A/N ok so this one is a bit longer and there is only the epilogue left. This has been fun to write and there is a new one in the works, I have yet to send it to my beta! So keep an eye out for it!! Thanks for reviewing and I hope you enjoy this chapter. Please read and review!!

CHAPTER 15

"She has a few cracked ribs, bruises in multiple places, cuts and grazes. She's pretty banged up. What happened?" the medic asked

"She got in a fight with him" Mark jerked his finger at Xavier and growled a little

"He's got some nasty injuries, she must be a hellcat" The medic chuckled, eliciting a laugh from Mark as well

"She'll need rest, I'm going to admit her to the hospital for observation to make sure we haven't missed anything" Mark nodded in understanding, he would just go with her

He made a move to enter the ambulance and was stopped by an officer.

"Sir we need to talk to you, we have other people in the house two tied up and two locked in a room" He stated pointing to the 4 people surrounded by officers

"I need to go with her to the hospital…two tied up are with the asshole over there and the two women are with me, gests of mine along with the woman who is with you lead officer" Mark hissed impatiently.

"Sir, we need a statement from you…" the officer stated slightly afraid of the tall man before him

"ASHLEY! MARIA!" he yelled to the two women and they came running over quickly with worried looks

"Go with her, call me when you know more, I gotta deal with the assholes" Mark was furious, couldn't they ask at the hospital?

Lily woke up in the hospital she was feeling rested and better, sleep being the last thing she wanted to do but the first thing her body wanted more of. She smiled at the two people beside her, Ashley and Maria were asleep in uncomfortable looking chairs and she didn't have the heart to wake them up.

She looked around the room some more, disappointed that Mark wasn't there.

"Big ass" she muttered as she sighed.

She had thought about him a lot when she was awake and then as she slept she was dreaming of him, how he had saved her from Xavier's advances. She had been so happy that he had broken his vow to stay out of it. He was her hero in a sense.

As she thought about it, she began to miss him

Her thoughts were interrupted as the door to her room slammed open and a very unhappy Mark waltzed in and over to her bed. His face was a picture of anger and frustration.

"Hey" she whispered sleepily causing him to look at her wide eyed and his expression to soften

"Hey baby, how you feeling'" he asked brushing her hair from her face and smiling

"Sleepy but better, how long I been asleep?" she asked looking at the girls who were still sleeping in the chairs

"I don't know, I was down with the cop's trying to explain everything…then to top it all the bastards lookin' after you tell me that the son of a bitch is in the next room!" he rambled angrily, getting two nasty glares from Ashley and Maria.

"Thanks for the wakeup call, now drop your voice a few decibels!" Ashley rolled her eyes and moved quickly to the side of Lily's bed

"What do you mean he's in the next room ARE THEY INSANE" it was Lily's turn to raise her voice

"Yeah he's next door" Mark said angrily all four heads shot to the door as a doctor walked in with a clipboard

"Ladies and gent, I am afraid you need to leave, she needs rest and she can't with all of you here…SO with that said…leave please" He stated curtly

Lily sat in her bed wide awake; Mark and the girls had left with promises of coming to visit the very next morning. She felt little comfort in that but still rested uneasily knowing that Xavier was in the next room.

Sleep came slowly and claimed her deeply, she hadn't noticed the figure slipping into the room, hadn't noticed the sharp object in their hands or the sadistic smile on his face.

What the man didn't expect was for a tray to be on the floor and for it to make a ruckus, he didn't expect her to wake and have a similar sharp implement in her clutches, nor for her to shove it straight into his chest with a great amount of force, he spluttered and shuffled backwards blood spurting from the wound and a groan coming slowly from his chest as he stumbled through the room, running into objects and creating a mess.

Lily watched the face of Xavier pale and crease into a look of shock and pain, she pulled her knees up to her chest tears flooding from her eyes and fear written on her now paling features, shock taking over.

She watched his body fall, his weapon still clutched in his hand. Relief flooded over her but lasted mere minutes before doctors and nurses came rushing in fussing over the body on the floor and the shaking figure of Lily who wouldn't let anyone touch her. Truth be told, she had never actually killed someone, Giovanni had been shot by his own man when she pushed him off her, the bullets intended for her had killed one of their own, the trip off the building roof had been mere recoil, he had stumbled back and just dropped to the pavement with a thud.

"Miss, I need to clean you up" a nurse said softly placing a hand on Lily's shoulder; lily had shifted so her legs were hanging over the edge of the bed something the nurse had suggested she do.

"I need mark, it's over for good, done, I need mark…get me mark please" she mumbled still shaking

"Millie, ring her next of kin, Mr. Callaway" The nurse ordered reading the charts

The nurse shifted and smoothed Lily's hair as a mother would when her child was upset, she watched the tears fall down the red cheeks of the girl before her.

"It's over, he's gone…I can't believe it's over…he can't try to kill me any more…I'm free" Lily kept muttering the same thing over and over relishing the motherly ways of the nurse beside her, she felt safer now, knowing that Mark was coming and that all those who were after were in jail or dead.

Mark rushed into the room and over to the free side of Lily barely glancing at the body on the floor. He grabbed lily's hand and smiled a little when she pulled him down into a gentle hug. Mark watched the people around him busy themselves with the mess until the Nurse suggested that Lily needed to clean all of the blood of her…once again.

Mark picked her up and followed the nurse down the hall to the washroom, where lily insisted that mark be the one to help her.

She shed her clothes gently and stepped under the hot water of the shower, the water turning red as it hit the shower floor and slid down the drain. All her fears about being killed and how she was going to survive slipping down the drain with them; she felt more at peace when the large man she loved stepped in behind her and began washing the blood, her past and her pain away with the washcloth.

She turned and looked into the eyes that had captured her from the start, the green drawing her in and making her feel warm inside. Reaching up she pulled his head down her she placed a sweet and innocent kiss on his lips; Sighing with happiness when he returned the kiss and pulled her flush against his body and melting into the kiss.

"Start over" she whispered as she pulled away with a dopey smile on her swollen lips

"No more running, darlin'" Mark pulled her into another kiss, this time things would be different things would change; they would stay together but get to know each other, after handling the police and the fact that she had killed Xavier.