Path-to-Freedom (version 1)

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Beep. Beep. Beep.

"Hey Brooks, it's your sister Skylar here. When you wake up, I'm gonna show you my photo collection ok? But you have to wake up. I'm sure you'll love it. I have a lot of photos of your favorites. I'm pretty sure there are even some baby photos mom and dad took of you as a baby in it."

"Ok so the doctor said that you can't respond but you can hear me, so since I'm alone here, I'm gonna tell you about a prank I pulled. One day during Freshman year at highschool, there was this girl that I liked, but she liked this other person, so, the dude she liked, I hooked up his locker so that when he opened it, he would get pied in the face. It was so funny, she dropped him and then I got her. Granted, we broke up like a month later but still that was hilarious and no one ever found out who did it. But the dude was cool so he just laughed at it when it happened. Don't tell mom though, she'll beat my ass." Hunter said with what could be perceived in a cheerful tone.

"Hey genius! You still have to teach me law so you need to wake up. I need to learn from the best to beat the best." Lukas said in a loud but soothing voice.

"Ok, so we may not be on the best terms right now, but you need to wake up. You're still my sister and family looks out for family." Ailynn spoke in a calm tone mixed with a bit of worry for once.

"Hi honey, it's your mom. I just really need you to wake up ok? I need to see you again. I lost you for 18 years and I can't lose you again. Just wake up ok?" Amelia said sadly.

"Hey! It's Nathan. I've been working on my cooking but I really need an assistant in the Kitchen. Mom keeps taking over and if I ever talked back or even told her what to do, she'd grab the rolling pin and start beating my ass." Nathan spoke, then I heard a slap. "See, she's even doing it now." Then I heard another one. "Ow, ma, stop it. I'm trying to have a conversation here." Nathan said playfully.

"Hey munchkin." Kenneth paused to let out a small chuckle. "I used to call you that. You were my munchkin and your mother's chipmunk. You used to be one of the lights of the house. Wherever it would be dark, you would go there and it would instantly brighten up. Just wake up ok? I need to see your eyes again. You know, you got your grandmother's eyes, brown. She was so happy when she saw you for the first time. Said you were her favorite since the rest took after me and your mom. She knew you were special. And when we lost you, it was like she lost a part of herself. When she found out that we found you, she cried all day and night. She really wants to see you again. She called you her little star because of how much you shined. So wake up and brighten up our lives again ok? I love you munchkin." Kenneth spoke lovingly.

"Hey dummy, wake up. You need to cook me more food. I'm sick of this hospital food. But on a serious note, I'm gonna beat your ass when you get healthy, why are  you on a hospital bed without me? Girl, if one of us jumps off a cliff, then the other follows. You better not be here again. Or at least next time, let it be my turn so you can have some peace. No seriously, though, I miss you. Wake up ok?" Raelyn said with many voice tones, playful, serious, sad, playful, then serious and then sad again.

I heard everyone.

Tony stabbing me is all I saw.

I opened my eyes once again and saw sunlight coming into the room.

I started coughing because I couldn't breathe.

"Hey, relax. We're gonna take out the tube ok? Relax."

I nodded and took several deep breaths. 

When they took out the tube, I started coughing again.

The nurse, I think, gave me some water.