--Scene Change--

Linda jumped in surprise as the door came open, but calmed when she realized it was Matt. "Hey there... did you get some res-"

"Can we see Zero-!?" Trick cried, very much awake now and wanting to hear of his family member.

"K says as long as you two don't do anything drastic." Matt nodded as he finished putting his smokes away.

"What room is he in!?" Trick cried as he and Treat bolted from the room, staying long enough to get the number before they took off down the hall.

Linda watched them go, not bothering to go after them - they were old enough to go down the hallway to visit their 'father' themselves.

"Did you see Mello?" She asked, petting Near's hair softly. "He went looking for y-"

Near let out a cry and shot up in his bed, gripping his heart. The machines shot to life as his heart rate suddenly shot up.

The machines were going crazy and in no time nurses and other attendants were running into the room to find out what was happening.

--Scene Break--

Trick and Treat pushed open the door and came dashing into the room- looking around before spotting Zero on the bed and hurrying over to him.

Zero looked at them in a little bit of alarm, but calmed down after a moment and peered at the twins curiously.

It was like he knew them... they seemed so familiar, but he couldn't place why.

"You're awake!" Treat ran over and climbed onto the bed. "You're awake now! Are you okay!?"

He seemed to be ignoring the fact that Zero was still all hooked up to IV's and machines.

Zero made a small pained noise and motioned to his throat.

"Zero...?" Trick whispered as he came over, whimpering.

The young man looked at both of the twins sadly.

"So its true..." Trick whined, his eyes filling with tears. "You did lose your voice-!"

"You'll be okay!" Treat said immediately- placing his hand on Zero's rising and falling chest. "They have doctors, they'll fix you!"

Zero shook his head and made another noise, before he winced.

"I think he's broken," Trick whimpered. "B broke him, brother! That meanie broke our daddy-!"

He got up and stumbled off of the bed.

"Where is he!?" He snapped. "I'm gonna go beat him up-!"

"Trick get back here!" Treat said, crawling to the edge of the bed. "He's not in the same room...I don't think. But Zero needs help!"

"Who else is gonna do it!?" Trick snapped. "Far-!? Where is he, anyways!? He's not even here-!"

"They sent him off, remember?" Treat said. "Only Mello's come back."

He turned back to Zero.

"Far will come back to help...right?" He pleaded.

Zero frowned at him in complete confusion.

"I don't care of Mello's back!" Trick snapped. "Far needs to be here! He needs to fix Zero... he needs to fix everything!"

He threw himself onto the floor and began to cry loudly.

"Trick!" Treat slipped off the bed and ran over to his brother.

He reached out and hesitated a moment before he pet his sibling's hair.

"Trick, you have to stop...we can't upset Zero." Treat begged.

Trick wiped at his eyes and looked up at his brother, before he rushed over and leaped onto the bed, throwing himself into Zero's arms.

Zero looked at the boy in alarm, before he slowly began to hug the sobbing child, petting his hair.

Treat watched them a moment before he got up and walked over- climbing onto the bed with them.

"...It's going to get better now." He said. "It has to."

Zero let out a small noise - it might have been a sigh - before he looked up at Treat and tried to smile... as if trying to reassure him.

--Scene change--

A bright light flooded into his eye lids, even though they were closed. He could hear the sound of an IV drip and could feel a numbness in his body that meant he was under some sort of pain killer.

"Mmm- ngh?" Mello's eyes slowly fluttered open, the room beginning to come into blurry focus as he looked around in confusion- his head foggy.

"Morning, Sleeping Beauty," The voice of Indigo said and as Mello looked over, he saw the dark-haired young man peering down at him.

"Gah!" Mello jumped a little and winced- looking down at his IV. "What?"

"It appears you were in a bike accident," Indigo informed. "...While saving Next's life from some creep guy who was kidnapping him, that is. Next is fine... so is that creepo and the other kid he had with him."

"Other kid?" Mello held his head. "Next is okay? I wanna see him!"

He started pulling off his blankets.

"He's fine-!" Indigo informed, trying to push him down. "Barely remembers anything... hit his head or something but they said he'll be fine. I'll go get him, but you need to stay here. As for the other kid... Next said he was in the van with him. The kid still hasn't woken up."

"I don't remember another kid!" Mello squirmed as Indigo tried to keep him down. "I have to get up! Next...and Near! I left my husband!"

"Near is fine!" Indigo snapped. "Calm down or I'm going to have to give you a sedative, Mello-!"

"Don't you dare!" Mello warned- baring his teeth. "Where is everyone!?"

Indigo held up his hands defensively. "Next is with that kid... As far as I know, Near's still asleep in his room."

"Then I'm goin' to one of them." Mello told Indigo firmly. "I never told Near I was sorry and Next...where the HELL was Matt!?"

"I'm not sure?" Indigo sighed before he reached out. He held up his hand when Mello jerked back. "I'm going to take the IV out so you can go... and at least let me help you! You're so drugged that you'd stumble all over and knock down some poor innocent cancer patient..."

"I don't have cancer!" Mello shot back.

"That isn't what I..."

Giving a sigh, Indigo took out the IV and helped Mello up. He knew the blonde would refuse a wheel chair, but would probably let him help... after he realized that his leg had only just been re-set and he was so high on pain killers that he couldn't walk straight.

"Get off me!" Mello tried to shove off Indigo and stumbled over into the table off to the side- blinking in surprise as the world spun suddenly. "Ah, shit! My leg!"

He looked down at the brace they had it in and frowned.

"...What the hell happened!?" He demanded.

"You messed it up?" Indigo offered, reaching for the blonde. "Come on... its only a few rooms over. It wont kill you to have me help you..."

"No shit, it's messed up!" Mello snapped. "But what..."

He stood up and leaned on Indigo as the man came over.

"...A bike accident?" Mello blinked. "And I saved Next...and that other boy...there was another boy with Next."

They started to leave the room.

"I have to check on Near." Mello said.

"I'll get someone to find out about Near," Indigo informed. "For now you should stay with Next and the kid... whoever he is." He frowned. "You really don't remember him? Pale skin... dark hair... Looks kind of like your husband. A little..."

He practically carried Mello down the hall and up to a door, which he pushed open, revealing a room where someone was laying on the bed and Next was beside them, his head down.

"...Next!" Mello pushed off and Indigo and managed to stumble himself over to the bed, which he gripped to keep himself upright.

He was panting and had his eyes closed as he waited for his head slow down and catch up with him. Those damned doctors weren't happy unless they were pushing more drugs than a local pharmacy into him. He reminded himself to get back at K for this.

Slowly, as he opened his eyes, he could have sworn he went deaf... he couldn't hear the rain outside, couldn't hear the IV dripping, couldn't hear the sounds of people outside of the room...

There was just him and the boy laying in front of him, beneath soft white blankets... floating in limbo... in a white space between death and life.

Mello stared- sure that he'd died or gone completely bat-shit insane. The boy that was resting- almost peacefully, it seemed -beneath the folds of the sheets and blankets couldn't be who he seemed. It was impossible and even in his drug induced state he knew that. But there he was. Soft features, curly black hair, milky skin- though not nearly has stark-white as Near. But there he was.

"Naveen..." Mello breathed.

He was vaguely aware of people around him before suddenly the sounds came back as the door to the room closed. Looking up, Mello realized that Indigo had left and that Next was now beside him, gripping his hand.

"...Next..." Mello blinked and looked back down at the boy in the bed. "He looks just...just like..."