Why Me pt.4

Hello, hope you are having a good day.

Hunith and Balinor went to the hospital. They found Spencer and the others. They were watching Merlin.

"Can we go in?" Balinor asked.

"Sure but he's just gonna move away. He couldn't handle the light so they dimed the lights. He refuses to let anyone near him." Spencer answered. SO Hunith and Balinor went in. Merlin wasn't in the bed. They saw that Merlin was curled up in a ball under a desk. Hunith tried to touch Merlin but he flinched.

"Merlin, it's me." Hunith whispered. Merlin tried to move away. Balinor saw the bracelet and tried to grab Merlin's wrist. After several attempts he finally grabbed Merlin's wrist. He used magic and the bracelet fell off. Merlin pulled his wrist away as fast as he could. Hunith saw a bottle of water and gave it to Merlin who threw it.

"Give me the book bag. I put something in there." Balinor ordered. Hunith did and Balinor opened the bag. It had all the things that Merlin had treasured in the past. He pulled out the wooden dragon and put it near Merlin. Merlin stared at it. "We won't let you go again. We won't let the people who did this to you get away with it. We love you and will protect you. We missed you so much. Every day we would cry because you weren't here."

Merlin grabbed the wooden dragon and looked at it. Merlin looked at his parents and then started to cry. Balinor and Hunith tried to hold him but he flinched away. Hunith pulled out the blanket and showed it to Merlin.

"Merlin, look what we found. It's the blanket you had since you were born. We made it bigger. If you come out from under the table you can sit with your father and he can put the blanket on you. You must be tired and cold. Please, come out." Hunith begged. Merlin looked at her and then started to come out. Balinor helped Merlin up and Merlin flinched a bit but not a lot. Balinor sat in the chair next to the bed and Merlin sat on his lap. Hunith covered Merlin up with the blanket. Balinor hugged Merlin and kept him close.

"Merlin, do you want some water?" Balinor asked softly. Merlin nodded. Hunith picked the water bottle up and opened it. She helped Merlin drink it. When Merlin finished he put his head on Balinor's shoulder. "Go to sleep, Merlin. You're tired." Merlin nodded and fell asleep. When Merlin had fallen asleep Hunith turned the light on. "When he wakes he won't be happy about that."

"I know but his face is covered in dirt." Hunith replied with a sigh. She grabbed a wet cloth and gave it to Balinor who washed Merlin's face. Merlin had dirt and blood covering his face. When Balinor finished he saw that Merlin's nose was bleeding.

"He has a nose bleed. Can you give me another cloth?" Balinor sighed sadly. Hunith did and Balinor did what he could to stop the nose bleed. When the nose bleed stopped Balinor looked at Hunith. "He has a fever. I want to put him in the bed but he's so sensitive. I don't want him to wake up and start having a fit."

"I know. We should get some rest."

So Hunith sat in the other chair and they went to sleep. It was almost dawn when Merlin woke with a nightmare. Balinor woke up and put a hand on Merlin's left cheek. He hushed Merlin. Merlin was very weak and tired. When Merlin woke up, he looked at Balinor. Merlin started to cry and they hugged each other. Finally Merlin fell back to sleep. Balinor saw that Hunith was awake.

"How is he? Hunith questioned quietly.

"Not good. His fever is worse." Balinor tearfully answered. Then Rossi came in.

"How is he?" Rossi asked.

"Emotionally. He's getting better. Physically. He's not doing so well. He has a fever and had a nose bleed last night. He woke up from a nightmare a few minutes ago."

"He'll get better."

Then Merlin woke up. A doctor came in. When Merlin saw Rossi and the doctor he tried to get away but Balinor didn't let him go.

"Merlin, it's ok. They won't hurt you." Balinor calmly said. Merlin stopped fighting. "Let's get you in bed." Merlin nodded and let his dad help him into bed.

"My name is Dr. James. I want to take a look at your injuries and see if you'll be ok. Can I take a look?" James kindly said. Merlin looked at his parents and nodded.

"Do you want me to stay with you?" Balinor wondered. Merlin nodded. Hunith and Rossi went out. James looked at Merlin. When he finished he looked at Balinor.

"I need to do some scans. I also want to do a blood test." James sighed.

"Ok."

So they did. Balinor stayed with Merlin the whole time. When James saw the scans he went and privately talked to Balinor.

"His liver is crushed. Thing is we can't operate now. He won't allow us." James explained.

"How long does he have?" Balinor asked sadly.

"Maybe 6 hours."

When it was over, Balinor and Hunith went home for a few hours. Merlin managed to find something sharp. He began cutting himself. Balinor and Hunith came in just as Merlin was cutting himself. They went to Merlin and tried to stop him. With the push of a button a doctor and nurse came in. The nurse managed to inject something into Merlin to help him sleep. When Merlin was asleep James checked over Merlin.

"He needs surgery now. He's dying. It looks like he cut a vein." James commanded.

"Ok." Balinor answered tearfully. They got Merlin into surgery.

"The bleeding is worse than we thought." James sighed as he tried to stop the bleeding. They managed to fix Merlin's liver. It took a while for them to stop the bleeding. They treated the cut vein. They had to fix Merlin's ribs as well. They treated the rest of Merlin's injuries. One of the nurses gave Merlin some medicine. Just then Merlin convulsed. It lasted for a few minutes. But when it was over Merlin's heart stopped. They managed to revive him. Merlin's seizure had reopened the liver injury. SO they had to redo it. As they did it the bleeding started again. When they finally fixed it, James saw Merlin's right shoulder. He realized that merlin's clavicle was broken and had grown in wrong. They managed to fix it. One of the nurses saw blood coming out of Merlin's ear.

"Doctor. Blood is coming out of his ear." One of the nurses said.

"Check his pupils." James ordered. The nurse did and saw that something happened to Merlin's head.

"He may have a skull fracture."

So when they finished treating all of Merlin's injuries, James went out to tell Merlin's parents. Balinor and Hunith were surrounded by all their friends. Gaius had been found.

"How is he?" Freya asked.

"His heart stopped once but he should be fine. He was worse than we thought. He had internal bleeding and a skull fracture. He'll have to be in the hospital for a month." James sighed.

"Can we see him?"

"They're just getting him hooked up to some tubes. I need to go check on him."

So he did. As he was checking Merlin, Merlin regained consciousness.

"There you are. Good to see you awake. Get some rest." James kindly greeted. Merlin closed his eyes and went to sleep.

TBC