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James fell to the ground with a heavy impact, as Peggy let out a deadly scream. Reynolds smirked from across the field. The world seemed to pause. Peggy fell to her knees and sobbed as well as her sisters. Alex, Lafayette, John, and Hercules ran up to James. Mae was trying to comfort Eliza who was sobbing into her chest. Raina looked away from the scene, looking down.

"No no no no no!" John exclaimed, tears running down his face as he put James head in his lap. All James heard was heart beats in his ears. Reynolds went to run away, but was caught by Thomas' thorny vines. Alex called 911. Thomas brought Reynolds back, making Reynolds face him. His eyes were black and he squeezed his fist, causing the vines to tighten. Reynolds hissed in pain as the thorns dig into his skin. A white gas cane from Thomas' mouth, making Reynolds gasp. Thomas blew it in his face. Reynolds choked for air then passed out. Thomas let him down roughly and kicked at Reynolds. Blood dropped from James' mouth. Herc put pressure on James' collarbone as James put pressure on his own hip. Whimpering and grunting as he gasped for air. James eyes were rolling out of consciousness.

"No! Stay with us James!" Laf screamed. James slowly laid limp in John's grasp, the only sound James heard before that, was sirens and screams.

Time skip...

Peggy's POV

Angelica drove us to the hospital. Mae, Eliza, me, Angie, Raina, and Jules in this car. The boys in another. We were following the ambulance quickly. The police got ahold of Reynolds. I was sobbing into Eliza's shoulder in the back. Eliza sat next to me, crying silently. Mae held Eliza's hand for comfort in the middle. Jules had her face in her knees, choked sobs coming from her. Raina has their eyes closed in the front, their head leaning against the window. They looked pale. Raina coughs roughly into their arm, blood staining their sleeve.

"Good thing we're going to the hospital..." Eliza mumbles. We finally arrive and I rush out of the car first. I run through the door.

"JAMES MADISON WHERE IS HE??" I yell. The waiting room goes silent. The receptionist looked surprised. She clears her throat and types the name.

"There is not a 'James Madison' here." She says, pushing some of her long blue hair out of her face and adjusting her glasses.

"Try Jasmine..." Angelica tells the girl from behind me. The girl types the name again.

"Critical condition. No one can see her right now. She's in for emergency surgery to remove the bullet in her hip. After that you can see her."

I felt tears slide down my face again. The boys came in through the door.

"Where is he??" Thomas yelled. We walk with the boys to some seats in the waiting room and explain everything. I lean on Eliza's shoulder and cry silently. I felt a small tap on my shoulder. I look over and see a young boy with black hair. Holding a brown teddybear. He looked almost 7.

"Hi! You is sad." He stated, muffled by the teddybear against his chest and lips. Everyone looked in my direction. I smiled sadly and wiped the tears off my face.

"Yeah kiddo. I'm just a little sad that's all." I tell him. He nods his head, and puts his bear down. He jumps from his seat since he's quite short and stands in front of me. He smiles, one of his teeth missing in the front.

"Can I hug you? Hugs make everyone feel better! When I hug Mr.Beary, I feel safe!" He tells me. I smile and giggle.

"Sure kiddo." I hold my arms out and he hugs me tightly. I'm glad my skin isn't showing... I hug him back, stroking his hair as a few more tears escaped my eyes. Causing me to hold him tighter, shaking slightly. He pulls away and smiles at me.

"I'm Jack!" He introduces. Giggles come from our group, except for Thomas. I just now notice the white tattoo across his neck. He turns to Eliza.

"Hey! You're sad too! Hugs!" He jumps up and hugs her tightly. Eliza laughs lightly and hugs him back. He hugs us all one by one. Thomas only gave him a pat on the head though. He finally got to John, looking at him strangely.

"You look familiar." He says. John raises an eyebrow at him but Jack just ignores it and hugs him. John hugged back, smiling.

"Where's your mom?" Mae asks sweetly. Jack shakes his head.

"I don't have a mommy." He tells us. My heart sinks a bit and I hide my face in Eliza's neck.

"I'm sorry.." Mae says, leaning back in her chair, looking down.

"Why? I have my Papa and dad!" He tells us. I smile into Eliza's shoulder and look towards him. Everyone seemed to get a small smile on their faces. Jack frowned a bit.

"I'm kinda sad too though. My papa and dad are getting stuff paid for my surgery. I've been her 18 times!" He says. All of our eyes go wide.

"I've had 17 surgery's and this is my 18th! At least I get to eat jello after them though! And they give me stickers!" He exclaims happily, jumping up and down slightly. He lifts his shirt and many scars are seen. I look more at his features. His eyes looked grey and he was actually missing part of his ear.

"You're a tuff cookie eh?" Raina asks, raising an eyebrow. He nods, smiling. He notices the tattoo across Raina's shoulder and gasps.

"Your tattoo looks like mine!" He says. I tilt my head.

"Your tattoo is right there silly." I point to the tattoo on his arm. He shakes his head.

"That's one of them," he pulls down his sock and a black tattoo lays there. We all gasp and look at his two tattoos. A man with glasses and black hair comes through the door. He gasps when he sees Jack.

"Jacky! What are you doing? I'm so sorry he talks to everyone." The man apologized and picks up Jack who giggled.

"They weres sad and needed hugs!" He tells him. The man holding him chuckles and kisses his head.

"I'm Johnathon guys, again, I'm so sorry."

"No he's completely fine. He cheered us up." I tell him, smiling. He smiles and sighs.

"C'mon Jack, we gotta get your surgery." He tells his son with a sigh. Jack smiles.

"Do I get a sticker after?"

His father laughs.

"Of course buddy. I'll keep Mr.Beary waiting for you outside the room." And with that they grab the bear and leave. Jack waves to me as they leave. I wave back.

"Man, what a sweet kid." Alex admires. We all nod in agreement. Except Raina, who was currently laying their head on Angie's shoulder tiredly.

"Here for Jasmine Madison?" A man calls from the front. We all snap out heads, Thomas standing from his seat.

"He's alive. Weak though, we will do the next surgery soon, but for now you can see him." The man leads us to James' room. We all walk in silence. He opens the door and we see James there in a gown, his eyes lookin around the room.

"James!" I exclaim, making him look at me. He smiles.

"Hey guys.." he says weakly. I wanted to hug him but I didn't want to hurt him.

"James Madison! You had us all worried to death!" John exclaims, more tears running down his face. Alex comforts his boyfriend, calming him down. James only wore a sports bra and shorts. Thomas stood in the corner.

"You holding in there?" Herc asks him. He nods, pulling his blanket off of his arm. Sticking out of his skin, was the bullet, stuck in his collar bone. I cringed at the sight.

"Duuuude!" Herc says, observing the wound. Mae faked gagged, causing all of us to laugh.

"I'm taking Raina to the front desk..." Angie whispered in my ear, I nodded as walked out.

"I seriously want to beat Reynolds' face in." Laf mumbled making James giggle and wince. I sit in a chair next to James, holding his hand. Thomas stood in the corner of the room, looking down at his feet.

"I'm pretty sure Thomas already did that before the cops took him." John states with a laugh. James gives him a confused look. Laf laughs.

"Oui, he finally learned to use his poison gas." He says, smirking at Thomas. Thomas shrugs.

"Jem?" James asks, I look towards him. He motions me to move closer to him. I nod and lean in.

"I need to talk to Thomas alone." He whispers wearily. I nod and motion the rest of the group to follow me. They gave me a confused look but nodded and followed me.

"DON'T TOUCH ME WITH THAT!" We hear Raina's voice scream. I sigh. This should be fun...

James' POV

Thomas stood in the corner, looking very interested in his shoes. I sigh, and wince.

"I'm sorry" we both sat at the same time. I feel my face heat up and I look down.

"You shouldn't be sorry James. It's my fault. It mostly scared me when I found out.. I thought you couldn't trust me..." He tells me, sitting in a chair next to me.

"I was scared.. that you would just dump me. I guess that kinda happened.." I say, looking down. I hiss in pain and jerk away, only making me whimper. Thomas gets up from his seat, making sure I'm okay.

"I don't want to break up with you.." Thomas mumbles, fixing my blanket. I can't help but smile slightly. It quickly fades though.

"Ever with the ugly scars and all my flaws..?" I ask weakly. He smiles and kisses the top of my head, making me blush.

"Flaws make you you.." He whispers. I smile at him, with tears in my eyes.

"You still want to be with a women..?"

"You are James. You are a boy....

You are you.."

I smile as he takes my hand in his. I cough, making me move my free arm up. I yelp in pain and sit up quickly. I instantly regret it as pain in my hip and arms burn through me. I yelp again, and lay back.

"Hey hey hey, calm down.. shh..." Thomas hushed me. I lay back down gently. Getting it to where I wasn't hurting. I squeezed Thomas' hand as my eyelids fell heavy.

"You can sleep mon amour.." Thomas tells me.

I tense up from a sudden pain shooting through me. I whimper again. Thomas rubs his thumb over my knuckles soothingly.

"She knows this feeling all too well,

She feels her heart begin to swell."

Thomas started singing softly. My eyes slowly shut as a smile appears on my face.

"Handsome stranger you have made her insides.. turn to Jelly."

The rest of the lyrics are muffled as slumber slowly takes over me.