You probably noticed that I changed the ratings from T to M, well, that's because, a little in this chapter and in the chapters to come, if they come, it is going to have a LOT of medical stuff, meaning descriptions too, most likely. If you do NOT like medical stuff i wouldn't recommend reading, you have been warned. I will try and not be gross, but your body can do this if you are ill with certain things. Plus, drama. I am not a doctor, I don't own Batman and stuff nor Monsters Inside Me- go back to first chapter. NO SLASH- THEY ARE BROTHERS!

Chapter Four

Tim's Point of View

After hanging up the phone I turned my full attention back towards Jason. There was some form of red swelling that seemed to be slowly crawling up Jason's neck, and it took everything in me not to examine it further.

'You can't do that even if you wanted to,' I thought practically, 'It could be contagious, better safe than sorry. Besides, you can't go messing with Jason, not here not now; wait until you get to the Manor.'

I started assessing Jason critically, as to not miss anything- as to distract myself. 'His face is pale,' I started before swiftly, as to not disturb Jason further, switched hands; the one that had been on Jason's forehead had started to warm up again, so I had to switch it with the one that had now cooled, due to the fact that I had placed it right in front of the air condensing, which had been switched to low. Plus the front windows were cracked open, letting in the cold air.

'Better watch that, can't let it get to cold in here, or the fever might increase.'

'Okay, focus. His fever is high perhaps dangerously so, but we'll have to deal with that at the Manor. He's sweating profoundly, which is good, it should help the fever, even if it just keeps it at bay for the time being.'

'His breathing sounds very congested, but it doesn't sound as though he has pneumonia, yet, it could progress, and at this rate, quickly. His breathing is also getting even more labored, before calming down slightly, which is not good. He could start hyperventilating and we don't have anything to help with breathing in Dick's car.'

'His throat also sounds, yes sounds, I can hear, which means it's that bad, swollen. If his throat starts to collapse and/or close I'll have to poke a hole into the airway, so that he can breathe. I can hear him every now and then make slight choking and gagging noises and when he does it again, only this time slightly louder, I look to see where we are.'

' I recognize that we're now six minutes out, at most, Dick might start speeding once we're off the main road, but I'm not sure if he'd risk it in Jason's condition.'

'We'll make it, he'll be fine, we'll make it. Onl-'

"We're almost there, just hold on," Dick says quietly, to me or Jason I'm not sure, but when I look up he's looking into the back seats."

'Okay,' I think turning my attention back to Jason, 'His nose is starting to swell, alarmingly so, if it continues it could swell shut entirely, it also looks red and agitating. His eyes are also puffing up, could this be an allergi- no, not this. Besides, Jason had explained earlier that it was a cold, which it obviously wasn't, or strep, possibly the flu.'

'Perhaps it started out that way?... Whether it did or not, Jason described it as such, even though he knew he was lying to us, and most likely himself.'

'Also, when they had asked how long he'd been ill, he refused to give a direct answer, and assessing his body language, the way he was carrying himself and his overall appearance, he had had this for some time, just not so sever. How long? A few days? At least a week… Either way an allergic reaction would have happened much sooner, and not have slowly crept up on him 'til he all but crashed; right?'

'Moving back, he is obviously in an enormous amount of pain, I'm guessing the rash has something to do with it; but that would imply this, this rash, whatever it was, was covering a majority of his body, how could it have progressed so quickly? I knew it was too, because it had slowly crawled up out of the collar of Jason's shirt and jacket over the time they'd met, just, Tim looked back at the clock 11:08 AM, twenty-six minutes ago.'

'Had it been there before; if so then why would it start to inflict so much pain, and spread so rapidly now?' To prove a theory I place my other hand just above Jason's burning skin that hadn't been affected by the rash then hovered it above the place affected by the rash, careful not to touch it, it felt like a furnish, 'Just like I thought, it's inflaming his already burning/fevered skin.'

Jason started to stir slightly under from me and I drew back my still hovering hand, before slowly moving it to cool off at an air conditioning system, so he could switch hands again soon.

'No, no please don't wake up, we're almost there!' I thought almost frantically, but made myself calm down immediately, so Jason might relax again and slip back into… sleep, because unconsciousness was not sounding too great at this point, or was it?

I feel Dick move besides me and I know he was looking back at Jason as Jason continued to stir. I realize that I was holding breath and I'm pretty sure Dick is too; but Dick had turned his attention back to the road and started to slowly speed up, now that they were off the main road and where only two minutes from the Manor. He made sure not to speed up to quickly though as not to disturb the passenger(s) inside the car.

Jason continued to stir and slowly shook his head back and forth while starting to make silent noises in the back of his throat, but his throat was so swollen they came out sounding muffled. He was clearly still out of it and I only hoped he would remain that way and go back to sleep until they at least got home.

Jason then made this terrible choking/gagging noise inside his the throat before his entire body scrunched up and started shaking before this gagging turned into some kind of snorting noise, probably do to the fact that his throat was so swollen, and apparently so was his nose, Tim could only guess how bad it was inside Jason's body.

Jason's body started to loosely curl into itself, onto its right side which was facing towards the front seats as his body was racked with shivering.

Then he woke up.

Dick's Point of View

I heard Jason make these weird noises from the back seats, along with moving. 'No Jay, not now, please, only one more minute.' But that of course didn't happen. I hear more terrifying noises that could only be coming from Jason and resisted the urge to look back, because I can't afford to lose focus.

"Shh, calm down Jase, you're going to be okay, we're going to help you," I hear Tim say to Jason. "Just relax, okay. We're going to help you, I know you're in pain but I need you to relax, now," Tim might have said with a little too much force, but I know he's trying to get a hold on the situation.

I hear more movement coming from the back seat. "Jason, do you understand me," Tim asks, I can tell he's trying to sound stern, but concern is leaking from his question/voice. "Just close your eyes okay," Tim says while he moves, probably putting a hand over Jason's eyes from the looks of it.

I hear more gagging and desperate noises coming from the back seat before one of Jason's legs kicks out sharply, I think his left one, kicking out at the seat in front of him, Tim's, followed by a twisted high pitch sound coming from Jason's mouth accumulating with gagging and rasping and so many other startling noises, I hear these snorting sounds too, as if he's trying to suck air in and/or out of his nose, it must be swollen too, that's really not good!

He needs air he-

I pull out my phone before calling Bruce.

"Where are-," he starts before I cut him off.

"Bruce, listen to me," I say trying to keep my voice leveled and drown out the noises coming from my brother(s) in the car, "I'm pulling up to the-" I start before realizing the gate has already been opened.

"Meet me in the front," I say before hanging up and quickly make my way to the front steps of the Manor. I jerk out my keys before turning to the back seats. Jason looks horrifyingly terrible, something you might see off of Bizarre ER.

He's white as a sheet and sweating so much that it looks like he was actually dunked in a tub, his body is contorting in pain, I imagine, but at the same time he seems tense, especially around his torso areas, yet he seems to be twitching in pain as well. His Breathing is coming out in short almost frantic gasps for air and there are rashes and swellings on various part of his body; that I can see.

Tim is still attempting to calm him down, and it actually appears to be working as Jason starts to try and relax his body, though he can't help the twitching and shivers coursing through his body. He seems to be trying to control his breathing a little better and slowly starts to ease his body to relax.

We need to-

I look up and see Bruce heading down the stairs of the Manor.

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