Hey everyone! I want to start off by thanking thank you for reading, for the reviews and everything else. Second, sorry about Alwin getting hurt! :( That's been planned since the first one, not everything has been planned-but this had to happen. Hope all of you like the story so far and hope all of you like the next chapter, which changed a little from my mind to typing it. :D
Enjoy!
*~KelsNicole~*
Trading Tomorrow~haha! If its a girl she will probably be a daddy's girl, but we'll see what they have. :D
TeamGaleSoIGetPeeta~I am going to hide now, very nice threat haha! Really, I hope that you like this chapter and won't want to find me at the end, but probably not with something in this chapter. Haha! I LOVE Ethan! :D Hope you like the new chapter!
They returned two hours ago, but I'm still not allowed to see any of them. No, they said something about needing to check all of them out and after they were all in the clear-I could see them. I have to sit in this chair and wait, did I mention how much I hate this chair? And by hate-I mean that I want to throw this thing against the wall or break something with it hate. Why can't I just see Alwin? If I get to see him I'll feel better, at least then I'll know that he's alive and seeing him will put me a little more at ease. Odysseus told me that I'm not allowed back-yet, but he ran back there hours ago, promising to come get me. Here I am, still waiting. Can't they at least give me a little bit of news? Like, Aca your husband isn't dead, just so you know and aren't sitting there in a horrible pain, waiting for hours on end. No, they can't do that because that would actually make SENSE!
I take a deep breath and try to calm myself, but it doesn't help me at all. The doctor checked me this morning, before the hovercraft returned and he told me to stay calm. My hand is on my stomach and I try to listen to him, for our baby. Sitting here, I try to think about how the baby will be. Maybe...a boy? A smile forms on my lips as I think about the baby being like Alwin. Everything will be so much easier when the baby's born, because then they can't keep me here and keep me under protection-out of the loop. Then I won't be separated from my husband, we'll be a team again and I'll never leave his side.
Someone opens the door and my head snaps up, my eyes lock on the dark hair. I jump up and start hitting him every place that I can reach, muttering at him. The anger is taking me over and I can't stop myself, even when he pins me against the wall. I thrash and spit insults at him, not caring about anything but the fact that Alwin is hurt and that he was there. What am I supposed to think about after his little "deal" that he offered me?
"What the hell are you doing? Are you trying to kill me or something?" exclaims Ethan in an angry tone. I spit at him and his grip loosens on me, allowing me to get the upper hand. Seconds later, our positions are switched and I have him up against the wall, powerless. "Aca! I don't know what's gotten into you-but stop this! Are you insane or something? Can't you see that I have a broken arm? Do you really think that its smart to throw me-OW! Stop that!"
A small amount of satisfaction hits me when I start to punch his arm, grabbing it and trying to hurt him in any way that I can. The next thing that I know, I'm pulled back and against the opposite wall and I gasp when I see who it is. He shakes his head at me and smiles. When he lets go of me, I just glare at him as he shakes his head at me and looks over at Ethan. Odysseus's lips part, but he stops when the door opens and out walks Alyssa. She looks over at me and I see the guilt in her eyes. My eyes skim her over and I see various cuts, scratches and bruises on her. Ethan reaches out for her, but she shakes her head and tries to walk away.
"Aly, please-don't go. Stay here," I whisper, our eyes lock and for the first time she shakes her head no. I stare at her as she walks off, with her head down. My eyes flicker over to Ethan and I see a cut right above his eye, one that matches Alyssa's. "Odysseus, is he okay? What's going on? Can I see him now, please? I have to see him soon or else I'll go crazy and I'm his wife-"
"Stop talking and start behaving like a young lady, or else you won't get back there to see him. No more attacking Ethan, got it?" I look down and give a slight nod of my head. He takes a deep breath and starts to walk away from me, confusing me. "Do you think the two of you can be alone for a few minutes and not kill each other? If so, I would really appreciate it and I'll be back soon. Talk to each other nicely and if you can't do that, don't talk at all. When I get back if you're both still alive and don't have any new injures, you both can go where you want to."
He walks around the corner, leaving me here alone with Ethan and I know that I can't attack him again, unless I don't want to see Alwin. Looks like I have to play nice...for now, at least. There's always later to get back at him for all of this, but I could always see what he has to say about this whole thing. Maybe he'll surprise me and tell me the truth. If not, I'll find out from Alyssa and Alwin.
"What happened? The last thing that we saw was you walking out of range for the video feed, then a knife goes at Alyssa and Alwin," I whisper, knowing that he can hear me. My eyes flicker over to him and I watch him as he puts his head in his hands, pulling at his hair. "Can you at least tell me what happened? Right after that, the feed cut out and I was left wondering who the knife hurt..."
"I know what you're thinking and I had nothing to do with that, I swear. Do you really think that I would risk Alyssa's life and try to kill Alwin? We have been working together and that's part of the reason why he's back there," mumbles Ethan, his voice is barley above a whisper. Carefully, I sit down next to him and pull his hands off of his head. He looks up at me, his eyes are bloodshot and I can see the pain in them. "Aca, we made a deal before we went on this mission and the deal is still in tact. Both of us will do anything to protect you and Aly, even if that means our deaths. When I walked out of the feed...I was fighting someone, who had cut Alwin in the arm-trying to kill him. We called a truce and are working together, can't you ever forgive me for what I did in the past and see that I want to start fresh? Alwin is giving me that chance and I wish everyone else would too."
"No one knows if we can trust you and why should we? Look at everything that you've done. Think about Alyssa and how much you've hurt her." He shakes his head a few times and a bitter smile forms on his lips. I want to punch him right here and right now. "Why are you smiling like that? This is not funny! See? You treat everything like its a joke and you expect for everyone to just take your word for it."
Ethan pulls his pant leg up and I stop breathing when I see that a few layers of skin have been burned off. "See that? There was a fire when we were getting everyone out of there and I was carrying Alwin, with Alyssa. I...pushed Aly out of the way and dropped Alwin, but it was so that they wouldn't be near the fire. Right after that, Alwin blacked out and Alyssa hit her head. You can't see the cut because her hair covers it, but she hit her head on a rock and was knocked senseless."
"How did all of you get out?" I stare at him, but he looks every where except at me. Shaking my head I stand up and start pacing around the small area, by the doors. The dull gray walls are getting on my nerves, with the long cracks in them. "Why can't you just tell me? At some point you said that you loved me, do you still?"
"Aca, I have always liked you like that-so I'm not going to lie, but you're with Alwin and I know that you're happy. I loved you first, but I love Alyssa more," he says in a light voice and I can hear the sincerity dripping off of each word. He shakes his head a few times and lets out a dark chuckle. "Before we got off of the hovercraft, she pulled me aside and kissed me. She told me that it was in case something happened to one of us and that she forgives me. After everything that happened on the mission, she just ran away from me."
I stare at one of the cracks on the wall and shake my head a few times. "Maybe she's afraid that you'll hurt her again and she can't take it. You have to show her how much you love her and be a man. Can you tell me something? Who...died on the mission?"
"No one who really means anything to you. Hector is injured...Beth will be happy," says Ethan, his tone is light but I know that something big must have happened. "Aca, the reason why Alyssa ran off like that is not because of you or me...its because-"
"I'm glad to see that the two of you are still alive. Ethan, you can go to central and get in on the conversation of mission Jabberjay," says Odysseus, walking toward us. My eyes flicker back to Ethan, but he's out of the conversation and rushing down the hallway. "What's wrong little Jabberjay? Did something happen while I was away?"
"He was going to tell me why Alyssa ran off like that." There's a flicker in his eyes that tells me that he knows and I turn to look at him as he opens the door. We walk through the door and down a hallway, passing many rooms and people running around. "What happened to her? Is she okay? Please, Uncle Odysseus can you tell me what's going on with her?"
"She might be having a few complications, but the doctors believe that they will clear up in no time. Alyssa is a strong girl and we all know that she can get through this." He stops in front of a door and my eyes widen. Odysseus puts his hand on the door knob and takes a deep breath, his eyes locked with mine. "This boy has been through a lot and is doing better. Don't do anything to upset him or that gets yourself upset, okay? If you do, you'll be taken out of there and not allowed back alone."
I nod my head and he opens the door. Slowly, I walk into the room and a gasp escapes from my lips as I look down at him. A cut runs from just below his eye, down to his jaw. My eyes fill with tears as I walk over to him and I take his hand in mine. This is...my Alwin, but how can this be happening to him? The cuts, bruises and scars now cover his body. My heart is breaking just by looking at him.
"Alwin, I-I'm so...s-so-sorry," I stutter out and my tears pour down my cheeks. His eyes flicker and I stop breathing for a second, as he looks around. When his eyes land on me, I can't help but smile and squeeze his hand. "Honey, are you alright? You don't know how worried I've-"
He pulls away from me and pushes himself up against the bed, cowering away from me. I stare at him in shock and he points at me, his whole frame shaking. My fingers reach out for him, but he flinches and covers his face with his hands. Staring at him cowering, my stomach lurches and I don't understand what's going on.
I stand up and back away from him, not knowing what to do. He calms down a little and allows his hands to fall. "Pl-please, d-d-don-n't h-hur-t me."
YAY! Alwin is not dead! :D Okay, that's the bright side of things and I do promise a happy ending-I swear! Thank you all for reading and please leave a review. Let me know what ya think. :D
