Page 51 of Surviving Enchantment: Part One
“Oh.You!Yes, she’s been waiting for you.Sign in, please.”
Nylora went back to human and signed the register.
“Room four ten.Thanks for making that drill worth everything.Every minute of your entry into the hospital is being studied and analyzed for what we could do better or more efficiently.”
Nylora paused.“Good thing or bad thing?”
The ward clerk smiled.“Good thing.It really drove home how every minute counts.We see that here all the time.Outcomes could be so much better if folks took delays more seriously.Allergic reactions especially.”
Nylora smiled.“Yeah, I agree there.If more people learned how to use an EpiPen, I would have to spend a lot less time with resuscitation.”
She nodded and walked down the hall to the room and knocked softly on the door.
“Come in.”The voice was masculine.
Nylora came in and looked to her sister, her colouration split down the middle, half forest brown and half the same starry black that Nylora wore when she was powered up.“Um, I am just here to check on you, Isocar.”
Her sister looked at her and smiled.“Yup.There’s my face.I thought I was seeing things when they showed me the video.You single-handedly did more for dark fae public relations than years of just being good in public.”
Nylora chuckled and saw the older couple in the corner near the window.“Hello.”
Isocar said, “These are the Gangers.Lenora and Harcourt.I used to babysit for them.They were friends of my grandmother.”
Nylora nodded.“Pleased to meet you.I am Nylora Mills.Isocar’s older sister by five minutes and five years.”
Isocar asked, “You are?”
“I are.”Nylora walked up to her.
“Where have you been?”
“Today, or in general?”
“Both.Either.”
“Well, in general, I am a foster kid or was two decades ago.I got you to a mage who surrendered and then adopted you.After that, I got myself over to the authorities and bawled until they took me into care.”
Isocar blinked.“Wait.You were five?”
“Actually, I was the same age as you, but I was able to age myself up enough to carry you.Then, I ran and got us out of the demon zone and into this realm.”Nylora smiled, “On my chubby little legs.”
The Gangers sat up straight, and Harcourt said, “Demon zone?”
“Demonborn but not demonblood.Mom was on a mission.”Nylora smiled.
Isocar stared.
“How are you doing?You were pretty pulpy when I brought you in.”
“I am doing well.Great actually.The surgeons were ready, the blood was ready, and the team was ready.”Isocar stared at her.“How did you do that?”
“I practiced.I practiced until the scenario was perfect, and you survived.It had an effect on my social life that I am dealing with, but you were worth it.”
Isocar blinked.“Wait.I know that pattern.Are you a time seer?”
“Sort of.It only works occasionally, and I only have one vision at a time.Now that yours is complete, I can work on the next one.”She smiled.
Isocar stretched out her hand, and Nylora touched her fingers before the grip on her hand got tight.Isocar stared into her face, and Nylora let the rage roll through her.She was justified.Nylora said calmly, “I couldn’t stop it because I wasn’t there.I was half a world away, and I didn’t see anything.”
