Saving Jacob Frye

Dead Ends

It was early morning when Evie woke up. She opened her eyes and looked around the room for a moment before sitting up. Her back ached from staying in the same position all night long. She slowly sat up and stretched as she looked at Jacob.

Jacob was asleep. His face was pale and nis lips were slightly chapped. He had and I.v. in his arm running up to a blood bag. His breathing was normal but slightly ragged as he slept peacefully.

She got up and headed out of the room to get some water. Miss Nightingale was in the hall Evie was walking down.
"Hello, Miss Frye" she said with a smile
"Hello" Evie said back.
"How's Jacob?"
Evie gave an unsure look "I don't know Miss" she said.
She then walked past Nightingale and got herself some water.
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She didn't have time to stay by Jacob's side all day. She had to complete the normal tasks Jacob would be usually doing by himself. They were simple ones such as checking up on the gangs, making sure the shiptments were ordered properly and freeing a couple of factories whoes employees are children.

While doing these tasks, a Rook came rushing up to Evie. He had worry and fear in his eyes as he grasped her shoulder.
"Miss Frye!" The rook said breathlessly
"What is it?" She asked becoming worried also.
"It's Mr. Frye! H.... he's shaking and he won't stop!" The room said scared.
Without another word, Evie took off at a run and sprinted down she streets as fast as she could, pushing her strength to the max.

She made it to the hospital and ran into the room.
Jacob was jerking and his limbs were shaking violently. He Gasped and yelped even though he was still unconscious. Nightingale looked at Evie "he's having a seizure!" She said worriedly.
Evie felt the blood drain from her face "w...what could've caused this?!" She asked as she watched her brother helplessly jerk about till it suddenly stopped.
"There's only one reason why a man, whoes this young and healthy, could be like this.... poison" she said the word causing Evie to tence.
"P... poison?" She began to panic. She rushed to his side after seeing him stop seizing.

He was sweating badly. He had a high fever and a weak pulse. His face was pale and his hands were shaking lightly.
"G...get him on fluids!" Nightingale said to the nurses.
Evie held her hands to her mouth watching her brother one foot in the grave.

Soon Henry showed up hearing the news. Evie saw him, she had tears in her eyes as she looked at Henry.
He rushed to her side and pull her into a hug. "What's happened, Evie?" Henry asked her
She sniffled "h...he's been poisoned. Henry he's going to die if we can't helped him" she said nearly pleading with him.
"Oh...oh God" Henry muttered to himself. He looked at Evie with a worried look "we need to find whoever did this and find the cure" he said to Evie
Evie nodded and hugged him tighter.

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The next day, the two young Assassins headed to Henry's shop to plan to find the cure for Jacob.
They spent hours trying to find any suspicious shipments or recent poisonings in the area.

"UGH! Why can't we find anything?!" Evie was pissed at this point. Jacob wasn't getting any better, he was actually slowly getting worse. He couldn't keep food down and it was extremely hard for him to drink water.
He was dropping weight he didn't have to lose. Losing wheight meant he was loosing mucle. Mucle he really needed to do...well everything.

Henry gripped her shoulder gently "don't worry. Well will find a cure. And he will be ok" he reassured her.
She nodded gently then rubbed the bridge of her nose and huffed "I know I know....it just he's dying faster than Nightingale can keep up with." She said in a sad tone.
"Henry if I lose my brother-"
"Don't say that, Evie" he said stopping her "he will live!" He said to her.
She looked up at him then nodded. "Ok....shall we keep looking then?" She gestured to the map.
Henry nodded and stood close to her, smiling lightly as they continued to work.

And still, Jacob was getting worse. He still hadn't woken up and would go from having a really high fever to his temperature being so low it was almost deadly. Evie had barely had any sleep the past few days. Her research was going from dead end to dead end on trying to find this poison.

henry was getting worried about her. He tried to get her to sleep as much as she could but she was being as stubborn as her brother. Whenever he could he would get her food and water and taking over finding anything else while she slept.

Over time she became more snappy, saying mean things to henery or talking a bit rudely to the Rooks -who had no idea what was going on with Jacob at all-.

One morning, Nightingale came to the train hideout to talk to Evie.

"hello, Evie how are-?" she stopped when she saw Evie in her exhausted state.

Evie only looked at her then shrugged. "I could be better" she saud to her.

Nightingale shook her head then approached Evie

"well i have some news. Jacob has woken up. He wants to see you" she said to her.

At this Evie perked up. She looked at her a moment before running out if the train and heading for the hospital to see him.

~Please be ok. Please be ok~. Her thoughts rolled in her head as she approached the hospital. She rushed inside and headed straight for Jacobs room. She opened the door and looked inside.

Jacob looked terrible, as if he was on drugs. His bloodshot eyes looked at her and he gave a weak smile

"~Hey Sis" he said in a raspy tone. He coughed a moment before looking back at her.

Evie went to his side and held his hand.

"How are you feeling, Brother?" she asked him worried.

He paused a moment before sighing "i feel like crap but a little better now that you are here. And you look terrible. what happened?" he asked her.

"Ive been working on trying to find a cure for you" She said to him. "but i can't find anything" she said looking down "i feel like im failing you" she said solemnly.

"Evie..." he said sympathetically "Don't be so hard on yourself "You are definitely not failing me" he said, squeezing her hand gently.

Evie nodded then rubbed her eyes "I know...i...i just feel so... useless" she said shakily, she hated seeing her brother like this. she sniffled a moment before looking back at him.

Jacob tilted his head at her. He then gently pulled her in for a hug "hey...its going to be okay" he said softly to her.

Evie was hesitant a moment before she hugged him tightly, happy to be in his embrace once more...