Chapter 10
Author: Wow! I got wayyy more reviews than I thought I would get for that last chapter! I'm glad you guys liked it! That makes me very very happy! Hope you guys enjoy the rest of the story, and yes I am going to go a little farther than the movie so maybe a few more chapters, not really sure yet! Thanks again!
"She did what?" Caleb asked sitting in the lobby of the hospital. Sarah had gone home to change, but would be by later. They had been waiting on word about Kegan for three hours, but yet nothing has changed. She wasn't awake and she wasn't breathing on her own.
"Yeah, she just disappeared." Tyler replied.
"How did this happen?"
"Something happened in the car." Reid started. "She felt your pain Caleb. It was like exactly when you guys turned eighteen, she just hit the ground screaming. Tyler told her the story from the book about twins both having powers…"
"Wait, you guys told her the story of all the twins in Ipswich?" Caleb interrupted.
"Yeah, well actually Tyler did." Reid replied.
"Caleb Danvers?" someone asked walking up. Caleb jumped out of the chair and headed towards the doctor, hoping it was word on Kegan. "Yeah, that's me." Caleb breathed in.
"There's someone asking for you." The Doctor smiled.
"Who?" Caleb asked.
"Looks like Ms. Parry woke up early this morning feeling as good as new." The doctor responded. "His injuries are minor now and he is able to sit up. He's been asking for you guys all morning."
"What about Kate?" Tyler asked.
"She's awake too, but she is still in some pain from the bites." The doctor responded.
Reid looked over at Caleb, he could tell that he was avoiding the question about his sister. "And Kegan, how is she?" Reid asked.
The doctor looked over at Reid, his smile had faded. "She's not doing too well. She's not breathing on her own and she has some internal bleeding. The blow made one of her lungs collapse. It's going to take some sort of magic to get her back to normal."
Caleb looked over at Reid, who just turned away. "Ok, thanks doctor." Tyler replied with a smile. Tyler turned back around and saw Reid staring off into space and Caleb just trying to process what was going on through his head. "Come on you guys, lets go see Pogue." Tyler offered.
"Yeah." Caleb whispered. "Come on Reid. Let's go."
"You guys go on. I'm going to stay here for a minute." Reid replied.
"Look, man I know that you are having trouble with this, but I just want you to know that it was her decision…"
"Caleb, I just want to be alone." Reid interrupted . Caleb nodded his head before turning towards the door. Reid sat down in the chair and just laid his head in his hands.
Caleb looked back through the door as Reid sat down on the chair. He turned back around and saw Tyler open the door to Pogue's room. He sighed before heading towards the door.
"Hey!" Tyler replied.
"Hey man, I was wondering when you guys were going to come see me. I'm hurt, there should be flowers, balloons, and food all around me right now. I don't see anything." Pogue responded sounding hurt.
"Looks like nothing has changed with you." Tyler spat with a smile.
"Caleb, why aren't you saying anything." Pogue asked still smiling. "You are starting to act like your sister."
Caleb turns toward him with a fake smile. "Sorry man, how you doing?" Caleb asked.
"I'm better, thanks for asking." Pogue eyed him. "What's going on? I see that we won the fight. Everyone seems alive, except, wait where are Reid and Kegan?"
"Reid's fine. He's in the waiting room…."
"And Kegan, where is she?"
Caleb turned away. "You guys what's going on?" Pogue asked.
"Kegan, was hurt really bad last night." Tyler chimed in.
"Doing what?"
"Fighting Chase." Caleb replied.
"Why was she there with you?" Pogue was getting mad.
"We all were actually." Tyler hesitated, but replied.
"What?" Pogue spat.
"It's a long story…" Tyler started.
"I have all freaking day, amuse me." Pogue responded sarcastically.
"Well we were all at the dance, when Caleb called. He wanted to talk to Kegan, then he wanted to talk to Sarah. Sarah had disappeared, when I came back from looking for her, Kegan was in the back seat freaking out. She was screaming and holding her stomach like someone had hit her. Reid yelled for me to drive and she just kept saying that something was wrong with Caleb and they we needed to get to him. So we drove past the Putnam Barn and she was fine. The pain had stopped, she was wondering what the hell happened to her so we told her."
"You told her what exactly." Pogue asked.
"Everything." Tyler replied. "About the twins in our family history and how almost every one of them had some sort of power in them."
"Wait power?"
"Yeah, each twin has a power. One is greater than the other, knowingly the boy. Chase had tied her to a pole. He had her in some spell, causing flames to appear. He was going to burn her to death, so we tried to help. While Chase and Caleb were fighting outside, me and Reid were trying to get her out of the spell, but we couldn't. Well the flames started to rise and well it was burning her so she started screaming and then she just disappeared. Moments later she was on the ground, nothing was wrong with her. She wasn't burnt or anything."
"She disappeared?" Pogue asked not really being able to believe this.
"Yeah it was weird, I mean I knew it could happen, I don't know man. I'm still trying to process this." Tyler sat down in the chair like he was beat from telling the story.
"So she's ok though right? I mean she's going to live right?" Pogue asked getting serious.
"They don't know." Caleb whispered.
"What do you mean they don't know?" Pogue yelled.
"One of her lungs collapsed and she's not breathing on her own. She has internal bleeding and they just don't know yet."
"How the hell did this happen?" Pogue laid back against his pillow.
"Chase had used her to get to me. He had her lifted off the ground and she kept telling me to do it. To kill him, but I knew that she would get hurt too. Pogue, she got into my mind and was telling me to do it. So I closed my eyes and I killed him…and maybe her too."
Pogue looked up at his friend with tears in his eyes. "The doctor said that it would take some sort of magic for her to be the same again." Tyler replied.
"Reid." Pogue answered.
Reid got up from the chair and began pacing back and forth. "magic." He thought to himself. He looked towards the door then back to the ground. He had to save her. He had to let her live. He wasn't going to lose her again. He shook his head from his thoughts. Every now and then he could still hear Kegan's scream as her and Chase were thrown into the air. The power, she must have felt so much of it. He knew that he had to save her. He looked at the door again, his mind was made up. He started towards the door. As he opened it, he looked around. He looked in the direction of Pogue's room, the door was closed. He closed his eyes, before going towards the ER. Doctors and nurses were all around. He tried to blend in, but it didn't happen. "I'm sorry but you cant be back here." A nurse told him grabbing his arm.
"I just needed to give something to my girlfriend right quick. I'll be right out I swear." Reid begged with his eyes.
The nurse looked at him, but nodding her head. "Go on, but just make it a minute." Reid smiled at her. He was almost there, almost there to help her. Suddenly he felt someone grab his arm.
"What are you doing?" Caleb asked.
"I need to see her." Reid lied.
"Reid, you cant go in there."
"The hell I can." Reid spat. "She needs me."
"What are you going to do Reid?" Tyler asked.
"I'm going to help her." Reid softly replied turning towards the curtain that was drawn.
"Reid you cant do this." Caleb grabbed hold of him again.
"Why not?" Reid asked. "What do you want me to do? Just wait for the doctors to tell us that there is nothing they can do for her and that we have to watch her die. I cant do that Caleb. You made your choice of doing this to her, now let me make mine of helping her live."
"Reid she is going to get better, just trust the doctors."
"The doctors, cant help her Caleb. She's dying in there because of us."
"We need to wait."
"I can't wait, waiting doesn't do anything but make things worse."
"Reid, you know what's going to happen if you do this."
"She is going to live."
"And you are going to die. Using isn't the answer to this."
"Then fine, ill die only to let her live. If that's what it takes, then I am willing to risk it. Cant you see what is happening to her Caleb? Kate and Pogue are better, but she's not. She is dying."
"Using isn't going to help. It's going to make you want to use even more."
"Do you want her to die? Is that it?"
"No, she is my sister. Of course I don't want her to die. Just give it time, and let the doctors try to help her." Reid went to say something, but a sound from behind the curtain caught his attention. It was loud and constant. Suddenly movement from the doctors and nurses began to get rapid. They rushed over to the curtain and threw it back.
"I need some help over here!" a doctor yelled.
"What's going on?" Another asked getting his stethoscope from around his neck.
"She is convulsing and it looks like her heart rate has dropped."
"Caleb!" Reid yelled. "She is going to die!"
Caleb turned away. Reid walked away and over to the area where Kegan was. "You can't be over here!" a nurse yelled pulling him away.
"Is she ok?" Reid asked.
"She's not doing too well. Look, you need to go wait in the waiting room. We will tell you what is happening as soon as we stabilize her."
"Is she going to die?" Reid asked.
"Please." The nurse begged. Tyler grabbed hold of Reid's arm pulling him away. Reid jerked away and stormed out of the ER to the waiting room. Tyler and Caleb followed him.
"Did you see that?" Reid asked turning around. "She's dying Caleb. She needs our help."
"What if it doesn't work?" Tyler asked.
"It has to work." Reid responded. "She has to live Caleb."
Caleb nodded his head. "What are you so scared about?" Reid whispered. "You ascended already. You, of all people, know this can happen. Why won't you do it?"
"Because too many risks." Caleb finally responded.
"Risks!" Reid yelled. "Your sister is dying, screw risks."
"Do you not know that I see that? I can feel her. I know the pain she is in and I don't want her to feel like that anymore, but something more could happen to us if we try to save her."
"But if we don't, if we don't save her then there's nothing left Caleb. There's nothing left of me, you would be nothing without your other half, don't you see that we need her. The covenant needs her Caleb."
Suddenly a doctor comes into the waiting room. He began shaking his head. "I'm sorry, but there is nothing more that we can do for her. She will not stop bleeding and the blood is making its way to her heart. We got her breathing, but not a lot so we still have her on the ventilation."
Reid looked over at Caleb with wide eyes trying his hardest not to lash out on anyone. He clenched his fist. He blamed Chase, this was his entire fault. "Caleb…" Reid whispered.
"She is in a stable condition right now, but we can't stop the bleeding. There is just too much of it. The blow and the impact to the ground just caused her body to bleed in more area's than it should. She's not going to make it too much longer if we can't stop the bleeding from getting to her heart."
Caleb turned away from the doctor. "I'm really sorry to have to be the one to tell you this, but it would be a good idea to start saying your goodbyes to her. She's not awake and it looks like she won't be waking up anytime soon."
"Goodbye?" Tyler asked. The doctor looked at the boys once more before going back to the ER. Tyler plopped down in the chair and ran his hands through his hair.
"She's only eighteen." Reid whispered. He walked over to the wall, his eyes had turned black and his fists were clenched. "She can't die!" he yelled. He threw a punch into the wall causing a hole to form. "Do something!" he yelled turning around to Caleb, his eyes black as night. Caleb looked up at him, he saw Reid pissed. "I love her." Reid exclaimed. He had finally lost all composure. His eyes went back to blue as tears formed in his eyes. "Can you not see that?" he whispered.
Caleb shook his head before getting up. "Go see Pogue, Reid. He's worried about you." Caleb walked through the ER door and was out of sight within minutes. Reid stood there for a moment not knowing what just happened.
"Come on man, let's go see Pogue." Tyler stood up and waited for Reid to follow. Reid wiped his face from the tears that escaped. He put his bad boy act on before walking into the room.
"Where the hell have you been?" Pogue asked sitting up.
"Fighting crime." Reid replied shaking Pogue's hand. He pulled the chair up next to the bed and sat down.
"I heard you guys got your asses whooped." Pogue laughed.
"I heard your ass got a pretty bad whooping too smartass." Reid spat. "You keep it up and you'll be staying in here."
"I doubt that pretty boy. You could never take me."
"Have you seen Kate yet?" Tyler asked.
"Naw, they won't let me out of this bed." Pogue answered. "Have you guys gone to see Kegan?"
"Yeah, but they wouldn't let us into the area where she was." Tyler replied as Reid looked away.
"Did they say she was going to be ok?" Pogue asked.
Reid shook his head. "Nope."
"What happened?" Pogue asked.
"They said the blast and the impact of the ground caused too much bleeding. It's going to her heart and if it gets there she is going to die…." Tyler replied.
"They told us to go say our goodbyes." Reid spat. "Like it's going to be easy or something."
"Reid, I know that you are hurting, but you have to understand…"
"I understand alright. I understand that her own brother is going to let her die after almost killing her anyways." Reid jumped up from the chair.
"It was her choice." Pogue replied.
"She had no choice. Chase had her in his arms and Caleb just threw them together."
"She told him too."
"Why are you taking up for him? He did this and now he just went to go watch her die."
"What would you have wanted Reid? For Chase to take Caleb's power, then come after all of us. You know he would have eventually come after us to get all our powers after we ascended. He would have killed us all, if Caleb didn't kill him first. Kegan knew that, she knew that it had to end. She sacrificed herself for us. She chose it and she did the right thing. It kills me inside to know that she had to die this way, but she did it for us. For you. So you could live, so her brother could live."
Reid turned away trying his hardest not to freak out. "Its not fair." He finally replied.
"You're right."
"So what, are we just going to watch her die? Is that it? Is that how it's going to be? When there is something that we can do, but we won't do it because it's against the rules." Reid asked. "Screw the rules. We threw the rules out the window a long time ago. She can live, with our help."
Caleb made his way to the closed curtain that contained his sister's body. He had imagined what she looked like, but shook his head from all the thoughts. He had told the nurse he was her brother, so she let him up. He walked over to the curtain and took a deep breath before opening it. His sister was lying on the bed, her chest going up and down ever so often with the pump. She had a tube in her mouth and nose. Her face was still black from the fire and she had scratches all along her face from hitting the ground. Caleb closed his eyes before opening them again. He wouldn't let his mind believe that the person lying in the bed was his sister. He slowly walked closer to her until his hand glazed her hand. "What did I do?" he whispered. "I put you here and now I am going to lose you."
He turned towards the monitor. Ever so often her heart rate would drop. "Tell me what to do Kegan? Tell me what you want?" He leaned closer to her face and kissed her on the forehead. The words from the doctor kept running through his head. 'There's nothing more that we can do for her.' 'You are going to have to say your goodbyes.' "Goodbye? I don't think I can say that to you." Caleb laughed a little. "Wow, never thought it would come to this." He sat down in the chair beside the bed and held tighter to her hand. "Reid's pissed, when is he not? He wants to help you. He finally broke down. I don't think I have ever seen that boy cry in all my years of knowing him. He loves you. I can see that now. So I am going to help you. You are going to get better, but you have to promise that you aren't going to let this happen again. That you aren't going to scare the shit out of me to the point that I would take your place." Tears began rising in his eyes. "Ok…" he got up from the chair and sat down on the bed. He rubbed his hands through her hair before picking her up in his arms. Her body was so limp that he had to hold her head and body at the same time. He closed his eyes and held her close. Suddenly his eyes flashed open, they were black as night. He held on tighter as he felt the 'power' go through him into her. Her body jolted knowing she was receiving everything he was giving her. He softly laid her back down. "I love you." He whispered before kissing her on the cheek. He looked over at the monitor, her heart rate had jumped back up. He smiled to himself before leaving the area.
Caleb walked into Pogue's room. Reid was standing over at the window looking out. Tyler was sitting in the chair looking through a car magazine, while Pogue lay with his eyes closed in the bed. "Where have you been?" Pogue asked opening his eyes.
"Had to business to attend to." Caleb replied. Reid turned around to his friend, as Caleb smiled at him. "Has the doctor told you when you could leave?"
"Yeah they said they wanted to keep me over night to see about my internal injuries, but I should be able to go home tomorrow or the day after."
"That's good. Maybe you might want to stay off that bike of yours for a while." Caleb laughed.
"Well if I still have a bike." Pogue frowned. "Do you know how much that thing cost?"
Caleb laughed. "I'm sure you can get another one."
"How's Kegan?" Tyler asked.
"She's doing much better." Caleb smiled
"How do you know?" Tyler leaned up from the chair.
"Let's just say that I sense it." Caleb smiled at Reid who just smiled before looking out the window.
"I'm confused." Tyler responded.
"That doesn't surprise me." Pogue retorted.
"So she's alive?" Tyler ignored Pogue's comment.
"Yes dumbass she's alive." Pogue answered shaking his head. Caleb couldn't help but laugh. He felt himself go into another trance. Yeah she was alive and he helped. The repercussions of 'using would effect him soon enough, but he would have wanted it to be him instead of Reid. He looked over at Reid who still staring off into space out the window. He saw that Reid really loved his sister and was ok with their relationship now. There was a soft tap on the door, bring Caleb out of his trance. Sarah walked in with a smile on his face. "Hey there." She responded.
"Hey." Pogue answered. "What no flowers?"
"Oh no sorry." Sarah replied.
"Yeah yeah. Just wait and see if I ever bring you anything when you get hurt."
Sarah laughed. "Well I know someone that is going to be disappointed that you didn't get her anything as well."
"Kate?" Pogue asked leaning up.
"She was awake a few minutes ago asking about you. I didn't tell her you were in the hospital. I was going to let you do that. But they gave her some medicine for the pain which made her sleepy. I came to see how everything with Kegan was. Is there any change?"
"Yeah, she's going to be fine." Caleb smiled. Sarah smiled before kissing him on the cheek.
Author: YAY! Kegan's alive! I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! I liked it! I know I probably made Reid a little OC, but I meant to. But I hope I didn't too much. Tell me what you think! REVIEW!