Chapter 11

"Nick," A soft voice called his name. Not Nicca, but Nick. He moaned. "Nickolas," It called again. This puzzled him. The only ones whoever called him Nickolas was his mom and his siblings. He tried to open his eyes, but his body wouldn't corporate. "Nick," He swore it was his mother. However it was impossible, she died three years ago. He moaned again as feeling came back to his aching body. "Nicca," The voice was younger now, and they used his Royal name. Nick's eyes fluttered open to see the young girl he had seen before standing over him. His eye lids felt heavy and he fought to keep them open. "Hang in there, Almac, Andca and Aarca are on their way," Her voice was soothing, almost lulling him back to sleep.

'Nick!' A small voice screamed in his head.

"Aaron," Nick moaned.

"What?" She asked him.

"Aaron," Nick's voice was weak.

"Who's Aaron?" She tried.

The door hissed open as Leiwa entered with 'Lila' behind her. "How is he?" Leiwa asked.

"He's awake," The girl replied. "But he keeps talking about an Aaron,"

"Nicca?" Leiwa walked over to him. He weakly looked up at her. "We need to know about a stowaway on your ship when you took off from Hungta,"

Nick tried to speak, but it hurt too much. "He's not in any shape to answer anything. Please leave so he can get his rest." The girl requested. Nick didn't understand why she was being so nice to him. "Very well, we'll be back later," The two stormed out of the room.

"Who are you?" Nick managed.

She smiled fondly down at him, "Nicgo," She grabbed a solution from a nearby table and mixed it with another. "I'm going to give you something, however, no matter how fast it works, you are to pretend you're sick and not to tell them anything, got it?" Nick nodded weakly. He didn't know what had gotten into him; how he had became sick. "Here," Nicgo placed a glass at his lips and Nick drank the cool, thick liquid. Nick could feel himself getting stronger. The aching had dispersed and his head cleared. Nick had no idea what was going on. He slowly sat up and looked at her. Nicgo sat at his bedside, smiling. "What was that?" He was surprised that his voice was only a little scratchy.

"You can say its an old family remedy," She gave him a secret smile.

"Who are you? What are you?"

"Lets just say I'm here to help." Was Nicgo's only reply. "Don't worry, others will come soon enough for you and Brili," She got up, kissed his forehead and left the room. Nick wasn't sure of anything anymore, but he hoped to be out of there soon.

Chapter 12