AUTHOR'S NOTE: Fuck the writers for not letting us know what Toni's emotional pain was about/why she needed that treatment so badly. The fact that she was so desperate to get rid of her emotional pain so much so that she kept mentioning it and wanted to go first... I'm so sad for her. We don't even know what she's been through. She clearly went through a lot of awful things that are still hurting her, but still remains kind and compassionate.

"The Farm is a front; Kevin, Fangs... Edgar took their kidneys!" Betty frantically says to Cheryl. "There's a refrigerator filled to the brim with human organs. The Farm..." she pauses as she lifts a cooler onto Cheryl's bed "...is an organ farm."

"Are you trying to get shipped off to Shutter Island, you lunatic?" Cheryl asks, still not believing a word that Betty says about The Farm.

To try to convince her even more that she's telling the truth, Betty opens the cooler to reveal a human heart.

A look of horror washes over Cheryl's face as she scoots further back on her bed. "Oh, my God. Is that..." she goes to ask.

"Yes, Cheryl," Betty answers her question before Cheryl even finishes asking it. "This is why he keeps adopting kids... for his human chop shop."

Cheryl stares at her cousin with her mouth open in repugnance.

"Based on the price list I saw in the infirmary, it's lucrative as hell," the blonde girl adds in disgust.

"Infirmary?" Cheryl questions as she realizes something and panic washes over her like a wave. She quickly stands up from her bed. "If there's even a chance you're right, Toni's procedure is today, the nurses just took her away!" she exclaims, her voice cracking at the end. She starts walking past Betty and towards the door. She runs her hand over her forehead and through her hair in distress.

"Okay, go-go get Toni. I'll get Kevin and Fangs," Betty says to placate Cheryl. The redhead doesn't need to be told twice as she opens the door and hastily makes her way to her girl.

A few hours later, Cheryl is sitting by Toni's side as the smaller girl slowly comes around and takes in her surroundings.

As soon as she sees the shirt that Cheryl is wearing is covered in blood, Toni starts getting worried: "Cher, what happened?! Are you okay?" she asks, her voice hoarse from the anesthesia.

Cheryl stifles a laugh. Her girlfriend is the one laying in a hospital bed, but she's asking Cheryl if she's okay. That's her girl, always thinking of others before herself.

"I'm fine, TT. This isn't my blood..." the redhead answers gently, not wanting to upset Toni, but also not wanting to lie to her either.

Realization hits Toni like a truck when she feels a sharp pain on the lower right side of her back. "T-that's m-my b-blood, i-isn't i-it?" she stutters out.

Cheryl nods numbly. While Toni was in surgery, the redhead was going to go back to Thistlehouse to change her clothes, but she couldn't bare the thought of leaving Toni alone in the hospital.

"Why are you covered in my blood? Why aren't we at The Farm? Why am I in the hospital? Why am I in so much pain? And what about my treatment, Cher?" Toni asks. The tone in her voice breaks Cheryl's heart, it's the first time she's ever heard her sound small and in distress. The shorter girl is panicking and confused, and as a result, her heart monitor starts beeping wildly. Then her face crumples as tears fill her eyes.

"Shh. Don't cry, TT. It's okay, baby. You're safe. Just please calm down," Cheryl coos as she gently places her hand on Toni's shoulder and rubs it tenderly.

Once Toni calms down a bit, Cheryl begins to fill her in on what happened back at The Farm: "It turns out Betty's cries about the sky is falling were true; Edgar was harvesting the organs of his members and selling them on the black market. Fangs and Kevin, he took their kidneys, Toni. And he almost took yours too. Thankfully, I got you out of there before that could happen."

"W-what do you mean you got me out of there?" the pink-haired girl whimpers out.

"I stormed into the infirmary just as they were about to start removing your kidney. If I came in a little earlier, you might not be in as much pain as you're in right now and you wouldn't have that soon-to-be ugly scar on your beautiful body," Cheryl says tearfully.

"Don't cry, Cher Bear," Toni says weakly, still a little groggy after her surgery. "You saved me, and I would be short a kidney if it weren't for you. How did you even get me out of there, anyway? I was knocked out, and I'm pretty sure they wouldn't have just let you leave with me mid-procedure."

"Well, first of all, they were charlatans, Toni," Cheryl says in quiet anger.

"What?" Toni asks, as her voice goes up an octave.

"Your nurses were frauds, and so was your doctor," Cheryl explains. "I'm so relieved that I made it in time before they used any more of those instruments of torture on you," she adds. "But to answer your question, I accidentally knocked 'Nurse' 1 out when I pushed her onto the floor, I grabbed a syringe that was laying on the table next to you to sedate your 'doctor', and 'Nurse' 2 stayed back when I threatened to stab her with a scalpel and to burn The Farm down... which is something I totally should've done, by the way," she answers as she laughs internally at the memory of it. "Anyway, I grabbed you off the operating table. I know that was a dumb thing to do, but I had to get you out of there. The reason why I have your blood all over me is because they had already made the incision before I could rescue you. I somehow managed to get us out of the building without getting caught. I ran with you in my arms through the woods for about a mile. Eventually, I made it to a road where I finally had service to call you an ambulance. You were losing a lot of blood, TT, and I was getting worried. I didn't know exactly where we were, but thankfully the paramedics still managed to find us. They drove us here, to Riverdale General, wheeled you straight into the operating room to stitch you back up and then I told them exactly what had happened back at The Farm. It and Edgar are under investigation, and hopefully they'll lock him up and shut that horrid place down for good," she finishes.

"I'm sorry, Cher. I joined The Farm to get my girlfriend back, but I ended up getting sucked into it too. I was supposed to be rescuing you, not the other way around, and now, because of me, you can't even talk to Jason anymore. I know you wish he was here instead of me. I'm so sorry I failed you," Toni says shamefully.

"No, baby, don't ever say that again. You did not fail me, you could never fail me, and I don't wish Jason were here instead of you. I'm the one who got you dragged into this mess in the first place. The only reason why you took the risk of getting brainwashed by a cult was because I didn't tell Evelyn to 'fuck off' when she told me I had to choose between Jason and you. I knew deep down that he was gone, but I still chose a hallucination of a dead person over my very alive girlfriend, who I once told was the most important person in my life... and still is. If anyone should be apologizing, it should be me, TT. I'm so sorry. Can you ever forgive me?"

"Of course I forgive you, Cher. How can I not after you took down two nurses and a doctor by yourself, carried me through the woods and saved my life? I was devastated that you chose Jason over me, but I know it must've been hard for you to be put in such a difficult position. I know how much he means to you. I just hoped that I loved you enough for you to choose me," she sniffles. "But in the end, I guess you did choose me over him when you took me out of that place. The thought of me in danger was what pulled you out of The Farm's spell. Your love for me really trumped being brainwashed," she adds almost proudly.

"Toni, can I ask you something?" Cheryl asks suddenly.

"Anything, Cher."

"Why did you want that procedure so badly? I mean, you wanted to get yours done first, you said that you couldn't wait for Edgar to take away your emotional pain and you were in tears when you found out that you didn't actually get your treatment. Why were you so desperate for that procedure? What happened to you, baby?"

"I-I... um... I..." Toni could feel her chest starting to tighten as her heart monitor started beeping wildly again. She really did not want to answer that question.

Cheryl immediately regretted asking Toni that as soon as the words came out of her mouth. She wanted to slap herself for asking such a personal question while Toni was laid up in a hospital bed, recovering from surgery.

"Toni, you don't have to answer that. I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked you that. You just got out of surgery, you need to stay relaxed and calm, okay?" Cheryl says soothingly, her fingers reaching up to brush through Toni's matted hair gently.

"O-okay," Toni chokes out.

It's quiet for a moment before Toni speaks again: "Cher, why did you ask me about my past now? I mean, we've been dating for almost a year, so why now?" Toni asks quietly. She wasn't mad that Cheryl didn't know much about her, seeing as Toni's not the type of person who willingly opens up to people. But still, she was just wondering why it took Toni almost losing a kidney for Cheryl to ask her about herself.

"I didn't want to prod," the redhead answers plainly. "Of course, I was curious, but I figured you would tell me when you were ready. I want to know everything there is to know about you, TT. But you don't have to tell me right now," she adds.

"I promise I'll tell you, Cher Bear. Just not today because it's not easy for me to talk about," Toni tiredly says in response.

"You were there for me during my tough times, and I'll be there for yours... if you just let me," Cheryl tenderly says as she leans down to place a kiss on Toni's cheek. "Now sleep, my little love. I'll be here when you wake up."

"I love you so much, Cheryl," Toni says through a yawn as her eyes start to close, her pain medication finally kicking in. And before the pink-haired girl succumbs to her dreams, she feels Cheryl smiling against her skin before her lips brush over her forehead.

"I love you too, Toni."