Realistic or Modern Something in the Orange

[Forever6A7X]

Max frowned deeply when Gus finally hung up the phone looking down at her "Now what?" She asked trying to stay as calm as she could.

Ragnar frowned deeply as he listened to her and gave a heavy sigh "We will see....I do not think that should be a problem." He said quietly before kissing her hand gently "Rest a lot okay? I will have a man posted outside of your door for the rest of your stay alright?"

 

[decadent-rider]

He smirked a little. “Now we wait. Til he gets here and I can take him out. Then you are free to go.” He told her.

She nodded and sighed a little, seeing aemond finally coming back in and reached towards him. “You doing okay? What did they say?”

 

[Forever6A7X]

Max frowned deeply and shook her head some "He won't go down as easily as you think he will." She spat at him.

Aemond came back in and gave a brief hello to her father before sitting by her other side. He took her hand in his and sighed heavily "They are running a few tests to see the damage fully, took pictures of my brain. They're thinking a very bad concussion."

 

[decadent-rider]

She just nodded and frowned watching Ragnar leave before getting aemond to lay with her again. “We need to move back to Norway.” She told him quietly, moving him so she could fix his hair to keep it from getting tangled while they were there. “Even if it’s just a temporary move.”

He snorted a little. “You clearly don’t know my brother the way you think you do.” He muttered, “he’ll be so focused on getting you out of here he won’t know what hit him.” He told her, putting the blindfold back on her and soon came back with the gag as well to keep her quiet so he could concentrate.

 

[Forever6A7X]

Aemond frowned deeply at the thought of leaving but gave a small nod "As much as I don't like the idea....I think that would be best." He murmured kissing the top of her head gently.

Max went wide eyed when he came in with a gag. She struggled trying to get away from him but it was no use at all once he put the blindfold on her.

 

[decadent-rider]

She frowned and moved him back down. “Stay still while I’m doing this.” She scolded gently. “I just want both of us to be safe and lord knows your family hasn’t exactly extended protection.” She muttered.

It wasn’t much longer before bill arrived, screeching tires outside followed by doors being kicked open and bills voice eventually led to him getting into the basement, rushing to max and getting the blindfold off. “Hey, hey it’s okay, I got you.” He coaxed gently, trying to get her hands untied having forgotten about the gag until he heard her yelling behind it and he started trying to get that out when his brothers voice called that he was just too easy a target, bill turning around in time to see gus fire the gun twice at him, dropping to the floor. ‘Max im gonna untie you sweetheart. Then you got two options. I hid the phone somewhere in the house. Either go get it and hope he makes it long enough for them to arrive or be with him in his final moments. Choice is yours,” he told her, getting hee released and then leaving the house quickly.

 

[Forever6A7X]

Aemond stayed still for her and sighed heavily "Yeah....trust me,I want far, far away from them." He muttered moving to hold her once she was done with his hair.

Max whimpered when she heard the door being kicked in. She heard Bill's voice and immediatelt started to panic needing to know his whereabouts and that he was safe. As he came into her vision once the blindfold was taken off of her she started to yell against her gag trying to warn him about Gus. She screamed as he shot off two rounds into Bill's chest. As Gus undid her restraints she immediately rushed to Bill's side sobbing as she saw the blood that started to cover him "Oh god...no no no...Bill you didn't...oh god.." she cried as she tried to put pressure on his wounds.

 

[decadent-rider]

She sighed a little and just leaned into him, holding onto his waist. “I love you… soon as we can, we should start working on kids again.” She mumbled

He could only stare at her for a moment, managing to slap his pocket where his own cell phone was, before he started passing out, the blood still seeping through between her fingers no matter how much she tried to stop it.

 

[Forever6A7X]

Max whimpered and quickly searched his pockets to find his phone. She quickly dialed 911 and told them the address Gus had given to Bill. She stayed on the line with them until she heard EMTs upstairs. She hung up and yelled for them to come down to the basement watching as Bill started to fade.

Aemond gave her a small smile and nodded "Yeah...we can do that.." he said softly

 

[decadent-rider]

She nodded a little, starting to fall asleep curled up to him, giving his hand a tight squeeze like she would every night in their own bed and just wanting to get home, get away from the madness for a while.

The last thing he remembered was her finding his phone and he could hear her panicked voice but after that all he knew was waking up the following morning jn more pain than he thought was possible, still really out of it. “I’m sorry,” he managed to get out.

 

[Forever6A7X]

Aemond soon stqrted to drift off with her as well not noticing that his mother was outside the room being told to leave by their guards.

Max stayed by Bill's side the entire time. By the time he woke up she was beyond exhausted and just wanted to be home with him. She looked over at him as she heard a small groan and smiled very softly "Hey...hey don't worry about any of that okay? " she said quietly

 

[decadent-rider]

He frowned a little and just flexed his fingers, trying to reach for her, “damage?” He asked her quietly, struggling to breathe and seeing the room was spinning even while he was laid still.

Ubbe wandered back down the hall and smirked a little, stepping over to the woman. “Ms Hightower…. I think you know that you are not welcome here… these men are on orders from my father. No one from your family is to enter.” He muttered, towering over her.

 

[Forever6A7X]

Alicent glared at the tall man before her shaking her head some "And who does your father think he is keeping me from my son?" She spat up at him.

Max frowned deeply giving a heavy sigh "Two bullets through your left lung. One nearly hit your heart." She explained before taking his hand in hers and using her other to press the call button.

 

[decadent-rider]

He frowned again just closing his eyes and tried to squeeze her hand. “Why is it so cold?” He asked her, not really noticing when a nurse appeared in the room.

He chuckled and shrugged. “Ask him yourself when he’s next here. But I’d wager he thinks he’s the one who runs a better organisation than your son and the father of your daughter in law. The one you tried to get rid of by sending to a facility and instructing them not to care for her.” He pointed out. “He doesn’t take too kindly to people trying to hurt his only daughter.”

 

[Forever6A7X]

Max frowned softly and pulled the blanket over him "They're going to look you over to find out okay?" She said softly before standing up and kissing his cheek gently "I'm right here, I won't go anywhere."

Alicent continued to glare at him and scoffed at his remarks "I don't take kindly to false accusations." She said simply to him.

 

[decadent-rider]

Bill frowned and just nodded, making it halfway through the checks before passing out again ‘He’s trying real hard to push through this. His mother is here as well, we’re just going through security risks with her then she will be in here.” She told max, feeling for the young woman after helping her get cleaned up when they’d arrived and she was covered in his blood.

“then you should have no problem with my words. Aemond does not want you here. So leave.” He told her, having one of them forcibly remove her.

Carmen woke up the following morning g to weird noises coming from next to the bed and turned to see aemond hunched over. “Darling? What’s wrong?” She asked him quietly seeing how he was holding his head and she got herself sat up slowly.

 

[Forever6A7X]

Max thanked his nurse quietly giving a heavy sigh as she watched him. It was about an hour later when his mother arrived into the room. She stood up immediately to greet her and sighed heavily "Has any filled you in on what happened?" She asked softly

Aemond groaned as quietly as possible as he held his head trying to focus and see straight. He frowned when he heard Carmen's voice and took a shaky breath "I'm fine love, just a small headache." He muttered

 

[decadent-rider]

Carmen frowned and got herself more upright, "Don't bullshit a bullshitter." She muttered, pressing the call button to get him some help. She knew he suffered with headaches more anyway with the one eye and now she was worried about him, especially after he'd finally admitted last night he'd discharged himself against strong advice,

She nodded and frowned "I am aware of what happened and who did it... And you won't like my answer but that world has nothing to do with me and I stay away.... How is he doing?" She asked, gently smoothing his hair back, frowning at the major bruising all across the left side of his chest and up into his shoulder from the shot

 

[Forever6A7X]

Aemond frowned deeply taking deep breaths to try and make it lessen somehow "I can't see straight..." he said truthfully before he groaned loudly again on pain. This was only getting worse and he was starting to worry that it was more than a concussion.

Max frowned deeply moving to sit down at Bill's right side "Not good...he woke up briefly but it was too much energy." She explained before taking his hand in hers "They're still worried about if he'll make it."

 

[decadent-rider]

She sighed quietly and shook her head. “I begged him to not follow his brothers into that life. But you know how stubborn he is.” She mumbled. “You know he called me the morning after your first date to tell me he met the woman he’s gonna marry?” She smiled a little.

She frowned again and just reached over, taking his free hand and squeezing it for comfort until her nurse came in. “He can’t see straight. And he needs some painkillers for his head.”

 

[Forever6A7X]

Max looked at her surprised before turning to Bill "I just want him to pull through this." She whispered before wiping her eyes quickly as they started to tear up. She sat there for a few hours just chatting with his mother until she had to leave, it was after that, that he started to stir and wake up again.

Aemond grunted as the nurse got him to look at her and shined a light in his eye to check his pupils. The last thing her heard was her call something on her radio before he slumped forward and completely passed out.

 

[decadent-rider]

Carmen frowned, trying to get up but found she couldn't, watching them get him up onto a stretcher and start moving him out of there "What's wrong?" She asked worried about him now. If his mother had just left well enough alone then none of this chaos would be happening for them

Bill frowned a little and glanced over at her, coughing and wincing. "What time is it?" He mumbled.

 

[Forever6A7X]

The nurse frowned softly as she went to help Carmen as the others helped Aemond "There might be some bleeding, we need to take him in for more tests." She explained gently to her.

Max gave a small smile as she watched him "Its almost 6. You mom came by to see you. She left about an hour ago." She explained softly to him

 

[decadent-rider]

He frowned and just closed his eyes, squeezing her hand and just tried to focus on breathing. “I don’t… think we… are going… going to… to Tokyo.” He wheezed out.

She just nodded and frowned, worrying about him and wanting to get home to her family. She was hopeful he would like Norway well enough that he wouldn’t ant to come back to England and they could remain safe.

 

[Forever6A7X]

Max gave a very soft laugh and nodded some "No my love, I don't think we are. Its okay though, we'll go another time." She said quietly before she kissed his hand gently "I just want you safe."


Hvitserk came in not too long after with a box full of breakfast pasteries. He smiled softly at his sister and gave her a gently hug before kissing her cheek "How are you feeling? Where is Aemond?" He asked before offering her some food. Though he was not as close to her as their older brothers, he still very much cared for his only sister and held great respect for her.