Five is a crowd

22-In this till the end!

"Agustin, are you there?" Officer Heart asked after receiving no response from Agustin.

"Aman?" Asked Agustin in a whisper.

"What's wrong with you man?" Aman asked.

"Officer Heart Aman just walked in he's not at the hospital!" Said Agustin.

"Hospital? Me?" Chuckled Aman.

"Then who's in the hospital? It's been reported that Aman is in the ER, he was wearing a band  with his name on it on his wrist!" Told Officer Heart.

Agustin swallowed hard. "I'll get back to you, let me tell Aman." Agustin hung up his phone and by now the other boys were in there except for Javier. "Aman there was a boy that just got  beat up, he's been mistaken for you and he was wearing a band around his wrist with your name on it!"

Aman went pale in the face. "Oh my God that's my brother!"

***

The next twenty minutes went by in a blur to Aman, from leaving the house in a panic to sitting in a waiting room once again. Agustin drove him to the hospital since he was feeling rather dizzy. It must have been the stress which caused him to feel this way. He couldn't imagine how his brother ended up hurt, what did he ever do? Aman knew he's made it tough on the kid but he didn't know it would come this far. Finally, he was called back so Agustin let him go alone. He felt ashamed to face his brother, he never wanted to hurt him although he could have done a better job at being a good example. And there he was now, laid up in a hospital bed hooked up to oxygen and an IV. Aman neared the bed feeling nervous, his brother was asleep as the Nurses have warned wasn't good, so he didn't see Aman coming in. Aman stood beside his brother's bed and took his limp hand. There were bruises on his face, a few were peeking out from the collar of his hospital gown. "Niki? Can you hear me?" Asked Aman trying not to cry. His brother stirred a bit then his black and blue eyelids began to open. He then looked up at Aman with his brown eyes, a sound of pain escaping his lips as if the motion caused him pain. "Nicholas, I'm right here brother."

"A-Aman he thought, he thought I was you, I-I just w-wanted...to come talk with y-you after you...were arrested."

Aman squeezed his brother's hand. "Shhhh, take it easy. Who thought this?" Aman stroked his brother's cheek a bit noticing the tears that were escaping his eyes. He could only think of one person that has done this, Orson Luz!

"He was an older guy...." Nicholas stopped to cry out in pain, he lifted his head a bit trying to gasp for air.

"Lay back Niki." Said Aman helping his brother lay back on the pillow gently.

"He said his name was Orson Luz. Aman, don't leave me."

"I'm not going anywhere, you're the one that can't leave me. Just keep your eyes open for me, okay?" Aman reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone. He then went into his contacts and searched for Todd Heart. Once he found it he sent out a text saying,

 A-It was Orson Luz.

Then he reverted his eyes back to his brother he was beginning to fall back asleep. "Stay awake Niki, you're going to be just fine."

***

Officer Heart made it to the boy's house, he knocked and Dylan answered it.

"Hey Officer Heart, what's going on?"

"Dylan Orson Luz was the one that beat up Aman's brother, listen to me I need you to come with me."

"Me? questioned Dylan. He looked perplexed.

"Yes, you're the only one available right now and I trust you can do this. Come on"

Dylan hesitated, he never really thought he could do anything amazing, why did Officer Heart ask him? He never got the glory for anything, always fading into the back, this may be his chance to shine over the other boys for once. "Alright, let me tell Javier." As soon as Dylan let Javier know he was in the passenger seat of Officer Heart's car. "Where are we going?" Asked Dylan as they drove into the city.