Chapter 7

~Dream/Vision~

Lily was in darkness. She shivered. She hated the darkness because bad things always happen. Suddenly lightening struck by her feet and she shrieked. She stood still as she listened to the silence.

"Please…," she heard faintly.

She walked towards the sound.

"No…please not her," the voice pleaded louder.

She gasped when the darkness lifted and she saw Johnny on his knees. A man stood in front of him, holding a version of her by the neck. He had on a silver mask.

"You love her?" the man asked curiously.

"Yes, please don't hurt her," Johnny pleaded.

"Pity," the man said before he threw Lily.

Johnny screamed hoarsely as Lily watched.

"You bastard!" Johnny cried as he lunged for the man.

Lightening came out of the man's hand and it struck Johnny. He flew backwards.

Lily screamed.

~End Dream/Vision~

"NO!" Lily cried loudly as she sat up.

Johnny jumped from the couch and turned towards her.

"Lily," he whispered, touching her shoulder.

"No!" Lily cried and flinched. She put her hands on his chest. Her eyes were still closed.

"Whoa, hey, it's okay," she heard his voice.

She snapped open her eyes and looked at Johnny. He stared at her. Her eyes were pure orange. They faded to the original color as she recognized him.

"Jo-Johnny?" she whispered.

"Yea. I'm here," Johnny said.

"Wha-what happened?" she asked.

Johnny cupped her cheek, "I don't know. Are you okay?"

Lily looked at him confusingly. She looked down to the floor as she tried to remember the dream.

"Lily?" he asked.

Her eyes widened as she remembered. "You died!"

She grabbed her arms in fright.

"Whoa! Hey, I'm okay," Johnny reassured her.

Lily looked at him, not sure if she was still in a dream. Johnny could tell in her eyes that she didn't believe him.

"Look, here," Johnny took her hand and put it over his heart. "Feel that?"

Lily nodded.

"Good. I'm not dead. I'm still here," Johnny said.

Lily sighed as she nodded.

"I'm gonna ask this again," he smiled. "Are you okay?"

Lily looked at him, her brows crinkled. "I don't…I don't know. I don't feel good," Lily said.

Johnny looked at her face and noticed how pale it had gotten. He looked down by chance, and his eyes widened.

"You're bleeding," Johnny said.

She looked down to see that blood had seeped through the shirt she wore, and that it was growing.

"Oh. Guess that's why I don't feel good," Lily whispered.

Her hands weakened and they dropped. Her head lolled in his hand as her eyes slowly closed.

"Lily!"

At her name, she opened them up.

"Stay with me," Johnny said.

She nodded slightly. He knew he should pick her up and take her to the Medic Lab, bit he was afraid he would harm her. So he laid her back down. He kneeled on the ground beside her.

"Johnny," she whispered.

"Yea?" He looked down at her.

"Call for Reed."

"Right…right," Johnny nodded.

She smiled as Johnny stood up on his knees and shouted as loud as he could. He went back down and pressed down on her newly opened wound.

"Hey!" He said when he noticed her eyes closing.

She opened them right back up.

"Johnny, what is it? I was wor- What happened?" Reed demanded as he rounded the corner and saw Johnny.

"I don't know. I was watching TV when she sat up," Johnny explained.

Reed peeked under Johnny's hand and swore.

"She opened her stitches. Follow me Johnny," Reed said.

Johnny picked Lily up in his arms and followed Reed back to the Medic Lab.

"Lay her down there," Reed pointed to the bed.

Johnny laid her down and moved out of the way. Reed worked on Lily.

"Tell me more about what happened," Reed said.

Johnny watched Lily close her eyes.

"She had a nightmare, I think. She woke up and her eyes were orange."

"Orange?" Reed asked, perplexed.

Johnny nodded even though Reed couldn't see him. He looked down at his hands to see the blood on them. He swallowed thickly.

"She said I was dead," Johnny whispered.

Reed paused and nodded, letting him know he heard him. Johnny kept looking down at his hands.

"I-I gotta go," he whispered and fled the room.

"Johnny!" Reed called after him.

Johnny ignored Reed's call and ran into the hallway. Ben stepped into the hallway.

"Out of my way!" Johnny said harshly as he passed Ben.

"Hey! What did I do?" Ben said as he watched Johnny run into the living room.

He heard Johnny's catchphrase of "Flame on!" and he was curious of what happened. He turned into the hallway and he then realized where Johnny had come from.

"No," he thought.

He thundered through the hallway and stopped suddenly in the doorway. Ben walked slowly towards Reed.

"Lily?" Ben whispered.

"She will be fine Ben," Reed said as Ben picked up a stool and set it down beside Lily.

He took her small hand in his large one and he watched as Reed worked on her.