Think I'm evil? Well, read this chapter before you decide whether to truly hate me I:}

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Hermes's POV

It's only been ten minutes since Apollo told me and I haven't been able to stop crying.

Lateysha and Noah are clutching each other and Adrian is hugging his mother, Kimi.

Apollo finally lets Adrian and I to see her. I can barely walk but Adrian is helping me. We both badly need the support.

Anke looks so lifeless, lying still on the bed. I can barely look at her but I force myself to. This is my last chance to see her face before she is taken away forever.

Adrian goes over and tightly clutches Anke's limp right hand, the continuous beeping noise coming from the heart monitor echoing in our ears. As I watch, I feel Apollo come up to me. He hands me a special-looking syringe. It looks rather mechanical and technical, though it isn't too heavy. "This is a special pain medicine I designed," he tells me hollowly. "If you feel a...an attack, let's call them...coming on, inject yourself with this. You will still have the attack, I'm afraid, but this medicine will make it almost painless. Certainly a lot less painful than it was last time. It also creates the serum inside itself, so all you need to do is put it on charge overnight once a week."

"Thank you," I say quietly.

"I-I just don't want to lose anyone else to this..."

Apollo closes his eyes and turns his head to the side. Just in that simple gesture is all the evidence I need to know that the loss of Anke is affecting Apollo just as much as me. I can also tell that this is how he feels every time he loses a patient, not just Anke.

Beep.

"What is that?" Apollo demands, opening his eyes and looking at Eleni.

Beep.

"I don't know," replies the nurse cautiously.

Beep beep.

Adrian suddenly gives a screech. Apollo and I turn to face him and find a golden kind of energy surrounding Anke's body. We hurry over. Apollo goes to the heart monitor while I go to the side opposite Adrian.

Beep beep.

"What happened?" I demand.

Beep beep.

"I-I don't know!" Adrian stammers. "I was holding her hand and then she started glowing!"

I stare at Adrian. "You have the power of healing," I state.

"But I can't bring people back from the dead!" wails Adrian.

"It's the stimulant," says Apollo from the other side of the bed. Adrian and I turn to look at the doctor, who's staring at the heart monitor. "Your healing powers reacted with the artificial stimulant in her veins. Somehow, they mixed and brought her back to life. For the second time."

I swing my head to look hopefully at Anke. My girlfriend's chest is moving steadily up and down. "So she's alive again? Will it last?"

"Yes," replies Apollo. "Her vitals are different from last time. They will last. She'll still be susceptible to the attacks but I'll develop a serum for her too. Watch the monitor and tell me if she wakes up."

With that, he strides over to the other side of the room.

I look gratefully at Adrian. "You do realise what you've done, right?"

He numbly shakes his head. "N-not really."

"You brought someone back to life," I tell him. "You did the impossible."

Adrian stares down at Anke's body. "If you think about it, we are the impossible."

"We are," I agree.

There's a pause.

"You don't really hang with anyone, do you?"

"No," Adrian sighs. "Lateysha and Noah stick together, and so do you two. Everyone else thinks I'm a freak."

"From now on, you can stick with us," I say. "Anke and I. We'll be a group. We can protect each other from harassment and we can hang out as friends."

"R-really?" Adrian's whole face lights up.

"You saved Anke's life. In my book, you've earned it. Plus, you really are a cool person and you deserve friends."

Adrian beams at me. I smile back. Then we hear a deep sigh coming from the body between us. Anke is stirring. Her eyes open and focus on me. "Hermes...?"

"Anke!"

I lean across her and hug her tightly. I feel her arms hug me back. Adrian goes to get Apollo.

"How are you feeling?" I ask as I pull back.

"I don't know..." Anke replies. "Everything's fuzzy."

"It will be for a while," says Apollo, coming towards us. "There are a million and one tests I'll need to do

but you should be able to go home by the end of the week."

"What day is it today?" asks Anke.

"Wednesday."

"Oh, that's only about four days," Anke realises. "I can do that."

Apollo gives a smile. "I can't tell you how glad I am to see you alive."

He goes off to finish preparing the serum. Anke looks at me in confusion. "What does he mean?"

"Do you remember talking to us before you...uh...died?" I ask.

Anke screws her face up thoughtfully and slowly nods. "I think so. But after I said I loved you, I feel like I went to sleep."

"You...you went into cardiac arrest," I tell her quietly. "Apollo tried a lot to save you but your heart stopped. You died. He felt awful."

Anke looked sympathetically towards Apollo's back. "I guess he's really relieved I'm okay, then, huh?"

"Yes, and he isn't the only one," I smile.

Anke also smiles. In that smile, I see gratefulness towards Apollo and Adrian, relief at being alive, and happiness towards me. I hold Anke's hand and say, "I love you, Anke."

"I love you too, Hermes."

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still hate me? Also I'm sorry if Adrian bringing Anke back to life is too convenient but I've been planning this since like chapter 10 so...