Sitting in the ambulance Tala kept his gaze on the bluenette not letting it stray from his placid face. He felt as though if he took his eyes off him for even a second he would die; and though he didn't want to say the word a gnawing feeling told him that he could possibly die.
"We're going to do everything we can for him but you have to tell us what happened before he passed out." The man who sat beside him spoke for the first time. Still not taking his eyes off him the redhead asked what he wanted to know. "What was he doing?"
"He was stood up with us when he collapsed, he was holding his stomach then he just passed out"
"What did he eat before?"
"He hasn't eaten today" the man looked at the redhead then surprised.
"He hasn't?" Not sure what he could tell the man he came up with a quick but convincing lie.
"He told me he wasn't feeling well today so I didn't give him anything to eat. I thought he just had a bug and had lost his appetite" nodding at him the man believed the redheads words seeing no reason to doubt him.
"Him not eating may be important to finding out what is wrong with him" Tala nodded at him but he doubted him not eating was anything important, he hadn't known him for too long but for the time he had known him he knew that he didn't eat much.
"Does he have any medical problems I should know about?" Not knowing what to say he shook his head, Kai hadn't mentioned anything about having a medical problem. "Ok well that rules out a lot of things that could be the problem. Though we will have to have some tests done"
"He's not going to die is he?" He asked; the question had been gnawing at him since the door closed.
"We don't know what is wrong with him till we do I can't say but I will tell you that we will do everything we can to help him" not easing his mind at all with the answer he sat back slightly in his seat though kept hunched forwards so he could have a clear look at his face.
"Ok" he sighed. A hand rested on his back
"Don't worry it's probably not all that serious. I'm sure that once we're at the hospital they will tell you that it isn't as bad as it looks"
"Hn" he answered too concerned to care about forming understandable words, fortunately the man sitting next to him understood and didn't press him for anything else.
The rest of the drive passed in silence Tala looking out the windows every now and then to make sure he could see a taxi following. Sure enough there was but it was about five cars behind them. That fact made him check more than he would have otherwise, he feared they would get lost too far behind.
The ambulance pulled up outside the hospital, the doors immediately opened as soon as the engine turned off. The man sitting next to Tala handed someone the object he was using to keep Kai breathing before helping them push him off the back on the stretcher.
Jumping off after them the redhead stared at the traffic passing them, straining his eyes to see the taxi, which inevitable was passing him by and didn't stop. Staring at the taxi he saw his friends looking out the window each one of them with widened eyes.
"What the hell? Stop!" He yelled at the passing taxi though he knew it would do nothing as the car was too far away for it to hear him and he knew that the driver wouldn't stop the car in the middle of the road.
"Where are they going?" The man he had been sitting next to asked, he had seen the boys in the car and recognised them as the ones who had been with the redhead before they had taken him away in the ambulance with the bluenette.
"I have no idea and I don't think they know either. If that driver is such an idiot that he went to look for a space I'll punch him in the face" he muttered the last part his eyes murderous as he thought about his friends not being there for the bluenette who could be dying for all they knew.
"I wouldn't do that kid. Maybe a slap not a punch they leave bruises slaps less likely" the man added in a slightly jokey tone.
"Sure. But that guy he drove past Kai could die and they might not get to say goodbye to him" pulling at his devil horned styled hair he looked for the stretcher which was being wheeled towards the emergency room door.
"I understand lad come on I'll take you to his room, it's been reserved for him while we were traveling" nodding at the elder man he started to follow him towards the hospital doors, he had never been too fond of hospitals but he was willing to put up with a mild discomfort if it meant being there for Kai while he needed him.
Kai had been wheeled straight through the redhead close behind. Everyone in the rooms they passed looked at the boy, many let their eyes follow him as he passed and some even stood from their seats following the boy for a few steps to get a better look at him before they were shooed away by the paramedics.
Tala hated that people were starting at the bluenette. Didn't they care that the boy may be dying for all they knew? He had been so consumed in his own mind that he jumped when a hand tapped him on the shoulder. Muttering curses to himself for being caught off guard he turned to the man beside him.
"We're at his room." He pointed into the pristine room before adding "can you call your friends and see if they've got out of the taxi yet?" Nodding at the man Tala entered the room staying back so they could move him to the bed to attach drips and have the doctors examine him.
As he stood back he remembered what should have been obvious to him. He didn't have a phone.
"Can I borrow your phone?" He asked the man who was about to go and talk to the doctor walking their way. The man looked at him suspiciously so he quickly added "I forgot mine at home before I went out with him"
Screaming to the man in his head to just pass him the phone he inwardly sighed in relief when a phone was placed in his hand. Thanking the man he left the room to allow them the space to concentrate while he called his friends.
After trying Spencer and Ian's numbers he swore he would hit them once he saw them. How could they forget their phones? As he tapped in Bryan's number he was about to throw the phone against the wall. What if he had forgotten his as well? That couldn't happen. Then he would have no idea if they would be coming out or not. What if they were trapped in the taxi? What if the murderer had killed them?! His worries were quenched as a voice came through the other end of the phone.
"Hello?" A voice he recognised asked sounding very irritated and as though he was on the verge of snapping someone's neck.
"Finally! Do you know how long I've been trying to call you lot? Where are you? Are you out of the taxi yet? Why didn't he pull in outside the hospital?" Tala asked without taking a breath between words.
"Easy Tal mind letting me talk first? You know actually answer your questions?" The lilac haired boy asked trying to hide the amusement in his voice though it was clear that the redheads call had lightened his mood significantly. Pausing for a few moments to see if the redhead would say anything Bryan continued "I have no idea how long you've been trying to call us, the idiot twins forgot to pick up their phones. We're pulling up now, hopefully. The driver got a little lost despite being outside the hospital when it happened. He's new to the job" after explaining what had happened to his friend he waited for the redhead to talk
"God I hate newbies that ruin everything" he complained "once you stop, run in and the woman at the desk will give you the room name cos I have no idea what it is."
"Alright I'll see you then" with a quick goodbye the two disconnected from the other.
Back in the room the unconscious boy was laid on a soft blue mattress.
"How's he doing?" A doctor asked as he looked over the boy's pale face, in all his years or working at the hospital he had never seen a face as pale as the boys. The only ones that had come close to that were the ones in the morgue.
"He isn't doing good, his pulse is fading and he can't breathe on his own. There isn't much more we can do. We have no known family we can call and without them we have no way of knowing of any medical problems that may be aggravated by resuscitating him" a nurse answered as she checked him pulse for the hundredth time.
"What about that boy outside?"
"He doesn't know of any problems with him though they live together from what we can gather it hasn't been for very long" the doctor looked shocked at that.
"They live together? They look no more that fourteen" the doctors words seemed to register with the nurse.
"You're right, they look far too young to be living on their own; we'll have to question the boy about it later once we manage to stabilise him, if we can do that that is." With an exasperated sigh the nurse turned back to the boy, they were about to have tests done on him but the ones which were most important couldn't be performed till he was somewhat stable. Things didn't look good for him, if he didn't improve soon he would die and they had no explanation for why.
Standing outside the room the redhead had been hiding in the shadows so that the doctors and nurses wouldn't see him and continue speaking what they truly felt and knew.
He clenched his hands into fists as he looked at the doctors surrounding his friend. He isn't doing good? He could die. He wanted to scream at how helpless he felt and felt the need to just so he could feel marginally better.
"This is Barthez's fault, it has to be" he concluded as he looked over his friend before turning from the doorway. He wasn't sure how it could be his fault but he was sure it was, the man was a killer and he was going to do it again. This time to someone he knew. Barthez knew Kai and Kai knew him though it was unclear how they knew they did know the other.
"Excuse me?" Looking up the redhead was snapped from his thoughts at the grim look on the woman's face "I need to speak with you" nodding Tala was about to be led away when a thought came to him.
"No, can we talk in the room, I want to stay with him" sighing in defeat the woman knew she had no way of moving the redhead, his face clearly showing how determined he was to stay by his friend.
"Alright." Walking back into the room she stood by the wall with him next to her, "we don't know about any family of his and from what we have gathered neither do you, so we'll have to ask you. If things go south will you give us permission to not resuscitate?"
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