sorry about the really slow update... i was...distracted...and izumi's chapter was taken down so i hope she can get her's up soon if not...then ill do it for her...cuz it should be up...RIGHT IZUMI?

Chapter 3: News

Angel woke up in the hospital. The room was white, the bed sheets where white, everything was white. Everything except a colorful blob to her left. Her eyes focused and she noticed it was Kid talking to a medic. So that wasn't a dream.

"How's her condition?" Kobra Kid asked.

"It's… stabilized." The medic hesitated, obviously hiding something.

"Fine, I'll ask again. How is her condition?" Kobra said staring at the medic, his eyes burning intensely.

The medic pursed her lips "The drug has progressed, her time has shortened again." The medic glanced apologetically at Kobra. Oh.

"How much longer?" Kobra said distantly, then he glanced in Angel's direction and paled, seeing that she was awake. The medic was about to answer but Kobra covered her mouth, gave a small warning look, then walked out of the room. The medic fallowed.

Angel pushed herself up, into a sitting position. She glanced down at her hands; they looked like normal human hands. She wasn't expecting anything different though. She was a human, right?

"ANGEL GLITCH!" Rebel Star charged into the room, and promptly glomped Angel. Angel's eyes widened with shock upon impact.

"Uh…" she stared dumbfounded at Rebel Star.

"When I heard you were here I flipped out!" Rebel gushed. "What happened? Are you ok? Oh my god! What happened?"

Angel looked at Rebel, then regained her composure, "oh, I just had a panic attack. Nothing serious." She didn't want anyone to worry. Only Kobra Kid, the other "four" and the medic knew of her true condition.

"Oh I'm so glad you're ok!" she said hugging Angel again. "Here I brought someone along who you might want to meet! You ran away before I could introduce you, sneaky brat. You can come in!" She called out the door.

And in walked Sarah.

She looked awfully depressed. Her eyes were puffy and she didn't bother to brush her hair. She looks like hell! Well no duh going on her background, working for BLind like she did.

"Hi, I'm Rainbow Queen. Nice to meet you." Sarah introduced herself. She held her hand out. Angel reached out and shook it. It was obvious both of their politeness was getting the better of them and made everything seem awkward.

"I'm Angel Glitch, nice to meet you too." Angel put on her best fake smile, and tried to look as normal as possible.

"Hey is it just me, or has your scar gotten bigger? I mean the only place I've seen it was in the other room, but even then I never forget something, about someone's face. Oh my god it's reaching all the way down to your chin now!" Sara-er Rainbow Queen asked. Angel's hand flew up to her eye covering it. She hid her face, as she tried her best to shrink under the covers. "It's quite a strange scar. I've never seen a scar that…green...before." oh please find me a rock to crawl under, now?

"It's not a scar," Angel mumbled, she slowly took her hand down from her face. "It's more of a reminder."

Then Party Poison burst into the room. Fun Ghoul was there, so was Jet star, but Kobra Kid wasn't around. Rebel Star and Rainbow Queen looked as if they were lamps that just got turned on.

"Fun Ghoul!" Rebel Star jumped and went to glomp him, he glomped back of course. Queen glared at Angel, then glanced at Poison. Angel got the message. Go near him, you die.

Poison spoke up "Hey Queen and Rebel, I need to talk to Angel for a second," They both looked at him, unmoving "Err, privately?"

"Sure!" Rebel beamed at Fun Ghoul then practically floated out of the room. However Queen had the look of absolute murder as she stared at Angel when she left. Poison watched as they both left, then turned to Angel Glitch.

"How are you feeling?" he asked impatiently, he leaned on the rail at the end of her bed.

"Fine." Angel replied trying not to look into their eyes.

"Ok," He straightened up again. "Do you want the cold hearted truth?"

Angel hesitantly nodded.

"You have close to a year left. Once the green vein reaches your heart, it will kill you. I'm sorry but it's the truth. However, if you were to stay in bed at the hospital I'm sure you could live up to 3 years. The choice is yours, we don't have the technology, like BLind does to help you, and if we did we would help you in a heartbeat. The choice is yours."

Angel nodded. She knew the news was going to come. "I-I'll stay outside. I can't stand it here. I'd rather do something with my life before I die then stay in bed all day and live longer. A life's worth isn't dictated by how long someone lives it but by how they choose to live."

Poison nodded in approval. Angel knew he felt the same way. He had gone through some life threatening experiences himself so he understood how she felt. Fun Ghoul and Jet Star just looked at Angel. They didn't get anything, being killjoys their whole life they can only pretend to know what it feels like to have a limited time left.

Angel made eye contact with each of them. Slid her legs out from under the covers, and stood up.