The Grimm Reapers

Chapter Nine: I want my brother back.

"ASHTON!" I cried even after our parents got home and the paramedics had taken Ashton's body. We drove to the hospital, and all I was doing was praying that we get there and Ashton be OK. I could have sworn I heard his voice the whole way there, and I hoped that didn't mean he was gone.

"We're here for our son, he was just brought in!"

"Name?"

"Ashton Robin! Please hurry, we wanna see our son!" The nurse was typing his name in the computer and finally found it.

"Yes, he is in surgery right now. They are trying to remove the bullet from inside him, please have a seat while you wait. Would you like some water?"

"I would like my son!"

"Amor, calm down. We have to wait for them to finish." Mom was trying to stay calm, but I could tell she wanted to cry badly. Seeing my parents like this was scaring me, it was only making me think that he wasn't gonna make it.

We took a seat in the waiting room, well I did. Mom took dad outside to get some fresh air, and told me to wait here in case they said we could go and see him. I was seating in the corner, but the waiting room was packed. I saw so many sick people, it only made me wonder why they haven't been taken care of yet.

"Hello." I looked to my left and saw a man in a black coat seating next to me. When did he get there?

"H-hello." I didn't want to be rude since he said hello, but he was creeping me out. He was wearing a black silk mask, like the one they give you when you cough a lot. I could see his eyes, they were so strange. One was a clear Ocean blue, and the other was a dark leaf green.

"You have really nice eyes, good for seeing things." Something about the way he said that didn't seem right to me, but I couldn't seem to move.

"Thank you?" He chuckled, and it was both soothing and creepy at the same time.

"You seem frighten, is it because of me?" I didn't want to say yes and be rude, but I really wanted him to go away.

"No, I'm just scared because of my brother."

"Ah, the boy with the bullet wound." I looked at him in shock. How the hell did he know? Did he hear when my dad was shouting? But I don't remember seeing him in here before.

"How did you know?"

"Tell me Teresa, do you want your brother back?" I was getting scared now, who was this guy? And how the hell did he know my name?!

"Of coarse, he's my brother. And how do you know my name?!"

"That does not matter, would you like me to bring him back?"

"What do you mean? How?"

"Come now, I know you can feel it. You must have heard his voice on the way here, he is dead." I had a feeling, but I didn't want to believe it. I could feel my tears coming out, and he wiped them away. His hands were so cold, almost like ice.

"I want him back, I want my big brother back!"

"Then let me help you bring him back." I looked at him, and he no longer had the mask on. He was actually really young, like in his twenties. He had dark hair that almost covered his different colored eyes. He was actually really handsome.

"How?"

"You let me worry about that my dear, all I want is to see that pretty smile of yours." With that he vanished, leaving me alone and confused. Was he really here, or was he just another spirit that I was seeing?

My parents came back after that and my dad seemed more calm now. They were just about to sit down when a doctor came and called for us. Ashton was out and we were able to go see him now. He was in his bed with IVs and and a heart monitor connected to him. He also had an Oxygen mask on his face.

"Doctor, how is he?" I saw dad holding my mom now, she was crying seeing him like this. The doctor smile and it helped calm down my mom.

"You have a strong son Mrs.Robin, he is a fighter. We actually lost him, but he came back at the last minute. His heart beat is becoming stable, and he should be better after some rest. I recommend he stay here until his wounds are all better."

"Gracias Doctor!" My mom crushed the doctor in one of her legendary hugs, and I could see him turning blue in the face.

"Mama, you are killing him." She put him down and I turned to look at my brother. I touched his hands, and that's when I noticed how cold his hands were.

After Ashton was released from the hospital he didn't stay with us for long. An officer said that they wanted to place Ashton in witness protection since the guys who did it were still out there, and they didn't want them to find him. My parents wanted to go with him, but the officer said Ashton would have to go alone, and that he would be place with a 'new family' so that we wouldn't be hurt too. The whole thing sounded stupid to me, but somehow my parents agreed with it. That's when I looked closely at the officer, it was the man from the hospital. Is this what he wanted?

"Fear not my little Teresa, you will see your brother again...in time." I heard his voice in my head, and I couldn't seem to find my own to tell my parents to stop him. I watched as my brother was put in the car and taken away from me and my parents. They still didn't seem to realize what just happened, and they just cried and waved as Ashton was taken away. We moved shortly after that, and my parents were depressed for the longest time. And with Ashton gone, my cousins continued to pick on me. That's when I decided I would not let things get to me. I started dressing in bright colors, but I ended up having a passion for the UN-known. Not long after that did I meet Lolita, and discovered what she and her family were. I instantly fell in love with them, and instead of erasing my memories they marked me. So now I have the reapers seal on me, making it impossible for me to tell anyone about them.

I got to know more about them and about what the reaper really does, and that's when it hit me. I can never tell them about Ashton, and what he is now. Her dad kills Blake every time he sleeps with a girl from school, I can only imagine what he would do to Ashton if he found out he cheated death. I still don't know exactly what that man did to him, but he brought my brother back so I don't care. I love Lolita, but I can't tell her that my brother is now a zombie. If they take him from me again, I don't know what I would do. He protected me when we were little, now it's my turn to do the same. Even if that means I have to fight my best friend, and The Grim Reaper himself.