The nurse looked at Ambrose and then Caleb.  She rushed to him placing the food on a small table before approaching.  She examined Caleb not speaking as she removed his shirt.  She placed her fingers on his neck checking his pulse.  She looked concerned as she removed her fingers from his neck.  She displayed incredible strength as she maneuvered Caleb into a better position on the bed.  She slowly moved her hand to the bandage.  When she touched the bandage, Caleb groaned but his eyes remained closed.  She sighed and began to peel the bandage away from the wound.

"Oh dear, this is bad," she commented removing the second bandage on Caleb's right shoulder.  There looked to be some type of infection.  There were dark lines moving away from the wound.  "It looks to be some sort of infection," she added as she looked at Ambrose, "stay here, I will be right back."

She left the room in a hurry leaving Caleb and Ambrose alone.  Caleb's eyes slowly opened as he looked around the room.  He was back in his room in the medical wing.  He looked over at Ambrose.  He felt like hell, and as he looked down at his stomach he realized he was shirtless.  "Wha....what happened?" He asked weakly as he tried to move but the pain was too much and he grunted. "Shit!" he shouted in pain as a surge overwhelmed his nerves.  The nurse soon returned with a syringe filled with an odd colored liquid.

"Be still," she said to Caleb, "this is an antibiotic, enhanced with magic.  It will help fight this supernatural infection.  I warn you, it's going to hurt as it courses through your veins.  You, hold his right arm," she said instructing Ambrose.  When he was holding Caleb's arm, she inserted the needle directly into the wound on his left side while holding his left arm firmly.  Caleb screamed in pain as the serum coursed through his body.  He convulsed slightly, his body lifted slightly before returning back to the mattress.  At that moment, she released his arm and dabbed his forehead to remove the sweat from Caleb's forehead.  She gathered more bandages and rebandaged Caleb's wounds.

"You should really get some rest, Caleb," the nurse said as she looked over at Ambrose.  "Thank you for bringing him back here, he knows he's not fully healed yet, but when your status is so high here, I suppose it's not unnatural to want to keep up an image.  I'll be back to check on you."  She gave Caleb a worried look before departing.  Caleb turned to Ambrose and tried to smile.

"Thank you," he said, "I guess I'm kinda hard headed huh?" He tried to laugh but it hurt to even try to do that, but he maintained a smile.  "I want you to know Ambrose I never wanted you to hate me, and I never wanted to hurt you.  I'm just a fool," Caleb said his face losing the smile.  He looked away from Ambrose and towards the window.  "I should've never dragged you into any of this.  You know you're right, your life would've been better had you not met me during registration.  Everything I touch, everything, turns to shit."  Caleb grew silent.  He didn't want to go down this road, but everything seemed to be pointing in that direction.  "Now we have some psycho ass demon out to kill us.  I'm sorry Ambrose, but I will keep my promise to you, I will train you, and I will protect you to the best of my ability, even if you hate me or never want to see my face, or whatever."

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