Watched

Chapter 4



Orlando was doing well. He'd been in the hospital for two days and

would be released the next morning. It was eleven o'clock and the

door ahd just burst open to reveal Beanie and the hobbits.



"Okay, Viggo, time to go," Elijah stated.



Viggo looked at him in confusion. "What...?"



"You haven't left here since Orlando was brought in. You look

terrible. We realize that we would be hard pressed to get you out of

the hospital, but we are going to get you out of this room."



"But-"



"No buts, Vig," Bean said firmly, pulling him out of his seat and

toward the door. "You're coming with me and the hobbits are staying

with Orlando."



Orlando laughed at the look of indignation on Viggo's face. He

didn't really want Viggo to go, but he had to agree with Elijah. He

looked terrible. "You better go, Vig. You know how stubborn they

can be."



Viggo smiled softly at the sound of Orlando's laugh and was promptly

pushed out the door.



"Finally! He's gone! Now we can have our evil way with you!" Elijah

cackled. Dom smacked him upside the head.



"So how are you, Orli?" Sean asked. "And don't say fine."



Orlando sighed. "I'm better." At the dubious looks on their faces,

he added, "Really. I don't have one foot in the the mental ward if

that's what you want to know."



"Well that's good because we have enough crazy people around," Sean

said, looking at the other three hobbits pointedly.



"Hey!" was the response, and good-natured teasing broke out among

them.



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"Viggo, what's wrong?" Sean asked after a few minutes of just sitting

at the cafeteria table. The news of the attack on Orlando had hit

everybody hard, but Sean knew that Viggo's pain was ten times worse,

partly because he had been the one to find him, but mostly because of

his deep love for the younger man.



Viggo sighed. "I'm afraid, Sean," he admitted. "Afraid that the

attacker will come back and I won't be there to protect him like I

wasn't last time."



"What makes you think he'll come back?" Sean asked, confused.



Viggo's hands clenched into fists. "Because the bastard said he

would, and I will not-can not allow him to get Orli again."



Just then, Billy came running up to them. "Vig...Vig...Viggo!" he

panted. "Orli..."



That's all it took to send Viggo running towards Orlando's room, all

the while his stomach twisting into anxious knots. When he arrived,

Orlando was sitting in bed, staring in horror at a note clutched in

his hand. He was shaking horribly and tear were streaming down his

cheeks. Viggo went straight to the bed and enveloped him in his

arms. Looking down at the note, he nearly cried out in anger at the

woods.



//I hope you had fun, Orlando. I know I did. We will definitely get

together some other time. Remember, YOU ARE MIND!//