It was way too late/early, and the kids of the Dumping Ground really shouldn't have been up. But Mike was about to take Molly to the hospital, he was just fixing Tee's ankle first.
"Okay, so, I'm done here." Mike said, getting up and picking Molly up from the sofa he'd lay her on. It had only been about 10 minutes since they got back, and they had arranged with the hospital for Molly to go up. "Who's coming with me to the hospital?"
Four hands went up. Those hands belonged to Kitty, Carmen, Toby and Johnny.
"Alright, come on then you four. The rest of you, go to bed, we'll keep you updated." Mike said. With that, he and the four kids left, with Mike carrying Molly.
In the van on the way there, Carmen suddenly broke down crying. "What happened?" she asked.
"I don't know. I found her lying on the ground, bleeding, and I couldn't see the wounds properly, because they're mostly under her clothes, and if I move them without a doctor around, it could get infected." Mike said.
Carmen, still crying, leaned her head on Johnny's chest. He protectively wrapped his arms around her.
"She's going to be okay, Carm." He said.
Kitty was crying, too, and Toby was…he wasn't crying, but he had been, and he was in too much shock to be able to speak right now.
The minute they got to the hospital, the doctors wheeled Molly away and told Mike, Kitty, Carmen, Johnny and Toby to wait outside.
"You kids can go home if you like." Mike said.
"No." Johnny said firmly.
"We have to stay." Carmen said.
Toby and Kitty nodded in agreement.
Carmen fell asleep, her head in Johnny's lap, and he passed his hand through her hair. Eventually, he and Kitty fell asleep too, and Mike got Tracy to take them back to the Dumping Ground. But Toby was adamant that, even if he fell asleep, he was staying.
Eventually, when Toby sat up, the doctor approached them. Mike and Toby saw it was the doctor who had taken Molly away.
"Are you the family of Molly Walker?" the doctor asked.
"I'm the carer, and this boy is her boyfriend." Mike said.
"I'm Dr. Goodman." The doctor said, nodding his head slightly at the two.
"Can I see her?" Toby begged.
"Yes, of course. Just through there." Dr. Goodman said, gesturing to a room.
Toby walked in and saw Molly, sitting up. She looked unhappy and weak but when her eyes found Toby's, she smiled brightly.
"Toby!"
"Molly, you're okay!" Toby ran to sit on the chair beside her, and he gripped her hand.
"Of course I'm okay." She said, but then she began to cough. Toby put the oxygen mask on her, at the doctor's gesture.
Carmen entered the room and sat on Molly's other side, joined by Kitty and Johnny.
"You scared the life out of us, Molly." Carmen said.
"I was scared, too." Molly said, smiling sadly. "But it's okay…I'm okay." She told them.
Soon enough, the whole DG was in the room, chatting and smiling and talking with Molly.
Dr. Goodman entered the room and everyone fell silent.
"Okay, Molly, the scans have come back." He said.
"And?" Molly said. Carmen and Kitty both gripped Molly's hand, and Toby held tightly to her other hand. Molly was holding their hands just as tightly.
"The good news is, there isn't too much damage that will affect your walking, talking and writing. However, you will need to take an antidote for a couple of days, because the snake that attacked you was poisonous." Dr. Goodman said calmly. "You take some now, then tomorrow, and one more the next day, and then that's it, it will be over."
"Just once a day? For three days?" Molly checked.
"Yes." The doctor replied. "You're going to be just fine, Molly."
Everyone cheered, and then Molly took the first antidote bottle, and downed it.
"It's quite disgusting, but as long as it keeps me alive, it's fine." She said, and everyone laughed and clapped.