Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Four Brother's characters
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Four Brother's characters. I do however own anyone in the story who was not in the movie.
Bryant and the boys were the first to arrive at the hospital.
"Where are they?" she asked looking at Elijah.
"Maybe the police are still asking questions. Go up to the desk and ask about Jack."
"I don't think I can."
"Yes you can. Go on." He gave her a little push as she looked scared to death to even move from her spot.
"May I help you?" a brown headed woman at the desk asked.
"Yes…" Bryant looked back at Elijah and Skylar. "My brother was just brought here. Jack Mercer, he was shot and I was just wondering if you could tell me how he was doing."
"Just one moment please." The woman disappeared into a back room causing Bryant to begin to shake.
"What is it?" Elijah asked walking up.
"I don't know." She whispered.
A moment later the woman reappeared in front of Bryant. "Your brother is in a very critical state right now. He is in ICU and is not allowed any visitors right now."
"But is he ok?" she asked.
The woman looked around before answering. "He is critical condition. He was shot multiple times causing him to have some internal bleeding. He's not awake right now."
Bryant bowed her head.
"Thank you." Elijah replied putting his arm around Bryant and walking back to the chairs in the waiting room. "Its ok." He whispered.
"What am I going to do?" she began to cry.
"I wish I could tell you."
"My brother is going to die and I can't do anything about it."
"Your brother is not going to die." Elijah brought her into his arms and hug tightly as she began to sob.
"I am going to go get some air. You guys need anything?" Skylar whispered. He cleared his throat. "I'll be right back."
Elijah nodded his head as he kept a hold on Bryant, afraid she might break. Elijah watched the door the whole time. The sliding doors came flying apart as three brothers came running in.
"There she is." Jerry replied pointing over to Elijah and Bryant.
"Bry!" Bobby yelled jogging over to her. Bryant shot up from Elijah's lap and took off running into Bobby's arms.
"Bobby!"
"Baby, oh my gosh. Are you ok?" he asked holding her.
"Jack." She whispered. "They won't let us see him. They told me that he is in ICU and isn't receiving any visitors right now. Its bad Bobby, it's really bad." She cried.
"It's ok. He's going to be fine." Bobby knelt down holding onto her arms.
"Bobby, I'm so scared." She cried.
"I'll be right back." Bobby got up from the ground and stormed over to the front desk.
"B…" Angel slowly moved over to her. She wrapped herself around his waist. "You alright?"
"Yeah, just worried about Jack." She told him.
"Yeah, me too."
She looked up and saw Jerry standing by the door. "Jerry!" she ran straight into his arms and wrapped her arms around his neck. "Your ok."
He laughed. "Yeah, I'm fine."
"I thought I might have lost you there for a second."
"No, it was just a misunderstanding that's going to get fixed real soon."
Bryant bowed her head. "You ok?" he asked.
"Not really." She whispered. "Come here, there's someone I want you to meet."
"The famous Kade and Elijah." Jerry smiled as she pulled him along.
She stopped. "Just Elijah. Kade…"
Jerry bowed his head. "Is that who got killed at the house?"
She nodded her head. "Yeah, he…"
"Hi. I'm Elijah, I've heard a lot about you." Elijah jumped in.
"Hi, Jeremiah. I've heard a lot about you as well. Sorry about your loss man."
Elijah nodded his head before looking down at Bryant. "You alright, you look shaken up?"
Bryant shook her head pushing back the pain of her head. "Yeah, I'm just nervous about Jack. I'll be fine." She lied as she gave a fake smile.
"I don't give a fuck what the rules are, he is my brother!" Bobby yelled. "I have a damn right to see if he is ok."
Angel began to laugh. "Never ends."
"Bobby!" Jerry yelled.
"You better be glad my family is here." He pointed his finger in the woman's face.
"Get over here." Angel told him. "Crazy ass."
"I am going to go see what Skylar is doing." Bryant replied softly. "Come get me if any thing is said."
Angel nodded his head.
"Who in the hell is Skylar?" Bobby asked sitting down.
"Kade's brother." Elijah replied.
Bobby looked up at Elijah. "We had gone by the hotel before we came here and told him about Kade. He wanted to come and be of support for Bryant."
"I'm sorry about what happened to Kade man. It's not right." Angel replied.
"You're right, but its life I guess." Elijah replied leaning against the wall. "I just want Jack to be ok. I don't think Bryant can handle losing two brothers in one day."
"I don't either." Bobby replied. Then silence. No one said a word until the doctor came out. "How is he, my brother?"
The doctor put his hand up to stop him. "He is stable now. He is still in ICU. We calmed the bleeding down and stopped most of the bleeding that is in his organs. He is under a lot of stress right now and we are trying to keep that low. He lost a tremendous amount of blood. We are having some flown from Boston, so until then we are only allowing one person at a time to go see him. He is not awake right now and he might not wake up for quite some time. He went into cardiac arrest on the way over here. He's body has gone through a lot in two hours. I would like to prepare you, your brother might not make it. It's all up to him right now. We are going to try to help him as much as we possibly can. If your brother does live, his life will never be the same. He will need therapy, mentally and psychically. If you will excuse me, I need go check on his shipment." With that the doctor turned around and walked away. No one said a word for a moment, until Skylar and Bryant came walking in.
"What is it?" Bryant asked walking to them. "Is he ok? Did the doctor say he was going to be ok?"
"B…" Angel replied but couldn't find the words.
"Someone tell me something." She was beginning to panic. She felt a hand on her shoulder. "What did he say?"
"He…he is going to need a blood transfusion. They are flying blood for him all the way from Boston." Jeremiah told her.
"But is he ok?" she asked.
"He's stable." Angel replied. "But he's not awake. He lost a lot of blood, but they got most of it to stop. He just needs to rest now. The doctor said that only one person at a time can go see him. So how about you go first."
"I don't want to." Bryant backed into Skylar.
"Bry…" Bobby replied.
"Yeah, I'm not ready. I want to wait."
"On what?" Bobby asked.
"I don't know!" she yelled. "Something."
"It's ok to be scared…" Angel told her.
"No, no its not." She replied shaking. "Being scared doesn't bring them back. Being scared doesn't do shit but show how weak you are. Two people are dead and my brother…" she covered her mouth to keep from sobbing. "My brother might not make it. I don't have time to be scared."
Skylar touched her arm. "I'm sorry." She sobbed. "I should have never let him take me home. I shouldn't have asked him to come. He wouldn't be dead right now."
Skylar brought her in his arms. He didn't know what to say. He knew she was right, but he wasn't going to tell her that. "I can't believe this happening."
"What are you guys going to do?" Elijah asked directing his attention some where else.
"What do you mean?" Angel asked.
"Are you going to go after Sweet?"
"How do you know about Sweet?" Bobby asked.
Elijah looked over at Bryant before answering. "His uncle is my father."
"Excuse me?" Bobby stood up from the armrest of the chair.
"He had raped my mom. I don't give a fuck about him." Elijah spat. "I was just wondering what you were going to do…." He stared at Bryant. "Because I want in."
"Do what?" Bryant pulled away from Skylar. "You can't be serious."
"This is my fight now too." Elijah replied. "Someone has to avenge Kade's death and sure as hell isn't going to be you two."
"Eli, you can't do this." Bryant replied.
"She's right man, what the hell?" Skylar yelled.
"Bryant….go see Jack. He needs to know that we are here for him." Jerry walked over to her. "He needs you right now."
Bryant looked down at her hands. "Its ok, he is going to be ok." He whispered.
She nodded her head.
"Do you want me to go with you?" Skylar asked.
She nodded her head.
"We'll see you when you get back." Angel replied.
She nodded her head again before turning around. Skylar looked back at Elijah who just turned away. He reached down and grabbed Bryant's hand giving it a tight squeeze, letting her know he was there for her. She gave a gentle smile before laying her head on his arm as they began to walk towards Jack's hospital room.
"I'm sorry only one can be in here at a time." A nurse was in the room checking Jack's stats as the two walked in.
"Its ok, I'll be right outside." Skylar replied letting go of her hand. She suddenly felt alone as the nurse excused herself out. She didn't want to turn around and look at Jack lying in the bed. Noises kept coming from the machine hooked to him.
"Jack." She whispered. "Can you hear me? I'm so scared." Tears begin to fall down her face. "Please take me with you."
Beep. Beep. Beep. There was nothing but silence in the room, just the beeping of the machine. She slowly turned around to look at her brother. He looked so peaceful, not like he did lying on the ground in the snow, bleeding to death. He skin was pale, and his chest moved up and down, as if it wasn't him breathing but the machine. It was like it wasn't her brother at all. She was staring at a complete stranger, a stranger who was dying in the bed in front of her. She reached down and touched his hand.
"I love you." She whispered. "Know that…" she looked around the room. It was so plain, so depressing. "I'm sorry that I never told you that as much as I should have. I guess I thought we would live forever. I thought you were superman or something." She laughed as she wiped the tears from her face. "You were always there for me, even when I didn't want you to be. You never gave up on me and you always fought for me. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be here right now. You spoke into me words of life during a period I didn't want to live anymore. You gave me a reason to live. Now I need to be the reason you live. You have to hold on a little longer Jack. They are going to bring you some blood so you can live."
Beep. Beep. Beep.
"Please." She begged bowing her head she began to cry. "Kade's dead. He got shot and it's all my fault. I was trying to get to you and a guy tried to shoot me, but Kade jumped in front of the bullet to save me. Ma…Jack, I saw Ma. She was there with me. She told me to let him go and so I did. I let him go and he died. I don't know what to do and I want you here with me to tell me what to do. I need you to hold me in your arms and tell me everything is going to be ok. I am scared to death right now. I think the boys are going to go do something stupid. I think they are going to go after Sweet and I don't know how to stop them."
There was a knock at the door.
"Hey." Angel walked in. "How is he?"
"He's just laying here." She told him wiping her face. "He doesn't move, he just lays here."
Angel laid his hand on his sister's shoulder. "This machine is breathing for him I think. It keeps making noises."
"Hey, come outside for a little bit. Let me talk to him. Besides Bobby needs to talk to you for a little bit."
She nodded her head she moved away from the bed. Angel stopped her with his hand and pulled her into him. She dug her head into his chest as he wrapped his arms around her.
"Everything is going to be ok." He whispered.
"I just want it to end. I want to take it back so bad." She wiped her face.
"I know you do. I wish we could too."
"What does Bobby want?"
"To talk. Go on, let me have some time with him. I'll call you if anything changes, I promise."
Bryant nodded her head as she turned and walked out the door. Angel looked down at his hand and saw the blood from the back of her head. She shut the door behind and saw Bobby talking to the nurse ahead of her. She looked to the side and saw Elijah and Skylar leaning against the wall. She tried to move but her body wouldn't let her. She put her hand to the back of her head again and felt the blood. The pain was beginning to become unbearable. She looked up and saw Bobby staring at her. She had a look of horror on her face as she tried to move towards him. Instead she fell to the ground.
"BRYANT!" Bobby yelled running to her. He slide across the floor as he tried to catch her in his arms, he only got half on her. "I need some help!"
"I need a doctor!" the nurse yelled running over to her. "Let me see her." They turned her over and saw that she had turned completely pale. Bobby had her head in his hands.
"What the hell?" he pulled his hand back and saw blood all over it.
"She has a pulse, but it's weak. I need a gurney now. Start an IV. We need to move people!" the doctor yelled. Everyone seem to be moving in fast pace as they tried to save yet another Mercer.
"What happened?" Elijah replied.
"Her head was bleeding. Why was her head bleeding?" Skylar asked he was panting.
"I don't know." Bobby whispered. "Shit, what the fuck?" He punched the wall beside him before leaning into it.
"She must have hit her head when Kade tackled her to the ground. She didn't say anything about it the whole time." Elijah stated. "She seemed fine, I just thought she was scared for Jack."
"This is not happening." Bobby replied through his teeth.
"Bobby!" Jerry ran towards his brother. "What happened? What's wrong? Is it Jack?"
Bobby shook his head. "Bryant, she was bleeding on the back of the head. She passed out just a few minutes ago. They are taking her to a room."
"What? How?"
"Kade had tackled her to the ground during the shooting. He was trying to protect her so when the second gunshot went off, the one pointed at her, Kade grabbed her and threw her to the ground." Elijah joined in. "He was shot instead."
Jerry ran his hands over his face as he took in a deep breath. "Well is she ok?"
"I don't know. They just took off with her." Bobby sighed. "This is all my fault."
"Bobby, don't." Jerry replied laying his hand on his brother's shoulder. "This is Sweet's fault. We are going to take care of him."
Skylar saw the doctor come around the corner. "Hey." He whispered.
"Okay…your sister is going to be fine. She will have a big knot on the back of her head for a couple of weeks and might have some headaches every now and then, but she is going to be fine. We are going to keep her over night to just make sure everything is going ok and according to plan. We have her on some pain medication so she should be fine for the night. You can go see her if you want, she is awake. She is in room 243."
Bobby nodded his head. "Thanks doc." He replied. "You guys go ahead. I am going to go see Jack."
Elijah and Skylar nodded their heads before walking towards room 243. Angel came walking out the room.
"What's wrong?" he asked looked at Bobby, then at Jeremiah.
"Bryant just passed out. She hit her head on the pavement. She has been bleeding the whole time." Jerry replied.
"How can we be so damn blind as to not see that our sister was fucking bleeding the whole time?" Bobby yelled.
"Well is she going to be ok?" Angel moved forward.
"Yeah, she's fine. She is on some pain medication right now. She woke up. Nothing too serious." Jerry replied.
"This is great!" Angel stated throwing his hands in the air. "What next? What else could possibly go wrong?"
"How's Jack?" Jerry asked looking up at Angel.
"He seems to be doing fine. Nothing has changed, he just looks lifeless lying in that bed. All those tubes are in his mouth and chest, it's not good. If he doesn't make it…"
"He's going to be fine. He has to be." Jerry interrupted.
"Yeah, for Bryant's sake." Bobby replied. "You guys go check on her, I am going to stay with him a little longer. Then we will deal with Sweet."
They both nodded their heads, knowing Bobby needed some time along with Jack. He blamed himself for everything.
"Come get us if anything changes." Angel told him.
Bobby nodded his head before walking into his brother's room and closing the door behind him.
"Hey Jer man, I just wanted to say I'm sorry for everything that happened earlier today." Angel told his older brother as they began walking towards Bryant's room. "It's just everything was starting to piss me off about Ma. I wanted to know who wanted to kill her and just the thought of one of my brothers having anything to do with it made me want to kill someone."
"Don't worry about it man. It's in the past." Jerry stopped. "I just want our lives to go back to the way it use to be. Maybe you guys actually sticking around a little more this time."
Angel laughed. "I'm sure I'll be around for good this time."
"Good, you might want to get yourself a job and quit bumming off of me."
"What money am I bumming off you? We just found out that you are broke baby brother, you can't lie about that anymore."
"Man, shut the hell up!"
Angel laughed as Jerry smacked him across the head. "You know I'm right."
"Whatever…"
They arrived at the room and saw Elijah and Skylar talking with their sister.
"Knock knock." Angel knocked on the door before walking in.
"Hey." Bryant replied with a smile. "How's Jack?"
"He's good, but the question is how are you?" Jerry asked.
"I'm ok. My head hurts a little but they are giving me medicine."
"Why didn't you say something?" Angel asked.
"I wasn't thinking about it. I could feel the pain, but I was more focused on my family. I really didn't think it was that bad."
"That bad? B, you could have died." Angel moved over to her.
"Stop it." She told him.
"No seriously, you could have. You could have gone to sleep and never woke up again. It's called a concussion and it's serious."
"Well I'm fine now, okay."
"No it's not okay. You are our baby sister, I would die if anything happened to you."
Tears begin to fall down Bryant's cheeks. "Stop." She cried. "Nothing is going to happen to me. I'm fine. I'm sorry that I scared you, but I am fine."
Jerry laid his hand on Angels shoulder. "Its okay, just promise us that if you are feeling bad or if anything is wrong you will tell us as soon as you can, we don't want anything to happen to you."
Bryant nodded her head as she continued to look at Angel.
"Where's Bobby?" she finally asked.
"He's seeing Jack." Jerry replied grabbing a stool.
"Do you think Jack is going to be ok?"
"I don't know sweetheart. He seems to be in a lot of pain right now." Jerry grabbed her hand off the bed. "But I do know that Detroit has some of the best doctors and I know they are looking out for him. I'm sure once they get this blood from Boston that he is going to be fine."
Bryant shook her head. "I keep thinking he is going to come walking through that door and start yapping about some band he had heard about or some song he heard on the radio. I really want him too. I miss him so much. I keep thinking about that night in the car with you Jer, the night that I was being so mean about Jack not caring about me. I want to take it all back so bad." She covered her face as tears streamed down her cheeks. "He was just trying to understand and I would never let him in because it was too hard. It was too hard to talk about what happened and I just shut him out, but he never quit. He never gave up trying to talk to me or trying to understand."
"Bry…"
"I don't know what to do without him. I want him here so bad." She sobbed. "I don't know what to do." The bed began to shake as she cried.
"I know that you are having a hard time with this right now, but you have to believe that he is going to be ok. He has to be." Angel replied. "He….has to be."
Bobby appeared in the doorway. "Hey." He replied walking in. Bryant wouldn't look at him. "So what Jack was getting more attention than you, so you had to go and pass out on us?" Bryant didn't move. "What the hell Bryant? Why didn't you say anything?"
"Hey!" Jerry stood up. "Now is not the time."
"Yeah man, do this some other time. We have things we need to do."
"Like what?" Bryant asked looking up. She wiped the tears from her face. "You going to go get yourselves killed now?"
"Come on Bryant!" Bobby yelled walking towards her. "Our mother is dead, your best friend is dead, and your brother is holding onto his life because of some bastard who thinks he rules fucking Detroit. What would you have us do? Huh? Wait for him to come to us? He has all of Detroit on his side, we would be killed in no time if we wait."
"Hey!" Skylar yelled moving forward.
"Do you not see it?" Bryant whispered. "Our family is falling apart because of this man. Now you are going to go find him and try to kill him. If he wins, then he succeeds in ripping us all apart. I didn't come into this family just for us to be killed by some man. Don't you think enough people have died? What is it going to take for you to see that it's over Bobby?"
"I'm done talking about this." Bobby turned towards the door.
"I miss them too Bobby." She cried. "But we can't bring them back."
"But we can send them some company!" Bobby replied before slamming the door behind him. Bryant just stared at the door as Skylar moved over to her.
"Bry…" he sat down causing her to look at him. "You alright?"
"I want my mom." She told him before bursting into tears.
"Come here." He pulled her towards him bringing her into his arms. She laid her head in his chest as she continued to sob. Elijah took this as the time to leave. He nodded his head at Skylar who just turned away. Elijah looked down and sighed before gently closing the door behind him.
The hours began to past slowly for Bryant and Skylar.
"Ugh, there is nothing to do in this place." Bryant replied throwing herself against her pillow.
"Sleep is good." Skylar replied lifting his head up from the couch by the window.
Bryant laughed. "Sorry, you can go to sleep if you want."
"Gee thanks." He replied with a smile. "I'll stay awake if you want me too."
"No its ok. I know it's been a long day. Go ahead, I am just going to write some."
Skylar smiled before laying his head back down. Bryant reached over beside her and grabbed a pen and the little notepad and began writing lyrics. She looked up and remembered the words Kade told her. "You express how you feel through music." He told her. She smiled as she began writing down the words from her heart. All the pain, all the heartache from that very day was coming out on to a piece of paper.
Author: Here you go, hope you guys liked it. So Jack's alive, sort of. Maybe, for now he is. Teehee! Ok, so one more chapter. I start school on Monday and I have 19 hours of Psychology classes, so I definitely won't have anytime to write.
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