Guardians of the Realm: Rise of Day

Chapter 8: Recovery

Zero gently laid the unconscious Trya on Day's couch, before reaching into his coat and pulling out a small square shaped object. The object was gray in color with rounded corners and raised circular surface on top as it popped from the center of the object. 

 Day was sitting in his old recliner as he was slowly coming down from the adrenaline he endured in battle.  "I know she's my girl friend and all, but what's to keep her from waking up and try to kill us both? For all, we  know my brother could still have a hold on her." 

Zero looked up from the woman, directing his attention at Day "Look Ki--" he stopped himself as he had found a new level of respect for the man "Day, let's just say....I get around quite a lot, I've learned a lot of things, so just trust me." Zero said before slamming his fist on the circular center of the object he pulled out. Upon doing so it burst open into a blue piece of cloth that housed a set of neatly arranged basic surgery supplies  "What's his name, by the way, your brother I mean." 

 Day leaned back in his chair "Night. his name is Night." 

Zero chuckled for a moment "Day and Night, boy did your parents hate you to give both of you such stupid names. Do you have sisters named Sun and Moon as well? Don't tell me, your mother's name is Star!"

 Day shook his head "No, no sisters that I'm aware of. Though I think Night got the better end of the stick in terms of names...Wait you're a surgeon?!"

 "Basic Surgery yes, I can get  a bullet out of people, and stitch back up but that's about all I can do." Zero replied as he picked up the needed instrument. Soon he went to work on first removing the bullets from the woman's shoulders "So...she'll probably have a limp from now on, I don't think anyone can fix a blown out knee, but blown out knee is still better than being dead." 

Day sighed "Well I guess it couldn't be helped could it?" 

Zero nodded as he removed the first bullet "Afraid so, can't have war without sacrifice, but not all sacrifices have to kill someone." 

 Day raised an eyebrow "So we're at war now?" 

 Zero nodded setting the bloody bullet on his cloth "Since you let your brother live back there, oh boy are you ever in a war..." Zero looked up from his work as he pointed his tweezers at Day, the tips of them coated in a layer of Trya's blood "You do realize he'll just keep coming back here now right? I know he's family, but even then there's still a line to be crossed. I'm sure he's crossed it about three miles ago." 

 "I know my brother. He's not acting of his own will." Day replied in an oddly cold tone for his character. 

"But what if he is? Will you be able to do what needs to be done?"Zero replied as he slowly removed the second bullet. 

 Day looked down "I....I don't know." 

 "Well you had better figure that out so I'll know if I need to pull the trigger or not..." Zero scratched the back of his head with his free hand "Man...killing family yeah that's a rough subject...uh how did you meet her?" 

Day looked at him curiously "Her?" 

Zero rolled his eyes "The Queen of England, who do you think "her" is dumbass?" 

 Day Raised both eyebrows in realization "Oh! Trya....Well, both trained to be guardians." Day thought for a minute "No, that wasn't it." He sighed as he closed his eyes a small smile painting his face "We've known each other so long I can't tell you honestly." 

"Long childhood friends, got it." Zero replied, "So, how did you guys start dating?" 

 Day chuckled "Well I tried to ask her one day, but this one guy from the realm of sands saw I was struggling and...asked her for me." 

Zero. Stopped working on Trya for a minute and looked over at Day before bursting into laughter "That's so pathetic!" He kept laughing before finally sighing. "Sorry it's just---" He stopped that last chuckle from escaping his lips  "But she said yes?" 

Day nodded "Yeah...I got lucky on that one." 

 Zero slowly removed the last bullet, this one from her knee. "Yeah that is pretty lucky buddy...Well that was the last bullet just gotta get these bone shards out of her knee." 

"Shouldn't we take her to a doctor or something?" Day asked 

 Zero nodded "You could do that, oooor you could let me finish up, Wait for her to wake up and determine rather or not she's still a threat, THEN take her to some poor innocent doctor who wouldn't be able to fight her off when she wakes." 

 Day cocked his head to the right slightly "Yeah I guess that makes sen---Wait what do you mean "if" I thought you said you had this?" 

 Zero slowly shrugged nervously "I mean....I haven't tested this so as a--nevermind." 

"As a what?" Day asked raising an eyebrow 

"Not drunk enough!" Zero replied sharply replied "Anywho. There's this temple in the realm of Light." He started twisting his hand in the closest shape to a circle that his wrist would allow "A real...churchy place. I've never been much of a religious type, but I've heard they have people that deal with this sort of shit." 

"...So your plan is  to have an exorcism performed?" Day asked dreading the answer. 

 Zero looked away in slight embarrassment but nodded "Yes..." 

 Day rested his elbow on one of the arms of his chair before burying his face in the palm of his hand "Great.." 

"Well I don't see you suggesting anything!" Zero yelled 

 "That is true..." Day thought for a moment before shrugging "Ah screw it, it's worth a shot." He said before looking at his now blood soaked couch "Ok mr problem solver, how you do you plan to get up all this blood?" 

 Zero "I have this!" He reached in and pulled out another one of those storage devices 

Day's eyes widened "DON'T--" Before he could finish a brand new couch burst from the pod, destroying Day's TV. 

Zero chuckled nervously "So uh....got any spare TVs laying around?" 

~end of chapter 8