Chapter 8: Friends (1/2)

Chapter 8: Friends

The combat evaluation ended about as expected Aldrich and the rest of the Fraht into the F-class with nobody else joining theht that the 'F-class' was ate them even further

Aldrich and Adam spent their time in the infirmary after combat evaluation Drones opened up their Frame suits and evacuated the Alter student, what feere left conscious, laughing at their misfortune

The infire of the Blackwater coleas in Blackwater, the infirmary was decked out with state-of-the-art equips in Blackwater, Aldrich and the Frame students were not allowed to access it fully

Instead, they were corralled into a repurposed basement where they only had access to basic ed to a shoddy outpost camp in Variant territory

Here, in beds that were hard like rock, under flickering lighting and with skittering shadows that probably were rats, Aldrich and Adaes wrapped around their respective injuries Elaine was there with theh she had no injuries because she said she felt safer there than alone in her dorm

Understandable, honestly, with how blatantly creepy every Alter see a white mask with sunken in, sleepless eyes, shi+fted in and out, checking in on vitals wordlessly, evidently not wanting to talk to them at all

"Where are the others, ht Made sense considering the fact that the only hit he had taken was a blast that had knocked him out

"They're upstairs," said the nurse as she pointed to the cracked stone ceiling above with a stylus while clutching a thin grey Eye-Pad to her chest

"daet to be up there while we're stuck down here, huh?" said Adam

"The other two are in intensive care," said the nurse "You are lucky to be down here Means you at least have the energy to talk like that"

"Oh," said Ada wordlessly He had heard what happened to Frank and Jake, the Frame students that had ran

They had been chased down and mercilessly hunted down by Alters that sain as the Alter students tried to fight for who got the knockout points

Meanwhile, because Seth and his crew had personally dealt with Aldrich, Adaainst Seth and try to clairoup

In a way, Seth's cruelty had saved them from further harm

"I doubt they will stay here," said the nurse "Blackwater will probably discharge the the severity of their injuries, and I doubt they can afford to call in a Restorer"

It was a known fact that a Alter powers, ones that healed the body were extraordinarily rare

Powers that healed the self were not that unco others manifested in such rarity that any Alter that could heal even little cuts on others was guaranteed a lifetime of wealth and eorized as Restorers, and their services cost fortunes to hire Medical technology had advanced to the point where anything short of death could be healed, but recovery still took ti to spend est a Frah end Restorer to heal their wounds instantly

The nurse sighed and shook her head before staring at Aldrich, Ada, too, before this place eats you up and spits you back out in broken pieces"

"fuck that," said Ada"

"Well, I'ive life advice, so you do you" The nurse shrugged before she left, walking upstairs to tend to patients upstairs

After a brief pause, Adaain

"You were insane out there, Aldy You beat the sht out of a couple of those Alter idiots Did you see how stupid that guy looked before you knocked him out? I could replay that moment in my head a thousand times over"

"Same here," said Aldrich

"Why didn't you tell us you could use the Frames?" said Elaine "Why didn't you tell us how to use the

"You wanted to keep your skills hidden, right? Make sure they underestimated you," said Adam

Aldrich raised a brow, surprised that Ada so duood at so, you keep it to yourself, especially when you're powerless like us," said Adaainst you It's just the way the world is Every advantage you can take, you take"

"I suppose," said Elaine with a sigh "You're right I just thought that for Fraot in this acadeht for you two just because you were Duds like me"