After a grueling four hours and nineteen minutes, listen to Lex Luther talk about his intermidial triffels and worries about his company, a nurse walks out of the ICU, "Sir, your daughter is now stable, you can go see her if you'd like,"
With out a word, Jack leaves Lex's side while in the middle of a sentence and walks through the doors, "What room?"
"Room six," Almost like a zombie, he makes his way to the door and opens it. Jade lays on the bed, clean, white blankets cover her body while an oxygen mask covers her face. Her heart monitor beeps with the beat of her heart.
"Jade?" He asks as he pulls a chair up next to the bed, "Jade, can you hear me?" No sign plays on her face, but a slight jump on the heart monitor answers his question, "Jade, it's going to be alright, you're going to rest for a while before any more work,"
"Hm, interesting, she certainly has your nose," Lex walks through the door and stands behind him, "So who used her?"
"I'm not entirely sure, I know Sports Master and Chechire took her, but into how many hands she played, I don't know, I'll give you the answer once I do,"
"Well, if that's all, I'll be leaving, just wanted to see if we would need a new pawn or not,"
Jack's voice takes on a sinister tone, "That would be interesting to see how he would react, now wouldn't it?" He begins cackling, not looking up at the man's face.
"Yes, very," Lex turns and walks out, leaving Joker and Jade alone.
"Make sure you get better soon, the finale is coming shortly after," He again laughs as he puts his hand on her green hair.
"Sir, I will need some information from you about your daughter," In the drop of a hat, Jack is back and walks out with the nurse.
"Hay, sweet cheeks,"Icicle Jr. greets the sleeping girl after sneaking into the room while Jack is busy with the nurse, "How are you feeling? Probably not too cool." He puts a cold hand on her face, causing a slight increase in her heart rate, "I hope to play with you again soon," With that, he leaves quickly barley avoiding Jack.
Dehydration, starvation, hypothurmia, fourty nine infected wounds of varying levels of savarity, pneumanoia, bronchitis and frost bite of all her fingers and toes, luckily those weren't bad at all. Good God, what the hell? He thinks as he takes his seat next to the girl, "You're going to get a nice, long rest, don't you worry about anything for a while,"
Hm...She sighs deeply So warm, so soft, so comfy! So much better than before. I wonder where I am. Actually, I don't really care right now. A small smile plays on her lips as she sighs deeply once again.
"Jade?" Jack is awakened by her sighs, sleeping with his head on the side of the bed, "Jade, can you hear me?" He asks as he watches her green eyes slowly open.
"Dad?" Complete confusion racks her brain as she looks around, "Where am I?"
"Your in the hospital. You gave me quite a scare," He smiles down at her, "How are you feeling?"
"Okay, I guess. Why am I in the hospital?"
"Well, when I came to pick you up, you weren't all there. You fell asleep in the car. I had to carry you to the room. I came back to check on you a little while later and you were wheezing, your face was red, but your body was like ice. I ended up rushing you here,"
"God, I'm so sorry! I...I'll find a way to pay you back!" She tries sitting up, only to feel the pull of stitches in nurmorous places on her body.
"No need for that at all, the only thing you need to do is get better," He lightly pushes her back into the bed and covers her up again, "Are you hungry?"
"A little...I'm dying for some chocolate pudding,"
"Alright, you relax, I'll go get you some," He stands as she nods her head.
One week passes while Jade recovers in the hospital, "So, how are we feeling today, Jade?" The doctor walks in. Orange, red hair cut into a high and tight at the top of his head, brown eyes and white coat.
"Good. Can I go home now?"
The doctor laughs, "You've been asking that since you woke up, and today you get the same answer," Jade lays back against the pillow propped against the bed adjusted for a sitting position, "But, ask me tomorrow and you might get a difference answer," He smiles as he walks over to check her IV, vitals and ask her a few questions.
"Um, doctor?" She asks before he leave, Jack out to get her a change of cloths and shower supplies, "How bad was I when I came in?"
"Well," he rubs the back of his neck, "No one thought you would pull through,"
"You mean I almost died?" She asks a surprisingly nutural look on her face.
"Yes, actually. And I can't believe you don't remember anything for the three and a half weeks you were missing,"
Some how I manage to do that alot. She turns her attention to a closed window. She hears the doctor leave and close the door behind him. She reaches out and pulls the blinds up to let the bright winter sun flood the room.
She hears the door open again and quickly turns her head, expecting to see a tall bald man in a suit, "Hello, Jade, how are you feeling?"
"Fine, Um...Who are you?"
"Oh, how rude of me, my name is Lex Luther."
"Um...okay, why are you in my room?" She asks rudly, covering herself up with the blankets, not feeling comfortable in just the hospital gown.
"Just wanted to check up on you. Your father and I are close acquaintances,"
"Still doesn't answer my question, why are you in my room? You could have just called. They do have these nifty inventions made around March tenth eight teen seventy six I do believe,"
"My my, the apple sure didn't fall far from the tree did it?" He takes a step closer and the hairs on the back of her neck stand on end.
"You need to leave," She narrows her eyes and glares at him, trying her best to look intimidating.
"How rude considering I've been paying for you're stay here,"
"I appreciate it greatly, but you need to leave," She affermes it louder, hopping to get the attention of a nurse.
"So ungrateful, could it be you are afraid of me?" He begins walking closer to her. She immediately stands on the bed, having the IV ripped from her arm and the heart monitor fall from her finger, making the machine flat line.
"If you don't get out now,"
"You'll what? Hurt me? Your powerless against a man my size," He smiles innocently, as if he were having an interview.
"Do you really want to make that wager?"
"What is going on in here?" A nurse swings the door open, "Sir, you need to leave!" She yells grabbing his arm and pulling him out of the room. He looks back and smiles at Jade who breaths heavily, slight wheezing is heard outside. Once the door is closed, he hears her begin coughing violently.
Another nurse rushes into the room to find Jade kneeling on the floor, hand on her chest, "Jade, what happened?" She helps Jade back into the bed and gives her an oxygen mask, "Jade, are you hurt?" She shakes her head no and lays back into the pillow, "Are you alright? Did that man hurt you?" She again shakes her head, "Did he threaten you?"
"The words he used weren't threatening, but his motives I think were," She whispers, wishing Jack would hurry up.
"Let's get an IV back in you, and get your heart rate back on the monitor," The nurse quickly gets Jade hooked back up, fluffs her pillow and asks if she needs anything else to which she shaks her head no, "If you need anything, just push the red button on this," She shows Jade the remote attached to the bed and leaves.
After a while, Jade falls asleep.
"Today, members of the Justice league save the day again,"
What the hell?
"A bank robbery thwarted by the Flash's, a plain hijacking stopped by Super man, and an armed gun man in a school stopped by Green arrow and Speedy. Thankfully we have the Justice Legue," A female voice comes through the T.V. as Jade opens her eyes, annoyed that some one turned it on in the first place. She looks next to her to see Jack watching it intently.
"What is this crap?" She asks making Jack jump slightly.
"It's the news," He replies shortly, not expecting her to wake up so soon, "I heard you had a run in with Mr. Luther,"
"Is the relationship between the two of you along the lines of keep your friends close and your enemies closer?"
"You could say that," He narrows his eyes slightly as he looks back up at the screen, "They're letting you go in two more days with medication and an order of bed rest,"
"Great! So I can go from being a bum in one bed, to being a bum in another!" Jack glares at her, only to begin laughing at the humor of her glaring eyes and pouting lips.
"I don't find it funny,"
"That's part of what makes it funny,"
"What ever," She looks toward the window to find it closed, "Why did you close the window?"
"There's not much to look at out there, Jade, just snow and dead trees," He looks down at her, eyebrows down with annoyance at her attitude.
"I want to see the sunlight, I feel like it's been forever since I got to see it,"
"So," Jack lifts the remote up and shuts the T.V off, much to Jade's relief, "what can you tell me about your dissapearing act?"
"Not much at all. I remember walking home and a boy with blond hair started talking to me, then I woke up in my apartment and got the news of everything,"
"Nothing in between?"
"No, nothing,"
"How strange,"