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I turned to Angel and Gaz, who were holding each other with tears streaming down their faces and terrified expressions on. I gestured to them to go into the kitchen but they didn't move, frozen in shock. I picked both of them up, one in each arm, and brought them through into the next room.
'You, guys stay here okay? Nudge is going to be fine, I promise. If she isn't I will personally rip Jeb to pieces,' I said to them, murmuring the last part darkly.
'Me too,' the Gasman said in a deadly voice, 'No one hurts my family and gets away with it!' I looked at him in surprise, I hadn't meant for him to hear it but he was right, Jeb had a lot of explaining to do, to all of us.
'Crap... she stopped breathing! Fang, we need help!' I heard Max shout with fear in her voice.
'Stay here guys!' I yelled to Angel and Gaz before sprinting to the couch where Max and Iggy were frozen in fear. Damn, damn, damn, damn... I thought to myself. 'Ig, c'mon man chest compressions now!'
They snapped out of their trances and Iggy started pushing her chest to try and make her breathe, waiting for me to breathe in her mouth and then pushing again. After ten agonisingly long chest compressions, Nudge drew in a deep raggedy breath and then started to breathe slow, uneven breaths.
'Yes!' Iggy yelled loudly, punching a fist in the air as soon as he heard her quiet breathing with his ultra sensitive hearing. Out of nowhere Nudge began to hotter and hotter under my hand; her skin was practically burning me. I jumped away, caught by surprise and heard Iggy yelling with surprise as he too started to get burned by Nudge. Iggy slowly extracted himself from her and lay her head on the couch and then ran into the kitchen and came back followed by Angel and Gaz with a glass of water which he then poured on Nudge's forehead.
We all watched (with the exception of Ig of course) to see if it would help but it dried almost immediately with a hissing noise. 'Well, crap... again' Max said, her forehead screwed up in confusion and worry.
'We need Ella,' Angel suddenly said timidly, 'She should be here!' I exchanged a look with Max with one eyebrow raised in a question. She nodded ever so slightly back.
'I'll go,' I said striding towards the door, 'Address?' Max quickly gave it to me and I jumped into the air, my purple-black wings working quickly to get to Ella's friend's house in time... I hoped I wasn't too late already.
I got to my destination, landing behind some trees and hurrying to the door. I pounded on the door three times and waited impatiently, even though I didn't show it on my face. Two faces, 'hidden' behind a curtain peeked out at me and when they saw who I was, rushed off. 'Be there in a minute!' a voice yelled out followed by some high pitched giggling. After seven minutes and twenty-two seconds, the door finally opened to reveal a girl with her make-up done in a hurry, the lipstick was smeared, and a very short skirt, which was on back to front.
'Is Ella here?' I said quietly. The girl looked annoyed that I was asking for Ella and not her but she led me in to a sitting room where six thirteen year olds sat watching a movie. They paused it the minute I walked in and all turned to ogle at me, looking me up and down with what seemed to be approval. I scanned them all for Ella but couldn't find her anywhere.
The door to what i assumed to be a kitchen opened and Ella walked in saying 'What's up guys?' but stopped once she saw me and immediately knew something was up. 'Fa- I mean Nick -so your Abigail's mystery hottie...- What are you doing here?' The girl, who I assumed to be Abigail, blushed a deep scarlet and buried her face in a pink fluffy pillow.
'Emergency. We need you. Now.' I answered ignoring the stares of the other girls. I started striding quickly to the door and stopped to look back at a confused Ella who hadn't moved.
'Wait, F-Nick, what's the emergency? What's wrong?'
'Uh... Monique. It's serious. Let's go.' I answered letting my frustration show, for all I knew it could be too late for Nudge already! Her eyes widened and she hurried to my side. I grabbed her hand and started to walk really fast towards the door.
'Wait Ella your shoes! It's wet outside!' One of her friends called out. I swung her up into my arms, bridal style, and half ran out the doors and towards the trees to take off. I ignored the gasps of all her friends when they saw her in my arms.
'Umm, I guess I'll get them later.... Sorry it's really an emergency. Bye guys! Yes Abigail, I'll ring you later and give you all the details about F-Nick later,' I scowled at that part. 'And yeah, I know that part wasn't meant to be said aloud! See you guys later!' Ella yelled back over my shoulder.
I got to the trees and, making sure no one could see me, jumped straight into the air my wings snapping out and working powerfully. Ella screamed, not expecting it but I ignored her and worked to rise higher out of sight. I flew home as fast as I could; all the while hoping I was not too late. I landed and still carrying Ella, ran into the house. I panicked when I couldn't see or hear anyone.
'Fang, we're upstairs... quick!' Gazzy's voice rang out in the silence. I sprinted upstairs to the bathroom, pausing for a split second to kick Jeb, who was moaning on the floor, hard in the ribs, and saw Nudge lying in the bathtub (fully dressed) in order to try and get her scarily high fever down; the water was slowly turning pink with the blood from her wrist. I dipped a finger in; the water was lukewarm and was getting hotter and hotter with her rising body temperature.
'Ella, what do we do? Ella, c'mon focus on me. Good. Now, what would Mom do if she was here?' Max said quickly to a hyperventilating Ella who looked like she was going into shock at the sight of Nudge who looked practically half dead.
'Umm, okay Moms vet stuff is in her room.' She ran off and came back with a massive bag full of medical stuff. 'Oh! And she bought a load of things for in case you guys get hurt.' She grabbed Gaz and ran off again. We heard a lot of banging and crashing and finally they arrived back up with their arms full of first-aid kits for all sorts of purposes. She dumped it on the floor, opened the bathroom cabinet and pulled out a big book.
'Okay Iggy, can you set her wrist?'
'On it.' Iggy tenderly picked up her wrist and gently skimmed over it with his sensitive fingers. 'Hmm...'He muttered as he tried to figure out the best way to fix it. Carefully he slid the bone back in and set it carefully. 'Uh, anyone have a needle and thread or whatever? Her wound needs stitches...' Ella wordlessly rummaged in the bag and came up with those stick-on stitches. Iggy put them on and reached his hand out for a roll of bandage. Then he wound it round and round her arm until you couldn't see the bright red blooming bloodstains.
'Hey guys! She is starting to cool down now; I think we can take her out of the tub.' Gazzy cut in. We all whipped round to face Nudge. She was indeed getting colder at an alarming rate and her arms were starting to get goose bumps. I grabbed a towel and Iggy picked her up and placed her in it with creepy accurateness for a blind dude. Max then carefully wrapped it around her and our little 'procession' made its way into the girls room. Thankfully the beds were still wedged together so I laid her down in the middle of the beds.
'Well, what now?' Iggy said turning to face the area where he thought Ella was... it was really a lamp shade...
'Ummm, that's all I really thought of now, Max?' Iggy whirled round, trying to make it seem like he knew where Ella was the whole time. It didn't work.
'That's all we can really do for now so... Umm guys, Me, Fang and Ig are going to go and get some serious answers from Jeb so Ange, Gaz and Ella, you guys are going to watch Nudge and if anything, I mean anything changes, call us immediately.' I felt another burst of affection in my chest... Max just knew how to take charge like that... Crap, I did not just think that, okay Angel?
Whatever you want to think Fang, but for the record you and Max are sooo cute together! Angel thought to me.
Not the right time Ange. Nudge is hurt and I gotta go beat the crap outta Jeb!
Sorry Fang...Angel mentally told me in a taunting way.
Ignoring her Max, Ig and I stalked down-stairs ready to pulverise Jeb into obliviation if he didn't have one hell of a good excuse for why my 'sister' was lying upstairs unconscious after having some sort of fit and showing no signs of getting even slightly better... He was going to pay.
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