Rainbow bit her lip. This wasn't good, not at all. "Thanks for the help. It means a lot! But you can't go ahead and heal us, not now. They're coming this afternoon, they always do."

She glanced back up at the window, where another small voice called out. "Hey Rainbow, what's taking so long? Don't make me---don't make me---"

And the voice faded into a coughing fit.

"The other girls are sicker than I am, and we're all we've got. But somebody's gotta use the prism sphere," she whispered, turning the little device over in her hands.