Natalia
Natalia was walking to the downstairs of the hotel they were staying at when the first pain hit. She curled in around her belly instictively as the agony went through her like a knife, forgetting where she was. She missed the step on the flight of stairs she was on and started to fall. Her slim body hit more or less every step on the way down until she lay in a crumpled heap at the bottom. After a few moments, a pool of blood began to spread from between her slightly spread thighs as her body reacted to the fall and resmued aborting the fetus planted in it. The red crept outwards and her face grew steadily whiter as her blood drained away.
Jessica
Jess had gone out for ice cream, and came back in to find Natalia curled at the foot of the steps. She ran to her and put her hand on Natalia's shoulder.
"Nat? AAre you okay?" She asked. "What's wrong?"
Natalia
"Hurts..." Natalia moaned, semiconscious as the the stabbing pains continued. The pool of blood between her legs grew larger.
Jessica
"Natalia? Do you want me to stay with you? or go get help?" she asked quickly.
Natalia and Ewan
"He's going to be so angry with me..." Natalia's eyelids fluttered shut again and she lapsed back into unconsiousness.
~*~*~*~
In the small cafe across the street, Ewan watched the door of the hotel. Where was she? He sipped from his coffee and sighed.
Jessica
Jessi took her jacket and rolled it up, and pressed it between Natalia's legs. Then she decided to get help. She ran to get her brothers.
"Ike! Tay! Zac! Come quick! Natalia's fallen! I think she's losing the baby!" She banged on her brother's door.
Natalia and Ewan
Natalia's breathing started to slow. She was losing a lot of blood, very quickly.
~*~*~*~
Ewan looked at his watch, then back at the doors. Where was bonny? She'd said she was coming...He kept an eye out for that long blonde hair as he dragged out his cup of coffee.
Jessica
Jess ran back to Natalia, when nobody answered her. She shoved her jacket tight between Natalia's legs to slow the bleeding, and tried to lift her up. Jess wasn't a very big girl, but Natalia was underweight and undernourished, and Jessi's adrenaline was surging. She forced herself to pick Natalia up, and she carried her to the front desk of the hotel.
"Please! PLease help! My friend's lost a lot of blood. I think she's having a miscarriage. PLEASE HELP! I'm so scared!" she yelled at the consierge. He quickly dialed 911.
"Pleas! Call my family in their rooms! Hanson." She laid Natalia down and held her tight.
"Nat, come on, you can make it. You're a fighter. You survived 2 years in hell, you can make it through this. COme on, you can do it, I know you can!" she told the still girl.
Taylor
Taylor froze in walking down the lane, his hand suddenly pulling on Mouse's and making her stop.
"He's there again!"
Taylor frowned, not really bothering to ask where the voice was coming from. He knew it as a bird.
"Who's there?" he asked in its language.
"The camera guy, Tay."
"Oh, hey Gabby. The camera guy?"
"Yeah. He's been eyeing off that red haired guy. The camera guy."
Taylor looked up and saw Gabby swoop up into the nearby tree.
"It's good to see you again Tay."
"Nice to see you caught up to us," he grinned.
Mouse and Ewan
Mouse shaded her eyes as she looked up at the bird. "Hey," she said in greeting.
Ewan tapped the spoon against the table and sighed. Where was she?
"Would you like anything else?" The server asked him politely.
"Another coffee, thanks." Ewan looked back at the doors of the hotel, and sighed again. Where was bonny?
Taylor
"Gabby? What camera guy?"
"The guy with the camera! He takes pictures of people."
"What people?" Taylor was confused.
"People like you. People like your brother. He took a picture of your brother, and Kira said he took a picture of you and her."
Taylor frowned. Someone was taking photos of them?
"Is he following us?"
"I think so," Gabby hesitated slightly, "he talks to the skinny blonde girl."
"Wait..." Taylor began in English, looking down.
"A guy with a camera... Was it that guy... hang on."
He switched back to bird.
"Were you there when we found a red haired photographer with Natalia?"
"Him! Him!"
"Oh man..." he began in English again, "then he's still seeing her."
He scratched his cheek.
"Ok, Mouse, do you remember that photographer we saw in... wherever we were? We thought he was harrassing Natalia? Well, Ike did."
Mouse
"The Scottish guy?" Mouse said hesitantly. "He was...hard to read."
Taylor
"Yeah, well, he's here."
Taylor looked up as Gabby flew away.
"See ya later Tay."
"Bye Gab."
He turned back to Mouse.
"Apparently he's been following us, and taking pictures of... well, us. And Ike. And he's been seeing Natalia."
He hesitated, then snapped his fingers.
"Damn, I should have asked where he was now."
Mouse
"Bother." Mouse frowned. "He has amazingly red hair...should we just browse and see if we can find him?"
Taylor
Taylor looked worried.
"And what would we say if we found him? 'We know you're stalking us, so go away'? 'Leave Natalia alone'? Oh, that one worked so well last time," he scratched his head.
"Damn these photographers. I don't mind the studio ones, but this is... It's a dangerous invasion of privacy. The YIRAAS would do anything to keep us under wraps, you know."
Mouse and Ewan
"Yeah." Mouse nibbled her bottom lip. "Aliens...would not go down well."
Ewan sighed, and studied the door of the hotel. He could see people running around in there...