All the breath gets knocked out of me. "He's awake? But it hasn't even been a day!" I say. 

Mal nods. "I know. It's got everybody confused, but he won't say anything except "Talk to Icy." We even got Brit in there, that made him real happy, but he still wouldn't answer any questions."

"Why me?"

"Well, how would I know?" Mal smirks. "C'mon." She grabs my wrist and starts running, dragging me along behind her. We get to the hospital to find it in chaos. 

"GET A MONITOR!"

"NO, GET HIM SOME FOOD!"

"HE'S ONLY BEEN OUT FOR A FEW HOURS!"

I tap a doctor on the shoulder. "Um, can we see him?"

"No, no, he's not taking visitors." The doctor says without looking up. 

"He'll take me." I say firmly. The doctor looks up and jumps. 

"OH! You! Er, yes, right this way!" He sitters away from me, glancing where I tapped him like he expects a few icicles to be jutting out. Mal and I exchange a glance and shrug, following him to Arson's room. I see Sera in the room next to him, sound asleep. I look away and go in. Arson's up in bed, his eyes open wide and wild. He sees me and his eyes seem to pop open. 

"Icy!" he tries ti get out of bed but thick black bands hold him back. He looks down at them in confusion. 

I run over. "Hi." I wrestle with the bands for a moment before getting them off his wrists. He grins and hugs me tight. When he backs up again, his grin seems tight.

"Sera?"

I shake my head. "She's still out of it. Why'd you want to see me?"

His brow furrows up. "Sera 'splains better."

"Explains what?"

"Why we sleeped." Arson looks up at me. 

"Why you went into the coma? I just thought it was that Ares used you guys as an escape route."

"No. Why we sleeped. Why dad did..." He stutters for a second. "Why dad did it."

"To get away?" I guessed. 

"No. Get you." Arson points at me. Specifically at my heart. 

"What?"

"Ice. Snow. Icy."

"My powers?"

"He wants."

"He wants my powers?" I yell. Arson nods grimly. 

"He got in my head. When he---" Arson mimics how Ares had been holding him in the chokehold. "I saw him."

"Why would he want my powers?" I ask. 

"I can answer that." My mom comes into the room, nibbling on her lip. "Because of me."

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Ok, so this was REALLY short.... But I thought I should probably update while I had time. My week has been hectic. I have summer school finals in like three days, and I'm super nervous. 

So, hope you guys enjoyed what little bit I was able to get out!

Also... mwahahaha. I still got my evil-cliff-hangy-ness. 

As always, comment and enjoy!

(I just realized... If I want people to comment and enjoy, I should say that at the BEGINNING.... whoops!)