"Goofball," she said warmly.
"Your goofball," he corrected.
"Told you he was nice," Meryn pointed out.
Serenity smiled at her. "You did, and you were right. Fate gave me the most perfect mate in the whole world."
Micah straightened and pulled her into his arms so that her back was flush against his chest. He wrapped his arms loosely about her waist. "I'm the lucky one."
"Awww y'all are so cute," Meryn said looking happy for them.
"Meryn, if you want time to eat you better head up now," Neil said pointing to the time on the monitor. "I know how you can get to talking with Mr. Culpepper."
Micah pulled his walkie-talkie from his waist. "Ryuu, we're heading up to Level Six with the midget."
A moment later Ryuu responded. "One moment, I am on my way."
Meryn tilted her head. "Why'd you call him if you're my guard?"
Micah reattached his walkie-talkie. "Because that man isn't skinning me alive on the off chance something was to happen to you. If it were just you and I going I may not have called him. But since my one and only is coming with us, I know my focus will be on her."
"You have no idea how happy I am to hear you admit such a thing," Ryuu said, walking through the door. "It eases my mind knowing that you take such things into consideration when you are guarding my denka."
Micah grinned impishly. "And I don't want to end up electrocuted by blue light."
Ryuu's mouth twitched. "And there's that."
Meryn turned to the boys. "Y'all have fun and make sure the net is in place before you practice with Pip."
"Yes, Meryn," the twins said in unison.
Meryn stepped beside Ryuu. "Let's go get some food."
Serenity took Micah's hand. "And check on the children."
Meryn shrugged. "Yeah, them too."
*****
When they got to Level Six Meryn surprisingly stayed with them as they headed toward the hospital.
"I thought you didn't like kids?" Micah asked.
"Doesn't mean I want them sick either. Maybe I can fluff pillows or something."
When they walked into the hospital Ryuu immediately took a protective stance in front of Meryn. All around them the kids were thrashing, hissing and attacking their guardians.
Serenity turned to Ryuu. "Get her out of here. We'll meet you by that vendor she likes." Ryuu simply nodded and steered Meryn back out the door. The second they were gone Serenity and Micah sprinted to different beds to help the parents.
Behind her she heard both Hawthorne, Kendrick and Micah casting the Immobiles spell in an effort to get the children secured. Serenity immediately went to Ellie. "What can I do?" she asked as she approached.
Ellie was struggling to pin the arms down to one of the girls. "Anything you can to calm them down!" Ellie shouted.
Serenity looked around the room. Laelia had already extended her magic on the left side of the room and Radclyffe on the right. Instead of trying to reach each child she used her best friends as conduits and began send her power into them.
In her minds eyes she concentrated on activating the parts of the brain that regulated sleep. She gradually started increasing the melatonin levels. "Dormite, dormite, dormite," she whispered urging them to sleep.
It took over ten minutes of concentrating on regulating her power flow before a hand caressed her shoulder.