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MY EYES SNAPPED OPEN after I had enough of the irritating beeping sound. All I could see was white and all I could smell was clean. For fuck sakes, I am in the hospital. I was laying in a white bed with a thin blanket over my body and a needle on my arm along with a monitor on my finger.

I looked up to see Hunter laying on a plastic chair sleeping in an awkward position with a bandage on his neck. I glanced to the other side of the room and saw my foster mother and Freddy. Freddy was playing a really intense game on his phone with earphones in as my foster mum was asleep.

The door suddenly burst open and Freddy jumped dramatically with fear. Shazam himself walked through the door with candy and drinks in his arms.

"What the hell man you scared the shit outta me," Freddy said straightening himself on the chair. "Uh sorry Fred-uh boy I have only met once in my life before," Shazam said quickly noticing I was awake and staring at him with an odd gaze. Freddy nudged Rosa, waking her up. She notices me awake and rushed to my side, a frown came over her face while he placed a hand on my arm.

"What were you thinking I was worried sick, and then I got a call you were hurt. It's my job to look after my kids I have to protect you, please don't run away like that again." She pleaded with a soft voice. I looked towards Hunter who was still sleep in an awkward position.

"He stays with us, your brother right? I can talk to your worker and sort something out, sound good?" Rosa asked kindly. I kept a straight face and glanced over to Shazam and Freddy who were having some kind of a sign language conversation.

"I am only coming back if Hunter gets to come back to," I stated firmly. She patted my arm and gave me a satisfied nod before she turned her back to me, facing the large superhero in the room.

"Thank you, for everything but you may leave now." She tells the man before walking around him to leave the room. I looked over to Freddy and then to the large man.

"How do yous know each other?" I questioned the two. "We don't," Freddy replied quickly as if his statement was more of a question.

"You know what you should be focusing on? Getting better because right now your face looks like someone ran over you with a truck." Shazam spoke. "Anyways I gotta blast, you are welcome for helping you not die." He adds before quickly leaving his arm still filled with soft drink and bags of chips. I looked over to Hunter, contemplating throwing something at him to wake him up.

"I can wake him up if you'd like," Freddy spoke up. I looked towards the boy and shook my head slightly. "No, it's okay, this is probably the first decent sleep he's had in a while," I replied. It was silent for a few moments, it wasn't awkward it was more peaceful.

"Why did that guy beat you and your brother up?" Freddy spoke up and the room was soon filled with silence again. "I don't know," I replied nonchalantly. Freddy exhaled.

"You don't have to tell me why, but you also don't have to lie to me. Foster kid to foster kid here, there is nothing you can say to me that I don't understand because I live the same life you do." Freddy says looking down at his feet. Suddenly the door burst open and Billy appeared in the doorway with his backpack on.

"Hey, I heard you were awake." He spoke. I frowned at him slightly. "Who told you I was awake?"

"Uh, Rosa did," Billy replies causing Freddy to loudly facepalm. "What?" He asked Freddy. "She did," Billy says innocently. The bag on his back looks extremely unnecessarily heavy.

"Rosa went outside to make a phone call," I stated suspiciously. I saw a look wash over his face of slight panic. "Hey, Billy. Come here," I say. He hesitated for a second, glancing over to Freddy who had already gone into panic mode. There was no reason at all for them to be suspicious like this. Billy stood beside my hospital bed his bag still on his back as he held his fingers in the straps of his bag.

"I am not stupid, all the adult might be. But there is no way a superhero would have found my brother and I being beaten up in a tiny alleyway at 11 pm. I would have had to have been followed. When Shazam was here before, where were you? In the waiting room, you just conveniently show up when he leaves saying you were told by Rosa that I was awake. Wouldn't you think that the giant superhero exciting my room would have told you? You cannot tell me that after Rosa told you it took you like 3 minutes to get up and walk around a corner-"

"Okay! Okay I get, you found me out. But seriously dude talks a lot, you lost me for a bit in the middle there." Billy spoke. Freddy suddenly stood up and limped quickly to the side of my bed.

"Okay, Bonnie I think you got this all wrong-" Freddy begins but Billy cut him off. "Freddy, don't bother she's already figured it out." Billy sighs.

"But we don't know what she's figured out yet," Freddy speaks quickly. Both the boys looked over to me waiting for an answer.

"Billy has to be physic, sending brain messages to superheroes and knowing when I have woken up," I spoke confidentially. Freddy's face dropped slightly as if he was disappointed with my answer.

"Yes, that's exactly what I am. Gee, I can't believe you figured that one out." Billy plays along nudging Freddy slightly. "Guys I am messing with you, Billy is a superhero."

Freddy's face turned to a small chuckle and Billy seemed to panic slightly. "Please don't tell anyone." He pleads. I nod slowly.

"I promise I won't tell anyone, on one condition," I trailed off. "Yeah?" Billy questions.

"Don't ever save my life again."

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