There were tubes and wires hanging all over my body. It was injecting air into my system. They had changed me into a hospital gown. My eyes gradually fluttered open and looked to the side. My reflection reflected off of the surface of one of the medical equipments and I saw just how weak I looked.

I lost color in my skin and lips, and my eyes no longer held its fighting spirit. My body laid limply on the creaking bed the hospitals provided as the doctors and nurses rushed in and out to check on my heart beat and condition. Soon, they were chatting quickly with one another, in a language I couldn't understand in my state. It annoyed me. I just wanted peace and quiet.

"Can you all... leave the room," I let out weakly.

They didn't hear me. They kept talking about something. They kept panicking about something. They kept arguing about something.

"Please," I tried again, raising my voice, "Pl-

"Please leave."

I was quiet when I heard that voice. My eyes traveled to the man standing at the door that had gotten the doctors' and nurses' attention.

"You know we can't do that," A nurse replied, "And you're not allowed to be in here."

"What relation do you have with this young lady?" The doctor closest to me asked.

"I'm a friend."

Liar.

"That's too vague," He said back to Liam, "Please be understanding and exit-"

"I'm her boyfriend," Liam tried dully.

Psh. Liar.

There was a moment of silence as everyone tried to figure out what to do.

"Her condition's stable right now," a nurse finally chimed in, "She's been okay for the past five minutes. How about we give her some space?"

Yes. Thank you.

"Alright then," came the same doctor after a short sigh, "Just a few minutes," he said to Liam. Every doctor and nurse began making their way out.

Wait. I take it back. Don't leave me alone with him.

The door closed and silence took over.

Damn it.

"Jamie," Liam called to me, coming closer to the bed I was laying on. I pretended to sleep.

"Jamie," He tried again, standing right before me.

One eye peeked open.

"..." I stared at him and his slightly messy hair. It was fine though, he still looked good. Like always.

"What," I replied.

"You feeling okay?"

I stayed silent. Was I feeling okay?

"No," I responded, "I'm feeling awful. Thanks for asking."

"Jamie," he trailed off, watching me deal with my thoughts.

Everything that had happened in the last 24 hours came rushing through my mind and I replayed each of them vividly in my head.

"If I said I didn't panicked, or felt lost and tired, I'd be lying," I managed.

There were so many things I wanted to say. There were so many things I wanted to rant about. And there were so many things I wanted answers to. But I stopped myself when I felt his arms wrap gently around me and pull me into his warm chest.

"Stop," I protested, "Go away. You're making everything worse for me."

He didn't move. He just held me.

"Why don't you listen to me?" I said, getting irritated and annoyed.

"Because," he finally spoke, pulling me away and looking down so that our eyes were fixed on each other, "You don't listen."

"Why are you doing this," I asked him now that we had each other's attention, "Why didn't you let me die? Why did you come?"

"I still had a mission, Lennon," He answered firmly to me, "It was always to kill Allison."

Allison.

"She's my stepsister," I said to him quietly, still not believing it, "That piece of... she's my..."

"I know," Liam replied, "I saw everything."

I glared at him.

"What," he tested, a teasing eyebrow-raise forming.

"I don't know if I should hate you or be thankful for my life," I let out honestly, "... I should just hate you."

"You're being real stubborn, Lennon," he replied, running a hand through his hair.

Suddenly, the door opened and Isla and Kai walked in.

I shut my mouth.

Liam saw my change in expression and turned around to see his two teammates.

"She doing okay?" Kai asked, coming over to me to check my condition.

"I'm still alive," I said to which I earned a quick smile from him. Isla came over too and kept her gaze on me, her expression emotionless.

"Who are you," I asked, taking her in, "Why are you here? Last thing I remembered, you said I shouldn't be cared about."

Isla scoffed quietly and rolled her eyes, "I still hate you."

"I didn't ask for your love anyway," I replied dully, looking away.

"Isla," Liam stated firmly, shutting her up. She wanted to protest but another look from Kai and her mouth remained shut.

"What happened to Allison?" I asked into the air, "Did you guys kill her?"

"No," Kai answered, "She was calling her mother. We left before anymore people found out about us."

My step-mother.

"Damn it," I said out of frustration. It was to nothing specific, but instead to everything that had happened. I was angry at everything, and at everyone.

I also understood now that Allison was probably the one that bombed my room that day when I was in detention with her boyfriend.

"Kai," I addressed him suddenly. The blonde haired boy looked up at me.

"Did you... just leave the baby alone?" I asked randomly. Even after everything that had happened, there was still a baby I was in charge of that was still at the academy.

"Uh," Kai began, suddenly realizing he probably did.

Isla's eyebrows twitched and she sat up a little straighter, "What baby?"

I glanced at her and was satisfied to see her so jumpy. Sorry, I wasn't a perfect angel. Sometimes, I liked it that other people were confused and in misery.

"You said you didn't care," I said in the air to her.

"I said I didn't care about you," she shot back, "Kai's my teammate."

"But it's my baby," I dully stated back, enjoying being the calm one while she was in an opposite state.

"It's not what it seems," Liam announced calmly, turning on me with a frown, "Lennon-"

"What do you mean, Carter," I said his name for the first time since this all happened, "You were supposed to look after her too, but you took off to the party and told me to 'take care of everything.' What kind of father are you?"

I was referring to the comment that one time when we both entered the room with Cherish and Kai had addressed us as 'mom' and 'dad.' But of course, Isla wouldn't know that.

"Lennon-" Liam came at me, done with me and my comments.

I cracked a weak smirk. This was fun.

"What?" Isla exclaimed, pointing at Liam, "Why does she talk like you all live together or something?"

Haha...

Silence fell upon the room as Kai looked down at his hands, Liam with his hand rubbing his neck, and I outside the dark window.

The night sky was beautiful. Cough cough.

"YOU LIVE WITH HER?" Isla yelled, hands on Liam's shoulders as she forced him to look at her.

Hey hey hey. Woman. I'm supposed to be having this lecture with Axel only. I don't need you to lecture then him to lecture. No thank you.

"Not exactly," Kai came in, "At least I don't..."

Isla looked back and forth at her two teammates in disbelief and came charging at me instead.

"I swear to god," I started, scaring the shit out of her advancing body as I popped up from my laying position into a sitting position, "If you touch, hurt, mess with, look at, or breathe in my bubble, I will kill you."

It was a friendly warning for her to back off of me. Just because I was held back by hospital tubes and wires that supplied my life source right now, it doesn't mean I was spiritually weak.

"Did she just-" Isla started, turning to Kai and Liam to defend her. To her surprise, none of the boys said anything.

"What," she tried again, taking a deep breath to calm herself down, "is the relationship between you three?"

"You mean me, Carter, and Kai?" I stated, looking over at her, "enemies?"

She frowned all of a sudden, "I also noticed, why do you and Liam call each other by last names? And only you two?"

I wanted to laugh. It wasn't even that big of a deal.

"Yeah, we call each other by our surnames and have a love-hate relationship, jealous?" I teased, stopping myself when I saw Liam's disapproving stare.

I'm sorry, did I mention I wasn't an angel?

"It's an old habit," I decided to answer truthfully, but was surprised when Liam had said the exact thing I said at the same time I did as well.

Suddenly, there was a knock at the door and all of our heads turned to it. The same doctors and nurses that had been here minutes earlier filed back in.

"How are you feeling?" A doctor came towards me and asked.

"My throat's dry and I think the gauze wrapping needs to be changed," I replied, "Also please reposition the oxygen mask and bring me a cup of water. Also," I started after some nurses had started moving, "Can you take these tubes off of me?"

Kai watched me amused and glanced at Liam with light eyes as they both watched me take the doctors off guard.

"Right," the doctor replied, rushing the nurses to carry out their tasks, "And no, we can't take the tubes off of you."

"Darn," I said under my breath.

"Lennon," Liam lectured.

"It was worth a try, Carter," I defended, the both of us rolling our eyes at each other.

Isla looked at the two of us and gave up, taking a seat next to Kai.

"Would you guys please leave?" A nurse said to Liam, Kai, and Isla.

"Yes," I chimed, nodding at the perplexed doctors, "I agree. Please leave."

Kai and Liam looked at each other and then at me for a second before they gestured to Isla to leave with them. I stayed there throughout the rest of the night. The duration of it was me falling into a deep sleep. I'm sure Kai and Liam took turns checking up on me throughout the night.

I wasn't to be discharged for another week though. Although I didn't show it around the others, my wounds were extremely severe and I still didn't have the energy to do anything.

I was going to be okay, however. I needed to rest and get better because after this I needed answers. I needed my energetic self back to carry out my new mission.

It was no longer to protect Allison.

If anything I needed to kill her, but that's jumping a bit ahead.

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