Lorien Legacies - Nine's Illness

Lecture Hall

As John and I are walking to the Lecture Hall, I sneeze.

"I'd say bless you, but I see you've already been blessed" John says, with a wild grin..

We both start to crack up. Our laughs resound off the walls. The pain in my stomach gets worse when I laugh too hard. I stop laughing and groan.

"Nine? This is the second time I've had to ask you this, but are you ok? " John askes me, extinguishing his laughter.

I groan again. "Ugh I'm ok Johnny. Don't get your panties in a twist." I say, as I ignore the pain in my stomach.

We walk in silence.

We're at the Lecture Hall. We walk in and stretch before training.

"Get ready for a beating Johnny boy!" I shout as I do my final stretch.

John chuckles. "You think you're gonna beat me? Guess again!" He boasts.

We get into our fighting positions.

"READY SET GO!!!" I scream.

John throws a punch at me that I barely dodge. I try to kick him, but he easily dodges it. He tackles me. I fall with a groan. He's sitting on top of me.

"Wow!" He exclaims. "I didn't know you were that sick!" He laughs at me.

"Fuck you." I say while blushing.

John leans in and gives me that look he always does before he kisses me. His expression changes. He looks like he's investigating my face.

"Are you.... wearing makeup?" He asks me, with a puzzled look.

'Shit.'

John wipes his hand across my face, smudging the makeup. He continues to do this until he sees my paleness.

My nausea is back and worse than before. I put my hand over my mouth.

"Nine-" John starts to say, but I interrupted him by gagging.

He gets off me. I roll onto my side so that my back is facing him. I vomit.
It hits the floor with a sickening splash. The smell is so putrid that I puke again. I'm propped up on my arms, they're shaking violently. My ragged breath is worrying John more and more.

I hold my stomach tightly. Then everything goes black. I go unconscious.