Chapter 4: Recovery
"Ok, give me the stat on this one. Alright, let's get it out." The doctor said as they got Mikel into the emergency room as they prepared to save his life. It was just 25 minutes ago that he was shot by Callie, and he lost a lot of blood-it did not look good. "Are his parents notified?" the doctor called to the assistant, but before she could answer, Jake, Rose, Jonathan, Susan, Spud, and Trixie busted through the door. "What happened?" Jonathan demanded, angry at the person who did this. "He's shot. Right now, we want you to wait outside-we need to work on him." The doctor said, reassuring him of a hopeful chance of survival.
As they waited outside, Jake was on the verge of tears. "I tried to tell him, but he wouldn't listen. I should have stopped him at the door." He cried, thinking this was on his conscious. "It's not your fault, Jakey. No one could have known this was going to happen-not even Mikel." Trixie said, trying to calm him, knowing it wasn't going to work.
"Thanks for trying, Trix. I don't even know if he will come out of it alive." Jake said, trying to compose himself. "Right now, all we do is wait." He said, slumping into the chair and falling asleep.
(Eight hours later)
Jake awoke to a calm and empty room, except for Rose. Apparently, everyone thought it would be best to go home, and didn't want to wake them up. Slowly, the door opened and the doctor came in. "How is he?" Jake asked, hoping for the news that he was ok. "He's fine. I think he's lucky-a shot like that would kill anybody. Somehow, it's like he's used to this." The doctor said, astonished at the results. "You have no idea." Jake thought as he was relieved. "Can we see him?" Rose asked, wanting to see him.
"How bout he just come to you?" a voice said, which found out was Mikel, with his arm in a sling. "It's fine. I'm just glad to be alive." Mikel added, with a sound of gratefulness in his voice. Ecstatic, he was greeted with hugs from Jake and Rose, which made Mikel wince. "Easy, easy. It still hurts." He said, trying to get them off him.
"We're just glad you're ok. Wait til everyone sees this." Jake said, rushing for the door. They stopped when they saw that Mikel wasn't coming. "What's wrong?" Rose asked him. "I can't believe that she would do that. What did I do to deserve this?" Mikel said, remembering of the scene.
(flashback)
"I'm sorry." Callie said, holding the gun. "For what?" Mikel said. He held his arms out, and said "You wont."
(sound of gunshot)
"I guess it ends then." Mikel said, breathing hard. "So this is the remedy for broken hearts? Not much of one." He joked before falling on the ground.
(end flashback)
"Let's just go home. You need rest." Jake said, trying to get him to go. Mikel looked at him with calm eyes and sighed. "Alright. I need to recover anyways." He said as they left for the elevator. When they got in, Mikel stopped for a second. "I wanted to say thanks for staying here to see if I was alive. I really mean it." Mikel said as he smiled at them. "Hey, that's what we're for." Jake said. "Yep. Dragons for life." Mikel said, hitting his hand jokingly as they went down the elevator.
No, I was not going to kill him. I had like three ideas for this chapter, but I decided on this one. I feel like adding suspense now and again, and this has only a few chapters to go.