Chapter 20. Hostile Takeover

I was concerned about Gert and Old Lace. And that's something I never thought I'd say. But something wasn't with them both. Anyone could tell that. When it came to morning Old Lace was up roaring and screeching. The rest of us were in a room with Gert. "She doesn't sound good." Karolina said to us as we were holding the door shut.

"I'm not sure she's tame anymore." I said to them all.

"Hey, it's ok." Chase said to Gert as she went to sit up.

"It hurts. It hurts." Gert said to Chase, she wasn't doing too good at all.

"Where the hell are Nico and Wilder?!" Chase said to us, who knew?

"Got every stomach medicine they had. Something's gotta help." Alex said while walking in.

"And if it doesn't, I've got this." Nico said while passing something to Chase.

"Whoa. What is this?" Chase asked her.

"A Wiccan charm bag. Just put it under her pillow. It'll encourage good health. It's pungent but powerful." Nico said to him and Chase put it under her pillow.

"It works trust me." I said to them, Nico had given it to me once and I felt better I'm the morning.

"You do realize we're trying to make her less sick, right?" Alex said before Gert groaned in pain.

"Do something!" Molly shouted, like what!

"I don't know what to do! And Old Lace is not helping!" Chase shouted at us, what could we do about it.

"Guys, calm down." Nico said to us.

"We're all worried about them, ok? But let's not turn on each other." Karolina said to us, but turning on each other was what we always did.

"Everyone just calm down and take a breath." I said to them all.

"I'm sorry. I'm just scared." Chase said before sitting on the ground, weren't we all.

"Maybe Old Lace is hungry. She hasn't eaten anything since she's gotten sick." Molly said to us, we were probably her food.

"I'm so cold." Greg said making Chase put a hand to her head.

"I don't get it. She says she's freezing, but she doesn't have a temperature. What the hell is this?" Chase said, Gert collapsed again.

"We need to get them help. Take them somewhere." Nico said, we couldn't exactly take them to a hospital.

"Where? The hospital? The zoo? We do have ahead a lot of viable options." Alex said to us, I don't think the zoo could help Old Lace.

"Old Lace is awfully quiet." Karolina said to us all.

"Somethings happened." I said to them. We opened the door and she was passing out. She was wheezing.

"Guys, we have to do something, fast." Karolina said to us, who knew how much time they had left. Chase and Alex went off together to do research. The rest of us were trying to look over them, we then went into Alex's quarters and saw an SUV pull up.

"Who's that?" Nico asked us all.

"I have no idea." I said as we watched the footage. Soon more pulled up.

"They're gonna find us." Karolina said, we couldn't leave because of Gert and Lace.

"Not if they can't see us." Nico said before walking away. I knew what she was doing. "Camouflage!" I heard her say. We continued watching.

"Oh, shit. It's AWOL. How'd he find us?" Alex asked, I looked at him.

"I don't know but someone must've told him." I said while walking out the room to go and see Gert. She was passed out. "Gert, you've gotta stay awake." I said to her while shaking her.

"I'm so cold and tired. How's Old Lace?" She said to me I sat next to her.

"I don't know but we're not safe here. Nico is trying to sort the situation out by keeping us hidden." I said to her, I decided to stay with her and keep her company.

"If you go out there, he'll kill you and then come in anyway. Just stay put." Nico shouted at him, Gert tried to move.

"What's happening?" She asked me, I looked at her.

"Lie back down. I'll go and see don't worry." I said to her before going out the room.

"I have to go out there!" Alex shouted at us, he was putting us all in danger.

"Alex- -" Karolina started.

"I'm not gonna let him hurt her!" Alex said to us, so he'd rather get himself killed. I liked Livvie but she didn't deserve this.

"I'm sorry, Alex." Molly said before pulling him to the ground and putting a foot on his chest.

"Jesus, Molly!" Alex said to her.

"Really sorry, but you're not going anywhere." Molly said to him.

"Alex, you go out there you get us all killed. I know that you like Livvie but we can't help her." I said to him before going back to Gert.

"What was that about?" She asked me, I sat next to her again.

"Alex, is being stupid." I said to her with a light chuckle.

"Doesn't surprise me." She said to em, we went a little bit quiet. "I know you don't like me." She said to me I looked at her.

"I don't." I said to her, she looked at me.

"It's fine if you don't." She said to me, I looked at her.

"I don't hate you at all, maybe at the beginning because I thought you were trying to take Chase." I said to her while looking away, I was embarrassed about that.

"That's totally fine, I knew to stay out of your guys way. You two were always meant to be together. Now please, go and sort this Alex situation out." She said to me, I nodded.

"Got it." I said to her before going downstairs.

"How is she?" Chase asked me.

"Not good but also not bad." I said to to him before he went upstairs. I was staying with Karolina, she told me the plan.

"Guys, hurry! You have to go!" Nico shouted, Chase called me upstairs.

"Can you carry her?" He asked me, I looked at him.

"Of course I can." I said before levitating her up and carrying her. We got in the car and left. The others stayed behind. Whereas Chase and I got Gert and Lace out of there.

"I think I lost 'em! They were err on foot and I did almost hit like 12 trees, but incredible driving on my part, I think!" Chase said to us.

"You did great, babe. Just don't do it again." I said to him with a smile.

"If only o knew where I was driving to." Chase said before Lace wheezed.

"We're not doing too good back here." I said to him, this wasn't good.

"It's ok. I got this." Chase said to us, but where were we going.

"I hope everything is alright back home." I said to him, he looked back at me.

"I hope so to but I'm sure they're fine. He said before kissing my hand. We took Gert to her parents. They were the only ones who would know what to do.

"I'm going to go back to the house. I love you." I said to Chase before kissing him.

"I love you too, be safe." He said to me before kissing me again. I then ran off. We may have been far from the mansion but at least I'd be a surprise for them all. I realized I was running a little faster than usually but just thought of that as something else. Once I got the mansion, I watched as the men went into our home. I saw Nico had passed out. I unfortunately had to destroy the house we called home. I had to get them out safely.

"Y/n, your here." Nico said to me weakly.

"I'm here, everything's going to be ok." I said as I climbed through the window. Just like that she went out.

"She's out cold." Alex said to us, this was the worst thing ever.

"It's just us now." Karolina said to us.

"We're gonna be fine." I said to them before AWOL and his men came into the room.

"Yo, Alex! I told you not to play with me you little shit!" He shouted before someone kicked the door down. Nico came up behind us but she was still out cold. Her staff went in her hand. We then heard a cracking side and saw that the area around Nico's eyes had a shattered effect.

"Get out!!!" She screamed and they disappeared. We all look at Nico. She then collapsed again.

"You're ok." I said to her, I didn't know if she was.

"Alex!" Livvie shouted.

"What happened? Are you ok?" Livvie asked as she ran to us.

"The cop outside disappeared and then- -what the hell?" Molly said as she saw all the clothes. They then looked at Nico. Once it got dark out we all helped her to bed. I then went to my room. I didn't understand why Chase wasn't home yet. But he'd be home soon and that's all that mattered. God I hope that Nico's alright.

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