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Healing (Wylie x Linh)

A/N:  This story is set during LODESTAR, specifically after Wylie gets kidnapped.

Linh was sitting in Alluvetare. She was sitting on a couch, opposite her brother Tam. She was trying to pry info from her brother. "C'mon Tam, who do you like?" Linh asked. Tam blushed. "Nobody." He said, extremly unconvincingly. "I'll tell you who I like." said Linh. "You first." Tam challenged.

Linh took a deep breath. "Wylie." she said, blushing. "You like him?!" asked Tam. "Well, yeah. Now, it's your turn Tam, who do you like?" Linh asked sweetly. Tam blushed furiously and muttered something. "What was that?" she asked. "Keefe." He said. "I knew it!" Linh exclaimed. "Wh- how?" asked Tam. Linh winked. "Twin powers." 

Just then, the doors of the room swung open. Mr Forkel stood in the doorway, looking worried. Tam and Linh sprung up. "What's going on!" Linh asked. "It's Wylie." Linh's heart stopped. "He was found outside Prentice's cottage, bleeding, reeking of sedatives and badly burned." Mr Forkel said, worriedly. "It was the Neverseen." Linh fell to the floor. Tam rushed to her side.

(A few hours later)

Linh was pacing outside the room Wylie was in. She was waiting for Forkel to give them news. After what seemed like an eternity, the door swung open. "Linh, we need your help." Physic said from the doorway. Linh rushed in, nearly collapsing when she saw the state Wylie was in. Burn marks were all over his exposed chest. Welts were forming as well. The marks were in the clear shape of hands. 

And the blood. Linh gagged. "I need you to wrap Wylie in a cocoon of water, it should help wash away the blood and clear the wounds." Physic said. Linh looked at Sir Tiergan, who was sitting next to Wylie. Tiergan was Wylie's adopted father, but he cared for Wylie as if he were his own son. "He hasn't moved since Wylie came here." Physic explained. 

Linh began to move the water in the air to form the cocoon around Wylie. She moved the water into place, and sat down next to Tiergan. "Sophie and Fitz will come by soon, Tiergan says that Wylie's mental condition is declining quickly." Physic told her. 

"Tiergan, you need to clean up. Me and Linh will take care of him for now. You go have a shower and change." Physic told him. When he didn't move Physic added, "It could be very dangerous for him to be in contact with germs right now." Tiergan sighed. He stood up, and left the room.

Once Tiergan had left, Wylie began to stir. "The sedatives are wearing off!" cried Physic. "I need to go get some, wait here!" Physic told her, running down the hall. Wylie's eyes fluttered. "Linh" he began. He tried to talk, but stared coughing. "My pocket..." Linh looked at him. "Do you want me to get something from your pocket. "Y-yeah." Linh reached into Wylie's pocket, drawing out a key. Wylie was about to tell her something when the pain began to kick in.

Wylie began thrashing violently, and Physic burst through the door, tipping the sedative down Wylie's throat. Wylie grew still, his breaths returning to a normal pace. What is this key for?, Linh wondered.

(After Sophie and Fitz check Wylie's mind)

"Tiergan was correct. Wylie's mind is deteriorating, fast." Fitz told everyone. "He'll need to stay sedated for a while then." Physic sighed. Sophie flinched at the mention of sedatives. "Linh?" Fitz asked. "Yeah?" Linh responded. "Wylie said we needed to give you a message." Sophie said. Linh straightened. "What was it?" Her voice trembled slightly. "Wylie said to go to his room in the elite tower at foxfire, and to unlock the box with the key." Sophie said.

Linh pulled the key from her pocket, and explained what happened earlier. She sighed when she realised something. "I can't. As an exilium wayward, I'm not meant to be in the lost cities." Linh tried to sound fine, but she was really upset.