(Ghost Hunt) Blackout Chapter 3

Chapter 3 – Taking Care of Lin

Lin woke to the sound of people moving around the office, he opened his eyes and looked around. The world around him was blurry; a shadowed figure was looming in his view. He tried to pull back but found his body was incredible weak and there was a weight going along it. The figure said something to him, but it sounded like he was hearing them underwater. Another figure taller than the other one walked quickly up to him and kneeled beside Lin and put a hand on his shoulder. Trying to pull away Lin tried to lift his hand to whistle his Shiki to protect him. The smaller figure put a hand to his head and then mentioned something to the other figure. A wave of dizziness hit him; the smaller figure ran out of his line of vision and came back with something in its hand. Unaware with what it was Lin looked around looking for some way out of the situation, then something cold was pressed against his forehead and on the side of his head. He felt something on his back, some sort of weight that was moving. Trying once again to whistle for his Shiki, his arm landed heavily on the sofa. He suddenly felt a wave of heat pass through his body; he blinked a few times trying to clear the blur which obscured his vision. After a couple of attempts the room around him became clearer; he saw Mai who was pressing what seemed to be a ice pack on the side of his and a damp rag on his forehead, along with Naru who was gently rubbing Lins back to try and ease any pain and in its own way comfort the Chinese man.
“Lin, are you okay?” Mai asked staring at him concerned
Lin nodded slowly taking in his surroundings, his mind was blank, he wasn’t sure of anything anymore.
Ayako, Monk and John saw that Lin was awake and came to see how he was. Monk frowned slightly at the confused look on the older mans face.  “You sure your okay Lin?” he asked. Lins eyes looked towards Monk he was about to say something when he broke out into a coughing fit. Mai ran to go get some water for him, she handed Lin the glass, who shakily took it from her hands. She kept her hands over his to steady the glass and prevent the water from spilling everywhere. After he drank the water Ayako sat in front of the sofa. “Open your mouth Lin”
Lin frowned at her gaining a glare from Ayako and a chuckle from Monk. Mai sat on the sofa and looked down at Lin. “Please Lin, we only want to help you”
Sighing Lin did what he was told. “Your throat is really red, we will have to get some throat soothers for you Lin” Ayako said. Lin closed his mouth looked down in defeat. John hesitantly put an on Lins shoulder.
“It’s not that bad Lin, it’ll make you feel better” John smiled
Monk nodded “He’s right Lin”
Ayako looked outside to see that the storm had died off a bit. She stood up catching everyones attention. “Well the storm has calmed down so I can go and get some medicine for Lin before it starts up again” She said walking out the door. Monk sighed and got his and Ayakos coats off of the pile before running after her. Everyone stared at the door for a few minutes before turning their attention back to Lin who was slowly sitting up. His arms shook underneath him, seeing this Naru held his shoulders to prevent Lin from falling if his arms gave way. Mai watched as Lins arms shook and then collapsed, Naru grabbed his shoulders while Mai put a hand on his back to steady him.
“Take it easy Lin, your sick and moving around before you’re ready will make you worse” Mai said looking at him worried.
“She’s right Lin; your body isn’t strong enough yet” Naru said slowly pushing Lin back down.  
Mai put a hand to his forehead. “He’s burning up again” She walked out to wet the rag again and put it back on his forehead.
Lin sighed heavily and lay on his side; he looked at Mai, Naru and John who were all watching him. Raising one eyebrow at them he slowly closed his eyes, This is nothing less of degrading He thought as shut his eyes.
Lin wasn’t aware how long he had been asleep but it didn’t feel long. He was woken to someone shaking his shoulder. His dark eyes opened and then focused on the person in front of them, which was Ayako. “Come on Lin sit up, you need to take some medicine you’ve been asleep for 6 hours” she said holding out a spoon with medicine on it. He looked at then went to reach for the spoon with a shaking hand. Monk stopped him.
“Lin your hands will shake too much, Ayako can give you the medicine”
Lin frowned at Monk, obviously not happy with the decision.
Monk fought down a laugh trying to keep his seriousness.
Naru glared at Lin as well but Mai swore that she saw a hint of amusement in his eyes as well.
Sighing Lin backed down and agreed to allow Ayako feed him the medicine.
After giving Lin the correct dosage of medicine Ayako put the bottle away “It wasn’t that bad you know” She said turning to Lin who glared at her in response.
Monk chuckled and then looked at Lin, the mans eyes had began to shut and he had began to shiver slightly. Mai noticing this as well put a hand on Lin’s shoulder, it was then she noticed that Lin looked like he was beginning to gag. She quickly told Naru to get a bin, not long after he ran to get an empty bin and placed it by Mai. She picked up the bucket and placed it Lins lap who  put his arms around it. Within seconds he threw up into the bin, Mai began to rub his back to try and soothe the sickness and give comfort to Lin. After Lin threw up a few more times his body relaxed slightly. Ayako quickly gave the bin to Naru to tell him to empty it; frowning in disgust he went to clean the bin.
Mai laughed at the look on Narus face and gentle pushed Lin back down and put the coats over him. Within a few minutes he was back asleep, Mai sat on the sofa and brushed some hair out of Lins face. We can give him something to eat when he wakes up She thought as Monk put the old icepack in the fridge and replace it with another one, as well as putting a new rag on Lins forehead.