Colin's posts

Rene's eyes widened when he saw it was Erica... and how badly beaten she was.

"Oh my lord..." he whispered, as he stepped in.

"Nurse." he said, stepping inside the curtain.

"What happened here?" he asked her.

"What's caused this small influx of patients?" he asked further.

"...all of them children..." he then mumbled.

Rene froze when he felt the air in the ER.

".......what?" he muttered.

"What the hell...?" he asked, looking around.

'This feels like the first night Erica arrived at my place.' he thought.

'Right, SOMETHING is going on with her.' he then told himself, before looking to find Erica.

She HAD to be here somewhere.

"........." Rene was silent as he saw the ambulances go by.

"So much for my break." he said.

He then gulped down his coffee, and immediately started to rush back to the hospital.

He couldn't risk using his usual mode of transportation, seeing as too many people were around, but he was close enough to the hospital.

So he decided to rush back, in case he'd be needed.

-Some time later-

Rene sighed as he sat at his desk, looking out the window.

The weather had finally calmed down, overall, but it was still cold out there, being winter and all.

"Hm." he mumbled to himself.

"Almost break time." he said, looking at the clock on his wall.

"Maybe I'll go get a coffee." he muttered.

Felix looked at her as she said what she did, and looked at her confusedly.

He mewed softly, and made his way closer, before nuzzling her.

The feline wasn't quite sure what was wrong, but he wanted to help... the only way he knew how.

And the wind continued to howl outside. She could hear the storm getting worse. The lights even flickered briefly.

It seemed this would be a rather violent night, weather-wise.

"Felix, it is." Rene said.

"It's a good name." he told her.

"Anyway, feel free to have as much of the pizza as you want, as well as the sides and desserts and all that." he then said. "Don't worry about saving any for me." he continued.

"You just worry about keeping yourself full and satisfied." he went on.

"Anyway, see you when I get back from fixing the bathroom light." he finished, before leaving the room.

As he did, Felix mewed softly, and crawled off of her, curling up in a ball beside her on the couch.

"Hm." Rene muttered.

"I dunno." he said.

"All I can think of are Lucky, Felix, and Faust." he told her.

"Mostly because they all mean 'lucky'." he went on.

"After all, he's lucky to have found you." he reasoned. "And I daresay you're lucky to have happened upon him." he added with a small smile.

"Same here." Rene replied, looking out the window.

"This weather is frightful, to say the least." he commented.

"But don't worry, my generator is top-notch." he then assured her.

"Things could conk out completely, and we'd have power for... oh, at least a week, I would say." he continued.

"It's really the best." he finished with a smile and a wink.

"Now. I'll let you get back to watching TV, and enjoying your companion." he told her, looking at the cat.

"Got any names in mind?" he asked.

Rene just smiled.

"Good." he replied.

"I order from only top-quality places." he told her.

"Anyway, I'm going to go and change the light in the bathroom." he then said further.

"And check to make sure my generator's still running." he went on.

"There's a good chance of losing power tonight." he finished.

Rene was silent, and sighed.

"You're free to stay here for longer than that." he told her.

"Storm or not, this is NOT a friendly season." he said.

"From the sounds of it, school closures may be a thing tomorrow." he then went on.

"So I'll pay attention to the radio for that." he continued.

"Was everything I ordered all right?" he then asked her.

Rene raised an eyebrow when she said that.

".....is that so." he said.

"That's... an intriguing thing to say..." he commented.

"To say the very least." he said further.

"....but, fine." he went on.

"I won't pry any further. Not tonight."

".............." Rene was silent as he heard that.

".....mmhmm..." he mumbled.

"I see." he said.

"Firstly, fair point." he commented.

"Secondly... is there more to what's under those wraps than you're letting on?" he then asked her.

Rene's eyes widened when he heard the full story, and then they hardened.

"Son of a bitch..." he growled.

"Right." he said.

"I'm going to need to take a look at your injury." he told her.

"Make sure it doesn't get infected, or doesn't need stitches." he reasoned.

"It's my duty as a doctor, and as your current... well... guardian."

There was silence for a moment, before she heard him come back downstairs.

"Question." he said.

"Was the light in the bathroom out when you got back?" he asked.

"Because it's not working." he commented.

"And it feels... oddly static-y in there, somehow." he said.