"Oh no, you don't! Everyone out! The crash cart now! " Grace shouted as she pressed the red alarm button. "MOVE!" Grace shouted as she barged her uncle out of the way and started chest compressions. "You are not dying on me! Not when we just found out what's wrong! Not when we just found your family! Come on, Alannah! " Grace shouted.
The crash team arrived and another doctor took over the chest compressions. Another put an oxygen mask over Alannah's mouth and nose. "Don't you dare!" Grace said, looking at the heartbeat monitor, trying to concentrate over the noise of Bruce and Matt trying to remove Kurt and Theo.
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Alannah fell face down in the thick mud. "This is getting really old!" Alannah murmured as she got up. Alannah sank instantly into the knee-high mud.
"Of course! What internal voyage of discovery would be complete without a visit to the mudflats? Why could it not be a spa? " Alannah groaned as she started walking. There was a light in the distance, and she was guessing she could go that way. Alannah lifted one leg in front of the other and got started. After what she guessed was a few hours, she was exhausted and waist-deep in mud. Alannah heard a voice.
"Come on, Alannah, you have got to keep fighting!" She heard Kurt say.
"I am trying! But this is impossible, Kurt! I can't keep fighting and running anymore! " Alannah cried. It was then that she noticed the moths. "Are you fucking kidding me?" She screamed.
The moths became more numerous and started to land on her. The sky was turning black, along with the mud. Alannah then heard the squelching of mud as someone or something was walking towards her.
Alannah had no choice; she was going to have to face whatever was coming. Alannah braced herself, ready to attack at a moment's notice. The moths started to disperse, and a figure appeared.
"What? It can't be! " Alannah said, confused.
"Why not? It kind of makes sense, doesn't it? " The figure said
"Oh come on! You mean I am running away from myself?" Alannah said to the figure, who looked exactly like her.
"You sound disappointed! Were you expecting someone else? A monster perhaps? " The figure said with a smile.
"It's a little too predictable. I thought I would be a bit more imaginative, to be honest. " Alannah said, and the figure chuckled.
"Oh, there it is, the self-criticism! You need to give yourself a break! " The figure chided the
"There is nothing wrong with wanting to improve!" Alannah snapped.
"True, but you are making yourself feel unworthy of love!" The disputed figure
"Nonsense! I love my family and I would die for them! " "Shouted Alannah."
"You know what I am talking about? There is no point in lying to yourself." With a sigh, the figure said.
"You are talking about Kurt," Alannah said.
"Bingo!" the figure said.
"He does not want me! I'm just a sex object he is playing with! " Alannah snapped.
"Do you honestly think that?" The figure said that Alannah did not answer. The figure sighed and said, "I knew that this was going to be difficult, but really!"
"Ahh!"Alannah screamed as she felt pain in her chest.
You are not dying on me! Not when we just found out what's wrong! Not when we just found your family! Come on, Alannah! " A female voice said.
"Found my family? Did they find Duncan? " Alannah said, gasping.
Do you still think that Bastard is your brother? He called you cuckoo for all of your life! " The figure said, "exasperated.
"Who?" Alannah said, gasping, and the figure clicked her fingers. Suddenly, a memory appeared before Alannah, a memory that she had forgotten.
Alannah came home from her new school crying one day. They had just moved from Birmingham to London, and the other kids were making fun of her accent. Her mother was stroking her hair and drying her tears.
"Don't you cry, my malyshka, remember you come from a long line of Medved! " Alannah's mother said.
"Medved?" child, Alannah said.
"Bears! And that is just on your mother's side! Your father comes from a long line of lions, which makes you a lioness and a bear! " Alannah's mother said.
"Is that why you have a bear tattoo on your chest, Mum?" child, Alannah asked curiously.
"Yes, It is to warn people how strong I am, especially when it comes to my child! " Alannah's mom said.
"You have two kids! Don't forget me! " child, Alannah pointed out.
"Never! Now are you going to help me cook or what? " Alannah's mom said, and the memory faded.
"A Lioness and a Bear?" Alannah said, and the figure nodded.
"Ahhh! What is that? " Alannah shouted as she felt a pain in her chest.
"They are trying to restart your heart. You are dying! " The figure explains it.
"Am I dying?" Alannah said suddenly feeling regret and loss.
"Going to miss someone? Maybe this guy?" The figure said, and Alannah heard voices from the outside world again.
"Alannah! Alannah! Come back to me, Princess, please! I beg you!" Kurt's voice said.
"For God's sake, get him out of here! " The female voice said,
"You better save her! Alannah is my life now! " Kurt shouted.
"Really, it sounds like he's using you, doesn't it?" The figure said
"No, it is not going to end like this!" Alannah snapped.
"Why not?" the figure asked.
"Because I love Kurt!" Alannah said, snapping her head up.
"But you are not worthy of his love, are you? You are nothing but a monster! " The disputed figure.
"I come from a line of lions and bears. I have been trained as a Nine-Tail Fox. Does a wolf care what sheep think? I am as worthy of love as the next person! " Alannah shouted.
"What?" The figure said
"I said, "I am worthy of Kurt's love!" Alannah shouted, and the figure smiled. The moths suddenly disappeared into the sky, and Alannah started to sink into the mud. "What? What is happening? " Alannah shouted, panicked, as the mud was up to her chest.
"Remember, you are a lioness as well as a bear! Trouble is coming! " The figure said
"Trouble? What trouble? " Alannah asked as the mud was up to her neck.
"Trust your instincts!" These were the figure's last words before Alannah was engulfed. Alannah was engulfed in darkness for a few moments until she heard a beeping sound.
"Her heart has started again! The bloodletting seemed to have worked! "the female voice said.
"Bloodletting? Alannah croaked.
"Doctor, she is coming around!" A stranger's voice said.
Alannah opened her eyes slowly. Everything was unfocused and loud. "Urgh, I am never taking Jaded wine again!" Alannah grumbled as the light was shone into her eyes.
"Hello Alannah, How are you feeling? " The female voice said gently.
"Like shit!" Alannah said honestly.
"I am not surprised. You have given us all a massive scare! My name is Dr Grace Lang. Can you tell me your full name please? " Grace said.
"Alannah Anastasia Seaswell," Alannah said.
"Good Alannah. Can you tell me the last thing that you remember, please? " Grace asked as she stabbed something into Alannah's toe.
"Oww!" Alannah said.
"I'm sorry. The last thing you remember? " Grace said, gently.
"Um, I was fighting, then Tao told me to go home. I was pissed and said, "no, take Matt out, then..then the Twins, Kurt, and Boss were attacked!" Alannah finally said, as her memories came rushing back.
I've got to go help them! They could be in danger. Alannah said she panicked as she tried to get up.
Stay down! " The nurse said
"No!" Alannah said as she took off the mask and pulled out the various drips. Alannah put her feet on the ground and was trying to make it to the door.
"Alannah! You need to get back in bed! Guys, I need help here! " Grace called.
The door burst open and Kurt came rushing in, along with Theo, Matt, and Bruce.
Alannah! " Kurt said, rushing towards her. "Thank God! I was so worried!"
"Kurt! You are OK and safe! I need to help Boss and the Twins! " Alannah said as she took a step forward and collapsed. Luckily, Kurt was there to catch her.
"It is not going to be OK if you do not start looking after yourself, women!" Kurt snapped.
"Alannah, everyone is safe and OK! The Twins are doing circuits with Tao as we speak. " Matt smiled as he said this.
Really?" Alannah said as Kurt carried her back to the hospital bed.
"Really?" Bruce said.
"I am sorry about.." Alannah said, wanting to apologise for fighting them.
"Don't be, it was awesome!" Matt smiled as he said this.
"Oh, OK, I will be honest with you guys; I am really tired. Are you going to be here when I wake up, right? " Alannah said, feeling her eyes close.
"You try to stop us!" "Kurt I said softly, as Alannah fell soundly asleep.
A couple of hours later, Grace walked into the room with Xan. Kurt and Theo were sitting on either side of Alannah's bed as she slept.
"Hello Grace, is something wrong?" Kurt said, suddenly anxious again.
"Gosh no! Her iron levels are coming down nicely. Alannah should make a full recovery in a week or so! " Grace exclaimed joyfully.
"You have got the DNA results back, haven't you?" Theo asked.
"Yes, Alannah is your daughter, Theo! She is an Evans! " Grace said, excitedly hugging her uncle.
"I am a father," Theo said, astonished.
"Welcome to the club!" Xan said with a smile.
"Granddad is going to be thrilled!" Grace said.
"Well, she is a fighter and has the Evans smarts." Alannah will be coming with me as soon as she can. No one outside our families must know this! " Theo stated solemnly.
"You know, that is not going to happen, Theo, with all due respect!" Kurt said, growling.
"Wait, what uncle?" Grace said, "Confused."
"Why are you so worried, Theo?" Xan said.
"Because her mother was Emily," Theo said softly.
"So?" Grace said, confused.
"Emily Sophia Medvedev." Theo said.
Xan gasped and said, "You mean?"
"Alannah is the only surviving grandchild of Anastasia and Dimitri Medvedev!" Theo revealed.
"Meaning?" Grace said.
"Alannah is the heiresses to one of the most powerful and brutal gang syndicates in the world—Russia!" Xan explained.
"Alannah, like you, is gang royalty. Except the Medvedev's will stop at nothing to get Alannah back to Russia! " Theo said whilst looking at Grace.
So you are a lioness and a bear. No wonder you are such a stubborn pain in the arse! " Kurt said, smiling, whilst softly stroking her. No matter where she came from, he was determined to always be by her side and protect her.