Operation S.A.D. Chapter 7: At The Hospital...

It's 11 AM in the morning. Another Tuesday that was good enough for anyone. We see Amber feeding breakfast to her son, Ethan, in the dining room. She did every known method for her son to munch on what she's giving him; she only found one of them successful. A door opens, and out limps her sister and cousin, Peyton and Inkmatas, in their usual sleeping clothes, both having exhausted, messy faces from a long sleep.

Amber noticed their tired looks and giggled.

"Morning, you two!", she happily greeted, "I bet last night wasn't that great, was it?".

"Tell me about it...", Inkmatas groaned, "I had to go to eleven charities to help people out! Like... It's good and all, but it's tiring too..."

"What about you sis?".

"Oh. It's just the usual things. Simps. Pervs. Ya know the deal."

The Goddess of lust stumbled to a cupboard, and opened it to find her cereal, while Inkmatas wholesomely rubbed Ethan's head. She gave out a sunshine of a smile to him, as he excitedly blabbered out nonsense words.

It's been months, since the untimely unexpected announcement of Amber's pregnancy was revealed. At that time, Amber was severely depressed, wanting herself to be outside of her own life. No hope. No faith. No joy. She didn't receive much love given from her ex either, but she had help from a lot of people: her family, her friends, and her new boyfriend. Now, she's here, alive and well, being a great, loving mother to her second son.

"Hey, Inky!", called out Peyton, "Breakfast's ready!".

Inkmatas replied, and went to eat with her cousin, leaving a kiss on Ethan's forehead.

Suddenly, Amber's phone started to noisily ring. It's Dynamo! She picked up, and answered the call.

"Heellllo!", she said.

Ethan watched his ma's cheerful face slowly turn into a wall of horror and concern.

"WHAT?!", she loudly shouted, "Hang on! I'll be there!".

"Ma. Wha' happen?", asked Ethan.

"Oh... Hey! Inky! Peyton!".

"Hm?", mumbled Inky, slowly crunching her cereal.

"Mind taking care of Ethan for me?", requested Amber.

"Shur! Woh harpend?", said Peyton.

"My bf got injured. He's in the hospital. I'm gonna go there right now!", Amber answered, immediately putting her shoes on.

"Oh... Okay, see ya later-", Inkmatas said after gulping her food.

"Yeah. Bye, Ethan!".

"Bye Mama!", said her son.

And with that, Amber quickly took the one of the mansion keys, legged to the entrance, and flew out. Rapidly soaring through the sky like an airplane, she grew increasingly worried for Byrd. Him? Injured? That happens once a week, but nearly all of them didn't send him crashing out in the wards of a hospital. The location was just seventy five yards ahead and no obstacles seemed to be dwindling in the way.

As soon as she got there, she ran to the reception, while carefully passing through other patients. Then, she came to the receptionist, and told him about Byrd.

"Ah yes. He is in...", answered the receptionist, checking the system, "The G1 Ward on the fourth floor".

"Thanks!", said Amber as she was about to go.

"Also, the stairs just broke down, so you're going to have to take the elevator, which is just on your right."

"Oh... Thanks.", spoke Amber.

Having no time to lose, the Inkla Angel speed-walked to the elevator. As she entered, she sees a burly, large man following her. He wore an orange-yellow shirt with a strange, white shape drawn on. Seen for his lower-half are his turquoise jeans, which had line marks, making it appear ugly as a fly's disgusting face, grey socks, and white shoes with some yellow imprinted on. Furthermore, the giant man had short, black hair, and beige skin, with a nose that looked slightly lumpy.

He entered the elevator and stood next to Amber, who quickly pressed on the "4" button. The doors closed, and the elevator moved upwards. Looking at the now-shining button, he smiled, and stared at her.

"You going to floor four too?", queried the peculiar man.

"Yeah! I gotta see my boyfriend. He got injured from a training session.", answered Amber.

"That's funny 'cause I'm gonna see my girlfriend. She also got a big beating from a training session."

"Eh?".

"Yep. She says she got into a brutal fight with her brother and shit."

"Oh... I got the same word too."

"What's your boyfriend's name?".

"Byrd. Yours?".

"Setuh."

...

"Wait... Are you my girlfriend's brother's fiancee?", he realised, turning to her.

"Holy shit!", Amber surprisingly exclaimed, "Yeah!".

"Oh f**k!", he shouted, resorting to a bit of giggle, "Okay. This is just a coincidence, man."

"Oh my god, yeah, you're right!", laughed Amber.

"Nice to meetcha by the way!", greeted the man, "The name's Shams. Son of Ra."

"I'm Amber.", she replied, "Goddess of Romance."

Gladly, they shook each other's hands, and had more laughs with each other. As they kept their conversation, the automated, steel doors opened. They hurriedly exited the elevator, and strolled to the G1 Ward, continuing their humble, humorous conversation.

On their way, they set their eyes upon Dynamo sitting on a chair between two hospital beds. The one on his right had Byrd resting on it. The blue man seemed to have far too many bandages plastered on his whole body. On Dynamo's right was Setuh, who also had an excessive amount of bandages stuck on her.

Seeing the two arriving, Dynamo stood up, and kindly welcomed them.

"I am sincerely glad you two have come!", he cheered, "And I do believe you two have introduced to each other, right?".

"Yeah, we did!", Amber said, easily keeping her grin.

"Hey babe!", excitedly shouted the two siblings, trying to jump out of their bed.

Shams and Amber happily waved back. They passed Dynamo, and kissed their wanted lover on their bandaged forehead. Byrd grinned; Setuh blushed.

"So you've heard what happened, right?", asked Byrd.

"Yeah! You two got injured in a training session. Duh!", said Shams.

"I mean... In my opinion, we actually got into a fight.", told Setuh, "And it's my brother's fault more or less."

"Sis. We've been over this five times! You started the whole damn thing!", Byrd shrieked.

"Byrd. You ran to me just to throw some of you stupid hands!"

"Did not!"

"Did too!"

"Setuh! Setuh. Setuh. Be quiet, aight?", Shams scowled.

"You too, Byrd.", scolded Amber, "And I'm gonna say this once. It's both of your faults."

Silence entered the ward.

...

"Okay. Fine. It's both of our faults.", supposed Setuh, frustrated, "But he did much worse than me".

"Setuh! Shut your pointy ass up!", shrieked Byrd.

“Make me, blue-headed bitch!”.

"SETUH! BYRD! BE QUIET!", Shams and Amber screamed in unison.

Caught without guard, the two siblings shook in fear as response to their lovers’ irritation. They then stuttered with regret and apologies.

“Goodness me…”, Dynamo said, watching the whole situation unfold.

“Seriously, you two need to hug it out, once you’re outta these bandages.”, scolded Shams once again, disappointingly shaking his head.

“So… How long, until you two are out?”, questioned Amber.

“Th-three days… including this one..”, replied Byrd, still astonished by his fiancées anger.

“Y-yeah. W-what he said…”, said Setuh, also frightened.

An awkward silence entered the room again. Amber tugged her arms close, thinking of what she should say next. Shams looked at everyone, while Dynamo set his mind out of reality.

“So… what now?”, Shams asked everyone, “What should we do instead of standing around like NPCs?”.

“I wouldn’t want to be your burden love…”, said Setuh, “It’s better to do something better, than to stay with us.”

“Indeed.”, said Dynamo looking at Shams and Amber separately, “I would capture the opportunity to have a little talk with you two. Outside? Just a normal stroll around the cities.”

“Oh sure! What could go wrong with that?”.

To be continued…

Awww Ethan is so cute!