<span style="font-style: italic">"Shadow?"</span>The thin young woman in the lab coat called for Adrien and his dog. Adrien recognized her as<span style="font-style: italic">Rain</span>. He stood and followed her with Shadow leading the way, still as cheery as ever.<span style="font-style: italic">"Well hello boys, haven't seen you two in a while."</span>Rain lead the two down a hall to an examination room. A steel table was available adjacent to a wall, used to examine patients at an accessible level.<span style="font-style: italic">"And why are you visiting me today?"</span><br/><br/>"Shadow is due a Parvovirus vaccination," Adrien told Rain. He smiled and followed with, "I don't like to use the S-H-O-T word because he understands what that means." Feeling compelled to spell the word, Adrien petted Shadow, stroking his fur. "Who's the good boy!? Who's the good boy!?" Shadow turned and licked his face, giving him a kiss.<br/><br/>A noise drew everyone's attention to an intruder in the exam room. Adrien quickly recognized Charlie Quinn. He was initially surprised to see Charlie at the Veterinarian's office, but then the recognition hit him. He had seen Charlie near the building fire he picked up Eleanor Rigby at. The two had been together last night, or this morning. Rain must have taken him here after the explosion. Adrien forgot all about seeing them on the street until seeing Charlie here at<span style="font-style: italic">Paws and Hearts</span>now. It all made sense.<br/><br/>Charlie appeared to be in distress. He clutched his stomach, his facial expression was severely pained. He raised his arm, pointing at Adrien,<span style="font-style: italic">"You, my good friend, are exactly the man I wanted to see."</span>With these words spoken, Charlie fell to the ground.<br/><br/>Adrien quickly rushed to his side and the EMT took over. He remembered why he was there and hastily addressed Rain, "Take care of Shadow. I'm an EMT. I'll help Charlie."<br/><br/>Adrien aided Charlie in stretching out upon the floor. Charlie was still breathing and had what felt like a strong pulse. "Are you OK, Charlie!? Try to relax. I'm going to check you over," Adrien spoke in an elevated voice. He noticed he was grasping at his abdomen. "I'm going to inspect your stomach." He pulled his shirt up and pushed Charlie's hands out of the way. He began to see what may appear as a rash, but Charlie quickly realized it was caused by internal bleeding. If the bleeding were excessive, Charlie could die. Adrien felt he had no time to call an ambulance. He needed to act quickly.<br/><br/>Adrien knelt on the floor by Charlie's side, grabbing his face. He focused on Charlie, imagining the pain. Within thirty seconds, the pain began to reduce inside Charlie and slowly seep from the unlucky lucky young man on the floor into the healer's body. The pain centered on Adrien's abdomen. His head reactively snapped back, letting out an animalistic roar as the pain overwhelmed his senses. The bleeding slowed inside Mr. Quinn and appeared inside Adrien. Without releasing his connection with Charlie, Adrien slowly slumped down onto the floor by his side. The pain was agonizing, driving Adrien mad, it was overwhelming and forced Adrien into unconsciousness. The internal bleeding was gone from Charlie Quinn.<br/><br/>Within an hour Adrien would eventually wake up, free from the malady that had once afflicted Charlie. The malady would be stored as energy inside Adrien; an energy that would one day consume him. But not today.