"Faster... faster" Anne added worriedly while pushing a gurney through one of the building halls with the help of Anthony and other people
"Ben? What happened to him?" Hal joined and started to push the gurney with them
"We were attacked by six Esphenis, we tried to escape but one of them caught up with him and I think he was bitten then he fell recklessly on his head" Anthony replied
"Shouldn't his spikes be healing him" Hal turned to Anne
"Well I haven't examined him yet, but let's hope you're right" the doctor answered and they placed Ben on one of the beds in the medical room
"So?" Hal asked with concern
"Well it will be hard to tell with the lack of suitable equipment, but I believe it's concussion" Anne answered while examining Ben
"Ben" Tom came in and placed his hand on Ben's head "How is he?"
"He should be fine I think he's already healing, give him some time to rest" she placed her hand on Tom's shoulder
"I will stay here beside him" he grabbed a chair
"Ben! wake up, come on you will be late"
"Mom?" Ben whispered clearly having hallucinations
"Ben?" Tom wandered
"Well he's burning"Anne said placing her hand on the boy's forehead "It's normal, it's gonna be a rough night, let's hope he gets better by tomorrow"
"Mom" he whispered again
"Come on you're usually not that lazy, that's Hal's job" she said calling out from the kitchen
"I heard that" Hal mocked then grabbed an apple
"Fine, I am awake" Ben shouted then joined them in a while
"Were you staying up all night reading again?" Rebecca wandered
"I am sorry, anyway I gotta go Nick just texted"
"Well Rita is here too, so I am going as well" both guys departed from the house meeting their company
"Hey man" Ben greeted his friend
"Hey"
"So what is it? you said you have good news" Ben asked curiously
"Well you will never believe who joined our book club" Nick replied proudly
"Mia White?"
"Bingo, I saw her name yesterday on the new interns list"
"So I will see her today"
"No, no ,noooo Ben, she's dating Lucas Haynes captain of the lacrosse team, his fist is almost your skull size"
"Nick it's okay I am just happy" they resumed walking
..
"How's he?" Matt came in
"I think he's better, what is it?"
"Captain Weaver wants to see you"
"Fine,take care of your brother for me" he asked his youngest son who nodded then left
"Mia?" Ben called out then drowned in his hallucinations one more time "Mia, hey" he walked to a girl
"Ben, hi" she replied smiling
"Mia, aren't you coming?" couple of girls asked
"I will follow you in a second, what is it?" she turned back to Ben
"Well umm we will meet today at four for the book club"
"Wasn't it supposed to be held at three?"
"Yes, but if it's a problem then.."
"It's okay I will just miss Lucas training, but I have to warn you though I wouldn't be able to attend a lot of meetings in the future"
"Why is that?"
"Well, I have a busy schedule gymnastics, studying and I even go hunting sometimes with my dad"
"Hey babe" Lucas interrupted then kissed her "Let's go"
"Well thanks for telling me Ben I will see you later" they both walked away "Can you like at least say hi to him?" Ben could hear them then their voices faded away
...
"Matt where's dad?" Hal asked his youngest brother
"Captain Weaver asked to see him, so he left"
"How's he?" Hal asked referring to Ben
"He keeps saying stuff that I don't get"
"He will be fine, I will go meet with dad and the others" Hal left his two younger brothers and Matt turned to his brother who started to hallucinate again
"I just didn't take Hal for Harry Potter" Mia said laughing
"Well in his defense he would fall asleep after five minutes" Ben persumed
"Who would know maybe Lord Voldemort bewitched your brother" they both laughed
"You're heading to Lacrosse's training right?"
"Yeah, hopefully they will still be training though"
"Mind if I bust in?"
"No, you wanna see Hal?"
"Yeah sure" they both walked to the school stadium and waited by one of the benches, a few minutes later Lucas glanced her and Mia waved to him
"So you have mentioned that you go haunting with your dad" Ben spoke up in an attempt to make a conversation
"Yeah, it's been our thing since I was four"
"So you can shoot?"
"Yeah, last time I even hit more targets than him, what about you do you ever try any of these stuff?"
"I threw up on Hal one time when we went camping" they both laughed "So you want to be an FBI agent or something in the future"
"No, my mother wants me to be doctor since all of her family female members have a medical career but I want something else that I don't know yet maybe a berserker or something"
"Hey Hal" Lucas called his teammate still observing Ben and Mia
"What?" he said trying to catch his breath from running
"give me the ball, I wanna try something" Lucas took the ball and threw it in Ben's direction, it didn't hit him though but was very close which left Ben in shock and Mia furious
"What the hell man!" Hal shouted
"Relax Mason, it's just a warning"
...
"Move him come on, 1...2...3" Anne came in the room with Tom and three other other men with injured Tector
"What happened?" Matt walked to them
"Esh..ph.. they we..re" Tector tried to speak
"Your arm is bleeding heavily, try not to speak" Anne ordered while checking his injuries
"No..no I ha...ve to... Po...pe... Sh..Shoo..ter they.. tr..app..ed..i..n..o" he blacked out
"What happened to Shooter? where is she trapped?" Anne unwisely started to ask Tector who DEFINITELY couldn't hear her
"Anne calm down" Weaver came in "What did he say?"
"Apparently Pope and Shooter are trapped somewhere" Tom replied
"Don't worry Anne, at least we know they're still alive, send a rescue team to the weapon's factory" Weaver ordered Tom
"I will lead them, I will take Hal, Maggie and Denny , don't worry Anne" Tom left
"Stop interfering in my Life Hal" Ben said shouting clearly still hallucinating
"Ben?" Weaver wandered and Anne walked towards him and checked his temperature "he's still burning, Lourdes prepare the ice bath we have to move him"
"Lucas will not stand back and watch you hit on his girlfriend" Hal shouted following his brother to his room
"We were just talking Hal"
"Ben you had a crush on her since you were nine and I get it she's amazing but that's enough"
"What is it now boys?" their mom came in
"Nothing" Ben left the house and started walking till he randomly found Mia sitting with Lucas in his car
"What was I supposed to do Mia? you show up late for my training that you have never missed with him and you kept laughing all the time" Lucas placed his hand on hers
"We are good friends Lucas and I don't care about your opinion of Ben but you should trust me, if I wanna be with Ben then I will simply tell you that we should break up so I can start dating him" she moved her hand away
"You're right, I am sorry I just love you so much Mia and I don't want to lose you to anyone"
"I love you too, and you don't have to worry about Ben or anyone else" they both started to kiss until Lucas glanced Ben watching them
"What are you doing here?" Lucas got out of his car and walked towards Ben
"Lucas!" Mia followed him "Come on, let's go please" but Lucas had already walked to Ben and punched him "Lucas, that's enough" she walked towards Ben and helped him up
"He's the one who has bee..."
"Stop!, just go, I will see you tomorrow "Lucas was interrupted by Mia then got into his car angrily and left "Are you okay?"
"Mia I like you and what you said about leaving Lucas earlier, that's what I want you to do"
"Ben, Lucas is my boyfriend and I love him" she took a few steps back "I will walk you to Nick's house okay"
"Just tell me one thing Mia if Lucas wasn't in your life, would you ever think of me?"
"Ben I never thought of you this way, we were always friends, I think we need to stop talking for a while " she replied and Ben started to walk away
"Ben?"
"Ben... Ben" a voice called out and it was Anne who was actually calling out not Mia
"Where am I?"
"You had a fever Ben, try to get some rest" Anne explained and he went back to sleep "Well his fever is gone" she said to Lourdes while placing her hand on his forehead
"They're back, dad and Hal" Matt announced then left in a hurry followed by Anne and Lourdes
"Tom?" she hugged him "Is she okay?"
"She is, Hal told her about Ben so she went to the medical room" he replied
"I didn't see her, well I will go check on her" she walked to the medical room where a girl was standing by Ben
"Ben" she whispered then slept beside him which triggered a lot of Ben's memories
"Yes, he's studying here with me Mrs. Mason" Nick was on the phone then turned to Ben who was placing some ice on his right cheek
"What is that?" Ben wandered looking out the window
"Is that a spaceship?"
"MIAAA" Ben ran outside the house
...
"But you like Shooter right?" Denny teased and Ben blushed "That's what I thought"
...
"What about the heroes?" Matt asked
"Naaah, too many high expectations" Pope mocked
"Fighters!" Lyle added
"Sounds like a Hollywood movie name" Pope replied
"What about Berserkers?" Ben suggested
...
"She might be a teenage girl but she's the best shooter we have!" Tom argued with Pope
"Fine, tell shooter she can join the Berserkers" Pope left
...
"He's waking up" a voice appeared and Ben opened his eyes
"Dad? how long was I out"
"Well almost two days now"
"Where's shooter?"
"She was here all night, Matt can you ask Anne where's her niece?"
"I am here" a girl came in and it's revealed that Mia and Shooter is actually the same person
"Come on Matt" Tom left a long with his son leaving alone
"What happened you back there? Aunt Anne said you were bitten by a harnessed kid" she hugged him
"Not just any kid" Ben took a deep breath "It was Lucas, Mia"