Board Thread:Short Stories and Fanfictions/@comment-47.144.197.225-20191119031123/@comment-44483614-20191123144000

When Sophie arrived at the Healing Center, she almost fainted. Keefe was turning a shade of gray and was thrashing around. Elwin was doing his best to force Keefe into taking his medicine, but was failing. Sophie rushed over to help the friendly physician *is this what he is called??* pin Keefe down. Elwin shoved the green sludge in the vial into the boy’s mouth and wiped the sweat off his forehead.

“Thanks Sophie.” Elwin ran over to get another vial, this time hot pink, while Sophie stopped Keefe from starting to thrash again. Sophie inspected the boy in front of her, noticing all the little details. The sweat dripping down his head, the tears in his eyes about to overflow, his misty blue eyes.

“Foster.” The word made Sophie grasp Keefe’s hand.

“Keefe.” Keefe looked relieved as Sophie said this, and closed his eyes. Color was slowly seeping up to his face, his cheeks becoming rosy again. Elwin interrupted the moment when he handed Sophie a pink vial. Well, it wasn’t a moment...

“Give this to Keefe.” He then set down a tray-full of Vials on the cot next to Sophie. Keefe whimpered, and Sophie could feel his pain. There were at least 30 vials, and Sophie doubted that any of them tasted good. Sophie uncorked the vial, handing Keefe the liquid. Keefe then shakily lifted the vial to his mouth, turning green as he swallowed it. That was the pattern for the next hour or so. Finally Keefe choked down the last vial. All the color on his face had returned to normal, and he seemed almost healthy. Sophie could still see the trauma in his eyes from his experience, the nightmares afterward. It made Sophie want to hug him and never let go, protecting him from the dangers in the real world, but she couldn’t do that.

“Foster, will you stay here until I’m ready to leave?” The question sounded shaky, and Sophie could tell Keefe wasn’t bearing well.

“Of course Keefe.”

​​​​​​“Good.” Keefe’s eyes closed, and he was asleep in a matter of seconds. Sophie hailed Grady to ask him to bring Ella over. That night was going to be long.

There! That was the end of chapter 2!