Chapter 27

 Chapter 27

“Nice to meet you.” I say. “I’m sorry that you had to go through that, we have now have added on protection so even one tiny suspicious thing is on our watch.” Nixon reassures me. “Thanks.” I mumble. “Where’s Rayonetta and Corrin? They were able to escape when I was captured but...did they?..” My lip trembles. “No Byleth, they’re in another room, talking with the queen about starting up a new training program for the mission we need to finish.” Will explains. I breathe a sigh of relief, I don’t know what I would have done if they didn’t make it, all I know is that it wouldn’t be good. Nixon seats himself in a chair beside my bed. Russel the doctor scurries over to the bed and holds up a vial of what looks like grape juice. “I’m not drinking that.” I say. I’m not sure what elfy medicine they have here, but I’m sure it’s not good.

“Trust me Byleth, we make our medicine with the deliciousness of foods so you won’t have to worry about the taste being bad.” Russel explains. “But what does it do to me?” I protest. “Relax, my mom had to keep me from drinking one of those vials. And that’s saying something.” Nixon laughs. Nixon’s comment makes me feel better so I agree to drink the dark purple liquid. Russel raises the vial to my lips and a warm tingly feeling fills my body. It tastes like apples dipped in honey. It reminds me of how crazy I was when I dipped the Mcdonald’s apples in the honey because I thought the apples were too sour. “Wow, that’s good.” I comment. “Glad you like it because you’re going to have to drink this medicine everyday in the next two weeks.” Russel says. I frown, am I really going to be in recovery for two weeks? “When are we planning to start back up the mission again?” I ask Will, trying to take my mind off of the subject. “As soon as you are feeling better. Plus, there’s a lot of things our new recruits need to learn about being on the mission before we leave.” Will replies. My heart thuds, everyone’s waiting on me? I am most certainly not worth waiting for. Hundreds of people, waiting on me..? 

I take a deep breath, trying to comprehend it all. “I need to get going to see how Corrin and Rayonetta are doing. I’ll see you around Nixon. I hope you feel better Byleth.” Will waves and he’s out of the door before I can say ‘thanks’. “So you're a sunset dragon I hear.” Nixon says. “Yeah, I grew up with humans and Will’s sister, Corrin brought me to Stathford. That night the whole power drain thing happened so I’ve barely even gotten a glimpse at what life is like there.” A panging realization dawns on me, Amelia is still there. She’s probably wondering where I am, why I’m gone.