This gives more answers to the whole Nix thing, and if you pay close attention in this chapter and the next, you'll notice inconsistencies with Nix's, Liza's and Danny's POVs. This is because they all perceived the event differently, adding personal twists into the story. and don't worry, all of these loose ends will be back together in Danny's chapter.
Disclaimer: See some other chapter. I'm too lazy right now to make up a new one.
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Call of the Forest 53 Remembering Our Past-Liza (LizaPOV)
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~April~
There are so many things in this world that we have no hope of understanding…
How Quileutes can morph into wolves, why vampires exist, why some of us have 'gifts'…
Everything was once just so simple for all of us- there were no wolves, no vampires, and nothing tying us to La Push.
We were all just teenagers worried about going to college, making and maintaining friends, or worrying about if anyone would like us when we switched schools- from middle to high, or just plain moving…
It was all just so simple, but if it was meant to be so simple for all of us, then everyone wouldn't have inherited that gene or whatever it is that makes everyone transform into those huge wolves…
But… We've been dealt our cards, and now we need to live with them, no matter how horrible the hand is.
~*~(Liza Flashback/Narration)~*~
I was sitting in the hospital lobby, waiting for Nix to come out of his coma. Danny hadn't moved from his side, and Cymi wasn't looking too good- they were giving her a few more hours, tops.
A nurse walked out of one of the hallways, approaching me.
"Are you Liza?" She asked sweetly.
"Yeah…" I responded, looking at mom, dad, uncle Chad and aunt Theresa.
"Your brother is asking for you."
"D-Danny? But he's with Nix…"
"He said he needed to tell you something."
I nodded as I stood up and followed the nurse to my cousin's room. When I entered, I saw my brother slumped next to the cot, his head resting on the mattress while his body was positioned in a rather uncomfortable was in a chair.
The nurse gently nudged Danny awake, and whispered something in his ear before leaving us in peace.
Danny stretched a little before walking towards me, throwing his arms around me. I couldn't miss his bloodshot eyes or his disheveled appearance.
"Liza, there's something that you probably should know." He said after a while, pulling away from me and looking to Nix's heart monitor, the steady beeping and movement of the red line being the only indicator that Nix was still alive.
"Danny…"
"Nix and I… He thought… We think that we're more than just cousins." He finally blurted out.
"Wh-what do you mean Danny?"
"We… We think that we're brothers."
I looked quickly from Danny to Nix and back to Danny again, noticing the similarities between them- their skin tone, facial build… "S-so?"
"He… We think that I was given to our parents because of a miscarriage…"
"Wh-why do you think that?" I stammered.
"Think about it Liza- Mom came to the hospital nine days before my birthday, and aunt Theresa seven days later, yet I'm mere minutes younger than Nix. Then look at our similarities- our faces, skin color, eye color, heck even our muscle build is the same! Have you ever heard of two cousins always wearing the same size everything Liza?"
"Danny I…"
"Then there was a huge celebration when mom announced that she was pregnant with you…"
I looked down- it all made some sort of sense, but then why did Danny's birth certificate say that my parents were his?
"We… We were going to get a DNA test done this week, but…" Danny trailed off as a nurse ran into our room.
"You two know this patient right?" she asked, barely giving us time to nod before dragging us out of the room "Come on- Cymoril doesn't have much time left…"
We were shoved into a room full of people- Cymoril's parents and little brother, all gathered around her mangled body.
"Nix?" She weakly asked.
Her mother motioned for Danny to come closer. She knew that Danny wasn't Nix, but they looked so similar that they could easily be mistaken for the other.
Danny moved to the side of the bed, and leaned in towards Cymoril.
She whispered something into his ear, and he nodded before she put something in his hand. He took the thing, and held onto her hand with his free hand.
We all watched as the disturbance on the heart monitor became more and more flattened, until there was barely a disturbance at all. Cymi closed her eyes and breathed out a heavy breath, before the line went flat.
The RN sitting next to the equipment unplugged the machine while Danny slowly placed her hand over her heart, kissing it and mumbling something into her unhearing ears.
Quiet sobs started pouring from the occupants of the room as Danny came over to me, his package still in his hand. He slowly guided me back to Nix's room, stopping outside the door, telling me to go tell our parents what had happened.
About seven minutes later, another nurse came running out, telling us that Nix had just woken from his coma. We all ran into the room, to see Nix hugging Danny, both of them crying, Nix tightly holding the thing that Cymoril had given to Danny. Our family slowly streamed out of the room, asking the nurse to Cymoril's room, wanting to give their condolences now that we knew that Nix was alive.
I stayed with Danny, watching as he gently coaxed Nix back to sleep. Danny pulled his cell phone out of his pocket, and dialed a number, walking towards the window.
"This is Danny… Yes I have clearance, Colonel Skafflestad's orders… um, 43762 I think… Hi Amanda… Yeah, it happened… No, he's fine- it's Cymi… Dustin?..."
I didn't notice the conversation for a little while- something was nagging at the back of my brain, a feeling that I couldn't place. I looked towards Nix, and it seemed to be coming from him, but I couldn't be sure.
"Amanda?... Should I have Nix call as soon as he can?... Are you going to put him in the field?... Yeah, I can imagine that… Will do Amanda… Bye…" He ended his call and slipped his phone back into his pocket.
"Who was that?" I asked as he walked back to Nix's bedside.
"Colonel Skaflestad."
He continued when I gave him a dumb look.
"Dustin's commanding officer…"
"Oh my god! I completely forgot about Dustin!"
"Liza please… He needs to rest…"
"Oops, sorry…"
I didn't know what I was feeling at the time, but now I know that it was Nix's inner wolf starting to awaken.
Each time Nix would visit us, that nagging would just grow stronger and stronger, until they moved.
Nix and Danny never did get that DNA test done, and they still haven't.
I wonder what the results would be if they ever took it…
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Next is Danny's POV!
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