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Last time-

"I mean she was- is so strong who the hell did she let this happen to herself. After all those years of protecting her from Boris and then this happens."

"No she isn't Tala." It was a hard thing for Kai to say about someone that he cared so deeply about but Tala had to understand. "Evi was never strong she just used the tricks Biovolt taught her to bluff her way through it. She never stood up to Boris by herself. Remember the line ups, one of us was always holding her hand when she was getting a dressing down. If it wasn't you it was me. She was just a frightened little girl Tala." Tala stared at Kai, disbelief written in his eyes and across his face.

"It's only bravery if your scared Kai." Tala sat in silence and pondered what Kai had said once he got the last word in.

Tala was snapped out of his memories by Kai's voice.

"She may not be like us Tala, but she is one of us."

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Chapter 13

The acrid Taste of Jealousy.

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Evi hated the invasiveness of the tests she had to go through, she was poked and prodded and had blood tests to make sure she hadn't contracted any kind of STD, that was all she needed, to contract something like hepatitis A or aids. A silent shudder rippled through her body at the thought. All she wanted to do was go home and hide in her room away from the rest of the world and their prying eyes where it was safe and cry. All Evi wanted to do was cry. Then again crying had never really been her forte so why should she start now? Even though she had given it an amicable try.

There was a thwacking sound as the doctor pulled of his latex cloves and threw them into the bin beneath the sink. "There you go sweetie, all done." The nurse told her as she pulled the blanket over Evi again. Evi didn't respond only clutched the blanket to her body as another wave of humiliation crashed through her.

"I'll take you back to your room now. I'll leave for a minute so you can get dressed." Evi nodded and waited for the woman to leave the room. Once the door clicked closed Evi got up from the bed wincing as she moved her legs. When she was finally standing Evi pulled on her pyjama pants and singlet top her mother had bought for her to wear. It felt good being out of the hospital gown and back in her own clothes even if they were only PJs. Evi slipped on her pink fuzzy slippers before she gingerly placed herself in the wheelchair. There was a soft knock on the door from the nurse. "Are you dressed?" her voice came through the door but it was only just loud enough for Evi to hear. "Yes, you can come in now." The nurse opened the door and smiled when she saw Evi sitting in the wheel chair ready to go.

"Ok, I'll take you back to your room now." She positioned herself behind the chair and pushed it towards the door. "Could we go outside for a bit before I have to go back to my room? I hate that room." The nurse smiled down at the slightly younger girl, how could she refuse?

"You navigate and I'll steer." She smiled down at Evi as she pushed her to the lifts.

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Kai watched Tala pace Evi's room. It had been over two hours since she had left to have her tests.

"I should have gone with her." Tala muttered as he clocked over another lap. "Will you just sit down!" Kai was sick of watching him pace back and forth, the movement was starting to make him feel slightly dizzy.

Kai stood and walked to the window, Tala had ignored his request and continued to pace, Kai needed something else to look at so his gaze scanned the hospital grounds. Movement caught Kai's attention and when he looked closer he saw that it was Evi in a wheelchair being pushed by a nurse. Kai made up his mind, he was going to go and talk to Evi.

"Fine, stay here and pace. I'm going for a walk." Kai walked out of the room then down the hall to the end of the ward. Turning left Kai took the stairs to the ground floor. Once Kai pushed his way through the heavy emergence exit doors he looked around the park like area. Spotting Evi on the far side with a nurse he made a B-line towards the two of them.

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Evi smiled with she saw Kai approach. Turning away from Kai Evi spoke to the nurse. "This is Kai." Kai hadn't reached them yet but the nurse looked up searching for the said Kai. Spotting a hansom well built male heading towards them she self-consciously straitened her hair and re-adjusted her skirt. Evi smiled to herself at her reaction to Kai. It was the common reaction all the guys received when ever a warm blooded woman saw them. "Like what you see?" she asked in a teasing voice.

"Oh god, he isn't your boyfriend is he?" the nurse turned to Evi in horror.

"And if he is?" Evi teased. It was fun to see the reaction of the nurse. She would only be three or five years older than Evi so it wasn't like she was being a perv.

"Do you want me to go?" she asked starting to look uneasy.

"No it's fine you can stay, besides Kai isn't my boyfriend." A look of relief spread across her face just as Kai reached them. He bent down and gave Evi a kiss on the cheek. "How were the tests?" Evi gave Kai a swift kiss on the cheek in greeting. "They were fine." Kai straightened up and looked at the nurse. Kai extended his hand to the nurse. "Hi I'm Kai. Thank you for taking care of Evlin for me." The nurse looked at the proffered hand, looking like she was about to faint. "Leah." She took the proffered hand and shock it though her grip was quite weak from nervousness. "I'll leave the two of you to talk. Evi will you be alright to get back to your room?" Leah had let go of Kai's hand and was now back to doing her job.

"Yes, I'll be fine. I'll see you later Leah and thankyou." Evi gave Leah a bright smile that went all the way to her eyes. Leah smiled and nodded before she turned and headed back towards the hospital.

"So how were the tests really?" Kai's eyes followed Leah for a moment before they turned back to Evi. Evi gave Kai a stony look, "I said they were fine."

Kai knew that she was lying to him. She didn't meet his eyes and the tone in her vice told him that she wanted the subject dropped. Evi held back the sobs that wanted to rack her small body as the humiliation of the tests came back to her. The caring tone in Kai's voice made her want to cry, but then that was all she wanted to do the last two days.

"Tala is going ballistic, he thinks they've kidnapped you." His tone held slight amusement, Evi felt a small smile tug at the corners of her mouth Kai never showed emotion and here he was visibly caring and being amused within a few minutes.

"Why is he so worried?" Evi turned to look at Kai for the first time. Kai was silent for a second thinking on how to answer the question. He couldn't exactly come out and say that Tala was in love with her. "He's worried; when I left the room he was pacing waiting for you to come back form your tests. He is sending me to school with you when you're..… better." As he spoke Kai pushed the wheelchair towards a bench so he could sit down. "You're coming to school with me every day?" Evi's voice was so hopeful that Kai was quite surprised.

"Evi," he knew the subject he was about to broach was not be a pleasant one so he took his time finding the right words. "Evi who did this to you?" Kai didn't get a response and he wasn't going to. Silent tears ran freely down her pale face, she just couldn't say the name. Kai saw this and moved so he was standing infront of her. "It's okay Ev he won't get anywhere near you ever again. Not when I'around." A soft whimper escaped her lips to meld with the tears. Kai reached down and took Evi's hands from where they were clasped in a death grip in her lap. Kai gently separated her hands and held them in his own before he stood and carefully helped Evi out of the chair. Once she was standing Kai took a step towards her and enveloped Evi in a warm hug. Evi sobbed into Kai's chest until all her tears dried up and her face was all red and blotchy. Kai let her cry, rubbing her back, stroking her hair and murmuring comforting words into her hair.

Kai had left the hospital room almost an hour ago so Tala paced without any spectators. He was just clocking over another lap when a big bunch of flowers weas pushed into the room followed by a young man Tala had never seen before. "Evi I came as soon as I could are.." the young mans voice trailed off when he realised that Evi wasn't in the room then is attention slid to the red head who stood in the middle of the room looking at him with slight annoyance written across his face. Tala had neve actually met Chase but he knew who he was the moment he lay his aqua blue eyes upon him. Tala sized him up from where he stood, anger flooding through his body. This was Chase, Evi's boyfriend, the person who should have protected her from the harm of the world and yet she had been raped.

"I think you should leave." Tala told Chase as he turned away from the young man standing in the door.

"I came to see Evi." Came Chase's reply. "I know why you are here and I am telling you to leave." Tala repeated.

"Who the hell do you think you are?" Chase demanded. "I'm Evi's boyfriend! I have a right to be here. Who are you anyway?" Chase was getting angry he could feel his anger staring to pulse its way through his veins.

Tala turned to look at the guy again, he stared at him for a few moments. Chase did the same thing. Sizing Tala up from where he stood. He took in the red hair, pale skin and bright crystal blue eyes and knew right away that this was Tala, one of the guys Evi spoke of so often.

"You're Tala right? Evi has told me about you." Tala just raised an eyebrow. There was no way he was going to take the bait that Chase was dangling infront of him. "I'm going to ask you once more. Please leave." His voice was tight and to anyone who knew him this would be a warning sigh but Chase didn't and he was determined to see Evi, so it was with a mixture of bravery, determination and stupidity in his voice that he replied. "No."

"Don't worry, I'll tell Ev you stopped by." Tala offered Chase a weak smile. "That's fine but if its all the same to you I would like to see her." Chase retorted.

"It's not." Tala cracked his knuckles into place and took a step forward. "Dude what's your beef?" Chase took a step back slight unease written across his face. Chase wasn't afraid of a fight but he would avoid one if he could.

"You are my problem, how could you let this happen to her?" Tala took another step towards him as he voice increased in volume to a level where it was sure to draw attention.

"What was I meant to do? And what did happen to her?" Chase wanted to know his voice matching Tala's in pitch and aggression. Tala faulted for a brief moment, he didn't even know what had happened. "Just get out!" Tala shouted.

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Kai was pushing Evi out of the lifts when they heard Tala's raised voice. "Just get out!" he looked down at Evi, she seemed to have reached the same conclusion that he had. This wasn't good. Kai looked to the ward nurses who seemed to be doing their best to ignore the yelling coming from room 488. Kai wheeled Evi around quickly and bushed her as fast as he could without the wheelchair toppling over. They reached the room just as Chase came flying out of it. There was a loud crash, a tangle of limbs and before they knew what was going on Kai and Evi found themselves on the floor tangled together with Chase.

There was a groan as Evi managed to half roll off Kai. Chase had landed across her legs so she was now half laying across Kai's chest and half sitting on him. Tala rushed out of the room and pushed Chase out of the way so he could help Evi to her feet. Evi gasped as Tala pulled her swiftly to her feet. "God Tala be careful." Kai shot at his friend as he managed to sit up. "Shit!" Tala breathed. "Oh god, I didn't hurt you did I?" Tala held Evi to him in a tight hug. The last thing he ever wanted to do was hurt Evlin.

Evi offered Tala a forced smile as she tried not to groan, she felt as if her insides had been torn open again doubling over and screaming seemed to be a good idea but it would worry everyone so she just gritted her teeth. "Look what you just did!" Tala had turned on Chase again. "You could have seriously hurt her, she's hurt now and it's all your fault." Tala pulled Evi to him again in another protective hug.

Chase promptly stood and made a B-line towards Evi. "I didn't hurt you did I?" he looked mortified at the very idea. Tala let out a soft grown as he drew nearer.

"No! it's fine but I think you should leave." She gave him the same forced smile she had given to Tala moments ago. Chase looked hurt at her abrupt dismissal of him but didn't want to risk another fight. Tala's punch was going to leave a mark and he didn't want another bruise to go with the one that was already forming over his left eye. He gave Evi a pleading look but when she didn't respond in any way, shape or form he turned away and walked back down the hall to the lifts.

Once the lift doors closed behind Chase Evi looked to Tala. "Can you take me back into my room please." Standing was killing her, pain shot down her leg and raked through her stomach and she was finding it hard to stand. She suspected that if Tala wasn't holding her she would be in a pile on the floor.

"Sure thing." Tala placed a kiss on her temple before he bent down and placing his arm behind her knees he scooped her up carefully and carried her into her room. Kai watched as Tala lay her gently back onto the white sheet. He picked up the wheelchair before pushing it into the room, leaving it in an empty corner. "I'll leave you two for a bit. I'm off to get some coffee and find the others." The look on Tala's face held so much concern, caring and loving intent that it made Kai felt slightly guilty for merely hugging Evi when she cried. Tala held so much love for Evi that Kai decided to step back. He did like Evi more than a friend but it would pass and his old feeling towards her would return, Tala and Evi were soul mates so he didn't stand any real change of ever having a relationship with her besides he didn't want to jeopardize his friendship with Tala. The two held a deep respect and trust for one another and that was something Kai valued.

Now that Evi was laying down and in considerably less pain she could offer Kai a real smile, the kind the reached her beautiful purple-blue eyes and made them twinkle. "Thanks Kai." Kai gave her a soft smile before directing his gaze to Tala. Tala gave him a swift nod. "I'll come and see how you are tomorrow Evlin." Kai turned and headed to the door. Once he was in the hall he reached behind him, when his hand grasped the cold steel of the door handle he pulled the door close with a soft click.

There you all go, I hope you enjoyed it cause it took me a while to write it. I did put quite a bit of thought into this one though it may not be very good. I have troubling judging my work apart from thinking it's crap but then all you guys seem to like it and all the reviews I get a great and for that I offer you all my greatest gratitude. Until next time.

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