Tadakono and Phenomenon left Chibi's room with her notebook for Lack. They felt really drained but happy that Chibi was finally resting. They stayed and healed her while she slept until her wound was a thin white line.
"I wonder where Lack is now," Tadakono murmured to Phenomenon as they past the Infirmary. "Training Room perhaps." They walked to the Training Room and peeked in. Lack sat in the middle watching brighteyes and illusions training with Bloody Branches.
"Uh Lack," Phenomenon asked softly. "Chibi said to give you this. She was pushing herself to get all this written down to give you before she let herself rest. Its why it looked like she wasn't healing."
Lack looked up at him and reached out to take the notebook from them. "How is she now?" he asked flicking through quickly.
"She's sleeping," Tadakono replied. "She'll probably wake up around noon tomorrow considering how much healing we did on her… Is the notebook helpful?"
Lack nodded. "I can already see a few ways of killing doppelgangers quickly but none are very favorable so far. Many rely on her being stronger than she is. If I have no choice, I'll have to get train her until she is strong enough to handle the options in my head. But for now, I want to keep her as supportive. I'll let you know my options once I have them all in my head."
Syaoran entered the Training Room with a stack of Bloody Branches. "Just finished hunting for these. It takes so long! Do we need many more?"
Lack nodded. "Take these four with you. And Trelawney as well. They can help and train at the same time." Flicking to the front of Chibi's notebook, he added "I just received some work that needs to be done if it's to benefit the guild."
Lack stared at the notebook for a while not noticing Syaoran leave with illusions, brighteyes, Tadakono and Phenomenon. Looking up, he decided to go check on Chibi before he seriously started to read her notes.
~~~
"Lack's being a little weird lately," Trelawney said jumping down from the tree she just searched. "He's a little, I don't know, over-protective of Chibi."
Tadakono and Phenomenon laughed. "He's always been like that. He and Chibi created a few guilds together before Fight Club was formed. They have like a big brother - little sister relationship." Tadakono replied. "Trust me when I say that if Chibi had died from that Doppelganger, it would of disheartened him from running the Guild properly for a while."
"Well," brighteyes said leaping from one tree to another to cut down a Bloody Branch she spotted. "It makes sense I guess. I wonder what work he needs to do."
~~~
This is seriously not good. I better talk our options over with Syao, Tada and Phen. I bet Chibi already knows what my options are. Damn that girl! Why doesn't she tell me these things before hand? Lack scratched his head in frustration and looked over his own notes. I have no choice, do I? He looked over his notes carefully. Or do i? Scribbling down some notes, he smiled. That could work. Just hope that it'll stop Chibi from doing something reckless again.
"Lack?" Siel called moving carefully into the room. "What you doing?" She looked at his notes. "Why are you bothering? You know very well Chibi's going to do something reckless and make you worry again." She leaned over his back and wrapped her arms around him. "Don't worry about this anymore. Come back to my room for a while. You're always so busy that we don't get time to ourselves." Lack closed Chibi's notebook and nodded. Getting up, he let Siel guide him out of his study to her room.
~~~
"I think we have more than enough Bloody Branches now," Syaoran said looking at the four large piles. "Aside from that, Chibi'll be very happy. We found lots of Fabrics and Immortal Hearts for her to play with…" Syaoran paused listening carefully. "Did you guys hear that?"
"Hear what?" Trelawney asked straining her ears. "I don't hear anything."
"I don't think it was a physical sound," brighteyes replied. "It's from our emergency network."
"I didn’t know that still worked," illusions closed her eyes listening to her heart. They listened, the wind blew in their ears blocking out external sound.
Soft cries sounded in their heads. Slowly becoming louder. Where are you all? Please! If you're away from Headquarters come back quickly. Lack… The voice cut off. Tadakono was first to open his eyes.
"Who was that?" Phenomenon asked casting Warp Portal. "It sounded like Chibi but she wouldn't be awake yet."
"In any case, let's get back just in case."
~~~
Minna held Chibi upright as both staggered away from the Infirmary. "Keep trying to call them Chibi. I can't believe Siel is also a doppelganger. We need to get it away from Lack."
"Go towards the Foyer," Chibi whispered. "If they're coming back there'll be appearing there first won't they?" Minna nodded and they staggered together towards the Foyer.
Phenomenon and the others stood there listening carefully. Minna helped Chibi over to them. "Thank goodness you're here!" Minna cried. "There's another doppelganger. It's much stronger than the previous ones we've fought. It's… It's…" Minna began to cry.
Tadakono and Phenomenon took Chibi from her and helped her the floor. Chibi looked worn out but no blood to be seen. "It hasn't broken open. But you two need to get to the infirmary. Lack's been badly injured by the doppelganger. He wasn't expecting Siel to become one. She caught him off guard. I'll be alright here."
"You're coming with us," Tadakono said firmly. Syaoran crouched down and Tadakono helped Chibi onto his back. Phenomenon supported Minna. "What exactly happened? You would have been safe in your room Chibi."
"I felt an alchemical reaction," Chibi replied. "By the time I reached Minna, Lack was already struggling. He has a deep cut into his left shoulder and burn marks all along his right arm and leg. This doppelganger can do every flame skill I can think of. Including create Bombs from nothing. Even with his incredible strength, Lack can't defeat this doppelganger alone, not in the state he's in now . I doubt any human can escape a Bomb point blank."
Reaching the infirmary, they saw Lack crumpled in a heap on the floor. Chibi slid off Syaoran's back and sat on the floor near Lack and quickly checked his vitals. "He's stable. Just out cold. Once you start healing him he'll wake up." Tadakono and Phenomenon kneeled down and began to Resurrect and Heal Lack. Brighteyes, illusions, Trelawney and Minna stood in a circle around them. Syaoran stood near the door keeping a look out for the doppelganger.
"What is going on here?" Lack asked quietly. "Last I remember is a Bomb coming right at me." He looked at Phenomenon and Tadakono. "Where's the doppelganger?"
"It's somewhere in Fight Club," Tadakono replied focusing his efforts. "Will you be alright after this intensive healing? Healing someone takes a lot of spiritual power from the person being healed." Lack nodded and glanced at Chibi.
"Forget it this time Lack," Chibi replied folding her arms. "I can't stand properly to support my own weight let alone carry my pouch because of the intensive healing Tada and Phen put me through yesterday. Unless you have some idea on having me support from one spot, there's no way…"
Lack got up and stretched. "Use your Frilladora Muffler. We'll draw the doppelganger into the Training Room." He frowned and moved his right arm around. "Not 100% but I guess I should expect that." He gave Tadakono a pat on the back and then bent over to pick Chibi up. "Brighteyes, Minna, I want you to get Chibi's pouch and sword from her room. Trelawney, illusions, I need you two to find the doppelganger and bring it to the Training Room. Tadakono, Syaoran, Phenomenon and I will be waiting there."
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