When I finally notice anything besides my thoughts I notice that Storm is walking and not running.
-Hey, what's wrong big guy? Are you tired? Are you hungry?
He stops completely and I get off of him. As soon as I'm not touching him he kneels on the ground and even lowers his head to the ground. Is just then that I notice how tired he is. I put a hand on his head and scratch him lovingly.
-I'm sorry, I was so absorbed in my thoughts that I didn't notice you were not doing so well. Can you forgive me?
He turns his head to look at me and he gives me a soft shake before turning again. I rest against him and I look up at the starts. After a few hours  as the sunrise comes I feel as Storm moves a bit and I get off of him and we both get up. I get a bit dizzy at the sudden movement but I manage to catch myself before I fall off. I take the laces and start walking home. I look at the sky as it clears up and I see storm clouds closing in. After a couple of minutes I hear thunder and I then I feel as the first drops fall on my face. I keep going home not caring about getting wet or anything else. I have no idea what awaits me at home but I don't care. I just want to get home and sleep through the entire day, the entire week if possible, and have a free time for myself.
After about an hour an hour and a half I get home and I open the front door and as soon as I'm inside I'm crushed into a tight hug and a lot of questions from everyone. I break away from their grasp and hold up my hands keeping them at bay.
-What in the world? Don't, don't hug me, don't kiss me, don't, don't do anything.
T-Where did you go? Where were you? Why didn't you come to sleep last night?
-I was, somewhere else. It doesn't matter anymore, you know what? I will go out.....
D-You will do no such thing. You are going to come with us and give us a good explanation on where were you and why?
Dad takes me by the wrist a bit forcefully and I break his hold on me and snap back at him.
-No, I will go to my room and rest. I'm an adult and I don't have to explain like I had to six years ago. I can go where I want when I want to.
I run upstairs and halfway up I stop.
-I'm not a kid anymore, I'm an adult and I make my own decisions. Stop bothering me like wolves circling it's prey because that's what I see when you do this things. I'm going to my room and I don't want to see anyone.
T-Tikvah!
-Don't talk to me, leave me alone.
T-Tikvah, come down here this moment.
-I can't hear you.
D-Tikvah!
-Lala lala lala la!
I put my hands over my ears and I don't stop until I'm on my room. I enter and I lock it and then I let myself fall on the bed but jump back up when I hear Hades's voice.
Ha-Comfy?
-What are you doing here?
Ha-Waiting for you.
He steps closer to me and he takes a seat besides me on the bed. He looks at me and we are silent for a moment before I jump to his arms.
-Are you mad at me?
Ha-Of course not. Why would you say that?
-Well, in the competition before they announced the winners. It was you, Esteban and the captain and you just kept staring at me without saying a single word. I can understand that Esteban was silent like he doesn't know what to say, the captain can't say something without repeating himself but you, your silence was the worst because you always have something to say, a word of advice or support or just good luck but you stayed silent and that, that I couldn't handle.
Ha-So, you thought I was mad at you only because I kept silent?
-Mhm.
Ha-Oh, I'm so sorry. I guess I didn't really express my happiness right there. I had no idea it meant so much for you.
-It does, your word and opinion are the ones I value the most after my own and if you don't say anything, everything goes into chaos.
Ha-That much?
-Well of course, you're the best there is.
Ha-I took all your prizes and got them here when I came back. Oh, and I found this on the training camp.
He lifts the sleeve of his jacket in his hand, dirty with blood and dirt all over it.
Ha-You lost it or you tossed it aside?
-Which one will make you feel better?
Ha-The truth.
-I tossed it aside. I'm sorry, I was just, so mad and sad and maybe a bit disappointed.
Ha-How is your leg doing?
-I didn't really paid attention to it after I went away from you all at the stables. But I can walk now.
Ha-Tell me you didn't walk your way here.
-I make no promises.
Ha-Tikvah, you are not supposed to walk.
-I know, I got carried away thinking and soon after I forgot I was even hurt.
I start to feel weak and I get closer to him, hugging him tightly. He hugs me back and then he looks at me closely.
Ha-You're shaking, are you cold?
-Is not cold, is getting hotter by the minute. Can you turn up the air or the fan or wathever? Is too hot.
Ha-Wait one second.
He stands and he turns on the lights and then he looks at me closely and his expression turns worried. I try to give him a small smile but I can't. He examines my face.
Ha-You're pale and your lips are purple to blue, you have a fever very high, you are cold to the touch. Irregular breathing, pulse accelerated and shaking. How long did you walk on this climate?
-Since it began.
Ha-Wait here.
He goes away and when he cones back I let out a weak laugh as I see that he has the equivalent of an entire hospital to treat me.
Ha-What?
-You could treat a whole city with that. I don't need that much care, is juts a simple fever.
Ha-Yeah, sure. You are wounded, it may be infected, you walked on it under terrible weather and you got sick because of the weather. You need every single care you can get.
I roll my eyes as he kneels in front of me.
Ha-Here, hold this to your forehead.
I take the ice pack and put it on my forehead as he starts taking my clothes off gently. When he finishes he starts cleaning up my wound with water. Then he takes a bottle of alcohol instead.
Ha-This is going to ache a little, you have to brace yourself for it. Ready?
He looks at me and I nod at him taking a deep breath as he rubs the alcohol slowly and I back away at the speed of lightning and he looks at me with a knowingly smile.
-That wasn't a little, that was a lot. Be gentle, more gentle.
Ha-I can try.
I let him go back to treat my wound again but this time he switches between liquids, alcohol and then water to calm the itching. He repeats the process a few more times before he bandages it tightly. He looks at me and checks me generally.
Ha-That seems to have worked a bit. You're not pale anymore at least. Do you want a pijama?
-Yes, please. There is a special pijama on that drawer over there. Is dark pink with black borders.
He goes and opens the drawer and he takes out a pink pijama.
Ha-This one?
-No, more to the back, at the far end.
He saves the pijama and it seems he finds the one I want by the expression on his face. He takes it out and I nod as I see it. He raises an eyebrow as he lets it unfold.
Ha-This is not an appropiate.... I can see through this thing! Are you sure this is the one that you want?
-Just give it here.
He passes it over to me and I take it. I put it on easily and I smile to myself. I look at him and he sits by my side.
Ha-How do you feel? You still have the fever and it doesn't look like is going away anytime soon. You're still shaking too.
-I'm a bit cold.
Ha-Here, lie down. Sleep a bit, maybe that will help you feel better when you wake up.
-Maybe.
I lie down and he wraps me in my blankets and stays there until I fall asleep.
                        Hades POV
I look as she sleeps and I feel as from time to time she squeezes the blankets. I check her temperature and she is not getting any better. In fact, she seems to be getting worse, this is going to be a long night. At some point I fall asleep at her side and I wake up to her voice.
T-No, no, come back. Don't leave.
I look at her and I notice she's sleep talking and crying as she speaks. I check her temperature one more time and she's burning hot. I take some wet towels from the bathroom and I put them on her forehead. She keeps talking and she tosses around on the bed.
T-No, keep it here.
-Oh, shh, shh, I'm here, I'm here.
I know she can't hear me but it makes me feel better.
T-No, you're not real, not real. Someone, help me. Please, I'm not strong enough.
-Shh, shh, I'm here with you. I will not go away, ever. You can count on me always.
I see as her breathing starts to slow down I notice as she grows paler and her breathing becomes hard. I pull the blankets off and I see that her wound has started bleeding again. I press with my hand strongly to keep more blood from pouring out while with my other hand I massage a bit her leg, getting her blood evenly distributed and as it starts to get better I slowly let my grip loose until is completely off. I change her bandages and she starts to calm down, her breathing comes more easily and she seems more relaxed as she goes back to her peaceful sleep. I hear a knock on the door and I go and answer it. I find Osiris standing with two trays of food on his head.
O-Wow, you look worn out. Are you okay?
-Yeah, lack of sleep and lots of things happening. Come in and let me help you with those.
I take one of the trays and I let him inside. I put the tray on the drawer and I take the other one as well and he turns to look at Tikvah on the bed.
O-She looks so calm, I'm a bit jealous that she can sleep like that after everything that happened.
-Yeah, she is a relax with sleep kind of person. Do you have something else to do here?
O-No, oh, actually I have something for her but she has to be awake for that.
-Is it a new game of dance or singing or both?
O-Both. Well, that is for both of you. Your lunches, one for you and one for her when she wakes up. I'll come back when is time for dinner if you're not at the table.
Ha-Okay.
With that he goes away and I lock the door to the room. I take my lunch and start eating it slowly when I hear her wake up.
T-Hades?
-Hey, I'm here, I'm here. How do you feel? Feel better?
                      Tikvah POV
I wake up and I look for Hades. I see as he sits on the other end of the bed and he looks at me expectantly.
Ha-How are you feeling? Did the sleep worked?
-Yeah, were you up all the time watching me?
Ha-Yes.
I look at him and I laugh a bit as I clean up his face a bit from a bit of leftover of food he has.
-You have, a bit of food here.
He looks at me surprised as I clean the food off of his mouth. Perhaps because is the first time it happens to him.
Ha-Osiris got us lunch. He will get dinner too. Here, this one is yours.
I take the tray of food and start eating joyfully.
-I don't know if this is good because it is good or if I feel is good because I skipped dinner yesterday and breakfast today.
Ha-Maybe is both.
I shrug as I keep eating. When I finish eating I clean my face and he takes the tray away. I take my phone and I scroll through the list until he takes it from me.
-Hey, what are you doing? I was about to report absent for work.
Ha-I was going to do that but he was a step ahead and he gave you a week off to recover.
-A week? It should've been three days at least. What am I supposed to do with so much free time?
Ha-You can spend time with your boyfriend.
-He's on a trip for work.
Ha-What about your duties as a divinity, in Olympus.
-Not fun.
Ha-Studying?
-Let's just wait and see. Now, I just want to be with you. Nothing happened while I was asleep right?
Ha-You sleep talk. You got worse and started being delirious saying stuff that made no sense at all.
-Sorry. For worrying you. Oh, let's go to the garden, I would like some fresh air.
He nods and he helps me up and he goes downstairs first to catch me as I let myself fall from the edge. He catches me easily and he puts me on the floor as I take my hair out of my face. He takes me outside and I take a smell of the air and I let out a sigh of relief. I shiver a bit as a cold breeze comes through me.
Ha-Cold?
I shrug my shoulders and I feel as he puts his jacket around me.
Ha-Here, take this. Is light but incredibly warm.
-Thanks. I been wondering, what if I change careers, just a bit. Allow me, you know there are different kinds of police officers right?
Ha-Yes, the ones that work papers, in the field or with the dead or even analitycal.
-Well, I was thinking, what if I could travel the world and I could help anywhere in the world. That way I can help everyone and I also learn new things and explore the world. You need help, I'm here until the case is solved. Does that sounds good?
Ha-That is a really good idea.
-I thought in calling it, the world's cop or the traveler cop.
Ha-What about, cop of the future?
-That doesn't sounds bad. I like it. But that's something for when I have more field experience.
I keep enjoying the rays of the sun for a few more minutes before I hear Storm on the other side. I whistle and sure enough he comes to me at lightning speed.
-Hey big boy, how are you? Are you well rested now that you actually got to sleep. Did you enjoy your nap?
He nudges me happily and I laugh as his hair tickles on my face. I sneeze and he backs away a bit startled before he steps closer again.
-Ha, excuse me, that's weird. I never sneeze.
I keep sneezing and I try to not sneeze as I see Hades coming from the kitchen's door with a bag of apples and sugar cubes. I give him a small smile as he gives one sugar cube to Storm. I turn away from him just enough so he doesn't sees me and I let out a small sneeze as low as I can.
-AaChoo.
Ha-Was that, a sneeze?
-No, is nothing, nothing at all.
He looks at me intently and I rub my nose a bit before I let out another sneeze, this time I bleed from my nose. I clean myself up dismissing it as I hold it in too much time. I sneeze one more time but now I bleed worse as I can't stop sneezing and then I feel a hand on my shoulder.
Ha-Are you alright?
-Not really.
I turn to see him and I let him see me.
-It won't stop.
Ha-Come here. Let's go somewhere else. Hold tight, very tight to me.
Just like that he takes me on his arms and when he makes sure I won't fall he speeds over through the streets towards the gate to Olympus. When we get to the agency he takes the elevators but as it doesn't come fast enough he takes the emergency stairs and he goes up and up until he reaches the last floor that the stair goes and then he seems agitated as he waits for the elevator to come. I feel as he balances himself from one foot to the other and as I start to feel lightheaded I hear him talking to me.
Ha-Don't you dare black out on me. Hold a little longer, we're almost there. Just a bit longer.
-Weak,....dizzy,........hurts. Too.......tired.
Ha-No, don't leave, keep talking. Keep awake, tell me how you did at the competition. All of them.
I take a deep breath and start talking.
-I was surprised........when I saw my opponent, he looked like he could stop me with a single finger.
I stop and take a quick breath before he shakes me awake gently.
Ha-Don't sleep yet, later you can sleep but now is important you keep awake. Tell me every single detail.
-Um, when I was doing the dare ride, I tried the most fastest way first but as it didn't work I did my favorite one.
Ha-Step on the saddle?
-That one, I realized I had to do it the hard way, I made Storm be at the front so when I jumped from him I could land nicely on the other horse's back. Taking into account that they were going to change places more or less.......
I hear as he huffs madly and when I peek at him I see pure anger reflected on his face.
-Hades?
He looks at me and his expression changes in less than a second from anger to worried.
Ha-It looks like everyone is going down today. How I wish I could teleport there right now.
-Is fine, I'm enjoying myself.
Ha-I'm sure you are.
His jaw tightens and his expression turns angry again as he presses frantically the elevator button until he breaks it and I can't help but let out a laugh before I start coughing up again. He tightens his hold on me and I see as he opens a window and looks down, I look down as well and my grip around his neck tightens.