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"I'll be back in a minute."

Abs comes into the bar through what looks like a cupboard door and looks around for his slippers. He is limping slightly.

Not a cupboard.

In fact, the very last place he wants to be right now. As soon as he realises he turns around hurriedly to get away.

The door is gone. He feels at the wall for it frantically before running over to the bar.

"Bar, please, that's not funny. Let me out! Please!"

Wanted man in the bar. And he's stuck.

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"But I can't be Bound! I don't want to be here! I was never going to come back."

He looks around frantically. "There's a warrent out for my arrest here." he says quietly. "I didn't do anything too bad, but I have no idea what they'll do to me. I mean there's no laws here. What do I do Thea?"

"Give yourself up? What did you do?" Thea seemed unfazed. When you are possessed and your not!boyfriend hasn't come back from a dangerous trip, things like arrest warrants seem pretty trivial.

"Got into a fight with a mate of mine here. A mate who has powerful friends. I hit him first, which puts me in the wrong."

"It was only a fight, the punishment won't be so bad. I'd suggest an apology."

Abs shakes his head.

"You don't know the half of it. It's not security so much that I'm afraid of."

Thea patted the comfy seat next to her.

"Have a seat and tell me."

Abs sits down, looking worried.

"About a month ago I saw a gang beating someone up, but I didn't stop because I was desperate to get to the pub because I thought my girlfriend was falling for someone else. It turned out to be my mate. I was too scared to get involved with the police, so I lied to him and the detective. Because I didn't come forward, they couldn't hold the gang in custody. Now my friend's father's been attacked, and might not live.

He coughs, winces and puts his hand to his chest.

"I got into a fight with him and hit him because he was hysterical. On tuesday one of his mates came back with him to Holby and broke three of my ribs. I don't think he knew she was going to do that, but I'm not too happy at being stuck here."

"Then you need medical attention!" Thea got to her feet.

"How bad is it?"

"They didn't puncture my lungs. I'm fine, really. I was checked out by our consultant back home. I just have to take it easy."

"Or you could let me fix it?" It was a big thing for her to offer, she'd only ever healed animals before, but she knew she could do it. Especially now, the magic was as much a part of her as her skin.

"Um, what do you mean, fix it?" Abs asks cautiously.

"Heal you."

"How?"

"I use my powers, in conjunction with a herbal drink and you should heal within a few hours."

Abs' only experience of magical healing is watching Harry Potter 2 on TV.

"Um, thanks for the offer, but I'm not too keen on the whole magic thing. No offence."

Thea's face darkened, in the dim light, it was barely noticable.

She was right about humans.

"Well I'll leave you to it then."

"Thea, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be rude."

He backs away as her face darkened. Doesn't miss a thing that man.

"I should have known better than to bother." Thea whirled and walked off, throwing the last comment back over her shoulder.

This isn't the way. But they hate me, what I am, ...hating back is my only option right now.

"Of course, there's plenty of your kind here. Go find them."

Abs follows and steps in front of her.

"Thea, please, I'm sorry. I'm just an ignorant asshole who's scared of something he doesn't understand."

"Exactly."

Thea glared, lower lip sticking out in a pout/sulk pose.

"How would you feel if I came into the hospital and said you couldn't help me because I didn't trust modern day medicine. You'd think I was being silly."

Abs blinks.

"No, not at all. We get patients all the time that refuse treatment because they are afraid or do not understand. And sometimes you just have to respect that it's that person's body. Let me put it this way, how would you feel if I tried to give you a treatment that was designed for sheep?"

"If magic isn't for healing people who need it. What is it for?" She asked, promptly ignoring his question.

A nurse was just his job, a witch was what she was. Inside and out.

"If magic is for healing how come you're able to turn people into frogs?"

"You've been watching too much TV." Thea said rather sulkily.

Abs shrugs.

"That's not what you said when I asked you before."