Once Alfred successfully found his way out of the woods near the lodge, everything went by fast. One moment, he found his friends running towards him and Arthur who had fallen unconscious and the next he found himself in an ambulance, bandaged up in a few places, and watching the paramedics treat Arthur and make sure they get him into a somewhat stable state by tending to the obvious wounds. Arthur was in a pretty bad state; he had a large gash in his thigh, probably several broken bones, and several cuts and bruises that were already forming. A paramedic looked over at Alfred and asked, "What the hell happened?"

"Um . . . I just kind of found him like that," Alfred lied, not really sure if that was the right thing to tell them or not. One things for sure, he wasn't going to tell them what really happened.

It seemed like it would take forever to reach the nearest hospital. But finally, the ambulance pulled up to the emergency side of the hospital, when they opened the doors, a several doctors and nurses arrived with a stretcher and rushed him inside, the paramedics and Alfred following close behind. The paramedics explained the situation quickly and then, Arthur had been taken into surgery and Alfred was forced to wait in the waiting room.

After about an hour of waiting, Francis, Matthew, and Kiku joined him and they found him pacing the room. The three looked at each other as they took a seat and they silently agreed that no one right now could be as anxious or worried as Alfred.

It's been an hour. Who knows what was going on in there?

Another hour or so passes and Alfred decided to take a seat next to his brother. Only now, he was tapping his foot impatiently and was constantly running his fingers through his hair. Right before Matthew was about to say something to comfort the blond next to him, a doctor came into the waiting room. "I suppose you all are here for Arthur Kirkland?" he asked.

Alfred stood up quickly and nodded, "Is he alright?"

"Yes, but he's still unconscious and it might take him a day or two to wake up." the man said.

"May we go see him?" Kiku asked.

The doctor nodded and told them the room number he was in. The group left the waiting room and headed to the room Arthur was in. Alfred was the first to enter the room and gasped when he saw Arthur.

The Brit was had several IVs hooked to him and he had bandages all around his chest and the leg that had been stabbed. There was also a oxygen mask over Arthur's mouth and nose. The only sound in the room was the steady beeping coming from the heart monitor and Arthur's shallow breathing. The four gathered around Arthur's bed and they stayed silent. Every now and then, they would talk a bit, sometimes to Arthur.

Eventually, Matthew, Kiku, and Francis left. They had asked if Alfred was coming but he said that he would stay a bit longer.

Alfred did stay a bit longer. Much longer actually. The American had been allowed to stay by Arthur side for the entire night thanks to a nurse who took pity on the poor, worrying blond. And so he did, only dosing off for a minute or two in his chair before jolting himself awake. In the time alone with Arthur, Alfred talked to him as if they were having a regular conversation, remembering Matthew saying something about patients in comas being able to hear conversations.

As the American told his stories and lame jokes, he held the Brit's hand as if it was a lifeline; squeezing the hand slightly, running his thumb across the top of it or across his palm, and at one point, even kissing the hand lightly as if Arthur was apart of the royal family.

At around dawn, Alfred's mood became a bit more cheerful when he noticed that Arthur's breathing sounded normal for the most part and he grinned when the heart monitor sped up for a split second, showing Alfred that Arthur was reacting to his comment about how faeries weren't real. Now completely reassured that Arthur would be fine if he left for a couple of minutes, Alfred went down to the hospital's cafeteria to get himself a cup of coffee.

On the third day of staying by Arthur's side, Alfred was finally forced to return to the lodge to get some decent sleep; even if meant having Matthew force sleeping pills down his throat. Luckily, Alfred cooperated and slept till the next morning. And about 5 minutes after the American had woken up, the college students received a call from the hospital. Arthur was finally awake.

Upon hear the news, Alfred sprinted outside and into the back seat of the truck, whining to the others about how slow they are and that if they don't hurry up, he'd leave with out them. Upon hearing Alfred's threat, Francis, Kiku, and Matthew all looked at each other and paled at the thought of Alfred speeding recklessly to the hospital. All three of them ran to the truck and Francis got into the drivers seat and took keys from Alfred before he could do anything.

When Alfred entered the room and saw Arthur sitting up, completely awake, he almost tackled the Brit before controlling himself. Instead, he ran up to Arthur and gave him a hug that was just a little too tight.

"Ack! Alfred, that hurts!" Arthur complained, wincing slightly.

Alfred, realizing that he was hurting the Brit, quickly released his hold and grinned sheepishly. "Oops. Sorry."

Arthur shook his head but smiled, "Good to see you too."

By then, everyone was around Arthur's bed and began talking to him at once, telling him how worried they were, that they were glad to see that he was okay.

After awhile, Arthur cut into their conversations, "Hey, could I talk to Alfred alone please?"

Everyone nodded, Francis sending smirk in Alfred's direction, and went out into the hall way. Once the door was shut Alfred turned towards Arthur. "So, what did you want to talk about?" he asked.

"I . . . I just wanted to thank you for what you did the other day," the Brit said, "If you hadn't have showed up in time . . . Well, I probably wouldn't be here right now. I also wanted to say sorry about dragging you into that whole mess."

Alfred shook his head and replied, "As long as what ever that thing was is gone and you're alright, it's fine."

There was a pause for a moment before Arthur spoke up, "Alfred, what were you going to say while we were in the woods? Before we got attacked."

"Hm? Oh . . . Um," Alfred scratched the back of his head, know that he couldn't avoid the question. "Well . . .You see Arthur . . . I just want to tell you that . . . Th-that I love you. And I really mean it. I do. A-and I was hoping that you feel the same?" By now, a light blush had snuck onto both of the blond's faces. Alfred was now looking off to the side, somewhat embarrassed about how lame his confession was.

Again, there was another silence in which Arthur broke once again. "You git. I love you too," Arthur muttered, just loud enough for Alfred to hear. Alfred grinned excitedly.

"Really? You do?"

The blush on Arthur's face had grew by now and he was now looking off to the side. "Yes. I-I really do love you . . . How many times do I have to say it to get it through your thick head!" He scowled, causing Alfred to laugh and then lean in close to Arthur, catching the Brit's lips with his, kissing him before pulling away. Once Arthur realized what just happened, he threw his arms around his new boyfriend's neck and kissed him again, this time longer and with a bit more passion.

When they pulled away once more, Arthur found that he was feeling instantly better. He felt lighter in a way; the feeling of death and fear that he had been feeling for the last few months had disappeared. He no longer felt threatened by a supernatural force out to finish some unfinished business and while he wasn't able to save his mother or Yao, he was able to save three of his friends, one now his lover, from the clutches of death.

Two things. One, I need to work on endings cause I don't think this is very good! I should be punished for presenting this crap to such an amazing audience like yourselves. And two, it's over! D: I'm sad but so proud of myself. This is the first multi-chapter fanfic that I've finished!

Well, thank you all for reading! Now, I must bid you adieu.

Note: For the people who are waiting for me to update Changeling: Changeling is now my top priority! And I'll be posting the next chapter as soon as possible now that I've been inspired thanks to the movie Beastly. By the way, it's a really good movie.