[h2][b]Jason[/b][/h2] __________________________________________________________________________ "Yeah you're excused."Jason told her as Aidan had left. "Alex's been texted and I think Rose will be okay. Some crazy guy shot her but we have a good team of doctors here so." He came to sit by her as she asked and smirked back at her. "Yeah yeah maybe a little but you're still annoying."He teased. "So um Lucy told me what happened. Do you understand where you were, Shay?" He had seen the superior boys this morning, sure, but he hadn't expected things to blow up the very same night the very way they did. Shay didn't have much time to really reply because Alex came barging through the door. He looked around rapidly, eyes wild and his hair a mess. He had a few scratches on his arm but he looked relatively okay. He finally locked eyes on them and ran over and clutched Shay's hand, "Oh baby girl... What happened to you?"He sat beside her and rubbed her hand soothingly. The poor guy looked more terrified and worried than Jason had ever seen him. However, Alex had seemed scared before he even saw Shay. Something must've happened to him too. Alex's eyes teared up. Jason was sure his worst nightmare was seeing Shay in a hospital bed. Jason sighed and rubbed his shoulder. "She's going to be okay man."Jason assured him. "It's kind of a lot so let's just talk about what happened tomorrow-"He cut off seeing Alex's other hand. His palm was all black and had bits of energy coming off it at times like smoke. "Oh man, Alex. You really did yourself in.." "What?"Alex glanced over his shoulder as Jason then at his hand, "Oh that. I don't know. Some weird guy grabbed my hand and put that there. I was going to try to just wash it off." "You can't. "Jason said, "James might know what to do but he's not going to pay you any attention right now. Rose got hurt too." "What the fuck is going on? Rose too? Why would the hell would James know what to do about some stupid dirt or whatever he put on my hand?"Alex asked frustratedly. He was becoming overwhelmed, probably by both things he was hearing through his ear and through his mind. "It's a signaling power. It's like putting a tracker on someone. Someone has a bounty on you. "Jason explained, taking a seat beside him. Alex furrowed his brows, "On me? I'm nobody I'd be worth like 5 dollars," he replied incredulously. Jason shook his head, "Apparently not to somebody. For them to put that on you, you're worth at least half a million." "I don't understand any of this."Alex said in a sad and quiet tone, then he turned his attention back to Shay, trembling. Jason decided not to push him any further for now.