JJ struggled to free himself from the debris he was pinned under as the police arrived, his eyes shining with tears as he tried to get someone to see him.

His hands felt like they were on fire when he tried to move them from underneath the rubble, his hands pinned despite his attempts.

"The hell happened anyway?" One officer muttered to their partner, standing near where JJ was trapped.

HELP ME! JJ screamed silently, ramming his shoulder against the debris to try and knock some of it away until his shoulder was dislocated.

"Some kind of cave in, probably a sinkhole." The other commented, neither person noticing the mute as he peered through the cracks with his shoulder throbbing in pain.

JJ's jaw trembled as he closed his eyes in defeat, the officers walking away with the mute still stuck.

"Guys, does nobody else see this?"

JJ's eyes flew open when he noticed a male dressed in a blue long sleeve shirt holding a camera bent down in front of him, his chocolate brown eyes boring into JJ's.

"There's someone in there!" The male shouted, the officers that had passed over JJ earlier running over to help lift the debris off of the mute.

JJ felt a sense of relief as he was freed, the man that had found him excitedly whispering to another man that looked like him in a red shirt holding a mic.

"Sir, can you speak?" An officer questioned JJ, the mute shaking his head as he felt his eyes flutter shut.

"...dislocated shoulder...broken hands...hospital..."

JJ heard a voice fade in and out as he gradually regained consciousness to find himself laying on a stretcher being pushed down the hall of the hospital Schneep worked at.

"You are going to be alright mein friend." Schneep promised as JJ's stretcher was brought to a surgery room, the German waving away the doctor that had come in to help.

"What happened JJ?" Chase panted, slightly out of breath as he dashed into the room.

JJ started to flex his fingers only to open his mouth in a silent cry of pain, tears pricking his eyes as Schneep examined his hands.

"I can fix zhe shoulder, but...all of zhe bones in his hands are broken, it vill take time for zhem to heal properly." Schneep stated grimly.

"You gotta try Doc." Chase pleaded desperately, Schneep biting his lip as he helped JJ sit up.

"Zhis vill hurt mein friend, I am sorry." Schneep whispered apologetically as he popped JJ's shoulder back in place, the mute squeezing his eyes shut as tears streamed down his dirt covered face.

"Now for zhe challenging part." Schneep muttered under his breath as he injected a syringe of anesthesia into JJ's neck, his eyes instantly drooping shut once more.

When the mute woke up again, he looked down at his hands to see them covered in casts, the pain feeling slightly less intense.

"I tried, I swear I did, but...medicine can only do so much." Schneep swallowed hard, his gaze avoiding JJ's.

"How cute."

Schneep sucked in a startled breath as Marvin suddenly appeared in the doorway, his hands covered in fresh blood.

"Oh don't act so surprised, it's easy to predict where you all are." Marvin scoffed, the magician rolling his eyes.

"Especially when a certain zombie spills secrets." Marvin added, Chase's eyes narrowing in anger.

"What did you do to Robbie you-"

"Oh shut up Chase, I've done nothing to him. Robbie came to me on his own volition after realizing that he really is a monster. I suppose I must thank you for that." Marvin interrupted with a smug grin.

"He's not a monster, he's my son!" Chase snarled fiercely, charging towards Marvin with his pistol raised.

Before Marvin had time to react, Chase shot Marvin in the hand that was holding the wand, causing him to drop it as Chase slammed the magician against the wall.

"Where is Robbie?!" Chase demanded furiously, holding the gun against Marvin's head with his blue eyes burning in rage.

"W-with Anti, I don't know wh-where Anti is though!" Marvin stammered fearfully, his eyes wide.

"Wrong answer." Chase growled, lowering his pistol to Marvin's side as his finger hovered over the trigger.

"Chase no!" Schneep cried, Chase hesitating as he glanced back at the German.

Marvin took the moment of distraction to punch Chase in the stomach before grabbing his wand, disappearing just as Chase shot at him.

"Damnit!" Chase cursed as he whirled around to glare at Schneep, the anger draining out of him as he looked at the fear on the German's face.

"I guess I'm the monster now, aren't I?" Chase chuckled coldly, dropping his gun to the floor with a clatter.

"Chase, you're no monster." Schneep insisted.

"I've known you long enough to tell when you are lying." Chase shot back, throwing Schneep's words back at him.

Schneep's eyes flashed with hurt as he looked away, Chase's expression softening as he walked towards the dejected doctor.

"I'm sorry Doc." Chase sighed wearily, Schneep's gaze meeting his.

"Yeah," Schneep muttered as he glanced over at JJ.

"Me too."