Hidden Motives

Fainted For You

Maddox looked badly beaten. This was not at all similar to the way they treated me. This was brutal. "Max call the rescue team!" I screamed. Then I ran to Maddox's side. "Maddox look at me! What happened! It's Zara! Tell me! I begged.

He looked at me and whispered "Everything hurts. They...they beat me. I...I wasn't...giv.....giving them...him... the ans..wers...they...wanted."

When he said this I knew exactly what he meant. I lowered my voice so Max and Adyline couldn't hear me. "Did...did they ask you about m..me?"

"Ye...s" Maddox mumbled.

"And did a man who didn't look like a guard beat you? Was he the one who interrogated you?" I said beginning to panic.

"Ye..s.. He..he..look..ed..like you Za..ra" Maddox said carefully. Then he whispered "Internal...bleeding. I need...a..doctor. Evil..mann...is sti.ll here."

"Evil man" I muttered. "Oh my god. He's here!" I screamed. Adyline and Max both looked towards me. "Adyline he's here! We need to get out of here! Maddox needs to get out of here!"

Adyline knew right away who I was referring to. Max was confused but he saw the pain in my eyes. He seemed...sad. "Max might really care for me!" I thought. But this was not the time to think about that. My father was here. I wasn't sure how, but he was. 'Mr. President' was here. He had created a completely new family but was still after me. He was here for me.

Team two then rushed through the door. They saw Maddox and immediately took hold of him. "We need to get him to the doctor! Call the paramedic agent on team five! The mans going to bleed out!" yelled the woman.

Panic fluttered through me. "No! He can't die!" I thought. "He won't die! There is no way my father killed him. He's not that evil? What's happening!"

"Max get Zara out of here! We have some unfinished business with someone on the premises and Zara can't be here! She's in grave danger right now! Adyline yelled. She then ran out of the room.

I began to feel lightheaded. The noise, the blood, the emotions. It was to much. I passed out.

I felt Max lift me up in his arms. "Come on Zara your going to be ok! Please" He then left a light kiss on my forehead and everything went black.

Soon I woke up in a hospital. I had an IV and must've been out for a while since it was now morning. A nurse came in with a smile and said "Good morning! You're doing great! I will call the doctor in so he can talk to you. The boy who brought you in also has been worried sick all night. He insisted on staying here! You've got yourself a keeper!"

I smiled at her. "Yeah a 'keeper'" I thought. "A bipolar keeper who will probably yell at me for no apparent reason in 10 minutes, then ghost me. But it'll end up being my fault in the end"

The lady left the room and after a few minutes, the doctor walked in. "Hello um Ms.Walsh! How are you feeling?" he said happily.

"I am doing great! Just a little confused, but overall good!" I responded.

He laughed and said "Well you fainted in shock which caused your blood pressure to skyrocket. It wasn't high enough for a heart attack luckily since your bp is usually low. You got very lucky Ms. Walsh. I would advise that you rest for at least two more days before resuming normal activities. You don't want another flare up and your body needs time to recover. No surgery was needed but the IV was used to stabilize your blood pressure. You will be discharged within the hour. Do you want me to call in Mr.Payne? He was very persistent with asking about your condition for the past 12 hours."

"Ok thank you and um sure you can let him in" I said.

The doctor smiled and said "Ok sure thing. Take care!"

I smiled and turned back towards the window. It must've been around 8 am since it sounded like morning traffic. Eventually, Max walked in.

"How are you feeling" he asked sounding concerned. "The doctor told me that you will be discharged soon."

"I'm better thanks" I responded quickly. It was then silent for what felt like an eternity. Max just scanned me as he did at the building after killing the man. "I'm happy that you're ok. I was scared. You..you just fell. I panicked. I can't lose you"

I looked at him and grinned "Scared of losing me huh"

"Don't use my feelings against me Zara!" he laughed. "You know how I feel about you and it's not going to change. I..I'm sorry about the day at my house. I shouldn't have said any of that to you. It's not true. I really want to start something with you, but I can't. I would hurt you. You know how I am. I've never been so completely and utterly intrigued by someone. Your presence makes my walls melt. I'm sure you've noticed it too."

"Of course I have" I whispered. "You know what you do to me too. It's not going to change the fact that we are both too complicated though. I feel like our relationship would be toxic. It wouldn't work you know? But, I want it to work so badly."

Max looked at me for a second before saying "Never have I been open to a person. Never has a person been able to make me happy and worried. You worry me, you scare me, you give my life thrill, as I'm sure I give yours. We aren't perfect, but you are so damn close. I'm so far from perfection that I feel as if I would bring you down with me"

"If we go down we go down together" I whispered so quietly I'm not sure that even Max heard.

He answered my question when he said "Yes we do"

Was this the beginning of our story or the beginning of our demise?

Hi! It's the author here! I just wanted to clarify some things. Max and Zara are still not official, but they're getting closer! Kailyn and Rene are now official as seen a few chapters ago. The character James is Rene's brother who came to visit Rene. Dylan and Scarlett are still present, but Dylan had been leading a pretty normal life. He hasn't been involved with any of the missions and he doesn't even know much about Maddox's disappearance. He has just been attending college like normal. Max and Dylan don't have the best relationship. Scarlett still believes that she is with Max despite his attempts to break it off with her. You will see how this causes problems in the future. :)