Once the group had settled down, it seemed that the little girl was willing to talk. Maria, Naomi, and CR-S01 were sitting in their usual spots, but Navel was sitting on the bed with the little girl, as per her request. Whenever someone said something she didn't like (that was Maria, most of the time), she would cuddle herself up against Navel's side, and sometimes look like she was tempted to suck her thumb. But being by Navel's side helped her relax and shrug off whatever Maria had said. Navel wasn't quite as pleased. His face was red with embarrassment and he kept giving Naomi a look that screamed 'Help me'. To which Naomi would give him a look back that said 'man up'.

They had learned more about the girl in 5 minutes than Gabriel had learned in 20.

Her name was Aira Mays, 10 and a half years old and turning 11 in 4 months. She wasn't actually from this city, she was from a city many miles away. After she became homeless and her parents left, she wandered from city to city to find food. She just so happened to end up in this one the day Navel found her.

"So you're homeless... and your parents..." Maria looked solemn, as if this brought up bad memories. "Didn't you have any siblings? You coulda gone to an orphanage if you had no choice, ya know."

"S-siblings...?" She whispered. She looked like she didn't want to talk about that. "I... I had Sis... for awhile... and Brother..." She shook her head and tried to change the subject. "But an Orphanage? That's where kids who can't take care of themselves go! I'm fine."

Judging by her pathetically skinny figure, she was far from fine. This girl belonged in an orphanage... or, even better, a foster home. But she seemed indignant about being in any sort of dire need. She wanted to be independent.

"How long have you been homeless?" Naomi asked. She was still curious about this 'Sis' and 'Brother' she mentioned, but she didn't want to make the girl talk about anything she wasn't comfortable with.

"Uhm... about... 2 years?" She said. Everyone in the room gasped. (Except CR, he just raised his eyebrows.)

"That's..." Maria whispered. "That's horrible..."

"You should be in a foster home." CR-S01 said coldly, making Maria glare at him again. Aira cringed at both the idea of a foster home and the idea of a fight breaking out between Maria and CR. She cuddled up closer to Navel.

"N-no thank you." Aira murmured in reply to CR. "I don't need a foster home."

CR-S01 looked over at Naomi, and Naomi looked at CR-S01.

"Did you ever go to school?" Naomi asked.

"I was homeschooled." She answered. "But... that had to stop after awhile. I'm super smart, though."

"Really?" Maria snorted. "What's 9 times 9?"

"..." The girl hesitated. "I'm smart at important things."

"Hah! Good answer!" Maria laughed.

"Math IS important..." CR-S01 mumbled, almost indignantly. Maria and Naomi ignored his comment.

There was a bit of a silence while everyone was thinking of more questions. Finally, Aira sighed and straightened a little (although she was still glued to Navel's side).

"I know you want to ask it. Go on, spit it out." She sighed. Naomi looked at Maria, and then at Navel, and then at CR-S01. Finally, she eyed the little girl.

"Why did you try to commit suicide?"

The girl opened her mouth and began to answer. "...I-"

"Hey drama queens!" Gabriel burst open the door. "Bad news - there's ANOTHER suicide patient."

"You're kidding. Another one ? !" Maria screeched.

"Yeah, although we found out her name was Claire, so it's not the same situation as this annoying brat." Gabriel gestured to Aira, who looked at him with a horrified stare.

"What's her condition?" Naomi said, now standing, along with Maria and CR-S01.

"She has a lot of broken limbs, and Hank is going to do orthopedic surgery. But he needs all the help he can get. Anyone wanna come with?"

"All of us will go." CR-S01 answered for everyone, and that was that. Naomi, Maria, and CR-S01 left. Navel ran for the door after Naomi, but stopped dead in his tracks. He turned to Aira, who was staring at the floor. She was holding herself with her arms as if she was cold. She had missed the warmth of snuggling up against Navel's side, the feel of every thread on his suit brushing up against her.

"Hey... uhm..." Navel said hesitantly.

"Just go..." She sighed. "She sounds like she's in a badder state than I was. Go."

"Geez, you make it sound like we'll care for a patient until a new one comes up that we can all focus on." Navel chuckled. His laughter was stifled when he realized that that's exactly what she had implied. Aira said nothing.

"Do you... want me to stay with you?" He asked sheepishly.

"Don't you want to go with your girlfriend?" She asked curiously.

"I... what... ? !" Navel exclaimed.

"Naomi." Aira clarified.

"N-naomi? N-no, you've got it all wrong!" Navel's face was rich with crimson. "Doctor Kimishima is my boss, not my girlfriend!"

Aira maintained a stony silence.

"Anyway, if you want me to stay with you, I'm sure Naomi wouldn't mind." Navel said, choosing his words carefully.

"No... I want to talk to Sis, anyway. Just go." Aira sighed.

Navel sighed and turned to leave. He shut the door behind him, which automatically locked. He was about to go and wait outside the OR, but he stopped dead in his tracks.

She wanted to talk to... Sis? Her Sister? But she's in the room alone, and her room is on the 2nd floor. There's no phone in her room and it's not like she would be allowed to use one if there was one. There's no way she could talk to... anyone! What did she mean by talking to her sister?

Navel realized that he left his laptop in Aira's room. Perfect! This couldn't be a bigger coincidence. The laptops had small cameras on them for various purposes. Navel could access the camera footage from his phone. Navel whipped it out and typed some codes in. The screen went black for a second, before the footage from his laptop camera came on like a TV channel.

The bad part was that his Laptop was facing away from Aira, so he got a nice view of a blurry wall. He could still hear the sound. There was rustling and a sound like things clattering together. Was she digging through her bag or the medical cabinet?

Finally, Navel heard a faint *click*.

"Hi Sis. Sorry I couldn't send a message earlier. I've been stuck in this hospital for awhile... and all these people have been asking me questions..."

That was Aira's voice, but there was no reply. Was she even talking to anyone?

"I've met a lot of people. There's this girl with brown hair and dark skin. She's really mean and moody and I'm scared of her. But she says that she's a paramedic! Isn't that... scary? That someone like that can be a paramedic?"

She was talking about Maria. It's true that Maria hadn't exactly been on her best behavior around the timid girl, so it was understandable for her to be scared of her. Navel still felt that she was jumping too far to conclusions with that 'that someone like that can be a paramedic' part, considering that it was both him AND Maria that saved her life.

"That's not all, though. There was that nice doctor. Oops, I didn't tell you about him! He always has this blank look on his face, and he has these big, spooky red eyes, like a demon! But... and this may sound weird, but... I think he's a nice demon. Ha, a demon doctor! Isn't that funny? He's a surgeon, and he operated on me. He told me when we were talking after I woke up the first time. He's also really blunt and tells things like it is... he's not scared that I'm a kid... I like him for that..."

CR-S01. Demon Doctor? That's one way to put it, Navel thought. It was interesting to see that Aira liked it when people didn't treat her like a child...

"Then there was this white haired woman. She was really... uhm... elegant... almost like a ghost. She was really pale, but she had these big, blue eyes. But, you know what's creepy? They had no shine to them... it really was like she was a ghost! Like she was already dead! This is like a supernatural hospital! It's weird! But... anyway, that Ghost Lady was really nice, and she had a pretty smile... when she did smile. I almost never saw it because she was trying to keep Demon Doctor and Loud Paramedic from arguing."

It didn't take any time at all to identify that as Naomi. Her definition of her was... sadly accurate, as far as Navel was concerned. Ghost Lady, Demon Doctor, and Loud Paramedic... seemed those were her nicknames for all of them. Navel hoped that she didn't call them by those names when they were around.

"What else... Oh, before that, I got visited by this a doctor... what did he do again... Oh, he told people what's wrong with them. A diagnostician, that's what he was. And he brought his son with him. He saved my life from a scary fan in an air vent... don't ask why I was up there, I think you can guess. But anyway, that doctor guy was also really mean! It was like he was mad at me half the time and he was grilling me about everything! But you know the worst part? He didn't acknowledge his son as his son! But it was so obvious! They had the same last name, haircut, eyes! But he just referred to him as a patient and insisted that I do that to... even father didn't do that to us..."

Gabriel and Joshua Cunningham. She sounded like she was completely appalled by Gabriel's act.

"Also, while I was listening in on them in the hall, I think there was one other person that didn't come to see me. I know, I was listening in on everyone like a spy! It was kinda fun. Anyway, that other girl had a higher voice and she kept talking about honor. I think I admire her for that. Brother was honorable to, so..."

Tomoe Tachibana. Brother was honorable? This brother of hers was a very curious subject.

"And then... there was... him."

She didn't even even have to clarify. Her soft tone of voice, the unsaid feeling buried within it. That was all the clarification Navel needed to make a lump form in his throat.

"He's so pretty, isn't he, Sis? Remember when I told you about him at the lake? At the hospital, I cuddled up against him... he was so warm! I wanted to feel his soft hair and touch his hand... aha! I must sound so stupid... but... he made me feel like I could trust all the others... because if they used the info for bad things, he'd make things right! Like a superhero! Haha!"

... Navel's mouth just hung open...

"But... you know... his face was bright red... like he was embarrassed to have me around. I guess he thought he looked silly right next to a 'little girl.' He was in front of his girlfriend, too. Oh, that's Ghost Lady, by the way. I guess I can see why he would like her but... but..."

"Oh Sis! I would give just about anything if he was born into our family, or I was born into his! But... I wouldn't want him to suffer the hardships of our family... and I still want you to be Sis and Brother to be Brother. But... I would love to live with him... if only for a day. Learn his past... see all the stuff in his house..."

Her voice trailed off. Navel was absolutely speechless.

"Anyway, It's not like that'll ever happen, right? Haha, I'm just rambling. I don't really have much else to say, but in this Supernatural Hospital, I think I'm going to have plenty more thing to tell you! We're going to have so much adventure!"

Suddenly, the view on the camera began to shift, and he heard a sound like his laptop being moved. The image rotated until he saw Aira's face, looking directly into the camera.

"Right, Agent Navel?"

"AAAH!" Navel dropped his phone and made a slightly girly shriek. He heard Aira giggling with glee on the camera. Navel quickly grabbed his phone and made a run for it. He hadn't the faintest idea that Aira had been watching! Had she said all those things because she KNEW he was watching ? ! Navel only knew one thing - this girl had spooked him out of his wits. He ran to the OR as fast as he could. Maybe just to be with Naomi and the others. Maybe just to be away from the eyes and innocent giggling of that girl.

By the time Navel had arrived at the OR, the operation had ended. Claire, the new suicidal girl, had to go through Orthopedic Surgery to treat the many fractures in her right arm and left leg. Hank had obviously been operating, and Tomoe had been supporting. Naomi, CR-S01, and Maria mostly stood out of the way, ready to do anything they could do to support. All of them were now outside chatting.

As Navel approached, Naomi shot a glance his way.

"Little Guy, what took you so long?" She asked. "Were you spending some time with the little girl?"

"I... uh..." Navel stammered.

"That's very honorable of you to look after her while we were busy with the operation." Tomoe said, her whole face lighting up with her smile. "Thank you."

"It... uhm... it was nothing. Just doing my job, I guess." Navel said as if he had just stopped a bank robbery. Naomi smirked.

"So your job is babysitting, now?" Naomi joked, although it was a little hard to tell she was joking.

"Uh... no!" Navel said almost indignantly.

"Kuh! It might as well be!" Maria sneered. "That girl doesn't seem to trust anyone but you! And she REALLY doesn't trust me for SOME reason! It's like she scared of me or something!"

"... It's kind of understandable..." Navel muttered.

"What was that?"

"Nothing."

There was a brief stare-down between Maria and Navel. Maria finally looked away and turned her attention to Hank, who was strangely quiet and had a troubled look on his face.

"Hey, what's the deal with you?" Maria asked. Hank looked at her and everyone else (Well, they assumed he was looking at them. His eyes are always closed, after all).

"Oh... I've just been thinking about those two girls... why would anyone try to end their own life? That's just... unacceptable."

"You said that during the operation, and I agree." Tomoe said, a slightly solemn look on her face.

"We never did find out why that little girl committed suicide did we?" Naomi reminded. "Gabe interrupted us."

Gabriel and Joshua were absent from the group. The two were in Gabe's office waiting for Lisa to arrive. It seemed that there was a lot of babysitting going on in Resurgam.

"That reminds me." Navel said, taking out his phone. "I wonder if I saved the camera data..."

"Little Guy? What are you muttering to yourself about?" Naomi turned to him. Everyone else looked up at Navel.

"I left my laptop in Aira's room earlier... and I... uhm... thought I heard something important so I..."

"You spied on her." Naomi finished his sentence. She was looking at him with disapproval.

"I recorded a bit of information from the camera, and maybe a lead on more about this girl. I have a feeling that she's still hiding things from us." Navel said, ignoring Naomi's gaze the best he could.

"Can we actually LISTEN to this information?" Maria said as if she was complaining.

"Uh..." Navel remembered the comments about Maria, Naomi, Gabriel, and CR-S01. "Best not."

"Huh?" Maria looked surprised. "Why the hell not? Is there something about us in there?"

"..." Navel sighed. "Yes."

"Well then I wanna hear about it! If she says something bad about me, I swear..."

"Aaaand that's why you probably shouldn't listen to it." Navel said. Everyone else seemed to get the drift and agreed. An angry Maria is a friggin' scary Maria.

There was a bit more meaningless chit-chat, but everyone eventually moved on to their respective duties. Navel and CR-S01 were the only ones left in the hallway. Navel had just turned to follow Naomi, who was a ways in front of him.

"What do you think of her?" CR-S01 suddenly said. Navel stopped. It was very sudden and blunt, just like CR-S01 always seemed to be.

"You mean... Aira?" Navel asked hesitantly.

"Yes." CR-S01 said. "You've looked embarrassed and troubled ever since you met up with us here. Your face turns a little red whenever her name is mentioned."

Navel couldn't believe he had been paying attention. However, it seemed that if anyone was to notice body language, it was CR-S01. He seemed to be the master of it, along with Gabriel Cunningham.

"Well..." Navel's voice trailed off. He didn't really want to answer honestly. CR-S01's head lowered just a little, his grim, red eyes burning holes into Navel's face.

"Did she say something about you?"

"... Y-yes..." Navel said quietly.

"What did she say?"

"Why are you prying into this?" Navel asked and half-accused. It didn't seem to bother CR-S01, though.

"I'm... curious." He said awkwardly. "I'm taking a... little survey, you could say."

Navel raised an eyebrow. "On what?"

"There seems to be mixed opinions around the hospital on that particular patient, and it has caught my interest."

"Mixed opinions? What are you talking about?"

"Haven't you noticed?" CR-S01 raised his head. "Dr. Kimishima never calls her by name."

Navel paused and looked away for a moment. It was true. Even after they knew her name, Naomi had always called her 'The little girl' or something similar. Navel couldn't imagine Naomi having ill-will towards a patient - it seemed impossible.

"Well... there must be an explanation for that." Navel said. CR-S01 nodded in agreement, but said nothing.

"Little Guy!" A stern voice suddenly called from down the hall. Navel looked over and saw Naomi looking at him in the distance. He doubted that she could hear their conversation from all the way over there. "Come over here, we have some cases to finish up." She called.

"Alright, I'm coming Dr. Kimishima!" Navel called. He glanced back at CR-S01 one last time before jogging over to catch up to Naomi. Normally, he would've sprinted to catch up with Dr. Kimishima, but his legs felt heavy.

He knew he had a lot on his mind.