The next generation- where we go from here

Assasination atempt

I took my jacket off and I stumbled back, I felt light headed. "Dimitri, your bleeding." Dad said. I stumbled, and noticed the blood soaking into my shirt. "Get the King to the hospital wing." Dad instructed a guard. The last thing I heard was the man laughing.

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I came too, and Nikki and Serenity were sitting next to me. Nikki was holding Serenity. I moaned at the pain in my side. "Dimitri!" Nikki said as she looked up. "Dimi." Serenity said. They hugged me as lightly as they could. "What's happened?" I asked. "You were shot. Then you lost a lot of blood." Nikki said. "Oh great." I moaned as I put my hand to my forehead. "What about mom?" I asked. "Your in better shape she is." Nikki said. "The bullet went in through her right breast. It barely missed her lung, but it cut a few arteries, it exited right next to her spine. It broke up some where inside of her, and a few more fragments it you. They got as much as they could. But they couldn't get all the pieces. Their's one fragment lodged in one of Ashlyn's Vertebras and right next to her spinal cord. They can't remove it. But if it does move she could become paralyzed." Nikki said. Serenity looked teary. "They suspect theirs one more fragment in you. They took an x Ray after your surgery. There's one more. Yet when they took you back into surgery, they couldn't find it. That's also very dangerous. It could pierce an internal organ." Nikki said. "Where's Levi?" I asked. "Asleep, it's the middle of the night." Nikki Said. Serenity was still in the same dress, it had a blood stain on it. Most likely mine. "How long has it been?" I asked. "Two almost three days. I was so worried." Nikki said. "I'm not going anywhere. Where's mom?" I asked. "She in the room next to this one. Dad's with her. He won't let me see her." Serenity said. "Ask dad to come here, I want to talk to him. Then both of you shower, eat something and get some sleep. Mom and I will be here in the morning." I said. Nikki kissed me. "I love you," she whispered. "I love you too." I said. Serenity kissed my forehead. I grabbed her wrist. I did my best to hug here. "We're gonna be alright." I whispered to her. She left with Nikki.

Dad came in. "Good to see your awake, Nikki, Serenity, Dallas, Lucas and I all had to give blood for you and mom. Lucas has been in bed since the incident, he's been feeling all the pain your mother has." Dad said. "Because of our blood type. But that's unfortunate for Uncle Luke." I smiled. "How do you feel?" Dad asked. "Invincible." I said. "I felt like that too. This woke me up. And reminded me were not." Dad said. "The shooter?" I asked. "He was beaten senseless, by me and other guards. We've left him to die In That cell." Dad said. "Something doesn't feel right about that. Letting him suffer, praying for death." I said. "He shot you." Dad said. "I know, but as a wise man told me, Remember Mercy." I huffed. "So you did listen to me." Dad smiled. "I still wish I could have punched him." I said. "Don't worry I broke his jaw." Dad said. I chuckled, but it was painful, and it turned into a fit of coughs. "Hey take it easy." Dad said as he gave me a glass of water. "I will." I sighed. "Get some rest, you and your mother need it." Dad said. "So do you." I said. "I'll be fine Dimitri." he said. "Don't make me order you." I said with smile. "And you better remember that I'm still your father. It doesn't matter that your my boss." Dad said as he got up. "at least got eat and take a shower." I said. "That I can agree on. It feel exactly how it did after you were born." Dad said. Before he left.

Serenity pov
After my maids had given me a bath and I'd eaten. I grabbed my robe and ran down the hallways to Aunt Meg and Uncle Luke's room.

I knocked on the door.  Aunt Meg opened the door. "Serenity, what are you going it's the middle of the night?" She asked. "I need someone to talk too." I said. Uncle Luke groaned as he sat up. "What is it Serenity?" He asked as I climbed onto the bed.

I felt like I was five years old again, crawling into my parent's bed after a bad dream. Yet this bad dream I couldn't wake up from.

"I'm scared," I said. "about what?" Aunt Meg asked as she came over and sat down on the bed. "I'm scared I'm gonna loose my mom. Or that she'll never be the same after this." I said as I picked at my nails. "Serenity your mother has been through a lot, I think what you know only scrapes the surface."