Main Room

[spotconlon]

Spot walked calmly over to the chair and peered over to look at Red, "Can he hea'h us?

[Collin Russiani]

Red was so pale he made paper look black, and the coughing was only getting more frequent. A trail of blood slid down his mouth, across his lips and down his chin, ruining Avalanche's work. His cough was full of moisture, rattling his chest, stealing his breath.

[Avalanche]

Avalanche returned with the chair after Red had been coughing, and sat down quickly to fix him again. "I dunno, but it's worth a shot if ya wanna talk... I dunno if he'll hear, but cain't hurt, right?" he said. The wash cloth was full of blood, and he was going to give Spot a second, so he said, "I'll be right back, gonna... clean this off." And with that he left the room to leave them be.

[spotconlon]

Spot patted Red on the arm cautiously. "Can ya hea'h me Red?" Spot asked with desperation.

[Prince]

Prince rushed in the room flinging the door open. She really hated rain just then, and boy it felt late. "Got Arieannette," she said hardly able to breathe. She just ran all over New York, she was a bit worn out.

[arianette]

Ariannette slipped into the door, her hair and robe clinging to her frame. She felt like a drowned rat. Seeing Red, she shuddered. He looked bad. She knew she shouldnt be near him being this wet...but she remembered what she was wearing. After a few moments of debate she decided that propriety was allowed to out the window if a life was on the line.

Slipping out of her robe, she blushed as she was clad only in her corset and bloomers. Trying to ignore the fact that her corset was tight, she kneeled near Red, and started to rummage through her bag, pulling out things for a diagnostic.

[fancy]

Fancy and Ace arrived breathless and soaking, a few moments later. Fancy was breathing hard and still clinging to Ace's arm for dear life. Seeing the others, she quickly peeled off Ace's coat and lay it on the bannister. She quickly made her way over to where Red lay and looked down upon his limp figure. She closed her eyes for a moment, desperate to not believe any of this. But when she reopened them, he was still there, looking as pale as ever. She moved around to the other side of the couch and sat down a little ways from Aria. She watched cautiously for a moment before taking one of his hands in her own. She sighed and laced her fingers in his. 'This is not happening...' she thought wildly. 'No way....'. She looked at him, her eyes full of worry, anger and sadness. If she had to sit there all night and all day and all night again, she would. She would not, no, could not, leave him like this.

[spotconlon]

Spot watched Fancy enter and glared hard at her. He wanted so bad to blame all of this on her. Red was fine until he met her-she should just go away. He looked back at Red..waiting for Ariannette to do something.

[arianette]

Aria began listening to his heart, his breathing. It was laboured and she could tell his lungs were filled with fluid. He was also running a high fever. As the symptoms began to add up, Aria was becoming paler and paler, her mouth becoming set in a thin line. Grabbing a rag with some of the blood Red had spit up, she studied the clot gravely. After a few moment, she spoke softly. "Red has either tuberculousis or pneumonia." She looked up the others. "I will have to run a few more tests..but pray its the latter. If its the former..he's dead...and most likely, most of us are as well."

She stood up, wiping her brow. "None of us can leave here. If its tb...we can spread it to the others. So we need to stay until I figure out which he has for sure." Her voice trembled a bit, but she had to be strong for the others. She was more scared for them than for herself.

[Daniel Cardoni]

Ace was pale, breathing hard as he stood a little away from the group clustered around the redhead. He was exhausted, but he couldn't let himself relax. Not just yet.

"The...doctors...in Boston..." He spoke softly, but his voice still carried. "They...weren't sure what he had...that viral pneumonia was their best guess..."

[angel]

Angel ran into through the door, soaked from the rain. "Ace!" she yelled, out of breath. "I've been lookin' all over for you. I..." she stopped. Angel looked at the boy laying on the ground with blood around his mouth. She quickly covered her mouth and whispered, "Oh my goodness."

[arianette]

Aria nodded at Ace."Thats a good sign...I hope it is that." Seeing another girl run in she nearly shouted. "Get her out now!" While it may not be TB..if it was, it was highly contageous and could spread quickly if she didn't quarentine everyone.

[Daniel Cardoni]

Ace swept toward Angel, taking her arm lightly in his hand. He drew her to the door, "Go back to Bronx, Angel. We're going to have to talk later, now is not the time." He opened the door and gave her a soft little push. "We have a problem here, please..."

[slinks]

Someone pushed roughly passed Angel and Ace, skidding a few feet across the wooden floor boards before turning. Moving some soaked hair out of her eyes, Slinks looked at the two she'd just barreled through/. "Ac- ACE!" She shrieked, launching herself at him and nearly flattening him against the wall in the process. "Yer ok, yer ok, are ye ok?" The words tumbled from her mouth so fast they sounded like gibberish.

Back at the Brooklyn LH, Prince had mentioned Ace, and she'd sounded paniced. Which had made Slinks paniced, and she hadn't heard all of what the Queens leader had said.

[Daniel Cardoni]

Ace stumbled backwards, holding her in his arms. His eyes were wide as he looked down at his girlfriend, "Wha...What are you doing here?" He asked, brushing her wet hair from her face. "Dahlin...Im ok...Im fine...see?"