Never Let Me Go

Chapter 10

(I don't own X-Men)

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I crumple to the floor, my hand covering my mouth and muffling my sobs. She's gone. How could she just be gone? This was wrong, how could she just disappear from the world? How was I supposed to keep going after this?

Hank quickly comes over, seeing my panic.

"No Bobby, she's still alive she made it through surgery"

"S-She's ok?" I gasp

"Not yet, there's still a long way to go but she's strong,"

"Can I see her?" I say suddenly getting up

"In a minute, Jean's just taking care of the rest of her injuries" I nod and the others all give numerous sighs of relief

"How bad are they? Were you right? What you said on the plane, were you right?" I ask

"Bobby… she's in pretty bad shape. She had numerous injuries and some were quite old making them harder to treat. She had a crack in her skull and there was some swelling and bleeding on her brain, we'll need to keep an eye of that and look out for blood clots, that and the added stress of being shot and the massive blood loss… Bobby she's gone into a coma"

"B-but you said…. A coma? But she'll be alright right?" I can't lose her now, not after everything, not when I hadn't told her how I felt.

"There's no way of knowing when or if she will wake up, her body needs time to rest and heal. She's been through quite a lot; this may just be her body's way of coping" he explains

"And what about everything else? Her leg? Her fingers? Is she okay otherwise?" Scott asks from behind me

"Like I said she's in bad shape, her leg is broken and will need more surgery tomorrow and then therapy before she'll be able to walk on it. She also has 4 broken ribs and 3 broken fingers, I didn't have to take her fingernails off thankfully but they are wrapped up and I've cleaned and bandaged her burns and cuts and put her on some antibiotics to fight off infection. Her lung was collapsed like I thought and I managed to save most of it and stop the bleeding but with her being in a coma I've put her on a respirator for the time being. She's strong, most people wouldn't have made it"

I only manage half a smile at that, yes she was strong but she was still in a coma. She could still die and I couldn't relax until I knew that wasn't going to happen. "Can I see her" I asked, desperate to make sure she was still here with me.

"Sure, I have to warn you Bobby she doesn't look great" he says taking me to where she was lying. She looked so small in the bed, surrounded by monitors and IVs and a tube coming out of her mouth and into a machine that was breathing for her.

Her leg is wrapped up and propped up on pillows and her head is bandaged on one side, I take a seat on her right side and take her hand that isn't bandaged, being mindful of the IV coming out of it. I watch as her chest moves up and down with each hiss of the machine and press a kiss to her hand "I'm so sorry Kit"

I fall asleep at her bedside sobbing, with the faintest feeling of someone running their hand though my hair.

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(Kitty's POV)

Where was I?

What was going on?

Everything was blurry and I could hear voices around me.

"It'll be okay Kitty"

"I think we can keep the fingernails on"

"her blood pressure is holding steady"

"Okay let's close her up"

I open my eyes and find myself in the med bay, Jean is standing next to a bed and is winding bandages around someone's hand. I run up to her "Jean! Jean what's going on?"

She doesn't respond, only keeps bandaging and I reach out to touch her. I jump back when my hand passes through her "Wh-What's happening to me? Jean! Talk to me!" I go around the bed to try and get her attention and only then notice who is in the bed.

It's me.

My body lies in the bed with eyes shut and a tube coming out of my mouth, a machine breathing for me. I can see that my leg is bandaged up and so is my left arm. I'm attached to so many monitors and IVs I barely look alive anymore.

What happened to me? Why couldn't anyone see me?

Was I dead?

Is that what this was?

"What happened?" I whisper softly.

I try to think back to the last thing I remember and I get flashes of John torturing me, being shot and bleeding out in Bobby's arms. Bobby. Where was he?

"He's outside, waiting for you" A voice behind me says.

I turn and there in front of me are my mother and father. They'd died in an accident when I was 11, I only survived because that was when my powers surfaced for the first time.

"Mum? Dad? What are you-" I look to my body on the bed "Am I dying? Is that why you're here?"

"That's up to you my dear" My mum says

I go and hug them, relishing in being able to hug them again. "I've missed you both so bad" I sob

"We've missed you too, we've been watching over you and we're so proud of you" my dad says kissing my head

"You are so strong and so brave and you found a man who loves you the way you should be loved, this is everything my father and I wished for you and we're so proud"

"Bobby doesn't love me, he loved Marie….. that kiss it was just because he was confused" I try to explain

"Sweetie you haven't seen him" My mum says squeezing my shoulder "He's a wreck, he's been waiting outside ever since you went in and only left to change his clothes. He loves you"

As if on cue the door opens and in walks Hank and Bobby, Bobby looks haggard, like he's aged ten years in one day. His hands are shaking when he comes to sit by my bed and he takes my right hand in his and presses a kiss to it "I'm so sorry Kit" he says laying his head down on my bed.

I break away from my parents and slowly approach him, his body is shaking with sobs and I can't stop myself from reaching out and running my fingers through his hair, desperate to comfort him somehow.

"It's okay Bobby, I'm not going anywhere"

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