Never

Chapter Seven

A few days later...

I entered the temple, still rubbing my sore arm. Calvin turned around and smiled when he saw me.

"Good evening Miss Jesse!" He said. "Nothing unusual happened while you were attending to your duties" I smiled.

"That's great" I replied. "Did the doctors come by?" I asked.

"They did" Calvin replied. "They tended to both Hadrian and Mevia. Unfortunately, there conditions are the same as before. Mevia is still in her coma, and Hadrian is growing weaker by the hour..." I frowned, though managed a small, sad smile

"At least it could be worse..." I said. I looked up and smiled. "I need to thank you for coming here on such short notice Calvin. Radar was pulled in to help assist Harper and Ivor on their task in Ground City, which is why he's been absent. And without my intern, I can't attend to anything without leaving Hadrian and Mevia alone in the palace..."

"It's fine Miss Jesse" Calvin said with a smile. "I'm always happy to help a friend of Miss Olivia's and our dear Ellegaard" I smiled sadly when he mentioned Ellegaard, another death that occurred for someone undeserving of it... Even without her presence however, Olivia continues her legend and work in Redstonia proudly alongside her own intern, Calvin, who Olivia sent to assist me while Radar was busy in Ground City. He was supposed to return the day I sent him, however Ivor and Harper needed an extra pair of hands, so Radar volunteered to help. Luckily, he was returning today with both Otto and Harper, though not until around sunset.

"Is Hadrian awake?" I asked Calvin. He nodded. "Great. I'll go watch over him for the time being. Do you mind watching over Mevia?"

"Not at all Miss Jesse" Calvin replied. I smiled as Calvin walked over to Mevia's room. I held my sore arm and winced at the pain slightly, the scar from the spider I fought still visible. I shrugged this off however as I walked over to Hadrian's room. After he told me about his argument with Mevia and comforted me, I've been compelled to help to help him as much as I can until the inevitable dawns on him. I failed to help him before, but I can still help him now. I lightly knocked on the door, before coming in. Hadrian was in his bed, looking out the window, though he turned his attention to me once I entered. He smiled

"Hello Jesse" He greeted. "I didn't know you liked using our armour" I chuckled a little. I was called to the mines as a hoard of spiders had taken over, and I decided to use 'Tim's' armour for the job

"What can I say? It's durable and actually really pretty" I said. "I can't believe you guys made this just for the whole Tim lie" I immediately regretted spouting that sentence, however Hadrian chuckled lightly

"That armour is much older than that whole Tim ruse" he explained. I cocked my head to the side as he continued. "That armour actually belongs to Mevia. She used it all the time back in the day, when she was around your age in fact. When I came up with the whole Tim story, Mevia and I just decided to use her old armour since no one at the Games knew it was hers" I looked down at the armour I wore. This used to belong to Mevia? I tried to picture Mevia wearing the armour, and it suited her perfectly. The pure white armour rimmed with gold and light blue highlights perfectly blended with her cyan blue hair and pale skin. In my mind, she almost looked like a pure hero, a god if you will. The armour was very durable and also quite pretty, one of my favourites to use. However, now knowing the armour belongs to Mevia, I felt a little bad using it so often

"... Would she want it back?" I asked Hadrian. "If she does, I'll glad return it" Hadrian shook his head.

"You keep it" He told me. "You'll get more use of it than Mevia will these days. Besides, it suits you. Although the blonde streak is a little out of place..." I ran my fingers through the streak where my hairclip would usually be, now replaced by a bright blonde streak