Midnight continued to run towards the village. It was quite the distance away, and she had only reached the outskirts. Suddenly, her vision began to turn gray, with intermittently flashing blue light. Static began to obscure her thoughtsmas well. She persevered, going for the closest house she could see and breaking through the window.
Inside, there was a girl with beautiful brown hair, shocked by Midnight's sudden intrusion. Midnight was in no state to observe this, and after confirming the girl was unlikely to be a threat, her body fell like a puppet with it's strings cut, and she became unconscious.
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"Abby! Is everything alright!" A call from the neighbours. After assuring them everything was fine, she finally caught her breath. She then walked into the kitchen and cleaned up the scattered pieces of glass and blood. After that, she boarded up the window to prevent the wind from tormenting the house through the night.
With all this done, she finally went to her bedroom, where the stranger who had broken into her house was. She had removed the stranger's clothes, leaving her almost naked, to remove the large shards of glass that had cut into her as she entered. Now, she was all wrapped in bandages.
Abby got the medic kit once more, and began changing out the bandages. It took a while, but she was soon finished. After putting away the kit, she changed into some more casual clothing and went to the other bed in the room, and fell asleep.
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Midnight woke up slowly. Looking around, she tried to move but found her arms and legs heavily bandaged. She checked that her left eye was still covered, and sighed in relief having confirmed it to be the case.
She then looked at her surroundings, finding herself alone in this bedroo,. The other bed had been unmade, as if the person had left in a hurry. She looked down at her hands, finding they had taken the most damage.
So, where am I, exactly? The question lingered in her mind. And why on earth am I in safety mode... Another question for which she had no answers.
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Suddenly, she heard voices from outside the room. She strained her hearing to barely hear the conversation.
"Like I said before, there's no need to check anything! I'm perfectly fine!" A female voice.
"...Fine then." A male voice spoke, then its owner trudged away. The person at the door sighed in relief, then closed and bolted the door shut. She then came towards the room Midnight was in. As the door opened, Midnight's breath caught in her throat, and she instantly vanished.
The brown haired girl entered with what seemed to be a bunch of medicines. She was surprised at first, not spotting Midnight, but then her eyes glowed with a faint green light, which Midnight could not sense in her current state. She then looked right at Midnight and tilted her head.
"...Why are you hiding?" Midnight didn't answer, believing the girl was bluffing. The girl sighed and put her basket down, then approached the bed. She then placed her hand on Midnight's head, pulling her out of her invisibility state, much to her shock.
From there, the scene was quite interesting to see. Midnight would vanish, but appear right away due to the girl's interference. The girl didn't try to stop her, and soon, Midnight had run out of the little mana she had recovered.
"Well? Are you done?" The girl smiled and asked. Midnight, now at a loss, stubbornly refused to respond. The girl continued to speak, regardless.
"Being able to use stealth through energy manipulation alone, I'm impressed. And you're, what, 6-7 years old? Who taught you that?" As she spoke, the girl unpacked the medicine and new bandages, which didn't escape Midnight's notice. She was starting to get a little nervous too.
"Okay, now that I have enough medicine, time to change your bandages!" As she chattered while changing Midnight's bandages, Midnight was gleaning information from her words. It seemed like this was the same house she had crashed into before she passed out, and her injuries were because of her powers rioting when she blacked out. It had also been about a week since that event.
The girl finished up changing Midnight's bandages, then picked out a few pills from some bottles and a glass of water. After dissolving the pills in the water, she grabbed Midnight's jaw and force-fed it to her.
Midnight felt like she was dying as she drank it. It tasted incredibly bad, and she couldn't bear it. Unfortunately for her, she was being restrained by the girl's energy, so she couldn't thrash around.
After a rather messy dozens of seconds, the medicine water was finally finished. As she lay on the bed in a daze, thinking about how her short life was ending, the girl packed up the medicine and left the room.