Chapter 10: Treatment Options
King of Music 2019: Probably nothing, and thx
Guest: Thx
Agent BM: Thx
Previously on Ninjago: "You won't get away with this." "I already have." "Some recover faster than others." "Take...this."
Cole slowly opened his eyes, to see he was staring at a white ceiling. As he breathed he realized something, his nose wasn't stuffy and he didn't feel as sick as he felt earlier. As he sat up, and looked around he realized he and his friends were back in the hospital.
But they weren't in the quarantine room they were originally in, but in a regular hospital room. He tried to get out of bed, but saw he was attached to an IV. Slowly all the other Ninja woke up.
"Whoa, what happened?" asked Kai.
The last thing any of them remember was fighting the Plague Doctor and his minions, being in a crashing blimp, and then blacking out. Suddenly the door opened and Opal came in. She was glad to see they were all awake.
"Thank goodness, you guys are awake." she said.
"Opal, what happened?" Kai asked again.
"Did we stop the Plague Doctor?" wondered Nya.
"How long have we been out?" questioned Zane.
"What about all the other people?" added Lloyd.
"Are we all better?" Jay blurted out.
"What happened to the antidote?" wondered Cole.
"Please one at a time." said Opal. And she began explaining.
"You successfully stopped the Plague Doctor, Commissioner Stevens and his officers arrested him and his minions. You all collapsed from the symptoms and you've been out since yesterday afternoon. But Cole, you gave me the antidote, which I gave to Dr. Pierce. You and everyone else infected got the vaccine, and is being treated right now."
"But how did you cure me, and how did I get sick?" Wondered Zane.
"With this." answered Opal, holding a green computer chip.
"To infect robots, the Plague Doctor created a digital copy of his virus. We removed it."
"So he also made a computer virus." joked Jay.
"You all should be cleared to go in a few days." informed Opal.
The Ninja cheered.
"And this also means I can take this off now."
And she took off her surgical mask, so the Ninja could see her real face.
Cole was surprised, Opal was very pretty.
"But what happened with Nurse Rachet?" Nya asked her.
"Well when we got back to the hospital yesterday, things were so busy she didn't say anything right away. But I'll be hearing from her soon enough." Opal replied.
"If it's all the same Opal, you were a great nurse to us." Cole told her.
"Thanks."
Suddenly the door opened, and Nurse Rachet escorted in the Ninja's friends.
"Ninja, you have visitors." she told them.
As Ninja greeted them, Nurse Rachet walked inside, and looked at Opal.
"Lancaster." she said very sternly.
Opal gulped then faced her.
"Yes, Nurse Rachet?"
"I need a word with you, outside, now." she told her.
"Yes, ma'am."
And the two went outside into the hallway. Nurse Rachet faced Opal, with her arms crossed.
"You broke the Ninja out of the hospital." she said.
"Yes, Nurse Rachet." Opal replied.
"So you went against my orders, helped quarantined patients escape, and stole an ambulance."
"Yes, Nurse Rachet. But I only did it because Ninjago was in trouble, and the Ninja were the only ones who could save it. But I'm ready to face the consequences. I'll go clean out my locker." said Opal, as she started to leave.
"Hold it, I'm not done talking yet." Nurse Rachet told her.
Opal went back to her spot, and faced her.
"I don't like that you went against my orders, Lancaster. But I have to say I've trained many nurses over the years, and they've all had thoughts about doing it. But you were the first one to actually do it, that took guts." Nurse Rachet told her.
Opal was surprised.
"And as head nurse, I'm always willing to have a nurse who has guts and not afraid to do what's best for the patients."
"So that does that mean you're not firing me?" Opal asked hopefully.
"If I was, would I be giving you these?" asked Nurse Rachet, giving her some pink scrubs.
Opal couldn't believe her eyes.
"Nurse Rachet you really mean it?"
"I'd be honored to have a nurse like you on my staff." Nurse Rachet told her smiling.
Opal then took the scrubs, and stared at them. Then she looked back up at Nurse Rachet.
"Thank you, Nurse Rachet."
"Now get changed, there's work to do."
"Yes, ma'am."
And Opal left to get dressed.
Back in the room, the others were curious as to what happened.
"I hope Nurse Rachet wasn't too hard on Opal." hoped Lloyd.
"Well if she did get fired, I'm going to personally make sure they re-hire her." Cole declared.
The others looked at him with a knowing look. A while Opal came back in wearing her pink scrubs.
"Opal you scrubs are different." Misako pointed out.
"You're wearing pink scrubs. You said actual nurses wear those." said Cole.
"Which I am." said Opal proudly.
"Nurse Rachet didn't fire you?" asked Jay.
"No, while she wasn't happy I disobeyed her, she admired that I had the guts to do what was right." Opal explained.
"Congratulations." said Skylor.
"Thank you, but if you don't mind, you'll have to leave the room now. I have to go over the Ninja's vitals." Opal told them.
"Of course, Opal, I mean Nurse Lancaster." said Harumi.
And they all left the room, as Opal got started.
As the days went by the Ninja slowly recovered. On their last day at the hospital they were watching a news broadcast by Gayle Gossip.
"It looks like another victory for the Ninja, as people are recovering from RPD. The evil Plague Doctor and his accomplices are currently detained in Kryptarium Prison. Here's a clip of their arrest." she announced.
The screen showed Dr. Rogers being pulled away in handcuffs.
"You can never truly stop me, my virus will live on!" he declared.
"Looks like the guy's gonna experience how we felt being locked up." said Zane.
Nurse Rachet came into the room.
"All right Ninja, your blood and oil work came back clean, Zane your scans were good, and there's no trace of the virus left. Looks like you're ready to be discharged." she informed.
The Ninja cheered.
"And your friends dropped these off for you." she said, giving them their ninja suits.
After they were back in their regular clothes, Cole realized there was something he needed to do.
"I'll be right back guys." he said.
"Where are you going?" wondered Nya.
"There's just something I gotta go." Cole answered.
"More like someone he wants to say goodbye to." said joked Jay.
The others chuckled.
After Cole left the room, he saw a doctor.
"Excuse me, but do you know where Nurse Opal Lancaster is?" he asked her.
"She's on the maternity floor." the doctor answered.
Cole got in the elevator, and rode up to that floor.
When he got there, he looked around, and found Opal in the nursery. She was putting a baby girl in a cradle. Cole carefully knocked on the glass to get her attention. She looked up, and walked outside.
"Cole, hello. Nurse Rachet told me you and the others were being discharged today. When I was done here I was gonna come and help." she told him.
"Great, listen, I just wanted to thank you for taking care of us and helping stop the Plague Doctor." said Cole, rubbing the back of his neck.
"It was no problem, that's what a nurse does."
"I was wondering, whenever you're not busy here, would you want to do something?" he asked her.
Opal couldn't believe her ears. She wanted to talk, but her voice got caught in her throat.
But before she could find it again, her beeper went off. She looked at it and saw it was from Nurse Rachet.
"Nurse Rachet wants me to help escort the Ninja out." she told him.
"Then I guess we better get downstairs." said Cole.
They went down the elevator, and after grabbing a spare wheelchair. She rolled Cole to the ER, where the others were waiting for them.
"And Cole to answer your question, I would like that very much." Opal replied.
Cole smiled at her and she smiled back. And she joined them as other nurses wheeled the Ninja out of the hospital.
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