Astrid felt her stomach slowly started to sting, her eyes are still blurry and her brain is still painfully dizzy. She heard someone was mumbling something beside her, as the dizziness slowly fades away she could hear a faint sound of two people.
"-don't have any anesthesia, try to calm her down." Said the first voice.
Astrid felt a lump in her throat, she can't breathe. Her heart began to beat faster and faster yet she can't seem to move from her position. Astrid began to choke, she can feel her mouth was oozing something that's not saliva.
Elsa panicked, unconscious Astrid was choking blood. Her years of experience never felt so useless.
Jack looked at her in fear, he held both Astrid's shoulder so she doesn't struggle that much "What's happening?! What do we do?!"
"She's having an internal bleeding!" Elsa said, trying to keep herself calm.
She threw the block of sharp metal she just surgically removed from Astrid's body while forgetting the cost of doing that, Elsa knew somewhere in Astrid's colon or stomach is penetrated.
Hiccup and the rest of the group who went to the hospital to get sutures fortunately has returned, to find Astrid seizures on the floor.
Hiccup went passed Anna and hurried towards his girlfriend "What's going on?!" His voice was hoarse "Astrid! Astrid!"
"Quick! Give me the sutures!" Elsa said quickly.
Hiccup checked his pockets and took out a box of suture lines with needles "There's more in the bag!"
"This'll do…" Elsa said, taking it "I need some privacy! Jack and Hiccup stays here, the rest of you wait outside!" She commanded to the rest of the group behind her.
They all left in a hurry and closed the door behind them.
"Hiccup I need you to do cardiac compression and prevent blood out of her lungs!" Elsa ordered, as she opened the box of suture lines.
Hiccup immediately put both hands on top of one another and began pressing them down against Astrid's chest, he could tell that it was working when more blood began to pump out of her mouth.
"Turn her head." Elsa said, while tying the suture line to the C shaped needle.
Jack turned Astrid's head to the side, her breathing become easier.
"What now?" Hiccup panted.
"Hold her down…" Elsa said, she lowered her head to the stab wound. The suture needle is slowly entering her flesh, Elsa however opened the wound to see the source of the internal bleeding "Luckily it didn't hit any vital organs, but we need to hurry or she will run out of blood."
Elsa looked around "Jack, fetch me that med kit!"
Jack quickly stood up and ran past unconscious Rapunzel, he bend over next to a piece of debris to pick up a small box of medical equipment kit. He hurried back to them and lend it to Elsa "Here…"
Elsa opened the box, she took out a syringe and a bottle of morphine painkiller. The syringe needle entered the small bottle and pulls out with enough doses to stop the pain when being sutured.
When she injected the painkiller inside Astrid, she groaned a bit while still closing her eyes.
"That should relax her a bit. I will began the surgery, can anyone get me some light and scissor?" Elsa said.
"I'll do it." Jack said, he pushed himself off the floor again and began walking towards the door.
Jack saw the rest of the group was chatting outside, he closed the door behind him. Their conversation stopped when he came out.
"How's the girl?" Aster arched his brow.
"She'll be okay, listen, I need you guys to find me some light source and a pair of scissor for Elsa." Jack ordered to his men.
"What about me?" Anna poked her head behind Aster.
Jack paused "You… Er… I'm sure you can help with something…"
"Maybe you can help us get some mattress for Astrid to sleep on." Toothiana suggested "In the meantime, I will get some water."
"Thanks Tooth." Jack smiled. He then turned to his men "Let's go!"
They all scatter around the house, searching for the supplies Elsa had ordered. Aster and Ruffnut searched the first floor, while Anna and Kristoff is currently removing the mattress on the second floor guest bedroom. While Jack isn't really familiar with the place, he kept randomly walking all over the house, searching for a flashlight or a study lamp while checking his men.
Jack moved to the second floor again, he hasn't checked the room next to where Elsa is doing surgery. He went inside and felt sick when he saw a little girl had died on her bedroom, no wonder Kristoff chose the guest bedroom.
Jack felt his shoulder being tapped, he looked around and saw Toothiana "Geez Tooth! You scared me!"
"Sorry…" Toothiana replied, her eyes was fixed on the dead girl.
"Did you find any water?" Jack asked.
"No. But I need to ask you something…" Toothiana said softly.
Jack arched his brow "What is it?"
"Well, how are we going to find your sister?" Toothiana's voice was near whisper.
Jack looked up to her amethyst eyes "I… Don't know… Elsa just told me the nearby refugee site was already crawling with dead people, I'm sure she got out, someway…" Jack mumbled, part of him was starting to accept the truth.
"Don't give up so easily! Your sister might still be alive!" Toothiana made a reassuring smile.
"But what if something bad happened to her? I don't know if she is okay or not!" Jack exclaimed.
He felt Toothiana's hand on his shoulders, Jack's eyes suddenly opened wide when she pecked him on the cheek.
"Be calmed by my saliva!" Toothiana said, with a little joking tone "Emma will be fine! Just don't lose hope."
Jack looked at the dead girl, he shook his head erasing the picture of Emma on that bed. Then he nodded to Toothiana.
Kristoff went pass their door, he knocks the door with his finger. Toothiana and Jack broke apart, seeing him with a mattress put in his left arm.
"I found a scissor…" He said.
Anna suddenly appeared behind him "And I've got some pillows!" She said happily.
Jack made a little smile "Can you give them to Elsa, I still have to find some light source."
Kristoff nodded, he carried the mattress to the opposite room with Anna following him.
Jack looked around the little girl's bedroom, there was a study light but he remembered there was no power. Toothiana helped by checking the desk while Jack searched the wardrobe.
His eyes fell on the headlamp hanging on a hook inside the wardrobe, he put it in his hand and tried to press it on and off. It flashed.
"Got some headlamp! Now let's go back to Elsa." Jack said to Toothiana.
Toothiana nodded and followed him to the opposite room, at the same time Kristoff and Anna left. Jack saw the still unconcious Astrid was being moved to the top of the mattress by Hiccup, Elsa however was treating Rapunzel who is now sitting on the floor while rubbing her blonde golden head in pain.
Elsa noticed Jack and Toothiana "Good you came back, miss can you take care of Rapunzel for a while?"
"Sure, it's Toothiana by the way…" Toothiana hurried to Rapunzel and helped her get up, she led her out of the room "I'll get you some water."
Jack went to Elsa "Here's some headlamp, is that okay?"
"It's better than okay, thank you." Elsa smiled.
Elsa and Jack went to join Hiccup, Elsa is now equipped with suture needle and line ready to stitch the wound together.
Elsa kneeled next to Astrid, then he turned to the two men "I really appreciated both your help. I will take care of her from here, okay?"
"Okay…" Nodded Hiccup curtly, he stood up and didn't look back.
Jack turned back to Elsa "You don't want anything else?"
"I just want some privacy, please…" Elsa said.
Jack also nodded and went to follow Hiccup. He met him when he was sitting on the stairs.
"You okay?" Jack said to Hiccup, while closing the door behind him.
"I'll be fine…" Hiccup replied without looking at him.
Jack rubbed the back of his neck "Hey, I need a little help with something…"
Hiccup stared at Jack.
"I don't really like seeing a poor innocent girl unburied on a house, besides, she smells." Jack said.
Hiccup sighed as he stood up.
Sorry this chapter took so long... Schoolwork got me like damn!.. By the way, thank you for all of you supporting me and I really appreciate it... Keep being awesome guys!.. Like always... Review...