Love in the Fast Lane
The sunlight poured into Raye's bedroom and shone directly into her eyes. She groaned and turned over, trying to go back to sleep. A few seconds later, her cell phone rang. "God dammit! Can't anyone sleep around here?!" she shouted, getting up and answering it.
"Hello?!" she said rudely.
"Hello, this is Doctor Myers down at Los Angeles Medical Center; we have two patients in our custody. One by the Name of Ami Mizuno and the other Hotaru Tomoe." The voice said.
'Oh my God...' Raye thought as she spoke. "Is there something wrong?" she asked worriedly.
A pause was heard on the line.
"Well we need you to come down here so we can talk to you. Let's just say there was an accident last night and your friends are severely injured."
Raye opened her closet, digging immediately for something to wear.
"Okay I'll be there in fifteen minutes." She told the doctor before hanging up.
All sorts of thoughts were running through her head as she pulled on a black tank top and a pair of black jeans with chains on the side. She grabbed her keys and ran out the door to her car, speeding off towards the hospital as fast as she could.
When she arrived, doctors were everywhere, running around talking about the 'bad accident' the previous night. She went up to the front desk.
"Excuse me I'm here to see Doctor Myers...can you tell me where to find him?" she asked the large blonde nurse sitting at the desk.
"May I ask your reason?" the nurse asked.
"I'm here about the accident last night..." Raye explained, trying to remain calm.
"Are you a direct relative of the patients in question?"
All right, this was pissing her off. "Look lady, I just want to know what happened to my friends now let me go back there and find him or you will have hell to pay." Raye sneered, getting up in the woman's face.
"Alright, go back, room 145." The nurse said shakily, pressing the button to unlock the door.
'God damn nurses trying to start shit when my friends are in the hospital.' Raye thought, walking quickly around the hallways, looking for room 145. When she found it, she opened it quickly and saw Hotaru laying there, a huge cast on her left arm and a bandage around the top of her head and her neck. Ami was right beside her, completely knocked out with bloody bandages all over her body. She thought her heart was going to stop when she saw them lying there.
"Oh my gods, Hotaru are you alright?" she asked, running to her bed and kneeling down beside it.
Hotaru forced a weak smile. "Yeah, I'm fine, just a few bullet wounds by my neck and in my arm. But Ami got it from all sides. They showed up out of nowhere Raye. There was a whole gang of them. They just shot and shot, Ami tried to protect me and look what happened." She explained weakly, pausing a few times so she did not strain herself.
Raye's eyes filled with tears up and she put her head down. "Why would someone do this?" she cried quietly, holding Hotaru's hand.
A few minutes later, a doctor whom Raye found out was Doctor Myers came in and spoke to her. He told her that Ami would probably not make it through the night, but that Hotaru was lucky and she would probably live through the terrible ordeal. The thought of losing Ami or Hotaru was too much for her; she began crying and left the room, wondering where she would go and what she was going to do without either one of them.
She wandered back to the waiting room and sat down, holding her head in her hands as she cried. Then, a familiar voice filled her ears.
"Hey Raye...Are you alright?" the masculine voice asked.
Raye looked up to see Jedite standing there. She stood up and hugged him. "Jedite, I can't take this...what am I going to do if Ami dies?" she cried.
His face showed concern but at the same time, a form of guilt that Raye could not see. "It'll be alright. Whoever did this will pay dearly for making you three suffer like this."
Raye felt comforted by his arms around her and she hung on to him, as if trying to protect him since she could not protect Ami and Hotaru.
'I swear to god, if Ami and Hotaru get out of here alive, I will never let anything happen to them.' She thought as she released Jedite from her hug.
Jedite smiled at her sympathetically before sitting down with her. "They'll be alright." He assures her, taking her hand into his.
'Why did I make that deal?' he thought to himself as he felt Raye lay her head on his shoulder. A huge pang of guilt pounded in his chest as he sat with her, trying to think of something to say to comfort her. "Raye, they'll be alright... they're strong." He said quietly, moving his shoulder for her to look at him. Her deep violet eyes were filled with tears and sorrow as she raised them to meet his blue ones.
"You say that like they just got a few cuts and bruises....but Jedite they got shot multiple times...both of them. You just don't get it do you? We have known each other for years...I grew up with them. We're closer than sisters and this is my entire fault." Raye cried, burying her head in her hands once again.
Jedite placed a hand on her back and spoke softly, "Raye this isn't your fault. I do not care who else you blame it on, just don't blame yourself. You just need to get your mind off of what happened and focus your strength on something else." He paused for a moment before looking to her once again. "Come out with me tonight, just to keep your mind off of it." He offered as she looked up to him.
"But, what about them?" she asked shakily.
"They'll understand....I promise. Just come out with me, we'll go to dinner and then I can take you home."
She looked down for a moment as if contemplating the thought in her mind. "Well, as long as we only go to dinner and then you take me home, It'll be alright...but can you do me a favor?" she asked him.
"Anything."
She looked down sheepishly and spoke. "Could you bring me here instead of to my house? I want to be with Ami if..."
"Of course. I'll bring you here after dinner and I'll wait with you, I don't want you getting too stressed out over this, I mean, I understand how you must be feeling but I want to make sure nothing happens to you." He said with sympathy as he stood up and offered her his hand. "Come on, I'll take you home so you can change if you want."
The sunlight poured into Raye's bedroom and shone directly into her eyes. She groaned and turned over, trying to go back to sleep. A few seconds later, her cell phone rang. "God dammit! Can't anyone sleep around here?!" she shouted, getting up and answering it.
"Hello?!" she said rudely.
"Hello, this is Doctor Myers down at Los Angeles Medical Center; we have two patients in our custody. One by the Name of Ami Mizuno and the other Hotaru Tomoe." The voice said.
'Oh my God...' Raye thought as she spoke. "Is there something wrong?" she asked worriedly.
A pause was heard on the line.
"Well we need you to come down here so we can talk to you. Let's just say there was an accident last night and your friends are severely injured."
Raye opened her closet, digging immediately for something to wear.
"Okay I'll be there in fifteen minutes." She told the doctor before hanging up.
All sorts of thoughts were running through her head as she pulled on a black tank top and a pair of black jeans with chains on the side. She grabbed her keys and ran out the door to her car, speeding off towards the hospital as fast as she could.
When she arrived, doctors were everywhere, running around talking about the 'bad accident' the previous night. She went up to the front desk.
"Excuse me I'm here to see Doctor Myers...can you tell me where to find him?" she asked the large blonde nurse sitting at the desk.
"May I ask your reason?" the nurse asked.
"I'm here about the accident last night..." Raye explained, trying to remain calm.
"Are you a direct relative of the patients in question?"
All right, this was pissing her off. "Look lady, I just want to know what happened to my friends now let me go back there and find him or you will have hell to pay." Raye sneered, getting up in the woman's face.
"Alright, go back, room 145." The nurse said shakily, pressing the button to unlock the door.
'God damn nurses trying to start shit when my friends are in the hospital.' Raye thought, walking quickly around the hallways, looking for room 145. When she found it, she opened it quickly and saw Hotaru laying there, a huge cast on her left arm and a bandage around the top of her head and her neck. Ami was right beside her, completely knocked out with bloody bandages all over her body. She thought her heart was going to stop when she saw them lying there.
"Oh my gods, Hotaru are you alright?" she asked, running to her bed and kneeling down beside it.
Hotaru forced a weak smile. "Yeah, I'm fine, just a few bullet wounds by my neck and in my arm. But Ami got it from all sides. They showed up out of nowhere Raye. There was a whole gang of them. They just shot and shot, Ami tried to protect me and look what happened." She explained weakly, pausing a few times so she did not strain herself.
Raye's eyes filled with tears up and she put her head down. "Why would someone do this?" she cried quietly, holding Hotaru's hand.
A few minutes later, a doctor whom Raye found out was Doctor Myers came in and spoke to her. He told her that Ami would probably not make it through the night, but that Hotaru was lucky and she would probably live through the terrible ordeal. The thought of losing Ami or Hotaru was too much for her; she began crying and left the room, wondering where she would go and what she was going to do without either one of them.
She wandered back to the waiting room and sat down, holding her head in her hands as she cried. Then, a familiar voice filled her ears.
"Hey Raye...Are you alright?" the masculine voice asked.
Raye looked up to see Jedite standing there. She stood up and hugged him. "Jedite, I can't take this...what am I going to do if Ami dies?" she cried.
His face showed concern but at the same time, a form of guilt that Raye could not see. "It'll be alright. Whoever did this will pay dearly for making you three suffer like this."
Raye felt comforted by his arms around her and she hung on to him, as if trying to protect him since she could not protect Ami and Hotaru.
'I swear to god, if Ami and Hotaru get out of here alive, I will never let anything happen to them.' She thought as she released Jedite from her hug.
Jedite smiled at her sympathetically before sitting down with her. "They'll be alright." He assures her, taking her hand into his.
'Why did I make that deal?' he thought to himself as he felt Raye lay her head on his shoulder. A huge pang of guilt pounded in his chest as he sat with her, trying to think of something to say to comfort her. "Raye, they'll be alright... they're strong." He said quietly, moving his shoulder for her to look at him. Her deep violet eyes were filled with tears and sorrow as she raised them to meet his blue ones.
"You say that like they just got a few cuts and bruises....but Jedite they got shot multiple times...both of them. You just don't get it do you? We have known each other for years...I grew up with them. We're closer than sisters and this is my entire fault." Raye cried, burying her head in her hands once again.
Jedite placed a hand on her back and spoke softly, "Raye this isn't your fault. I do not care who else you blame it on, just don't blame yourself. You just need to get your mind off of what happened and focus your strength on something else." He paused for a moment before looking to her once again. "Come out with me tonight, just to keep your mind off of it." He offered as she looked up to him.
"But, what about them?" she asked shakily.
"They'll understand....I promise. Just come out with me, we'll go to dinner and then I can take you home."
She looked down for a moment as if contemplating the thought in her mind. "Well, as long as we only go to dinner and then you take me home, It'll be alright...but can you do me a favor?" she asked him.
"Anything."
She looked down sheepishly and spoke. "Could you bring me here instead of to my house? I want to be with Ami if..."
"Of course. I'll bring you here after dinner and I'll wait with you, I don't want you getting too stressed out over this, I mean, I understand how you must be feeling but I want to make sure nothing happens to you." He said with sympathy as he stood up and offered her his hand. "Come on, I'll take you home so you can change if you want."