Ed's POV:
"Lane," I spoke as I picked up my phone and moved further to the side of the room away from where Spike, Jules, Greg and I were talking up a plan to catch the guy, who we figured out his name is Mike Roberts.
"Ed, you need to get to the hospital," spoke a feminine's voice into my ear as I pulled the phone away from my ear and noticed the caller id said that it was Wordy calling me, but this had to be his wife. But, why is Shelly calling me? Did something happen to Wordy?
"Is everything okay? What happened to Wordy?" I questioned instantly as I could feel three pairs of eyes swivel to look at me.
"Nothing happened to Kevin, except him maybe feeling horrible about what happened. It's Sam, Ed…and I don't know if…" replied Shelly as I took a deep breath and then had my left hand run over my face.
"What happened? Tell me everything please," I responded.
"It isn't my place too. Plus, I already feel bad…Sam wouldn't go anywhere near me and whenever Kevin tried to get closer to him it never worked without Sam backing up. We messed up, Ed."
"How, what happened, Shelly? I am not mad I just need to know what happened so that I can figure this all out."
"Sam woke up. Something happened that I would rather have Kevin explain to you, and then Sam wouldn't come anywhere near the two of us. He tried to leave and his stitches ended up tearing. He started to bleed out and ended up going unconscious a bit before the ambulance could arrive. Kevin went with Sam to the hospital. I didn't and I am not there now, I need to attend to something first. Kevin and I figured that if something occurred then we would call you and that is what I am doing. When you get to the hospital and see Sam, let him know I am not mad." Shelly just basically said something must have occurred and for her to stay home and not go to the hospital to make sure Wordy is holding it together means that something must have happened at home, but what? Then Sam wanted to get away from both Shelly and Wordy means that he must have done something. Could he have hurt Shelly? No, I don't think he would have, at least not intentionally.
"Okay, I will grab the others and head over," I replied as I hung up the phone.
"What's wrong Eddie?" questioned Greg as I knew he knew that it had to do with our other teammates which means that we both become very protective of them very quickly.
"Something happened at Wordy's. Sam woke up and didn't know where he was or how he got there. Let's just say something happened and Shelly didn't want to bring it up but suggested talking to Wordy. Sam tried to leave, re-opened his stiches and ended up bleeding out too much and fell unconscious before the ambulance could get there. Shelly is worried that Wordy might fall apart if we don't hurry up and get to the hospital. Other than that I don't know, but it doesn't sound good," I replied as I signaled to the door and we all headed out to head to the hospital.
"I will drive," spoke Spike as I noticed him take the keys from my hand and hop in, "Don't give me that look Ed. I don't know what happened but I do know that your mind will be on that instead of on the road which I would prefer it be on. I will get us there quickly, so don't you worry. You could try Wordy on his phone if you want to figure out what happened?"
"I think we should do that in person," replied Jules as I just looked at her and nodded in agreement.
-15 minutes later -
"Wordy, are you okay?" questioned Jules as I watched her rush past me and noticed that she was rushing towards where Wordy was siting. His hands were lying loose on top of knees where he was hunched over with his head hanging down. His hands were covered in what looked dried blood as if he dumped his hands into a bucket of red paint.
"I'm fine, Sam's not." Replied Wordy as I noticed that he didn't look up either, but he didn't seem to be injured which is a good thing.
"What happened?" questioned Greg, "from the beginning. Your wife mentioned that she didn't want to tell us what happened and we should ask you."
"Don't be mad or angry with Sam after I tell you what happened, okay?" replied back Wordy as I noticed him staring at us one by one making sure we understood, which only means he is going to tell us something bad.
"Deal, now talk," stated Greg as I noticed Jules sit down next to Wordy to give him some comfort.
"Well it was just Shelly, Lily, and me at the house the other two girls were out with friends so I didn't have to worry too much about someone disturbing Sam while he was resting. Shelly and I were hanging out in the family room watching T.V. while Lily was playing dolls loudly in her room. I should have known something was wrong when I couldn't hear Lily anymore, but I didn't think anything of it. Next thing I knew I heard a scream come piercing through the house. I hurriedly got up and by the time both Shelly and I had figured out where the scream came from there was another one. I pushed through the door…the scream came from the guest bedroom where Sam was resting, but it wasn't Sam who was yelling. Shelly instantly moved to the bed where Lily was starting to sit up. I was just staring at Lily trying to figure out what happened. Shelly pointed out bruising around Lily's neck and upper left arm to me without flat out saying it. Sam was in the room the whole time. He was standing in a corner just watching us attend to Lily and trying to figure things out. What I was able to process happening was that Lily must have surprised Sam and Sam reacted in soldier mode first. I guess Lily went in to see how Sam was doing even after I told her not to. When Lily touched his arm, Sam grabbed her and flipped her onto the bed. He was choking her and didn't let her go until he processed who it was. He wouldn't let me get close to him while in the room…I wasn't angry…I was concerned about him. He was shaking and couldn't seem to process a thought. He thought Shelly was mad at him too after everything we went through, especially her. I could tell Shelly would want to talk about it later, but she realized that Sam wasn't faring too well either and we thought that he might have ripped his sutures with moving so quickly after not moving. Well, things didn't go well there and he ended up making his way through my house with both Shelly and I yelling after him to stop. Shelly stayed behind to make sure that Lily was alright. I chased after Sam and was able to stop him when he was halfway to the street. He wouldn't listen to me; he thought I should hate him. I guess I should but it was an accident. He listened surprisingly to Shelly but Shelly couldn't even get him to stay. Sam said he was leaving right when Shelly called out to me. At that instance Sam fell to the ground and had problems staying conscious. I had Shelly call an ambulance while I tried to stop the bleeding, and now we are here," spoke Wordy as he didn't even bother to look at us while he told what happened. So Sam reacted and ended up choking Lily, but caught himself before it was fatal but the fact that it could have been worse and that he did it in the first place is what was probably bugging Sam.
"Is Lily okay?" questioned Jules as I realized that we all had been silent for an extremely longer period of time then we should have been after that type of story.
"Yes, she is fine. Scared and worried that she injured 'Uncle' Sam. I tried to explain to her that he just got surprised. But, Sam won't talk to me…won't let me anywhere near him," spoke Wordy as he looked up and looked both Greg and me in the eye.
"Hello, how may I help you?" spoke a nurse as she walked up to where we were.
"Do you have any news on a Samuel Braddock that was brought in via ambulance? His stitches ripped open and he was unconscious when brought in," I replied as I noticed the nurse looking at her clipboard with a bit of confusion on her face, "what's wrong?" I guess when I said that it got the attention of everyone else as they now were all standing and we were kind of encircling the nurse.
"He just signed out AMA but with the condition of going to stay with an Ed Lane," replied the nurse.
"That can't be!" stated Jules and Wordy at the same time as the nurse just looked at them.
"Well I was just with him and he had the signed sheet of paper. He was on the phone when I entered and was telling his friend, Ed Lane, where to pull up and where he would meet him. He said his friend signed the sheet and then went to pull the car around."
"That still can't be!" stated Jules again as I could tell that she was getting impatient. Why would Sam say that it was me he would be going home with over Wordy? I get the mess with Lily but would that keep him from going anywhere near Wordy?
"Well it is. I am sorry your friend didn't come and tell you himself."
"That isn't what she meant, sorry. She just meant that it can't be that Sam had Ed Lane sign him out because I am Ed Lane, and I just got here," I replied as I pulled my wallet out of my pocket and showed her my id and just watched as her face went from pissed off that we weren't accepting what she was saying to shock to anger that she got lied to.
"What is his room number?" questioned Wordy as I guess the same thought just crossed his mind as well…Sam is going to run from us.
"212," replied the nurse as both Wordy and Jules took off for the stairs as I turned back to the nurse.
"Where would you go if you were waiting to catch a cab or taxi from here?" I questioned.
"Down this corridor and then to the right," spoke the nurse as she quickly gave the instructions as she hailed down a doctor who moved to talk to us.
"I got Sam!" I hollered over my shoulder as Greg went to talk to the doctor with Spike as I ran down the corridor and out the door. I saw several cabs out front picking up people but only one of them had a blond haired figure getting into the backseat, "SAM!" I hollered his name and noticed the blond figure turn around and it ended up being him as I noticed him see me as his eyes widened in surprise as he turned back around and quickly went to get into the car as I started to run after him.
"Spike, find out if there is a way to get in touch with the cab driver from Yellow Duck Cab, vehicle #2180!" I spoke into the phone as I hung up and watched the cab pull into the traffic on the main road.
Sorry about the long wait, I really thought I had posted this. Let me know what you like, dislike, etc. If any of you have ideas or anything you would like to see happen next let me know! I sort of still have writer's block but I think I have almost broken it.