"Right now, it's alright to see what's only in front of you"

Around Lloyd the setting soon vanished from a burning wasteland to his familiar Air Base…lab place…

He looked down and still saw the two teens in one piece, or at least as in piece as they were going to be.

Well, inter-dimmensional travel doesn't split your body into individual molecules. I have to remember that.

"Lloyd!" Lloyd looked up and saw a now frantic Cecile. He sighed and the glass door open, gesturing two his 'guests'. "I think they're hurt…" He grudgingly used his foot to lift Kyouya up a few inches off the floor. "I think he's hurt more."

"Don't do that!" Cecile immediately kneeled down on her knees to observe the two teens when Lloyd opened the door. She shooed Lloyd's foot away. "They look like they went through a bombing." She couldn't help but gasp in surprise as she pulled Haruhi away from Kyouya's still clutching arms, and spotted the extent of his injuries. Blood was now heavily leaking through his clothes and was collecting in a crimson pool at Cecile's knees.

Cecile hurried herself to work, setting Kyouya up by placing one of her arms under his, to support the limp body. As she was walking away from Lloyd she turned back. "Call the infirmary." "Can't do." Cecile glared at Lloyd. "Now is not the time Lloyd." "No, I mean it. How do you think they're going to respond seeing two seriously hurt kids, and dressed in their school uniforms still?" Lloyd exited the Riarirti and wagged his finger, taunting in his sing-songy voice. "Su-spi-cious…"

Cecile knew he had a point. She decided to carry the bleeding body to a nearby bed. She then rushed to gather bandages from the first-aid kit. Lloyd watched her with amusement, how she seemed to care so much about a person she never met in her life no less. Noticing his idleness Cecile called out while undressing the shirt from the boy to apply the bandages.

"Lloyd, take the girl and put her in the bed next to him. I need to look her over as well." Lloyd began to grumble in protest.

"Lloyd! You race around playing hero, grab two dying kids, and refuse to do anything else?!" Cecile couldn't believe Lloyd would be this cold when it came right down to it. Discarding the shirt she tore strips off the bandages and began to wrap them around the boy's stomach, after sanitizing it. She knew it was no replacement for putting him through a scanner to see the extent of his internal injuries, but this was all she could do without risking his life anymore.

Besides her she detected movement, and Cecile glanced out of the corner of her eye. The girl was being placed on the bed. Granted it was gingerly, as if he feared getting some disease from physical contact, but it was a start. As she finished tying up the boy's bandages she smiled slightly. "Thank you Lloyd."

Lloyd nearly nagged in response. "It was all I could do to stop you from yelling and whining and shouting and scolding…" Lloyd went on, but Cecile knew she won that fight. A little part of her couldn't help but feel worried however. The fact Lloyd would help with these kid's well-being did mean he was serious about their role. Lloyd wouldn't care remotely about someone's condition unless their part in his plan was serious.

Cecile moved on to the girl, while Lloyd walked over to the boy. As Cecile began checking the girl, she couldn't help but feel a little uneasy on how Lloyd was hawking over the boy. He was just starting, not doing or saying anything. Cecile stopped and looked fully at Lloyd, who appeared to be in his own trance.

"Umm…Lloyd?" He looked up quickly at Cecile. "Yes, what? You're going on and on about how I'm not helping and you're not even focused on the task at hand." Lloyd crossed his arms and turned away. "Distasteful…" Cecile resisted the urge to whack Lloyd with the bandage roll, and returned to examine the girl. Realizing she had to look under the uniform to see the possibly hidden injuries she hissed to Lloyd.

"Get out now. I have to check this girl's injuries." Lloyd stared at her unfazed. "So?" "So, I have to undress her! Go!" Lloyd still had a look of oblivion on his face.

"You have to go Lloyd. Take the boy and dress him or something. Find a lab coat! Then go to the infirmary and tell them he's been hurt in a lab accident or such…" Cecile began pulling the jacket off the girl, and mumbled quietly. "Coming from you that wouldn't be too hard to believe." Lloyd put on his hurt face as he tried to lift the boy up by the arms. "I heard that." "Good."

Lloyd frowned. He did go to a door in the wall Cecile was sure she never noticed before. "Was that always there?" Lloyd looked around sneakily before pulling out an exact replica of his current lab coat. Cecile felt a vein twitch. Of course he would have storage space for his coats. She looked back at the girl, observing for any burns. Out of the corner of her eyes again however, she noticed Lloyd moving awkwardly. She slowly tuned her head, then quickly rushed it back to the girl, her cheeks flaming.

"L-Lloyd, why are you undressing yourself?" Lloyd stopped and looked at Cecile. "What? I'm just getting this lab coat off. I have a sweater underneath you know…" To Cecile's relief he did have a green turtleneck, and now was struggling to put his coat over the boy. "Why does your mind go to such dirty thoughts so quickly…my, my…" Cecile clenched her teeth telling herself it wasn't worth her job and possible conviction punching out her boss and an Earl no less…

Lloyd was struggling getting the arms through the sleeves. "Ugh! It's so hard dressing up other people. How do those servant people do it I wonder?" Cecile was grinning evilly. Let him struggle a little while longer…She was feeling particularly vengeful.

Lloyd was getting frustrated, raising both arms while biting the collar of the lab coat down, to get it over the teenager. To his dismay, it wasn't working.

Cecile was laughing on the inside while she carefully placed the girl back down and went over to Lloyd, who now somehow managed to have a sleeve of his lab coat over his head like a hat, the other though his left arm. Cecile didn't know that was a possible position to end up in when dressing someone else.

She lifted the lab coat and quickly and expertly

He also reached for the phone and called an assistant to the lab. "Why are you doing that Lloyd?" "You don't expect me to touch him do you?! He already stained my lab coat…" Lloyd gestured to the hem of his coat which had a handprint of blood. Cecile was unnerved. "Yes I do. Honestly, when do you care about your appearance Lloyd?"

The assistant soon rushed in and brought along a stretcher, to place the boy in. He peered nervously at Lloyd. "Uhh…sir…you're going to have to help me carry the other end of this." Lloyd gave the assistant a look but helped either way. As the boy was getting carried out to receive more medical assistance, Lloyd made sure to raise his voice as he was leaving.

"What's that Miss Cecile? You're saying how lovely it is I'm actually helping someone else? Why thank you…" Lloyd took a hand away from the stretcher in a melodramatic gesture to bow. "Thank you very much…" Cecile looked at the boy in danger of falling off. She hissed.

"Lloyd!" "What? Oh, right." He placed his hand on the side of the stretcher again, but turned his head to talk to Cecile gain. "You know…" "Goodbye Lloyd…" "Hmph." Lloyd looked back sourly at the assistant in front of him, who was now trying to avert his eyes from the 'scary' stare. "Miss Cecile…" "Goodbye…" Lloyd began singing a new tune, just annoy Cecile personally.

"You say goodbye, and I say hello...Hello! Hello! I don't know why I say goodbye I say hello…"

Cecile rolled her eyes. Now she would have that tune stuck in her head, like most of Lloyd's jingles. She couldn't help but have her thoughts turn serious however.

"I hope you know what you got yourself into Lloyd…"