Minho and Sonya went for a long run and by the time they got they were hot and sweety. 

"Wanna run home quick and shower? Use Em's shower and we'll grab burgers on the way back." Minho suggested between his panting. 

"Deal." She nodded. 

He sent a text to his dad letting him know him and Sonya would be back in about 2 hours. He drove them home, he hadn't taken his bike out for the week, he had taken the truck, just because he just couldn't get himself back on. Sonya cranked the music and leaned her head back and exhaled heavily. 

"You holding it together?" Minho asked. 

She shrugged. "Best I can...I'd love nothing more then to punch her face, punch her all the way back into last year...but... my father frowns upon that." 

"He doesn't know about your fights at school?" Minho raised his eyebrow at her

"Oh he knows. And he knows I win...that's why he frowns upon it. He's seen the damage I do." She smirked back at him. Minho howled with laughter for a bit, until he got himself under control.

"We'll I shouldn't be hitting girls, but she might be the exception." Minho finally said. 

"I will allow it." 

"Thanks for your endorsement." He rolled his eyes. 

"I still can't believe you-"

"Don't bring it up." Minho cut her off. "I don't want to ever talk about that month and a half. Bring it up again and you'll be the second girl on my hit list." 

"OH?" Sonya smirked and folded her arms, clearly not intimidated by Minho's threat.  "You have a hit list? Is Emmy on this...hit list?" 

Minho glanced at her confused for a second. "What?"  She was smirking. "Wait..." He narrowed his eyes. And then the realization of what she meant his him. He felt his face go pink and he gripped the wheel a little tighter. Then he sighed, resigned to the fact Emily's best friend would know all about their love life.  "How much do you know?" 

"Oh I know ALL of it, Slugger. All-of-it." She laughed at him as he went even more pink, Sonya wacked his arm. "Come on, shank! Lets hear it!" 

"No." 

"Come on!" 

"No." 

"I'm sure you told Tommy." 

"Nope." 

"What? Come ON! Tell me!"

"Not gonna happen." 

"I do know everything anyways. Like the night before your game, right before we all came over- cutting it close by the way... I know she went-"

"OKAY!" Minho yelped. 

It was time for Sonya to howl with laughter. 

"I hate you so much." He grumbled. 

"Oh, get over it Slugger. I know it all anyways. So spill." 

Minho was quiet for a second, not really sure what to say, but his stomach fluttered and his heart skipped a beat. A small smile appeared on his still bruised face. 

"Ahhh okay, there we go." Sonya encouraged, she bit her lip to keep from laughing. 

"It just...I dunno, gonna sound lame or whatever..."

"Nah. I heard it all, I know it all. I get it." Her voice was gentle suddenly. "Em was super scared, nervous she would disappoint you, or do something wrong. We talked at length." 

"She could never disappoint me. Ever." 

"That's what I told her." 

"I have nothing to compare it to...and I don't want to. I love her Sonya, like so shucken much." 

"I know Minho, you don't need to convince me. I can see it. Anyone with eyes can see it." 

"So when we finally did...it was like the cherry on top. I want all of her, and not just sex. Her mind, soul, trust, her secrets and dreams. Maybe I'm selfish, but I want everything!" 

"You're so shucken cute Minho! You are so shucked my man."

Minho smiled as he pulled into the driveway, "Yes. Yes I am, and proud of it." He turned the truck off and winked at her. "She can shuck me all day any day." He hoped out of the truck leaving Sonya with her jaw dropped. 

"MINHO!" She yelped as she scrambled out of the truck. Minho chuckled and let them in. "I guess you can bower some of Em's stuff. I'll meet you in the kitchen." 

"Deal." She nodded. "And thanks Minho, I know it sounds awful, but I'm glad your with me, and I don't have to sit alone." 

"Same." He gave her a sad smile. "Thomas is bringing my homework today, so I'll be sitting beside her and doing my homework."

They went and showered. Minho took his time and felt better after, the bruises were turning from black and blue to purple and green and yellow. The Doctor had taken the stitches out this morning. He didn't look too much like Frankenstein's monster anymore. He pulled on his jeans and t shirt and hoodie. He packed his backpack and scratched Bears head. 

"Wanna go see Emily?" He asked the dog. At her name the dog perked up and cocked his head, his one floppy ear stood up for a second. "Emily? Where is Emmy? Huh Bear? Lets go find her." 

The dog woofed and jumped off the bed. Minho opened the door and bounded down the hall to Emily's room, he sniffed the door and whined. Sonya opened the door and Bear bounded in looking for his person. He jumped up onto her bed and whined. 

"Aww poor guy." Sonya whispered. 

"I'm taking him to the hospital." Minho stated. 

"Is that aloud?" 

Minho shrugged, "I guess we'll find out." Minho gave her a sly look. 

Sonya laughed along. She patted her leg, "Come on buddy boy, lets go find Emily." The dog jumped off the bed. "Wanna go for  drive? Huh? Lets go for a drive. Where's your vest, Bark?" 

The dog woofed and ran to the front door, pawing at the closet. Minho took his vest out and got him situated, threw a bag of treats and a few others things into his backpack and then they went to the truck. Minho pulled into the drive through, ordered food and kept going. Bear was going back and forth in the back seat, from window to window, like he was trying to find his person. Sonya reached back and scratched his head. 

"Almost there." She reassured the anxious dog. They pulled into the parking lot and they walked in. Because Bear had his working dog vest on they didn't question it. Until they got up to the ICU doors. And it had nothing to do with Bear. 

"No one is allowed in there." A guard said, putting his hand out.

"Try again." Sonya said. 

"I have orders to not let anyone in there." 

"Who's orders?" Minho asked, his danger alarm was going off. 

"That's confidential." 

"My grandfather wouldn't say that, just three people aren't allowed in. Now move!" Minho's anger spiked, it was always at  the surface these days. He was so on edge. 

The guard didn't. Sonya stepped forwards, but Minho grabbed her arm and dragged her away down the hall, and around the corner.

"Just a second!" He hissed. "Before we cause a scene let's see if this is true." He pulled his phone out, snapped a picture of the guard and then called his dad. 

"Minho?" His dad answered, "How was your run? Feel better? Sonya wit-"

"Where are you guys?" He cut his dad off, his voice had some urgency which made his dad freeze. 

"What's wrong?" 

"Some new guard is stationed at the door to the ICU and wont let Sonya and I in." 

"Were in the cafeteria with Sam and Nettie." 

"So who's with Newt and Emily?" 

"The nurses... They were taking Newt off the sedation." 

"Where's Jorge?" Minho demanded.

"He went home for a shower, he was there all night."

"Shit!" Minho cursed. "And Grandpa wouldn't tell them not to let us in." 

"No. That's not one of ours." He heard his dad swear pretty bad and then there was some scrambling. 

"Don't do anything stupid until I get there!" 

"Too late." Minho ended the call and slid his phone into his pocket. Sonya looked ready to rip some heads off. 

"You with me?" 

"Ride or die, Slugger." 

"Good." He turned to Bear. "Speak boy, speak." 

The dog started barking. 

"Shut that damn dog up!" 

"Speak, Bear speak!" Minho encouraged quietly. The dog kept barking, it echoed around the halls. 

"I told you to shut that damn dog up!" 

Minho could hear the heavy footsteps coming down the hall. He backed up, Sonya understood immediately, and got Bear out of the way. Minho bounced on his toes for a second and then took a running start, just as the guard came around the corner, Minho jumped, sending his knees into his chest. He stumbled backwards and slammed his head into the wall. He slid down the wall, knocked out. 

"Nicely done Slugger." Sonya held a hand out for a high five. 

"Alby taught me that move." 

"Slick." Sonya nodded with a smirk. 

Minho grabbed the guards tazer gun and ran down the hall to the door and pushed it open, Sonya and Bear right behind him. The hair on the back of his neck stood up, he had a creepy feeling and knew right away something was wrong. He ran to Emily's room, she wasn't there. Her room was empty. Minho's panic increased. Emily's room was empty, where would she be? Who would move her? And where were all the nurses? 

"Min, here." Sonya grabbed his arm, across the hall, he saw Newt and Emily in the same room and there standing at the foot of Emily's bed was Ava Paige. 

"You better back the shuck up!" Minho snarled. 

"Oh...relax. I haven't done anything." 

"I don't care, you aren't aloud to be here." 

Ava Paige waved her hand. Dismissing the fact she has 2 restraining orders, and breaking both of them. She never took her eyes off Emily, who was still laying peacefully. The monitors beeped still, which meant she hadn't done anything. 

"The question is, how did you get passed my guard." 

"Knocked him out." Minho snapped, "Now get out." 

"You didn't listen to my daughter. She's not who she says she is. Jorge and her and lying to you."

"You and your daughter are lying manipulating snakes. Last warning." 

"Or what?" She finally ripped her eyes off Emily's broken body and looked at Minho and Sonya. Her eyes were dark and sunken, they were red rimmed, she looked pale and her veins stood out, she looked like she lost a lot of weight. Minho was shocked how sick she looked.  

"I have no issues finding out what this gun does." 

"I don't think that would help your cause." 

"It would help my cause." Sonya snarled behind him. He agreed. 

"Don't you want to know all about your little poor orphaned girlfriend? The poor little wrench who claims she has no money? Oh her and her father had money, a lot of it. When that bastard of a husband found out he was dying, he locked it away. Hide it and buried it in all kinds of paper work and red tape. It took me years to track it down. Hiring different lawyers and accountants. But he was smart, he never fully trusted me...smart man. But now, I'm so close. The minute she turns 18....everything I worked for, all my hard work, disappears and the brat gets all daddy's money." She paused and her eyes were wide in a creepy lust, she turned her head slowly back to Emily, she licked her lips like a predator would when it knew its prey was within reach. "I made a promise...she wouldn't make it to her next birthday... my idiot of a daughter almost did that for me, but like usual, she couldn't do it properly. And you stupid children wont stand in my way." 

"That's where your right. They wont. But we will. Step away from the girl." 

Minho turned and saw his dad, grandfather, Jorge, Sam Isaac, Steve and a few other cops. Their guns raised. 

"NO!" She shrieked. "You will not rob me of what is mine!" 

"It's not yours. It's Emily's. If what you said is true." Jorge challenged. He looked ready to rip a few limbs off. 

Ava was shaking, and let out a wild round of coughing, something dark dribbled down her chin, she straightened up with a twisted smile. She moved. But Minho saw it coming, and moved. He was faster. He intercepted her before she got closer to Emily's bed and tackled her to the ground. Steve lunged forward followed by the other cops. Ava was screaming, and trying to bite and scratch, like a wild animal. She was cursing and fighting back. 

The one cop finally used the back of his gun and slammed it into her head and she went limp and silent. 

"Well...I guess this is pretty solid evidence." Steve huffed. 

"Ya, especially when I have it all recorded." 

Heads looked at Sonya who held her phone up with a smirk. She looked back at it pushed a few buttons and then smirked even more. "The video is now sent to you dad, and so is the picture of Teresa from the a few weeks ago that contradicts her black eye." 

"What...?" 

"You all needed proof. There's your shucken proof." Sonya said looking at Steve. 

"You also seem to have a few cops who are easily paid off. The guard at the entrance...he was working for Ava." Minho spat. 

"If I do not select them, they do not come to this hospital." Grandpa said, he face was set like cold stone, everyone here looked ready to go to war for Emily. 

Steve nodded. The cop who knocked Ava out cuffed her and then hauled her up as she started to stir. 

"Get her out of here." Steve instructed. "Ralph, Terry, John? You've been tested? You immune?" The cops nodded. "Good. Take her straight to the solitude cell, she looks close to Gone." 

"Yes Sir." 

The room cleared out and the others breathed easier. Minho scrambled to his feet and over to Emily's side. His grandpa went to the nursing desk and made some phone calls. Minho brushed her check with his thumb. She seemed to be okay, but the nurses needed to make sure nothing was tampered with, who knows how long Ava was alone with Emily. The curtain was ripped open and two nurses came running in, Minho was shoved out of the way, and every single tube and IV, monitor was being checked.  

"Well that was bloody dramatic." 

Everyone whipped around to see Newt's eyes open watching the scene unfold. 

"NEWT!" Sonya screamed.