Conspiracy
Chapter 11
Raven's jaw dropped when she heard the words.
"What! You're joking. I hit him in the shoulder not in the head! Let me see him!" Raven attempted to push past the petite doctor but she held her back with a strong arm.
"I'm sorry. There was too much blood lost. We'll have to hold his body for the time being. Again, I'm sorry. This is out of our hands."
Raven glared at the little doctor then backed up into Matrix who was gaping at the door far at the other end of the corridor. Then she started to laugh. It was a horrible, airy laugh. She laughed until she started to lose her balance and had to stretch her arm out and use the wall for balance. Then her laughter eventually turned to cries of anguish as tears started to fall from her eyes once again. She took her hand off the wall and leaned up against it, staring up at the ceiling with a blank expression in her eyes as her tears dripped off the side of her face.
Kyra bit her lip and approached Raven, placing her hand on her shoulder. At her touch Raven immediately blew up, shaking her friend's hand off of her.
"Just leave me alone damnit!" She screamed, before taking off down the hallway. She threw open the door to the staircase and took them two at a time. As she came to the second last flight of stairs the heel to one of her shoes broke off. She stopped and looked down at her shoe then pulled both of them off, flinging them at the wall before she continued speedily down the rest of the stairs. As she exited the stairwell, the old man she had seen when coming in to the building seemed to be so concerned that he held out a tissue for Raven as she ran by. Raven stopped abruptly and looked at the man, then she ran her finger over the inside hem of her dress, finding her secret money stash. She pulled out the wad of hundred dollar bills and took the man's hand, placing the entire stash of money in his hand. Then she took the tissue he was still holding out as he looked at her with a shocked expression on his face before she ran out the door into the dark night.
Kyra cried silently with Mya and Matrix on the fifth floor of the hospital as the doctor shook her head sadly and returned to the operating room down the hall where's Hawk's corpse lay peacefully.
"What about Raven? I can't leave her alone like this; she's going to do something stupid! You know how she is!" Kyra said between sobs.
"You have to give her her space this time Kyra. She just killed someone extremely close to her. Even though they didn't look it, they were in love. Do you know how hard this must be for her right now?" Matrix said reasonably, wiping a running tear off Kyra's cheek.
"Then why did she shoot him? What didn't she shoot that damn Secret Service Agent? I don't understand! It's like she knows the man…"
"Who knows, maybe they know each other from a past life."
"Don't go weird on me too, Matrix, Raven was just asking me if I believed in love at first sight. I don't need any more fantasy dream land tonight alright?"
Matrix nodded his head silently and pulled Kyra close to him, giving her a kiss on the forehead. Mya gazed out the window, looking for signs of Raven. Raven wasn't exactly nice to her, but she couldn't live with herself if she knew her boss was going to do something completely stupid that she could have prevented. She focused in on the entrance to the hospital; she was sure Raven would come running out of it at any moment.
Raven didn't use the front entrance. She pushed open a side door and ran out onto the lawn that surrounded the hospital, her bare feet becoming very cold as well as the rest of her body as she ran from the hospital. She turned off the property onto a quiet street that was lit by some old fashioned lamps. Ultimately, it led to a small lake. That's where Raven ended up, slowing her pace when she caught sight of the silvery surface of the lake illuminated by the moonlight.
"Our lives are over…" Kyra sighed, pressing her face into Matrix's chest. "Brady knows we're all some sort of terrorist group. We're goners…"
She looked up when she heard a slow moving pair of feet enter the ward. She looked up and there he was, the very bane of all their troubles: Brady Black. He walked into the ward, his forehead pinched in pain as he held a blood soaked cloth around his wounded arm and shoulder. Mya spotted him immediately and walked up to him, stopping his path to the emergency room where he would need immediate attention. She placed her hands on her hips and glared at him, then slid her hand slowly to the side of her boot where she pulled out her own knife.
"He's dead. He's dead thanks to you! What did you do to her huh? You must have hypnotized her. Now she's gone and killed her lover. Is this how you wanted things to end for her? You know I can't figure you out. I can't figure her out either. I can't figure either of you out!" She held the dagger in her hand and shook her head. "If I let you go, you'd probably tell everyone you'd found the 'black widow spider' and her gang of followers right? I'm sorry, I can't let you do that. There's much too much at stake here, and you know you are so lucky that you are in the emergency ward because there IS no receptionist and there are no doctors out here! I could just kill you right now. That would put an end to all of this."
Brady's mouth hung half-open by now.
"So she is the black widow spider? That's what I thought. Anyway, could you kindly get out of the way so I can get some treatment? We can continue this lovely discussion over tea and crumpets when I'm cleaned up." He kicked the knife out of Mya's hand and walked down the corridor to the emergency treatment room.
"Oh no you don't!" Kyra blurted, picked up Mya's knife and running after Brady. She was able to get by him and block his way as his arm was too much for him to handle while running at the same time.
"Listen buddy. I don't care who the hell you are or what the hell you can do or what the hell you have done to Raven. You keep you damn mouth shut about all of this or else."
"Or else what?" Brady said, standing up straighter to show how much bigger he was than Kyra.
"You don't want to know. I have connections. I don't care if you work for the Secret Service. You have nothing on us except that someone attacked you. You know what? That someone is dead now and you can't do anything to us. Leave us alone, we'll leave you prey to someone else who wants your head. You've caused enough trouble for us already." She took the knife and stuck it into the wall of the hallway before she and Matrix left the ward, closely followed by Mya.
Brady watched them leave, then turned and hobbled painfully to the emergency room.
Raven sat at the water's edge, looking out onto its clear depths. The small waves lapped up onto the small sand strip that surrounded the basin, touching Raven's toes as she sat, her knees hugged tightly to her chest, with her arms around her legs. She rocked back and forth steadily and closed her eyes, crying her troubles solitarily to the moon.
Chapter 11
Raven's jaw dropped when she heard the words.
"What! You're joking. I hit him in the shoulder not in the head! Let me see him!" Raven attempted to push past the petite doctor but she held her back with a strong arm.
"I'm sorry. There was too much blood lost. We'll have to hold his body for the time being. Again, I'm sorry. This is out of our hands."
Raven glared at the little doctor then backed up into Matrix who was gaping at the door far at the other end of the corridor. Then she started to laugh. It was a horrible, airy laugh. She laughed until she started to lose her balance and had to stretch her arm out and use the wall for balance. Then her laughter eventually turned to cries of anguish as tears started to fall from her eyes once again. She took her hand off the wall and leaned up against it, staring up at the ceiling with a blank expression in her eyes as her tears dripped off the side of her face.
Kyra bit her lip and approached Raven, placing her hand on her shoulder. At her touch Raven immediately blew up, shaking her friend's hand off of her.
"Just leave me alone damnit!" She screamed, before taking off down the hallway. She threw open the door to the staircase and took them two at a time. As she came to the second last flight of stairs the heel to one of her shoes broke off. She stopped and looked down at her shoe then pulled both of them off, flinging them at the wall before she continued speedily down the rest of the stairs. As she exited the stairwell, the old man she had seen when coming in to the building seemed to be so concerned that he held out a tissue for Raven as she ran by. Raven stopped abruptly and looked at the man, then she ran her finger over the inside hem of her dress, finding her secret money stash. She pulled out the wad of hundred dollar bills and took the man's hand, placing the entire stash of money in his hand. Then she took the tissue he was still holding out as he looked at her with a shocked expression on his face before she ran out the door into the dark night.
Kyra cried silently with Mya and Matrix on the fifth floor of the hospital as the doctor shook her head sadly and returned to the operating room down the hall where's Hawk's corpse lay peacefully.
"What about Raven? I can't leave her alone like this; she's going to do something stupid! You know how she is!" Kyra said between sobs.
"You have to give her her space this time Kyra. She just killed someone extremely close to her. Even though they didn't look it, they were in love. Do you know how hard this must be for her right now?" Matrix said reasonably, wiping a running tear off Kyra's cheek.
"Then why did she shoot him? What didn't she shoot that damn Secret Service Agent? I don't understand! It's like she knows the man…"
"Who knows, maybe they know each other from a past life."
"Don't go weird on me too, Matrix, Raven was just asking me if I believed in love at first sight. I don't need any more fantasy dream land tonight alright?"
Matrix nodded his head silently and pulled Kyra close to him, giving her a kiss on the forehead. Mya gazed out the window, looking for signs of Raven. Raven wasn't exactly nice to her, but she couldn't live with herself if she knew her boss was going to do something completely stupid that she could have prevented. She focused in on the entrance to the hospital; she was sure Raven would come running out of it at any moment.
Raven didn't use the front entrance. She pushed open a side door and ran out onto the lawn that surrounded the hospital, her bare feet becoming very cold as well as the rest of her body as she ran from the hospital. She turned off the property onto a quiet street that was lit by some old fashioned lamps. Ultimately, it led to a small lake. That's where Raven ended up, slowing her pace when she caught sight of the silvery surface of the lake illuminated by the moonlight.
"Our lives are over…" Kyra sighed, pressing her face into Matrix's chest. "Brady knows we're all some sort of terrorist group. We're goners…"
She looked up when she heard a slow moving pair of feet enter the ward. She looked up and there he was, the very bane of all their troubles: Brady Black. He walked into the ward, his forehead pinched in pain as he held a blood soaked cloth around his wounded arm and shoulder. Mya spotted him immediately and walked up to him, stopping his path to the emergency room where he would need immediate attention. She placed her hands on her hips and glared at him, then slid her hand slowly to the side of her boot where she pulled out her own knife.
"He's dead. He's dead thanks to you! What did you do to her huh? You must have hypnotized her. Now she's gone and killed her lover. Is this how you wanted things to end for her? You know I can't figure you out. I can't figure her out either. I can't figure either of you out!" She held the dagger in her hand and shook her head. "If I let you go, you'd probably tell everyone you'd found the 'black widow spider' and her gang of followers right? I'm sorry, I can't let you do that. There's much too much at stake here, and you know you are so lucky that you are in the emergency ward because there IS no receptionist and there are no doctors out here! I could just kill you right now. That would put an end to all of this."
Brady's mouth hung half-open by now.
"So she is the black widow spider? That's what I thought. Anyway, could you kindly get out of the way so I can get some treatment? We can continue this lovely discussion over tea and crumpets when I'm cleaned up." He kicked the knife out of Mya's hand and walked down the corridor to the emergency treatment room.
"Oh no you don't!" Kyra blurted, picked up Mya's knife and running after Brady. She was able to get by him and block his way as his arm was too much for him to handle while running at the same time.
"Listen buddy. I don't care who the hell you are or what the hell you can do or what the hell you have done to Raven. You keep you damn mouth shut about all of this or else."
"Or else what?" Brady said, standing up straighter to show how much bigger he was than Kyra.
"You don't want to know. I have connections. I don't care if you work for the Secret Service. You have nothing on us except that someone attacked you. You know what? That someone is dead now and you can't do anything to us. Leave us alone, we'll leave you prey to someone else who wants your head. You've caused enough trouble for us already." She took the knife and stuck it into the wall of the hallway before she and Matrix left the ward, closely followed by Mya.
Brady watched them leave, then turned and hobbled painfully to the emergency room.
Raven sat at the water's edge, looking out onto its clear depths. The small waves lapped up onto the small sand strip that surrounded the basin, touching Raven's toes as she sat, her knees hugged tightly to her chest, with her arms around her legs. She rocked back and forth steadily and closed her eyes, crying her troubles solitarily to the moon.