The Broken Siren Call

Chapter Forty Seven - spilling truth and other messy things

"crop me out the picture so you can pretend that i don't exist, don't exist... like i don't exist, don't exist....." 

i open my eyes a little and the music plays still in my ears but i gently reach up and take out the earbuds. I look around to see a vase of scarlet and white roses, three empty chairs, and a deep blue rose next to me on the bed. I'm hooked up to several machines, and one of them emits a steady beep... beep.. beep.... I gingerly grab the rose, a sign of Huxley's prescence if i've ever seen one, and slowly begin to unattach myself from the machines. I unclip the funny light clip from my hand, and the beeping ceases. Beeeeeeeeee...... Within a few moments, Roxas and Evelynn appear in the room, startled, but when they see me, they sigh in relief. Roxas moves to me first, and wraps his arms around me. Pain shoots through my torso, but i hug him tight.

"Thank you for saving me." I whisper in his ear, and he breathes a sigh.

"Shh... I'm just glad you're safe." he whispers. I smile and hug him tight until i can feel more people here, and i let him go slowly and he does too. I see Jeremiah, his arm in a cast, Huxley, and Dimitri standing in the room and i smile at them a little.

"H-Hey guys." I tell them softly, and Huxley and Jeremiah burst into tears. I don't know what's going on, but as they come to me, i hug them gently.

"I thought you were going to die." Huxley cries and Jeremiah just burries his head into my shoulder.

"I'm okay.. I'm okay guys.. But you guys tell me.." i say as they back up a little to look at me, "where's Tommy?" i ask and a dark look takes over Roxas and he looks away first. Huxley glances back at him, without any reason to, and then looks away from me as well... What is happening?

"i... I killed him." Roxas whispers, and alarm flushes through me.

"C-Come here." i breathe, and Hux and Jeremiah back up so Roxas can come right up to me.

"I," he begins, walking up to me, and i gently grab his arm and make him sit on my hospital bed and he crumbles. He turns to a teary eyed mess, having difficulty looking at me. "I... When they told me they thought you were.. were dead.. I just lost it..." he looks up at me, his eyes dark, and tears brimming in them.

"What... what did you do?" i whisper, and he chokes on the words, tears spilling, and he looks down before looking back at me.

"I... i shot him. He tried to hurt Evelynn.. He knocked Jeremiah off the catwalk.. He came after Evie and Hux... I.. I had to." he chokes out, and he looks like he's suffocating. I hug him as tight as i can without crying out in pain from my waist, and just rub his back.

"thank you for protecting them as best as you could. I know... i know it won't leave you.. But i'm here... Thank you.. Thank you." i sooth, rubbing his back, and he cries into my shoulder and i look at the others. I understand now why Jeremiah has a cast, but i just close my eyes.

"I love you guys... I love you all.. My family." i whisper, holding tight to Roxas. When someone clears their throat i open my eyes again, and see Evelynn looks nervous.

"I... Dimitri won't be visiting you." She says softly, and i tilt my head slightly... what aren't they telling me....?