Chapter 21

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So much for our peaceful time
here...
Agent Alvarez and his boys showed up...
That's not what ruined our peace though...
I might not like the guy cuz he's with Dina but I just like him as a decent guy who was genuinely there for well all of us...
Alvarez and his boys looked awful well the little guy was okay physically but Alvarez and Miguel where hurt...
Guess by whom...
That freak Jones...
What is with that guy?
What was he planning on doing with them?
Poor Diego couldn't sleep...
I found him in the kitchen with a glass of milk...
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"Bar keep pour me a glass." Johnny smirked as he gently slid the glass to the kid sitting across from him.
Diego's big bright brown eyes were dull and sad looking.
He poured Johnny a glass and pushed it towards him.
"So what's keeping you up?
Is it the wife?"
Johnny teased.
Diego chuckled.
"Eew no...
I had a bad dream, dad is sleeping  and so is Miguel, I didn't want to wake them...
Why you up?"
Diego looked at Johnny questionably.
Johnny looked like he hadn't slept in days.
"The same, bad dreams.
Its the same one I keep having about my brother." Johnny wasn't going to go into detail, he didn't want to scare the kid more.
"Mine...
There's this big guy in armor thats black like tar, he has this sword its shiny yet rusty or a blood stained sword.
He smells like how dead animals do on the road.
First I'm standing in a field with my own armor on thats gold, my sword is gold too.
I feel like I'm ready to fight him but when he swings at me he knocks me to the ground my sword and shield are both just out of reach.
He has the tip of his sword against my throat.
He tells me to join him or die...
Thats when I woke up." Diego told Johnny.
Who wasn't even sure what to say to help the kid.
But Raven who was staying there over heard and took a seat next to Johnny.
"Alot of kids have that dream, its a test to see if your ready for training.
Sounds like your ready but you need to get rest training starts early." Raven smirked as Diego looked a bit more happy and took off back to his room.
"How is that a test?" Johnny looked at Raven like he was nuts.
"Well in away it is.
The enemy is trying to get to Diego thru his dreams by scaring him before he gets a chance to know he can actually destroy the enemy.
Remember I told you about that Alex kid same exact dream as Diego.
We all get them." Raven said as he put the milk away and cleaned the glasses.
"Johnny did you get any sleep?" Raven noticed he looked beyond exhausted.
"Nope...
I am in no mood to watch Cam be swallowed up by the wall again." Johnny said as he rested his head in his hands.
"You can't avoid the inevitable." Raven kinda cringed because he was doing the same thing.
"Well I'm gonna try." Johnny said as he took a swig of those little energy shots.
"Where the heck did you get that?" Raven inquired.
"One of the kids were selling them at the little shop." Johnny said nonchalantly.
"Yeah well its kind of illegal here.
Stimulants messes with your head." Raven glared at Johnny.
"What am I gonna go to jail for illegal caffeine?" Johnny rolled his eyes at Raven.
"No but you could end up doing more training hours with Wolf and trust me he's tough." Raven smirked.
"Are you not so subtlety telling me to go to bed?" Johnny narrowed his eyes at the seventeen year old.
"And leave your drugs." Raven smirked.
Johnny rolled his eyes as he empty his pockets of energy shot bottles.
"Wow you were planning to stay awake long.
Man I hate to be you once the caffeine wares off.
Don't worry you'll get some to wean off but still." Raven cringed at the bottles of different strengths ranging from normal to extra strengths.
Solemnly Johnny made his way up stairs.
He peeked in at Lily and Octavia who were sound asleep.
Mike's door was opened so he looked in to see how Diego was, thats when he saw Dina sleeping with Mike.
He felt a sence of sadness but was also glad to see how peaceful she was.
Next the guys room that included Miles and Bellamy, the two boys seemed to be having an intence dream.
Meanwhile Gunter and Jordan slept peacefully.
But what caught his attention was the sound coming from his room where Cam and Dove slept.
As he entered he saw Cam laying on his back sweat pouring off of him as his head tossed back and forth as he was clearly struggling.
A wimper escaped Cam.
All Johnny could do was try and calmly wake him.
"Cam...
Cam please wake up." Johnny said as he soothingly moved his hair out of his face that was plastered to his forehead.
Suddenly Cam started shaking violently.
"John!...
H.G!...
Help!....
Cam wake up!..."
Johnny started yelling as he tried to keep Cam from getting hurt.
Dove started crying because of the yelling and Cam.
"Move Johnny."
John pushed him out of the way.
John had a syringe ready, he injected whatever was in it into Cam's arm.
Instantly he started to calm.
"It wasn't a seizure...
It was Pseudoseizure it looks just as scary but its not.
His body is just overly exhausted with all he's been through.
Has he taken anything to try and stay awake?" John asked as he checked Cam's vitals.
Cam was still asleep.
"I don't think so." Johnny started to wander if Cam took any of those energy shots.
They never agreed with Cam.
"Well...
Its possible he could have had an energy shot." Johnny spoke up.
"What!?
How!?
Their illegal here!"
John was clearly upset.
"I didn't want to sleep so I bought a few.
I didn't relize he took any, he might actually be allergic, it never agreed with him." Johnny explained as he sat on the edgge of his bed holding and calming Dove.
"I can only assume you bought it from one of the kids here...
Now its not just the actual shot themselves that are illegal but the fact they are rebottled is illegal.
One of the key ingredients is the root of devils food not the berries itself, which has a different effect.
The root gives you an energy boost but than it also can cause you to have waking dreams, like hallucinations that are just as real as that dream state you were in from the berries." John said solemnly as he started checking Johnny's vitals.
Suddenly Johnny's eyes rolled back in his head as he started shaking like Cam.
"H.G. go get Doc...
Lily get Dove out of here...
Kay keep an eye on Cam for me..."
John ordered as he laid Johnny back and injected him with the same he injected Cam minutes ago.
"I have the energy shots...
I confiscated them from Johnny just awhile ago." Raven said as he handed John the small bag.
"Take them to the science lab tell them to look for any signs of devils food, worm wood and hell bark..."
"Hell bark!?" Raven exclained.
Hell Bark is worse, it can be near fatal and its also what the evil ones use to make their mindless drones.
"Yes...
I assure you a small amount can't give the same effect that we know of but still." John assured Raven.
Once he got Cam and Johnny hooked up to IVs and comfortable the best he could.
John checked everyone just incase.
"Are they going to be okay?" Miles asked as he tried to look pass John and into the room where Johnny and Cam slept.
"They are stable...
This is very important...
Did any of you take this, boughten here?" John held up an empty bottle.
"Yeah we did we bought it when Johnny did." Miles answered for Bellamy.
"Okay I want you two to go in there with Johnny and Cam...
Girls?"
John looked at Lily and Octavia.
"No way I hate that stuff." Octavia said in disgust.
"I'm with her." Lily agreed.
"Okay hopefully I got those two early enough.
O get me two Iv bags in the med cabnet." John said as he handed her the keys.
"Whats wrong with them?" Mike asked.
"The energy drinks that are here are mixed with a few things that can cause energy boosts more potant than the normal stuff but there are side effects that cause them to well not even sure how to explain it...
I guess a comma like state.
All we can do is make sure they have plenty of fluids to flush their system.
Right now its a waiting game.
Try and keep your boys out of the room for now I don't want them to get more scared than they are." John explained as he hooked Miles up to his IV...

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