Nyri felt a tinge of disappointment trickle through her as the communications officer kindly retold the news. Zelus was missing and they were going to be starting a search party. Had her warning failed? Had she truly walked on Ilum and stopped the gorgoddons? Nyri softly shuddered, sensing the Major nearby. He would put her in a stasis chamber soon, if she didn't get ahold of Zelus. Nyri felt as if her brains had fallen in molasses. She shivered as the communications officer was about to cut off feed. Zelus appeared and Nyri smiled, feeling as if fresh air had suddenly washed through her lungs and helped her move. She stirred against the bare whiteness of the medical bed, struggling to sit up. Her head pounded, salt and copper mixing in her mouth with the taste of unease. She shuddered. Her bones quaked with pain and she felt numb. Suspended there in the whiteness as if in opaque jello. She softly opened her mouth, feeling the dryness there as if she'd swallowed cloth or feathers.<br/><br/>"I am alright. Did you survive..?" Nyri rasped out, the dry spot on her tongue rubbing against the hard spot on the roof of her mouth. The Major gently propped her up with strong, skilled hands, making her drink the cool water he held in a plastic cup. Sterile water that tasted like plastic and whiteness. Nyri closed her eyes, feeling her breath cool and the aching dull in intensity.