A/N: A very short chapter to keep you going.
Chapter Four
"Marguerite that's impossible, you said your dream was just that, a dream…And even if it did happen that can't be the same man he'd be dead by now"
Veronica fiddled with the buttons on the television attempting to turn the channel. "What do the symbols on this thing mean? How do you turn the channel?"
She succeeded in pressing the right button and the channel changed.
"And on the discovery channel today we'll be travelling through the wilds of the Amazon Jungle --"
Veronica switched the TV off.
"I'm actually starting to miss that damn plateau" Marguerite laughed slightly.
"We'll get back with Roxton and Malone, and Challanger when he gets out of…The jail…I'd give anything to be able to see what happened, they must've been so surprised to --"
She stopped short and followed Marguerite to Roxton's bedside. Marguerite stroked his cheek
"Ssh don't try to speak"
He clasped her hand. "I…I'm sorry Marguerite"
Both Veronica and Marguerite looked to one another confused.
"What for?" Marguerite asked gently,
"I said I'd never leave you".
Veronica walked to the other side of the room, leaving them together.
"Oh you sweet, silly man. You have nothing to be sorry about and you won't leave me you hear me you won't because the doctors are going to find a cure. You'll be up and about in no time…"
She trailed off when she saw his eyes close
"John please wake up…Wake up…"
She felt herself being pulled back out of the room and she faced a CDC official.
"No! Let me go"
"You're in the clear Miss Krux, you and Miss Layton will have to leave the premises immediately"
She fought to reach Roxton but the man pulled her back
"Your friend is in the best hands now let us do our work".
Marguerite reluctantly let Veronica lead her towards the exit of the hospital.
"Do you think he has a chance sir?" one nurse asked the doctor in charge.
"I don't know but it doesn't look good" he remarked sadly.
* * *
Marguerite pulled away from Veronica as she tried to console her.
"I don't need your comfort", she said harshly.
"You know Roxton isn't the only one that's sick you don't think I'm hurting to!"
Marguerite turned slightly to face Veronica she saw a tear in the younger woman's eyes.
"I don't want to loose him, Roxton knows how you feel about him but I never told Ned anything.
She awkwardly pulled Veronica into a hug.
"You won't loose him Veronica, Malone is going to be fine…At least Malone and Roxton have nice warm beds for the night."
Veronica who was still wearing Marguerite's coat pulled a wad of cash out of the pocket.
"The man who brought us here gave me this I guess we looked poor or lost or something".
"Well then why don't we ride in one of these silly contraptions…"
She indicated a cab.
"And he can take us to the nearest hotel"
Veronica nodded in agreement.
* * *
"Doctor?"
Malone shouted as loud as he could but his throat felt so dry like it would crack if he tried to speak too much. He slowly got off the bed and tried to ignore the violent wave of nausea that flowed through him. He tried to grab onto a chair to steady himself but his dizziness was obscuring his vision, he could see two of everything the room was blurry but he continued walking.
He rubbed his temples in a feeble attempt at making his thundering headache go away.
"I…I need water, please someone"
He fell to the floor knocking his drip to the floor with a clatter.
"Please help me!"
* * *
Veronica woke up in her hotel room early the next morning she yawned and stretched out of the comfortable bed, she looked across to where Marguerite was sleeping in the next bed.
Wait a second.
"Marguerite?"
She got out of bed and looked around the room.
"Where is she?"
She noticed a note on the bedside table.
I had another dream and I know what to do.
M.
Veronica sighed "What are you up to now Marguerite?"
She'd left and Veronica couldn't do a thing about it.
TBC…
*R & R*
