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Scott´s P.O.V.
Back and forth. To the cafeteria, water machine. Back to my brothers. Back to my father. And back to the cafeteria again. I had changed into a dry clothes and could do nothing but wait. And wait.
"Come on Scott. Sit down." Said John with his hands hidding his eyes. He never looked up while he still sat in his chair. "You´re making me nervous."
"It's been two hours. They are already in there for two hours." I growled.
"Actually, two and a half." Gordon muttered. I threw the "Scott gaze" at him as Alan always called it and Gordon crawled back.
Finally there came a doctor out, she was small and her long blond hair was in a ponytail. She saw us sitting and walked straight towards us. "Are you the Tracy family?" We nodded. "My name is Dr. Violet. I´m Alan´s doctor "
"What is wrong with my brother?" Gordon stood up.
"Take a seat." She pulled herself a chair up. "First you must know that everything will be alright with Alan. He made us worried for a moment but luckily pulled back very quickly. He had anemia due a infection. Normally the body can handle this kind of infections easily but with his condition ..."
"Condition?" Virgil looked shocked. "What condition?"
"His... Wait a minute." She grabbed a file. "It says here that he was diagnosed six months ago. I remember treating him back then." She looked at my father. "You're his father, right? You´re Jeff Tracy, I know that but Alan is your son right?"
"He never told us." Dad looked at us. "He never told any of us."
"Is this your signature?" She held a paper in front of his face. A discharge letter from the hospital. "We received this, plus an permission over the phone from his guardian."
"That's my signature." Dad gave it back. "But I didn´t sign this." There was a silence.
My thoughts went back to about half a year ago.
My phone went off. I was almost in New York, Dad had sent me over there for some business.
Each two months one of us had to go to NY to attend meetings at Tracy industries. It was my turn this time and I didn´t like it. Alright, I hated being away from the island. But in my defense Gordon could do anything to my bird. Last time she was pink! PINK!
I picked the Phone up. I noticed that I didn´t know the number. "Scott Tracy." I said.
"Hi Scott, this is Alan." He sounded tired and confused. Not like Alan at all.
"Alan. What is it this time?" I sighed, I knew I could say it more friendly. But I just had no time or patience to deal with Alan right now. I was busy with prepare meetings I had to sit in. "Keep it short." I told him
"I tried to reach dad but he didn´t answer. I need permission for... "
I sighed and interrupted him. "Alan, what you've done this time? Are you serious trouble?"
"No. I'm okay, it's just…"
"Give me the one in charge." I orded and put the papers aside. I looked through the window. Cloudless sky provided a beautiful view. But I could be sitting in the sun on the island.
"This is my guardian Scott." I heard him say. "He is twenty-six and takes care of me when my dad is gone. Can he do it? "
An unknown voice on the phone. "Hello this is Eli. You're Alan's guardian?"
"Yes, and Alan has my permission. Send a letter to my father through the mail. He will sign it and send it back to you. I must go now and will soon make contact with him. Sorry, I have to go."
After having said that I hung up and concentrated back on the documents.
Was it then?
Had he tried to call me and I had cut him off? I tried to hold my face in a mask.
"What condition?" Gordon said in a small voice. He looked back and forth between the rest of us. "Is it dangerous? Can he… is he going to die? Alan is getting better right?" Gordon looked so much younger than his twenty year old self.
Virgil looked at the doctor for help. A moment it seemed as if my heart stopped.
"I have dealt with Alan when he was here six months ago. Alan's kidneys have had a blow when he stood up for a child who was being bullied. Eyewitnesses told us that three bullies grabbed a child and hold him underwater, Alan intervened and saved the boy´s life. What I heard was that Alan managed to defeat three bullies, meanwhile the victim could run away. Unfortunately there was a fourth bully with a baseball bat who hit Alan before any adults stept in." Dr. Violet explained. "When Alan came in here, I didn´t know at first what was going on. There were no visible injuries but after investigations, we discovered that both his kidneys were damaged. It should be solved with a simple operation but there was no permission given for that. The only thing we could do was to give Alan medications to limit the damage. Alan has also been given a device that monitors his blood. If there is too much toxic is in his blood, an alarm goes off, Alan has given a kind of pen he must inject than. Think of a kind of epi-pen. If all goes well and he can keep track of everything nicely. Alan can have a full life. But Alan has already let me know that when he´s eighteen, he wants the surgery. "
"And he has half a year now?" John had not even looked at us. "What is it now then wrong with him? Why did he turn blue? "
"Alan's body is weakened, it can get much faster diseases like infections. It is one of the greatest dangers of the choice of no operation. This infection led to anemia. Every part of his body received less oxygen, therefore he felt tired and probably like knives were stabbed into his body. It took away his appetite which his made his strength drop. Therefore, the infection becomes bigger and stronger and Alan remained in a circle. The wall of his right lung was eventually so weak that he ripped. We were able to repair that without surgery."
'What now?' I asked. I looked over to Virgil than back to the doctor. "When can he have the operation. I can give you the permission you needed right now."
"Alan is getting antibiotics and we are trying to control the infection. We want him to get stronger before... "
"Dr. Violet!" A panic looking nurse came running towards us. She was hyperventilating. "Dr. Violet ..."
"Calm April. Breath in and out." Dr. Violet held her by placing both hands on her shoulders. "What's going on?"
"A man with a gun. He had a gun. He ... he took the Tracy boy with him... "
I´ve had that device temporarily a half years ago. It is an experimental treatment for people who´s kidney failed It could measure when you need the dialysis, instead of every two or three days standard. There still in the testing stage last time I heard but this is the future so... I don´t know for sure that an operation could fix this for Alan, (It worked for me,) but I want him to be okay in the end. No permanent damage XD
