"And now, to our top news story; there has been a lot of commotion at an apartment on the Armande state of Acmetropolis after a dead body was discovered by some passersby in the area. The body has been identified as Lexi Bunny; a member of the superhero team's "Loonatics". Upon going to the roof, they found Ace Bunny stabbed in the stomach with a kitchen knife, despite still being alive. Police enquiries had to be put on hold as to what happened as they considered Mr Bunny unfit for questioning but they have revealed that this incident could have something to do with the murders of the other members of the superhero team; Slam Tasmanian, Rev Runner, Tech E. Coyote and Daniel Duck. Ace Bunny has been taken to the hospital and is in critical condition."

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"Poor guy," One nurse sighed as she hung the transparent sachet of liquid onto the frame next to a hospital bed. "To have his team mates killed off and then to be left for dead, he must devastated."

"I don't know," Another nurse with short black hair checked the oxygen level. "I think it could be Lexi Bunny that stabbed him and then committed suicide for feeling so bad about doing it."

"What makes you say that?"

There was a slight pause from the other nurse before she replied.

"We were both in the same high school before she moved away. There were rumours saying that she was involved in an incident where she beat some cheerleaders up with a baseball bat. I was surprised no-one even pressed charges."

"No-one? But that's crazy! Surely somebody would have said something."

"I don't know all the details but I heard from one of the jocks that got away say that it was like she was possessed by something. And they seem to be afraid of whatever possessed her."

"Like a ghost or spirit?" The curious nurse brushed back a loose bit of her red hair behind her ear.

"Who knows?" The black haired nurse shrugged her shoulders. "Either way, Lexi got the blame and she moved away after the incident. I didn't imagine something like this would happen again."

"Well," The red haired nurse exhaled. "I think we've done everything we can for him. He just has to make it through the night."

"I doubt it." The other nurse cut in as they both exited through the door. "I'd be amazed if he even wakes up let alone make it."

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"Do you think he'll ever come round?"

"I don't know. It looks serious."

"Look at his eyes! They're opening! He's waking up!"

Ace groaned as his eyes flickered open. His sight was blurry but as his eyes came to focus, he gazed at four familiar figures in a black uniform with vibrant colours dotted around against the bleak white background. Once he could make out the faces of the figures, he threw himself upright and gave a yelp.

"Slam! Rev! Tech! Duck- OW!"

A sharp pain stabbed his stomach forcing him to clutch onto it. The roadrunner stepped forward preparing to cradle him.

"Oh Ace! We've been so worried about you! We thought you weren't to make it!" He cried.

"But you guys aren't meant to be here." Ace said in confusion. "You guys got killed. How?"

"Rev was practically panicking about you." Tech raised a comforting smile. "He was practically climbing the walls because of you."

"Much to our annoyance." Duck grumbled as Slam nodded his head in agreement.

"But how did you guys… you're meant to be dead." The rabbit repeated himself.

"The main thing is you're okay and you'll be up on your feet soon." Tech said in a calm voice.

"Wait," Ace blinked. "Was your deaths a dream?"

All of the sudden, the rabbit burst out laughing, grinning with happiness. He placed his hands over his face as his laughter grew louder.

"It was all a dream!" He continued. "I remember now! Iwas chasing after that robber on that mission and then we fought and we both fell! How long was I out? Ha ha! It doesn't matter because everyone dying around me was only a dream."

Ace scanned the room as he giggled to himself.

"Wait, where's Lexi? If Lexi came here then everything that I thought was real was none other than a nightmare."

As if on cue, the door creaked open and a female figure stepped in. She wore a pink sleeveless shirt with blue skinny jeans. She acknowledged Ace with a gentle smile but her facial expression changed into sadness. The overjoyed male rabbit grinned at her with relief.

"Thank goodness it was you Lexi." He started. "I had this dream that you killed the other guys and then you tried to kill me. I'm sorry if I'm laughing about it but I'm so happy that all of you guys are still alive and that no-one died."

"Ace…" Lexi sighed with regret. "What you've been through is all real."

All of a sudden, Slam knelt onto the floor and started to choke, spitting out blood onto the floor through his mucus sounding breaths. Ace reacted to it by laughing.

"Okay Slam, you can quit that now. You don't have to try and scare me anymore."

While Slam continued to cough up blood, Rev struggle to breathe as though he was being strangled to death. The pupils in the roadrunner's irises in his eyes narrowed leaving the male rabbit to nervously giggle.

"Rev, don't start. Tech, tell them both to stop."

As he turned to the coyote, Ace gasped when he saw the canine's hand drop onto the floor along with many of the other body parts. The rabbit watched in horror as Duck lurched forward with a holes appearing in his chest as though an invisible sword stabbed him constantly. He watched in horror as he backed himself against a wall and grabbed the tips of his ears and bought them down.

"Stop it!" He barked. "Stop dying! Stop it right now!"

"Ace…" The soft voice spoke over the choking and the diminishing moans.

The rabbit spun his head around to widen his eyes at Lexi's blood stained fur and clothes.

"Lexi!" He called out to her as he tore off his oxygen mask.

"Ace, all your friends and myself dying; they really happened. Our deaths were real." She said as a red tear trickled down her face.

"No!" Ace shouted as he jumped out of his bed.

His attempt to even touch the female rabbit failed when he stumbled over the edge before hitting his body hard on the floor. He winced at the sharp pain from his stomach.

"Help!" Ace called. "Somebody help me!"

It was a few seconds later when two nurses in the blue, uniformed dresses burst into the room. Once they saw the patient on the floor, they immediately crouched down beside him, took each of his two arms and attempted to lift the rabbit back onto the bed. But once they picked him up, Ace tried to break free.

"What are you doing?" He yelled as he tore his arm from one of the nurse's grip. "It them you've got to help! They're dying! They're bleeding to death!"

"Mr Bunny, you're not well! Please calm down and get back to bed!"

"I'm not the one in trouble, it's my friends!" The rabbit repeated. "Why aren't you listening to me?"

"There's no-one in this room but us, Mr Bunny! Please cooperate with us and get into the bed!"

"You're meant to be nurses! Why aren't you helping them? They're going to die if you don't do something for them!"

The nurse with the black bobbed hair turned to the other nurse with long red hair.

"Go get the sedatives for Mr Bunny and call the doctor!" She commanded.

As the second nurse left the room, Ace continued wriggling to break free.

"No! I'm okay! It's my friend's you got to help! Please I'm begging you!" He cried as hot salty tears ran down his cheek.

"Mr Bunny! Please stop struggling! The doctor will be here soon!"

"You don't get it! I'm not the one who needs help, it's my friends! Please help them!"

At that moment, the red haired nurse appeared through the door with a syringe in her hand. The black haired nurse found an opening as she slipped behind Ace and wrapped her arms around his shoulders like a full nelson.

"Quick!" She demanded. "While I've got hold him!"

Without hesitation, the nervous nurse took the plastic top off the needle of the syringe and grabbed Ace's wrist. The rabbit tried to resist her pulling out his arm but it proved futile as he continued to struggle. Once he felt the needle pierce into his arm he gave an almighty scream only to suddenly cut into whimpering.

END OF CHAPTER 10.