[Sadrain]

November 30th, Chicago; Base. 12pm.

Elek had been prepared for a swift attack back, but it was just too swift. He received the punch, but managed to lean away from the backhands, her fingers hitting his ear lightly in first one, but second missing completely. Again, they continued with the circling and the audience grew restless. They could feel the tension in the air, in fact, in a little while it would become visible.

Elek waited till it was the most unexpected, then suddenly moved behind her and grabbed Eve's arm, twisting it behind her back and doing a move that would make her crash into the ground hard. However, he was ready to dodge, because this was most likely to fail, but the main goal was hurting her arm, even if not very seriously.

December 1st, Chicago; Base.

Ryan felt truly surprised when Alice laid down next to him, but a peaceful sensation overcame the man and he sighed softly in content. Although she didn't lay close to him, it felt nice. And it took only a little longer for the exhaustion claim him wholly again and the man drifted into deep, dreamless sleep that still felt strangely filled with warmth.

When he woke up, Ryan, partially sadly, realized Alice had left. He was confined to the bed for next few days, but doctor said after that he would get his own wheelchair and could move around, if he felt good enough. Ryan's fewer had gone down and with proper food and care, he felt much better. The downside to today was that the strong pain killers were starting to get out of his system and pain came. But, he didn't complain, despite the strongly unpleasant feelings now ruling his shoulder. As long as he was going to live, it was all worth it. Most of the day he spent sleeping and thinking about many things, among which Alice was the first and most important. He wished he could go to her room, maybe listen to music with her, or read her a story. The man wondered if she would come again, but questioning nurses if the girl was walking around only earned him strange looks.