The Dark Hour

--------Skyla--------

I went down to the Med Bay to see if Ryan was there but also to see how Ridge was doing, and maybe Cas if I was allowed. I walked in and I didn't see Ryan. I sighed then went to Ridge's room. I peeked in and Ridge was sleeping with an oxygen mask over his face. Lalna was there and he had a chair pulled up beside the bed and his head was right by Ridge's arm. He was asleep too and he was holding Ridge's hand. I smiled and quietly left. I turned around and ran right into someone. I backed up and sighed.

"Ryan, where were you?"

"I was going to the bathroom. Why? Is everything okay?"

"Yeah, but why is Ridge sleeping with an oxygen mask?"

"To help with his lungs, he did have to get surgery done. It's only till he stops wheezing."

"How long do you think it'll be until he can get out of here?" I asked slightly worried.

"Probably not till a couple of days so we know something won't happen that'll case his lungs to fill up with blood again." I nodded.

"Ok, do you know what exactly happened to him. No one ever told me."

"All I know is that he got a concussion, broke a few ribs, and he had a punctured lung."

"At least he didn't break his arm or leg," I sighed. "What about Cas? Do you know anything about his condition?"

"No I don't sorry."

"Ok," I sighed. "Do you think they'll let us see him?"

"Probably."

"Ok, I'm going to go see him."

"Okay, I'm going back to our room." I nodded.

"Ok, I'll see you when I'm done in here."

"Okay." He said giving me a quick kiss on the cheek and walked off. I sighed softly then went to the room I thought Cas was in. I quietly went in and no one was in here besides Cas. Cas was awake and messing around with this puzzle type thing. It was a sphere with all these puzzle stuff inside. He seemed focused on it.

"Hey Cas," I said softly. He looked up then he smiled softly.

"Hey," He said quietly. His right ankle and his left arm were in a cast.

"How are you doing?"

"I'm ok," He said softly. "Gabriel gave me this puzzle sphere and I'm close to solving it." I nodded.

"That's cool. So are you feeling better?"

"Yeah, Gabriel needs to take it easy though. He has a broken arm and he's still running around." I nodded.

"Yeah, I can ask Michael to convince him if you'd like." He nodded.

"Yeah he won't listen to me."

"So do you know exactly what happened?" I asked softly. He set the sphere in his lap and looked at his hands.

"Um, they asked a lot of questions. Like other ways to get into the base and why I didn't have any beads like I was supposed to. I didn't know any other ways than the beads and I never got any more after I ran out. Then they started asking how the beads were made and I didn't know, Hannah makes them. One of them got upset about me not knowing anything and hit me. One of them snapped at the guy but he didn't stop. I-I tried to back away from him and he pulled me up by my arm and twisted it. He asked the same questions and I gave him the same answers. He twisted it harder and my arm snapped." He stopped for a few seconds, thinking, then he continued.

"They got tired of me and threw me into the same cell as Layla. She seemed better than I was and she put a sling on my arm. She sang something until I fell asleep. She was gone when I woke up, and I woke up to this guy stepping on my ankle. I pushed him off me then he picked me up by my shirt and... I don't really remember what happened next." I nodded.

"It's ok Cas, at least you're ok now." He nodded.

"Yeah, um you better go before Gabriel gets back. I'm not supposed to have visitors without him in here."

"Ok, hope you get better soon." He smiled.

"I'll try, bye." I left the room and sighed. I needed to talk to Michael, but first I wanted to take a nap.