Expedition Dipuma

Chapter 12: Drifton Johnson

The first thing that came back was my hearing. "Sarah! He's awake!" I can hear the shuffle of feet and I can feel, ever so slightly, the warmth of a hand on my chest. My eyes are having a hard time opening let alone trying to focus on something. I can kind of see an outline of a person, who's possibly female. At least the voices sound female despite the fact that it sounds like they are taking underwater, in a tin can, and far away. "Hey, look at that you can wiggle your fingers!" She said so quietly that I almost didn't hear her. Her voice is very velvety. "Can you tap your fingers twice if you can hear me?" I tap my pointer and middle fingers twice. I try to speak but all that comes out is a gross grunted sound. She gave a soft giggle and said "Sounds like you can hear me." I can almost feel her radiant smile and the warmth of her heart. I hear her breath catch as I feel my face make a smile. I attempt opening my eyes again and I am met with a pair of brown eyes.
They practically sparkled as her face darkened a little. "S-sorry." She pulled some of her hair out of her face as she sat down next to me. She sighed "I hope that you didn't think that I was being weird." She paused, looking away while mulling over her thoughts, "I just wanted to make sure that you were okay." I widened my smile and said "Well," she snapped her attention back at me in surprise, "I don't know how or what happened. Hell. I have no idea who you are, but I am better. And I probably wouldn't be alive, let alone better, if it wasn't for you. Her jaw dropped and her face was red to the tips of her ears. "Gosh, I um. Heh." She gave me an embarrassed smile, "I-I'm not ausally, I mean! I'm not actually the 'one' that saved or, I mean, healed you. I-It's actually a lot of people. But mostly the queen. She gave you her blood. Which saved your life. And took hers." She hid her face behind her hands. "Why do I have to be so embarrassing?!" She whispered scolding herself into her hands. Wow. She is adorable.
I gently pulled one of her hands off of her face, her uncovered eye looked at me. "You are just fine. Have you ever talked to a guy before?" I teased. She sprung straight up in her chair, jaw dropped, and said "ugh! Yes I have! He has a better sense of humor than you do!" Then an alien walked into the room with a tray of medical supplies and stopped in the middle of the path it was making to the machine that I was connected to. I stood up and put myself between the girl and the alien. "Well." The alien said, setting the tray down. "It looks like you are feeling better." The girl peeked around me and said "Sarah, he has never had an interaction with one of your kind before." It stopped fiddling with the supplies, sighed, and turned around. It looks at me "Well, I suppose that's why you're all tensed up then, huh?" I turned to face Myah "Wait, you know that thing?" I asked. She giggled "Yes and her name is Sarah, ya doofus." She walked my arm as she was having a hard time holding back her laughter. Then there was a shadow that came over the castle, making it darker inside. I looked up to see what's happening but I couldn't see what it was. "What's happening?" Myah stood to stand next to me to follow my gaze while Sarah approached us to look as well. "Oh, they're bringing the ship inside and it looks like it's a success." Sarah said, walking back to pick up the supplies that she had brought earlier. "Come on, follow me." Myah said, grabbing my arm and dashing across the halls. We stopped once we reached the top of the stairway just outside the doors. The ship is huge and it's badly dented. I looked through the window and saw something. "There's a girl waving at us." I commented pointing at the ship. Myah gasped and ran back into the castle. Um, okay. Leave me here, by myself. Woosh! I felt the wind from Sarah's wings as she flew up to the ship, and just as fast as she came, she brought another girl out who looked like she was unconscious. Myah came back out, out of breath, and said "Let's go back in to see what's wrong with her." I agreed because I don't really know anyone anyways.
We got to the medical room and Sarah rushed around assessing the girl to see what's wrong. "Ugh! Why is there no evidence of what's wrong with you!" She said under her breath. I'm honestly just glad that I can see her chest rise and fall with every slow breath. Then Sarah put her forehead to the girls, now I'm confused. "What's going on?" I whispered into Myahs ear. Her face turned pink but she said "They can look through her with a special muscle on her forehead to see if there's any internal damage. They can also look at people's memories. If they can't talk, that's how they can communicate to each other." "Fascinating." I said. Sarah pulled away and turned to us, while rushing us out." Okay. So, she has a concussion and a fractured skull. I need everyone to stay out." She went back into the medical room, "Oh! Please do send Mike in. I will need his assistance." We stood there in shock but then we ran towards where they were trying to land the ship. "Mike! Miiiike!" Myah desperately shouted. A Na'vi with antlers on his head, who was directing the ship, looked towards us. That must be Mike. He had someone replace his position and trotted over to us as we stopped to catch our breaths. "What's wrong?" Mike asked. Myah, still hunched over trying to catch her breath, puts up her hand telling him to hold on a minute. "Sarah asked for your assistance." She said exhausted. He whistles for the beast looking thing and hurries off down a path, leading away from the castle. "Wait! Where are you going?!" Myah shouted. "When Sarah asks for my assistance, that means that Jackie needs to get involved. Something must have gone wrong in order to need our help." "She said that she has a concussion and a fractured skull, I would think that something is wrong." I responded. Then he took off as fast as the beast could take him.
"Wait so, who's Jackie?" I asked Myah.
She looked at me and said, "Jackie is the oldest living angel, who has outlived the past five queens, and she's the official royale healer. Soon, Mike will take her place. Before Mike and Rosie were born, Sarah was supposed to take Jackie's place, but there was a sign that he is meant to be the next healer." "What was the sign?" "I don't know. I have only heard rumors that it has to do with his antlers." "Weird. Is he a Na' vi?" "He is half Na'vi, half angel. Even though you can't see the angel half in him. His sister, Queen Rosie, has wings like them." "Ah. I see." The planet shook a little as they finally got the ship to land. The door opened to reveal a pale Emma starting to run for the castle. Me and Myah looked at each other and I nodded. We caught her, Emma looked so confused, and she started to thrash out. "Hey! I have to get to Steph!" "Whoa! It's okay! She's in good hands. They're going to handle the situation." Myah said to try to calm Emma down, as I am holding on to her. "Okay, you can set her down, Drifton." Myah said. Once Emma calmed down, I gently set her down, all while hoping she wouldn't be mad at me. She just kind of stands there, probably waiting for us to do something. "So, what happened?" She asked. "Sarah couldn't find anything wrong with her at first, but she put her forehead to Steph's and found out that she has a concussion and a fractured skull. Emma gasped, her hands instantly went to her face as she shook and sobbed. "We had an argument just before she fell and I feel horrible. Do you think that she will be okay?" Emma asked. Myah reached up to brush her tears, "Hey, I'm sure that Steph will be just fine." She moved to hug her. "Besides, if they can bring Drifton from the dead, they will be able to fix Stephanie." They let go of each other and Myah made eye contact with Emma to reassured her. "Yeah. Sorry that I got all worked up." "No worries. We are all here for you." I said putting out my fist for a fist bump, and she obliged. "Thanks guys." Said Emma "The ship is run down, the electrical status is burnt-out, and there are two broken windows." "What are we going to do?" Myah asked. "We are going to fix our Nightingale." Emma stated, starting to head back towards it.