Chapter 9 "Do You Love Me?"

"Paige!" Emily yelled as she let go of Jenna's grip and ran up to Paige. Jenna who saw this, looked confused and quickly follow Emily running towards Paige.

Emily slowly flipped Paige's body and looked at her bleeding temple.

"Jenna, grab some medical kit you have, please!" Emily said quickly.

Jenna nodded and running towards the first aid kit box.

Emily checked Paige's wound and it turns out it's not just an ordinary bleeding. It's a massive bleeding. She panicked and tell Jenna to hurry up.

"Paige, stay with me okay? You're going to be fine." Emily whispered, not sure if Paige can hear it.

Jenna ran back to Emily and give her some bandages, a scissor, antibiotic, betadine, alcohol, cottons, and some gloves.

"Help me to press her wound." Emily said panicked.

"Em, slow down okay, I'll take care of it." Jenna said slowly.

Jenna then press Paige's head wound while Emily pour alcohol to cottons.

"Move your hand. Can you grab a suturing kit? She may need some stitches." Emily said quickly.

Jenna ran back to the first aid kit box, but then she ran to her desk searching for suturing kit. Emily cleaning Paige's wound with alcohol and then cutting some of her skin to prevent her from infection and more bleeding. Emily's eyes started to full of tears because her lover now lying in front of her, unconscious. She press the cottons and pouring some antibiotics liquid and betadine to Paige's head. Jenna come back with some of suturing kit and handed it to Emily.

"Did you stop her bleeding?" Jenna asked.

"I think so, but it's still open wound. Give me the thread and the needle. Can you sedate her?" Emily said.

Jenna nodded and grab a needle and fill it with some sedative and inject it around Paige's wound. Emily grab a tweezers and pinch the needle, she then began suturing Paige's wound carefully. Jenna look concerned while paying attention to Emily's behavior.

After Emily finished stitching Paige's head, she dripping some antibiotic liquid and betadine before wrapped a bandages around Paige's head with Jenna's help. When they finished. Emily and Jenna move Paige's body to an abandoned gurney in that room. Jenna turn her attention to Emily.

"Who is this Emily?" Jenna suddenly asked.

Emily flinched. "Umm, I came here with her. I met her when I was running out of food and she gave me some of hers." Emily said nervously, she didn't mean to lie but she have to keep it as a secret for a while.

"Why do you look so panicked?"

Emily twitchy. "Well, we kind of have a bond. So.. yeah, I'm worried about it." Emily lied.

Jenna nodded and took a seat on a chair beside the gurney. Emily furrowed her eyebrows.

"You'd been alive this whole time? How you managed to reach here?" Emily asked slowly.

"Umm, that day when I ran back, I climbed to the vent and lived here ever since. I'd once stocked foods here. I keep investigating, I already told you it's my responsible." Jenna said sternly.

"I can't believe it, I don't know if I should thrilled or upset." Emily stared at her foot.

Jenna stood up from her position and walking towards Emily. She takes Emily's hand and squeeze it lightly.

"It doesn't matter anymore." Jenna raised their hands. Emily furrowed her eyebrows.

"What is matter right now that you finally come back for me. Maybe I know it's my fault, but you're gonna help me with it right?" Jenna asked.

Emily stared at Jenna's eyes. Her heart beating really fast. Why do I feel like this?.

"Em?"

Emily flinched, she don't know what to say. Her now girlfriend is lying unconscious on the gurney beside her, and now her in thought dead girlfriend is still alive. She don't know what she should do.

Emily felt safe with Paige, she loves her. But somehow, when she staring at Jenna, she still felt like her blue eyes drowning her. She still her girlfriend after all. She still feeling the same feel that she had 2 Months Ago.

Jenna put her hand on Emily's upper arm, she moves closer.

"Emily? What are you thinking?" Jenna asked.

"Uhmm, nothing." She said nervously.

"I'm sorry it happened to us. I should listened to you about this project." Jenna said softly.

Emily exhaled a warm breath. "It's okay, it's already happened, no need to apologize. What we should do, it's find the antidote for whatever that you created." Emily said firmly.

Jenna let go of her hand, turn around and gestured Emily to follow her. Emily then followed her to a desk.

Jenna open the drawer and take out a large file with label "CONFIDENTIAL". Jenna handed the file to Emily.

"I'd been searching and calculating every genes, DNA and others. It's still a quarter." Jenna said slowly.

Emily open the file and read it carefully. She tried to understand it.

"Do you managed to find the wrong part?" Emily asked.

"Well, I kinda working faster than ever to do that. But, uhh I think you should be the one who analyze it. It's you serum after all." Jenna said calmly.

Emily nodded and continue to scanning the file. Jenna then move to the refrigerator and searching for ice. Emily noticed it and looked confused.

"What are you gonna do with that?" Emily asked.

"You have a fever, I can feel it when I was holding you. Here.." Jenna give Emily the ice along with a small towel.

"Thanks." Emily said as she took them and put it above her head.

Emily glanced at Paige who hasn't wake up yet. She look concerned, Jenna notices this and furrowed her eyebrows.

"She must be really important to you, doesn't she?"

Emily turn her attention to Jenna and put on her offended face.

"Well, I told you. She saves me from many things. I kind of have a bond with her. That's why I looked so worried." Emily lied.

"Oh, It's a little faster isn't it to have some bonding relationship like that?"

Emily frowned. "Is it important for you to ask something like that?". Emily asked firmly.

"Well, just forget it."

"When do you think she's gonna wake up?" Emily asked suddenly.

Jenna walked up to Paige and examine her. "I'm not sure. Maybe a day or more. Let's just hope that she didn't have any trauma or concussion. We have to wait a bit longer if that happen." Jenna said.

Emily took a deep breath. She walked up to Paige and sit beside her gurney.

"Jenn, mind if I stay here until she wake up?" Emily asked.

Jenna frowned, she put her hands in her pocket. "Well, yeah. Go ahead. If you want to rest, there is a hammock below the cabinet. We have a work to do. I guess I just head up to my personal bed." Jenna smiled.

"Thank you, and I'm sorry for kicking your hands early. Is it hurt?"

"No, it's fine. I get it, you should rest to Emily. I know it's hard to get in here doesn't it?" Jenna take out one of her hand.

"Yeah, it's really hard." Emily said while staring at Paige.

"Okay, get some sleep hun." Jenna said as she lean forward to give Emily a kiss on her lips.

Emily is like freezing when Jenna kissed her. But when she pulled away, she felt like something from her soul is gone. But she couldn't kiss her back because she is with Paige. To be clearly, she is in love with Paige. How could this happen?.

Jenna walked to a long cupboard that turn out to be a small room with a bed. She climbed to the cupboard and closed the door.

Emily when saw Jenna already climbed to the cupboard, turn her attention to Paige. She grab her hand and stroke it slowly.

"I'm sorry I lied to her about us. She can't know yet. I'm sorry too if I let her kiss me. I just stunned when I saw her. I didn't know that she's still alive. I never want to hurt you both. But, I can only wish that you let me explain everything to Jenna before you wake up. So I don't have to choose between you and her. It's just difficult to do it." Emily said slowly as her eyes began to full of tears.

"Well, I Know you maybe can't hear me. But I just want to told you that. I still love you Paige. I love you with all of my heart. Please just wake up okay? I won't go anywhere. I'll be with you all the time, okay?" Emily squeezes Paige's hand lightly.

Emily rested her head on Paige's lap and closed her eyes slowly.

A Day Later.

Jenna crawled up from the cupboard while rubbed her eyes. She grab a cup and filled it with water. When she drank it, she glanced at the gurney where Paige is lying. She almost chocked and widened her eyes when she saw what's happening at there. She saw Emily rested her head on Paige's lap and she holding her hand lovingly.

Jenna just stood there, not knowing what to say. Is the girl that she had help yesterday is not just Emily's bonding friend?. A fire of jealously filled Jenna's head. But she couldn't confront that girl right now. Emily would be upset or maybe pissed if she did that.

Emily slowly wake up from her sleep, she rubbed her eyes and glanced at Paige. She still hadn't wake up from her fainting.

Jenna turn around, pretending that she didn't see anything and just walked up from her cupboard.

"Emily?" Jenna pretending to act like usual.

Emily quickly removed her hand from Paige's and get up to find Jenna.

"Yeah, I'm awake." Emily shouted.

"Lower your voice hun. This place isn't soundproof." Jenna said as she give Emily a cup full of water.

"Um, yeah, sorry." Emily quickly grab the cup and drink it.

Jenna put on her suspicious face and glanced over to Paige then Emily. Emily noticed the weird look on Jenna's face.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Emily asked concerned.

"Nothing." Jenna lied. "Well, i think we should get started" Jenna turn around quickly. She walks to a cupboard, she opens it and take out a blue long sleeve shirt, and a trousers. She walks back to Emily and gave her the clothes.

"Wear this, your uniforms looks like crap." Jenna said as she put the clothes on Emily's hand.

"Thanks." Emily mumbled.

Emily unbuttoned her uniforms, Jenna glanced at her, seemed to enjoyed the view of Emily's body. Emily noticed this and form a smirk.

"Enjoy the view much, huh?" She said while put on the long sleeve shirt.

"Well, I did not see anything for the past 2 months and you got some new abs right there." Jenna said as she seductively walking towards Emily.

Emily furrowed her eyebrows and began to panic a little when Jenna come closer and closer to her.

"Well, Jenna, um, i think we have something important to discuss beside this." Emily trying to smirked so Jenna wouldn't be able to come closer to her.

Jenna stops from her movement and stared at Emily. "Well, you sure know how to stop me from that." Jenna wink her eyes, deep in her thought she know that Emily only want to make her didn't suspicious about Paige.

Emily unzip her uniform trousers and slowly slid down the trousers. Exposing her underwear very clearly that makes Jenna smirked.

"You know Em, it is too much to expose, isn't it?" Jenna raised one of her eyebrows.

Emily just smirked and grab the trousers that Jenna gave her early and put in on.

"Well, i know that you want something for me, what is it?" Emily said as she done put her clothes on.

"Well, what do you say if we have a little warming up first before we start our research?" Jenna said seductively.

Emily widened her eyes. "Err- what kind of warming up do you mean?". Emily took a step back.

"Well, like this...". Jenna moves closer and captured Emily's lips on hers. Emily suprised with Jenna's sudden move. She wanted to pull away but she can't.

A cold sweat pour down from Emily's head. She decided to break the kiss quickly.

"I think the faster we start, the faster we can sort this out Jen." Emily said quickly, slight of panic in her voice.

Jenna look concerned, She gritted her teeth, before she let go of her hands from Emily's waist. "Okay." She turn around, her head filled with questions and jealously. Jenna think maybe she shouldn't ask Emily what is going on with her right now.

Jenna walked to a desk and grab the file that Emily read earlier, she opened it and read it. Emily walked to the desk and stood beside Jenna who still reading the file.

"Actually Em, why we didn't try to re-create the serum? We need that to test the antidote." Jenna said as she stare at Emily.

"What? Are you crazy? I'm not gonna do that." Emily said firmly.

"Okay, if you don't want it, i'll do it. It's me who created it. You better just focus on the antidote." Jenna said sternly.

"Alright."

Emily grabs the file from Jenna. She walked to another desk in that room. Jenna glanced at her, jealously in her face.

"Em."

"What?" Emily said as she turning around.

"I think you keeping something from me." Jenna said as she crossed her hand in front of her chest.

Emily look up to face Jenna. "What do you mean?"

"Don't pretend like you don't know Em, I noticed that you and your bonding friend is not just a friend." Jenna takes a step closer to Emily.

Emily frowned. "I don't know what do you mean." She lied.

"Don't lie to me Fields!" Jenna yelled.

"Don't take that tone with me!" Emily snapped.

"Oh, fine... Now can you explain it carefully?" Jenna said quip.

Emily looked down to her feet, not knowing what to do.

"Answer me!"

Emily looked away from Jenna. Before she about to say something, she heard a groaning voice from the other side of the room.

"Aww, Damnit!"

Emily saw Paige get up from her gurney slowly. She stood there confused, should her come to Paige or just standing there.

"Better go get your girl. She needs you now. Come back to me when you are done." Jenna said quip.

Emily looked irritated. She then ran to Paige who has been holding her head.

"Paige, are you feeling better?" Emily asked as she began to examine her.

"Urgh, Yeah, fine.. But i think my head feel really stiff."

"Lay back okay? Don't get up until it heals."

"What heals?" Paige asked confused.

"Um, i stitched you earlier to stop your bleeding, and i might be cut some of your skin and hairs, so maybe it will be weird after you take off the bandages."

"I'll get used to it. But how long it will take to take it off?"

"I don't know, if you being a good girl maybe just 3 or 5 days." Emily smiled

"Okay I'll be a good girl." Paige smirked.

They stayed in silence for another minutes before Paige finally speak up.

"Em, I don't know if my mind playing tricks with me or else. But where the heck am i? It doesn't look like a hospital or clinic"

"No, you're um... you're in the secret lab. It's Jenna's secret lab Paige, you're right."

Paige silenced for a few seconds, trying to remember what's bothering her earlier. She closed her eyes before finally she remembered it. She stared at Emily with a confused look.

"Umm, Em, Well, i think when i arrived here, i saw you with someone else." Paige said slowly.

Emily flinched. "Um, what do you saw?"

Paige stared at the ceiling for a few seconds. She seems doubt about what she saw earlier. Maybe it's just her mind playing trick with her.

"Paige?"

"Huh, what?"

"What do you saw?"

"Um, i think my mind just playing a trick with me. Just forget it."

Emily sighed in relief. She thought that Paige witnessed her kiss with Jenna.

"Em, what happened with your uniforms?"

"Huh, um.. I changed it earlier. Its full of your blood, I'm gonna wash it later."

"Oh, okay. Umm, are you alone here? I mean, I kinda hear someone was arguing with you."

Emily flinched, she don't know what to say. She can't tell Paige yet about Jenna. Paige maybe will disappoint or unthrilled with that.

"Um, Paige.. I think it's time to be honest. But please don't freak out."

"Why would i freak out?" Paige said confused.

"Paige..." Emily lowered her gaze. "Jenna is alive, and she's the one who argued with me earlier."

"You're kidding right?" Paige said disbelief.

"No, she's right there." Emily pointing to a dark room near a desk with her head.

Paige face fill started to fill with fears and anger. She trying to remember the memory she got before she passed out.

"So, it is true what I saw earlier, isn't it?" Paige asked.

"What do you saw?" Emily asked confused.

Paige turns her attention to Emily. She narrowed her eyes in suspicious. "I saw you were kissing with someone, is it Jenna?"

"Uh, i'm not sure if I could tell you this."

"It's true right? You were kissing with her?" Paige asked irritated.

"Paige... She kissed me.."

"Its sounds like a yes to me." Paige said with a disappointed tone.

"Paige, I'm sorry I will talk to her that we're gonna end this. But please understand that we are not gonna get out from this place until you heals." Emily said as she grabbed Paige's hand.

Paige moves her hands so Emily couldn't reach them. "I better get outta here sooner, if my head didn't give me so much crap."

"Paige... please..."

"I want to be alone for now Em, you better get back to her. I'm fine for now."

"But i'm sorry... I'm really sorry, I never cheated on you."

Paige just closed her eyes, pretending didn't hear anything. Emily felt her heart shattered to pieces. She walked back to find Jenna holding a test tube on her hand. Emily walked and stood beside Jenna.

"Do you figure out who will you choice?" Jenna asked without taking her eyes of the tube.

"Excuse me?" Emily suprised with the question.

"I think you already decided it." Jenna put down the test tube and turn her attention to Emily. "You chose her over me, did you?"

Emily stays silence. She can't answer that question, she's confused about her feelings. She loves Paige, but Jenna still her girlfriend.

"Okay, I think I'll let you stay here until she gets better. But after that you're out." Jenna said sternly.

Emily frowns. "You kicked me out?!"

"The only reason I let you stayed here because you're still my girlfriend. But I guess, we're done."

"Wait, Jenn, I never want to hurt you that way." Emily said slowly.

"You want to hurt me or not, I guess it never be the problem. Just help me find the antidote, and get outta here."

"How about you? You are not gonna playing survivor in a safe place, are you?"

"No need to be worried about me, if I have to die here, then it will be." Jenna said with a flat tone.

Emily sighed. She now ruined everything, her relationship with Paige and Jenna. She can't choose one of them. They both really meant to her. She closed her eyes before turn around.

Emily walked to another desk and examining the file of possible antidote that Jenna gave earlier. She wish it could ended differently.