"I told him not to go anywhere." said Chris, in an irritated voice. They were once again at the hospital, this time for Duncan. It had been an hour since D.J. had gotten the call about the accident.
"You couldn't expect him to just sit around all day." Courtney shot at Chris. "That's not the kind of person Duncan is."
"No Duncan is the kind of person who does stupid shit and nearly gets himself killed." Chris shot back.
"Now hold on a second, Chris." said Chef. "Duncan may have disobeyed orders, but Courtney is right. You couldn't have expected him to just stay put. Besides would you have stayed if your roles had been reversed?"
Chris hung his head. "No, I guess I wouldn't have." he said solemnly. "Sorry for being an asshole." he said looking at Courtney.
"Apology accepted." Courtney replied. "I guess I could have been a bit less harsh too. I could've done more to stop him and I didn't. Its just, he wouldn't listen, he just blew me off and left, and now-" she could not go on.
"Courtney, everything is gonna be okay." said Bridgette in a comforting voice.
"How can you say that Bridgette?" Courtney asked, fighting to hold back the tears. "How can any of us say that? Things aren't getting better, ever since Izzy went down things have gone from bad to worse." The others had nothing to say. They knew Courtney was right, it seemed like every time things were starting to turn around, another one of them was taken out.
Just then the nurse, the same one they had dealt with when Lindsey and Beth were brought in, entered the room.
"How is he?" Courtney asked, sniffing.
"He's doing quite well, considering." said the nurse. "A few broken bones and a concussion, but that's it. He's asking for you, all of you." She lead them to Duncan's room and let them in.
"Oh, Duncan you stupid ass." cried Courtney as she flung herself at him.
"Ow, hey watch the limbs. It's good to see you too honey." said Duncan. His right arm and leg were in casts and his head and ribs were bandaged, but otherwise the nurse was right.
"Huh, guess they overstated the situation when they called." said Noah, glancing at D.J., who shrugged.
"How're you doing dude." Geoff asked, after Courtney had let go.
"Good. Just some broken bones." said Duncan. "You guys ain't gonna believe what I found. The SUV that was following me had the same plate number as the one that hit Izzy."
"WHAT? You're kidding right?" said Owen.
"No I'm not." said Duncan. "Look, I think there's more to this puzzle than we thought. Since I'm laid up here, you guys gotta figure this out, otherwise we're gonna be stuck in this cycle until we're all either in the hospital or dead."
"You can count on us, eh." said Ezekiel. "We'll get to the bottom of this."
"We'll let you, Lindsey, and Beth know if we find anything." said Gwen.
"Don't worry baby, I will avenge you." said Courtney before leaning over and kissing him.
Duncan bid them farewell and they left. Upon returning to the hotel Courtney went up to her room, where she found another note. It read, Courtney, you want answers, than meet me in the park at 11:30 tomorrow. I'll tell you everything you want to know. But beware, they will be watching. TL.
A/N: Well, if you guesses Duncan would be the next one taken out, congratulations you were right. Unfortunatly there is no prize for guessing right, sorry.
