Isabella

Chapter 15

Nava smacked the table in frustration. They had been waiting all day to hear from Isabella but still hadn't heard anything. When she had finally tried to contact Isabella all they got was static. Nava rubbed her temples in frustration. What had happened? Was Isabella busy? Had she gotten caught?

Dustin put a hand on his wife's shoulder. "She'll be okay." He said Nava sighed. "I know but from what she's told us Scarlet is really insatiable and if she found out about Isabella who knows what she might do." Dustin wrapped his arms around her shoulders and they sat like that until Jax walked in with bags of food.

"Have you heard from her?" he asked. Nava shook her head and he plastered on a fake smile. "Scarlet probably sent her on a last minute trip. She'll contact us in a few days and we'll find out that all this worrying was for nothing." Nava nodded and fidgeted nervously.

Dustin sighed and sat down in front of Nava. "Babe, look at me." He said waiting until Nava dragged her eyes from the ground. "Isabella will be fine. Jax could be right and she could have just left in a hurry." Nava nodded uncertainly.

Jax sat in the corner hoping that Isabella was alright. It wasn't like her to not contact them at least once a day and if Scarlet ever had her leave last minute she would find a way to grab the radio. He could tell Nava was thinking the same thing as Dustin tried to calm her down."I'm worried about her. This was a risky mission. Scarlet could have very well found out about her." She said with tears in her eyes.

"Its nice to see you believe in me." Said a voice from the door. Everyone jumped to their feet. "Isabella!" She was leaning on the door frame looking exhausted. She had multiple wounds and was suffering from blood loss. Isabella started to sway on her feet. Jax caught her and helped her sit up. "Nava..." she said panting slightly. "Don't bring me to the hospital." She shuddered before passing out.

Nava scoffed in disbelief. "Oh I'm taking your sorry butt to the hospital. You are covered in blood and you have multiple bullet wounds." She said while attempting to pick her up. Dustin shook his head and grabbed Isabella out of his struggling wife's arms.

Jax and Nava followed him out of the building. They rode to the hospital in silence. Once they got their Dustin ran inside while Jax went to get Isabella who was still bleeding freely. Some nurses took her from him and he followed Nava and Dustin to the waiting room. He was working on auto pilot, his mind was too busy thinking about all the different scenarios that could have happened. Obviously none of them were good.

Hours later a doctor came in. Nava stood up and he smirked. "Fancy seeing you here." He said. Jax looked at his name tag Dr. Whitlock. He looked back at the ground as Nava and the doctor spoke. "Isabella will be fine but I sure hope you don't plan on making it a habit to keep bringing her in. Last time she frightened some of the nurses horribly." He said jokingly. Nava chuckled. Dr. Whitlock went serious. "Nava? Isabella has multiple bullet wounds. Do you know what happened?" He asked.

Nava shook her head. "We were, um, at my house, when she walked in and collapsed. The only thing she said to me was 'don't take me to the hospital'." Nava said. The doctor looked a little skeptical. "So yo have absolutely no idea what happened?" He asked, Nava nodded her head. Dr. Whitlock sighed, raising his eyebrows and rubbing his temples. "Alright I do have one more question. On the form you didn't put Isabella's actual name. Don't worry I didn't mention it to any of the other doctors." He said, noticing Navas frantic look.

She sighed and sunk into the couch. Dr. Whitlock sat down next to her. "Nava, you clearly know what's going on and didn't put isabella's actual name because you're afraid." He said. Nava looked up at him and shrugged. There's lots of people who come in here without wanting to be found." He said.

Nava sighed and looked over at Dustin who nodded. She then glanced at Jax who determidly didn't meet his eyes. Nava sighed and started telling him everything that had happened. Dr. Whitlock blinked a few times after Navas explanation. "Listen you can't mention this to anyone. We have no idea if Scarlet knows if Isabella is alive or not and we can't risk her finding us." Dr. Whitlock nodded.

"You have my word. I'm actually glad you told me this. I might know some people who might be able to help you. We're a team of enhanced personnel who try to keep an eye on things. We have heard little bits about someone who has been transporting weapons around the world." He chuckled.

"We've actually been getting intel from the inside. I guess we know who our spy is now, although i'm a little sad she's not still gathering intel for us." Nava held up a hand. "Hold up, you're a... what a superhero?" She asked ridiculously.

Dr. Whitlock smiled slightly. "You could say that. We try to protect the world from threats like Scarlet and are kinda like the teams out of the comics and movies but not as good." Nava stood up and paced around. Eventually she turned to the doctor. "You said enhanced individuals. What's your ability?" She asked. Whitlock smiled. "I'm very good at instantly realizing what's wrong with a patient and immediately knowing how to help." He said.

Nava nodded. "What's your team's name?" She asked. Whitlock smiled. "It's kinda silly we call ourselves The Deranged." Jax looked up and spoke for the first time. "The Deranged?" Dr. Whitlock nodded. "Most people who meet enhanced individuals think we're strange. So we chose a name that played on the stereotype."

Everyone fell silent before a nurse ran in. "Excuse me Mrs. Ferrell?" She asked looking around the room. Nava stood up and nodded at the nurse. She smiled slightly. "You friend is about to wake up." She said. Nava nodded and headed down the hall to Isabella's room. They were going to try avoiding a repeat of Isabella's last time in the hospital. When she had freaked out and stormed out of the building.