The Twins Almighty

Chapter 3

JUNOS POV

We were flying past cars as Giovanna started to pray for my sister.

I just had a blank face as I was trying to convince myself that she would be fine.

-20 minutes later-

We finally pull into the hospital where I just pull up and leave the car, eager to get to my second half.

I asked the receptionist where Venus Antonov-Gissero was and she said she hadn't gotten a patient with that name. I then realized that my sister was probably a Jane Doe, so I asked her again but this time asking for a girl that had been involved with a fire.

"Oh yeah hold on a sec.."the receptionist typed away till she finally said, "Yep, level four room 414-"

She didn't get a chance to finish her sentence as Giovanna and I had already bolted to the elevators.

We entered them and I started tapping nervously on my leg.

A nervous habit I picked up when I was stressed.

As we reached the floor, I sprinted down the hall until I reached my sisters door.

I breathed in as Giovanna held my hand as we stepped inside.

I immediately realized that Venus was awake and receptive and was just staring at us.

I rushed to her side and Giovanna went to the other.

"Venus...I'm so sorry" I choked out, "if I had just stayed, I could have-"

"Shush now. Look I'm perfectly fine see" she started to move but winced and repeated
"I'm fine guys..."

I look around the room till I find her chart hanging on the wall. I pick it up and start to read aloud so Giovanna can hear me too,

"Patient has inhaled large amounts of smoke.
No visible severe burns, small ones treated with ointments. Patient seems to have hit her head when she collapsed from smoke inhalation:
Concussion level: 1
Burn degree: 1"

I breathed out a breath I didn't know I'd been holding.

I then realized that Venus was staring daggers at Giovanna.

"vad är fel Venus?" I asked her in Swedish.

(What is wrong Venus?)

"Well let me tell you how exactly our home burnt down sorella (sister)" she said in Italian.

"Our dear Giovanna has hidden from us that she is a part of the Italian mafia and is currently being hunted down by the French mafia I believe..." she explains as I just stand there with my arms crossed and my jaw on the floor.

Poor,
sweet,
old,
Giovanna?
Italian mafia?
How?

"How? Why?" I finally ask Giovanna as I snap out of my trance and walk next to my sisters bed.

She takes a deep breath before looking around and beginning to explain,

"It is true. I am a part of the Italian mafia...but, I left it five years ago after my daughter in law died. When she died, the French needed an upper hand on the men of the mafia, so they'd be weak looking for us women, and since my son only had boys, they came for the next best woman, me. I was hunted for around two years, but they underestimated me, and I was able to escape here, to Russia. I didn't trust anyone anymore, because anyone could be working for the French so, to keep my location safe, I decided to leave my safe house and take cover here, in Moscow."

I just stared at her as she continued.

"I'm currently presumed dead but, since they've found us, we need to leave."

Emphasizing the we at the end she just looked at us with pleading eyes.

The woman that helped us, hell, the woman that raised us had finally told us the truth.

I must have been out of my mind as I responded with a nod after looking at my sister to see if we should still trust her.

Venus was looking back at me skeptically but with a nod, she agreed that we should still trust her.

"Wait so what exactly happened Venus?" Giovanna asked her.

I turned to her suddenly questioning that too.

"Well..."she began, "I was counting all our money to see if we had enough money to buy plane tickets, when I heard two guys talking to each other in French. I thought it was my imagination till they came closer and started to say in English, 'Hurry up with the gasoline. If we don't burn this thing down now, boss is going to have our heads.'

"As soon as I heard that, I jumped up with the money in hand and put it into my pocket as I heard something like a pin drop. I then realized it was a lighter and that's when everything went white. Luckily, I was right next to the entrance, so I didn't get burned too seriously by the fire and was able to get out in time. That's when the paramedics got me out and I heard you screa-" she stopped abruptly as a male doctor stepped into the room.

"Hi, are you the family of this girl?" He says in a rough French accent.

He doesn't seem to notice Giovanna as I began to speak with him about Venus,

"Hey there, I'm Kesla, this is Dutra" I pointed to my sister "I read her chart, what is the treatment plan?"

Now you may be wondering why we used fake names, well, we did because we have been arrested by the Russian police multiple times and actually have been to jail twice. We recently got caught stealing again so we currently have an outstanding warrant.

"Hello there, I'm Dr. Shultza. The plan I have for your sister is to keep her on bed rest and give her some painkillers. The burns aren't that severe that she needs anything more than painkillers but-" he abruptly stopped as he turned over and realized Giovanna was there.

He just continued to stare slack jawed at her, anger burning evident in his eyes. I realized he wasn't listening to me and started calling after him.

I looked into his eyes and saw his hunger and anger simmering.

I knew at that point; we were in deep shit.

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Hey everyone!

I hope everyone liked this chapter!

I'm thinking of doing the next chapter as
Venus' POV so you get more insight on the whole fire situation.

Also what's with that doctor???

Anyways love you all 🤍🤍🤍

xoxo
-Author