Chapter 18: The Iron Maiden part 1
The three had arrived at the hospital, it was a long walk, but they had finally arrived. "Me and Joshua stay out here," Jolyne said, "take your time Bronny, there's no rush." Bronny nodded and walked inside the hospital. "I'll be leaving you now Jolyne," Joshua said, Jolyne tilted her head, "you're leaving?" Joshua nodded, "I'm going back to the house, I thought about what you said, if we are going to kill the white figure, we're going to need all the help you can get." Joshua patted Jolyne's shoulder and walked off, leaving Jolyne alone. Jolyne sighed and sat on one of the benches, "good grief," she muttered, "what an exhausting day."
Across the street, a car sat parked in an alley way. Laura sat there, looking through a pair of binoculars. "Jolyne Kujo…" She muttered, she pulled out a piece of paper from the envelope. "Hm, she goes to the same school as Noel, I wonder if they were friends…" Laura shook her head, "doesn't matter, I have to do this job, regardless of what I've been told to do, I have to do it for…" Laura paused, "Noel?" Noel had arrived at the hospital, she saw Jolyne sitting on the bench and moved toward her. "Oh joy," Jolyne said, seeing Noel walk to her, "what could you possibly want?" Noel looked to the floor, "I heard what happened, I wanted to see how Bronny was doing, that's all." Jolyne raised an eyebrow and stood up, "the hell is it to you anyway?" She said, "Bronny has enough support, he doesn't need some hoe to make him feel better, so beat it!" Noel frowned, she knew she couldn't get through to Jolyne, so what was the point. Noel turned to leave, but the thoughts of Joshua said continued to swirl in her head. "I…" She muttered, Jolyne tilted her head, "ugh, what now?" Noel turned to Jolyne, "I know who killed Bronny's mother!"
Bronny stood in the halls of the hospital, right outside the room his father was in. Bronny took a deep breath and entered the room. He saw LeBron in the bed, he was bandaged up and many tubes covered his body. "Dad…" Bronny muttered, he moved closer to his father, grabbing his hand. "H-hey kid..." LeBron said, "look good, don't I?" Bronny sighed, "you've looked better,"
he said. Bronny looked to the floor, tears beginning to form in his eyes, "dad… I'm sorry, this should never have happened, you shouldn't be in this place, mom shouldn't…" Bronny shut his eyes, tears leaked down his face. LeBron smiled and rubbed Bronny's hand, "this isn't your fault, it's no one's fault," he said, "don't let this get you down, as long as you're ok, I'll be fine." Bronny looked up at LeBron, wiping the tears from his eyes, "I'll make this right, I promise you, whoever did this won't get away with this."
As Bronny turned to leave, LeBron pulled him in closer, "I know what you're thinking," he said, "listen to me Bronny, don't try and be a hero, you'll get yourself killed doing that, you need to move on, and continue to live your life." Bronny shook his head and paced around the room, "you're always saying how I should find a motivation in life, will now I have," he said, "I can fix this, make sure nothing like this ever happens again, why can't you trust me!?" "I do trust god damn it! I just…" LeBron grunted and laid back in his bed, "you're the only thing I have left, I don't want to lose you." Bronny looked at his father, "you won't, I promise you, I will be back."
As Bronny left the room, he spotted Jolyne standing by the door. "How's your old man?" Jolyne asked, "he's fine, I just hope nothing else bad will happen." Bronny could see the uneasy look on Jolyne's face, "is something wrong Jolyne?" He asked, Jolyne pointed to the left, "someone has something to say." Bronny looked to the left, just to see Noel walking towards them. "Noel?" Said Bronny, "what are you doing here?" "Go on, tell him," said Jolyne. Noel brushed her hair to the side, she looked nervous, as if something serious was on her mind. "What is it Noel?" Bronny asked, Noel looked up at Bronny and sighed. "Bronny, I…" She started, she looked to the floor, her cheeks beginning to become red. Bronny tilted his head in confusion, what was Noel getting at? "There was a man who came to my house earlier today," Noel said, "I didn't know who it was, but he offered my sister money to work, my family life hasn't been all that stable, so she of course took the money, but the man…" Noel looked up, "I think that man is the one that attacked your family!"
Bronny's eyes widened, "what!?" He looked at Noel, he knew she was telling the truth by the way she said it, but he couldn't believe it. "I saw the car he was driving near your house; I know it was him." Noel said. Bronny looked at Noel, he could feel himself becoming angry, but he couldn't let his emotions get the better of him. He began to walk towards Noel, "Bronny please," Noel said, beginning to back away, "I didn't have anything to do with this, please I…" Bronny grabbed Noel's shoulders, "I believe you Noel," he muttered, "do you know this man's name?" Noel shook her head, "no, the only thing I know is the car he drove in." Noel pulled her phone out and showed Bronny and Jolyne the photo. "If you're telling the truth, then if we find this car, the man who attacked Bronny's parents will be nearby?" Asked Jolyne, "I would assume," replied Noel. Bronny sighed, he didn't like this, but he knew what he needed to do, "where's the last place you saw the car?" He asked, "near your house, but it must be gone by now." Bronny nodded and began to walk away, "where are you going?" Jolyne said, "I'm going to find this man," replied Bronny, "I don't want you two to get involved in this, I need to do this alone." Jolyne scoffed and moved towards Bronny, "if you think I'm going to let you fight this guy by yourself, you're stupid," she said, "you and I are in this together." Noel also walked up, "I want to help you too," she said. Bronny and Jolyne looked at her, "if you said your sister is helping him, how do we know you aren't trying to trick us?" Jolyne asked. Noel looked to the floor, "my sister has never been the best person, what she's doing is wrong, I don't have a choice to stop her." A shadowy figure began to slowly form behind her, "my sister is not like most people, she has something that people would consider as superpowers." Bronny's eyes widened, "superpowers? You don't mean…" The shadowy figure completely formed behind Noel, two purple eyes glowing from the figure, "these powers are called Stands, I would assume you two also have some."