knows Kakadeus has had a hard life, which has made him grouchy over the years, but understands where he's coming from, and respects that.
Kakadeus and Orpheus continue their work through the evening, check up on the fire types once in awhile, then settle down to play a game of cards.
Life of Lewa-Chapter 2 "The Arena Match" <<previous chapter/next chapter>> Life of Lewa-Ch 3-Part 2 "Flushed Out"
No comments:
Post a Comment