Recuperation

Dan opens his eyes to find himself on a hospital bed with a few stitches on his body, he sits up in bed and looks around noticing that he is the only one in the room, he turns to the table beside his bed and discovers a note with the words, "Out for a bit, be back soon." written on it.

He held the note his hand before placing it back on the table and attempting to get up; he struggles for a bit before finally getting on his two feet, it doesn't take long before he falls back onto the bed as he wasn't ab to balance himself, he was about to try standing again before a click is hears at the door with the knob being turned and the door getting opened, Dan looks up to see Sai and Ilara chuckling as they walked in, he noticed that they both also had a few bandages on but he was a tidbit happy to see them well and okay. Sai notices Dan trying to stand up from the bed and immediately rushes to his side.

"Whoa, don't try to stress yourself like that, you need rest."

Dan gives him a look with an expression bordering on amusement.

"What??.. I'm not a cold hearted person, you saved our lives, the least I can do is help you recover."

Sai remarks.

"How are you feeling."

Ilara asks as Sai helps Dan back into bed.

"I'm okay, you guys don't have worry about me."

Dan replies trying to sound cool.

"Uh-huh and you expect us to believe that??"

Sai says as he takes his sit on the couch that was placed close to the door with Ilara walking up the bed and sitting at the edge of the bed.

"Yeah I feel okay now, how long have I been out anyways??"

Dan asks.

"Three days… You've been unconscious for three days."

Ilara replied with a look of sadness on her face.

"What, three days??... How could I have been out for so long??"

Dan asks with an expression of disbelief and surprise on his face.

"Well yeah, the doctor was expecting you to stay unconscious for a longer period anyways, thankfully you are awake now though I'm not sure if you are fully recovered."

Sai remarks.

"But then how could I have been out for so long??...what happened to me??"

Dan questions still surprised that he was out for so long.

"Don't you remember what happened that caused you to pass out??"

Ilara asks.

"Well I remember us battling Crow and then you guys getting hurt, I remember Crow levitating into the sky and creating a huge meteor with which he wanted to use and crush us to death, I remember pushing you guys down and stopping the meteor with a metal summons but that's about it."

Dan recounts his memories from before he passed out with Ilara and Sai listening closely.

"Well after you summoned the gigantic pole to save us, you passed out cold. We tried waking you up but it was almost like you were close to dying, when we brought you here and the doctor checked you out he said that apparently you had stressed your variant genes beyond their current path causing your body to enter into a state of shock momentarily, he said it might take some time for your body to heal itself and also for your variant genes to get back to normal so it would be best you take it easy for a bit."

Sai seemed a bit worried as he spoke with Dan reclining himself.

"I guess I went a bit too far with the pole, didn't think it would have such an effect on my genes."

Dan remarks with his head down.

"Well it's okay now, all you need is a little rest and you'll be back to normal."

Ilara tries to cheer up Dan as she places her hand on his leg, Sai seems a bit bothered by Ilara's gesture and is about to speak up when a knock is heard on the door and a nurse walks in.