Chapter 10 *Sue's P.O.V.*

I opened my eyes slowly to a bright white light. There were people hovering over me, and they were talking, but it sounded like gibberish. I felt so weak, but when they leaned over closer, I panicked. I screamed, and forced my body to start to struggle. The people grabbed me and tried to hold me down, which only made me panic even more. Finally, I screamed, "Nana! Sid! Tobey! Help me!"

"Easy kid, calm down! We just want to check you over!" I made out through all the yelling. But I would not calm down! I needed my family!

"Please! Help me!" I yelled, and more blood dribbled out of my mouth, and I started to get lightheaded. My throat was terribly dry, and I was so thirsty. I was so hungry that I was nauseous all the time, and my stomach didn't growl at all anymore. From lack of food, I was also very weak. But I found strength now in my desperation for my family.

As I started crying, I heard Nana's soft and comforting voice. She gently touched my hand, and I stopped struggling. She said to me, "it's okay honey, I'm here. Let them check you over. Their not going to hurt you, they want to help you."

I looked at her, and smiled, and nodded sheepishly. I wanted her to stay with me. I needed her. She seemed to sense my need for her, and she smiled and said, "I'll stay here with you. Sid and Tobey are here too."

Sid walked to me, and smiled and placed his hand on top of mine, and Nana placed it onto his. Tobey smiled and put his hand on Nana's. I felt so much better with them with me, so I let the doctors check me over.

They checked my blood pressure, pulse, heart rate from the monitor I was attached to, and then they started to check my wounds. They opened my mouth, and saw I badly bit my tongue and would need stitches, but not now, when I was like this. So they placed some gauze pads in my mouth to stop the bleeding. Both of my eyes were bruised, and one had swelled shut. They gave me an ice pack to bring down the swelling and help with the pain.

The worst part was after they checked me all over, they started poking around my old wound. Whenever they touched it, I screamed with pain and begged them to stop, but Nana squeezed my hand, and I calmed down. They washed out the wound, and a lot of dried blood, dead skin, pus, and dirt. It stung a bit. Then the doctors injected some kind of medication though a needle to my wound, directly where it hurt. I screamed with pain, but soon, it helped dull the pain. I got many bandages on it, tightly wrapped, but it felt good to have at least some of my body clean again.

Then they checked my weight. I hated it too. As I stepped on the scale, the doctor frowned. He wrote something on his clipboard, and told me to go back to my bed. I obediently went.

We then waited for a while. I didn't know how long exactly. Time was going by very slowly in my eyes. Then the doctor came back and told us what they had found. "Sue has many bruises on her body. Some old wounds, and one is badly infected. I'm prescribing medication for her to help fight off the infection. She bit through her tongue, and will need some small stitches in it before she leaves. But what worries me the most is that she is malnourished. Like she hasn't been fed in a while. She is also underweight because of this."

"How much?" Nana asked.

"How much what?"

"How underweight is Sue?"

The doctor sighed. "A little over ten pounds, which is actually a lot. She will need to gain back that weight."

I looked at Nana, my eyes pleading with her. She looked back at me and squeezed my hand tightly. "It's going to be okay honey." I nodded, and the doctor continued.

"Being underweight is just as bad as being overweight, maybe even worse. The normal weight for a fourteen year old girl is 105-115 pounds. On her records, Sue is usually around the middle, 110. But now, she's 98.5 pounds."

I whimpered, and Nana hugged me tightly. She kissed my forehead, and I whined. The doctor continued as she held me in her arms.

"A high calorie diet would work. She would have to gain weight a very healthy way, and try to substitute certain things. The most common thing to substitute is water for whole milk. Water has virtually no calories, while most whole milks have around 220 calories. You see what I'm saying?"

Nana nodded. "Yes doctor. I think I have everything I'm going to need."

~Three Delivery~

When we got home, I went upstairs and locked my door without saying anything to anyone. I took off my shirt and drawstring pants they gave me, and put on my tank top and black capris. I slipped on my studded belt, but even when I put in on the last notch, it was still too big. It felt like my pants were going to fall down. My tank top, which usually shows my stomach, was hanging over my belt.

I walked over to my mirror, and looked at myself thoroughly for the first time in two weeks. I looked terrible. I really was thin, I could see some of the bones in my face. When I lifted my shirt to just below my chest, I saw some of my ribs, and my stomach was curving inward. It scared me, it looked I was sucking in my stomach, when I wasn't.

I saw all the bruises all over my body, but I didn't see my slash wound. They covered it with many gauze pads after they injected me with medicine. It still stung a bit, but it wasn't hurting as much as before.

I stuck out my tongue, and saw the five small black stitches in it. I really never knew you could get stitches on your tongue. Now I know.

My clothes felt so baggy, I knew they were now too big for me at this size. I never knew how baggy clothes felt, well, maybe one time when I was five. I tried on one of Nana's shirt, and I could barely fit into it. It was only five months after she adopted us. She didn't get mad at me. She only laughed and played with me on her bed for at least an hour. I had so much fun then. Nana has always loved me. She understood me. That's why I have such a good relationship with her.

There was a soft knock on my door. I wanted to be alone, so I didn't answer it. They knocked louder, and said, "It's Barney. Sue, please let me in."

"No." I said as I sat on my bed. I heard someone walking to the door, and I heard Nana's voice.

"Barney, leave Sue be."

"But I want to see her! I want to talk to her and see how she's doing!" he whined like a six year old. I could imagine him making crazy hand gestures and Nana sighing in annoyance.

"Barney, she'll talk when she's ready. Give her some privacy, please . . ." Nana whispered, but I could still hear her.

"Fine Nana." I heard footsteps, then five minutes later, another pair of footsteps. I was so weak and sleepy, I decided to take a nap. Slowly, I stood up and pulled the blankets back and laid back down. Pulling the covers up to my neck, I fell into a deep, fitful sleep.

~Three Delivery~

When I opened my eyes, I wasn't in my bed. I was back in the basement. I stood up, and walked over to the door. I screamed and started banging on the door, just when the lights flickered on. Spencer was standing in the middle of the room, with a bloody knife in his hand. He grinned evilly.

I quickly looked around the room, and saw Sid and Tobey all bloody and killed! There expressions showed pain, even though they looked dead. They were covered in their own blood, it was sick.

"Sid! Tobey! NO, YOU MONSTER!!!" I screamed and ran at Spencer, who was also covered in blood. My brother's and best friend's blood, I suspected. He only grinned in the face of my attack, and grabbed me and plunged the knife into my chest! I screamed a bloodcurdling scream, and fell at his feet totally numb. I watched in horror as he took the knife, and started to cut up Sid and Tobey's bodies like raw meat.

~Three Delivery~

"Sid! Tobey! No! Please!" I screamed and started thrashing. I cried loudly, just as I heard my door open, and arms were around me. I screamed louder, but they hugged me tighter and whispered in my ear.

"Shh . . . It's okay Sue . . . It's okay . . . . It's okay . . . Shh . . . Calm down Mei Mei . . ." Sid whispered, and his warm breath, soothing voice, and just his presence made me calm down. I was so comfortable, I started crying, and letting out all the tears I was holding inside. I hiccupped and continued to cry as Sid cradled me against his chest.

"Everything is going to be okay Mei Mei . . ." he whispered to me, and I soon calmed down, and sniffled as he held me tightly.

"I love you bro . . . thanks . . . for everything . . ." I whispered.

"I love you too . . ."

To Be Continued . . .

Hey guys, tell me what you think. Do you think I should include Tobue, Barnue, or no couples at all, and keep it a canon fic? Tell me, I don't know!