"Of course." they replied.

"As we speak, the students are being given examinations to see if they are showing any symptoms, whether they be Jordan's current ones, or if they are showing early ones." they told her.

"If there are new developments, we shall let you know." they finished.

With that, the call was ended.

And Desiree was now in possession of disturbing knowledge.

Her daughter appeared to be VERY sick, and nothing was known about it yet. Granted it was still early, but it was still frightening.

"...I'm sorry, what?" Jaden asked.

"When? Why!?" he asked her.

"Just now, and we're going to find out." Desiree responded.

"You need to get your butt home now." she then said.

"...right, be there momentarily." Jaden said in response, hanging up and looking to the one he had been talking with.

"Kalin, I gotta go." he told her.

"...seems Jordan's been admitted to the hospital, from school."

Jaden nodded.

"Of course." he responded.

With that, the two of them used their mana to get to the hospital, and were escorted to one of the waiting rooms.

"It shouldn't be long." they were told.

"Someone will be out to speak with you momentarily." they were told further, before being left alone.

"...I hate not knowing." Jaden muttered.

"It makes me almost panic."

Jaden held her hand in response, making sure he didn't let go.

He was silent until they were called into the doctor's office, and went they went in, he was waiting for them.

"Welcome." he greeted them.

"I'm sorry to call you in under these circumstances." he apologised.

"But we're doing all we can for Jordan." he went on.

"She is receiving the best care we have to offer."

He was silent... before sighing.

"We do." he said.

"Oh?" Jaden asked.

"Yes." the doctor replied.

"We believe... she has diphtheria." he told them.

"Diphtheria!?" Jaden exclaimed.

"A very powerful strain, sadly." was the response.

"....we don't know." the doctor replied.

"It's too early to say." he told them.

"If it gets worse than this, then she might not make it." he said.

"If we manage to lighten the symptoms, then she has a chance." he went on.

"When will we know?" Jaden asked.

"In the next 48 hours." was the response.

"We're doing so, as we speak." the doctor replied.

"In her records, we saw he was her family doctor." he said.

"We're calling him in for assistance." he finished.

"Good." Jaden said.

"That's... all right, that's good." he muttered.

"Again, I'm sorry we don't have anything concrete in terms of prognosis." the doctor apologised.

"But we'll let you know as SOON as we do." he said.

"Do we have permission to call either of you, day or not, regardless of hour?" he asked.

"Very well." the doctor replied.

"I'll make note of that." he said.

"...." Jaden was silent, and sighed.

"I'll tell Kalin not to schedule me for any acts in the near future." he commented.

"If they'll be calling me, then I don't want it to be in the middle of a show." he reasoned.

"I'll tell her what's going on, as well." he then told Desiree.

The doctor shook his head.

"No." he responded.

"That is all." he told them.

"Thank you." Jaden said, reaching over and shaking his hand.

"Desiree, I'm going to tell Kalin this." he told Desiree.

"After that, I'm going to notify Mom and Dad." he went on.

"They have a right to know about this as well." he reasoned.

It didn't take long for her son to arrive, and Darrell looked confused when he did.

He looked around and saw his mother there, before making his way over.

"Um... hi, Mom." he greeted her.

"What's... what's going on?" he asked.

"Am I in trouble?" he asked further, a hint of nervousness to his voice, but it was mostly confusion.

He really couldn't fathom why he had been summoned here, and why his mother was here as well.

"Take a seat." the principal told him.

"Your mother has something to tell you." he went on, as Darrell sat down.

"I'll give you some privacy." the man finished, before leaving the room.