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"Kyliska, Kyli can you hear me?"

Blackness, that was what Kyliska saw. She could hear voices but she couldn't see anything. Was she blind? She didn't know. It was hard enough for her to try to concentrate on the voices, or was it just one voice? She wasn't sure. She was also vaguely aware of someone touching her, trying to shake her to see if she would wake up. It must be some sort of bad dream that she couldn't wake up from. She tried to open her eyes but they felt so heavy. She would just rest for a few more minutes. The voice was getting more urgent, and was clearly worried about her, it was a male voice.

"Kyli, please, just open your eyes, I need to know you are ok!" I'm fine, she thought to herself. No need to worry! She knew this man could not hear her but she was hoping she could will it to him. I just need to rest, that is all. She felt some pain in her shoulder, but she didn't want to think of that right now.

"Oh light.....I have to move her, I don't know if any other part of the ship will collapse. So much blood...."

Kyli wondered who was bleeding. What had happened? She could almost remember being on a ship that this man was talking about. They were attacked. Something fell on her and pinned her, that is where she was right now and why she couldn't move. It was starting to make sense now. Maybe it is a good time to try to wake up, she thought. Kyliska tried to will herself awake but it wasn't working. She could feel the man trying to move whatever was on top of her, she was having a hard time breathing, her breath was very shallow. It seemed like her eyelids were made of lead, but she found enough strength to barely open them. She saw Tiandril leaning over her trying to help her. Of course it was Ti, that was the voice she was hearing.

"KYLI!" he screamed. "Oh light, Kyli I thought you were dead. Just try to stay still. I will get this thing off of you. Just don't move, you lost a lot of blood."

"Ti...what happened?" she whispered.

"Kyli, I will explain later, for now I have to get you off of this ship, we are in serious danger until I can get you home." Kyliska decided to agree with Tiandril and not fight him. She didn't have it in her since she couldn't move anyway this was probably the best decision. Now being conscious she tried to look around. Her head was pounding, she must have hit it hard on the deck when she fell. She turned her head to the side and she could see the mast leaning on her. It had her shoulder and chest pinned, this is why she couldn't move. She started to panic, making it even harder to breathe.

"Kyli, please try to relax, I will help you but you have to stay calm. I'm sure you are in shock." Tiandril tried to reassure her. As suddenly as she awoke she was unconscious again.Again she could hear voices. Tiandril's and others this time. She would see flashes of light, see flashes of faces that she knew and then she would fall back into unconsciousness. "She needs her rest sir, please." a female voice said. "I am not leaving her." a male voice said sternly.

Kyliska wasn't sure how much time had passed but it must have been a while. She slowly opened her eyes and saw Tiandril asleep in a chair next to the bed that she was in. She recognized where she was. She was back at her own House. She was in her own bed. She sighed as she remembered just how comfortable her bed was. Then she realized that she was a little groggy and light headed. Her right arm was in a sling and she could tell that her head and chest were bandaged.

"Ti....are you ok?" Kyli whispered. He started to stir and smiled at her. He went to hug her but then thought better of it because of her injuries. "Kyli! You're awake!" he exclaimed. "They tried to tell me to leave but I had to make sure you were ok. I'm fine, just a few cuts and bruises, but you got me out of the way in time, sadly you have some serious injuries yourself though."

Kyliska nodded slightly, anything more would cause her head to throb. She could tell that she was given some medicine because she felt the effects of the drug. "Ti, what happened, I remember bits and pieces." she said. "Kyli....maybe we should talk about this another time, when you are feeling better."

"No, Ti, tell me now, what happened on the ship?" she said forcefully. Tiandril nodded with a solemn look on his face. "As you wish." he started. "Andithiel found us together and he was enraged so much that he fired on your ship."

Kyliska looked at him with her mouth wide open in shock. Andi did this? And then in a flood of memories it all came back to her. She remembered him finding her and Ti in bed together. She remembered him showing her the diamond engagement ring he was going to propose to her with, she remembered how enraged he was, and then him boarding his own ship and firing upon her own. She began to cry hysterically and couldn't stop. Tiandril held her hand but that wouldn't help. Nothing could help. Andi hated her. She felt such a mix of emotions. First sadness that he had to find out about her affair in that way, guilt that he really WAS going to ask her to marry him if she had just been patient enough, and then madness that he would actually fire on her ship and hurt her.

"Kyli, are you alright? You don't look well." Tiandril said.

"No Ti, I am not alright." she started. "I feel sick. What we did was wrong, how Andi found out about it was even worse, but he should not have done what he did. He could have killed us. How could he do that? Has he even tried to see if I am alive? He doesn't even care I'm sure. He probably HOPES that I died in that blast!"

"Kyli, I don't think he meant to kill you. Maybe me, but not you." Tiandril said. "What he did was out of rage, he will see things more clearly when he has had time to calm down."

"Why are you defending him? He tried to kill you too! First he basically pushed you off of the ship and then he fired on us Ti." Kyliska stopped and her heart sank. She was mad but still upset over the whole situation. This was so unlike Andi. He would only do something so drastic if he was enraged. She broke his heart. Another thought crossed her mind, Biara. Did Biara know what happened yet? She must have heard when Tiandril brought her here.

"Ti....does my sister know what happened?" she asked cautiously.

"Yes Kyli, I'm afraid Biara does know, and she is not too pleased." he said.

"I bet she is pissed at Andi for destroying her ship and almost killing me in the process!"

"Kyli, she is also really upset with you too. You essentially started a war between House Sunfire and House Felo'melorn. There is much work needed to mend this."

"I started a war? You were not innocent in this either you know." she said sadly. This was not a good situation at all. What had she done? She had ruined everything. She was not looking forward to talking to her sister.

"Ti, I know you helped save me and made sure I was ok, but I think I need to be alone for a while." Kyli said. "I need to sort my thoughts out. And I'm sure my sister will be in to speak to me soon."

"Of course Kyli, you have been through a lot." he agreed. "Just one thing, the healers said you NEED to rest. That mast was huge and could have killed you. It crushed your shoulder and they healed it the best they could but they said that time will be needed as well. No training for at least a month. Also your head injury is pretty bad too. Just be careful, they gave you some medicine to relax you." Tiandril leaned over Kyliska and gently kissed her on the forehead and left her room.

What was she going to do? Everything was out of control. She only hoped that she could somehow fix things. Maybe she should seek out Andi to explain things better to him. He had to hear her side. She decided that was what she would do. Kyli sat up and put her feet on the side of her bed but then realized that Tiandril was right when the pain in her arm as well as her head overcame her. She laid back down in her bed. Andi would have to wait for the time being. Maybe I could send word to him to come meet me, I NEED to talk to him.....