1 Fate's Cruelty
1.1 By
Bentley Gallo
Chapter 8: Girl Not So Interrupted.
"Longer?!" Fiona asked Molly. "I have to stay here, in this crummy old hospital longer?!"
"Just long enough so as they can run some tests." Molly said to her.
"Tests?" Fiona asked sitting straight up in the hospital bed. "What kind of tests?"
"Well…" Molly said not sure if now would be a good time to tell her.
"Sorry Fi." Annie said stepping into the room. "They won't let me give anymore chocolate milkshakes to you because you're a patient."
"Thanks anyway Annie." Fi chuckled.
"Well." Said Molly inching past Annie. "I'd better go see how Carey's doing."
"Go ahead mom." Fi said. "But later me and you are going to talk."
"Sure honey." Molly said leaving the room.
"See ya later Mol!" Annie said.
"Annie…"Said Fiona. "Can I talk with you?"
"Yeah." Said Annie sitting down in Molly's usual chair next to Fi. "Sure."
~*~
Carey's body lay on a hospital bed with monitors surrounding him.
Irene, Ned and Molly stood outside the room talking amidst themselves about his health.
Master Archeron stood outside Carey's hospital window watching the boy.
Then he took the moment when no one was in the room as his chance to strike.
Master Archeron walked into the room through the wall and stood over Carey's forever sleeping body.
The monitors beeped in tune with Carey's heartbeats.
"Now pretty boy." Said the master, pulling open a secret compartment on the left arm side of his armor. He reached his hand inside and reveled a large syringe with a strange liquid inside. "I'm not going to let you steal the girl who could be so much help to the forces of darkness away from me. Now my minion couldn't kill you… But I'm different…. I can."
~*~
"So…" Molly said to Irene and Ned. "How is he?"
"The doctor said there's no change." Irene told her.
"They said that we might be able to bring him home for a few days to spend with him." Ned said to Molly.
"That's good." Molly said patting Ned's arm.
"I just don't understand who would do something like this!" Irene said moving away from them.
"Well." Said Molly. "We can all pray for the best."
"Yeah." Said Ned.
~*~
"Annie." Said Fiona. "I'm sorry."
"For what?" Annie asked knowing 'what' all ready but wanting her friend to be comfortable to talk about it.
"For yelling at you." Fiona said feeling tears rushing to the surface. "And telling you that I didn't believe anymore."
"Fiona." Annie began. "I understand."
"How can you?!" Fiona asked.
"I talked with Bricriu." Annie explained.
"What? When?"
"The night of the attack."
"That night? How long was I asleep?"
"Almost four days. The doctors said you were in a coma too. And with Carey's situation they thought that you weren't going to wake up."
"Four days?" Fiona asked in amazement.
"Yeah." Annie replied. "You were lucky."
"So Ned and Irene must be pretty bitter towards me right now."
"No actually, they're pretty happy that at least one of you two has woken up."
"So, guess who saved us? Bricriu!" Fiona told her friend.
"What? No way!?"
"Yah! Now. Anyway. How'd you get to talk to Bricriu?"
"Well… remember when you saw me putting your stuff back into the suitcase? Anyway, that's when I saw the floppy with his name on the front. So I toke it…"
"I knew you took something! But don't worry, I'm not mad."
"Aww!" She said. "That's a load off my mind! Well Fiona! What he told me is serious!"
"About the council of darkness?"
"Yeah. How did you know?"
"After I got infected by a Master Archeron, I studied up on them as well as I could."
"So that's why you came back here?" asked Annie.
"No." Fiona responded. "I'm meant that's not all. There was something else. Something that happened."
"Like what?" Annie asked.
"When I was in Seattle, I met a lot of nice people, but I fell in love with one of them."
"Really? Who?" Annie questioned.
"His name was Joey. He was our age, and pretty easy on the eyes too. Then the Master infected me. Knowing what was in me I was pretty upset, and had it pretty rough. But Joey helped me through it all. He was my everything."
"Why didn't he come visit us with you?"
"He can't. He can never. The master was watching me all the time, to make sure that I was miserable. Then he found out about Joey. And to make sure that he wouldn't fail, he-he- killed him. Just like he must have tried to do to Carey."
"What? No! He shouldn't just be able to kill someone that he doesn't like! It's not fair."
"I know. And now he's after Carey…"
"Why would he go after Carey? Oh…" Annie realized surprised. "You, and Carey, are involved?"
"Yeah." Fiona said sheepishly. "You've got to promise me that you won't tell anyone. Especially not Jack or Mom."
"I promise."
All of a sudden, the door burst open and two doctors in long white coats followed by the Chief of Police walked in.
"Congratulations Fi Phillips." Said the Chief. "Your now the one hundredth patient at the Hope Springs Medical Asylum…"
"Asylum?" Both Fi and Annie asked in unison.
~*~
The master pushed the syringe into the skin in Carey's arm where a major vein was located.
"Are you ready?" The master asked the sleeping boy, to no answer. "Good…I hate it when they are!"
The master began to push on the end of the syringe. And he watched in a crazed amazement as the yellow liquid entered into Carey's skin.
"The good thing about this stuff is that you're going to die slowly, every time I inject more of this into your body. And the doctors will never be able to find out why you're dying… It's the perfect plan!"
As Archeron pulled the syringe out of Carey's skin the monitors that kept track of his heart rate slowed a few beats.
~*~
1.2 So! How do you like this story so far?
If you like it a lot please review.
I am hoping to get up to at least twenty reviews before uploading the next chapter!
But it depends on how good I'm feeling. So chapter 9 might be up sooner then you think.
1.1 By
Bentley Gallo
Chapter 8: Girl Not So Interrupted.
"Longer?!" Fiona asked Molly. "I have to stay here, in this crummy old hospital longer?!"
"Just long enough so as they can run some tests." Molly said to her.
"Tests?" Fiona asked sitting straight up in the hospital bed. "What kind of tests?"
"Well…" Molly said not sure if now would be a good time to tell her.
"Sorry Fi." Annie said stepping into the room. "They won't let me give anymore chocolate milkshakes to you because you're a patient."
"Thanks anyway Annie." Fi chuckled.
"Well." Said Molly inching past Annie. "I'd better go see how Carey's doing."
"Go ahead mom." Fi said. "But later me and you are going to talk."
"Sure honey." Molly said leaving the room.
"See ya later Mol!" Annie said.
"Annie…"Said Fiona. "Can I talk with you?"
"Yeah." Said Annie sitting down in Molly's usual chair next to Fi. "Sure."
~*~
Carey's body lay on a hospital bed with monitors surrounding him.
Irene, Ned and Molly stood outside the room talking amidst themselves about his health.
Master Archeron stood outside Carey's hospital window watching the boy.
Then he took the moment when no one was in the room as his chance to strike.
Master Archeron walked into the room through the wall and stood over Carey's forever sleeping body.
The monitors beeped in tune with Carey's heartbeats.
"Now pretty boy." Said the master, pulling open a secret compartment on the left arm side of his armor. He reached his hand inside and reveled a large syringe with a strange liquid inside. "I'm not going to let you steal the girl who could be so much help to the forces of darkness away from me. Now my minion couldn't kill you… But I'm different…. I can."
~*~
"So…" Molly said to Irene and Ned. "How is he?"
"The doctor said there's no change." Irene told her.
"They said that we might be able to bring him home for a few days to spend with him." Ned said to Molly.
"That's good." Molly said patting Ned's arm.
"I just don't understand who would do something like this!" Irene said moving away from them.
"Well." Said Molly. "We can all pray for the best."
"Yeah." Said Ned.
~*~
"Annie." Said Fiona. "I'm sorry."
"For what?" Annie asked knowing 'what' all ready but wanting her friend to be comfortable to talk about it.
"For yelling at you." Fiona said feeling tears rushing to the surface. "And telling you that I didn't believe anymore."
"Fiona." Annie began. "I understand."
"How can you?!" Fiona asked.
"I talked with Bricriu." Annie explained.
"What? When?"
"The night of the attack."
"That night? How long was I asleep?"
"Almost four days. The doctors said you were in a coma too. And with Carey's situation they thought that you weren't going to wake up."
"Four days?" Fiona asked in amazement.
"Yeah." Annie replied. "You were lucky."
"So Ned and Irene must be pretty bitter towards me right now."
"No actually, they're pretty happy that at least one of you two has woken up."
"So, guess who saved us? Bricriu!" Fiona told her friend.
"What? No way!?"
"Yah! Now. Anyway. How'd you get to talk to Bricriu?"
"Well… remember when you saw me putting your stuff back into the suitcase? Anyway, that's when I saw the floppy with his name on the front. So I toke it…"
"I knew you took something! But don't worry, I'm not mad."
"Aww!" She said. "That's a load off my mind! Well Fiona! What he told me is serious!"
"About the council of darkness?"
"Yeah. How did you know?"
"After I got infected by a Master Archeron, I studied up on them as well as I could."
"So that's why you came back here?" asked Annie.
"No." Fiona responded. "I'm meant that's not all. There was something else. Something that happened."
"Like what?" Annie asked.
"When I was in Seattle, I met a lot of nice people, but I fell in love with one of them."
"Really? Who?" Annie questioned.
"His name was Joey. He was our age, and pretty easy on the eyes too. Then the Master infected me. Knowing what was in me I was pretty upset, and had it pretty rough. But Joey helped me through it all. He was my everything."
"Why didn't he come visit us with you?"
"He can't. He can never. The master was watching me all the time, to make sure that I was miserable. Then he found out about Joey. And to make sure that he wouldn't fail, he-he- killed him. Just like he must have tried to do to Carey."
"What? No! He shouldn't just be able to kill someone that he doesn't like! It's not fair."
"I know. And now he's after Carey…"
"Why would he go after Carey? Oh…" Annie realized surprised. "You, and Carey, are involved?"
"Yeah." Fiona said sheepishly. "You've got to promise me that you won't tell anyone. Especially not Jack or Mom."
"I promise."
All of a sudden, the door burst open and two doctors in long white coats followed by the Chief of Police walked in.
"Congratulations Fi Phillips." Said the Chief. "Your now the one hundredth patient at the Hope Springs Medical Asylum…"
"Asylum?" Both Fi and Annie asked in unison.
~*~
The master pushed the syringe into the skin in Carey's arm where a major vein was located.
"Are you ready?" The master asked the sleeping boy, to no answer. "Good…I hate it when they are!"
The master began to push on the end of the syringe. And he watched in a crazed amazement as the yellow liquid entered into Carey's skin.
"The good thing about this stuff is that you're going to die slowly, every time I inject more of this into your body. And the doctors will never be able to find out why you're dying… It's the perfect plan!"
As Archeron pulled the syringe out of Carey's skin the monitors that kept track of his heart rate slowed a few beats.
~*~
1.2 So! How do you like this story so far?
If you like it a lot please review.
I am hoping to get up to at least twenty reviews before uploading the next chapter!
But it depends on how good I'm feeling. So chapter 9 might be up sooner then you think.