"Oh, Honey, Zack…Zack is very hurt" Carey told Cody, crying.
"But he…he's going to be make it right?" Cody demanded.
"He is stable at the moment, but he has some serious injuries" the doctor told him.
"Why did he need surgery?" Cody asked him.
"He had some blooding in his lung where-" the doctor started.
"Where his rib's broke" Cody finished, rubbing his chest. The doctor gave him a weird look.
"Yes, how did you-"
"Lucky guess, did you fix it?" Cody asked.
"Yes, he is having no problems breathing now" the doctor replied.
"So, what is wrong with him?" Cody asked.
"He had some serious head injuries, his skull broke" the doctor told Cody.
"Is there any lasting damage?" Cody asked. he had read enough books on this kind of stuff, to know that something was going to be wrong and it would most likely be lasting.
Cody was shaking slightly.
"Honey" Carey said, turning Cody so he was facing her and bending down to his level.
"Honey, the part of his brain damaged will mean…will mean that he will have amnesia" Carey told Cody, new tears pouring from her eyes.
It took a while for Cody to take that in.
"How bad?" Cody asked. His mouth had gone dry.
"We can't be too sure until he wakes up" the doctor explained, "but the most likelihood is that Zack will not remember anything from before the attack"
"So, he won't remember us" Cody asked, tears springing to his eyes.
The doctor shook his head, sadly.
Cody bite his lip as tears fell from his eyes.
"Can…can I see him?" Cody asked. The doctor nodded.
"He will not look himself, he has two broken ribs, and a bandage around his cracked skull and many cuts and bruises" the doctor warned Cody.
Cody said nothing and walked into the hospital room.
Zack was lying on a hospital bed. As the doctor had said, he didn't look himself.
Cody couldn't see Zack's mop of blond hair because of the blood stained bandage wrapped tightly around it.
Zack's face was bruised and he had a cut across his forehead that had several stitches in it.
His arms were laid across the cover that covered him up to his chest. Zack's arms were grazed and cut.
There was a drip in his left hand and a machine attached to him that deep-ed to his heart beat.
"Oh, Zack" Cody cried and sat next to him.
Zack's bruised eyes were shut and his breathing was steady.
Cody hated to see his twin so hurt. Cody took Zack's head and squeezed gently.
"How could this happen? What have you ever done wrong to deserve this?" Cody asked thin air.
Carey walked in, looking very out of place in her red dress.
She grasped when she saw Zack and started to cry heavier.
"Oh, my baby" she cried and went to the bed.
She kissed Zack on the forehead and cradled his beaten face.
"When is he going to wake up?" Cody asked. Carey looked at him.
"The doctor said in about 2 days, maybe more" she told him.
Cody looked at Zack, wishing he would wake up now, just to prove the doctors wrong. Zack couldn't have lost his memories, he just can't have.
"He'll be ok, right?" Cody asked in a small voice.
"Oh, honey, of course he will, Zack is strong" Carey said, hugging Cody.
Cody started to cry heavily.
Carey sat on a chair, which was next to the bed, and pulled Cody onto her lap, rocking him slightly.
"Shhh" she whispered, cuddling him.
In the arms of his mother, Cody slowly went tot sleep.
Judging by the light when Cody woke up, he guessed it was the next morning.
He was on the bed next to Zack's and for wild moment, Cody thought that it had all been a horrible nightmare.
But the white of the room and the sand of Zack's beeping machine brought Cody back to the reality.
Carey was asleep with her head on Zack's bed.
And to Cody's great surprise, Zack was awake.
He was popped up on his pillows, watching Cody.
"Zack?" Cody asked his voice was croaky.
"Who's Zack?" Zack asked, looking puzzled.
"You are" Cody replied and got off the bed.
"Am I?" Zack said in confusion, "Who are you?"
Cody ordered himself not to cry and bite his lip.
"I'm Cody…your twin brother" Zack looked more confused.
"I've got a twin?"
"Yeh, don't you remember?" Cody asked in a croaked voice.
Zack screwed his face up but then shook his head.
"No, I don't remember anything" a single tear run down Cody's face but he wrapped it away.
"Who is this woman?" Zack asked, looking at Carey.
"That's our mum" Cody told him. Zack nodded and then yawned.
"You should get some sleep" Cody told him. Zack nodded and slowly laid back down.
As he did, Cody felt a sharp pain in his chest.
He winced in pain.
"Are you ok?" Zack asked. Cody bit his lip and nodded.
He then left the room.
Outside, Cody lent against the wall and cried.
Zack didn't remember anything, not even him, his own twin.
Cody slowly sank to the floor, clutching his chest and crying so heavily, he couldn't see.
"Cody" came a shocked voice from above him. Warm arms wrapped themselves around him.
"Cody, what's wrong?" the voice said. Cody recognised it as Maddie.
Cody couldn't answer as every time he tried, sobs escaped loudly from his mouth, so he continued on crying.
He buried his face in Maddie's neck and soaked her top.
Cody couldn't remember ever crying this hard.
He cried. He was known for it. The cry baby twin, but he never cried this hard.
Maddie just gently rocked him, not really knowing what to do.
"He doesn't remember me" Cody finally said, wiping his face on his sleeve.
Maddie looked shocked.
"Cody, what happened?" she asked.
"He was attacked" Cody told her. Maddie grasped.
"They hurt his head somehow and it damaged his memory part of his brain. He doesn't remember anything"
Cody got up, shaking.
"How did you know we were here?" Cody asked.
"Mr Moseby told me, he said you didn't come back last night so I got you and your mum some clothes" Maddie explained, getting up as well. Cody noticed a bag in her head.
Cody smiled, weakly.
"Thanks, my mum is asleep but you can go and see her if you want"
"I should be at work" Maddie said.
"Moseby won't care and I'm no great comfort for my mum, she would like to see you" Cody told her.
Maddie nodded and walked into the room, quietly.
Cody however, went to find the doctor who had seen Zack last night.
It wasn't that hard as the doctor was walking towards Zack's room.
"Can I please talk to you?" Cody asked, politely.
"Is this about Zack?" the doctor asked. Cody nodded.
"Do you want to go to my office?" the doctor asked. Cody nodded again and the doctor led him to a small room.
"What do you want to know?" the doctor asked. Cody took a deep breath and said,
"Is the memory lost permanent?"
The doctor sighed and sat down.
"There is a chance, a very low chance that your brother will ever regain his memory"
"So there is a chance?" Cody said, his hopes lifting slightly.
"Yes, but there is a higher chance that he will never remember anything before the attack" the doctor explained, "When her wakes up, he will most likely have to learn who to talk and walk and-"
"But he did wake up and he was talking" Cody said, confused.
The doctor frowned.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, I am sure, he was talking to me" Cody said, angrily.
"Well, that is a good sign, did he remember anything?" the doctor asked.
"No" Cody shock his head.
"Well, Zack will probably not remember faces and information from his past" the doctor explained the new theory.
"Will he know how to walk?" Cody asked.
"Yes, of he knows how to talk, he will most likely know how to walk and skills he learnt at a young age, like reading and writing"
Cody nodded in understanding.
"I better go and check on him" the doctor said and left the room.
Cody sat down at a chair and let out deep breath.
I'm going ton get Zack to remember, I'm going to get him to remember everything. Cody told himself
Cody then went back to Zack's room.
Zack was asleep and the doctor was making notes on a clipboard.
Carey was awake and Maddie was sitting on a chair next to her.
"He looks awful, doesn't he?" Maddie said, sadly. Cody nodded.
He went and stood next to Carey.
"Are you ok, Honey?" she asked, pushing his hair out of his eyes. Cody nodded.
Suddenly, Zack stirred and every eye in the room turned to him.
His eyes slowly opened and he looked around.
"Oh, Honey" Carey cried out and hugged him.
Zack heisted but hugged her back.
"How are you feeling?" Carey asked, breaking the hug.
"Erm…ok, I think" Zack replied, looking slightly confused.
"Do you feel pain anywhere?" the doctor asked.
Zack shock his head.
"No" he then looked around.
"Where am I?" he asked.
"You're in a hospital" Carey told Zack.
Zack frowned, trying to remember. As he did, Cody felt a sharp pain in his head. Cody hissed and put his head to the back of his head.
"How did I get here?" Zack asked.
"Sweetheart, you were attacked" Carey told Zack. He blinked in confusion.
"Do you remember anything?" the doctor asked.
Zack sat there for a moment, thinking hard, but he shook his head.
"No, nothing" Carey let out a sob and buried her face in her hands.
Zack looked at her, shocked and sad.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to upset you, I just can't remember anything" Zack said, "I'm trying"
"Oh, Honey, it's fine, it's not your fault" Carey cried and hugged him again.
Zack then noticed Maddie, who was sitting silently.
"Who are you?" Zack asked.
Maddie looked slightly shocked but answered,
"I'm…I'm Maddie"
Zack frowned again, in concentration.
Another sharp pain rushed through Cody's head.
"Are you my sister?" Zack finally asked. Maddie shock her head.
"No, I'm just a friend; you actually have a crush on me" Maddie told him.
"Do I?" Zack asked.
"Well, you did have" Maddie replied sadly.
There was a weird silence, where the only sound was the doctor scribbling in his clipboard.
Cody began to feel sick. His head was throbbing and there was a dull ache in his chest that burned every time Zack moved. Cody's forehead also felt sore and a rush of pain went through both his arms now and again.
"Are you sure your not in any pain?" the doctor asked Zack.
Zack shook his head.
"No, I feel fine, just confused really" Zack replied.
"Do you mind if I just check you over?" the doctor shock his head and the doctor gently moved Zack's head forward.
As he did, pain erupted in Cody's head and he bite his lip to stop the scream. He started to feel dizzy and grabbed the back of his mum's chair to stop him felling over.
No one noticed this as they were all looking at Zack, who hasn't felt any pain.
The doctor gently touched the back of Zack's head.
Cody was unable to stop the scream that escaped his lips. The pain was so bad; he fell to his knees, holding his head.
"Cody!" Carey gasped, kneeling next to him and trying to see what was wrong. Cody continued on screaming.
Zack tried to get out of the bed, but the doctor pushed him back in.
Pain soared though Cody's chest that matched the pain in his head.
Everyone looked at him confused and shocked.
Then everything in Cody's eyes went black.
Another cliffhanger, ain't they great. Anyway, what do you think? Please a comment, flumes welcome, but not too cruel. I promise I will update soon.