Alastor's dad joke of the day: "What did the evil chicken lay? Deviled eggs."

***Hope's POV***

Vaggie had left a bit ago after giving me something for my headache. Which was a mistake, because now the voices are going to come back. Sitting up I realize that I don't think they will be happy about being ignored.

Sure, enough the moment the pain faded the voice were back and to my surprised they were louder. The louder their voices get the worse I feel.

'Ugly!'

'Terrible!'

'Liar!'

'Trash!'

'Nobody likes you!'

'They all wish you were gone!'

As those words repeat over and over tears begin to flow down my cheeks. I know what they say isn't true. That everything they are saying are lies, but there is a tiny part of that believes what they say.

Before I know it, I have a hand on the side of my head and am thinking at them to stop. They don't. They just continue repeating the same things over and over.

"Stop! Make it stop!"

***Alastor's POV***

I am standing just outside Hope's door ready to knock when I hear her shout.

"Stop! Make it stop!"

Her tone sounds like she is in pain. My mind immediately went to some one is possibly hurting her. Without knocking I open the door and walk in.

Hope is sitting on her bed. She is clutching at her head like she is in pain. Tears are streaming down her face. No one else is in the room though.

Not wanting to startle her and cause her more distress I call her name. She doesn't respond. I call her name again, only a bit louder. Still nothing.

Deciding that I have no other choice I gently take hold of her shoulders. The moment I touch her, her eyes snap open. She looks at me with wide and scared eyes for a couple seconds.

After a few seconds she seems to recognize me. Before I could say anything, she wraps her arms around me and buries her face into my chest. She continues to sob as I loosely wrap my arms around her. I rub her back as she cries.

After a few more minutes her sob quiet down and she seems calmer. Before I could see if she fell asleep, she pulls away. I get a good look at her tear-stained face as I help wipe away her tears.

I take out a handkerchief out of my pocket and had her blow her nose. Once she does, I wipe away any excess snot. I ball up the ruined handkerchief and burn it in my hands until not even ashes are left.

"How are you feeling darling? Charlie and Vaggie told me what happened while I was gone. Are you alright?" I ask as I take in her appearance.

She looks like she been through a lot. Her hair is messy and unkempt. The shine in her hair is no where to be found. Her skin is paler then usual. She looks like she hasn't slept in ages. She doesn't look like she is doing well at all.

She tells me of all she has been going through these past couple days. I am a bit shocked. I hadn't expected her to go through so much in two days. I may not have been here for her before, but I am now.

"Alright darling. Here's what we are going to do. I am going to use a spell to put you in a dreamless sleep for a couple hours. While you sleep, I will heal you and when you wake up, I will have some food waiting for you. Ok?"

"Ok."

Her tone was small and sad. I know it's not because she doesn't want help. It's because at the moment she feels like she is being a burden. She not though. I want to help her and be there for her.

I place my hand gently on her head and whispered the sleeping spell. I held her up as she fell asleep. Once she was out, I laid her down on the bed.

With her sleeping I place my hand on her stomach to see what the internal damage was.

'Most of it had to be to her stomach if she can't-'

My thoughts were cut off as my eyes widen in shock.

What the fuck?

How in the seven rings of Hell is this woman alive right now?

Seriously. Most of her organs are so severely damaged that they are barely functioning. The only organ not damaged is her heart. Everything else though is in rough shape.

Oh. That explains it. While tuning into her powers to find out why her healing powers weren't kicking in to heal the damage, I found out how she is alive right now.

Her powers were what was keeping everything functioning. It was too spread out to do much healing, but it was enough to keep her alive. Without proper sleep and nutrition though her healing powers were stuck being too weak to heal anything farther.

In fact, her powers seem to be on the edge of quitting. Too weak to continue. If that happens her organs will fail and Hope dies.

Well, I can't let that happen now, can I?

Using my healing powers, I heal everything. I let out a small sigh of relief and fatigue. Using that much healing magic can take quite a bit of magic. Nothing a powerful overlord like can't handle though.

I remove my hand and make my way out the door. I shut the door behind me as I leave to go make something for Hope to eat. While I did fix the damage, she will need some more time to recover her strength. With proper rest and nutrition, she should be fine in no time.