Fizz woke the next morning and realized she was being held and for a brief moment wondered what had happened. Then she remembered going to Burn's room around eleven that night looking for some way to get out of being alone in her room. He of course welcomed her into his arms. She had fallen asleep from there. She didn't move and tried to go back to sleep, she had a feeling it would be another few hours before either of them were really expected to be awake; which was actually the case. It was two thirty in the morning. She rolled over so her back was to him and soon went back to sleep.

Burn woke with Fizz's movement and he wondered if she woke up or was just moving in her sleep. He repositioned himself so he was closer to her and also went back to sleep. They weren't required to be awake for several hours so he would just rest for now and continue to hold Fizz in his arms. He hadn't told her that he loved her yet but this was one way he could show her that he did care was by stepping up to be there when she came to him in need.

Ol'Skool checked on them at about 4 am and smiled when he noticed Burn was still holding Fizz in his arms. He knew he had made the right choice in letting them lay together for the night. Fizz would eventually have to find her feet and be independent again but he figured that could wait until she was either a bit more comfortable without her hearing or got the implants, whichever came first.

A week passed and the day of the surgery came faster than any of them had anticipated. Fizz groaned as she fell back into her chair, she hadn't been able to eat anything that morning and her stomach was protesting loudly according to those around her.

The rest of the Dojo had been very understanding of her pre-surgery fasting and had so far not eaten anything in front of her and she had been extremely thankful to them for that as it made this whole process a bit easier on her. She felt a hand on her back; it was Burn saying hi as he passed to go get ready to leave for the hospital. He had been so supportive through this process of recovering from the meningitis and prep for the surgery. She had also noticed that Deets had stepped up to be there for her more along with Ed and even Loogie had pitched in to help where he could. Loogie seemed to bundle things a lot, but she had to give him points for trying at least.

Rose was also spending more time around the Dojo and had at least one minor squabble with Burn but they managed to settle it in the sparing ring as was typical with the two of them.

They had gotten a set of devices that allowed for texting between the others and her to make communication easier between the hearing couriers and her. She already knew that she was once again riding with Burn, although she barely remembered the first time she rode with him as her fever was so high she was practically delirious. On the way back to the Dojo she had rode with her sister, Rose, and would ride with her again if her sister could have pulled away from her duties at Starlight Couriers long enough to take her there. Unfortunately Starlight Couriers was short-handed for a drop due to two of their main couriers coming down with food poisoning. Rose had cursed her bad luck on not being able to see her sister to the hospital, but her crew had promised her, come hell or high water she would be there to either see her sister into the operating room or out or preferably see her both ways.

The text device vibrated and Fizz pulled it out.

"It's time to go. Power up and meet me at the door, -Burn"

She sighed

"On my way" she replied

"Okay" he replied

She powered up and headed towards the door. She got there and noticed the others were already powered up, Ol'Skool included. Part of her wished she could ride on her sled she missed the independence of being able to ride her own vehicle, but at the same time she didn't mind riding with Burn. His vehicle rode so differently from her sled and thus was a welcome change of pace for her.

She waited until he got on the bike and then joined him with a little help. She knew riding with him and depending on him to keep her safe was one thing she could really count on in her life at the Dojo. He had kept her safe from the moment she had walked through the doors of the Dojo, even though he had originally protested that she was too young for the courier business. After he got to know her he seemed to have come to the conclusion that his early assumptions about her were wrong, but he still protected her.

They started out and were soon on their way towards the hospital where she would have her surgery. She already knew she would have to stay overnight and wouldn't get the processors and have the implants go live for several weeks after surgery

"The Dojo is on the move again, but for the first time since their run to the hospital all of the Dojo is on the street, but Fizz is still bumming a ride. Could there be more going on that the Dojo isn't making public knowledge?" DJ Dive wondered "This DJ can only speculate what has the youngest of the Dojo off her ride."

The ride to the hospital was mercifully short for all involved. Ol'Skool looked at Fizz as they entered the hospital, she seemed uneasy and walked closer to Burn than was ever the norm in the past.

Burn too acknowledged Fizz's presence really close to him by giving her shoulder a comforting squeeze.

She looked at him with a nervous smile. At first communication with her required the text devices that they all now carried but as time progressed she learned some basic sign language but her sign vocabulary and theirs wasn't that great, on the other hand she had picked up lip reading extremely quickly.

"It's going to be okay." Burn told her.

She nodded but he could tell it didn't help her nerves to hear him say that.

"You know I'd never lie to you." He reminded her.

"I know, Burn, it… I'm just scared."

Burn stopped her and came down to her level to talk to her.

"Don't worry about this, everything will go fine, we're all here for you, Fizz. I know this is scary but you don't need to be afraid, you're in good hands." Burn hugged her gently and could tell she was calming down.

They soon continued walking to the waiting area, it wouldn't be long now.

To Be Continued…