Chapter 4 - At Mideel

Chapter 4: At Mideel

Mideel was the perfect place for a fugitive like me to go. I didn't want to be around familiar faces, and I'd never been to the hot springs town before-and I thought the others wouldn't think of going there too, but I was wrong.
I got a job at the clinic; I was a doctor's janitor, and the nurse's substitute when she wasn't there (which was rare). I also went for herbs to aid the healing of a bunch of old guys. Every other night I went for a walk along the shore nearby, and that was how I found Cloud.
I actually tripped over his sword. I caught myself, rolled my eyes, and looked back to see what had made me stumble.
"Cloud!" I said, shaking him. His eyelids fluttered, and he looked weakly at me.
"Aeris..."
"No, Cloud," I said, "it's me, Sun."
He closed his eyes again, and I thought, "Oh, shoot, now I've got to carry him back to the clinic."
"Goodness, what happened?" asked the nurse as I struggled through the door.
"No idea," I said. "Doctor, can I get a diagnosis?"
Awhile later, the doctor came back out of the diagnosis-area-thing looking grim. I knew it was bad news.
"What is it?" I asked quietly.
"Mako poisoning," he answered.
"Oh, God, please no."
"Why are you so concerned about him?" the doctor asked.
"He's my brother," I replied.
"You two don't look alike."
"We have different dads." Well, I wasn't lying there. And different moms, I thought to myself.
"This is the worst case I've ever seen," the doctor said. "He could die."
And I thought, "Could die, but hasn't yet."



~End of Chapter 4~

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