Sorry it took so long for this chapter to go up, but here it is I hope you like it.

disclaimer: Same as always, I don't own any of the original Black Donnelly characters.

A week had gone by and Teddy still hadn't made a decision about what college she was going to choose. It seemed to her like she had been fighting with all of her brothers over what to do.

Teddy yelled from the front door, "I'm going out with Shelby; I'll probably be out late. Don't wait up; I'll wake you when I get in."

She was just closing the door when Tommy grabbed it, "Where are you going?"

Teddy shrugged, "Movies, maybe we'll walk around downtown."

"Let me see what you're wearing."

Teddy pushed the door open, "Jeez, Tommy, when did you become my warden?"

"I've always been your warden, but since you have become a teenager I have to step it up."

Teddy looked bored, "Can I go?"

"Yes go, have fun, but not too much."

Teddy nodded and took off.

It was about midnight and all four brothers were sitting in an empty Firecracker.

They heard a thump against the front door. Jimmy looked at the door, "What the hell was that?"

Kevin was closest to the door so he got up and looked outside the door. One moment he was there, the next moment the door was closing behind him and he was yelling, "Teddy! Teddy, wake up!"

The other three ran out the door almost tripping over him.

Tommy fell to his knees, "Teddy! Dammit Teddy!" He touched her face, "Fuck, she's burning up! Jimmy, call an ambulance!"

Jimmy ran back into the bar and called. When he came back out Kevin had Teddy's head in his lap. He looked up at Jimmy with a look in his eyes that Jimmy had never seen before, "She won't wake up."

Jimmy put his hand on Sean's shoulder, "Why don't you call Shelby and find out what happened."

Sean nodded slowly, "I'll call ma too." He got up and went into the bar.

After the ambulance had left, Sean came out of the bar, "Ma's gonna meet us at the hospital."

Tommy looked at him as they ran, "What about Shelby?"

Sean shook his head, "She wasn't with her. She said that Teddy called her earlier and mentioned something about a rave, but Shelby couldn't go."

They got to the hospital and met their mother. She looked at them with a worried look, "The doctor hasn't come out yet. What happened?"

Tommy shrugged, "We're not sure."

Just then, the doctor came out of Teddy's room, "Mrs. Donnelly?"

Helen walked forward, "What's wrong with my daughter?"

"We took some blood to find out. We are attempting to bring her body temperature down. Her internal temperature had reached 108 degrees."

"What does that mean?"

"It means her brain and body were cooking from the inside out. If we can't manage to cool her off there could be brain damage. She is also severely dehydrated. Can any of you tell me what might have happened tonight?"

Tommy spoke up, "She left at around nine o'clock that was the last time we saw her before this."

"I called her friend and she said Teddy was supposed to be going to a rave." Sean added.

The doctor nodded, "I'll get back to you as soon as I get the results, you can go in and see her if you'd like."

Helen, Kevin and Sean went in the room, Jimmy and Tommy waited outside. Tommy turned to Jimmy, "We need to find out what happened."

A nurse came down the hall and stopped in front of them, "Are you a relative of…" She looked at the front of the envelope, "Theodora Donnelly?"

They both nodded, "We're her brothers." Tommy answered.

She handed Tommy the envelope, "These are the personal effects that your sister was admitted with."

Tommy sat down with Jimmy and opened the envelope. Looking inside they found some change, a set of keys, Teddy's school ID, some cash and a small bag of pills.

Jimmy looked at the pills, "What is Teddy doing with these?"

"You don't think she's taking them, do you?" For once Tommy was dumbfounded.

"I don't know, but if she is her blood test will tell us."

Tommy took the pills, "Did you tell her it was all right to take these?"

"What…no." Jimmy stood up, "How could you ever think I would do anything to hurt her?"

"I don't know anymore, Jimmy."

"I wouldn't, tell ma I'll be back later." Jimmy stormed off.

Tommy pocketed the pills and put the rest back in the envelope. He went into Teddy's room and handed the envelope to Helen, "These are her personal effects. The nurse gave them to me."

Helen took the envelope, "Where's your brother?"

"I don't know. He's handling this pretty bad. He said he'd be back."

Helen nodded and took Tommy's hand.