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❝Why do I always end up destroying everything I've ever loved?❞
【ɗιαƖσgυє cσƖσя:#EE3B3B ♙ тнσυgнт cσƖσя #FFCCCC】
|| The Death of a Bachelor || Panic! At the Disco ||
【ɗιαƖσgυє cσƖσя:#EE3B3B ♙ тнσυgнт cσƖσя #FFCCCC】
|| The Death of a Bachelor || Panic! At the Disco ||
"Welcome back," the door hissed as it opened. Echo stirred, blinking and wincing up at the light. She trembled as a hand reached in to help her sit up. "H-ho-how lo-lo-lon-long?" Echo stuttered, wanting to know how much time had passed. "It's been three days," it was early in the morning. Wei was supposed to be here, but was in an emergency meeting. Shiro had a towel ready, the two of them lifting Echo out and drying her off. She flinched at their touch, even if the physical ailments had been healed, the mental ones were ever present. "Let's test your reflexes," Elliot ran a basic panel, taking blood and urine samples, then doing a series of scans to look at the progress. "From today on, no more wheelchair." Elliot declared, "you'll be using a walker."
Echo nodded, nervous. She swallowed hard as Shiro bandaged her up and helped her get dressed. "Ready? I'm taking a video for everyone to see your first steps." Echo gripped the walker and stumbled forward, her knees shaking. She looked like a newly born doe, walking for the first time, but she made it to the other side of the room without collapsing, her grip strong. Echo herself was surprised, her expression one of shock as her concentration slipped and her ankle twisted, the demon falling forward. Shiro caught her, having been by her side the entire time. Elliot ran forward, the results better than what he and Wei had predicted. "Wh-wha-what di-di-did yo-you d-do-o t-t-to m-me?" Echo wanted to know.
"Gene therapy, essentially." Elliot explained, "We took stem cells from your spine and cleaned them, then put reimplanted them into your body, combined with a hormone and steroid elixer to amplify the effect. Essentially, we've regrown your muscles." That was strange, Echo didn't feel any stronger. In fact, she felt the opposite of strong. "I imagine the others will be very excited to see you." Back upstairs, there were two faces that were eager to see her's. Melody and Doll pounced on her when they saw her walk into her room using the help of the walker and Shiro. "Echo!" They squealed, tackling her in their excitement. Echo squeaked and backed up, falling onto her butt.
"You're walking!" Doll collected her in her arms, carrying her to the bed. "No one would tell us what was going on or where you went, we came here to demand that they tell us." Echo tugged on a piece of her silver hair, no one would tell her anything either. "The-they t-too-took-k m-me-" Elliot shushed Echo quickly. "Sorry girls, top secret." He winked.