Chapter 6

CHAPTER 6

Flynn ran up the stairs while remembering all the floors that he had passed along the way. As much as he wanted to be quiet, his weakened body wouldn’t allow it. Panting and struggling to make it up the stairs, XD managed to get a glimpse of his silhouette. 

“Seems like the little mouse is awake.” He said with a smirk.

“To me, it seems like you are head over hills in love.” Mumbled Xander.

“What was that Xander?” asked Jace with a raised eyebrow, daring him to repeat himself.

“Oh, nothing. I thought it was little doll.” Replied Xander as he took a big gulp. Even though he was friends with Jace, he was very afraid of him as XD was beyond savage and dreadful at times.

“Well, since he is awake, why don’t we check on him, hmm?” said XD as he turned to Xander with a creepy smile. Xander shivered in his Martin boots as he found a smiling XD to be very scary.

XD was a handsome man, but his cruelty at times over shadowed his ethereal looks.

“How will you ever get a girlfriend with those kinds of looks? You scare even me. What say the ladies?” mumbled Xander as they made their way to Flynn’s room.

Meanwhile, Flynn in question, was still stuck to one floor away from his room. He had sat down to rest because he felt like he had just run a marathon. 

‘Maybe it’s the drugs. As an officer, I had excellent physique and a high stamina. How can a few measly floors strain me this much?’ he thought aloud to himself.

Gathering his bearing, Flynn rushed up the last floor and entered through the door. Rushing to his room, Flynn managed to see Jace and Xander’s after images in an elevator. 

“Oh snap!” he thought as he increased his pace. He couldn’t be caught outside the room or there would be hell to pa.

Dashing to his room, he bumped into a lot of nurses and patients alike. He even jumped over a bed! Finally, he managed to get to his room and he swiftly entered and shut the door. With a chuckle, he slid down the door to the floor and slumped into a panting mess. 

‘I made it. That’s what counts.’ He praised himself in his head as he stretched on the floor. He belatedly realized that he was soaked in sweat.

“Another bath is required. I need to hurry.” Quickly he got up and scattered to the bathroom. He really didn’t want to be questioned by the pervert, Jace. Yes, he deemed Jace a pervert.

Somewhere in the hospital, the pervert Jace sneezed as they made their way to Flynn.

“Who is talking ill of my angel like boss?” said Xander as his voice dripped of honey, sounding so sweet that it made XD shiver.

“Angel like? Are you mocking me, Xander?” asked XD sounding like the menace he was.

“Oh no, no . . ., I uh. meant uh” sputtered Xander as he looked for an excuse and unable to find a reasonable one.

Jace ignored him and thought of the little doll who was probably eavesdropping. 

In Jace’s expression one could see how he looks forward to seeing him. ‘Must be influence from Xander.’ Jace exclaimed in mind, quickly the want to see him in his mind.

They arrived at the room and Jace took a deep breath as he prepared to enter. He was feeling very anxious and a little nervous to see Flynn. Suddenly, he got very self-conscious. 

“Just enter already.” Said Xander as he pushed the door open. 

They found Flynn in the bed with eyes shut and they both felt like bursting into laughter. There he lay, covered in sheets of blue and wearing a white hospital gown. He so much looked like a sleeping beauty waiting for her prince charming to kiss her awake. Jace had the impulse to actually do it and he felt rather disgusted by his thoughts.

‘Yeah Jace, go showing your weird pervetedness to a guy who is trying to take his life. You might just push him to his grave faster than himself.’ He said in his mind in self-mockery. 

“You know, he actually looks better this way. When he is awake, he is always like a porcupine with its spikes ready for battle. Always on guard.” Muttered Xander all of a sudden making Jace frown at his newly found theory of Flynn.

“And since when do you care?” he asked, angry for some reason.

“Dude, chill. I’m just saying. Sheesh!” said Xander as he looked at the suddenly protective Jace. ‘Seems like spring is about to come for my friend over here.’ Xander smirked with that thought playing wildly at his mind.

‘What’s with me and feeling protective of this guy? He might be a criminal for all I know and even though I am one, it’s a little unnerving.’ Jace attacked himself in his head.

‘Probably another influence from Xander.” He concluded sighing out loud.

They both looked to Flynn and saw that he was not moving at all. They turned facing each other and Xander just shrugged his shoulders. Looking around, it really showed that Flynn was not in the room for a while and that he had come back in a rush. His old gown was dumped in a pile next to the bathroom door, while the closet was messy as Flynn hadn’t had the energy to put them back in order.

Walking to the closet, Xander checked to see that Flynn had skipped all the blue gowns and had gone for the white instead.

“Is he a neat freak?” he asked as he put the things in order out of habit. Jace was no organized man when it came to things like these. Xander was practically his personal maid! 

Jace had walked to the bed and was staring at Flynn. How to put it? This was like a scene from your everyday romance story where the male lead takes in the features of the female lead and falls for her, except this time, there were two male leads.

Flynn had a nice face. Flawless skin, defined cheek bones, a chiseled chin, long eye lashes that can make the ladies feel jealous and a not to small sized face. Jace felt himself drowning in this simple beauty and he felt scared. Stoning his face, he looked away and maintained a scowl on his face. He turned to Xander who was finishing up with organizing the place.

“It seems like he is asleep. Let’s go talk to his doctor and get to know what his condition is.” Jace ordered leaving no room for discussion. He turned to walk away as Xander looked at him wondering just what had changed in the little time frame he looked away.

‘I look away for a second and from spring coming, it turns to king Yama wanting someone’s life.’ Xander conversed in his mind, letting out a sigh. “I have a lot of work to do.” Xander muttered lowly to himself as he looked at Jace’s lonely back.

“Are you coming or do I have to make you?” barked Jace as he left the room. Xander dropped whatever was in hands and scurried to leave but not after giving Flynn a quick glance. 

“Sleep tight.” He whispered as he shut the door. 

Oh if only they knew the trouble Flynn was in.

“How’s the background check going?” Jace asked as they stomped to the doctor’s office. His gloomy aura was scary that other people except Xander stayed away from the handsome king Yama.

“Oh, it has just come in. Uh-oh, Jace we got a problem.” Said Xander as he perused through the document sent to his phone. The information was rather shocking!

“Later, let’s first talk to the doctor.” Said Jace as they walked into the Doctor’s office. What they found was rather shocking. Blood was splashed everywhere and the doctor in question was swimming in a pool of his own blood. 

The two froze as they didn’t expect to find such a scene. To make it all worse, a man in black was hovering above the body while searching his pockets for something.