On The Stadium

The joyness and excitement for their beloved team, did not last long. It faded when they saw how much effort the leader of the team put, only to get up. On the pitch, it was no joyness for the Snow Kids that they won the match. How could they, when their captain suffered a bad injure right from the first matches? Micro-Ice had to be held back by Thran so he wouldn't do something to regret later. He struggled hard to get free and show Kernor what it means to hurt his best friend!

"Easy there, babe" Mei said, helping D'Jok to stand up while he was groaning in pain constantly, wrapping her arm around his waist and his arm over her shoulder. Kernor, for that matter, didn't even care that she hurt another player. She simply walked back to her team and they left the stadium.

"It freaking hurts... so bad" D'Jok said through some hard groans, eyes shutting close in pain. "She freaking fell on me! Urgh..." everybody knows that a Ryker player weights about 150 kilos.

To Aarch

"How is he Dame Simbai?" Aarch asked at the base, usually very worried if one of his players gets hurt.

"I will not lie to you, it's a wonder he's still walking" Dame Simbai said in a serious tone "The height from his fall was too much for a human, he ran out of flux when he marked that goal, otherwise he wouldn't be so hurt"

"Do you think he can play in the next match?" Clamp asked turning to her. Her expression said everything.

"He needs a lot of time to recuperate. Even if the match is two weeks away. I will not allow him to get back on the pitch until I am 100% sure that he can play!" her voice just made it worse.

"Knowing D'Jok, he won't take this well" Clamp said sulking in his chair "And I don't want to be the one telling him that" he added crossing his arms to his chest. Aarch sighed. Sign that he didn't want to do it either.

To The Black Manta

All the joyness was gone there too. No pirate was enjoying the fact that the Snow Kids are going to play in the Cup again. The cameras were filming from a lot of different angles and they didn't like one bit what they saw. D'Jok barely getting up. Mei running to help him. Micro-Ice held back by Thran. Micro-Ice struggling. Now Micro-Ice held back by Rocket and Thran held back by Ahito. The boys trying to get to Kernor. Some tough replies. D'Jok being helped to get off from the stadium by Mei and Tia.

Artie turned off the Holo Tv, this was too much for him alone. D'Jok was one of his favorite players. From his favorite team. Not to mention the son of his boss. He scratched the back of his head, not knowing what to say at the moment "That fall must have been pretty nasty"

"Of course it was pretty damn nasty" Corso replied harshly "No human could have survived that fall, you saw how that mutant fell straight on him!"

"Guys, guys" Bennett interjected "You're missing the point here!" he looked towards Sonny, who had not said a single world, and had a thoughtful expression on his face. The blond pirate grinned, and wrapped an arm around the leader's shoulder, to wake him up from his dazing state. "He's a Blackbones, and a football player. Not a simple human, the kid will be fine tomorrow morning, I can guarantee it"

Sonny smiled a little at his statement, but that didn't lift his mood too much. Here he was, running for his life, instead of being there to care for his son. Sometimes he hated his life and who he was.

The Snow Kids' Hotel

"Dame Simbai tell me clearly... will I ever be able to play again?" D'Jok asked, somehow afraid to find out the answer.

"You will be able to play again" Dame Simbai said confidently "But not for now, you need to stay still for some time until you will be able to take a few steps by yourself" she added, mentioning how Tia and Mei had to help him walk, to evidence that his injury was not something to ignore.

"How long?" the captain of the team asked, again, afraid to know the answer. The medic kept her mouth, until she finally decided that she was the one who was going to tell him... damn Aarch and Clamp with their smartness, pretending to be so busy that they had to be locked up in the office all day.

"Close to one month"

"HOW LONG?" D'Jok shouted, thinking he hadn't heard right, getting up so fast and forgetting about his pain. He laid back down as soon as the pain shoot through his entire upper body again.

"Look at you, you can barely stand, let alone walk and you want to play!" the woman scolded "Don't worry, you will be back with your friends before you know it"

"I hope you're right" D'Jok said in a calm voice "I hope you're right" he added more quietly than before, as if he was saying this to convince himself. After all, it wasn't her fault that he got hurt during the match. After a few check ups to see how his body is reacting to her potions, Dame Simbai let him go back to his room.

He wanted to close his eyes, and wake up to find everything was only a bad dream. He was going to watch his friends play without him, win without him, move on without him... he hated to lie. The pain was killing him from inside out. A freaking 150 kilo mutant fell on him. He managed to get away with the real pain... he wasn't so sure he could hide it from his father though... but he would try anyway. Anything so Sonny would not know. He would only feel guilty and blame himself over and over again... his son thought he had suffered enough all these years and it's time for him to take a break.

Just that his fall was not going to help it in any way.