Author's Note: I'm updating! Your lives have automatically become better. LOL. No, I'm not dead haha. I was actually banned from the computer - all computers - for two weeks. And then I couldn't remember how I was gonna finish this chapter.

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Enslaved

Chapter 9: ER

NUDGE

I watched with wide eyes as Max was lifted away by the boys. I felt Ella give me a soft tug to go follow Gazzy. He had run ahead of us, trailing right behind Fang and Iggy. I think they took turns carrying her, since she was now in Iggy's embrace.

Lucky girl.

Uh, delete that! No, I don't have a teensy tiny crush on the Iggster. Except that he has those pretty blue eyes. Speaking of blue, today's sky was such a pretty color! The white clouds were all fluffy and bouncy-looking and stuff. And-

Focus! Anyway, I think I saw Fang shoot Iggy a glare. Ooh, I feel a love triangle coming up!

Fang's jaw clenched when he saw Iggy smirk and tighten his grip around Max. I grit my teeth, but then I stopped myself from squealing at how cute Fang is when he's jealous. I swear, I heard him growl!

They ran outside to the ambulance, and Iggy handed Max off to Fang. Fang gently laid her on the little bed-thing inside and climbed in. Iggy and I did too. The others got into Dr. M's car and followed the speeding ambulance.

The paramedics were taking Max's pulse and stuff like that. Ooh! This is just like one of those movies where the heroine gets severely injured! And-

I saw Fang tighten his grip on Max's hand. Aw! I felt Iggy grip my hand for some comfort, and I squeezed it back.

The ambulance screeched to a stop. Well, that was quick. The back doors were roughly tugged open, and Max was quickly plopped into a rolling bed. The nurses and doctors were pushing the bed faster and faster, and we ran after it. It was hard to keep up with all the traffic inside, but we did.

They pushed open the white double doors that had EMERGENCY ROOM painted on them. I knew that we had a time limit, but I wished that we didn't have to go into the ER. The doctors and a few nurses kept on moving the bed, but three of them stayed behind.

"We're very sorry, but you can't enter after this point," the one in the middle stated.

"What? Why not?" I demanded. I wanted to stay beside Max. I didn't want her to have to go through this by herself, and I could tell Iggy and Fang agreed.

The nurse avoided my questions and stared straight at the boys. "We'd by happy to stay with you, but you can't go inside. Hospital rules." The other two nodded eagerly.

Anger flared up in my eyes. Max was probably in critical condition, and these three idiots were flirting!

"I'd much appreciate it if you went to go tend to my sister," Iggy said. That's sweet of him to blow them off and all.

... Sister?!

My eyes widened at the word a few seconds after he said it. They were related? Maybe not. I mean, he just met the girl.

Fang blinked - his equivalent to being shocked. I swear, this guy needs to go buy himself a box of emotions. I heard Iggy was having a sale.

Iggy must have figured that Fang and I were confused, so he tilted his head towards me and sent an inconspicuous wink. He just had to shoot Fang a small look, and Fang automatically understood.

Ohhhhh. I get it. It was a cover. I guess they looked similar in some way with their blonde hair, tall-ness, and everything. If they were 'siblings' then what would I be? What about Fang?

"Oh, of course. Don't worry about her," a brunette nurse said. "The others will help her. We're here to keep you calm."

She waltzed toward Iggy, but he snaked an arm around my waist. She abruptly stopped. Then the brunette swiftly turned on her heel and went to Fang.

"Want me to comfort you, sweetie?" She purred. The nurse laid a perfectly manicured hand on his chest. For a while there, I honestly thought that there would be some non-flirty professionals here. But nooo, because of Fang and Iggy, all their common sense flew out the window! Everywhere those two go, there's got to be some girls that just have flirt with them. My old "friends" did the same thing, and I ended up dumping them like trash.

Fang picked her hand up with two fingers, shoved it back to her, and crossed his arms over his chest. "I don't think so. That's my girlfriend in there, and I want you to go help her."

The brunette flushed. I guess she's never been rejected. Ha. I gasped when what Fang said repeated in my head. Girlfriend! That's it! I knew it, I just knew it!

Fang liked her.

That's completely new, considering that Fang wasn't really into girls unless they had, you know, curves in all the right places with a pretty face. Don't get me wrong. Fang always picked the ones with the pretty faces and nice figures.

They never liked me. They always thought I was the annoying little sister along with Angel and Gazzy. And Iggy was always the one that they'd try to have at the same time.

They were pretty alright. Pretty little liars.

That's just like that awesome book series! I heard they were gonna make a show for it too! That'd be epic, you know?

Back to the real world, Nudge. The nurses stepped away from us and rushed through the double doors. I looked around. They just left us standing in the middle of nowhere. Iggy tapped on my shoulder and I glanced up. His lip was curled up and his arm extended to the left, one finger jutted out.

Waiting room to your left, a sign read. Oh. I tugged at Iggy and Fang's hands and led them in that direction.

The room was practically empty. The chairs were against the walls and there were magazines and books on the table in the middle of the room. We plopped down into three seats right beside each other. I leaned my head on Iggy's shoulder and sighed softly. My eyes closed.

.

"What are you doing here?"

I peeled my eyes open reluctantly. Dr. M had burst through the doors, Angel, Gazzy, and Ella in tow. They were flushed and panting. I stretched my arms forward and held back a yawn.

"They wouldn't let us in," Fang replied nonchalantly.

Dr. M asked, "Well, why not?"

"Hospital rules, they said," I bitterly answered. "Believe me, we demanded to go in."

"Why're you late, Auntie?" Iggy asked.

Ella fidgeted a little bit. "Traffic. Some idiot almost ran over me, too. We literally just got here a few minutes ago. Then, the valet parking wasn't open, so we parked somewhere down the street. The parking lot was full of cars, and we ran. I think I was lost for a little while."

Fang nodded. I noticed how we all looked. Angel was close to tears, and Gazzy wrapped a comforting arm around his little sister. Dr. M was exhausted, probably from running, and Ella was really down. I bet I looked the same. Iggy and Fang were calm and almost expressionless. That's normal for Fang, but for Iggy? Not so much.

"Is Max okay yet?" Gazzy's small voice asked. He and Angel had their big baby eyes on us. Aw, that's so cute!

"We don't know," I admitted, biting my bottom lip. "It's been about," I checked my watch, "an hour and a half. We got here a few minutes after Max collapsed, and Ig said that we had two hours tops to save her. We don't have much left."

Angel's doe eyes pooled with tears. "So," she sniffed, "what do we do now?"

Fang replied grimly, "We wait."

Author's Note: So sorry for the month-long wait, guys! I'll try not to do that ever again. This time, I'm gonna try to update every now and then - hopefully every few weeks! But we'll have to see about how Fate likes to mess with my schedule. She doesn't even make appointments! Tch.

Oh! And I'm sorry that this chappie was a filler. I'm gonna bring in some action soon, promise!

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