"Adrijan?" I whispered, my voice course. My throat sore as hell.

My vision was now crystal clear. I looked around the room, wires connected from me to monitors, Blood bags lined up along the counter and Adrijan sat fast asleep on the end of bed.

"Adrijan?" I whispered again, louder this time.

I heard a yawn, Adrijan wiped his face, stubble covering it. How long had I Been here? His eyes had dark circles under them, Puffy and red from wear he had been crying

"Lizzie, You're finally awake!" He smiled, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"what happened? Did Drake get away?"

"Lizzie, everything's fine. Drake was about to shoot you, I shot him in his back and rescued you. After the ambulance came, the guys at MI5 cleared up the mess".

I burst into tears. "I failed the mission, they got away with the drugs, I didn't have time to stop them"

Adrijan reached out and brushed the tears away from my eyes, his hand warm to the touch.

"Lizzie, You didn't fail, They didn't get away."

"Are you sure?" I whimpered

"I beat them up in the lift" He smirked

After a brief silence I spoke.

"Adrijan, It's been 5 years, Why come back now?"

He walked over to the window and sighed. I could tell he was uncomfortable.

"I was sent here by the battalions to assassinate Drake Marshall."

"Adrijan, you told me you had given up on that way of life?" I couldn't believe what I was hearing

"Look Lizzie, After what happened I came back to Croatia and tried to make a new life for myself. Then I was approached by the battalions. They offered me more money than I had ever dreamed of in return for a simple job"

"Murder, That's what it is, Murder!" I screamed at him, My voice straining.

"So shooting at someone and trying to kill them isn't?

That was the final straw.

"Get out Adrijan"

"Lizzie you know I didn't mean -"

"GET OUT!"

He stood up, not even looking at me, and stormed out of the room.

My heart sank, He wasn't always like this, we were better friends, closer.

Suddenly there was a knock at the door.

I didn't even look up at it.

"Adrijan, don't you listen?"

"Not Adrijan"

I spun my head around to see James leaning against the door frame. It was odd to see him dressed so casually. He was wearing Black jeans and Black Trainers. He was also had on pale blue T-shirt which clung to him perfectly.

"James! It's so good to see you"

"Are you feeling better?" He asked as he walked over to the bed.

"Much better, I feel great"

"Can I ask about Adrijan or?"

"It doesn't matter, We just had an argument" I stated as i crossed my arms

"Oh okay, well i'm glad you feel alright" He perched on the side of the bed.

I took a small sip of water and tried to clear my throat.

"how long was I out for?"

"Elizabeth you were in a medically induced coma for two weeks"

I froze. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Two weeks of my life I had missed. Two weeks Because of Drake.

I let out a small whimper. James pressed his hand on mine and gave it a squeeze. His eyes game me a sympathetic look.

"What happened after the ambulance came?" I instantly regretted asking.

"I was at headquarters when i got the call from Adrijan. I rushed over to the hospital. Lizzie I could barely recognize you. I felt sick when i saw what he had done to you. It was horrible. I stayed with you for three days then went to Visit the Crime scene."

He took a deep breath and let out a sigh.

"Blood From you and Drake had drenched the floor. Glass from the broken window shattered everywhere. A dent in the wall and pieces of flesh on the floor. We managed to recover the drugs and Archibald Lemmington along with his associates. When I got back to headquarters I saw the evidence. We had recovered such a large amount of evidence from the crime scene that It took up 6 evidence lockers. I looked at the crime scene photos. Drakes mangled body along with yours. It pained me to look at them.

It took me a while to take all the information in. I hated seeing my friends, the people I cared about have to go through this.

"You visited me for three days? Bit clingy don't you think!"

He let out a laugh and ran his hand through his hair.

"It's great to see you back to your old self!"

"James can I ask you something?"

"Sure"

"Did the recovery team find a small glowing chip. It was too big for a computer, Maybe it belonged to a supercomputer?" I questioned

He frowned

"Not that I know of, I will check the evidence room when I get back to headquarters. Why?"

"LIZZIE!!"

We both spun our heads round to see Becky standing in the doorway

"Becky, I told you to stay in the car!" Moaned James, pressing his hand against his forehead.

"Look Sir, You're not my dad, I came to see how Lizzie was!"

"Well I best be off then, Elizabeth you must return to work in Two weeks. Please come in later today to give a statement"

"Yes sir" And with that he left.

Becky came running towards the bed and sat on it.

"SPILL" she screeched waving her arms about frantically

"What do you mean spill?" I asked, confused.

"About Adrijan, His mysterious return, Your Reunion?"

"What is there to tell? I woke up and he was on my bed. We spoke and I asked why he returned and he told he was here to assassinate Drake Marshall. We argued and he left.

"That explains why he looked so angry when I saw him last" She sighed

"Did he say anything to you?"

"Nope, just glared" she shrugged her shoulders

"I wish it could be different, we used to be closer than that"

"It could be different you know, You just have to try to forget the past"

"But It can't, I wish it could be different, But it's not going to be"

Suddenly there was a knock at the door. A nurse came in.

"Miss, I'm just going to check your vitals and if all is well you may leave"

"Thank you, looks like were going to HQ sooner than we thought.