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"No!" Ptelea shouts at him. She tries to move so she stays under the bedframe. She begins shaking worse at hearing him threaten her. "Don't hurt my brother!"

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Hunter snorts, growing irritated. He jerks the frame over to the side and dives to scoop her up by the chest and neck. "Come here!"

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Ptelea screams and dives away from him, scrambling to her feet. "Leave me alone!" She sobs, running to the door of the cell and trying to pull it open. "Help!!"

Dem lays in his hospital bed, staring at the ceiling. He looks at his arm, wrapped in white bandages. He was still a little out of it from the medications and the anesthesia, but he got the gist of what had happened. The new doctor had taken all the bones in his elbow and broken them, stitching them together and using screws to hold them together. The skin had been completely cleaned and taken off, replaced with skin grafts and fake skin to help it heal. Nerves were missing, but the doctor was hopeful some would come back. but Dem wasn't. He knew it was hopeless.

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Reina blinks her eyes open, feeling heavy. The tranq had finally wore off but her head throbbed from falling over. She sits up and glances around at her unfamiliar surroundings and then gets a jolt of fear. Ptelea wasn't there with her! She begins to breathw heavily and scrambles to jer feet. "Ptelea?! Where are you?" She shouts, searching frantically.

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"Young lady are you okay?" A woman asks, walking over worried. "Do you need me to call someone for you?" She asks gently. She takes note of Reinas dirty clothes and small shoes. She frowns. "oh my...are you homeless? Please, let us go find your parents for you!"

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Reina looks up at the lady with worry in her eyes. "No, you don't understand! I have to find my friend. She-" she glances down the street towards the hospital. "She probably went to go see Dem!"

"No, we have to go to the hospital! She has to be there." Reina shakes her head, stepping away from the lady's hand. "Her name is Ptelea and she needs me!" She walks past the lady and begins heading to the hospital. "Come on if you want!"

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The woman blinks. "The hospital..." She mutters, then nods, following the girl. "Okay, I'll come. What's your name sweetie?" She asks kindly, tilting her head as she watches the girl, obviously distraught.

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"Reina," She calls behind her. She makes her way down to the hospital, her stomach in knots since Ptelea was missing. She was supposed to protect her, and she got her taken? Lost? She didn't know.

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The woman follows. She glances at her phone, frowning. No messages. She shrugs and forces a smile back on her face. "That's a pretty name." She comments absently, glancing around as they walk.

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Reina was too focused on reaching Dem to answer. She pushes past a few people and enters the hospital, approaching the desk that Ptelea had lead her to. "Is Dem awake? Can I see him?" She blinks, voice full of concern.

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The nurse looks up from where she was doing paperwork. She frowns. "Where's Ptelea? She's the only one he's got on his list of visitors." She goes back to the paperwork.

The woman clears her throat. "Ma'am. I'm from social services, there's been a serious accident with the girl. She has been transferred to another hospital. I insist you allow us to see the boy in order to inform him of he incident."