Warrior Cats: The Four Clans

Chapter Seven (part 1)

Kit awoke to see bright lights flaring above his head, and he quickly shut them again. Pain flooded into his body, and the smell of a hospital entered his head. He moaned and forced his eyes open again. They were back at the school, this wasn't good. He tried to reach for his head but he couldn't. He was strapped to a metal table. Trapped. Again. He looked around, and he was in a solid white room, only big enough for the six of them. To his left he saw the forms of Theo, Zemmie and Saturn. And to his right, he saw Blaike and then Scott. "Blaike, Theo, guys! Wake up..." he moaned heavily. His eyes rested on Blaike as hers fluttered open only to be clamped shut again. Her head turned to him, and she opened her eyes again. He had to smile softly, to see her bright brown eyes as thoughtful as they were. She tried to sit up, only to realize she was strapped down, and her eyes turned to a moment of terror, and Kit winced. She hated not being able to move almost as much as she hated closed in spaces. But, classic Blaike, turned her own frightened eyes to Kit and asked, "The others? Are they okay?"

Kit shook his head, "I have no idea." He thought for a moment and then something struck him. His headaches! Gone? What was going on here?! His wild green eyes turned over to Blaike to see her reaction. And her eyes lit up with a thoughtful glance.

"The headaches." She whispered. And he nodded. The room filled with a silence as Kit continued to stare at Blaike as she stared at the ceiling.

"You alright Commander?" He asked worriedly. His arms pulled at the metal straps that were holding his arms and legs down, he wanted to be free so he could go to his friend's side and check on her. Because now that his headaches had disappeared, his main focus was on Blaike.

He saw her struggle against the restraints for a short moment until she let out a shallow shaky breath. "I'm fine." She whispered. "I just...hate being strapped down."

Kit nodded worriedly as the huge, white, metal door squeaked open and a tall, broad man in a white coat came in. Kit and Blaike fell silent, and he heard Theo stirring awake next to him. The white coat was holding a clipboard, and he walked over to the side of Blaike's table and he looked her over. He brought a small metal table around to her side and took out a syringe and prepared it. Blaike started to squirm a little bit, and Kit ached to jump up and knock the man out. Blaike's large brown eyes locked with his. He knew she was trying to be brave as the man stuck her arm and took blood out of her.

That's all he did though, took blood and left. Blaike turned to look at him. "Why did he only take my blood?" She asked.

Kit was about to answer with an I don't know, but the door was opening again. He held is breath. Maybe he was coming back for more blood? But when the familiar face peeked around the door he let out the breath he was holding and smiled. "Amelia." He breathed. "What are you doing here?"

She walked over in between Blaike and Kit and smiled. "I had to see you guys. I'm sorry you were brought back, I would have warned you if I could. But there was nothing I could do. The nano robots they put into your system latched on to your brains. They had to make you of some importance, otherwise they were going to kill you all."

"What?" Kit asked nervously.

Amelia simply nodded. "One of my co-workers suggested you find Max, you all have the ability to sap powers from anyone, so you would sure win in any fist fight if it had come down to that. So you had six months to find Max but you found her in less than a week, my superiors are pleased, so they'll be keeping you around a bit longer." She explained.

"I don't want to stay here forever!" Kit called out. The horror of more experiments shook him to the core. "I can't." He whispered.

"I know," She whispered and wiped a tear from her eyes. "I'll do whatever I can."

She turned and sat her thin hands on the sides of Blaike's face. Kit could see tears forming in Blaike's eyes. Amelia had been like their mother. Kit knew she'd do whatever she could.

"You!" Kit jerked his head sideways and saw Theo looking extremely angry. "What have you done with Thea? Where is she!?" Kit looked at the boy confusedly. Who was Thea?

"Amelia, why are we here?" He looked over to see Zemmie waking up. As well as Scott and Saturn.