Okay I apologize for the wait...I've been battling severe writers block on this story...so I have to dedicate this update to Keavy...if it wasn't for her asking this update wouldn't be done yet.
Chapter Three
Emily hugged Lia close while she cried into her shoulder. It had been a little over an hour since they had been told that Duff was in critical condition and would be lucky to make it through the night. He had multiple wounds on his chest and torso. Luckily non were deep enough to cause severe damage to his organs, but they were deep enough to cause a severe amount of internal bleeding.
Cheryl was doing considerably better since she coded nearly two hours earlier. She had almost woken up, which got the group excited, until they heard the news about Duff.
Matt stood against the wall next to Frank. Both men were somber, and very tired looking. The two women sat in chairs, as Lia had stopped crying long enough to make eye contact with both Matt and Frank.
A little nurse came out from Cheryl's room, and looked sadly at the group that had been there for the last six hours. She gave Frank an extra long look considering that he had been there since the day before.
"Hey Lia," Frank said, as she picked her head up and look at Frank.
"Yeah," Lia said, weakly.
"Duff's strong, he's one of the toughest guys I know. He'll be fine," Frank said, trying to reassure her.
The nurse came back up to the group, now a bunch of files in her hand.
"Okay, she is awake, you can visit her, but please don't make it long. She needs her rest," the nurse said, as she start to walk in the opposite direction.
They all walked slowly into Cheryl's room. Frank was the only one who had saw her, so none of the rest of them knew what to expect.
"Hey," Frank said, as he felt tears press against his eyelids, but he pushed them back.
"Hey guys," Cheryl said, with more strength than she had.
"You had us all scared to death," Matt said.
"Sorry," Cheryl said plainly.
"Do you remember what happened?" Emily asked.
"I remember going to my car for something, but everything after that is a blur," Cheryl said.
"Do you remember SBGS?" Frank asked.
"How could I forget?" Cheryl asked.
"Well you were kind of..."Emily trailed off at the sign of fear in her eyes.
"I wasn't," Cheryl managed to say.
"It was my fault, I was supposed to watch you. To protect you, but I failed," Frank said, his head shaking at his own stupidity.
"Frank, I'm sure you did everything possible, but if I'm remembering correctly. I wouldn't allow you to follow me, so frankly if it's anyone's fault, it's mine," Cheryl said.
"No, I won't have you blaming yourself," Frank said, shocking everyone.
"I won't have you blaming yourself either," Cheryl said, the look in her eyes meant that was the end of that discussion.
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Matt and Emily sat comfortably on Matt's couch. After being kicked out of the hospital because visiting hours were over. They decided to go back to Matt's, after Emily shut the door, Matt proceeded to lock the door. He also dead bolted it, and chain locked it.
"Matt I don't think he's going to go house to looking for his victims," Emily said.
"Yeah, well I'm keeping you as safe as possible," Matt said.
Emily couldn't help but smile at him.
"Em, I seriously don't know what I would do if anything happened to you," Matt said, handing her a beer, as he popped the top from his own.
He plopped down beside her, as she crawled into his lap, "I love you, Matt, but seriously I can take care of myself."
"Why does this conversation sound familiar?" Matt asked.
"Probably because we've had it so many times now," Emily said, leaning her head against his chest.
Matt flipped on the television, and flipped few a few channels before the news popped up.
Breaking News from Channel Six. If you've been following the investigation into the SBGS Killer, it turns out that another FBI Agent has been brutally attack, and lays in critical condition at Cedar-Sinai Hospital.
No new information on his condition is available, but it appears he was protecting a fellow Agent when he was brutally stabbed by the SBGS Killer.
We do have new information on the other FBI Agent, Cheryl Carrera has woken up. She has been moved from ICU to a room on one of the lower floors.
Stay tuned for more information
"Damn press," Matt said.
"You don't think Lia saw that do you?" Emily asked.
"Well since she sweet talked the nurse into letting her stay with Duff, I don't think so," Matt said, his arms wrapping around Emily's waist.
"It's just not fair, that all of this is happening," Emily said.
"I know, but at least they're both alive," Matt said.
"Yeah," Emily said.
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Lia sat in the chair that sat just opposite of Duff's bed. He looked so peaceful laying there. Tears crept into her eyes, as she slowly took one of his hands into hers.
"Duff, I don't know if you can hear me, but I need you to wake up. I need you to be fine, and to wake up, and to try and use one of those lame pickup lines. I won't be able to stand it if your not fine, so you just have to be fine. Please just wake up, that's all I'm asking right now," Lia said, as tears over took her again.
She laid her head down on the edge of Duff's bed, as her tear-filled eyes looked up at him, waiting for some sign that he was going to wake up.
"Just squeeze my hand, I'll take that. Just please give me some sign that your in there, and that you can hear me. Please Duff," Lia said, as tears streamed faster down her face.