𝐉𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐏.𝐎.𝐕

My eyes snap open to the sound of loud beeping and I take a look around the hospital room before noticing I'm in a pair of hospital clothes.

"You're finally awake C hief," a voice tells me. I turn to look at the voice and see Natalia dressed the same way as me, her phone in her hand. Everything that happened the previous night comes rushing back to me and I throw off the blanket bunched at my legs as I jump up from the bed.

"Wait, wait. You can't leave here yet," Natalia tells me as she steps in front of me.

"Like hell you can tell me I can't leave Natalia," I snap at her.

"I think I just did. Last I checked you're still a patient here," she replies cooly. "And I know you want to check on Victoria but they have her in ICU right now. I didn't hear so much but I know she went into surgery and she fell into a coma." I sit back down on the bed, my hands clenched into fists.

"We were fucking late, if only we reached her earlier, even if it was minutes or seconds," I whisper harshly.

"I don't want to sound mean or coldhearted but I can't console you like a normal person Jason. We work in the police force and we can't focus on what-ifs, if the situation changes we just have to adapt to it. On the flip side, I can say to you is she is safe, we both got to her in time and we didn't end up dying in the process," she says with a wry smile.

"You're right, you're right, sorry about that," I sigh.

"Right now we need our Chief that doesn't take no fucking shit from anyone. We have Eiichi here in the hospital too, Nash shot him and his friend when they were trying to escape. It's not fatal but the bullet did need to be removed," she tells me.

"I need to get cleared to leave right now," I say to her and she gives me a smirk.

"Way ahead of you. I texted Nash that you were awake and he's getting a doctor to come by to check you out. It's five in the evening and I woke up only an hour before you so I've already been cleared," she answers holding up her phone.

"Why aren't you with the other officers then?" I question.

"Do you think I want to be the only one wearing hospital clothes while we question our suspect," she chuckles. "But don't worry, Jax went out to go get clothes for us since ours are still damp from the lake. That guy is fucking insane."

"Well he has a lot to fucking answer for and I'm going to make sure his ass stays in jail," I answer as the hospital room door opens with a doctor walking in followed by Nash.

"Glad to see you're awake Mr. Carter," the doctor greets.

"Glad to be awake, can I be discharged now? There's a patient here I have to see since he's currently in custody," I tell him.

"Yes, I heard. He's the one that drove his car into the lake with a female victim inside correct?" he questions as he listens to my breathing.

"That's the one. We chased him from Toronto to here," I answer.

"I see, well the good news is that you're cleared to leave. You and your coworker here spent the last day and today being treated for hypothermia but your vitals show you're okay. Your lungs does sound congested still but if you rest, eat or drink something warm, and take some over-the-counter medicine you should be okay," he tells me. "It's what I prescribed your colleague as well," he says looking at Natalia.

"Don't worry doctor, I'll make sure he's well-rested after we visit our suspect and the victim. We could be here for a while," she tells him. "And we might have to borrow these clothes a little longer, one of the officers that came with us went to buy some for us.

"I'll let my colleagues know. Also, that suspect of yours has been discharged to leave as well, just get an officer to file out his paperwork. I wish the two of you a speedy recovery," he says to us before walking out.

"Is the fucking bastard awake?" I question as soon as the door closes.

"He's been yelling in Japanese and French for the last three hours, fucking ridiculous," Nash says rolling his eyes. "Let's get on with it, you two still need to recover. He's being transported back to a holding cell here in Quebec and the courts have to decide if they will put him on trial here first or back in Toronto."

"What about the one Jax went after?" I ask.

"He got him too and even the one that dropped your nephew at Jax's home was arrested," he answers. "We found his home and it looked like the people that were with him tonight are currently the only people that are here in Canada with him."

"All that's left is to get is his mom and dad, that is if they haven't left the country yet but I'm betting they're still here," I tell them.

"Most probably, we just have to wait for him to reach out to them or we wait for them to make their move first. I bet they'll be coming to us," Natalia tells us.

"Here's hoping they're like their son and they can't handle being patient," I say to them as I put on my boots that's mostly dry now. We walk out of the room and Nash leads us to the floor above and the first thing we see coming out of the elevator is the police standing in front of one hospital room and other patients plus people visiting warily staring at it. We're let inside the room and as soon as Eiichi sets his eyes on me, his whole demeanour changes.

"Look who it is, the cop that thought he could save Victoria," he smirks. "I heard you were a patient here because you thought you could save her ass from drowning," he says as he looks at my outfit.

"You didn't tell him?" I ask turning to look at Nash.

"Tell me what? That you found her body at the bottom of the lake with the car? I already know that," he scoffs.

"No you shithead, the two of us pulled her out in time," I say briefly glancing over at Natalia. He blanches when he hears that.

"That's impossible, the water is freezing plus I fucked her up so bad, she should be dead. Do you know the thrill I got from hearing her scream?" he asks with a sadistic grin. "Too bad I couldn't hear her scream from my cock but she pissed me off too much." Natalia and Nash don't hold me back when my fist knocks him hard in the face. I don't let up until I see the dark bruises showing on his skin. I grab his head shoving it into the wall, my fingers tightening around his face. I grin as he lets out a choked gasp, his eyes widening in shock.

"Every word you speak is being documented and it's just another nail being hammered into your case, I wonder how much sentences you'll get, how many years you'll rot in jail for what you did to Victoria?" I ask in a cold voice, my fingers moving from him. "Nash get him out of here and straight into a holding cell, I'm going to go see Victoria." I walk out of the room and see Jax stepping out of the elevator with two bags in hand.

"Here," he says handing me one of the bags.

"Thanks, I'll pay you back for these later," I tell him as I walk to the bathroom to quickly change. I dump the hospital clothes in one of the bins in the hall before asking where the ICU is located. I take the elevator to the next floor and find another set of police officers stationed outside of the room. I stop at the window and look at the woman lying immobile on the bed, an oxygen mask on her face, different wires connected to her. Fight through this Victoria, and please, wake up.

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My body feels stiff as I wake up from sleeping. It's been another night of sleep in the hospital, the good thing is that it's now in a Toronto hospital instead of Quebec. A couple of weeks ago the doctors in Quebec decided it was safe to bring her back to Toronto so now we're just waiting for Victoria to wake up. I sit up scratching my head when I hear a voice whispering my name, my body freezing when I recognize the voice. I look up to see Victoria with her eyes open, head turned towards me and I quickly rush to the bed, one hand holding her's the other hand holding her face. She's awake, she's finally fucking awake.

"Hey sweetheart, I missed you," I whisper as I lean down to kiss her forehead before softly kissing her lips.

"How long have I been out? A couple of days? A week?" she questions as I set her bed in a sitting position and pour her some water, no doubt she's parched.

"How about two months, it's already the last day of May," I answer as I sit down beside her holding her hand again.

"Two months?" she asks in shock.

"You were injured badly plus they found traces of some drug still in your bloodstream," I tell her. "Besides severe bruising, you had some deep lacerations, four broken ribs, a bad concussion not to mention you drowned and also had hypothermia. They said that whatever injuries you got the cabin you shouldn't have been able to move, hell you would have probably died that night but you fought through it." When I got the full breakdown of her injuries, it's a good thing that bastard was already out of the hospital because he would have been joining Victoria in the ICU.

"Trust me, it was all adrenaline. If I had my way, I would have probably passed out before they threw me back in the car," she says smiling weakly. I look at her, she pulled through the craziest fucking shit ever and she can still give me a beautiful smile like that.

"You're so fucking strong for not giving up," I tell her as move forward to press my forehead against hers. "So fucking strong," I repeat as kiss her again.

"As much as I'd like to continue this, you should probably go get a doctor and let them know I'm awake. Am I in a hospital in Quebec or did they fly me back to Toronto?" she questions as I move back a bit.

"Three weeks ago they decided to fly you back to Toronto so right now we're at your workplace," I tell her.

"That means I was in Quebec for a good month," she says thinking aloud. "Wait, hold on, what about Oli? Did you stay in Quebec with me for the two months I was there?"

"I flew between here and Quebec. Every three days I'd switch from there to here. I couldn't leave you by yourself, I almost lost you that night," my voice gets thick as the grip I have on her hand tightens. "But there's no way I could leave Oli either, you'd probably kick my ass if I just left him alone." It was a lot of work travelling every couple of days but it was important. I had two people that needed me and I couldn't neglect one for the other.

"Damn right I would," she chuckles. "Is he with Charlotte? I miss him."

"Yeah, since the first night you were kidnapped," I answer. "And he misses you too, every day he asks if you've woken up yet and when can he see you. I didn't want him to see you while you were in a coma still." I don't know how she felt when she had to leave him like that. "Let me go get your doctor and then I'll let Charlotte know you're awake so Oli can come by later," I tell her as I kiss her again before walking out. I walk past other hospital patients and doctors before getting to the nurse's station and see Victoria's friend.

"Haruto," I call out to him.

"Hey what's up? Is something wrong with Victoria?" he questions as he walks over to me.

"Nothing wrong, more like something fucking right. She woke up," I tell him. He drops the clipboard that's in his hands, it clatters on the floor and his eyes widen.

"You're fucking for real? She's awake?" he asks excitedly and I have to hold back my chuckles at the doctor.

"Yeah, a couple of minutes ago," I answer. "Could you get the doctor that's overseeing her?"

"Yeah, sure let me-" He's cut off when a scream resonates through the ward and the word fire being screamed all around. People start running from the area I just came from and I have a sinking feeling about all this. I run back to where Victoria's room is and see a bright orange coming from inside. I run to the door and see her ex-friend Cora standing with a knife in her hand and I know Victoria is on the ground. I see her lips move as she says something to her and I quickly take out my gun as she starts moving to stab her, take one shot at her and watch as her body falls to the floor.

I run inside the room, the flames going around and see Cora lying on top of Victoria, eyes wide open with the knife embedded into the floor beside her cheek. I wave for the nurses and doctors hanging by the door to come in to take Cora and put out the fire while I pick up Victoria. I take her out of the room and Haruto calls us over waving to a place to sit down. I place her down on the chair and unwrap my hands from but she continues to keep a tight grip on me.

"Sweetheart?" I question as I kneel in front of her. She looks like she has something to say but she can't speak, most likely processing the fucked up shit that just happened. "Sweetheart, I'm here. I'll always save you," I tell her and I guess that's what she needed to hear as she sobs into my chest, her cries get louder by the second. Everything she went through the last couple of months until now, she lets it all out and all I can do for her right now is hold her as tight as I can, I'm never letting go of her.

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A/N What's up everyone!!! Let me tell you, for the last couple of days I've been working on the last three bonus chapters and then I thought, 'Friday is Eid, I'm not going anywhere so let me write out all three chapters that day' I was doing the math in my head and I kept thinking '10'000 words, can I freakin do it, can I really' Well I'm going to try. Victoria and Cora already had their fallout but this just officially solidified it.

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