William was at the hospital, deep in thought. Eric was sleeping, leg in a cast. David was pacing up and down the room they were in, he could not shake off  the memory of Sophie's scream to get help before she got trapped in the maze.

He could not get anyone to listen except for William, who he did not know well enough to trust completely. Nevertheless he let come to the hospital and see Eric. William brought them some food and water and would taste it before giving it to the boys.

"Paranoid much?" David said, raising his eyebrows when William drank some of his water before giving it to him.

"After everything you have been through tonight, aren't you?" William said. David did not say anything.

Eric hadn't spoken a wordsince we got out of the maze. He was probably in shock. The doctors had also put him on medication which made him sleep for most of the day. Suddenly The weight of responsibility for these two boys fell on William and he had no idea what to do next although he promised David he would.

"Your sister did not enter the maze, I saw her yesterday afternoon around the place I saw you today." William told David.

"But that means she is safe!" David said, his heart leaping. "We just need to find her."

"I don't think its that easy." William said. "Whatever happened in the maze was planned. I believe your family was targeted, which means there is no guarantee that they don't already have Dana"

"We need to go to the police!" David said, standing up at once.

"No! It will be too late by then." William said.

"Its faster than just sitting in the hospital and hoping we don't get poisoned."David said angrily.

"You don't understand." William said, struggling to explain without telling David he was questioned for Frank's accident and Adam's disappearance and would be the first to be questioned for Dana and her family as well. He couldn't afford to loose David's trust.

"You promised to help me-" David began

"-and I will!" William insisted.

There was silence.

"What are we going to do now?" David asked trying to keep his voice calm. With his sister and parents in trouble he was in charge of his little brother, a responsibility he was not ready for.

Suddenly there was a loud noise and somebody called out for the doctor. William and David peered out of their room to see what the commotion was about.

There were a few nurses and Doctors rushing to the coma ward. William followed leaving David to stay with Eric . To his relief it was good news. A coma patient had just woken up.

It was Frank. He was tryingto sit up while the doctors were pushing him back on the bed. William sunk to the floor at the door, laughing, crying at the same time. He felt exhausted and light headed but he was very glad to see Frank wake up. Finally good news!

"No....... no!" Frank shouted. "I need to get out of here... I need to leave"

"Sir, you need to calm down." said a doctor firmly, hand on Frank's should, trying to push him down while the other doctor brought a syringe. William watched in horror as Frank struggled to get free from the doctors grip.

William felt uneasy as he watched the other doctor go up to Frank with the syringe. Perhaps he had watched too many TV shows but it did not look like Frank needed to be put under just after waking up from coma.

Everything moved slowly as William made a quick decision. He ran up to Frank's bed, knocking the doctor aside in the process. The doctor dropped the syringe which shattered and threw William an angry look which he ignored.

"Oh Frank! you are awake!" William said "Oops.. sorry doctor I did not see you." William added to the doctor, faking innocence.

Frank stopped yelling and lay still looked confused. Seeing him calm down the doctors stopped fussing around him. "I need 5 minutes" William said looking up at the doctor who looked like he was in charge.

"This man just woke up from coma after weeks! He has a serious head injury and can slip back to coma at any time. We need to run some tests. " said the doctor.

"Even more the reason why this cant wait " William said firmly.

"I am sorry but I cannot allow it unless you are his family." The doctor said dismissively, turning to get another syringe.

Desperately, William caught the doctors hand and lied "I am his family."

The doctor just looked at him and then to Frank who was now quietly watching William and the doctor. Frank nodded to the doctor to let William stay and then the doctor was left with no choice.

"5 minutes." the doctor told them sternly before leaving the room.

"What is this about?"Frank asked as soon as the door closed. "Why am I in the hospital and why are you here?"

"What is the last thing you remember?" William asked.

"Erm....You arrived- I don't know- I think we had dinner?" Frank said, holding his head. He was straining his head so much that William began to get concerned he would fall back into a coma.

"Yes. Do you remember H-hurting yourself." William asked hesitantly indicating his arm with fork holes in it.

"That was real?" said frank, going pale.

"Yes, You also threw yourself off a building." William said "Do you remember any of that?" Frank shook his head.

"Strange..." William said.

"Not strange." Frank said suddenly grim.

"What do you mean?" William asked, frowning. Frank was a hesitant to elaborate.

"You can trust me." William pressed.

"Its just- You remind me of someone." Frank said.

"Who?"

"One of the bartenders at copper pan." He replied.

William's heart nearly stopped beating. This was the second time someone thought that.

"I think you have had enough time." The doctor had come back.

"No!" Frank said panicking. "Don't put me back to sleep."

"We must if you want to get better." the doctor said. "The amount of stress you are putting on your brain now will cause you to fall back into a coma and we may not be able to bring you back."

"No!" Frank pleaded as some nurses pulled William away from Frank. "Please- No!"

"Stay calm, You wont feel any pain." The doctor said as he refilled a new syringe.

"William!" Frank called out desperately. "William!"

"I am here, Frank." William called from the door.

"Check my cupboard- Secret panel" Frank tried to say as he fought the nurses and doctors trying to restrain him to sedate him.

"Proof lies under the wooden panel." Frank managed to say before the effects of the medication put him down.

William stood miserably at the door. His first friend back in a coma. But he did not have long to be  upset.

Proof lies under the wooden panel? He thought. What kind of proof?  What did Frank know that he so desperately wanted to tell William in case he never woke up again.

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