Danger Zone (Tony Perry) [EDITING]

The Story and the Diagnosis

-Vic's POV- 

I stood up in answer to the doctor's inquiry. He had a stone face, which I hated because I had no premonition to what the verdict was. Was Tony okay? Was he dead? Oh god Vic, don't talk like that of course he's okay. "Are you his brothers? Cousins? I doubt you're his family." The man joked. "Sir, we're his band members. We're not blood related but we're as close as brothers." The doctor tapped on his clipboard in groups of 3, meaning he was irritated. He shifted and looked to the nurse then turned to us. "I'm sorry sir, but I need to speak with Mr. Perry's blood-related family. I'm not permitted to give out his medical status to anyone outside his real family." The doctor emphasised real, making me want to punch him. We WERE Tony's real family, blood can eat my ass because Jaime, Mike, and I were his brothers and nothing could keep us apart. Mike sensed my attitude, he had become atoned to my emotions ever since I confessed to him I cut. He stepped in and said "Sir, Tony's parents are not... uh, available right now. We're the closest thing he has and I'm sure if he were awake he'd say the same thing." Mike was a genius. I wanted to grab the clipboard and read his medical status out loud but I refrained and let my emotions swirl in my mind.

Suddenly the doors burst and I heard a too familiar female voice say "Where is my Jedi and what did you do to him Victor?!"  

-Cara's POV- 

I stormed into the medical center, the only one with a big tour bus in the parking lot, duh. I walked pass the visitor's desk and went straight to the waiting area. I stomped over to Vic and said "Where is my Jedi and what did you do to him, Victor?!" I put my hands on my hips and raised an eyebrow. He gave me a look. It said everything I needed to know. They couldn't get information. Obviously the doctor wasn't omitting information to non-immediate family. It was textbook stuff. It'd be easier to get me a laptop and hack them, but I don't want any more trouble with them. Besides, I know exactly how to handle this. I turned to the doctor and said "Hi, I'm Tony's sister, what happened to my big brother? Please, Sir, I've been worried sick since I got the text!" I made my voice tremble a bit so that I sounded desperate, and I used a slightly higher pitch voice to sound younger. I was desperate to know, but I had become accustomed to not letting my true emotions show. It was easier to act, even if I was using emotional recall. The doctor smiled at me, his smile wavered when he realised I had a Suicide Silence shirt on and fiery red hair, obviously not a fan of my kind, and said "I'd be happy to release information to you. May I ask who these other men are?" I gave a small smile, to show my depression to my "brothers" condition, and said "These are his band mates. They're like family to us. Please sir, my brother?" I pleaded. He nodded and said "Mr. Perry has been unconscious and is in the middle of a MRI scan. A nerve in his brain shut down completely, and the MRI scan will show us what happened in full." My eyes widened and I tried to get past the doctor to his room, but the doctor stopped me. "He's not in there. He's in our physiology ward where he is in the process of having a MRI scan. You can wait here. It will be about another hour before he leaves to be sent back to his room." I nodded and sat down on one of the chairs.

"Hey, Cara-mari, glad you decided to show." Jaime said. He spat out the name Cara-mari. He sounded mad? Why? "What the fuck is up your ass, Preciado? I care about Tony as much as you do. Don't act like I don't." I stood up and crossed my arms. "That's not what I meant, Langley. I meant you did a fucking great job leaving us. We found Tony passed out with YOUR note in his hand. Wanna know where the hell it was? He was clutching it to his heart. It's all happened before, too. With Erin." My jaw worked but nothing came out. Finally I managed "She wasn't a rumor?" He shook his head, "No, she was real. She showed up at a concert and got the barrier and caught Tony's eye and he met up with her a couple of times. She left with a simple note and all it said was 'I don't love you anymore.' she signed it with his nickname for her. Tony was devastated and Mike and I were worried about Tony dating a fan again.When you came along we thought you'd be no different, and the recent events have only led to my confirmation on that thought." My mouth gaped at this flood of new information. Erin is real?? I turned out to be just like her??? "I... I didn't know... I'm... I'm sorry..." I managed. I sat back down and processed this new information. Jaime sat down, and Mike got up. "Take your stab, Fuentes, I deserve it." To my surprise, he did not stab me with his words. Instead he gave me an awkward pat on the back and said "actually I was getting up to take a bathroom break. Duty calls, my friend. But I was worried about you and Tony from the beginning. I'll leave it at that, kiddo." He gave me a reassuring smile and went on his way. Maybe Mike wouldn't be a big asshole after all. I noticed Jaime pacing. Furiously pacing. It was worse than pre-show jitters. Every now and then he'd stop, run his hand through his jungle of hair, and then would continue his speed-pacing. I admired his stamina and endurance.

Vic sat next to me, hunched over and bouncing his leg. I coughed, but he didn't notice. I, in turn, noticed how his sleeves were up. It was cold, and he always took a chance to cover up his scars. I put a hand on his shoulder to calm him, but he didn't acknowledge me. I squeezed his shoulder. "Hey, uh, Vic... I know you're probably in that little head of yours, thinking thoughts that I probably could never fathom, but I kinda need to say this. I'm not going to hurt Tony. I thought me leaving would be for the best, because I didn't want Apple physically hurting him. I didn't think I'd be hurting him mentally. I didn't know about Erin, and I didn't think it'd affect him in anyway. I know you and him have history that goes way back, sevenfold and ten what me and him have, but I can't begin to describe how much he means to me. Not just him, but you guys also. When I was in 9th grade my cousin committed suicide by jumping off a bridge while we were on our way back from school. I missed 6 months of school because of the depression I went through. My friend introduced me to your band about 5 months out of those 6. I loved basically every song you wrote. From Selfish Machines to Collide With The Sky, you're ultimately what pushed me back to normal. I couldn't thank you more; and to cause trouble upon my angels was too much for me to bear. I couldn't handle bringing pain upon any of you. So, I left, hoping that Apple wouldn't follow you and when they didn't I felt like I had done the right thing. But Tony got hurt and I, recently, realised that I had just made things worse by leaving. I guess, what I'm trying to say... is sorry." I let out a deep breath and sat back. I had just rambled on and on and I decided that I'd give him a break from my meaningless words. I felt someone gripping my hand, and looked up to see Vic holding it. He smiled at me and said "I'm glad I could help you, Cara. Don't worry about Tony's happenings being your fault. Oh, and just so you know, I think in verse." Just like that, he went back to his mind place. I chuckled to myself for his versed thoughts and his ability to snap from reality to his mind. He was truly a unique man.

A different doctor came out and asked for Tony's family. I stood up and answered as his sister. "Miss Perry, your brother's MRI scan shows us that he had a, in a most literal sense, mental break down. The medical name is long and you wouldn't understand it. Basically what happened was this. A trigger of some sort came into contact with Tony, and his brain couldn't process it as it was. His mind, well, panicked and, in the process of trying to sort out reality from the past, shut down to recuperate. He is not dead, his body is still functioning, but he is in a state where his mind needs to sort things out. This rarely happens, and when it does it's because of a, simply put, extreme case of de ja vu." I sat down to process this. It had to be my fault. Jaime told me this happened to Tony with Erin, and so my note HAD to have been his trigger.

*A/N* 

I hope you're all enjoying it! I didn't write Vic's POV in verse cos I'm not that good at song writing.

-Alyx! ^_^