Fourth Floor Common Room, Thursday Late Afternoon

[slr-mercury.livejournal.com]

With some help from Setsuna, Ami had made it to her room to change and to get a glass of water. Or two. She then decided to be true to her promise to Dr. Troy and t take it easy in the common room. So there she was, under a blanket on the couch, watching bad soap operas on the TV. She had called Billy as soon as she had gotten to her room, and now was waiting for his call.

[open as common rooms are. Ami looks kinda beat up]

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[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

No sooner had Billy stumbled, exhausted into his room, than he'd heard Ami's message (http://l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com/334.html?thread=41294#t41294).

*Bring bring when her cellphone. Or, whatever sound her phone makes when it rings.*

On the Cell Phone

[slr-mercury.livejournal.com]

Actually, it played the moonlight sonata. Ami jumped and flailed at the sudden noise.

"Hello?"

Re: On the Cell Phone

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Where are you?!" Billy's frantic voice came through.

Re: On the Cell Phone

[slr-mercury.livejournal.com]

"Common room. Where are you?" She sounded really scared and small.

Re: On the Cell Phone

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"My room. I'll be right there."

Stumble stumble *thump!* (that would be Billy losing his balance because hey! Hurrying and dehydration don't work!)

He appeared in the doorway, spare eyepatch clutched forgotten in his hand, other hand bracing himself against the doorway. He'd shucked the coat, but he was still in the clothes from sunday. He looked, and possibly smelled, a mess.

[slr-mercury.livejournal.com]

When Ami saw him she gasped. She jumped up,. instantly regretting the sudden movement and hurried to hug him. "Oh god, you look like i feel. Come on, sit down."

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"It, it happened to you too?" Billy asked, allowing himself to be led to sit down.

[slr-mercury.livejournal.com]

"Whatever it is..." Ami said sitting down next ot him and putting some other blanket around him as well as herself. "You as well? What.. what happened?" She shivered and whispered //"I am scared."//

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"I don't know." Billy said. "I was walking in the park, and, and next thing I know it's a day later and I'm being taken to the clinic. With.....holes punched in my head."

*flash*
Metal, piercing, pain in his head.

[slr-mercury.livejournal.com]

"Holes IN your head?" Ami shook her head. "I keep seeing... knives..."

She noticed the wince. "What is it? What's wrong?" It was roughly then that she noticed that his eye-patch was missing. She had never seen it off before. She had been curious what was under it, but this was hardly the time.

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Something, I think I...remembered..." he rubbed his eyes with the heels of his hands, and realized his patch wasn't on.

"Oh hell." he grumbled, slipping it on.

[slr-mercury.livejournal.com]

"What, what was it?" She hoped if maybe Billy remembered, she would too.

"What's wrong?" she asked as he put the patch back.

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Whatever...happened to me....someone put something in my brain."

[slr-mercury.livejournal.com]

"What?!?!?"

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Billy squeezed his eye shut, and could...almost see....unfortunately whenever he tried to remember just who had done this, he saw his father. And he was pretty sure that wasn't right.

"My skull's a %*$&ing collander."

[slr-mercury.livejournal.com]

Ami put her arms around him in a tight hug. "Shh... it's ok. It will be ok." she whispered. She kissed the side of his head lightly. "We will figure it out."

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Billy held her back. "Are you okay?"

[slr-mercury.livejournal.com]

"The doctor said i will be fine... I am mostly banged up and dehydrated and missing time. But not internal organs, Dr. Troy checked."

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Jesus." Billy sighed, just the fact that they'd had to check that.

[slr-mercury.livejournal.com]

"I just can't remember anything... it is so disorienting, and frustrating..."

It was at this time that Ami's phone rang to let her know she had voice mail from Annette. The little light on top flashed brightly.

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

A little while later, Billy stirred. "Hey, believe it or not, I'm feeling restless. "I'm gonna go get something to drink and maybe wander for, well for a very short while cause I doubt I could manage much more than that."

[slr-mercury.livejournal.com]

"Ok..." She grudgingly disentangled herself from him. Having him near was comforting. //"Come back?"//