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Dragging the reluctant Ryan back to the headquarters, Emily quickly took him to the infirmary on the third floor of the headquarters to treat his wounds.

Zephyr's Headquarters—12:52 P.M.

"...ACK!" Ryan shouted in pain as Emily unclothed Ryan's upper half.

"Not injured huh!? Look at this bruise!" Emily gave a deadly glare towards Ryan as she pointed her finger towards a blue-black spot around his abdomen.

"I swear it wasn't this bad e-earlier...!" Trying not to stare into Emily's deadly gaze, Ryan fixed his attention elsewhere, moving his eyes over towards a cabinet that included many sorts of medical supplies.

"Did you even see the injury yourself?" She knitted her brows, continuing to give him a death glare that seemed as if she's trying to burn a hole into his head.

"Er... Well..." Ryan stuttered, trying to make up words, but just as he was about to explain, he was interrupted.

"Then?!"

"Sigh... Fine, you win. I am mildly injured..." He sighed helplessly while still averting his gaze elsewhere.

"Gee, mildly huh?" Emily forcibly tightens the bandage that she was wrapping around Ryan's abdomen area.

"Ack! D-don't be that rough..!"

"But you said you were 'mildly' injured."

"'Mildly' doesn't mean it doesn't hurt..." Ryan helplessly said as he finally looked towards Emily, who no longer was giving a death stare.

"Yeah, yeah. Stubborn as always." She scoffed over to Ryan as she finishes up bandaging his wounds. Soon after, she stood up still glaring at him.

"For once, can you try to care about your wounds?"

"H-Hey... It's true when I said it was a mild injury..."

"..."The words Ryan spoke left Emily dumbstruck, opening her mouth speechless, just as she was about to say something, a knock was heard by the infirmary's door.

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"...Huh?" Still, a little dumbstruck, Emily glanced over to the door, as she heard a voice echoed behind the door, it was Alexis's voice.

"Um... Ryan, Emily, are you both okay?"

"Ah? Alexis?" Emily hurriedly walked over to the door, opening it for Alexis.

"What bring's you here...?" She questioned, while from behind her, Ryan moved his head to the side to better get a look at the situation.

"Well... When you two came back, I saw you rushing Ryan over towards the infirmary, did something-" Alexis replied, as she gave a glance over to Ryan, seeing Ryan's half-naked body, covered in bandages on his abdomen area, she interrupted herself as she asked in shock.

"A-Ah...?! Ryan! Are you okay!? What happened?!"

Alexis rushes over to Ryan, checking up on the area where he was wounded.

"I'm fine, Alexis... I'm fine... It's just a mild wound." Ryan coughed awkwardly at Alexis's sudden check-up

"M-Mild wound...? How did this happen?"

"We ran into some trouble and Ryan took a hit because of that," Emily replied as she walks up to the two.

"R-Ran into trouble? Oh my...! Ryan let me see your wound, maybe I can heal it up-" Alexis worryingly replied, as she was about to open up the bandages again, Ryan stopped her.

"No no, it's okay... It's not a big deal."

"B-But it's a wound... I'm worried!"

"No, it's really okay! It really isn't a big deal.", He stood up, to show to Alexis that his fine. "And besides, I'm already patched up, so I don't want to put Emily's effort to waste."

Just as Ryan wanted to further prove that he was fine, a voice was heard by the door, "What's the fuss going on in here?"

Shocked to hear a sudden voice, they turned their heads over to the door, Emily said surprised, "Ah...? Eric?"

"What the heck are you all doing here?" Eric raised his brow as scanned the room.

"Uh... Well, Ryan's injured, so I wanted to treat his wounds with my power..."

"What? A wound? How bad is it for you to make a fuss over it?" Still raising his brows, he asked suspiciously

"It's a mild one..." Ryan helplessly replied.

"A mild wound? Are you serious right now?" Eric glared at Alexis and Emily.

"W-what...? You say that as if a wound isn't a big deal!" Emily replied flustered.

"Harh? That's what I mean, a wound isn't THAT big of a deal," Eric scoffed, "especially a mild one, so why are you making a fuss over it?"

"Eric's right for once you know..." Taking a glance over to the two girls, as Ryan sees Emily's annoyed look,

"What? Where's the logic in that?!" She said.

"You boys..." Alexis sighed helplessly.

"I'm just stating facts here! What's the big deal?"

"The big deal is that you put wounds on your body aside like it's nothing!"

"Okay and?" Crossing his arms as he glared over to Emily.

"What do you mean and?!"

Watching the scene between Emily and Eric, Ryan couldn't help but laugh, "Pfft..."

"Hey! Why are you laughing?!" Emily frowned.

"Nothing, I just can't- hahaha...!" He laughed out loud, unable to hold back his laughter anymore.

Alexis coughed to get Ryan's attention as he laughed, "Ahem... So are you SURE you will be okay Ryan?"

"Yeah, I'll be fine, don't worry about it." Ryan said as he glanced over to Eric, "Anyways, why are you here?"

"Huh? Me? I came over searching for you," Eric replied nonchalantly

"Me?"

"Yep. Mission."

"Ah..."

"Hey! Ryan's injured here, how can he go on a mission!?" Emily said.

Nodding her in agreement, Alexis said, "As much as Ryan says he's fine, I think it'll be better to ask for some else to switch in..."

"It's a mild wound! There's nothing serious about that!"

"Like I said you guys, it's fine. I'll just be going now" Ryan who stood up, walked towards the front door, gesturing at the two girls that his going.

"What? Hey! Come back here!" Emily took a step forward but Ryan had already left the room.

"It'll be fine!! Stop fussing over this." Tapping on Emily's shoulder as he scoffs, he walked away to follow after Ryan.

"Hey!"

"..."

Speechless at the two idiots, she facepalmed.

"...Is this how Sarah feels when she has to handle these two?"

Alexis chuckled, "Hehe, well you know they're stubborn."

"I... Am just going to go back to the engineering room." Emily said lifelessly.

"Good luck on your drones, don't worry too much about it, I'm sure Ryan won't do anything stupid."

Emily glared at Alexis as she raised her brow, "Don't worry too much about it? Weren't you also worried about his wounds earlier?"

"Well, if Ryan really says he's fine, there's not much we can do now is there?"

Shaking her head in disappointment, Emily could let out a sigh, "Sigh... Well, if he's stubborn enough to brush away a wound, he'll be stubborn enough to come back at least."

"...Maybe with another wound or two in the best case scenario...", Emily added.

"Hehe, well It'll be fine! Eric would be there to save him if he does end up in trouble."

"ERIC? Did I hear correctly? If anything, he'll do something more stupid than Ryan!"

...

Ryan and Eric walked in the hallways as they reached the end of it, to see the elevator door opened just in time when Ryan pressed the button to go 'up',

"Damn will I never understand why girls make a fuss over injuries!" Eric said as they got into the elevator.

"Aha... Well, they do worry about us." Ryan let out a small laugh as he pressed the button towards the fifth floor of the headquarters, the highest floor where Zeke's office is located.

"It's a mild injury, there's nothing to worry about it!" He scoffed.

"Ahem... Well, they do that to show that they care?"

"Tch, so Sarah's complaints and bickers are 'care'?" Eric asked as he glared over to Ryan.

"Uh... Well... Y-Yes...?" Ryan nervously answered.

"What?" He said, still glaring over to Ryan.

Ryan coughed, as he quickly switched topics, "A-Anyways Let's just get onto the matter at hand, what's the mission anyway?"

"Donno, he just asked me to call you to come with me for a mission." Eric shrugged.

"Did you not ask?" Ryan raised his brow.

"Is there a need to when he'll explain later?"

"Right..."

Ding~!

The elevator door opens, as they walked out of it and headed towards Zeke's office.