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"Can I please get out of bed?" It's very hard for me not to whine as the doctor pours my daily cup of tea. Sure, I learned yesterday that his name is Yao Wang, but somehow just calling him doctor makes it easier for me to remind myself that he's only being mean because he thinks that it help me recover faster.

He finishes pouring the tea and puts down the teapot. "Two more days." Then he hands me the cup of tea. "Now drink this." Like right now! He needs to let me outside!

My hands automatically reach for the cup. "But-"

"You are still weak, aru. You woud not want to become even worse than you were before would you?" He must know that the only thing that can keep me from whining would be the threat of staying in bed longer.

So I settle for a pout. "Fine." I take a small sip of my tea. "What is in this tea anyway?"

"Medicine, aru! You complain a lot." It would seem that my doctor has finally had enough of me. "Now please rest." He begins to pack his things in a small bag.

I mock salute him. "Yes sir!"

In return he sighs and picks up his bag. I'm guessing he thinks answering me will 'encourage' me to not rest. If he thinks that not answering me will make me stay quiet then he is wrong. Until he gives in I will not stop bothering him!

But before I can begin to wear him down his son, Kiku, and Ludwig come in rushing in.

"Aiya! Leave Miss Elizaveta alone!" Yao cries out. Then he faces Kiku with a stern look. "You should know better than to disturb patients-"

Kiku stops to listen to his guardian with an attentive and serious stare while Ludwig completely ignores him. "My Bruder wanted me to tell you that your Bruder is here."

My eyes widen and I throw the covers over my head. "If anyone asks I am sleeping!" I do not want to see him right now! What could he possibly have to talk to me about?

Kiku's soft voice comes through. "Gomen, Elizaveta-san. But Gilbert-san wanted me to tell you that you should talk to him."

Like that makes it any better! I am just going to pretend that I am asleep and ignore my next visitor-

"Kesesese!" The covers I was hiding under are pulled back. I see Gilbert's mischievous grin and I know without a doubt it was him. I probably should not have made it so obvious that I was trying to hide. "You cannot hide while you are stuck in the unawesome bed."

"Thank you for reminding me." I growl.

In the background I hear Yao telling the two younger boys to help him pack his things. I wish that the two of them were staying instead of Sadik.

"You are the one that had to be unawesome and get hurt." He tells me with a silly grin. "Your brother is here to tell us both something."

"The both of us?" I repeat. "Why the both of us?" Though I'm confused, I'm still happy that Gilbert won't leave me alone with my brother. To be honest I just don't feel like talking to my brother alone.

Gilbert shrugs. "I have no idea, liebe." He kisses my forehead. "But I assure you that the Awesome Me will make sure that he does not do anything to make you feel uncomfortable."

I roll my eyes. "Wonderful." I wonder why I'm so against seeing my brother. It's not as if he's offended me in any way. At least not lately. Maybe it's because I know that he will try to tell me how stupid I was for going into a burning building? Because he has barely come into my life, so he really has no reason or right to suddenly care about me. And I realize that he claims to have left me at the orphanage for my protection, but that doesn't mean I can't still be bitter about it.

A knock on the door stops Gilbert from saying anything else. A few seconds after the knock I see my brother's head pop out. "Elizaveta? Are you awake?"

"Yes, I am." I reply before looking at Gilbert. At least I will have Gilbert for back-up if I want him to leave.

Gilbert stares at the door with a bored expression. I wonder what he's thinking about...?

Sadik opens the door fully to let himself in. "I hope that you are feeling better, Eliza-veta." Good. At least he remembered he can't call me Eliza. He closes the door behind him before walking closer to me. "You scared us all." He glances over at Gilbert for a brief moment. "If you are willing to answer them, I need to ask you a few questions."

Even though I would rather him leave, I nod. "Of course. What are your questions?"

"First as your brother I need to ask what you thought you were doing running into a burning building!" He looks pained behind that stupid mask he insists on wearing.

And here is exactly what I was afraid of.

Sighing I point my thumb towards Gilbert. "He has already spoken to me about this. Next question."

"But I have not." Sadik says in a forceful tone. "I am allowed to be worried for your well-being."

"She does not want to talk about it." Gilbert finally speaks. "Can you not respect that?"

Sadik stares at me before turning to glare at Gilbert. "And because she is my only living relative I have a right to be upset she almost died. Can you respect that?"

"Gil." I mutter as a warning. Then I look up at my brother. "I just do not feel like being yelled at again. But if you really need an answer, I was trying to save a life and prevent a death. I realize that it was not the smartest thing I could have ever done, but I could not just let someone die." I look down at the bedspread. "And I am alive so can we please stop talking about how stupid I was?"

Sadik nods. "Fine. We can skip my speech about how happy I am that you are well and how you are not allowed anywhere without an escort." Hold on for one moment...did he just say I have to have an escort with me at all times?!

"What!" I shout. "You have no right to-!"

"Wait just one moment!" Sadik lifts up his hand to stop me from yelling anymore. "I am not the only one that has decided to do this. Ask the man beside you if he also agrees with me."

"You are not turning this to me-" Gilbert starts to say before I catch his attention with a glare. He sighs in response. "Ja, Liz I agree. But it will not so bad. You can still go where you please. Only you will have the Awesome Me with you."

I scowl. "That is not the point! This may surprise you, but I actually do have moments when I want to be alone!" And does this rule only apply to me? Because I doubt Alice would comply with this. "Does this apply to everyone?"

"If by everyone you mean the noblewomen then yes." Gilbert says with a sigh. "Liz do not make that face at the Awesome Me. This rule is only for your protection. You know that Lady Kirkland only got kidnapped because she was practically alone."

Thank you ever so much Alice. I think bitterly. At least she'll be as unhappy as I will be when I can finally get out of this bed.

"And you can have your alone moments. Only you have to have them while you are in this house or in your old one." My brother looks over at me. "Gilbert told me that you had made plans to stay with his family, but remember that you are always welcome in your old house."

At least he is not forcing me to stay wth him. "Fine." But that does not mean that I cannot be upset about this. To avoid contact with the both of them I look towards the window.

"Liz...be reasonable. We still have not found those men that tried to..." Gilbert's voice drifts off at the end of the sentence. That's odd. With some curiosity, I look over to him to see what made him stop speaking. Then I see his cold gaze focused on the door. "What are you doing in here?"

I turn in time to see my brother turn around so that he can see Roderick standing in the door frame. I can't help but stare at him for a while. What is he doing here?

Roderick looks a little uncomfortable. "I came to see how Elizaveta was faring." His skin looks a bit paler than usual, his head bandaged, and his right arm is in sling, but he still looks the same. I wonder if he broke his arm because I shoved him out the window?

"She is fine, thank you." Sadik answers in a cool tone. "But I am having a private conversation with her and Beilschimdt. So if you would please leave-"

"I understand." Roderick nods and sends me a small smile before exiting the room. I hope he'll come back. I really do need to talk to him no matter what Gilbert says.

Gilbert mutters something under his breath. I couldn't really hear him, but it sounded like he's angry.

I place my hand over his. "Please stop being so angry with him Gilbert. It does not suit you."

"That does not mean that I cannot be angry at him."

"You are always angry with him." I point out. In fact, I never got him to tell me why he does not like him so much. "Not that you have ever told me why."

My brother clears his throat. "It is not just him, Elizaveta. I was a little angry when he seemed ungrateful that you almost died to save his life."

"Can we please go back to what we were talking about previously?" I nearly plead. I really don't want Gilbert to start another rant about how much he does not like Roderick.

Sadik nods. "Of course. Now I was going to ask you if you could tell me what some of them looked like. The men that were there that day?"

I bite my lip. "I am not sure. I could not see them very well because I was trying to hide from them."

He nods. "But could you at least see their hair color?"

To try and remember better I close my eyes. I remember my Papa teaching me how to remember what my surroundings were in at a moment's notice. It was important that learned how to recognize my surroundings in case I wandered too far into the forest. And now that skill is starting to come in handy.

I can vaguely remember the man on the his spotted horse. He had on some type of fur jacket and his hair was a muddy brown color. He sat in his saddle like a solider.

"There was one with hair that was a muddy brown sort of a color. He was riding a spotted horse." I tell my brother. "That is all I can remember, but I think he was their leader because the rest of them listened to what he was saying."

"And you could understand what he was saying?" Sadik questions.

I nod. "He was not speaking a foreign language." And he definitely was not speaking Hungarian.

Gilbert frowns. "Did he have an accent?"

Hmm, that's a good question. He actually did not sound much different from the people in town. "No, he sounded like someone..." My voice drifts off as I realize something. "Like someone from town."

That means that people in the town we live in are out to kill us! It could be anyone I've talked to when I went into town.

Sadik nods thoughtfully. "I suspected as much." He sighs and starts for the door. "I will report this to my associate and hopefully he can convince the capital to send some help."

"Do you honestly think it will turn that serious?" Gilbert asks him.

He shrugs. "I just want to be sure. But they did kill people before and attempted murder a week ago."

"What I do not understand is why they waited for so long to attack again." I muse out loud.

Gilbert frowns thoughtfully. "That is a good question. What is it that they truely want?"

Sadik shakes his head at us. "Have you not been listening to me? They want us. Elizaveta and I are the people they want."


So I had some time and decided to write the chapter. Unfortunately I have finals next week so I won't be updating anytime soon. Hopefully I'll get a chance to write before the year is over, but no promises.

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