Pirate King

Chapter 14

Hongjoong and Yeosang were sprawled at the floor. Jongho was breathing deeply on his hands and feet, trying to catch his breath. Yunho was still not awake, and Seonghwa's power was deficient. Seonghwa bit his lip as the others carried Yunho into their infirmary, which they haven't used in years. Seonghwa checked on Hongjoong's pulse, and then checked Yeosang's-- they were only passed out thankfully. He turned to Jongho and frowned; he's never seen him in such pain before. He swiftly moved to his side, rubbing his back gently so that he could breathe easily again. "I-I'm o-okay. Tend to the others," Jongho said selflessly.

"Can you manage to get to your room?" Seonghwa said in a worried voice. Jongho nodded his head, but then Mingi appeared and helped Jongho up.

"I'll take him," he said as he wrapped one of Jongho's arm around his shoulder. Mingi began to half carry, and half drag him to his room.

"We haven't been here in ages, I-I can't believe nothing has changed. The place looks like it's stuck in time," San said as he came into the room. Wooyoung followed him close behind, and when he noticed Yeosang on the floor, he quickly rushed towards him. He placed Yeosang's head onto his lap, stroking his hair gently.

"We've been in our ship for the majority of the last five years, and then town hopped for just as long. It's no surprise it's exactly as we left it," Seonghwa replied as he made his way back to Hongjoong.

"I know but still, memories," San said, beaming at Wooyoung. Wooyoung could only smack his arm disapprovingly.

"How can you be smiling when Yeosang is passed out in between us!" Wooyoung said, scowling. San rolled his eyes and placed one of Yeosang's arms around his shoulder to pull him up, Wooyoung mirroring what the other was doing. They soon had Yeosang propped up between them, and they took him to his own bed. Seonghwa was left alone with Hongjoong, and while Hongjoong was powerful, Seonghwa noticed how scrawny and small Hongjoong looked depleted from power. He tutted as he carefully took the others arm and wrapped it around his neck.

"S-seonghwa..." Hongjoong barely managed to mutter.

"Shh, we made it home. Rest, I'll make sure everyone is okay," Seonghwa said as he slowly dragged him to the infirmary. He laid him on a bed carefully, doing his best that their leader wasn't hurt further. The infirmary was all white, and it had several windows that were covered in cream-colored curtains. Yunho was on the opposite bed besides Hongjoong, and Seonghwa knew he needed more power to heal them both-- to heal everyone.

He walked to the middle of the room where there was a floating and glowing hourglass surrounding by blue flames. It was an energy source that Eden had harnessed for their healers. An endless fountain of power to heal their magical properties amongst other human ailments.

"Suprised Maddox didn't steal you," Seonghwa said to himself as he closed his eyes and held two hands on both sides of the hourglass. He recited a quick encantation, coaxing the magic to heal him. After several seconds, the hourglass began to hum at the beat of Seonghwa's heartbeat-- blue flames slowly escaping from their confinement and into Seonghwa's welcoming hands. Seonghwa grimaced a bit, a soft groan escaping his lips as he absorbed raw magical power. The blue flames pierced his veins, Seonghwa's head thrown back as a blue glow suddenly surrounded Seonghwa. Seonghwa was feeling a lot better now, and when he opened his eyes, they were piercing blue instead of that dull white Hongjoong noticed earlier. His lips twitched into a small smile, and he closed his hands into a fist--indicating to the hourglass that he's gotten his fill.

"Thank you," he said with a hum. Then he turned on his heel and made his way to his two brothers. "Let's get to work."

The next several hours, Seonghwa occupied himself on healing each member. While some needed to sleep to recover, some needed a bit of help to wake up. He chose to work on Yunho first, and as he presided over his bed with his hands outstretched over Yunho's body to feel what spell he was under, Mingi appeared to sit on Yunho's bed.