Fenton had been back from patrol and was just starting to organize his desk when he spotted Gyro running scans on one of his latest inventions. His mind started to wonder. 'Is he really into my mom? Would Mamá be happy with him? Is he truly not that big of an as-... I mean, I respect him, but--"
"Intern! Stopping staring and get back to work!"
Fenton gulped. "Yes, sir. Sorry, sir."
Then his phone rang. He picked it up and hearing the news, he felt his world crumble down. He started crying and kneeled. He sobbed.
"What do you mean they shot her!?"
Gyro snapped his head towards Fenton. He, Lil Bulb and Manny instantly ran towards the intern.
"Ok, Duckburg Hospital? Is she stable? What do you mean you can't tell me on the phone!? NO! No, I will not calm down! Es mi Mamá!!!"
Gyro waited until Fenton hung up the phone. "We're taking my car. Yes, I'm coming with you. Manny, watch the lab and dispose of any unauthorized person. Violently."
The drive to the hospital had been in a complete, tense silence. Fenton kept staring out of the window. If Gyro didn't know any better, he'd say the kid was blaming himself for it.
"Your mom will be fine. She's a strong woman. And she was doing her job." Gyro wasn't one for comforting, but he felt like the kid needed that.
As soon as they arrived at the hospital, Fenton bursted through the doors and ran towards the receptinist counter. "Officer Cabrera. I'm her son. Where is she?"
"Room 456, fourth floor."
Gyro tried to follow him, but Fenton was a fast duck. When he finally reached the room, he glanced inside and saw Fenton hugging his mother as if his life depended on it. Her left shoulder was bandaged and her eyes were half closed, maybe drifting into a dreamless, painless sleep. But she was fine and alive.
"Pollito...?" She looked a bit dizzy and not really taking in her surroundings. If Gyro was correct, which he always was, he would say it was because of the medication mixed with any bloodloss she had.
"It's alright, Mamá. Just go to sleep, I'll be right here beside you and then you can talk, ok?"
"Ma Beagle got away..."
Fenton frowned. "Don't worry, Mamá. She won't go far."
Mamá hissed in pain and leaned back against the pillow. "My abdomen hurts... my shoulder too..." Those were the places she had gotten shot. "Maldita puta."
"It'll pass, Mamá. Now, please get some rest." He kissed her forehead.
Mamá gave him a weak smile before giving in to the medications. Gyro felt a wave of relief wash over him. The sudden awareness of sentiment caught him off guard. He wasn't a caring being. He was cold and calculating, even heartless at times. He'd been told that all his life. And all of the sudden, he was moved by this little family that because of their jobs, ran the risk that one of them wouldn't make it back home at the end of the day.
A small part of him longed that familiarity, ever since his father died...
Then he got an idea.
OOO
Mamá woke up to Fenton screaming. "Pollito! What's wrong!?" She hissed when she tried to move.
"Mamá, don't move! I just got scared-- um, I mean, surprised!" He smiled nervously. Mamá arched an eyebrow and looked behind her son.
She smiled. "Who sent those flowers!? They're beautiful!"
Fenton groaned, but that went unnoticed by Mamá's facination with the roses bouquet. He passed her the note that came with it. Mamá opened and a smile formed on her face.
Thought you would like this and I hope you get well, but please, stop giving my intern and Mr. McDuck's muscle mini heart attacks.
-Gyro Gearloose
"How sweet..." She said, a bit too dreamily. "Que lindo..."
Fenton's left eye twitched. He gave her a nervous smile. "So, um, I got to go to the, um, bathroom?"
"Sure, Pollito..." She still stared at the card with dreamy eyes.
Fenton quietly slipped out of the room and into the hallway. He started screaming.
"DOCTOR, HELP! I HAVE A CRISIS!!!"
A doctor came along and looked at the young duck. With a shrug and a sigh, he gave Fenton a pillow. "Scream into this. This is our screaming pillow. Most doctors here use it. It helps with stress. Give it to a nurse when you're done. I know, kid, life can be a shit. Scream, doctor's orders." And he walked off.
Fenton looked at the pillow and shrugged. "I've done crazier things." He mumbled.
He screamed into the pillow.
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