"I don't understand the purpose of making a bet that you don't care if you lose." Jessica said as she grabbed the remote to see if anything was on tv. It was just some rerun of an old comedy before the show was interrupted.

"This just in!" The news anchor said. "We have just gotten word that there been a shooting at the Tipton hotel in Boston. At least five people are dead and several more are wounded."

At that moment, I was hit with a feeling of intense panic. I didn't know what to do. I didn't know how to react. I went with the first thing that came to mind. I frantically began dialing the phone. I had to know if mom and dad were okay.

"Please answer, please answer." I repeated as the phone rang a few times. I didn't know what I would do if anything happened to them. I needed to know that they were okay.

"Hello?" Mom answered. I breathed a sigh of relief even though I could only be certain at the moment that Mom was alive. I still needed to know about Dad.

"Oh thank god." I declared. I was still breathing kind of heavy at the moment. It probably wasn't good for me but I was literally experiencing a crisis. "Please tell me that you and Dad are okay."

"We're fine. We were both in the room at the time of the shooting." Mom explained. I couldn't have been more thrilled at the moment. It was then that I realized that Mom and Dad were not the only people at the Tipton that I cared about. "But that's about where the good news ends. Mr. Moseby's dead and Maddie's in critical condition."

I wanted to cry. No I did cry. I couldn't believe that Mr. Moseby was dead. We had had many hard times, but he was almost like family to me. On top of that, the fact that Maddie could die as well made things even worse. I supposed the thing that I needed to do most was go home and talk to my parents because I really needed to hug them at the moment.

"I'll be there as soon as I can." I stated before I hung up. I then explained the situation to everyone. Bailey was the only one who shed any tears because she was the only one who really knew Moseby. "Bailey, I'm sorry that I can't stay but I need to head down to Boston immediately. I also want to head there alone."

"Let me come with you." Max offered. "I don't know if it's safe for you to drive when you're like this. The last thing that we need is for you to be in the hospital as well."

"Okay but we need to go now. I want to get there before it's too late." I declared as I pulled on Max's hand. As we got into the car, I couldn't help but cry some more. I needed to know that Maddie was okay. She couldn't die. She just couldn't. There had to be something that I could do.

"She'll be fine." Max tried to assure me. I was pretty sure that it didn't help.

"How do you know?" I asked. "And what if she isn't?"

"Well there's two ways that you can look at this: the optimistic way and the pessimistic way." Max explained. "The pessimistic way won't do you any good because it will only make you worry more. She's going to be okay."

"She's going to be okay." I repeated to myself several times as we headed back to the airport. I was pretty sure that she was annoyed by it but she probably thought it was a bad idea to tell me to stop. I had to

Fortunately, we still had the jet that could take us back to Boston. Max massaged my shoulders to try to calm me down. I didn't really want to be calm, I wanted to know that Maddie was okay. I didn't even care that I didn't get to see Cody because I would have chances to see him later and I didn't even know if I would get a chance to see Maddie again.

The flight to Boston was really short. We probably could've actually driven there but we basically got there in twenty minutes. Max had called her parents to send the limo to meet us at the airport. Being in Boston meant that she would have to spend some time with them later but that probably wouldn't happen until tomorrow. My schedule was instantly frozen the minute I found out about Maddie.

We arrived at the hospital where London was also in the waiting room. I couldn't help but wonder if she had been shot at all, but considering my experience with the media, I would say probably not. There was no way they would leave that part out.

"So I take it you heard the news." She remarked. I nodded as I waited for her to tell me more.

"How is she?" I asked. I hoped that she would have good news. There had to be good news. There just had to be.

"She's in surgery right now." London explained. "They said the outlook doesn't look good."

"Can't you heal her?" I asked. She was a wizard. There had to be something that she could do with magic.

"I don't know any healing spells." She answered. Well did she have someone could teach her one? Or better yet, could she get someone who could do one here? I then understood that London was probably as stressed as I was or maybe even more so.

"How did all of this happen?" I asked.

"Come with me and I'll tell you the story." She instructed as she took me to a private location.

It was nighttime at the Tipton. Harry O'Neill walked inside. He was someone who successfully conned several people at the hotel into getting a free room with the help of his daughter before Cody and I managed to expose his lies.

"What are you doing here?" Mr. Moseby declared as the man approached him. "You are not allowed at this hotel."

"You are going to pay for putting me in jail." Harry announced.

"I'm going to call the police." Moseby countered.

"You won't get the chance." Harry declared as he pulled out a gun and shot Moseby point-blank in the head. The manager fell down dead instantly as everyone in the lobby looked on in shock. There were several screams from those who had witnessed the murder.

"All of you are next. All of you are going to die!" Harry exclaimed as he began to shoot at everyone. They all began to run. Norman the doorman was easy target. Harry was a pretty good shot and most of them fell to the ground, either dead or bleeding,

Maddie looked around, her body was too afraid to move from the candy counter. Harry fired at her, hitting her in the chest. He then began to head toward the elevator. He wouldn't stop until everyone in the hotel was dead, despite the fact that he had nowhere near the amount of ammunition to make such a thing happen.

London, after hearing gunshots had gotten into the elevator and came out as soon as he pressed the button.

She looked around at the carnage in the lobby. She knew before anyone could tend to the wounded, she would have to deal with the problem. She would just have to find who was responsible for it and stop them without getting shot herself because she didn't know any healing spells.

"Going somewhere, Ms. Tipton?" Harry asked as he pointed the gun at her head.

"You are going to pay for doing this." London remarked.

"I don't think so." Harry argued. as he reached for the trigger.

"Cardiacus Attackus." London declared as Harry fell to the ground in pain. He clutched his chest as he began to trouble breathing.

"What did you do to me, bitch?" Harry asked.

"I'm giving you what you deserve." London stated as she picked the gun off the ground and shot Harry with the last bullet. The ambulances had just arrived and started to take the wounded away.

"I wish I could have been here sooner." London replied. She knew no one could hear her, but she felt like she could stopped things from happening.

"So you saved everyone?" I asked. I was impressed. I never thought that London would so badass. I was impressed.

"Yeah the police want to talk to me but I said I wouldn't until I know if Maddie is going to live or die." She explained. "I can't believe that I was too late."

I hugged her tightly. I knew that she probably needed it as much as I did. She hugged me back.

"There was no way that you could have seen it coming." I replied. I was pretty sure it was true unless she had some kind of clairvoyance that I didn't know about.

"I don't know what I'm going to do." She wept. "Moseby's dead and Maddie might be. They were the closest thing to family that I have. I was closer to them than my daddy."

As bad as it had been for me, I did realize how bad it was for London. She essentially lost her father since Moseby was more a father to her than her actual father. We went back to the waiting room to see if we could find any information on Maddie.

After a few hours of waiting, a doctor came out with a bad look on his face. I had seen that look before. I hoped it wouldn't be a repeat of what happened in Berlin.

"Okay so I have good news and I have bad news." The doctor explained. "The good news is the bullet just missed her heart and we managed to get it out."

"What's the bad news?" I asked in fear. The fact that it had missed her heart had to be a good thing.

"She's in a coma. Her family's will says to only keep her on life-support for three days. We don't know if she'll wake up within that time period." He replied. Three days? That was way too short. We needed to wait to see if she would wake up no matter how long it took.

"I'll cover the bill." London stated. You know I probably could have as well. "Just keep her alive as long as you can."

"Can I see her?" I requested. I just needed to see her in her room.

"Family are the only ones that are allowed to see her at this time." The doctor responded. There had to be a way that I could convince him to let me see her.

"Please let me see her!" I begged. "I may not be blood related to her but she is like family to me. You have to let me see her. I'll do anything."

"Okay I'm not supposed to do this, but my daughter is having a birthday party next week and she happens to be a big fan of yours." He stated. That was a rather lucky coincidence. I just hoped Maddie would be awake by then.

"Of course I'll come. I'd love to meet some of my fans." I agreed. I would do it for free. I would probably even pay him, even though I was pretty sure that was illegal. "So can I see her then?"

"She's in room 101." He answered. I knew that I needed to get down there as soon as I could. You know I couldn't help but wonder where her family was. Actually, I was pretty sure that I hadn't even met any of her family members.

I walked into the room where Maddie was sleeping unresponsively and hooked up to a heart monitor as well as other machines that I wasn't quite sure what they were for. She looked like she was in pretty bad shape. If London hadn't already done it, I would have wanted to kill the man who did this to her. Actually I wanted to bring him back to life and then kill him again. I was that pissed at him. I sat in the room hoping that she would wake up. I stayed there for hours before I fell asleep. I wasn't going to let anyone move me from the spot until Maddie woke up.

I had waited for thirty-six consecutive hours only get up to get for water or go to the bathroom since both were in close vicinity of the room. I hadn't eaten anything since I was let in. Other people came and went from the room and I could tell that they were starting to worry about me. I probably only got about six hours of sleep each night because I was so anxious. But I kept having nightmares about Maddie dying which made it very hard to sleep. I couldn't help but wonder if Maddie was having dreams. I didn't know enough about how comas work to know. Some people say that you're aware of what's around you and others say that your body completely shuts down. I don't think either one has ever been proven because it would be pretty hard to prove.

I then noticed that Maddie's fingers were begin to move. Some people said that could be small movement when you're in a coma, especially if it was reflective but then noticed that there was some other movements as well. I hoped it was what I thought it was and she was in fact waking up. She was definitely beginning to stir and her breathing got heavier. Her eyes shot open. She was awake!

"Maddie?" I asked as I walked closer to her bed.

"Zack?" She replied.

So that's a pretty big cliffhanger. Why did Maddie say Zack's name instead of Zoey? Also Mr. Moseby was killed. Please don't forget to review.