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[color=007236][h2]THE IMMORTAL IRON FIST #2[/h2][/color][/center]

The rain fell like it was attempting to drown New York, every pitter patter echoing through my ears. I could hear every drop individually, my senses so finely tuned despite lacking the chi I once wielded. My clothes were soaked, the water increasing their weight, mimicking the heaviness of my heart as I stood outside the Harlem Hospital. My hands shook and my mouth grew dry, my heart beating faster and faster with every step. The sounds of the hospital growing louder and louder with every second, every patient my eyes set upon gave my body a goosebumps. I hated being here. I hate this feeling. I had truthfully never felt it but I wanted it to end. I wanted to walk away and yet I couldn't bring myself to leave. As I reached the fifth floor, a recognizable nurse stopped me on her way from her station. 

[color=662d91]"Its good to see you, Danny."[/color]

[color=007236]"Claire? Hi."[/color]

[color=662d91]"Hey. I, uh, am sorry about Orson." [/color]

[color=007236]"Thank you." [/color]

[color=662d91]"And I've been watching over Colleen during my shifts. I have to go but she's currently asleep if you want to see her." [/color]

I could only nod to her, feeling the warmth her hand as she placed it on my shoulder to comfort me. It felt good to know there was someone watching out for Colleen that cared. Making my way to Colleen's room, goosebumps ravaged my body. I stood outside [url=https://i.pinimg.com/736x/84/f9/83/84f983b73678b8576e501b3706b81d8d.jpg]Colleen's[/url] room, staring in at her unconscious body. My anxiety and my fear escalated higher and higher, breathing becoming heavy, chest tightening. There was void in my stomach and my mind was in overdrive. I had to go in. I had to see her face to face. I finally entered that space and took my seat by her side. 

I hated seeing the many tubes connected to her to help keep her health stable, my hands shaking at the sheer thought that I could've lost her. Colleen was always one of the most wonderful people I have ever met. She took me when me and Orson fought, helped me solve my parent's murder, and gave me one of the greatest joys of my life. I can't speak enough on how amazing this woman was to me and I failed in protecting her. I failed in stopping the pain she endured. My hand found its way to her, crawling its way under so that our hands rested palm to palm. For a moment, it felt like everything would heal and the pieces would fall into place...that was until I heard that familiar voice. 

[color=9e0b0f]"Her breathing is haphazard. A strong soul." [/color]

Echoes of a distant past traveled through my mind at the speed of light. I stared at her and could only utter a few words. 

[color=007236]"Shiva, you duplicitous bitch." [/color]

[color=9e0b0f]"Oh my what vulgar language." [/color]

[color=007236]"SHE IS LIKE THIS BECAUSE OF YOU!" [/color]

I stood up and screamed at Shiva, my whole suite of emotions forming upon my face. She only stared back with a smile, crossing her arms in clear defiance of my words. There was a air of confidence around Shiva which only served to piss me off more. 

[color=9e0b0f]"Instead of screaming over her body, meet me on the roof. We can talk there." [/color]

With little hesitation, I followed behind her. It hurt to leave Colleen at this moment but I needed to see what Shiva wanted, why she came here, and to give her the same medicine that she diagnosed for Colleen. Words were kept to a minimum as we walked to the roof of the hospital, Shiva walked with little care for the world, and I could imagine was depravity was going through her mind at the moment. Maybe this was a plan by Davos to finish me off, if so then I was not going to go quietly. Eventually we entered the rooftop, ran still pouring at an alarming rate. 

[color=9e0b0f]"Alright, Danny. Show me if you still got it." [/color]

Shiva took her normal stance with a devious grin upon her face, and everything in me began screaming in rage. Before I knew it, I was running at Shiva, the water splashing with every step, my muscles tightening as went on the attack. Opening with a spinning roundhouse, I thought I'd be faster but in reality Shiva easily blocked my kick. Her motions were fluid, from block to counterstrike, each attack felt as if there was very little opening, my body unable to adjust to her ever-changing movements. I could see it in my mind what to do to beat Shiva, and yet my body couldn't follow. It was like my reactions had been dulled, either by the lack of Shou-Lao's chi or my own befuddled mind state, to the point that Shiva got the drop on me several times. 

[color=9e0b0f]"Come on, Rand. You are better than this." Shiva connected with palm aimed at the center of my face as she spoke, disappointment evidently growing, "Colleen put up a much better fight. She nearly won if I'm to be modest. I get what you see in her." [/color]

[color=007236]"DON'T YOU SAY HER NAME!"[/color]

Shiva chuckled at my attempts to intimidate her, a right foot colliding with my jaw, the taste of iron entering my mouth, and a spinning side kick pushing so far into my gut that I could feel my organs moving. A quick sweep of the legs ended with Shiva holding by my collar, her face as close to mine as humanly possible. 

[color=9e0b0f]"I'm sorry for the pain I've caused you. There is a part of me that still cares for you deeply so I do have something for you. I know where Davos is and I can take you to him." [/color]

[color=007236]"WHERE?!"[/color]