Infirmary

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    When I woke up I was in the infirmary. I looked to my left and saw Aaron and his friend or brother, I'm not even sure, sitting on the bed with him. He didn't have his shirt on but his side was bandaged. He got up and came over to my bedside, his brother close behind.
"Thank goodness you're alive!" He hugged me. I felt a little pain. "You saved my life."
"No problem." He let go. I looked around. "Do you know where Will is?" I looked down. "And why I only have a bra on? And bandages? What did I miss when I was out?"
"Will!" Aaron yelled.
"What! What's wrong?!" Will yelled, running into the room.
"Will! Why am I in only a bra and pants? And why is my side bandaged? What happened?" I fired out questions.
"Hold on one second. Maggie, breath." He tried.
"No. I'm in a room with three boys. One of which is not Nico. Where is Nico?" I was rampaging.
"I told him to go get some sleep and come back tomorrow. And you got hurt by the Minotaur. Do you want to see the cut?" He asked. He was just trying to calm me down.
"Yes." I replied.
He got more bandages, gauzes, and cleaning materials for the cut. He walked back over to me and started unwrapping the bandages. I didn't look down until he told me to. There was a six inch cut on my left side. It looked deep but not deep enough to be life threatening.
"Will someone help me to the sink?" I asked. Aaron put his arm around my waist, careful not to touch the cut.
"It's incredible that you aren't doubled over in pain right now." Will said.
"Well, enough pain gives you a high pain tolerance." I said.
Aaron was still holding me, I leaned over and turned on the faucet. Once the water started running, I put my hand under it. The water went up my right arm, down my torso, then over to the cut and healed it. It left a nice scar. I turned to Aaron and touched his bandages. The water went up my right arm, across my chest, down my left arm, and through the bandages to heal the cut. I unwrapped his bandages. He has a three inch scar now.
"Welcome to Camp Half-Blood. You got your first scar already and you haven't even been claimed." I said.
All of the sudden, a golden sun appeared above both their heads.
"I spoke too soon. You are sons of Apollo." I explained. "By the way, can I have a shirt?" Will threw me a shirt.
"Okay. Well we should give them a tour." Will said. I looked at the time. It was 9:53.
"No. It's seven minutes until curfew. Plus, I'm tired. And we are getting up at 6:30, remember?" I said.
"Oh yeah. Okay. Do you guys mind waiting until tomorrow?" Will asked. They shook their heads.
"What's your name?" I asked Aaron's brother/friend, still didn't know, because he still didn't say it.
"Micha. I'm his brother. Thanks for saving our lives."
"No problem." I said. We started walking to the Apollo cabin.
"Maggie, what did you mean a lot of pain builds up your pain tolerance?" Will asked.
"Well, I have been kidnapped several times, beaten, and I have been mentally hurt. At one point, Ouranos took over my body and sent waves of pain so powerful that after he stopped I still felt the pain for five minutes." I explained.
"I'm sorry, sis." He hugged me.
"So you're our sister?" Aaron asked.
"Not technically." I said. "I am a daughter of Athena but I am blessed by Aphrodite, Apollo, Artemis, Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, and Hephaestus."
     "Oh okay. Is this our cabin?" Aaron replied.
     "Yep." I answered.
      We walked in and a blonde girl ran up to Will and whispered something in his ear. Will turned to us.
     "Looks like there was only one extra bed so you two have to share one with each other or one of you has to share with someone else." Will explained.
     "I will sleep in a bed with someone else. Micha kicks." Aaron said.
     "Okay. With who?" Will asked.
     "You can share a bed with me. I'm basically the only one who doesn't kick in this cabin. I usually stay still." I explained.
     "Okay. Cool." Aaron said.
     "I don't kick." Will whined.
     "Yes you do." I retorted.
     "Fine. Just everybody to bed." Will shouted so the whole cabin could hear.
     I laid down in my bed. Aaron laid down behind me in the opposite direction. Our backs were together.
     "Goodnight Aaron, goodnight Will." I said.
      I slowly drift into a light sleep. I was on the ship. I saw Jax fighting one of the cyclops that captured us, well me. I saw myself fighting one. All of the sudden, Jax hit the back of my head with the butt of his sword. I felt the pain in my head but I didn't pass out. The next place was the garden. Ouranos turned around and all the sudden my other self fell. I felt the same pain that I felt that day all over again.
     I woke up with my back ached and I was sweating. I looked over to see Aaron looking at me wide-eyed. I noticed I was crying too.
     "Are you okay?" He whispered, concerned.
     "Yeah." I lied.
     "It's okay to not be." He hugged me. I broke down in his arms. After a minute, I heard Will's voice.
     "Maggie, what are you doing?" He whisper yelled.
     "I had a bad dream and I accidentally woke Aaron up. I'm sorry. I was just not okay and he hugged me." I explained.
     "Okay. Well, get dressed and, as long as you're up, Aaron get dressed too. Here are some clothes." Will handed him some clothes.
     "Thanks." Aaron said.
     "I'll be in the bathroom." I said.
      After about three minutes, I came out of the bathroom. I was wearing a white t-shirt that said "What The Hell" on it, jean shorts, and black combat boots. My hair was in a high ponytail.
     "Two questions Will." Aaron said.
     "What?" Will replied.
     "One, why is she not wearing a Camp Half-Blood shirt? Two, how did she get ready so fast?" Aaron asked in amusement.
     "One, she has been through a lot and you can't control her. And two, she isn't your average girl." Will said.
     "What do you mean?" Aaron asked again. I was starting to get bored of this.
     "Well this is the girl of every man's dreams. She can get dressed fast. She wears dresses sometimes but mostly wears jeans or sweatpants and she doesn't care what anybody else thinks." Will explained.
     "That's right. Now can we go? I didn't wake up early just to chit chat. We have a job." I said, walking towards them. "And last one there has to clean up today." I took off in a sprint to the infirmary.

    
    

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