Trent felt a tap on his shoulder that jolted him awake. "Huh, what?" he said. "Wuzzgoinon?" It was the nurse he had spoken with earlier. "Sir, sir" she said, "your friends are awake."
"Huh?" said Trent, and then he remembered. "Oh yeah, thanks. Hey what time is it?"
"It's three-thirty in the morning." the nurse replied.
"Okay, thanks." said Trent. He looked around at the others; they were all asleep except Chef, who was staring out the window.
"Hey Chef, what're you looking at?" Trent asked.
"Nothin', nothin'" said Chef. "Just thinking about all this crazy shit."
"Well the nurse says Lindsey and Beth are awake." said Trent. "I think we should wake the others and go see how they're doing." Chef nodded in agreement, and the two of them quickly roused the others.
"Ugh, where are we?" Cody asked. "What's going on?"
"We're in the hospital dude." said Trent. "Remember we were waiting for Beth and Lindsey to wake up?"
"Oh yeah. So are they awake yet?" asked Cody.
"Yeah, they are." said Trent. "We're about to go say hi."
"How long have we been here?" asked Noah.
"Nine and a half hours." said Chef "Well actually a bit longer than that, it was three-thirty when the nurse came back. It's now three-thirty six."
"Who cares what time it is, let's just go see them." said Tyler impatiently. Chef nodded and the others followed him and Tyler to Beth and Lindsey's room.
They entered to find the two girls laid out on beds, Lindsey with her abdomen heavily bandaged, Beth with her head wrapped in bandaging. Both of them were hooked to I V's and were heavily sedated. Lindsey smiled weakly as they entered, but Beth gave no sign of acknowledgement. Tyler walked over to Lindsey and placed his hand on her shoulder. "Hey babe, how's it going?" he asked.
"I knew you'd come back." Lindsey whispered. "I knew we weren't over."
"Yeah." said Tyler. "We'll never be over Lindsey. I will never leave you again."
"I know you won't." said Lindsey. "You need me to much, you can't live without me." She winced in pain as she finished speaking. Heather was also standing next to Lindsey's bed. "Hey Lindsey." she said, "be strong, you'll get through this, I know you will."
"Thanks Heather." said Lindsey. "Still BFFs for life right?" She lifted her hand and Heather took it saying, "Totally, we'll always be tight."
Heather then turned to Beth, who had been conversing with Cody. "Beth, I know it's been six years, but I just wanted to apologize for everything I did to you at camp." said Heather.
"Heather, there's no need to apologize." said Beth. "What's past is past, what's done is done. I know it was all in the spirit of competition, and I hold no grudges." Heather smiled and nodded.
"I think that's enough visiting for tonight." said Chris. "We'll come and see you again tomorrow. Get some rest now."
"You too Chris." said Beth as Chris and the others left.
Shortly after returning to the hotel, Duncan found another note wedged under his door. "Ah shit, not another one." he muttered as he read it. It said, I told you Izzy was just the first. I told you others would fall. Beware Duncan, you are next.
