The Freeblade and the Nurse

Celestia smiled, hearing the Imperial Knight’s words, and gave another nod. “I see… Then I will do everything within my power, just to make sure he walks again.” Her hand never left Marius’ chest. “But, first, to heal him of this current state.” A gold glow appeared, and quickly blinded those within the room.

-Hospital, Hours Later-

Marius slowly opened his eyes, seeing the blank white ceiling of a hospital. Last thing he remembered, was fighting undead equine creatures within his Knight. Did he just dream it all, and turned out to have just passed out from fighting too long within the armor? Such a thing did have the impossibility of a dream. Like how the Emperor chose him, and him alone, to save an entire world. Or the flying and magic using equine-humanoids fending off their undead kin. Not to mention, the fact that Umbra Equitis suddenly gained a consciousness of its own.

His attention got drawn to the right, hearing some woman hum a rather lovely tune, with just as heavenly voice. Though, he gained a confused look when he saw the nurse, wearing a clean white uniform, matching her pure white coat. She was swishing her pink tail back and forth, along with her hips, to the tune while checking his heart monitor and something on her clipboard. Her sky blue eyes becoming hypnotic to him, even as they slowly moved towards him. She gave the kindest smile he had never seen. “Oh! You’re finally awake!” Her voice was sweet, kind as the very image she portrayed with such a smile. “Good, we were starting to worry about you, Mr. Corvain.”

The nurse sat down on to the bed, revealing the black stockings on her legs, and started checking certain vitals. “W-Where am I?” He managed to ask, feeling weak but not like before, and slowly sat up on to the bed. “And who are you?”

She placed a hand on to his chest, having him lean back on to the bed, before using a flashlight to check pupil dilation. “Canterlot City Hospital, as for who I am?” She turned the flashlight off, and placed a hand on to Marius’ forehead. “I am Nurse Redheart, your personally assigned caretaker and medical provider… One of the many thankful lives you saved today.” Nurse Redheart answered, picking up her clipboard to check off a few things. "You seemed to have made quite the recovery, thanks to Princess Celestia’s magic… Who, I might add, wanted to meet you after regaining consciousness, and I clear you of course.”

Marius just watched her, not wanting to drop his guard, but he knew how medical personnel were. “And am I cleared, Nurse Redheart?” He asked, staying on the bed.

Nurse Redheart thought about it for a moment, chewing on the back of her pen in, Marius admitting, a cute way. “Well, the Princess’ magic did cure you of the malnutrition case… But your legs still have me concerned, and Umbra supplied us with that strange wheelchair to help.” She gave a sigh, nodding to herself, before smiling at him. “So, I guess there is no reason why you cannot. Currently, she is in another room down the hall, resting from the spell used on you.” Marius gave a nod, but didn’t move a muscle when the mare held her index finger to his face. “But the moment I feel your body is under too much strain, it is back to the room with you.”

“Understood, you are the medical expert.” Marius did not argue with her, he really couldn’t since she is the assigned provider. “Now, I need to get dressed. Otherworldly or not, royalty is still royalty and a knight must look his best.” Nurse Redheart gave a nod, grabbing his clothes, hat, and equipment. “If you are not comfortable with this, you can wait outside. I am more than capable of doing it on my own.”

The mare blushed, but shook her head. “I have done such things before. This will be no different.” Nurse Redheart sat the clothes on to the bed, and got out his socks and briefs.

-After Marius was Clothed-

Nurse Redheart rolled Marius down the hospital’s hallway, the man plugged into the wheelchair’s systems while she carried a constant blush on her cheeks. “I did offer to do it myself, while you waited outside.” He noted, making the mare’s tail twitch a bit at his comment.

“I-I know; it is just…” She tried to figure out how to say this. “Your anatomy is somewhat different, and I was not prepared, as I thought.”

He gave a nod, before something in the hallway caught their attention. “Nurse! Nurse! Someone, hold them down!” A doctor yelled, as he and a nurse tried to hold two patients down. “We need to sedate them, and-AHHH!!!!” The patient suddenly bit his forearm!

“Oh, Celestia!” Nurse Redheart ran over to help, trying to hold that patint down while the doctor crawled away. Though, the screams didn’t stop, as the other patient bit his holder’s ear clean off! “Someone, try and help them-WHOA! HELP!!!” The mare yelled, as the patient knocked her to the ground, trying to bite her. She saw the glazed over eyes, and how this patient was one she treated earlier in the day. “He’s turned! He’s turned! Someone-?”

FZZZT!

A red beam of light penetrated the patient’s skull, causing him to go completely limp. Nurse Redheart looked up, seeing Marius holding smoking weapon. He quickly pointed it at the second one, and shot another las-round into their skull. He casually rolled his wheelchair forward, eyeing the two that had been bitten by this occurrence. “Marius, what are you-WAIT, NO!” He shot the one that had his ear bitten clean off, right in the head, drawing his power-saber.

“N-No, wait, please stop!” The doctor pleaded, but screamed when Marius suddenly cut his bitten arm off at the elbow.

Marius looked at a nearby nurse. “Get him a tourniquet, fast.” His attention then went to Nurse Redheart. “I need to speak with this Princess, immediately.”