At the hospital, Makayla and Minion rushed inside to get Megamind some attention to his wound. The front desk quickly took him back as Makayla stayed behind and has a serious look on her face, before heading to the other patients rooms.

"Nora?!" Douxie said in surprise. "What are you doing back here? I thought you were angry with me still."

"I am." Makayla said. "But. . . I had to come back. Jake's in trouble."

"What happened?" Douxie asked.

"Like you'd care." Makayla scoffed.

"If you don't think I'd care, why did you come to me first?" Douxie asked.

"Cause April is still unconscious." Makayla said.

"Actually. . . I heard from the doctors that she just woke up." Douxie said.

"Really?" Makayla said in surprise. "In that case, I need to tell her!"

"Wait. . ." Douxie said, as Makayla turned to leave. "I. . . I'm sorry. For how I've been acting. I don't know what came over me."

"I already told you, I'm not the one you should apologize to." Makayla said.

"I know, but. . . just tell him." Douxie said. "I have another day in here, at least. And if Jake is gonna die, then. . . hell never know if you don't tell him for me."

Makayla looked down at the floor with a serious expression on her face.

"Please, Nora. . . tell him I say sorry " Douxie said. "And of he doesn't survive, I'll visit his grave myself."

"He's not gonna die!" Makayla said seriously. "Cause I'm gonna go and rescue him! And once he's safe, you can tell him yourself."

"You're blindly optimistic." Douxie said.

"He's our brother, Douxie." Makayla said. "And I refuse to give up on him! He's gonna come home, safe and sound. I'll make sure of it."

Makayla the left Douxie's room, leaving him alone with his thoughts.

"What have I done?" Douxie sighed.

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Meanwhile, in another room, April was awake and talking with her doctor.

"Your condition seems to be stabilized." The doctor said. "But you'll have to recover here for a couple more days before you can go back to your life."

"Aw man. . . I hope Jake is okay." April said. "I couldn't stop thinking about him, even in my unconscious state. I even had a very vivid dream about him."

"April, you're awake." Makayla said, coming into her room. "Thank God! I need to talk to you."

The doctor nodded in acknowledgement as he left the room and shut the door behind him.

"What's up?" April said. "Is everything alright?"

"First off, I'm so glad that you're awake." Makayla said. "Jake will be thrilled to hear that."

"Yeah. . . I hope he's alright." April said.

"Actually. . . I was getting to that." Makayla said. "He, um. . . he got taken by the hunters."

"What?" April said in surprise, as she sat up in her bed. "You're kidding!"

"No. . . I'm afraid not." Makayla said. "I just came in with Megamind because the hunters shot him."

"Oh gosh. . . is he okay?" April asked.

"He'll he fine." Makayla said. "But Jake. . . I don't think he will be."

"Oh man. . . we need to save him then." April said.

"But you're stuck here." Makayla said. "You can't do anything."

"Well, I can't let you go alone." April said.

"We have friends." Makayla said. "They'll probably help, too."

"No. . . we can't risk our friends getting involved." April said, seriously. "Those hunters can't be trusted to take things easy. They'll kill you before you get the chance to strike."

"Then what can we do?" Makayla asked. "You're still hurt, Douxie still has one more day here, and if I can't go for it, who can?!"

"I'm sure nothing is gonna happen right away." Douxie's voice said from behind them. "They'll probably send something out and wait for you to arrive."

Makayla turned around to see Douxie standing there, breathing heavily.

"Douxie, you should be laying down still!" Makayla said.

"I can't help it that Jake is in danger." Douxie said. "And if I'm wrong about them waiting, then it's an urgent matter."

"Douxie. . ." Makayla said.

"I've been thinking about it and I want to be better to Jake." Douxie said. "But I can't do that if he dies. You were right, Nora. We need to be strong and rescue him! Cause they're gonna. . . execute him."

"What?" Both April and Makayla said in shock and horror.

"How do you know that?" Makayla asked.

Douxie gulped. "Well. . ."

"Allow me to explain." A familiar voice said from the other side of the door.

Makayla growled in anger as someone came in the room with an evil smirk on their face. It was none other than Natalie.

"You!" Makayla said in anger.

"Listen, I'm not here to fight." Natalie said. "We are in a hospital, after all. It wouldn't be appropriate."

"Then why are you here?" April asked, angrily.

"Oh my. . . my pawn really did a number on you, O'Neil." Natalie said, looking at April. "Too bad she didn't kill you, though."

"Ryan?" April said in surprise.

"I still can't believe that psycho really did this to you!" Makayla said in disgust.

"Look. . . I don't care about that c**t or her friend." Natalie said. "I'll be having Jake executed right in front of her. . . and then I'll be finishing them off myself."

"You. . . you're even more crazy then she ever was!" April said. "You manipulated her into doing this!"

"Well, not before Trinity did." Natalie said. "I only egged her on."

"So, this whole time. . . she was being manipulated?" Makayla asked. "Is she aware of this?"

"Obviously not, you idiot!" Natalie said.

"So, what are you here for?" April asked. "Are you here to torment us before you kill Jake?"

"I'm just here to give you an ultimatum." Natalie said. "If you want to ever see Jake again. . . come to our hideout. I'll text you the address and you can come over to try and win him back."

"That's an awful proposal!" April said.

"Well then, I guess I'll just have to execute him then." Natalie said. "Goodbye."

"Wait. . . we'll go." Makayla said.

"Oh?" Natalie said with a smirk. "Well, good. I expect to see you guys there in an hour. If not, then. . ."

Natalie then took her finger and moved it across her neck, signifying that Jake would be killed. "I'll personally kill him myself. . . and send you the recording." She said, evilly, before walking out of the room.

"That nasty little b****h." Douxie said, under his breath.

"We can't trust her, Makayla." April said. "She's been crazy since the day we met her! You remember!"

"I know. . . but I have to save my brother." Makayla said.

"I agree with her." Douxie said. "How can we be sure that Natalie is truthful?"

"There's no way she is." Makayla said. "But I have to try. If not, who's to say she won't come after *you* next, April? Or even *you*, Doux?"

"I don't think she'll be much of a threat to me." Douxie said.

"Well, we have to try." Makayla said.

"There's no *we* in this, Nora." Douxie said. "Me and April aren't free to go yet."

"Then, we'll just have to get you out of here." Makayla said. "By convincing the doctors that you can be a part of this rescue mission!"

"That's not gonna work." Douxie said.

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"Oh. . . that seemed to have worked." Douxie said, confused, as the three of them were now suddenly outside of the hospital.

"We were a couple days out from being discharged, so I guess it wasn't a big deal to them." April said. "Is this even allowed?"

"It is now." Makayla said.

"Are you sure you'll be okay, April?" Douxie asked. "I mean. . . your condition is-"

"I'll be fine." April said. "You have no idea of the other crap I've went through before with my friends."

"Fine." Douxie said.

"Now let's go save Jake!" Makayla said, with a determined look on her face.

To be continued. . .

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