(Bren’s POV)

Not long after we landed at our destination, Jax lost consciousness. His face was ashen and his body drenched in sweat as he lay in my arms. Only a few minutes passed before medical personnel pulled him away from me and secured him on a stretcher. I tried to push through the crowd of people that surrounded Jax, but General Morgan stepped in front of me and shook his head. “What the hell, I promised Jax I would stay with him.” I held my arm up and tried to push him out of my way but General Morgan held his ground. Jax let out a pained scream from behind General Morgan and I pushed harder and yelled, “Move”.

General Morgan placed a hand on my shoulder and said, “Let my medical team handle him, there is nothing you can do right now.”

I saw a flash of pink as Fuchsia shoved one of the medical staff out of the way. Her voice was raised but she remained confident and professional as she said, “Jax is my patient and I know the most about his condition. I will be staying with him!”

General Morgan, stood with his back to Fuchsia and he let out what sounded like an aggravated sigh. I saw several men in uniform head to where Jax was at. I looked at General Morgan and said, “I’m going with him, let me through!”

One of the men tried to grab Fuchsia but she knocked him down. She yelled at General Morgan, “Call your men off, we had an agreement.”

General Morgan didn’t take his eyes off of me, his veins bulged in his head, as he said, “Leave the doctor alone she can stay with her patient.”

I started to walk forward again and he said, “No!”

I was pissed and balled up my fist ready to punch this asshole when someone grabbed my wrist. I turned around to see Jackie and he said, “Listen. He is safe here. No one is going to hurt him. Let them help him and then you can go see him.” Despite not knowing Jackie and Lyra for long I felt like I could trust them. They had put their lives on the line to help Jax.

I relaxed my fist and Jackie let my wrist go. I heard a commotion behind me and turned back towards Jax. I could see people fighting to hold him down as he thrashed on the stretcher. I moved quickly in his direction but Jackie grabbed me from behind and Lyra stood in front of me gently pushing me back. Fuchsia said something to one of the doctor’s close to her and they started pushing Jax away. Fuchsia spun around and ran over to me. Lyra stepped out of the way as Fuchsia grabbed me by both arms and said, “I will come and get you as soon as he is stable.”

I felt useless, his cries echoed in my ears as they wheeled him away.

Fuchsia hugged me and said, “Jax is tough, I promise he will be ok!”

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Fuchsia pushed me away and ran to catch up with the medical team and Jax.

General Morgan was busy talking to one of his men. The young man had a busted lip and was holding his side. Poor guy didn’t have a chance against Fuchsia and he was getting chastised by General Morgan. In his defense not many people are able to go up against Fuchsia and win.

I looked past General Morgan and could see Jax being wheeled into the building through two large glass doors.. Fuchsia had caught up with him and disappeared through the glass doors as well.I ground my teeth as I stared at the building. There was nothing more I could do but wait.

I forgot Jackie was behind me until I heard him clear his throat. “My Da…I mean General Morgan will be busy for a while. Let’s go get a drink and you can rest until we hear from Fuchsia.”

Jackie and Lyra took me to a smaller gray building that was next to where Jax had been wheeled off to. Jackie leaned forward at the door and scanned his Iris and then scanned a card. The system beeped and said, “Lieutenant Morgan, will you have a guest joining you?”

Jackie answered simply, “Yes.”

The system again spoke, ”Please have the guest scan their right eye and then enter personal data.”

Jackie rocked on his feet and said, “His right eye is cybernetic, requesting permission for use of left eye for iris scan.

The system said, “Please wait….”

I reached up and covered my right eye, with everything happening I had forgotten about my newest bodily anomaly. The screen pulsed as we waited.

The system beeped and said, “Request granted.”

“Please have guest scan left eye and enter personal data.”

After I finished entering my data the door opened and the three of us entered.

There was a long hallway, shiny floors and painfully bright lighting. I followed Jackie as we passed many doors leading to who knows where. A mix of people in military uniforms and labcoats scattered busily around. Jackie finally stopped at a double door labeled lounge.

The doors slid open to reveal a large dimly lit carpeted room. There were lots of different sitting areas, containing a mix of large tables, chairs and couches. Some of the spaces were being used and had their privacy shields activated. Jackie walked across the room to two couches and a couple of chairs. He pointed to a menu laying on the table and said, “Pick something”.

I picked the menu up and glanced at it half heartedly and then tossed it back down and said, “Just a black coffee.”

Jackie looked at me and said, “Anything else?”

I shook my head no and plopped down on one of the couches. I nervously searched my pocket, what I really wanted was a smoke. My pocket rattled and I pulled out the bottle of blue cryo and stared at it. “What are you going to do now Jax.” I let the bottle roll across the table in front of me and leaned over, placing both elbows on my legs and resting my head on my hands.