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Once the sun had sunk below the horizon it was like someone had turned on a light switch for Charlie, one minute she was literally dead to the world the next she was sitting up in bed, aware of the fact that her phone was giving off the shrill it does when she has messages. She grabbed her phone and looked at it, the number was one she didn't recognize but it had called several times. That could only mean one thing. The hospital. Then her phone started to ring again, this time it was Rhett, he was back at the Hospital where she had told him to stay, but they wouldn't allow him to stay with Cordy because unlike what she had told the doctors she was family, they didn't see him as such. He told her what she already had started to fear. Hanging up on him, she let her Voice mail play as she got dressed.

Yup, it was going down and it was tearing at her soul. She had warned Cherry this could happen, and now it was. However, Cherry hadn't answered her on what her decision was. She was still getting ready at an accelerated pace as she told her phone to call Cherry. She too only got a machine.

"Get to the hospital ASAP my friend, I'll meet you there." She said into the phone before hanging up and grabbing her keys. She ran down to get into her car and hauled buns to the hospital. She could tell by what she was seeing in the doctor's face that it wasn't just serious, it was life or death. Charlie would not let this little girl go. Nope. Cordy was her daughter as far as she was concerned now, even if Cherry was her biological sister and had more of a claim on her. She sighed as she blew passed the doctors and moved into Cordy's new room, Rhett a step behind her where he had been since she entered the hospital.

"Hey Little one, How are you feeling tonight?" She asked as she walked in, seeing the nurses that were taking care of her. This was going to make things a little more difficult. She looked over her shoulder to Rhett and he knew what she wanted, he would wait for Cherry and then lead her in. Then Cherry and her could do some suggestive talking to get the nurses and doctors to get lost. From there the three of them would have some talking to do. She just hoped that this night had a slightly happier ending than what the doctors had planned.

Charlie glanced at the nurse as the woman placed her hand on her arm and then gave a sad sigh at the woman's words. She could tell by the way the doctors had been huddled around her, the way the nurses all stood about and then when she entered started to clear out. That was one little saving grace, they were leaving. Charlie moved over to the girl and took up her little hand, gently rubbing her fingers so that she didn't touch the IV.

Then the door busted open and Charlie and Rhett both responded before they saw Cherry. However, the fact that they let her in really spoke about how bad off Cordy was. Charlie frowned and then gave the littler girl's fingers a gentle, reassuring squeeze. Her eyes glanced to Cherry wondering what she would say with what she was thinking about, but instead of giving away anything like that, she was talking about a phone. That made Charlie sigh again, though this time, it was clear that it was mildly annoyed. She loved her friend, she did, but really? The girl, her sister, was dying and she was asking about a phone?

Cordy's coughing and soft words drew her attention away from her friend. Charlie gently ran her free hand through the girl's hair and she nodded very softly. "I know little one I know." Then her eyes lifted to Cherry again "Have you thought about what I talked about with you hun?" She asked in a voice quiet enough that Cordy wouldn't be able to make it out, but Cherry would. At this point though, Charlie wasn't going to care what her answer was, and to hell with what other vampires would think when it came to turning this little doll.

She was too sweet, too shy to be a danger to anyone, and Charlie, though lord knew she didn't know it all about being a vampire, knew enough that she hoped she could talk the girl through anything that would keep her safe from the other vampires. And if not, Charlie would gladly meet the SR again to protect her from the vampires. She sighed a little more and then leaned down to place a soft kiss on the girl's forehead.

**** the thoughts of other vampires, Charlie would not let Cordy die.

Charlie watched the two of them in silence, this was probably going to be one of the biggest things she did 'against' the vampire rules, but at this moment, she didn't give the slightest bit of a rats ***. She wouldn't let this girl go, and when she picked up Cherry's nod, she let out a slow breath, at least there was one vampire that wouldn't be cross at her for what she was planning to do. Then Cordy began to speak and cough again, calling her attention. Well the nurse was half right, she would be bringing her bunny with her. But the rest of what the nurse had told her, that part wasn't going to happen not on her watch.

When the bunny fell to the floor, her instinct was to reach down and get it, but then Cordy whispered about how she was scared and Charlie froze for a moment. However, thankfully, Rhett jumped in to save the day, moving over to pick up the toy as Charlie reached out to take it from him. She gently placed the bunny back in her reach and let go of her hand to reach up and sooth the girl as best she could, giving her a little inspiring boost as she did so. "I know you are little one, but you don't need to be. I'm not going to let anything happen to you." She whispered to the girl before kissing her on her forehead and giving her a tender smile.

Then Charlie glanced back over to Rhett, he nodded and moved over to the door, closing it as well as any other way to see into the room and moving to use his body to block the door. Then Charlie glanced over at the system that Cordy was plugged into and began going over the system. She knew that Cherry could keep Cordy preoccupied as she did this tedious job of undoing all the alarms that were set in place by the nurses so that when it came to be time, Cordy could die and turn without tipping off the nurses that she was doing so. This was going to be the real trick to saving the little one, not the saving part itself, but the keeping the nurses from figuring out the whys of it.