Labels-Chapter 4-
Doug's P.O.V
I waited outside the ward doors, my eyes puffy, as I waited for one of the three to walk out. The doctors had said only three people at a time, and since I was the one to have to go get Carlos and Jay, I lost my chance to see her. Ben sat next to me, and he anxiously awaited Mal's return, his green eyes trained on the door. He turned to me, and reassured me they were probably all with her, and they would come out soon, as his phone beeped, and he checked it out. I watched his expression change, his face darkening, and his mouth pulling into a furious snarl. I tried to look at whatever message he got, and he handed me his phone, visibly trying to calm his anger. I looked over a page from the school gossip column, and I saw the biggest story, my stomach dropped. It was titled "The Princess and The Pool" and I furiously read through three pages, and looked at the pictures, my heart dropping with every page, as I read through things I thought she would tell me. I turned to Ben, my voice cracking as I asked why she had been at the pool in the first place. My eyes teared up, and I started snuffling, as Ben silently padded across the hall, talking to the doctor in a low voice, and I'm pretty sure I heard the words, "Kingly Order". After about five minutes of arguing, the doctors rose and walked with Ben towards me. "We can see her now, but we are apparently not allowed on the bed, as they already took up two." I got up so fast, my head started spinning, my glasses almost fell off my face, and I rushed into the room. I saw why they hadn't walked out. Carlos was hugging Evie, on the edge of the bed, as Mal hugged her from the center of the bed. Jay hugged Evie, his arm extending over Mal, and he looked hurt, even in his sleep. Mal's face was worn, her eyebrows drawn together in stress, even in her deep slumber. And Carlos, the look on Carlos's face was heart-breaking, as his squirmed as if uncomfortable, yet never let go of Evie, his hold rock solid, like a child holding on to a security blanket. Doug pushed an arm-chair over to her, kissing her forehead, as I drifted off to sleep sitting on the seat next to her. My dreams were ladled with nightmares, as Evie appeared to me, asking why I'd betray her, over and over again, her lilt voice fading near the end of the dream as I screamed for her. I shot awake, realizing why she'd been at the pool, my phone.
If someone had told her to meet me at the pool, on the phone I had lost, she would have gone.
Carlos's P.O.V
I shot awake, and everyone else was sleeping, and Doug was sleeping in an armchair by Evie's head. I stared at Evie again, wondering who would do this to such a happy, bright, forgiving person, I mean, she didn't have anything against anyone...except Chad. She had never forgiven him, and he had never became a better person. The anger flooded my veins as I became more and more certain that Chad was behind this, and I carefully maneuvered off the bed, wary of waking someone. I crept out of the room, running to Chad's room.
Mal's P.O.V
I woke up to the sound of barking, loud and anxious. I rolled over, and there stood Dude, barking his head off like crazy, waking Jay up. He turned over, before bolting off the bed, searching for something. "Where's Carlos?" He asked, his voice overflowing with worry for the youngest member of our team, as I shot up, and glanced at Dude. I followed him, as I called for Jay to follow me. I ran through the school campus, weaving with Dude through the stands and lampposts, as he ran to the boy's campus, coming to a room where I could hear fighting inside. I opened the door, staring in amazement at Carlos, who was on Chad's chest as he held the older boy's wrist above his head, pressed flat to the floor, as he screamed. "I know it was you, Chad, I know you're the one who hurt Evie!" Tears streamed down his face as he somehow managed to subdue the larger teen, but Chad was putting up a fight. Who would've thought our scrawny Carlos could subdue the 3rd best tourney player, and one of the strongest kids in school? "I don't know what you're talking about, you psycho!" Chad squirmed under Carlos, angry. Jay ran in, pulling Carlos of Chad, and grabbing Chad by the front of his shirt, and holding him up against the wall, his dark eyes were filled with a fire I had only seen once before.
"I was running through the market, weaving through the people, as three large, angry men were chasing me, their breath stank of alcohol. They called me names as I tripped, my fifteen-year-old self terrified as they surrounded me, and I couldn't move, when out of nowhere, Jay appeared. He was angry as he threw a punch at the leader, and I heard a resounding crack as his nose bent at a funny angle, bleeding like crazy. He moved amazingly quick, crippling the other two with a punch to their unmentionables, as he said in a low voice, filled with menace, that if they ever went after me again, or if they went after Evie or Carlos, that he'd make them sorry they ever existed. They hurriedly nodded, and Jay turned to me, pulling me up as he walked to Bargain Castle, and he knocked on my window, and a sixteen-year-old Evie opened it, and a thirteen-year-old Carlos read the book Jay had managed to get him."
Mystery Person's P.O.V
I crept through the window as I noticed the entire room was empty. I walked over to Evie's bed, bending my head closed to her ear, as I whispered,"All you had to do was love me, not that idiotic half dwarf. All you had to do was say you love me, and kiss me. But you didn't, and now, I'll leave you alive, just so you can witness what you have done to your friends." I put a charm on her, a charm that would only be removed by the user, a charm that she would be able to see, hear, feel everything that happens, but it would keep her in a coma like state. I walked back to the window, pulling myself out, as I gazed at her one last time, quietly whispering,"One down. Three to go. You better be prepared, purple headed one." Because there are more ways to break someone more than physically, and I planned one big emotional break. I pulled a vial out of my bag, drinking it as I grew, and I looked in the mirror, the face of King Ben greeting me.
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