-RAVEN-
"You have to wake up, Son. Let's go! The others are waiting for you!" -Father? Is that you?-
I spot him staring at me with a smile on his face. I reach my hand out for him, but he's starting to disappear slowly...
-NO! DON'T LEAVE ME HERE ALONE AGAIN FATHER! DON'T GO,PLEASE! I'M SCARED!-
"... be alright. He's just in a little..." I hear someone speaking next to me.
"Thank you, Doctor." I hear a familiar female voice and try to open my eyes. The person suddenly gasps and whispers. "He's waking up!"
At first it was hard to open my eyes, but I slowly managed to open them. My vision is still kinda blurry.
I hear some weird noises of electric devices beside me. The place smells like disinfection creams and I feel like my hand is plugged with something.
-I'm in the hospital? ...Thank God! I am alive!- My eyes start burning as I try to
stop the tears.
"Raven?" I hear my mum say and feel her hand running through my hair.
-Mum?!... I missed you...-
My sight slowly becomes more detailed and I see my mum, shining like an angle before me.
I manage to smile at her. "Mum."
Her green orbs become teary as she smiles back. "How are you feeling, darling?"
I feel numb for some reasons, but to be honest I feel much more relieved that I'm still alive. I touch my neck and grin, as I notice that the rosary is still on me.
"Good." I shortly answer and notice that my siblings are staring at me. I tilt my head to their direction and smile. "Hey-"
"RAVI!"
"BIG BROTHER!"
Both of them suddenly throw themselves over me into a hug, making me flinch. -I missed you all too!-
They sob into my arms, making me tear up aswell. My mum gasps and demands them to be careful, but they ignore her.
-Wait... I got shot from Isaac... who brought me here though!?..
WHERE'S DASH!?!-
I feel the cold sweat running down my forehead and gulp. My mum notices that something is wrong and concern flashes to her eyes. "Dash-"
My mum smiles at me and strokes my head again. "He's alright. The doctor is beside him right now..."
-We are alive! Thank God!... I didn't lose Dash!... How did we get here though?-
I just noticed that I held my breath for too long and exhale. "How did we get here?"
Troy wipes his tears and smiles. "When you left, Lance and I decided to search for you, since you didn't come back home for a day. The squad and Damian's army troop decided to look around New York and outside."
-I see. So, They came to help me out... I'm thankful and proud of them. They are the best. They always save my ass, when needed...-
"How did you manage to find us?" I ask.
My brother carefully stands up from me and continues. "Believe it or not, Kim actually found out that our phones have GPS-chips inside. That means we could've hacked in and track your location."
-Kim, huh? That boy is really a mystery.... Hack? Wait a minute!-
I raise my eyebrows at him. "No one can hack though."
He weakly smiles at me. "Which is why we asked for help. Blake Cohen's stepbrother is a hacker."
-Blake?!... I see. He helped them out and is the reason, why I am still breathing... I need to thank him later.-
"It was hard at first, but Amanda talked him out."
-AMANDA?! OH SHIT!-
I widen my eyes at him. "You dragged her into this?! You both could've been in danger!" I cough after yelling so loud.
Troy flinched and mum sighs. "With out her, you and the whole gang would be in jail."
-Jail?- "What do you mean?"
My mum gently strokes Troy's head as she continues. "Mr. Miller tracked Amanda's phone aswell and managed to find her, since she left home. If the FBI wasn't around, your friends would've died. Don't worry, the massive shooting in the old industry didn't kill anyone of your group. But they are wounded hard and need medical treatment."
-My friends risked their life, because of us... I feel damn bad... Atleast we aren't sent to jail, but how?-
I widen my eyes as I stare at my mum. "Did Mr. Miller-"
She nods at me. I am thankful that she knows me too well and answers my questions, before I spit them out. "He found out that Isaac was the boss of an underground fightclub. You guys were on the list aswell, but Amanda explained everything to her father and he decided to find a way to make you not appear guilty. You should really thank her for that."
-Amanda really did that? I feel awful for making her do this for us... I must talk to everyone of them...-
I nod. "I surely will. What happened to Isaac?"
"The young man, who threatend you got caught and is now in America's safest prison. That boy is a psychopath. He just laughed and didn't really care. Doctors say that he might have been depressive over his father's failure and became like this." My mum scrunched her face in disgust after reminding me of him.
-Makes sense... Isaac was acting different than before...-
Evelyn hasn't let go of me yet, making me smile. "Ravi?"
"What is it Goldie Luck?" I gently stroke her fragile back.
"Don't ever leave us again, okay?" She quietly mumbles, making my heart ache. -Did I cause so much worry to my family?-
I squeeze her and smile. "I won't leave you. You know that."
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-BLAKE-
I'm sitting here inside a room with the boy, whom I used to despise the most.
Raven looks weaker and lifeless.
I mean, he always looked lifeless... but this time it is really different. His condition seems to be alright, yet he isn't like the person he used to be. The more I look at him, the more I worry that he might leave the earth one day.
I feel the pain on my ribs throbbing. I place my hand on it and curse those damn bastards for attacking us, just like that. -The fight with the Mafias wasn't as bad as I expected. I fought for my life and for the life of others. I wouldn't say that I'm a hero, but in that moment I felt like one. It was amazing, striking people down... Nial and the others are still in their rooms. I suppose it hitted them harder than the rest of us.-
"Blake?" I startle and look back at Raven. I notice that he tilted his head to stare at me. He looks surprised and confused at the same time.
-Creepy. Amanda really fell in love with this? I look much more better, that's a fact. But I guess, not everyone has the same taste.-
"No, I'm the death. I'm here to get your soul and you shall live in the darkest depths of hell forever." I notice that this stupid bastard, doesn't get the joke at all. -Damn him!- I sigh after a while. "Yes, who else should I be?"
-Gawd... It sounded funnier in my mind, I guess. Or he just doesn't have a sense of humor.-
"Why are you here?" He coughs, like an old man.
-Way to welcome a visitor!-
I stand up from the sofa and walk towards him. -I admit, I kinda feel sorry for ruining his life this whole time... I didn't know, why I did it in the first place... maybe, because I was jealous this whole time? I don't know.-
"You don't seem happy to see me at all." I grin. To my surprise he smiles back.
"No, you're wrong." He spontaneously says and tries to sit upright. He tries to hide the pain with a blank poker face. -What a weird boy. Always pushing himself to the limit.-
"Listen." I sense him staring at me and it makes it harder for me to speak. -Darn him!- "Stop eye raping me, will ya? I only like it, when women stare at me that way." I stupidly say and regret being so uncool. Somehow I just can't appear cool infront of him.
He just blinks innocently at me. "Okay." -Is he for real now!?-
I groan and run my hands to my hair. "Okay, I can't do this. I won't apologise." -No, wait! Crap!-
He nods. "I understand that." -HE'S KILLING ME!-
"Why are you so weird?! Bruh! It is killing me with how calm you are in this situation!" I snap out and curse underneath my breath.
Raven tilts his head to the side again as if he's trying to figure me out. "What do you mean? I told you before, that I apologise and forgive you."
-Always so damn nice, for no fucking reasons! Ah! I give up!...-
"I really admire that about you." I say in defeat and stare straight at him. It aches my heart as I continue to start a real talk. "You always manage to make everything seem fine, when it is not! You never speak your mind out and cause misunderstandings through that! Remember the fatass, who bullied you? And I stepped up, cause y'all are stupid cowards? You should change that!"
I feel embarrassed staring at him, after saying that. -This is the first time after a long time, that I am honest with him.-
A small smile appears on his lips. "Thank you. I appreciate that." He stares at me for a while, before he continues. "You know, Blake. I always saw you as my little brother. You mostly understood me.... I don't know, why I am saying this. I just feel like you should know that."
-A little brother, huh?- Although I can't stand his voice and the face of him,I admit that he made my day with that simple sentence. I catch myself smiling at the pathetic bastard. "Never thought we would talk again like this, one day."
"Me neither." He says. "I also want to thank you for helping my family out." -Seems like his squad counts as his family. How unexpected.-
"I did it for her." I lie, making him smile wider. -What? He doesn't need to know everything.-
He doesn't drop his smile as he replies. "I'm still thankful for your help. I might have died there."
"Then make sure not to die the next time." I grunt and he suddenly laughs.
"I'll try my best."
"You used to say that too, when you got bullied." I remind him.
He points at himself. "And I did it. I survived."
I check my watch and noticed that the visiting hour is going to end in a few minutes. It's weird how it actually sucks to know, that I have to go. I smile one last time at him. "I gotta go now. I left some food on the shelf and no, they are not poisoned."
"Thank you." I feel his stares as I make my way out.
-I feel relieved. Talking to him, brings back the old memories... It kinda warms my heart. I don't think we can stay friends though... Our friendship is broken. We are just strangers that used to know each other... Besides that, I can't deal with seeing him and Amanda together. That's just fucked up... But, I am happy that she is in good hands. It was obvious that these two loved each other from the start. I mean, the way Amanda acted, when she asked me for help...C'mon!... I know that I was never meant to be and appear in their life chapter, but I am glad that I did.-
Before I leave, I turn one last time to look at him. "Don't break Amanda's heart. She seems to be into you." I smirk and catch him blush. "You will see me again, once I've found out. I assure you that I won't be this friendly, when that happens."
A small chuckle escapes his lips. "Don't worry. That will never happen." He states and flashes honesty out.
-Good. I can trust him.-