WARNING: VIOLENCE/INJURIES

Axle felt as he was lifted by a first responder,

"Hey wait, I'm fine! You need to take care of the more injured people."

The responder looked at Axle confused,

"Kid what are you talking about? Your arm is ripped to shreds."

Axle looked at his arm which was burned and had a long slash down the side,

"Huh."

The first responder laughed as she ran Axle to the ambulance, Nick was running next to her.

"Now that's a memorable response. Guess with all the adrenaline you couldn't feel it."

Axle was set on the stretcher which was then put in the ambulance. Nick climbed in and sat on the benches. A paramedic started to work on Axle's arm since the fire had been put out, an agonizing pain began to spread through his arm. Nick offered Axle his hand,

"Don't worry, if you break it, there's a paramedic on board."

Axle laughed which made him wince, he grabbed Nicks hand and crushed it as the paramedic cleaned his wound and sewed it up while Nick let his hand be crushed by Axle. Axle then arrived at the hospital where cold water was run over his arm for about half an hour. It was then bandaged loosely and elevated by pillows to keep the swelling down. Axle was beginning to feel tired when a nurse came in,

"Hi what's your name so we can call your parents."

Axle's eyes shot wide,

"No! You can't call my parents! Please!"

I tried to sit up but Nick pushed me back down,

"Calm down buddy, it's okay."

The nurse continued,

"If we don't call your parents how will you pay for the hospital bill."

Axle tried to calm down,

"Okay fine call them, my names Axle Amado"

Axle saw his hand was shaking so he hid it under the cover's but Nick already saw it. Nick gave him a concerned look but Axle looked away before Nick could get a reading on his mood. The nurse nodded, she left the room. Nick turned to him,

"What was that?"

Axle tried to look innocent,

"What?"

Nick grunted with frustration,

"What's with your hand shaking?"

"It's not."

Nick grabbed Axle's wrist making him flinch. Axle pulled his wrist away from Nick and held it to his chest, of course, it was still shaking. Nick looked concerned,

"Why is your hand shaking?"

"None of your business."

The nurse popped her head in the room,

"Turns out your parents had seen the news which you were featured in, so they already knew which hospital you were at, they're coming up right now."

The nurse left as Axle's entire body started shaking. Nick grabbed his shoulders,

"Woah buddy are you okay?"

Axle gulped,

"Get under the bed."

"What?"

Axle glared even though he was shaking,

"Get under the bed NOW, and don't you dare come out, even if I'm being killed. Got it?"

Nick looked confused but nodded. He quickly ran and set something in the corner of the room, Axle couldn't see what it was because it was hidden by his pillows. Nick then scurried and hid under the bed, not even a minute later Axle's parents and his brother came in.

"Oh look, it's the noble hero everyone's talking about. You looked terrible in that video."

Axle looked confused,

"I don't know of any video."

His mom, Kendall, punched him in the nose,

"Speak when you're spoken to."

Axle grabbed his nose,

"You were speaking to me."

Axle's dad, Tad, grabbed Axle's hair and yanked him forward,

"Don't speak to your parents that way."

Axle could feel his scalp burn from where Tad had grabbed his hair. Axle's brother, Sam, slammed his fist into Axle's stomach. A groan escaped Axle's lips as his family stormed off,

"When you're discharged you'll find your way home, got it?"

Axle didn't respond as he held his gut. The door slammed shut and Axle laid back down trying to take deep breaths.