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How are you doing? Hope you're doing good.
DISCLAIMER: -I don't own DC (Detective Conan) it's owned by Aoyama Gosho. Only the OC Characters and the way of the story are by me.
Let me refresh your memory about what happened in the last chapter.
In the last part of chapter No3: Lilo had gone in an accident -because of a drunk driver- and was taken to the hospital. Akai had seen Shiho -who was with Lilo- and took her with him, but…. what happened after that?
Now… Let us not make it longer, shall we?
-Note: Put in your mind that: -
1-(Ali/Edward) are the same person.
2- (Layan/ Lilo) are the same person too.
Here we begin with Chapter 4….
Chapter No.4: An Unexpected loss
Date: Thursday. 18/November/20XX
Time: 7:26
Location: USA- New York City -Presbyterian Hospital.
The hospital was working as usual. Doctors and nurses going here and there. The secretaryship some of them were talking to the customers, while others were searching on computers or files and talking with each other.
James, Jodie, and Akai had entered the hospital with three other people. One of these three was Lilo's twin, Omar. He was wearing a black baseball hat with sunglasses, a black t-shirt, and jeans., with a square plaster on his right cheek. While the second one was the oldest brother, Hassan. His hair color was dark brown (chocolate color) with a side-parted hairstyle and shaved beard. While His eye color was brown tends to be blue (Like his mother). He was wearing a white shirt, a brown jacket, and blue jeans. While the third one was their mother. She seems to be in the 40's or 45's? (A.N: Let's not talk about her age or she will throw a slipper at us :P ) She was wearing a light-blue hijab, and a black manto(Long Black Coat). She was walking between Omar and Hassan.
They came to the secretary and James asked her about Ali's (Edward's) and Layan's (Lilo's) room. Jodie, on the other hand, was talking with Akai about the strange Doctor Richard.
"I couldn't believe how he messes with those criminals. If you could see the criminal's faces." Said Jodie with a chuckle.
"Hmm…That's interesting…"
The Levants were far away from the Agents waiting for them to finish. Omar removed his glasses and rubbed his eyes. He looked at Hassan who in return gave him a questioning look.
"بدك شي؟"
Tr: "Do you want something?" Asked Hassan but Omar didn't say a word. He instead stared at him for a solid 3 minutes. Hassan raised his eyebrow and wondered. "It's the first time Omar acted like that. Maybe because that crazy dealer's assistant had hit him hard at his head." Thought Hassan and made some idiotic expression on his face, but Omar didn't laugh or even try to hold it. Hassan sighed and lowered at Omar's level; he opened his mouth to talk but stopped when noticed that Omar was still looking at the same place where Hassan was standing. He put his hand at Omar's shoulder and called his name. Omar was still standing, and his eyes were open but didn't answer. Akai and Jodie noticed that too and walked to them. James was still talking with the secretary.
"عمر...اصحى… عمر... عم تسمعني؟"
Tr: "Omar ...wake up ...Omar…. Do you hear me?" Said Hassan again and swing his hand in front of Omar's face. Still no response. He told his mother who looked at Omar. He was slightly sweating. She was about to walk to him but stopped when she saw Akai approach him.
"Hey, young one …Wake up." Said Akai putting a hand on Omar's shoulder and squeezing slightly, Omar Jumped and turn around.
"ش-شو؟؟ أشو في؟؟؟ شو صار؟؟؟"
Tr: "W-What? What's wrong? What happened?" Asked Omar looking around with a worried expression on his face. He stepped one of his legs back and began hoping in his place preparing himself to fight, but stopped when he saw Hassan, Akai, his mother, and Jodie looking at him.
"Are you ok?"
"Y-Yes, sir. I'm fine. Thank you for asking." Omar faltered when he answered Akai and adjusted his hat lowering it. He put his hand at his shoulder rubbing it and moving his arms back and front. Omar was irritated from the scar which is on his back because it was really itching him.
"Ok…Glad to hear that." Said Akai leaving Omar's shoulder and stepping back.
"مين هادا الشخص؟ لحظة ... هيدا عميل ال إف بي أي. تصرفاتوا ونظراتوا باردة، لازم انتبه المرة الجاية..."
Tr: "Who is that guy? Wait.… That's the FBI Agent. His actions and the way he is looking at people are cold, I must becareful next time."(A.N: Well, I don't blame Omar.) Omar thought and picked a tissue from his pocket wiping his sweats. He put his hands in his pockets and walked to his brother. He talked with him in Arabic while Jodie was talking with Hassan and Omar's mother in English.
Akai Picked up his phone and send a message to Shiho. He closes his phone and walked to James who was almost done talking with the secretary
"Ok, thank you …O ...I almost forgot. I want to ask you too about the number of Kanata's room, please."
"Sure! Give me ten seconds please…" Said the secretary and typed in the keyboard.
"Kanata…Kanata…There! She is still in the ICU (Intensive Care Unit). The room number is 265."
"I see, Thank you." He turned and saw nobody was behind him.
"Huh? Where did they go?" Thought James and looked around until he saw Jodie talking with Ali's mother, while Akai was coming to him.
"Where are the others? I mean Ali-Kun's family." Asked James looking around. Akai didn't say a word. He just pointed at Hassan and Omar who were talking to each other. James was about to ask him again but noticed that Akai wasn't paying attention. He still blames himself for what happened to his friend's sister. He imagined Sera at Lilo's place. He didn't like it. He didn't like it at all.
After 5 minutes, Jodie was done talking with Ali's mother and walked to James with Ali's family beside her.
"How are they?" Asked Jodie.
"Ali's status is good. The secretary said that he is still learning how to use his new electronic forearm, he is almost done with it."
"Uh…Mr. James…." Said Omar. You could tell from his voice that he was tired but tried to hide it and stay awake.
"Yes? Your name was …. Omar, right?" Said James adjusting his glasses and looking at Omar.
"Yes, I am."
"What do you want? Young one?"
"Did she tell you anything about my sister's condition?"
"Y-Yes…. She told me about your sister's condition."
"How is she?" James didn't know what to tell him. He only has three choices. One, tell them the truth about his sister's condition in front of everybody. Two, Lie to him-Omar-. Three, tell them to wait until they came to Lilo's room. He can't tell them in front of all people; because Ali told him to keep this incident a secret as much as he can. If anybody finds out about the true identity of the victims of the two incidents, they will be in deep trouble. Also, the drug dealer is still disengaged. James can't lie to Omar, because he is as intelligent as an adult FBI agent - or Sherlock Holmes-. So, choices number one and two are canceled.
"Looks like I don't have any other choices than this…." Thought James with a sigh. The last time he saw Ali's family was 12 years ago, and many things had changed since then. Not to mention the horrible war in their country which lasted for more than a decade. James wondered if Ali's family will understand the situation.
"You have to wait until we visit her room. I will explain everything there. I can't tell you here."
"I hope he would understand the situation…and not make a trouble." Thought James. As far as he knows, Omar was always lively and…. Calm- sometimes-, but a troublemaker when it comes to his sister. That's why he most of the time went into fights on the streets and in school. All these things were told by Ali.
"Ok, I will wait." Said Omar simply. James didn't expect that at all. He thought that Omar will yell at him and make a babel. He put these thoughts away. "Good. Let's go then. Follow me please." Said James and entered the door followed by Akai, Jodie, and Ali's family.
"Mr. James?" Asked Omar approaching James. They were walking in the hallways of the hospital.
"Yes? Young one?"
"Your face rings a bell. Have we met before? I mean ... somewhere else?" They weren't that far from Lilo's room. Only several steps from there. From the back, a stranger came out of a room. He was putting his hoodie covering his head. He noticed the agents and Ali's family was walking in the hallway. He waited until they passed and walked behind Hassan. The stranger put a hand on Hassan's shoulder. Hassan turned around and looked at the stranger. He was surprised when he found out who is that stranger.
"Who are you…." Hassan stopped in the middle of his sentence when he saw the stranger put his finger at his mouth making a small shush – telling him to be quiet- with a grin. The stranger whispers in Hassan's ear and points to Omar. Hassan gave him the look then sighed.
"Fine ... go on, but be easy with him, and don't make much noise, Ok?" The stranger's grin became wider and walked faster. He passed Ali's mother, Jodie, and Akai. They didn't know who the stranger's identity was, but they noticed that the stranger was wearing a black glove in his right hand.
"Well, you have said it, Young one, but I think it's not a good time to tell you in the present time." Said James giving Omar a small smile, and his glasses became white -when the light reflects at it- when he looked straight. Omar swore that he heard these words before. He narrowed his amber eyes looking at him.
"Are you…. GAHA!" He received a slap at the back of his head. He stepped several steps forward and tried to balance himself, so he won't fall.
"Ouch. My head." He put his hand at his head rubbing it. He heard someone whistle from his back.
"Wow. You still standing. Your head is as strong as a rock. HAHAHA!" The stranger laughed. They finally know who that stranger was – from his voice-. Omar, however, became mad and irritated at the same time. He glared at the stranger and walked to him.
"What's so funny in slapping someone's head?!You…." Omar prepared himself to kick the stranger in his face but stopped when he saw the stranger lowered his hoodie and showed Ali's face who was giving Omar a mocking grin.
"Moron." Omar finished his sentence by looking at Ali.
"Ali?" Asked Omar.
"No, It's Hadi Badi…. Of course, I am Ali…" Said Ali but lowered his voice – almost whispering- when he said his name. He turned to the others.
"Ohh! You Came! Welcome!-" James coughed to bring Ali's attention.
"Edward."
"Yes? Mr. James?" Omar was surprised when he saw Ali respond.
"You can't say your name in the public, remember?"
"Yes, I remember…My apologies."
"Why can't he say his real name in front of the public?"
"Hard to explain here. I will explain later. All you have to do is to call me Edward 'for now' Ok?" Said Ali and saw Omar humming loudly which made Ali irritated.
"Hmmmmm…Ok, I will play along…*COUGH*…, So…. you told me that your name is 'MR. EDWARD'~, right?" Said Omar changing his voice and making quote marks at 'Mr. Edward' to tease him. He was giving Ali a mocking grin.
"Heh, things will never change." Thought Omar when he saw Ali's eyebrow twitched.
"Y-Yes, …kid… My name is Edward…Edward Armstrong. Is there any problem?" Said Ali and gave Omar a smile – a twitched smile-.
"I'm not a kid. I am a 15-year-old teenager."
"O… really? My bad…KID." They were glaring at each other, with a small spark between their eyes. The FBI agents were only looking at the brothers.
"*sigh* Not again." Hassan rubbed his head and looked - with a boring look on his face- at his brothers. While Ali's mother chuckled from behind.
"Does they usually do that?" Asked Akai pointing with his thumb at the brothers.
"If you only know. The trouble is that they don't call it a day if they didn't go on a fight between each other." The curiosity overcomes Jodie.
"And how did they end the fight?"
"Either we separate them before they began fighting or reconcile between them."
"Does it work?"
"Sometimes yes, and …. sometimes no."
"And what do you do if both solutions didn't work?"
"Oh…No ..."
"What's wrong?" They saw Hassan points to his mother who walked to the brothers. They were about to yell at each other.
"You Little-" Ali didn't finish his sentence because his mother grabs both of his and Omar's ears and squeezes them.
"!أوتش!..أوتش!"
Tr: "Ouch!...Ouch!" They both said at the same time and got a creepy glare from their mother to be quiet. They both looked down as she talks to them. James didn't know what she told them because she was talking in Arabic. It's true that Ali was with him for a long time but didn't speak Arabic a lot since there weren't any of his relatives or Arabian friends around him. James saw Akai raise an eyebrow with a smile and Jodie chuckle, Hassan noticed that too. After two minutes, she let go of Ali's and Omar's ears which became red and didn't talk to each other after the lecture they got from their mother.
"Well, that's what happened. You can consider it as an answer."
"Oh…I see."
"Can I ask you two a question?"
"Sure."
"Do you Guys know Arabic?" Asked Hassan looking at Akai and Jodie.
"Yeah! Ali taught us how to speak Arabic. I can speak it fluently~" said Jodie in a cheerful tune.
"O…k…That's great!" They heard a loud voice coming from Ali and Omar's side. They turn to the source of the voice and saw a doctor running toward them.
"Good morning Mr. Armstrong! It's been a while!" Said the doctor who was waving to Ali. Ali ….no… Edward turned around to face the active doctor.
"Good morning, Dr. Richard. How are you? Active as usual?"
"Yep! Like a ray of sunshine!" Said Richard with a grin. He looked from Ali's shoulder and noticed his family. "Looks like you have brought some newcomers with you."
"Y-Yeah, those are my relatives from…."
"UK." Said Omar completing Edward's sentence.
"Huh?"
"We're from the UK."
"Really?"
"Yeah!" Replied Omar with a grin. He ignored Ali who was glaring at him.
"Wow! That's interesting! Mr. Armstrong didn't tell me that he had relatives from the UK." Said Richard and Edward became confused. Omar instantly replied. "Well, he was completely busy, and we understood his condition at that time. Also, …..." Omar was cut off from his talk when he, Richard, Ali, and the others saw a door suddenly open and a nurse coming from it. Despite his nurse clothes, the person didn't look like a nurse. They didn't know if he was tall or short because the room was at the end of the hallway. His hair was a bright brown and a mid-long hair and a beard with angry features. He turned to the door to close it, but he closed it very carefully. As soon as he heard the click sound, he turned his face so fast and looked right and left as he was aware of someone seeing him. Edward(Ali) put his palm on his face, while Hassan and Omar tried to hold their laugh and Hakima smiled.
"Who is that guy?" Asked Omar looking at Richard. Richard turned to Omar facing him. He didn't notice that the scary nurse was coming toward him.
"Hehe…. That guy? His name is-"
"Dr. Richard! I have been looking for you! Where have you been?" Said the nurse in a British accent and hurried to Richard.
"Bamsi Othman…." Finished Richard and Turned to Bamsi who was taking deep breaths. He was tall compared to his length from far away.
"O…God…I've become so…. old compared to my age…." Said Bamsi between breaths.
"What's wrong Bamsi? I am talking with Lilo's guests." Asked Richard ignoring Bamsi's comment.
"OH, My Apologies to …..your guests….but It's Lilo…" Said Bamsi between breaths.
"What's wrong with her?"
"She woke up 10 minutes ago …" He saw the joy in Ali's family faces and the FBI agents.
"That's great news! Lead the way!" Said Richard but noticed that Bamsi opened his mouth and shut it. He realized that Bamsi wanted to tell him something, but not in front of Ali's family.
"This way …." Said Bamsi and turned walking to Lilo's room. Bamsi opened the door and showed Lilo on her bed. She was resting her small body on the high bed .Her hair was in a loose ponytail. She was wearing hospital clothes which showed small scars that covered both of her arms. There was serum in her left hand and a bandage on the other hand. She was Looking at the window which reflected her tired amber eyes making them closer to bright orange.
Lilo didn't notice that there were new guests in her room. Ali's family entered the room along with the agents. Richard was about to join them but felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned to Bamsi who said, "We need to talk." Richard nodded in return and walked aside to talk with him.
"What's wrong Bamsi?" Asked Richard while crossing his arms.
"It's about the girl."
"I knew it…."
"She may have epilepsy seizure….." Bamsi was cut off by Richard.
"E- epilepsy!?" Said Richard in a whisper Almost yelling in his talk.
"Yes."
"Are you sure?"
"No, I'm not sure; Because the seizure began two days ago."
"Ok…." Said Richard and looked aside then he turned to Bamsi and said "What was the time when the seizure begins?"
"It was 8 o'clock in the morning and evening."
"It means that these seizures are regular….and was she awake when the seizures happened?"
"Yes ,but she was also hallucinating."
"Hallucinating?"
"Yes, I didn't understand what she said but she was scared of something, So I kept her in the ICU just in case these seizures happened again."
"I see…Since Kanata is awake, we will start the examinations, so we make sure nothing else harmed her head." Said Richard and saw Omar walk out of the room. He looked right and left until he saw Richard and Bamsi talking and hurried to him.
"Dr. Richard… I need you to come fast." Said Omar.
"What's wrong, kid?" Omar gets irritated when Richard said 'kid' but ignored it.
"Lilo doesn't remember anything." Richard noticed that Omar was slightly sweating.
"It's normal not to remember everything when she wakes up."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes…. I am …. why are you asking?" Richard was surprised by Omar's question.
"Because she doesn't remember who we are…." Richard's eyes widen when he heard that. "…...Or she doesn't know any of us."
"What!?" With that, he entered the room followed by Bamsi and Omar. Lilo was sitting on her bed and surrounded by her family. The agents were standing several steps from them. Lilo was narrowing her eyes and trying to talk in Arabic, but she put her hand on her head. Lilo's mom talked with her in Arabic and Lilo in return tried to talk. This time she managed to talk.
" م-مي-ين إنتي؟"
Tr: "Wh-Who-o are you?" Lilo's voice was completely different and hoarse. Lilo's mom and Edward were shocked when they heard that. Edward didn't know what to do or tell her, but Lilo's mom recovered fast.
"أنا أمك. "
Tr: "I am your mom." Said Lilo's mom
"أمي...؟"
Tr: "My…mom?"
"أي."
Tr: "Yes." Said Lilo's mom.
"ما عرفتك..."
Tr: "I didn't recognize you -" Said Lilo but Ali didn't give her time to finish talking.
"هاي أمك، واسمها إميلي..."
Tr: "This is your mom, and her name is Emily…..." Said Edward looking at his mom who gave him a look.
"حكيمة مو إميلي."
Tr: "Hakima, Not Emily." Said Hakima 'Emily' correcting his sentence with a glare. Edward gave his mom a sheepish grin saying, "My bad.". Lilo in return shook her head.
" ... وأنا؟ تذكرتيني؟ "
Tr: "…. What about me? Did you remember me?" Asked Hassan hoping she could remember him.
"م...ما عم بقدر أتذكر أي شي... أنا آسفة...راح أحاول أتذكر..."
Tr: "I…I can't remember anything…... I'm sorry…I will try to remember..." Said Lilo and looked aside and her eyes darkened. She put her left hand on her head clenching it.
"ليلو. لا تضغطي على نفسك. راح تتذكري مع مرور الوقت "
Tr: "Lilo. Don't stress yourself out. You will remember everything over time." Said Hakima and put her hand at Lilo's lowering it. Lilo looked at her mother with a worried look.
"بس...أنا خايفة... شو بيصير إذا ما قدرت أتذكر أي شي؟"
Tr: "But … I am afraid …What if I can't remember everything?" Said Lilo looking down and clenching the hospital's blanket. Ali's family and the FBI agents were listening to her. Akai and Jodie were listening to what Lilo was saying. James phone suddenly vibrated. He picked his phone and looked at it.
"Oh…didn't expect him to come fast." Thought James and walked out of the room.
"لا تقلقي، إنتي قوية وراح تتذكري كل شي، أنا وإخوتك، وكلياتنا معك وراح نساعدك تتذكري كل شي. "
Tr: "Don't worry. You are strong and you will remember everything, I, your brothers, and all of us with you and we will help you remember everything." Said Hakima and put her hand at her daughter's hand. Lilo's eyes shined with these words. She felt the scary and dark feeling vanish and replaced with these cold and comforting words. She looked at her mother who gave her a warm smile.
" كل شي راح يكون بخير، أنا معك لذا لا تخافي، ماشي؟"
Tr: "Everything will be ok, I am with you, so don't be afraid, Ok?"
"ماشي"
Tr: "Ok." Said Lilo with a smile. Hakima felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned to look at the person who put his/her hand. She couldn't believe her eyes.
"K-Kareem?" She thought and blinked twice until her vision turned to normal and saw Omar instead.
"Mom are you ok?" Asked Omar in English.
"Yes, I am. Where did you go all of sudden?" Asked Hakima.
"I went to bring the doctor." He answered looking at his sister. Lilo looked at him wondering and Omar turned his gaze aside quickly. Richard and Arnold were standing behind him.
"Ok." Said Hakima and stand up to let the doctors check on Lilo. A shiver ran through Lilo's skin and grabbed Hakima's hand who looked at her daughter and saw fear in her eyes.
"أرجوكي...، لا تتركيني وحدي، عم أحس أنو في حدا راح يخنقني بشي شغلة...آه..."
Tr: "Please …, don't leave me alone, I feel that someone is going to suffocate me with something …ugh…."
Said Lilo and put her hand on her head. Lilo's words brought her family and agent's attention.
"Suffocate her with something?"
"Doctor. Can you come to the other side, please? She won't let go of my hand." Asked Hakima and looked at Lilo with a worried look. She sat down and tried to comfort her daughter.
"Sure!" Said Richard and came to the other side. He saw Lilo clenching her head with her left hand and grabbing Hakima's hand with her right hand. She was trembling in fear.
"Bamsi was right. She is scared of something." Thought Richard and sit on the chair which was near the bed.
"Good morning Young one!" Said Richard with a joyful tune. Hakima talked with Lilo in Arabic. Lilo stopped trembling but didn't answer.
"Can you raise your head and look at me?" She raised her head slowly and looked at him with a blank look.
"Good Job! Now, do you understand English?" Lilo didn't say a word.
"English…. Do you understand or…. speak English? E... N… G…"
"Y…es…" Richard looked at Lilo who was looking down. She narrowed her eyes.
"Ye…s, I…. *COUGH* do." Said Lilo and looked at Richard.
"Awesome! Can you understand what I say in English?" She nodded, rubbed her eyes, and blinked twice.
"Ok, do you know who you are?" Asked Richard. He saw a questioning look in her face.
"You …. Who …are… you?" He asked again in another wording and make some signs with his hand, so she could understand what he is saying.
"Are you sure that this will work? Dr. Richard?" Whispered Edward Who was near Richard.
"Sure, it will! We have to be patient especially when your sister had woken up from a two-week coma without remembering anything…."
"Who…am I?"
"Yes, do you remember who you are?"
"I am…. ugh…..." Said Lilo but stopped and rubbed her eyes again.
"You, ok? young one?" She didn't respond. Richard saw her sweating and heard her breath become fast.
"Bamsi! The Oxygen mask!" He brought the mask to put it on Lilo's face but Lilo Put the mask away. Her breath came back to normal.
"I'm…. the happiest depressed." Said Lilo and everybody looked at her. She raised her head as she talked with a cold stare in her eyes. Everybody in the room – except Hassan and Omar- Hakima, Edward, Akai, and Jodie's eyes widen.
"I-Impossible..." Thought Edward.
"This look and tune…. Could it be?" Thought Akai.
"K-Kareem?" Hakima thought in the end. Hassan noticed his sister's sudden change in behavior as well as the other's reaction. Omar on the other hand chuckled.
"W-what are you talking about? That's not what they-"
"Omar stop talking and come with me." Whispered Hassan and grabbed Omar's shoulder and pull him aside all of sudden.
"Wait! what …." Asked Omar but Hassan cut him off.
"Shush…Look…." Whispered Hassan in return and pointed at the others. Omar noticed their unexpected expressions.
"Why are they looking at Layan like that?" Asked Omar.
"I think it has something to do with my father."
"How?"
"I don't know. We should ask them later."
"What the…" Richard was cut off by Lilo.
"The biggest isolated socialist, the smartest of my favorites, and also the strangest person to understand, and the most complex beloved chara…. cter. Wait what-" Lilo trailed off realizing what she said. Then suddenly she looked at the roof. Omar and Akai noticed that something is wrong with her actions and what she said at the end.
"Young one, can you hear me?" Asked Richard but Lilo didn't respond. She still looking at the roof.
"Wait, why she is looking at the roof? It's like…." Asked Jodie and looked at the roof.
"Like what happened with Omar several minutes ago." Finished Akai looking at Omar.
"It's one of the epilepsy seizures." Answered Bamsi and saw a surprised expression on everybody's faces -except Omar -. Hassan felt his phone vibrating. He picked it up and looked at the screen. He gritted his teeth and put it back in his pocket. He came to take Hakima out of the room but stopped when he saw Hakima's right eye was tearing up.
"لا... مو إنتي كمان."
Tr: "No…. Not you too." Said Hakima as she put her hand at her mouth not believing what she is watching.
"I have to do something, or it will get worse." Thought Hassan and walked to his mother.
"Mom…Let's get out." Said Hassan in a British accent and put his hand on her shoulder. She looked at him with a worried look in her eyes.
"But …your sister….I can't leave her like that...Not like the past time...Not again." Said Hakima between tears.
"Mom …Don't worry about her…If anything happened – God forbid- we will come back fast. Ali and Omar are with her, and there is someone you have to meet." Said Hassan trying to put his mother's fears away. Hakima didn't reply, only looking down. He took her out of the room.
"Hey Omar. I need you to come here." Said Hassan and Omar looked at Hassan and came to him.
"What's up? Wait… Where are yo-" Said but stopped when he saw Hassan point to his mother without letting her know.
"O…I see…Ok…Ok…" Whispered Omar.
"Your sister is fidelity in your neck. Ok Bro?" Said Hassan as he raises his fist in front of Omar's face.
"Yeah, leave it to me bro." Said Omar and made a fist bump with Hassan.
"Boys these days." Said Hakima making Omar and Hassan gave her a sheepish grin and she chuckled. With that Hassan walked far away with Hakima.
Omar came to Edward (Ali) to tell him about what happened but noticed that Edward (Ali) was looking at Lilo (Layan) with sad eyes while the agents were looking aside. He heard Edward mumble "Not again.".
"Edward, do you know her name?" Richard turned to Edward asking him. Edward was back to reality when Richard asked him.
"Yes."
"Good, what's her name? We're running out of time."
"Oi, Edward." Edward turned to Omar. Omar didn't accept Edward's (Ali's) decision at all.
"لا تسويها."
Tr: "Don't do it." Said Omar giving him a warning glare.
"حكينا عن الموضوع وخلص النقاش."
Tr: "We have talked about the topic and the discussion ended." Replied Edward and turned to Richard.
"Her name is…. Lilo…. Lilo Kanata." Said Edward and Lilo had fallen on her bed.
"Lilo!"
"Get back!" Said Richard then Lilo's eyes opened wide, and her body raised up a little while her hand opened wide. A foam had gone out of her mouth while her teeth gritted.
"Bamsi! The timer!" Said Richard then Bamsi pulls a small timer and pressed the button to start it counting.
"Lilo! Can you hear me?" Said Richard and rubbed her neck. He checked her breathing.
"She is still breathing." Thought Richard "…. Good now…" He picked a tissue from his lab pocket.
"Young one. It's ok." He said wiping her mouth with a tissue and rubbing her neck. He heard a small grunt – as a response-.
"Bamsi."
"It's been 1 minute." Said Bamsi.
"Almost there …." Said Richard and noticed Omar's eyes were darkened by his hat.
"Is he?..." Thought Richard.
"Hey! Young one!" Said Richard bringing Omar's attention.
"Yes, Doctor?"
"You're her twin brother, right?" Asked Richard in a hurry.
"Yes."
"Come and talk to her. Maybe it will help with her seizure." Omar didn't expect that, but he didn't want to see her like that.
"Ok." He plugs up the courage and hurried to her right side.
"Wai-" Said Edward but stopped when he felt a heavy hand on his shoulder.
##It's ok. Don't worry about these two. ## He turned to see Max looking at him.
"Max? What are you doing here?"
##They understand each other. Just watch. ## Said Max ignoring Edward's question. He saw James and Martin by Max's side.
"Max had called me to take him to check on the twin brothers." Said James and looked at Lilo.
"What's happening to her?" Asked James confused.
"It's an Epilepsy seizure." Said Martin and Walked to help Richard.
"Martin! you came in time!" Said Richard in joyful tune. Martin gave him a v sign and came behind Omar.
"Are these two Doctors serious or what…." Thought the three agents, Edward, Omar, and Bamsi.
"Hey, kid. What's the situation?" Said Martin and Omar turned to him.
"2 minutes."
"I am trying to help my sister by talking with her. She didn't respond to the doctor."
"Do you know what to do?"
"Yes, it's not the first time this happens to her."
"I see…. Go on." Said Martin.
"Here goes nothing." Omar took a deep breath and exhaled then turned to his sister.
"ليان. عم تسمعيني؟ أنا أخوكي."
Tr: "Layan. Do you hear me? I am you brother." Said Omar and put his hand at his sister's shoulder.
"تمام ...تمام...حاولي تهدي. ما في داعي للخوف..."
Tr: "Good …good…Try to calm down. No need to be afraid…." Said Omar and heard Lilo making small sounds. He saw her gritted teeth relax a little.
"Rub her neck." Said Martin and Omar nodded. He turned to his sister.
"خلاص ماشي... ماشي... على وشك نخلص..."
Tr: "Alright…. Okay …... We're about to finish…." Said Omar and rubbed her neck. He felt that her tightened neck and body muscles had loosened up. Then her body fell on the hospital bed again but this time she was trembling and jerking.
"Richard. It's been 2 minutes and a half." Said Bamsi looking at the time and then at Richard. Richard nodded to him and put the back of her left hand under her right cheek (Omar's side). He bent her knees and turn them to the right side.
"Hey Kid, I will turn her to your side."
"Ok. I am ready."
"Alright. Here we go. Don't let her body turn back." Said Richard and turned Lilo's body to her right side. Omar -who was on the other side- took Lilo's left hand on the bed. Richard walked to the other side of the bed and pulls Lilo's knees towards him and make her knees roll over and rest her left leg on the bed. When he was done, he stepped back and waited for Martin and Omar to do the final steps of the position.
"Nice work Young one, let me check her breathing." Said Martin. The trembling and jerking became less than before. Omar moved aside to let martin check on Lilo's breathing.
"3 minutes and 25 seconds."
"Good, she is still breathing." He gently raised her chin -so he can tilt her head back slightly - and opened her mouth.
"Why did you raise her head and opened her mouth?" Asked Omar looking from the side.
"So, we can open up the airway and help your sister breath."
"Ohhh…. I see…" Said Omar and noticed the trembling and jerking had already gone.
"What should we do now?" Asked Omar again.
"We have to wait until she wakes up…" Replied Martin and heard a snore coming from Lilo.
"Is it normal for the epi-lep-sy patient to go to sleep after the seizure?" Asked Omar as he tried to say (Epilepsy) correctly.
"Yes, it is…Young one…..." Martin bent one of his knees and came to Omar's level. "Is there something bothering you?" Whispered Martin in Omar's ear.
"No, there is nothing bothering me. Thank you for caring, but…why are you asking?" Asked Omar and heard a grunting sound coming from Lilo.
"Nothing. Consider I didn't ask you anything, ok?" Said martin and stood up. Omar felt a heavy hand on his shoulder.
"Pardon me, Dr. Martin. Can I talk to my…"
"Brother from another dimension." Said Omar. Both Edward and Martin looked at Omar. Edward squeezed Omar's shoulder slightly with his cyber arm. Omar glared at Edward.
"…. In private, please? There are some…issues…I need to discuss it with him." Said Edward finishing his sentence with a sheepish grin.
"Yeah, sure." Said Martin and walked to Richard.
"Max. Keep an eye on her. We won't be late." Said Edward to Max who nodded in return.
"Come on let's go." Edward pat Omar's shoulder and went out of the room.
"See you later guys, and…." Omar waved to the agents, Arnold and Max, and turned to the doctors.
"Dr. Richard and Dr. Martin…." The doctors looked at Omar.
"Thank you." Said Omar with a grin and went out not giving them a chance to reply.
"Now…. What just happened? I didn't understand…..." Said Bamsi.
"Me neither…." Added Jodie and crossed her arms.
"Kanata family is hiding something. The twins were doing their best to hide turns out that these two are terrible in hiding it." Said Akai bringing everyone's attention in the room.
"Ehh! How did you find out?" Asked Jodie.
"Remember When that kid wasn't responding to his oldest brother?"
"Yeah, what's with it?"
"When I put my hand at Omar's shoulder, he jumped and looked around in awareness and put himself in a fighting position."
"A fighting position?"
"Yeah, he and Lilo are taekwondo players. Edward told me that." Said Akai simply.
"Since you spoke about it…." Said Richard bringing attention.
"When he came to us -I mean that kid whose name is Omar- to tell us about his sister. He was sweating a lot, Right Bamsi?"
"Yes, and Lilo was doing the same in her sleep."
"I think Max has an explanation for all these things, Right Max?" Said James looking at Max.
##Correct, all these things began happening…. ## Said Max walking to Lilo's bed.
##12 Years ago. ## Finished Max when he came to Lilo's bed. He didn't say anything after that. Only staring at the snoring teenager. Lilo open her eyes and stood up. She rubbed her eyes and looked at Max and then at everyone.
"Hello!" Said Lilo in joyful tune with a British accent. Everybody looked at Lilo and make her confused.
"Uhh…... Is there something in my face?" Asked Lilo blinking twice.
End of chapter No.4
~Ze12
