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who did this to Eli must have struggled. They didn’t hit him hard enough to bash his skull in. Sure they busted him open and put him in coma and that’s bad enough. His stitches stop in the center of his neck so maybe the person had gotten interrupted and couldn’t finish the job. Vampire’s wouldn’t stop and run away when they hear hunters coming their way, they don’t have to worry about getting caught.
    My Uncle Nolan came in holding a syringe with a pink liquid in it, it must be one of his experiments.
    “Nothing had changed yet.” He said.
    If I didn’t know any better I would say he is planning on injecting Eli with it.
    “What are you doing?” I asked warily.
    “I’m trying to save him.”
    I threw my body over Eli’s trying to protect him. More than likely his experiment was new and I didn’t want the liquid to effect Eli’s recovery.
    “Last time I checked you were a scientist, not a doctor.”
    “I have to do something. Johnson and Reed aren’t going to keep him here if he isn’t progressing.”
    “Oh yeah, and what are you going to do if he has a reaction to the chemicals you have in your experiment?”
    I narrowed my eyes. “Exactly, so leave Eli be and let the doctors take care of him.”
    He exhaled in exasperation. “Athena, I overheard your father talking to the doctors and he is giving Eli three weeks until they take him off of the machines.”
    Sorrow, panic, and anger rushed through me all at once. I gasped as I held onto my chest, feeling as if the wind was knocked right out of me. There wasn’t enough time, Eli didn’t have enough time to recover. They can’t just let him die!
    “N-no they can’t- not Eli.” I was so surprised and in a state of panic that I couldn’t even speak correctly.
    “I know how important he is to you.   He has been one of your good friends since you guys were kids and I’m trying to protect you from the heartbreak.”
    If my dad had every intention in letting Eli die then I had to find a way to help him. My Uncle Nolan just might be able to help him recover.
    “Go ahead, do what you need to do.” I kissed Eli’s cheek. “You have to fight, Eli. Don’t give up, we need you.”
    I walked out of the room just as my Uncle was sticking him in the arm. I decided I didn’t want to be there if something did go wrong. I didn’t want to have to kill my own Uncle for accidently killing my friend.
     
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    I closed my eyes, letting out a breath as I slowly reopened them, refocusing on my target. I had the arrow pulled back in the bow ready to release my weapon at any time. In that moment, nothing else mattered—nothing else even existed around me. It was as if time had stopped and the world stood frozen on its axis. It was just my weapon and me. As I released the arrow from the bow, I watched as it flew across the room and stabbed through the heart of the dummy. The arrow joined the other three that I had let loose before, two in the stomach,  and the other in the neck.
    “Hey!”
    I jumped and directed my wide surprised eyes to the right of me. All I saw was a sharp pointed blade inching closer to my face, as It spun around making its target known…me. I reached out and caught the dagger, thankful that it wasn’t the blade, and threw it at the dummy, feeling some of the pent up anger that I had inside being released. A smile tugged at my lips, pleased that the blade stabbed through the dummy’s head.
    “I think the dummy’s dead.”
    I looked over at Chelsea who stood with her arms folded, smiling warmly at me.
    “I think so too.”
    “So, Athena Megan Bram, I heard around the manor that you were being a little aggressive with the trainees in the training facility and the instructors were forced to end class an hour early.”
    I shrugged. I wanted to be left alone and I needed the facility to help take my mind off of Eli. They were distracting me, preventing me from focusing, so I got a little angry at them…maybe I was aggressive,