When I woke up all I could think of was the pain in my head and in my leg, it hurt far too much, I hadn't opened my eyes yet because I thought it would be more painful. When I did all I noticed was Tina sleeping on the couch next to my hospital bed, wait… hospital bed? What happened? I could see Kate and Jen talking across the room but I couldn't hear what they were saying.
"Hi guys" I sat in the bed, with my legs stretched because they were hurting me, I could see they were talking to me but I couldn't hear a word of what they were saying. "Guys, I can't hear you".
Tina immediately woke up and, for what I could understand, said 'oh no' to them.
"What happened? Why am I in a hospital bed? Why is my head and legs killing me?" Since I couldn't understand what they were saying, Tina passed me the newspaper that read 'JOKER EXPLODES BUILDING DOWNTOWN, NO DEAD BUT MANY INJURED, NO SIGN OF BATMAN'
"Oh.." I look at Jen who was on the phone but looking at me and just shrugged her shoulders "How long have I been out?"
Kate shows me 4 fingers. "What's wrong with me?" That's when the doctor comes in and hands me a piece of paper 'I'm Dr. Jackson, you've been asleep for 4 days now. When the explosion went off, you fell backwards and hit your head on the floor, that caused the temporary hearing lost (we can't estimate how long it will be because you were close to the place where it went off), and you dislocated your scapula (the cast will be on for another week and a half) and some wounds caused by shrapnel's in your left leg also caused by the explosion. Got any questions?" I looked up at him, he had kind eyes.
"When can I leave?" I asked him.
He grabbed another piece of paper that read 'We have to repeat some exams tomorrow now that you're awake but if all comes okay you can leave as soon as we are sure'.
"Okay, thanks doctor" I smiled at him and just laid back again in my bed while looking at Tina and mouthed an 'I'm sorry' to her, she just smiled with a tear streaming down her face.
I had no idea what time it was but I assumed it was morning because of the light, the rest of the day went by quickly with my friends around and doing their best to 'talk' to me.
I sent them all home later that day, so they could sleep properly, but before they went Jen grabbed a piece of paper and wrote me a note saying 'your other phone rang a few times, it said James, and there was a guy here saying he was your friend and his name was James and he just asked about you' I didn't react but I knew it was Frost 'take care and we'll be back tomorrow afternoon' she hands me the phone and I smile at her, then she leaves and I'm alone.
I see I have 13 missed calls from Jack, a.k.a. J, and 5 texts from James, a.k.a. Frost, asking where I was… That was outdated because he had been here.
I tried to get some sleep but it was evading me, how could he do that? Not to me, personally, but to everyone else? I hadn't witnessed an attack this close, ever, somehow I had gotten lucky these two years, but I was stunned. Also, how did they know I was here?
I didn't know exactly what time it was when I saw the door to my room open and Frost entering. He tried to tell me something but I held my hand up "I have hear loss, thanks to the explosion your buddy caused, and I don't know how long it will be until I'll be back to normal. Why the visit?" He wrote on his phone 'just checking how you were doing' and handed it to me; I threw it to the other side of the bed and looked at him 'You're kidding right?' I let out a sarcastic laugh " How did you know I was here?" He picks up his phone and starts typing again 'J has someone with eyes on you all the time and he saw you falling and being transferred here'
Perfect! Just perfect.
'As you can see, snowy, I'm perfect so, if you would be so kind and leave me alone, that would be much appreciated! And tell your friend thank you very much for all of this.' I gesture to my hospital bed, he starts typing again 'you were safe, when you left the pub it was too late to call it off. He asked me to check up on you' he was partially doing what he asked and the other part was just him being worried about me.
"Checking done.' and I laid in my bed again but I could still see him "Goodbye Frost"
I assume he had left because I could no longer see him, that night (or what was the rest of it) I dreamt of flowers.
J's POV
_4 DAYS EARLIER_
"Hit it Frost!" I looked at him with the detonator in his hand, it would take about a minute to blow up. I had Harley behind me, holding her bat, and I was looking at the city when I got a call,
"What do you mean she left?" Harley moved to place her hand on my shoulder as if she was asking me 'all okay?' but I shrugged it off.
"Okay, try to protect her but if she gets hit call me again. Do not let her get out of your sight!" I put my phone again in my pocket.
"Everything okay Puddin' ?" Harley asked from where she was standing
"It depends on what happens next!" And then BOOM. The bomb went off, Harley giggled like a little kid meanwhile all the fun I was gonna have suddenly turned into fear and then minor terror when I got another call.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHE GOT HIT?" I yelled at the goon on the other side of the phone.
"IS SHE CONSCIOUS?" Johnny shifted from behind us to next to me "Follow her where they take her. And don't leave the area where she is." I hung up the phone and looked at Frost who was waiting for my instructions. "Johnny boy, our girl was in the area and was a victim of our little BOOM... I want you to go check up on her and keep me updated. That little idiot said she was going to the hospital and I assume she'll have at least Jen and Kate by her side, if not the rest of the gang, but Tina will probably fly there one she knows and be careful because she knows very well who you are." Harley sighs very loudly "Anything wrong Harley?" I was mad.
"That girl again puddin? Let her be! She's not important anyway!" I looked at her, probably, with the worst look I've ever given her and I started walking towards her. "Not important?" I lifter her chin because she was now looking at the floor "Who says she's not important? You? Unfortunately to you she is very important and you know it" she looks at the ring in my gold chain "Exactly. So do not tell me she isn't important." I left the rooftop and left her with some of my most trusted henchmen, Frost had gotten to meet Jackie and I was going back to my hideout to find a way into that hospital without being seen. It didn't take much to find a doctor in Gotham General with huge debt to the finances that would help me, but I wasn't going to act now as her friends were yet to see her and me being there would mean closing the area.
_PRESENT DAY_
Johnny went to see her, he said she can't hear temporarily and she's mad (when isn't she mad with me these days?), I have everything scheduled, they're closing her area at 10pm, with some pathetic excuse I don't really care, and turn off all the cameras, I will be in in disguise as I'll be wearing denim jeans and a hoodie (so unworthy of the King of crime but it's better like this than getting caught).
Jacqueline's POV
Next morning I woke up feeling a little bit better, my head didn't hurt as much but I still couldn't hear. I had turn off my other phone, my actual phone got too damaged in the explosion, and I could only tell the time by looking at the bottom right corner of the very small tv in my bedroom, it was 11:53 am. By 12:30 the doctors came by to ask me a few more questions, or in this case write them, and take my blood so they could make some more tests to check if I was okay and if so, I could leave tomorrow, I can't wait to be back home. I had lunch, read a book that, I assume it was Kate because it totally seems like her, and just enjoyed my afternoon alone, until at 5pm Tina got in my bedroom with a notebook in one hand and a, what I assume, latte on the other hand. She set the cup next to me, gave me a smile and sat on the chair next to my bed.
"Who told you I was in here?" I grabbed my cup of coffee and looked at her. She grabbed a pen and wrote 'Kate texted, I got on the first plane.' I read and smiled at her. "I'm okay, you know?" I looked at her, she was looking at the floor "I'm really okay" I smiled and went to the left side of the bed so she could sit next to me. She grabbed the notebook again and wrote 'I was so scared. What happened?', I looked at her, gave her a sad smile and simply said "Bad timing darling, that's what it was.". We sat there talking, at least I talked, she wrote, and I didn't even noticed I fell asleep. I woke up and Tina was no longer next to me but I had a note next to my bed saying 'I prefer your bed over this, more comfy, I'll let you rest, we (all of us) will be back tomorrow to get you home, meanwhile rest. Love, your favorite weirdo'. I smiled, I can't believe she actually flew here for me, she had only been here once but I assume Jen and the rest are taking good care of her, I really have great friends.
The rest of the day went by quickly, I had dinner at 8, watched some movie that was on tv (this one had subtitles so it made me smile that I could really understand it all!) and I fell asleep … again! Those damn meds, why do they make me so sleepy? I had barely left that room since I woke up, I only went to the bathroom and it was as quick as possible as the meds made me very dizzy.
I was fast asleep until I felt someone grab my hand, unconsciously I grabbed it and smiled, but wait. I was alone! I shot my eyes open and saw a man in maroon hoodie sitting on my bed and let out, what I assume by the man's reaction, an incredibly loud scream. He covered my mouth with one hand, the one with smile, and gestured me to shut up, then I looked at the tattoo, realised who he was, and he lowered his hoodie. Oh of course. I rolled my eyes, and looked at his hand as a way of telling him to take his hand away, which he got, and then adjusted myself on the bed to listen to whatever that jackass had to say.
"You either say whatever you want to say or you leave. I'm in here because of you."
He gave me a smile and it all went dark… Again.
