I'm updating so quickly I keep forgetting what to say at the beginning. Thanks for so many people reading. Onward to the next chapter

Chapter Thirteen

I felt someone nudge me awake. I yawned and glanced at Yuki. "Are we there already?" I rubbed my eyes and looked at the window. The helicopter flew over the main parts of New York.

"Where are you going to land, K-san?"

"I was thinking the top of the apartment building this Mindy lives in."

"Isn't that a bit extreme?" Hiro commented.

"Not at all."

I sighed and looked back at Yuki. He had a strange look on his face. "What is it?" I asked.

"Nothing," he said, turning around to look at Lily. Something was going on and I didn't like it. All my friends were staring at me as if they knew something and was keeping it from me. Maybe they knew there was no cure. Or maybe they knew I wasn't going to last long enough to find Mindy.

"I picked up her scent," Lilly said suddenly, walking over to the door. "She's waiting for us."

"Waiting?" I asked.

"Yeah she must know about your condition."

"How?"

"I don't know. All I know is she's waiting in a garden about five miles north." The helicopter shifted to the left as if K wasn't doubting what Lily was saying. I felt hopeful. So they really were trying to help me and it wasn't too late. Unfortunately that didn't make me feel better. Now I had no clue what they were hiding from me.

K slowed the helicopter and landed on a large patch of grass. "I'm going to stay here incase we need a quick escape," K said.

"I think Suguru and I will stay with K. At least we'll be back up," Hiro said.

"Alright," Yuki said, helping me out of the helicopter. "The faster we get to Mindy the better."

"Yuki, what's going on? What aren't you telling me?"

"Don't worry about it. Just focus on walking." I was growing very tired of this. I wanted to know what he wasn't telling me.

"Yuki, I want to know!"

"You have a tracker inside of you," Lily shouted before Yuki could say anything.

I stopped and backed away from them. A tracker? That's how they knew where we were. I was the one leading them right to us. I can't meet Mindy. She'll never be safe.

"Lilly, don't tell him that!" So it was true. No wonder they wanted a quick flight away. I moved further away from them gaining Yuki's attention. "Shuichi, come with us."

"No. I won't endanger anyone." Mind over matter. I focused on the cars driving by. I started to run in the only direction that had no one I knew. No K. No Yuki. And, no Mindy.. I jumped over a set of bushes, ignoring Yuki's shouts. I had to get far away from here.

Just as I turned a corner, I ran right into someone. "I'm sorry," I said, forgetting that I was in America.

"Where are you running to, Shuichi," a feminine voice said in Japanese.

I started to freak out. Whoever this was knew my name. I looked up and saw the same woman who claimed Yuki was the father of her child. "Mindy?"

"That's right."

"You have to get away from me. They are tracking me." My whole body started giving out as I vomited over by the bushes to avoid getting it all over her. The world swirled, and I fell on the ground.

I felt Mindy's arms around me. "First off you need to calm down so I could heal you. Second off I'm jamming the tracker. Lean against this wall and take a few deep breaths. Yuki, Lily, over here," she shouted as I did what she told me to do. I was too tired and sick to argue with everyone.

I closed my eyes and let my nerves calm down. I don't know if I was close to death, but I felt cold, tired, and weak. I felt Yuki sit down next to me. "Shuichi, are you still with us?" He sounded more worried than I ever heard. I nodded not trusting my voice.

"Alright, Shuichi, lean on Yuki and grip his hand. There's going to be moments of tremendous pain. Just remember to keep breathing and think of only good memories." I felt Yuki shift me. I couldn't feel anything so I barely knew what was comfortable.

The next thing I remember was feeling something like sharp metal shards digging at my nerves. I screamed and gripped tightly onto Yuki's hand. Grinding my teeth, I tried to remember my first time singing on stage with Ryuichi, but it wasn't good enough to keep my mind off the pain.

After an agonizing long time, the pain started to ease and the nausea slowly calmed. I smiled and looked up at Yuki. "It feels great."

Yuki hugged me and looked up at Mindy. "Thank you, Mindy."

"We need to get going before they figure out where we are."

I got up and stretched my sore muscles. "Let's get back to the helicopter." Lily and Mindy followed close behind Yuki and me. I wished that I could do something for them.

"What did you do?" I finally asked.

"Cleansed your body of all things that didn't belong there."

Just as we walked around the corner, leading back to the helicopter, we saw the other three surrounded by cops. Oh great! First it was our army chasing us. Then the American army. Now it's New York's police. What do we do now?

OHHHH that was terrible, but let me try another chapter and see if I can get this story going again. I don't know what's wrong with me and this story. Thanks for reading please review!

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