It Started With a Ransom

Too Innocent For Me

    As you regained consciousness, you heard the faint sounds of sobbing. "Oh, God, Y/N." Ryan murmured. "I can't lose you...please..." You blinked open your eyes and turned your head towards him. He was sitting beside your bed holding your hands, his head leaning on the end of the bed. "Hey..." You said weakly. His head shot up, his eyes red and puffy. You lifted a hand to his face and caressed it. "I'm not going anywhere." Ryan's eyes lit up and he leaned down and kissed you passionately. When he pulled away he laid his forehead on yours. "Y/N..." He breathed. "I thought you left me." You smiled. "I told you; I'm not going anywhere." You sat up, wincing in the process. "What happened?" You asked. Ryan's eyes turned dark. "Vav shot you in the stomach. The arrow was meant for me, of course. He didn't mean to hurt you." He explained. "But the arrow was dipped with a chemical meant to paralyze supers." He reached down to your stomach and lifted up your blood stained shirt. You looked down and saw a bloody bandage. He gently touched your wound before continuing. "However... when used on mortals, it could be deadly." He looked up at you worriedly. "You've been asleep for two days. I called my friend that deals with this stuff the day it  happened and he removed the arrow. He had to do a miniature surgery to remove the chemical, but he told me I got there in time. But i was so worried." You smiled and wiped a tear off of his face. "You've been crying." You teased. Ryan chuckled and kissed your forehead. "I don't know what you're talking about." He joked. "The Mad King doesn't cry." "Well what about Ryan?" You asked. "Does he cry?" Ryan sighed lovingly as he held your hands. "Only when you're in danger." He stood up and went out of the room, returning a few moments later with peroxide and clean bandages. "You seem to do this a lot." You said. Ryan only nodded as he removed your old bandages. "So I guess I'm never going with you again, right?" You sighed. Ryan looked up at you. "What? Of course you are." Your face lit up. "Really?!" "Yeah. If I gave up whenever I got hurt in a heist my villain career would have never even started." He smiled at you softly. "This is a dangerous business. People are going to get hurt. We are going to get hurt. But I promise; I will protect you as much as possible." He kissed you before sighing. "Because I can't let the world lose the only perfect soul alive." You blushed at the comment and he laughed. "Come on. Let me get your wound cleaned."

    For the past two days the Lads had been constantly worrying about you. After Mad King teleported away,the Lads had just stared blankly at where you had been. Eventually they returned to their base. For the whole two days X-Ray and Mogar had had to console and try to convince Vav it wasn't his fault; but with little success. "If I hadn't been so clumsy with my arrow..." He muttered. "I shouldn't have used the chemical arrow. What if it killed her?! What if Mad King didn't get it out in time and the chemical reached her blood stream? What if he really doesn't love her and lets her die? What if-" Mogar slapped the blue hero, shutting him up. "Calm down." He said calmly. "You panicked because of the fire ball. You wanted to paralyze Mad King. Based on how he acted when she got shot, he actually does love her; and if that's true he probably got the arrow out as soon as possible." Vav only sighed in response. "It's been two days, and there's been nothing from the Mad King." X-Ray pointed out. "He may be taking care of her." There was silence for a moment. "I still can't believe they're actually in love." Mogar muttered. The other Lads nodded. "It's weird." Vav agreed. "Our sweet friend from childhood that wouldn't hurt a fly dating the most dangerous man alive?" "And there's nothing we can do about it, is there?" X-Ray asked. Mogar shook his head sadly. "No. I'm afraid we're going to have to fight Y/N from now on as well." "I can't do that." Vav murmured. "I'm freaking out about accidentally hurting her. I don't even want to think about purposely hurting her!" "Well we don't want to kill her. We don't even want to kill Mad King if we can help it." Mogar told him. "But she's our friend." Vav countered. "I don't want to hurt her." "I don't either, Vav." Mogar said with a sigh. "But we're super heroes... and she chose to be with a villain. It's unavoidable." The Lads nodded sadly. "I just hope she's ok." Vav whispered.