- Kaz's POV -
"Oliver!" I shouted.
I immediately moved over to him, panic running through me.
I started to shake his shoulder. "Oliver. Oliver, wake up. Open your eyes. Please."
He didn't move.
I let out a heavy breath as I realized he wasn't going to wake up. It only took me a few seconds to lift up his small body and start carrying him down the street.
I ran as fast as I could to Mighty Med, bursting through the hospital doors.
Skylar saw me with Oliver in my arms and immediately ran over. "What's wrong? What happened to him?"
"The Freezer... blast... unconscious." I panted out.
"Woah, OK, slow down." She said, putting a hand on my back.
I shook my head. "Just- need to make sure Oliver's OK."
I carried my best friend to the nearest gurney and laid him down on it as carefully as possible.
"Get Horace." I told a nurse, who nodded and immediately ran off through the doors.
I stared down at Oliver's closed eyes, stroking a few strands of hair out of his face.
"So can you tell me what happened now?" Skylar asked me.
I turned to her. "We were walking down the street when The Freezer came out of nowhere, and he was about to hit me with his ice blast but Oliver pushed me out of the way and got hit instead. And I don't know if- If he-"
"Hey." Skylar said, putting a hand on my shoulder. "It'll be okay. We'll figure this out."
I nodded, unable to do anything else at the moment.
At last, Horace came through the doors with a group of nurses behind him. They checked Oliver's pulse, his temperature, everything. It was only when Horace leaned down to listen to his heartbeat that they noticed something. Horace's facial expression changed to something more serious, his eyes widening and mouth opening slightly.
"What?" I asked urgently. "What is it?"
He looked at me solemnly. "He's been struck directly in the chest with ice."
"W-what does that mean?" I asked weakly.
"I'm sorry." he said, not looking at me.
"Please tell me he's going to be OK." I begged.
"The ice is spreading throughout his body. There's no way of surviving that. His heart is slowly freezing."
I said nothing, suddenly losing all ability to speak.
"No, there has to be something we can do!" Skylar protested.
He shook his head sadly, lowering his gaze to the floor. "I'd say he only has a few days left at the most. I'm sorry."
He turned and walked away swiftly, with Skylar following behind shouting protests at him but I couldn't hear any of it. All noise was drowned out and all I could focus on was my best friend's pale face.
I moved down closer to him, leaning against the side of the gurney.
"Oliver." I breathed out, willing his eyes to open.
Nothing.
"Oliver, please."
Nothing.
"I'm sorry I took advantage of you. I'm sorry I was a bad friend. I'm so sorry."
I took his small hand in mine, trying to ignore the fact that it was now cold as ice. "You're my best friend. You can't leave me. Please, Oliver."
A tear slipped out of my eye. "Please."
He still didn't move.
DUN DUN DUNNN! Hi. I finally updated haha. Life is hectic right now, I don't have a lot of time in my schedule to do things I like :( but hopefully the next chapter will be up soon. I was only planning to make this a short story but it's actually becoming longer and we'll just see where we go from here haha