A/N: Giovannigo! Author's Notes are important! Yeah, I blab for the first half, but the second half has important info! They answer your questions... Anyway, let's go...

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Sequel: Chapter 20: The Return of a Friend... (Again)

Kevin's PoV:

"Kevin?" I hear my Mom's voice. "Kevin, there's someone here to see you,"

I wake up, but I'm still half-asleep... I'm not in the mood for anything right now... What happened to me tonight will stick with me forever... "Tell them I don't wanna see them... I'm tired and don't feel well, Mom... I'm not in the mood..."

"Are you sure? I'm sure it's someone you've been wanting to see..."

I face the direction of the door, where Mom is. I see Buzz, Megan, Linnie, Jeff, and all my cousins! "Guys! You're here!" I say, trying to sound excited, since I'm tired and sick. They're all over to my hospital bed and they hug me two or three at a time. When Buzz hugs me, he doesn't seem to want to let go... He starts to cry... "Buzz... Buzz... Hey, don't cry... I'm OK..."

"I was so worried about you... Both times... You know that it's so hard... to keep in my emotions..." This is a whole new side of Buzz I'm not used to seeing...

"Well, I'm OK now, Buzz... Nothing's gonna happen to me..." Right? Nothing's going to happen to me? Will I die? I guess it really does take something like this to really bring a family together...

"There's someone else here to see you, too," Mom says.

Buzz lets go of me, and we all look toward the door. In enters Marv... "Marv?..." I'm shocked... I thought he was dead... "How did you... How did you survive?..." He struts over to me.

"I fainted from the loss of blood. You saw that he only shot me in the shoulder,"

"What about Ben?"

"I'm surprised you asked..."

"I don't really care... I wanna be sure he stays away from me forever... He was sick!"

He sits on the end of my bed and explains, "I know. And I'm sorry about that, buddy,"

I sink down in the bed and say, stuttering, "H-He kissed me on the head, just before he and Harry locked me in the closet... He looked at me weird, while we were having supper..." Tears form in my eyes. I forgot to tell Mom the whole story about what Ben did... When I look, I see that she has a worried look on her face. "I was worried... I thought he was going to do something to me..." I bring my hand up to my face and cry.

"Hey, hey, hey... It's OK. You're safe now. Ben won't get you. Don't worry, there's a restraint against him,"

"He's in the same hospital as me... He'll get me!"

"Don't be so afraid of Ben, OK? Harry and Krista are gone..." I bawl even more, when he says that. "I'm sorry, buddy," He places his hand on my shoulder. "I... I forgot..."

"Mr. Merchants, a word please," I hear Mom say. Marv gets off the bed, and I hear them exit the room...

Kate's PoV:

"Do you think I should go now?" Mr. Merchants asks. I nod. "Can I come back?"

"I don't know, we'll see. When do you go back to jail?"

"I'm only going for the next month, and then I'll be doing weekends for even longer... I'm probably going back sometime this week. I didn't mean to upset him, by the way,"

"I know, but I still think you should go now, just for the time being,"

"Alright. Don't worry, Ben won't come after him,"

"I still have an uneasy feeling about that bastard being in the same building as my babe..."

"I know you do. Everything will be OK. I promise. He's locked down. He's even being released soon, from what I've heard..."

"Mr. Merchants... I've had this uneasy feeling before... more than once... And it seemed to have happened the most the last time he was kidnapped... I ended up being right..."

"Well, I'll go make sure everything's safe, OK, ma'am?" He places his hand on my shoulder. I nod. "When does Kevin get out of the hospital?" I don't answer... I don't realize he asked me something... I'm too deep in thought... "Mrs. McCallister?" I snap back into reality. "When does Kevin get out of the hospital?"

"Uh... Uh... It should be Christmas Day..." I answer.

"I think that's the day Ben gets out of the hospital, too,"

"OK. Make sure that bastard stays away from my baby. If not..." I warn. I then walk back into the room that Kevin's being kept in...

As soon as I'm back in Kevin's room, Peter walks up to me and wraps an arm around me. He says, "He's asleep,"

I nod and then say, "Mr. Merchants said that he'll make sure that Kevin's safe from Ben,"

"He'd better... That little boy's gone through enough these past few weeks... If Ben even comes on this floor, I'll make sure he won't see tomorrow..." This is a whole new side of Peter I've never seen...

"Peter..."

"I'm not having my little boy scarred even more than he already is! He's not to get hurt again, Katie! He will not be touched by that monster!"

"I know..."

"I'm not having my son killed, because of that asshole not being restrained..."

"I know, Peter... Just please, calm down..."

Peter brings his hand up to his face and sighs. "I'm sorry... I'm just scared... angry... worried..."

I hug him and say, "I know, Peter... I know..."

To be Continued...

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A/N: Merci! You know, the same thing, of course! :P Useless info: I had my first day of second semester, and it actually wasn't so bad... I worry too much for nothing...

Well, I think I have a plan for next chapter! ;) I mean, Ben's in the same hospital as Kevin... Something could be attempted... I don't know... I could be hinting at something! ;) Heheheh... XD Well, you'll see what happens next! Love y'all! :D Ciao!

PS: This was supposed to be up last night! I was going on to post it, and this stupid "error 503" thing had to show up, until just a little while ago! Sorry to keep you guys waiting... Blame error 503! :P

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