Hey guys hope you are all doing well, the story is coming to an end and there will be two or three more chapters.
Hope you guys enjoy this chapter!
March 13th, 2021, Koyodai Hospital, Nagareyama, Chiba, Japan, 6:10 PM
Lincoln slowly woke up with a Nasal cannula attached to his nose, he looked around the room trying to find Amanda, but she was not there, the only person in the room is Daguchi.
"Well Lincoln, you're lucky. You almost went into Septic Shock."
Lincoln did not answer, still wondering what is going on.
"After the people from the hospital found out who you are, they went all over each other trying to find the antibiotics trying to find the right one for you." Daguchi said.
"Where is my wife?" Lincoln demanded.
"She's outside the room in the hallway," Daguchi confirmed. "I need to say that I'm sorry, and to tell you the news about your suspension."
"What is it?"
"You're going to be suspended with pay until July and they say that all of these events are not your fault." Daguchi said. "They're going to give you one more chance and if you have one more violation, you're going to lose your job."
"Well okay, I guess I knew that was going to happen." Lincoln replied.
"You're going to have time to recover and the company doesn't even want you near their planes for now and it is for the best. You have been flying planes that you should of not even be flying."
Lincoln was silent.
"Also I just wanted to say that I'm sorry… I'm sorry that I let you fly that day it was obviously irresponsible!" Daguchi bowed as a part of his apology.
"Don't blame yourself okay… I mean I should of just not fly that day, so it was kind of my fault."
Daguchi soon resigned himself and immediately left the room which allowed Amanda to rush into the recovery room. She sat down on one of the chairs and proceeded to not look at Lincoln in the face.
"Honey, I'm sorry I… I do not know what to say to you to forgive me. It was stupid not to tell you what was going on…"
"Who did this to you?"
"What!?"
"I'm saying who are the people that did this to you?"
"I don't want to use your magic on anyone Amanda, you promised!"
She slowly got up from her seat and walked over to Lincoln's bedside. "I just want to know who… did… this… to... you?"
"I don't want the rest of our family to be involved in this, I don't anything else to do with Ronnie Anne or anyone else involved!"
"I just want to know the truth. You already lied to me enough already and I want to know why you disappeared," Amanda said directly to his face.
Lincoln paused for a moment; he does not want Amanda even close to his familial situation at home.
"It was Ronnie Anne she'd kidnapped my oldest sister and hold her agenst her will."
"Okay and you rescued her and during the struggle you got hurt and that's why you got that infection?"
"That's correct."
"Well you should have let the authorities deal with it!"
"I needed to do something, to make a statement and to repair the state of my family! Some of the stuff I have done before, I could lose everything if some of the stuff I did in the past comes out."
"Like what stuff?" Amanda asked.
"I killed a guy which is one of the reasons that all of this is happening, I beaten up some environmentalists and some questionable stuff I said in my life."
"And you don't want to say it to me?"
"Yeah some racist stuff before after 9/11 and all that. Not acceptable to say those terrible things in my family's name," Lincoln said rubbing his forehead.
"There is always forgiveness Lincoln, but I don't know if that rings true today."
"I guess people who make the most noise on social media have some sort of influence if there is a commonality."
*knock-knock* "Mr. and Mrs. Loud, may I come in?" the doctor inquired.
"Yes you may," Amanda said.
In stepped in Croix Merides herself stepped in the room, leaving Amanda in shock while her husband was confused on what is going on.
"Why are you here?" Amanda said angerly.
"Mrs. Loud may you please step outside so we can talk about this in private, I hope you may understand Mr. Loud."
"Um… sure?" Lincoln said lightly.
The two of them leave the hospital and stay with other in the parking lot and when they get there Amanda immediately lashed out, slapping Croix and grabbing her fake doctors jacket.
"Why the hell are you here, you promise to atone for your actions and actually believe in people for once in your life and then you betrayed us again! What do you want from us, I have moved on with my life and I'm now happy!" Amanda cried out.
"Oh Amanda I guess our families are more connected then we both thought." Croix said with a little giggle.
"What do you want, you almost killed one my friends while I was there." And you jeopardized status and security of the academy, also Akko doesn't want have any relation with you or anyone else; the UK government almost shut us down because of it." Amanda continued.
"It's not all about that, I am will always be remembered as a mercenary in the business and technology world. But in these past few months I've been hired to represent and work for somebody you know."
"Huh… no… oh my god!" Amanda's knees buckled.
"I was an accomplice of Ronnie Anne's plans and I'm the one who was supposed to make them."
"You murderer, you've led all those young men and women to die for your fake cause. What do you try to achieve anyway, death and destruction for power?"
"Forming a fair world Amanda, trying to expand our world of magic into the mainstream. The current institutions will reject this idea as madness and will lead to nothing."
"But you don't spread an idea by promoting violence Croix, and I don't know why your even here in the first place." Amanda said.
"It's between you and your husband. I need him dead, and you cannot do anything about it and if you try to prevent me, I will kill your children as well. For the benefit of the academy and the world."
Amanda even though with the sudden announcement stayed firm proving her newfound resilience.
"You're not going to end the family that I just started, and you are never going to lay a finger on my husband or anyone in my family!"
The two of them started fighting, it was risky with a Chiba Prefecture police officer stationed nearby but since his post is facing away from the situation as well, he was eating his dinner.
"You bitch why did we even trust you!" Amanda yelled.
This gotten the attention of the officer who put down his dinner and in the time the officer left his post box, which is there at the hospital's request, Croix sensed trouble and pushed Amanda to the ground and using the broom she hid in her vest she flew away. The officer saw Amanda on the ground slightly banged up, and he ran to her to see if she was okay.
"Are you okay miss? Were you assaulted!?" The officer worriedly required.
"Yes I'm okay, someone jumped an old colleague jumped me and I'm worried for my safety."
"Do you want to go to the station and file a report?"
"Sure but I want police protection for my husband, I'm afraid that his life is at risk."
"The person at question threatened your family?"
"Yes she did, and my husband is in the hospital and I'm afraid that my husband is going to be killed by this person."
"Um okay."
She called Lincoln that she had to go to the police station to file a report and told him the whole story on what their confrontation that she had with her. Lincoln immediately became worried for what seemed to be the millionth time this month, but this time is his life. It seemed like the people he is associated with (even his wife!) have some connections that want to kill him and is starting to start to take its toll on his mental health.
"Oh my god, why does it have to be one after another?!" Lincoln thought in his mind and he will keep thinking this line, over and over until he fallen asleep again.
9 PM
Things improved when ten armed Chiba police officers were ordered to protect the hospital and it is patents due to a security threat. The announcement was played on the evening news and generated worry across the nations hospitals and doctors. The news fortunately does not know that Lincoln was hospitalized and for a period was in a bad state. Amanda was in their apartment with their children and was watching an amine drama with her children, but the show was not on her mind.
"Dad will think that this show is ridiculous," Koharu chuckled.
"Yeah I think he would think of that," Amanda said.
Soon after the show was over, she tucked her kids into bed and then had to comfort her daughter for the millionth time that her father is going to be okay and is coming home soon enough. After leaving her bedroom and silently closing her door, she prepared for the worse, she inhaled and exhaled and then again prepare for battle. Amanda has been through this before, she would help prevent Britain from being blown up by a nuclear warhead from its own submarines. She picked up her phone and called one of her long-time friends Aksuko Kagari or Sakamoto when she got married.
"Amanda you finally called, it's been a long time, is our husband okay?!" Akko was pretty much yelling with joy as she usually does after Lincoln and Amanda moved to Japan.
"He's alright, but he had an accident and is in the hospital but there is a bigger problem that is putting my family at risk," Amanda said somberly.
"Oh that sad, but what is it though?"
"It's Croix she has somehow found my husband and now wants to kill him and maybe my family. She approached me in the hospital and started to threaten me, and I attacked her, and she shrugged me off."
"What, how, and why!?"
"She probably flown here on her broom and probably was hired to do some work for that bank in America and has assisted in attempted takeover of the government there. Croix said she wanted to expand magic into the public conscience even through technology has been the widely accepted option," Amanda explained.
"Is she insane!?"
"I don't know, but she maybe."
"What do we need to do?" Akko asked.
"We need to confront her ourselves; I know you don't like to fight people, but you know what she can do to people." Amanda said.
"Uh… okay what do you want me to do?"
"You can pick me up at my place, but don't pull into the apartment parking lot because it's crawling with prefectural police. Yes we were put under protection."
"Alright I'll park around the corner; I'll try to be there in an hour so be ready."
"I will."
In the meantime, Amanda changed her clothes from her bedtime pajamas to her black workout ones. She had not flown on her broom in over a decade and contemplated not to bringing it, but eventually decided that she would. After all the hours on the Casio digital clock ticked by and when she gotten the message from Akko that she was there, Amanda prepare to leave. She had cautiously left the apartment and made sure the door was secured, then she had to somehow walk out of the apartment's premises without getting the attention of the police. Which are hiding in places at night, so the residents are not worried or disturbed by the presence of the policemen, the parking lot is not noticeably big and there is a relatively short wall separating the new apartment to the thirty-year-old terrace houses. She crept down the stairs and around the buildings corner to the wall, she still have her athletic ability. Amanda jumped as high as she can and was able to grab the ledge and pull herself over it, she quietly walked past the terrace housing and walked around the corner when she found Akko's Toyota. She knocked on the passenger side window which surprised Akko a little bit, she then proceeded to unlock the door.
"Well thank you for coming all the way out here," Amanda said.
"Oh it's fine, I just want your family to be safe." Akko replied with a smile.
Akko has been a great help to Amanda and Lincoln since they moved to Japan, she helped both of them to rent an apartment and help Amanda get a teaching job in an elementary school. Akko works a part time job as a financial analyst in Saitama and is preparing to move to the countryside to fund a child day care center with her husband.
"So where do we need to find her?" Akko asked.
"Well that is one of the problems we have is that we don't know where she is."
"Um… why don't we search up the hotels she likes," Akko suggested.
"Wait we can do that?" Amanda said surprised.
"Yes we can, she has usually have done some speeches from hotels before and maybe she has done some here in Tokyo."
"Uh… okay."
When Akko started to drive away from the spot she parked in and drive onto the highway, Amanda went and look on her phone and searched Croix's name as "Croix Merides Tokyo." Then jackpot, she found a video where Croix was presenting a project plan for a Japanese electronics company.
"Akko, I found it!" Amanda yelled surprised at the discovery.
"Yes Amanda, now where is it!" Akko yelled in celebration.
"She could be staying at the Hilton Tokyo in Shinjuku she has spoken there over five times so she must have room there or something!"
"Shinjuku here we come!" Akko yelled in the car, annoying Amanda. Her personality has not changed at all.
After eventually arriving at Shinjuku station, Akko dropped off Amanda at Shinjuku Station and have her wait so she can find a parking spot for her car. It was around 10:30 PM and Shinjuku is sill bustling with life, Amanda has been to Shinjuku for what it may be over hundreds of times. But she never saw this much Metropolitan Police before in a certain area in her life.
"They must of know that she's here," She thought.
Amanda saw on the news that Croix is an international fugitive and pointed out that Japan is a prime location along with Italy, so the police is out and about probably looking for her. But Shinjuku was not affected by the news and people are out and about having fun and going shopping with their friends and family. Eventually Akko reappeared at the station with Amanda and were now on their way to the hotel. The hotel is located near Tokyo Medical University Hospital and the Sumitomo Fudosan Tower.
"So how do we get in there and to her room without raising any suspicion?" Amanda raised the subject to Akko.
"Um… good question. I don't know maybe we could use our brooms to fly to the top of the building."
"Is that the only option that we have?" Amanda said.
"I guess so, I mean they're not going to let us in without a reservation."
"Well I mean I haven't used a broom in ten years Akko."
"Amanda, I know you can use that broom anytime you want without worry, even though you haven't even used it since a decade ago," Akko tried to encourage, Amanda who's confidence has already been hit by the threats of Croix.
"Ok I guess it's the only option Akko, I'll try my best. If I fail, I'll probably be in the hospital."
"Heh that's the sprit, always believe in yourself okay?" Akko said looking around before revealing her broom.
"Okay deep breaths, deep breaths," Amanda thought in her mind.
When the precious moment came of no one was in the two's vicinity they revealed their brooms, and on the count of three they flew on their rooms aiming at the top of the Hilton Tokyo.
"Oh whoa, whoa! Oh my!" Amanda yelled.
"Yes Amanda you're doing a good job!"
The two of them hovered over the hotel roof, getting a birds eye view of the Tokyo skyline at night.
"Tokyo is such a beautiful isn't it, I told you it was easy when were you are in the academy you handled those things like a breeze." Akko said.
"Yeah… looks like I got things under control, heh, heh."
The two of them stayed hovering over the hotel for thirty more seconds before they both land on the roof of the hotel. They then try to find a door where they can exit the roof.
"Where the hell is the bloody door Akko!" Amanda yelled.
"I'm obviously trying to find it Amanda, make sure your doing your end of the bargain!" Akko replied.
Eventually it took around four minutes for them to find the utility door for the roof, when they entered, they went down the stairs to the top floor. They found a staff map for the hotel and found the level for the biggest suite in the room, on the back of the map showed if the suites are occupied or not during that week. The two found the biggest one and walked down more stairs to her door.
"*Huff* *puff*. Alright Akko I think… this… should be the door. It has to be her room." Amanda said exhausted.
"Alright Amanda we got this; you know how to fight?" Akko asked.
"Uh yeah, I was hoping that you know how to fight as well!"
"I know how to fight; I fight with my husband in the bed!" Akko cheekily said with a big smile. "I just saying if your rusty and all!"
"No I'm not, I just need you to be reliable."
The two of them prepare to break into what appears to be Croix's suite, which also has a nice little do not disturb sign on it. Without warning Akko kicked open the door with a large yell, surprising both Amanda and the person inside.
"Croix your time as a free woman is now over!" Akko yelled.
Luckily, the door stayed on it is hinges so that Amanda can close the door behind her, she turned her head to look at the person who was viewing the window of the Tokyo skyline.
"You two were very lucky to find my reserved suite," Croix said smoothly.
"How the hell did you get here, Metropolitan Police are crawling all over Shinjuku City! You time will come ether way!" Amanda scorned at Croix who quickly turned on a dime. She just gave a little smile.
"They don't even know where I am, and I can outrun everybody."
"Well we're right here, right now and there is nowhere to run!" Akko said putting on her serious face.
The three of them stared down each other and there was silence, the air was tense, but Croix was stable and just gave a little smile.
"You have your wand with you, do you?" Amanda said.
"Heh, I guess you have to find out yourself," Croix replied.
Amanda without warning charged at Croix in an effort to take here down. Croix tried to stop her in her tracks by throwing a left look, but Amanda quickly side stepped and ducked out of the way. Showing that Amanda still have her athletic ability since her childhood. Amanda smiled, and then charged again; this time she actually attacked by throwing a punch to the gut with little effect to Croix.
Croix giggled "Good shot, Amanda. But you know that wont take me down!"
All of this is going on while Akko just watch with amazement, Amanda who gave up on magic and left the academy forever as well as herself; a person who changed her ways from an independent rebel to a loving and caring mother. It was fascinating to Akko. Amanda waited for Croix to make her move, fearing that if she kept charging at her she will bring out her wand and kill her.
"Come on Croix, give me something for once!" Amanda yelled.
"Alright here's the moment you've been waiting for!" Croix said.
She flung out her wand from her jacket and pointed it right at her head like a pistol. Amanda immediately ducked and yelled for Akko to get out of the way.
"Akko get down!"
BAM!
The ray that Croix shot easily avoided Amanda, but it hit Akko in the arm.
"Damn it Akko!"
She pointed the wand at Amanda again hoping that this one but loaded with adrenaline she charged with all her might to try to knock the wand out of her hand. Amanda knocked the wind out of her hand which was in the air, Croix was surprised by this which allowed to launch an uppercut into her chin sending her stumbling back to the window. Amanda saw her chance, even though it was risky she wanted to do this; she charge again and tackled her into the window.
SMASH!
"Amanda what the hell are you doing!?" Akko yelled while sitting up on the ground.
The window was broken from the force of Croix's body going through it allowing large pieces of it falling to the ground, surprising the people below. Amanda started beating up Croix who is head and shoulders was hanging out of the window, one of her punches, a right hook. Amanda felt the cartilage gave way as well feeling the blood coming out from her nostrils; and another right hook to the jaw and she felt the whole thing gave way as well.
"Amanda that's enough! It's over it's done; you got her good." Akko call out.
"I'm not done, I want to hear her final words," Amanda said with a growl.
"Wait what you're not gonna kill her right?"
Amanda did not listen to Akko, she wanted to hear from Croix.
"This is what happens when you try to threaten my family bitch, now say what want before the police have to clean up your body on the ground."
*Cough* "I just want you to know, that this hell for your husband is not over. The media will be coming for him and his family name will haunt him forever…"
Amanda had enough of Croix's voice and tossed her body off the edge of the window and saw her body fall down to the street below.
CRACK! SLAP!
Screams and yells followed which then gave way to the whistle calls of the police. Amanda looked up into the starry night sky and then moved away from the window and collapsed next to the couch where Akko was laying down as well.
"I guess it's over now," Akko said.
"Sorry I didn't pay attention to you, are you okay are you badly hurt!?" Amanda then said with more worry.
"Nah it's okay, it only just grazed me. My husband will understand."
"That's good, we probably need to get out of here before the police notices anything."
"Yeah, your right, lets go!"
The two of them hurried to the window with their brooms and lift off and into the darkness, they soon find an alley for them land on so they can find their car. After they landed, they walked onto the street where they looked behind them where the scene is unfolding.
"We need to get out of here now," Akko whispered into Amanda's ear.
The two of them are hurryingly walking to the parking garage, walking past all the people who wanted to know what is going on and all the policemen coming to secure the scene. They entered the parking garage and found their car and soon enough their on their way home. Soon after Amanda as dropped off near her apartment and sneak to her apartment once again.
"Wow… I can't believe I've just done all of that, heh, heh, But I guess it's all worth it." Amanda said giggling.
Well I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and I am starting to wind down this story and is going to be around two or three more chapters. So I hope that I bring you guys a good story even through with all the faults.
Next Chapter will clear up all the things I kind of left behind, like Clyde's plane crash as well what happens to Lincoln's cash, also the sentencing of Luan and Leni. More of Lincoln's family members will react what is going on as more of Lincoln is revealed in the next chapter.
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As always have a great day.