here is chapter 12. Hope you enjoy! I'm super excited...this story has over 5,000 views and 24 reviews. Thanks to everyone who's let me know that they enjoy reading my writings. It means a lot to me. Anyways, this chapter has some really important things that happen that will have a big impact later on, so enjoy!
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Chapter 12
"Um, Nix? Why are we at the hospital?" Nicky asked, turning his head to look at her curiously.
"I'm going to visit a very good friend of mine and I wanted you to meet her," Nix said quietly as she turned the car off and unbundled her seatbelt.
"But, if you are to uncomfortable going to a hospital right now, I'll understand. I'm not going to force you, pup," she reassured.
Nicky stared at the huge white building in silence for a long minute before he took a deep breath and shook his head firmly.
"No, I trust you Nixy. I know you wouldn't have me go along without a good reason. Besides, you never talk about any other friends, so I'm curious to meet this person," he said in a firm tone.
Nix gave him one of her rare full smiles. The one that made her eyes sparkle in happiness and her face suddenly look her 20 years of age that he so often forgot she was. It made him feel happy, knowing he'd said the right thing and that this person, whoever they were, was extremely important to her, and yet she wanted him to meet them.
They excited the car together, itachi, Tobi, and Konan all safely in place, itachi riding on Nix's shoulders and Konan in her arms while Nicky carried Tobi, all three in their kitten forms.
Upon entering the hospital Nix headed straight to the front desk. The nurse on duty looked up and gave her a warm smile.
"Ah, Nix! You're just on time! Everyone is going to be so excited, they've been missing you these last few months," she said.
"Sorry Heidi. It's been a busy time. I'm here to see Meghan and Robyn first, but after I'd love to visit everyone for a while. Give me an hour or so?" Nix said with a little smile.
"Of course. Robyn's been feeling better recently, so you'll probably find the two of them outside in the gardens," the other woman said, waving them off with one last friendly smile.
"Megan and Robyn? Who're they?" Nicky asked, trotting a bit to keep pace with the other girl.
"Megan is my friend, and Robyn is her son. He's about your age," Nix said, looking down and slowing her stride so he could walk next to her without having to run.
"Oh, kay," Nicky said, looking down at the small cat in his arms.
"Nix!" Nicky jerked and looked up in time to see a small woman with long black hair throw herself at Nix in an enthusiastic hug.
Nix chuckled and hugged her back.
It's good to see you too, Megan. How have you been?" Nix asked, releasing her.
"Pretty good. Robyn's been feeling better, so I'm glad you came to see him," she responded.
"I'm glad," Nix said softly with a warm smile.
Nicky jumped a bit when the other woman suddenly addressed him.
"So you must be the reason for Nix's recent disapearance," she said in a teasing tone.
"Um, I guess so?" Nicky said uncertainty, glancing over at Nix then looking back down at Tobi.
He looked up when a hand squeezed his shoulder. Nix smiled warmly at him before addressing the other woman.
"Don't tease him, Meg." Nix scolded lightly before continuing, " This is Nicky, the boy I adopted,"
"Nice to meet you," Nicky mumbled, offering her a faintly wary smile.
Megan smiled back widely. " Nice to meet ya! My little hellion of a child is around here somewhere," she said jokingly.
"Mom, it's not very nice to call people names, and I've been here for the last five minutes," a young boy's voice said from behind her grumpily.
Nicky blinked when a very, very small boy with red hair in tight curls past his ears, and bright blue eyes stepped out from behind Megan to stand by her side.
The other boy looked him over once before turning to give Nix a small smile.
"Hi Nix," he said.
Nix smiled back and gave him a gentle hug.
"Hey Robyn," she said affectionately then, "this is Nicky. Can you show him to the playroom while I catch up with your mom for a little bit?"
Robyn rolled his eyes, but was smiling when he responded, "fine, I guess I can babysit for a bit," he said.
Robyn grabbed Nicky's hand and pulled him along behind him, surprisingly strong for his small size.
Nicky blinked as his brain tried to catch up to the conversations of the last two minutes.
"Hey! What do you mean babysit me?!" He yelped indignately.
The smaller boy rolled his eyes and kept walking.
Nicky trotted a few steps so he was walking beside him instead of being pulled.
"Um, you said you were Robyn right?" Nicky asked hesitantly after a couple moments of awkward silence.
"Yeah,?" Robyn said, looking at him sideways.
"Do you know how your mom and Nix know each other?" Nicky asked. "I've never heard Nix mention any other friends, so it surprised me," Nicky said.
"Yeah, I know how they met," Robyn replied with a little nod.
"Nixy is an amazing person, you know? She's a hero," Robyn said, "at least that's what mom tells me,"
"I kind of know what she does for work, because she saved me, but she doesn't like talking about work when she's at home," Nicky said slowly.
"You've seen her scars, right?" Robyn asked and Nicky nodded.
"Mom told me she got those protecting her and the others. There was a really bad man who was kidnapping kids and hurting them really bad. Mom says that Nixy made a bet with him, that as long as she never asked him to stop when he was hurting her, then he would leave the others alone that day. He didn't think she could, but mom says that Nixy never cried in front of him or asked him to stop, so they didn't get hurt. Mom says that Nixy saved all of them because he focused all on her and it let the police save them and put the very bad man in jail, and everyone was able to go home to their mom's and dad's, except Nixy. She was hurt real bad too, that's what the scars are from," Robyn explained as they walked slowly down the hallway.
"Wow," Nicky whispered.
The next several minutes were filled with silence as both boys were wrapped up in their thoughts. After an elevator ride, however, they arrived at the place they were heading too and Robyn pushed the door open.
Inside was a small sitting/playroom, with an old piano in the corner. The 5 or 6 kids in the room looked up when they entered.
"Robyn, you're here?!" A girl around their age asked, sounding happy to see him.
"Yep. Nixy finally came back, she should be here soon. This is Nicky, the kid she adopted," Robyn said cheerfully in greeting.
Nicky looked around the room unsurely and managed a weak smile as everyone turned to look at him, talking at once in excitement.
"Please hurry up, nix," he thought to himself.
