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Chapter 2: OMG! WELCOME BACK! (*note the sarcasm please)

AMBER'S POV

"Ugghh.." Eddie moaned from the pain.

"Shut it, weasel." Patricia snapped, obviously annoyed by his continuous moaning.

"You don't know how it feels to get a bullet to the arm, don't you Yacker?" Eddie spat back.

We sat in the benches by the hospital's emergency room. It's been hours since Nina was rushed in there and we're totally worried. Eddie even got the bullet out of his arm already.

I know you're wondering, how did I ever become this gorgeous?

Wait no…Who is/are my fashion icon/s?

No. How did Eddie get the bullet and what happened a while ago?

"What's taking so long?" Fabian complained, putting his head in his hands and apparently breaking my train of thoughts.

"Well, she got a bullet and some bleeding wounds from that damn accident, so you still ask why?" Patricia told him sarcastically.

I rolled my eyes at them, sometimes my friends can be a little weird and mean – no scratch that – my friends are definitely weird but I love being with them.

So anyway, here's what happened:

"Geez. What's up with weird, mysterious, anonymous people these days?" Eddie mumbled as he pulled into the hospital's parking lot.

But as soon as we got out of the car, we heard Patricia shriek. And the next thing we knew, a black car parked right near us and Nina was out of Eddie's hands and a gun was pointed to her head. And the mysterious gunman was of course, no other than…

"OMG! Hiii Rufus!" I greeted, recognizing the man in the black coat.

"AMBER!" They all yelled at me.

"What? Can't I welcome back Rufus from the afterlife?" I asked.

"Anyway, WELCOME BACK! What's it like in the afterlife? How did you get out? Was it fun in there? Where there many gorgeous people there?" I bombarded him with questions.

"AMBER!" They yelled at me once more, so I shut up.

"Why not we also throw in a 'welcome back' party for Rufus?" Patricia asked sarcastically.

"Ooo..I love parties!" I cheered.

"AMBER!" They yelled at me once more and I just rolled my eyes on them and focused on Rufus, who was still holding an unconscious Nina with a gun pointed to her head.

"Just saying.." I mumbled.

"Anyway, how did you get out? I thought it was impossible to get out of the afterlife?" Joy questioned.

"I have my ways, girl." Rufus coldly told us.

"So, what do you want?!" Fabian demanded.

"You know what I want, boy." Rufus told us, as if stating the obvious.

"Look, if you want the elixir or the mask, we don't have it!" I yelled.

"Well then, I guess you have to say goodbye to your little Chosen One" Rufus threatened, lightly tapping the trigger.

"NO!" Fabian yelled and tried to tackle Rufus.

"Eddie, do something!" Mara yelled.

"Osirian's not being a good Osirian…" Patricia mocked

"What?" Mara questioned, obviously confused.

"Shut it, Yacker." Eddie mumbled and helped Fabian.

Apparently, they got hold of Rufus and he let go of Nina who was caught by Jerome.

Nina stirred a little after that. "Hey..W-what's going on?" she asked as Jerome set her down.
"Rufus happened." I pointed out to the guys who were trying to beat up Rufus and get the gun out of his hand, but failing miserably.

"Why don't we…just run?" Nina suggested, a bit out of herself.

"Even if you're not quite yourself, you're still smart." I commented, looking over to Rufus who was pinned down by Fabian and Eddie, trying to grab the gun nearby.

"So…on the count of 3?" Mara started.

"One…" I started; the two looked up and alert, ready to run.

"Two…" Mick continued. We positioned ourselves to run.

"THREE! RUUUN!" Alfie yelled excitedly. We bolted towards the hospital's entrance, which was quite far from the parking lot, leaving Rufus on the ground and…wait, what?!
"GUYS! LOOK OUT! HE'S GOT A GUN!" I yelled as Rufus limped towards the gun.

"Idiots, why did you leave WITHOUT the gun?!" Patricia yelled at Fabian and Eddie who were right behind us.

The two shrug as they took off faster, getting almost ahead of us.

"MARA!" I heard Nina yell, and ran back. I stopped dead on my tracks and turned around.

"NINA! Get back here and RUUUN!" I yelled. God, she's strong. She just came out of a car accident and she can still run?

"Weasel, what are you doing?!" I heard Patricia yell, Eddie also ran back.

"Ninaaa!" I heard Mara's faint yell as Nina pushed her away just as Rufus pulled the trigger, sending the bullet into Nina's back and later Nina's arm.

"Sh*t." I heard her mutter, clutching one of her bleeding arms.

"Nina!" Eddie yelled, grabbing Nina but not too fast to escape from Rufus' gun which hit him in the arm.

"Oww.." Eddie yelped, clutching his arm as another bullet grazed his leg.

He momentarily lost balance, Mara was already beside us, and Nina was staring at Eddie, emotionless.

"Goodbye, Chosen One." Rufus said in a cold voice, pointing the gun towards Nina's heart.

"Nina! RUN!" We all yelled, but she didn't budge.

Fabian almost charged towards her to drag her away but she suddenly spoke, "Don't come near me. Leave this to me" Nina's voice sounded cold and full of authority that we just stood there, frozen in shock.

"Martin, are you trying to commit suicide?" Jerome asked her, obviously worried.

Nina turned to Rufus; I can see her eyes gleam gold. "Bring it on." She challenged him coldly.

Rufus smirked, "It's on." And then pulled the trigger.

Nina easily dodged the incoming bullets and managed to run towards Rufus. She grabbed his wrist, the one holding the gun, and twisted it, flipping him after.

Our eyes widened at her newly acquired strength, especially in her condition.

"Aggh!" Rufus moaned in pain as he landed with a loud *THUMP!* on the ground. The gun skidded away from him and Nina picked it up. Soon, she helped Eddie up and was about to walk towards us when Rufus got up.

He pushed Eddie away and strangled Nina and covered her eyes. "Now you can't see a thing." He smirked.

Nina smiled, "Bet you I can't shoot your tires flat." She raised her gun, stood still for a while, and positioned her gun near a black car with tinted windows that must be Rufus'. She pulled the trigger and sent two bullets flying, deflating the two tires.

"How-?" Rufus asked, bewildered, and still strangling Nina.

With Rufus caught off-guard, Nina jabbed her finger into his neck's pressure point.

"OWWW!" Rufus moaned in pain, Nina quickly kicked him in the stomach and escaped, positioning the gun towards Rufus.

"Leave or die." Nina muttered her voice ice-cold.

Rufus quickly jumped to his feet and stumbled away.

"So…there's no party?" I asked, seeing Rufus stumbling away, moaning in pain occasionally.

"AMBER!" They, except Nina, yelled.

"Just kidding!" I replied, and rushed towards Nina who threw the gun a good distance away.

"Nina!" They all rushed towards her, even Eddie who was clutching his still bleeding arm.

"That…was…AWESOME!" Alfie squealed like a girl.

Nina smiled weakly at us then suddenly blacked out, colour draining out of her face, but just in time for Fabian to catch her though.

"Hang in there, Neens!" I said, worriedly as Fabian carried her into the emergency room.

Eddie also followed in to get the bullet out of his arm so the rest of us waited by the waiting room, discussing the previous event.

"God, Nina's….I don't know…AWESOME." Mara mumbled, recalling how Nina got through the whole event alive.

"Yeah…and scary." Joy agreed.

"Her voice…was so cold that time." Fabian observed.

"Did anyone notice her eyes gleam gold?" I asked them.

"Yeah..that was weird." Patricia agreed.

"Is she an alien?" Alfie asked out of the blue.

"ALFIE!" We yelled at him.

"What? It's just…she was so strong and even managed to fight back even though she was badly wounded a while ago, and she also didn't black out or just fall when she got hit by the bullets…Instead she still fought back." Alfie reasoned.

"Yeah. That Martin girl's really weird…" Jerome muttered, looking shocked. Well, we all looked shocked and worried.

"And mysterious.." Joy added.

"And strong." Patricia added.

"She's really something…" Mara concluded.

After 35 minutes of talking, Eddie finally stumbled out.

"Uggh..that hurt." He comments, taking a seat.

"How's your arm?" Mara asks him.

"Painful." He replied shortly.

"Do you think Nina will be alright?" I asked, concerned.

"Of course she will, Amber. She did survive for a long time and managed to fight back Rufus, I know she'll be okay." Mara assured me.

We just stared at the door for hours and hours waiting and waiting…

"Uggh..What's taking so long?!" I complained.

"Obviously Amber, she's been through a lot of horrible things so she's got lots of wounds. You'd think that would be easy to treat?" Patricia told me.

"So…there's really no party?" I asked softly.

"AMBER!" They all yelled at me.

"Geez guys, do you really have to yell at me in unison?" I asked, rolling my eyes.

"YES!" They all chorused once more.

And all was silent after.

"There's the doctor!" Patricia pointed. We all stood up and rushed to the doctor who just came out of the room.

"Are you Nina Martin's relatives?" he asked us.

"Uhh..we're her friends." Mick pointed out.

"Well, I'm glad to say she's fine. Although she's lost huge amounts of blood due to the wounds and cuts in her body, and also to the bullets, she's managed to stay. Sadly, she's in a minor comatose, I don't know when she'll wake up though…So she's confined in Rm. 249." The doctor told us.

"Thanks doc." I said, sighing in relief.

"Now, I need you to sign some papers." The doctor says and I, Jerome, Mick and Joy followed him while the rest headed to her room.

While we were fixing and signing some papers, my phone beeped.

I took a look at it and saw Patricia's text.

From: Patricia

AMBER! I just saw Vera!

Great! It's like a reunion of evil people who tried to ruin our lives! So, who's next? Senkhara?

To: Patricia

Great! Are evil people having a reunion today?!

I sent the message to Patricia then we headed to the set of elevators, pressing the number on the corresponding floor where Nina's room is located.

Patricia's POV

Geez, this day is absolutely weird! Nina's been through a lot of stuff too. And now I know that what we recently believed in, causing us to bully Nina was just a BIG. FAT. LIE.

"Watch where you're going!" I crankily yelled at a woman who just bumped into me. She had short blonde hair, was wearing sunglasses and a coat was draped over her clothes.

I looked at her carefully. "Wait…Vera?!" I asked, my eyes widening at our former housemother.

The lady looked at me, eyes widening, then quickly regained her composure. "If I were you, I'd be careful now." She whispered to me as she quickly walked away.

"GUYS! VERA!" I yelled, reaching the rest of my friends who were already heading in.

"What about her?" Mara asked me, taking a seat near Nina's bed.

"I saw her…s-she warned me…" I shakily told, trying to catch my breath for the period of time I'd been running.

"What did she say?"Fabian asked, taking a seat on the couch present in the room along with the others.

"She said, 'If I were you, I'd be careful now.' What do you think she meant by that?" I told them all.

"Maybe…she and Rufus are back for revenge…?" Eddie suggests.

"Wait, I gotta inform Amber!" I tell them, pulling out my phone and furiously typing.

*BEEP!* A few minutes after pressing send, Amber replied.

"What'd she say?" Alfie asked me, peering over my phone.

"She said: 'Great. Are evil people having a reunion today?'" I read, and we all burst into laughter.

"Hurry up guys!" I heard Amber's shrill voice nearby.

"Yeah. Yeah." The others grunted in response.

I heard the doorknob furiously turn open and emerged from it is a figure of a blond-haired woman dressed in pink and high heels.

"Nina" I pointed towards the bed, knowing she'll look for her best friend immediately.

"Geez Amber, I almost got trapped in between the elevator doors!" Mick mumbled as soon as the rest entered.

"Sorry!" Amber muttered, taking a seat next to Mara.

"So guys…do you think Sennkhara is also returning? You know, since Rufus and Vera have returned.." Amber mentioned.

"Sen-what?!" Mara asked, confused and turns to face Amber.

"AMBER!" The Sibuna members yelled at her.

Quickly, Amber covered her mouth and told us, 'Sorry.'

*BEEP!* Before Mara or Mick could open their mouths to question us, a phone beeped again.

"Nina's?" Joy suggests, seeing everyone shrug.

Remembering that I still got her phone, I quickly fished it out of my pocket. And once more, the same unknown number texted her.

"I'm back now. Let the chaos begin.

-E"

"Another evil person?" Amber groaned. "Does this world ever run out of evil people?!"

A gun shot was suddenly heard and the window of the room broke as a rock appeared. Alfie caught it immediately before anyone could get hit and examined it.

"I don't think so Amber, I don't think so." He says, after examining the rock. I even heard him mutter, 'Aliens.'

"Give me that!" I yelled at him, grabbing the rock away from him before he could react.

"There's something written in there, I think." Alfie tells me. "I think I saw a letter a in there"

"Okay!" I looked at the rock, and found a trail of letters; they were a bit tiny though. "Found it!" I yelled, the others gathered around me and I pointed to the trail of tiny letters.

"What'd it say?" Joy asks me.

"Uhh…Wait" I said, then squinting my eyes, I scanned it thoroughly. After reading the message, I gasped, eyes widening and dropped the rock.

"What did it say?!" Fabian asked me, looking confused and worried.

"I-it said…"

A/N:

HIII! Hope you liked it :D Although I admit, I kinda rushed it.

Anyway, no update until May 22, I'm going to camp (uggghh…and I hate it!) so I probably won't be able to write the next chapter or update.

I just hope you enjoyed this chapter :)

Ciao~!

Penguinatorx