A Hotel Room in Nowhere, Rhode Island. Late Tuesday Night Fandom Time.

[icecoldfrost]

Emma couldn't face the idea of staying another moment in Massachusetts, and they couldn't get a portal back to the island until morning.

Besides, Rhode Island was probably the last place anyone would think to look for them, and therefore safest. The hotel was also almost completely empty, so the manager was willing to cut them a deal to get two rooms for the night.

Emma just wanted a hot shower and a bed. And for someone to explain to her why she'd waken up on the lawn of the Clinic.


[OOC: Wrap-up and relaxation for the rescue rangers. NFB due to distance.]

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[bitten_notshy]

"So," Jack said, sprawling in a chair like he owned it, "is anyone else exhausted? And can we call for pizza?"

He was trying to keep things light, but the way he kept watching Emma with concern was not as subtle as he would like to think.

[icecoldfrost]

Oh god, pizza sounded wonderful and yet disgusting at the same time. "Only if I can get breadsticks," Emma decided, not moving from her spot on one of the beds. "And some ginger ale or Sprite."

[bitten_notshy]

Jack nodded his assent, reaching to gather some takeout menus from a hotel room table. "Your stomach?" he asked gingerly. "I'm sure one of us could get something from the vending machine if you like...."

[icecoldfrost]

Emma gave him a weak smile. "I'm still a little dizzy, so I'm going to start small," she admitted. "Although I'm so hungry, I could probably eat the entire pizzeria."

[glacial_queen]

"I'm not hungry," Karla said from her spot on the bed. She didn't sound sulky at all. "Maybe just a soda or something. I'm tired."

[glacial_queen]

Karla was fairly drained and was already fighting off an impressive headache, but she had another job to do before she could fall over like she wanted.

"Sit," she ordered Peter. "Let me take care of that arm before you...I don't know, get a bone shard in the kidney or something."

Best bedside manner ever.

[theotherpeter.livejournal.com]

"You know, maybe we should just drop me off at an ER," Peter said, barely still conscious. "I'm not exactly sure I'm okay with people using their fancy powers on me another time today."

Still snarky and bitchy through the pain. Sadly it was his coping mechanism.

And yet, he sat down like Karla said.

[bitten_notshy]

"You say that as if I wouldn't let you," Jack said. "We can get an order of breadsticks for you -- and two pizzas for the rest of us."

He reached to put a hand on her shoulder. "You'll be all right, Emma. I promise."

It wasn't his to promise, but he'd make the promise anyhow.

[bitten_notshy]

"Are you going to start looking like a skeleton again if I don't make you eat?" Jack wondered aloud. The sulky tone inspired an extra edge to his raised eyebrow. " But I'll run and get a soda for you in a moment. You should rest."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

Alex wasn't hurt but he was quiet and he was really, really jonesing for a cigarette. The hotel room provided him a nice wall to lean against where he could rest his head and doze a bit.

He still wanted that cigarette though.

[icecoldfrost]

"If I have to eat, she has to eat," Emma called, putting a hand over her eyes. "I think she poured bleach on my brain."

[icecoldfrost]

"I don't feel too broken," she joked, patting his hand lightly. "Just...muddled. I remember waking up at the Clinic, but after the first day or so, it's all a blank."

[glacial_queen]

"Do you want to wear a cast for the next few months?" Karla snapped. "Because if you're going to keep sassing, I can add a jaw-brace to the list of things you need."

Her harsh tone was at odds with the gentle hands she laid on his arm. A whisper of Healing-Craft was coursing through his body, an arrow of warmth that sped through him and alerted her to all of his injuries.

"And let you keep the bruises for graduation if you want," she added dryly.

[glacial_queen]

"Do not!" Karla replied stubbornly. "I wasn't the one who got kidnapped."

And so that somehow made it so she didn't have to eat. Trufax! Ask anybody!

...Anybody who was likely to say yes, anyway.

[icecoldfrost]

"You don't have to sleep on the wall, Alex," Emma offered dryly. "There space on the beds, or a chair, or something that isn't the floor."

[glacial_queen]

"I'm not gonna look like a skeleton," she said, defensive. "I just don't wanna eat."

The trouble with using a lot of Craft in a short amount of time was that her stomach started rebelling against the very thought of food, just when she needed it most.

And it made her pouty and contentious. Not that she needed the help with that, either.

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Who said I'm sleeping?" Alex asked, eyes staying closed even as he talked. "I'm just resting my eyes."

[theotherpeter.livejournal.com]

"Not like I need to look nice for my mom," Peter said. It wasn't that she wasn't able to attend.

It was more that he made sure she wasn't invited because he was going to be skipping town before the ceremony.

He gritted his teeth a bit, but he didn't resist whatever it was Karla was doing. He didn't put it past her to actually break his jaw if she wanted to. Not that he actually thought she was likely to, but he was having a few trust issues.

[icecoldfrost]

"As the one who got kidnapped, I demand to be indulged," Emma retorted. "I don't want to listen to you sulk or your tummy grumble all night."

[bitten_notshy]

"Don't force it if it doesn't want to come to your mind," Jack advised. "I doubt it was pleasant, and it's over."

Or so he hoped.

"I'm only sorry we didn't get here sooner."

[icecoldfrost]

"Mmmm. Resting them so well, you might just nap right there," Emma replied.

"...If you actually have a cigarette, I will give you anything in the world to share it with me right now." It has been since Friday night, Alex. Friday. And the clearer-headed that Emma got, the more she was craving a smoke.

[bitten_notshy]

"I'm not going to hold you down and force-feed you," Jack promised. "Though I can't guarantee I won't hover."

He played with the menus a bit, then added, "Should you call Warren?"

[icecoldfrost]

The smile she gave him this time was genuine, if a bit tired. "I know," she said simply, closing her eyes.

"That's why I didn't use my powers on them to walk right out." Well, those first few doses of drugs when they'd grabbed her had meant she couldn't use her telepathy, but Emma still could have gambled. "I knew Miss Cabot would come blazing in with a righteous wrath, or that you lot would just rip the place apart until you found me. I just needed to wait."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I don't have any cigarettes," he said apologetically, eyes opening. "I was in a rush when we left and they're sitting untouched and unloved on my desk. Sorry, Emma. Maybe they sell 'em around here somewhere?"

[icecoldfrost]

"We can hit up a gas station and get some in the morning," Emma sighed. "Maybe I'll go check the vending machines in a bit, see if they have one for cigarettes, or at least some chewing gum."

She rolled over to lay on her stomach and get a better look at him. "You look exhausted," she said bluntly. "How hard was it to find me?"