I waste no time in running for the elevator, wishing I had the strength left in me to super speed. Healing Johnathan took almost everything I have. I almost knock over the doctors as they rush into the newly restored man's room.
"Lyden, what are you going to do?" Brooke asks me as she catches me before I tip over from dodging the doctors. "You're too weak to stand up to that beast! Hell, you're barely able to stand at all." I spare a glance back at the mermaid, and see that Becky and Lisa are groggily trying to follow us. Because I'm not looking, I slam into something soft and go down hard. I don't worry about the doctor I just bowled into as I regain my feet, rushing for the elevator.
The image of Areth frantically dodging the dragon's attacks flits through my mind, and my resolve doubles. "I don't know," I tell her, "but I can't just leave her out there!"