Storm

CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO

Clara's POV

We're currently at the hospital, it's been a week and there hasn't been much change with Marco. The doctors say that it takes time and it's not a shock. Tyler has slowly accepted what's happened but I can still see the anger in her eyes. Today it's just the three of us, I, Tyler and Elijah.

As I sit down I hold his hand and rub it lightly, his face still pretty bruised but they are a purple colour now. He looks a lot like Tyler but still very different. Elijah tugs at my trousers and I pick him up. He lays his hand on Marcos chest, leaning forward. "Be careful honey" I say lightly.

"Mar-mar"

Tyler looks up confused as she stares at Eli. "What's wrong baby?" I ask Eli.

"Marco" He says slowly. His hand then touches Marcos and I watch as he squeezes it, my eyes go wide.

"T-T-Tyler" I stutter, before Tyler could register Elijah climbed onto the bed and laid on Marco. I was about to pick him up until Marco wrap an arm lazily on him and his eye slowly open.

"Nurse! Doctor!" Tyler disappears for a couple seconds and returns with both a nurse and doctor. The nurse asks Marco a couple questions, checks everything and then removes the tube in his mouth. Marco slowly breathes then takes a sip of water. Elijah on him the entire time.

Tyler walks to her brother and tears fall, my own falling as well. "How are you feeling?"

Marco laughs lightly then coughs, "Like I've been hit by a bus"

"Do you remember anything Mr Brooks?" The doctor asks him.

"I'm pretty sure I remember everything dr" He says with a small smile. 

The doctor steps forward, "Okay well I'll call the detective and Mr Camry. I'll be back soon" We smile at him as he leave.

Elijah laughs softly as he looks at his uncle. "I could hear you all the entire time."

"I must be dreaming..."

"Ty!" I glare at her, she snaps out of it and wipes her tears.

Shortly after the doctor returns with some advice and checks Marco out. We sit patiently waiting for the detective, Tyler leaves with Elijah to get coffee. Once they come back, I see the detective and Patrick walk in. Patrick immediately walks to Marco and gives him a smile with a nod. The detective stands tall, same height as Tyler and Patrick. He's short hair and must be in his fifty's but seems to be in great shape.

"Camry has told me the situation. Should have came to me first Pat. I'm Detective Marshall, you can call me Henry"

"If I involved you then I wouldn't have got him"

Henry looks at Pat with a glare, but Patrick rolls his eyes. I see Elijah watching and then laughs. We all looks at him with a smirk. "Any who, tell me what happened."

Marco sits up, "We didn't know that he had people with him. Maybe the occasional two but this was a good ten of them. They were shooting at us...I saw an opening and took it. I ran after him but we needed up fighting. He pushed me at some point, I hit my head pretty hard and by the time I got the gun he had shot me. I shot him back exactly on the thigh, so it could buckle him. Then my vision became blurry."

He coughs slightly then gets comfortable, "You were shot more than once Marco. It's good they got you here." Henry says with a gentle smile, while writing in his notepad. "You made a good shot"

"So what's going to happen now?"

"I'll take Mark into custody, but his partner must be found. I'll get a team to look into it, but I see your team are more advanced. Smart kids" He says to me. I smile lightly.