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Post by Maggie Russell on Oct 22, 2009 10:42:23 GMT -5
Maggie opened one eye. Then the other. She felt as though someone had dropped a sack of 100 bricks on her. Every inch of her was sore but nothing painfully hurt. Which meant...she focused more clearly on her surroundings. Yes, she was in the hospital...again. It had only been four days since her last visit to the ICU. She had a strip of guaze around her forehead, another one (a larger one) around her torso under her shirt, an ace bandage wrapped tightly around her left hand, and cream on almost every other part of her body attempting to heal the bruises. She placed her non-bandaged hand to her forehead to feel the guaze and sat up a little straighter on the cot, ignoring the dull throb in her healing ribs.
"Well hello there again, Miss. Russell. You know you could have just dropped by and said hello. You didn't need to break a few ribs and gain a concussion to see us again." Doctor Riley looked up from the end of her bed where he was examining a chart and gave a wry smile.
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Post by Liam Grayson on Oct 22, 2009 11:24:45 GMT -5
Liam wasn't as lucky as Maggie was. His eyes were still closed, his heart was beating slower then usual and his body was sweating because of the heat. The boy could feel the pain from inside, it was too much to take, his heartbeats getting slower. No sound would come out of his mouth, even if he tried screaming, he couldn't be heard.
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Post by Maggie Russell on Oct 22, 2009 11:32:18 GMT -5
"I know, Doctor Riley." Maggie smiled fondly at her faorite of the doctors. Suddenly, she remembered Liam and sat straight up in a panic. "Doctor Riley, where's the guy that came in with me?"
Doctor Riley put Maggie's chart back and pocketed her pen. "He's not doing so well Maggie." She removed the divider, making their two smaller rooms one big room. "We can't stop his body from overheating. But don't worry, we'll do everything we can to help him." She left the room.
Maggie thought about it for a minute and then screwed her eyes shut and the words "I need you Uncle Scott" surfaced in her brain.
He was there in seconds. He looked pretty discheveled, but pleased. "That guy won't be bothering you again any time soon" he announced before his dark eyes fell upon Liam. "What happened?"
"I think that guy did something to him. And the only people I can think of that are like him are Jaye and that weird guy who hacked onto her computer. Can you go get one or both of them? Whoever you find first? Just like tap into their brains...make them understand that they need to get to the hospital." Maggie wrung out her hands, ignoring the pain in her bandaged one.
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Post by Liam Grayson on Oct 22, 2009 11:39:44 GMT -5
Liam's body kept overheating, it wasn't long enough and the machine started beeping because his heart stopped beating. As the doctor focused on him with the shockers. Liam in his head seemed to be somewhere different, as he could see only darkness, and a small light, like if it was a tunnel or something. He was slowly walking toward it.
Verloren was sleeping in his house, relaxed completely, he had a break and no work today so this was his way of spending his off time.
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Post by Maggie Russell on Oct 22, 2009 11:45:03 GMT -5
Scott dissappeared, only to reappear in Verloren's house. He floated by his head for a moment before whispering, "Verloren...get to the hospital...now...now...you are needed...the hospital now..." He kept saying things like this, hoping it would wake the sleeping man.
Maggie was gripping the rail of her cot with her unbandaged hand with both eyes locked on Liam. If he died, it was all her fault.
Sammi, Amber, and Marcus burst into the room right then. Well, Sammi and Marcus burst...Amber was dragging her feet and looked like she would rather be anywhere but a few feet from the two people who she may have possibly killed. Though she did look relieved to find out that Maggie was no where close to being dead.
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Post by Liam Grayson on Oct 22, 2009 11:51:27 GMT -5
Verloren was dreaming, oddly about work again, when he brought coffee to a customer, he heard the customer say something weird. V heard him say that he was needed in the hospital. That woke up him up as V opened his eyes rapidly, he changed his clothes and was wondering what was going on, though he just had to go there, something told him he had to. As he ran out of his house , he got in his car and drove toward the hospital.
The doctors were still trying to revive Liam, this didn't look too good, sometimes, his heart did start beating, but the machine beeped again.
Liam was still walking toward the light, looking at it. It was intriguing as he just kept walking and walking, for a moment it seemed like the light showed video game consoles.
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Post by Maggie Russell on Oct 22, 2009 11:58:06 GMT -5
"Maggie, you're ok!" Marcus looked overjoyed, which earned him a stare from Amber.
Maggie tore her eyes from Liam to address her visitors. "Look guys, I'm really glad you're here and all but can you wait in the hallway for just like ten minutes?" They seemed a little offended but they agreed. Just then V arrived.
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Post by Liam Grayson on Oct 22, 2009 12:05:36 GMT -5
When Verloren arrived at the hospital, he just looked at Maggie when he arrived in the room, he was scratching his hair wondering what was going on, until he saw Liam, his curiosity going to him as he could detect something odd inside his body. He kicked some of the doctors outside, and a gently put a nurse outside. "Call me." V said whispering, only doctor Riley was still in the room, maybe curious of why V did that. He just got close to Liam putting his hand on the forehead, absorbing as much as the heat as he could. However this was much more stronger then he expected it to be, as his nose started bleeding, but at least the boy's heart started beating again. He then also put doctor Riley out of the room and looked at the other people outside. "Any.. friends of Liam should come in, doctors.. stay out." V said, didn't know if the friends would come in though he didn't care as he got close to Maggie, wiping the blood of his nose. "You might.. have to consider the fact that your friend.... well will die... I just saved him temporarily, I need something.. that can cool down his body... but I don't know what we can put inside of him to do that, I need his body cooled down.. while I absorb the rest of the heat. Otherwise.. he will burn up.. and....painful death.."
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Post by Maggie Russell on Oct 22, 2009 12:14:35 GMT -5
Sammi, Marcus and Amber looked at each other. Finally Marcus stood up. "I don't care if you two come in, but I am." And he pushed past the baffled doctors.
Maggie looked at Verloren, concentrating very hard on his words. Something cool. Suddenly, just as Marcus entered, she had an idea. "Out." she stated firmly. "Both of you, out of the room for two minutes. Then you can come back in."
As though he had read her thoughts before she even thought them, Scott was at her side, his dark eyes looking at her curiously. "You want me to go inside of the boy, kiddo? Are you nuts?"
"Please, Uncle Scott. You're his only chance right now." Maggie was almost begging and she never begged.
Scott sighed and shimmered once before dissapearing.
Maggie knew he was inside of Liam when the boy's temperature began rapidly dropping. "Verloren" she called. "You can come back in now. Hurry."
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Post by Liam Grayson on Oct 22, 2009 12:24:56 GMT -5
Verloren dragged Marcus out as they were told to get out for at least two minutes, he waited for a while, noticing the stress on people, more on those two girls then anything, he was suspecting something but he didn't have time to say anything, as Maggie called him again. He looked at Marcus. "Bring him some water, he is going to need it, a lot. I need one of you girls to come inside, and keep the door, locked.. it might get painful for him." V just said, as he went inside rapidly, rushing toward the kid, he could feel something odd, the body was cooling down, Verloren just concentrated on absorbing the heat off from Liams body, though one thing was proving to be a bit more difficult.
Liam just started screaming, in pain after all that was happening, he was maybe unconscious but he could feel the pain for an odd reason. His screams could probably make others uneasy and send some cold sweats to other people. The more it happened, The light Liam was seeing just disappeared, he was alone in that darkness, but he seemed to see a few hands.. like if someone was trying to save him from something. He just put his hand around that hand and seemed to get pulled.
It was painful for V because of the screams, which seemed rather unnatural for a human, but the boy was saved as he could see the heartbeats getting back to normal, he just hoped that guy would hurry up with the water, the kid needed it. "I'm not a doctor... but I do believe.. he might open his eyes now... or in a month.... or... in a year but I could be wrong, ask the main doctor to come in."
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Post by Maggie Russell on Oct 22, 2009 12:40:52 GMT -5
Marcus hurried off to get water and Sammi did as she was told by locking the door. Amber seemed unable to move. Marcus returned with the water just as Sammi was opening the door to let Doctor Riley back in.
Doctor Riley began doing some medical stuff, checking his chart every now and again. Finally she let out a breath. "He's going to make it. He's asleep from the meds right now, but in a few hours he should open his eyes. Maggie, you should get some rest. You're white as a ghost and that's not going to help you heal."
Maggie leaned back against her pillows. Out of the corner of one eye, she saw her uncle reappear, looking vaguely disturbed. Well, he had just been inside a human. That's bound to freak him out a little bit.
He kissed Maggie's forehead and dissappeared again.
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Post by Liam Grayson on Oct 22, 2009 12:49:09 GMT -5
Verloren just sighed of relief, he was happy that he was wrong about when Liam would wake up, Verloren kept examining the small burns on his body, touching it calmly, even after all this it remained hot, he didn't like this. "Who ever it was, he or she was planning on killing him and her, he got the boy more damaged though, either because he was a pacifist.. or he just wasn't too good in fighting... who called 911 doc? So I can speak with them." Verloren said, looking at Liam carefully, he was worried, it showed in his face, who ever did this, had control over his powers, it seemed the powers were controlled to kill and damage people. "He couldn't of survived this... if he was normal.." V whispered, still examining the boy, he just sighed calmly.
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Post by Maggie Russell on Oct 22, 2009 12:53:53 GMT -5
Doctor Riley put down Liam's chart and clicked her pen shut. Rolling it between her fingers, she smiled in Maggie's direction. "I'm going to assume that it was because he wasn't all too good of a fighter. Maggie is an excellent fighter and she still got banged up pretty good. I'll go get the girls for you" she added, leaving the room and returning moments later with an anxious looking Sammi and a robotic looking Amber. Marcus followed them, his eyes trained on Maggie, who had fallen asleep.
Sammi scratched her elbow, looking everywhere but at the other people in the room. "Doctor Riley says you wanted to see us?"
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Post by Liam Grayson on Oct 22, 2009 13:03:51 GMT -5
Verloren just eyed the girls carefully, looking at them for a moment. "Yes, I do." Verloren said, getting close eying the girls carefully, watching for any sign of fear or at least, remorse in their eyes, but they just seemed like freaked out or something, he just coughed. "The person who did this... isn't normal, he maybe did it in the past... I need to know what he looks like, and why them, why did he pick on them, there is always a reason, if you don't cooperate, you can go to jail and think of it, for a month maybe, tell me, what you probably weren't able to tell the cops." V said, as he kept looking at them calmly, he studied law, he knew they had rights but he also knew that they could get into prison, specially if he saw something they forgot to tell. He just waited patiently. "Don't try that whole 'My father talk' it's a piece of crap and a stupid excuse for not trying to be honest." He just said, as he knew some girls always needed their father to protect them, no matter how old they got, these girls where now adults, no doubt about it.
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Post by Maggie Russell on Oct 22, 2009 13:07:56 GMT -5
"We didn't do anything" Sammi said immediately. "And we didn't see him either. He was gone by the time we found them. Right, Am?"
Amber didn't appear to hear what Sammi or Verloren had said. She was still staring at her hands with a blank expression.
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