Disclaimer: I only own what is mine. My OCs, and ideas.
A/N: Kanna feels! Lots in the next chapter! Maybe one or two more before this finishes up, I shouldn't get more that 30 chapters for this story. I have really fallen in love with writing Kai's story. I really love this character, and I might have to write another story where I can continue using him as my POV.
Warning: Feels!
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ArtemisBAMF1218- I think, if I remember correctly, that was NyanWolf's idea, she gave it to me. So never mind, I felt it fit, a little Kanna heartbreak in there. He does get a birthday surprise, I think, haven't planed that out yet.
Three generations; in the comics Orson Randall adopts Wendell Rand (Danny's father) after he saves his life form being poisoned in a bar drinking game. When he was hunted down at 33 he drugged his chi allowing him to live a long life. He eventually fought along side Danny in the comics before his death at about 105 years old. Then in the last chapter he was meeting Kai (His great-grandson) in the after life. So there's the math behind that. Any who enjoy the chapter!
NyanWolf- It's not over till I say it is! Is that a line form somewhere? Sounds like it. ok, it's not over! New chapter, duh! Orson is awesome!
Orson Randall is Hope and Kai's Great-Grandfather. She named Orson (the dragon) after him. Same name, an Iron Fist and Dragon. Why did you just give me that idea now? It's a good idea! That would have been so interesting; I do have plans to go on however! You'll see how the water will come in. Enjoy!
WritterAli- Thanks for reviewing, enjoy! Hope to hear form you more!
"Mmnnn." I moan.
I'm stiff, and my head is throbbing.
I don't try to move.
I know where I am. I move slightly, trying to get comfortable and suddenly I realize my wrists weren't strapped down.
Nothing was.
My eyes shot open.
On the wall I was facing was the SHIELD symbol, large and silver on the white wall.
A refreshing chill ran through my body.
I closed my eyes and took deep breaths.
Facts. Focus on the facts.
Ok, so I died. That's helpful.
I've been a prisoner for maybe two months.
And I must have drugs running through my body because I can't feel any pain.
I open my eyes once more and inspect the damage.
I'm wearing a hospital gown. And a blanket was pulled up to my waist.
My right hand was rested on my stomach and the left was at my side.
There were IV tubes of some sort in each.
My right hand was in a dark blue cast that covered my wrist.
There were tubes in my nose, supplying me with oxygen.
I close my eyes again.
Breathe.
Breathe.
When I open my eyes, I examine the room.
On the wall to my right was a full glass window, overlooking New York and a couch was placed in front of it with a coffee table and a smaller chair.
On the right was a counter of some sort, a window, and a door.
The door was wooden. And the window's blind were down so no one could see in.
But I knew I was being watched.
I'm alive.
And I am free.
I had fallen asleep shortly after examining my room. A nurse woke me up later that day when she came into the room.
She checked a few machines and left.
And shortly after a man came in.
He pulled up a white plastic chair that was up against the wall.
"Good morning, Kai." He said calmly. He waited for me to reply.
The corner of my mouth goes up into a smirk. I feel like I must look like an idiot, I feel so loopy.
"Not going to talk much?" He asks, after a moment.
I nod.
"Ok, then. I guess that leaves me to all the talking." He says, looking at his clip bored.
He takes a deep breath, clearly uncomfortable. And this makes me nervous.
"You're in pretty bad shape, Kai." He starts off. "You… you almost died three days ago."
Three days?
He must see my expression. "You were rescued three days ago. You had surgery the day we rescued you. It was major and it couldn't wait. The poison wasn't too hard to remove. We cleaned up all your other injuries, while you were there. And there were some complications. Your heart seriously stopped beating. For 12 whole minutes. But we were able to bring you back. Knowing your family's connection with the supernatural side of things; I think you helped with that." He said, he smiled, trying to get me to smile, and not just a plastic one.
I looked away.
"You're in the ICU. And are going to be here a little while until we are certain you can function without assistance. Your wrist is broken. And you have some near fatal spinal injuries. The chip that was in your head was removed successfully, so your telepathy should be back." He also says.
I nod, looking out the window.
"If you don't mind, I would like to check a few things, you're strength and stuff like that." The doctor says.
I nod, what else do I have to do?
"First give me your good hand."
I obey.
He holds my hand, gently.
"Ok, make a fist."
That was easy enough to do.
"Now give my hand a squeeze, as hard as you can."
That was much harder.
First off, I couldn't grab his hand very well, and second, I could hardly squeeze.
After a few more things like that, he checked my lungs.
He said I would need assistance breathing for a few more days, and then after they were certain I was stable I could go back to my apartment.
Then he checked some of my monitors.
He said, all things considered, I could have been much worse.
"I'll leave you alone for a little bit. Hope and Anna are both very excited to come see you. Do you want me to let them in here?" He asks.
I look at him again and he was putting the chair back.
I shake my head no.
"I see you want some time alone." He says. "Alright, they can come by tomorrow. I understand you need your space. There's a remote on your night stand. Just press the button if you need anything."
And with that he was gone.
And I was finally alone.
The quiet was so nice along with everything else.
I slowly move my non-broken hand to my head and feel the bandage.
I slip my fingers under the bandage and jerk away as my fingers touch my stitches.
Finally, I was alone.
I could do whatever I wanted to.
This is freedom.
The next day the alarm clock said I woke up at ten.
A nurse came in and checked me over.
I was pretty drowsy, but I just did what she said.
And after lunch, which for me was the mushy hospital food, people stopped by to say hello.
I was watching out the window again.
The sleeping drugs had worn off and I was still tired but awake.
I had not sat up; I was still lying in bed.
Numb to the world.
There was a knocking on the door which got my attention.
I turned my head in time to see Hope open the door.
She looked at me happily and walked in; she pulled up a chair and sat down next to me.
I took in everything.
Her hair was pulled out of her face into a woven bun at the base of her neck. She wore her normal black tank top and baggy army pants that she loved so much.
Her upper left arm was bandaged lightly.
Her skin was paler than I remembered, and her eyes were the same, shocking green. Her face had a few freckles crossing over her nose.
She was just watching me.
She didn't say anything, but watched me.
Then her eyes get wet.
"I was so scared." She said quietly. "I wasn't sure where you were, I was angry at myself. I was a mess."
I watch her.
"When you died during surgery, I felt it inside of me. No one told me until afterwards. But I felt you inside of me, leaving. You worried me so much. And…" She stopped, getting herself together. "I just missed you so much."
I took a deep breath. "I was scared too." I whisper. My voice sounds terrible.
That does it for Hope, she leans down and pulled me upright and hugs me.
I groan at how much it hurts to move, but I don't bother to complain.
After a moment she laid me back down.
"When SHIELD picked you up from K'un-Lun I was so excited to see you. And I was so certain it was over. I want to murder Doc Ock for what he did to you." Her hands in her lap turned into tight fists and sparked with Iron Fist energy.
"The past few days I have been going through all of Doc Ock's notes he made while he had you. He was trying to turn you into his own personal solider and replicate your powers at the same time. He never does exactly say what his plan was. But, replicating your powers doesn't sound any good."
I nod.
"What did he do to you?" She asks finally.
"Torture, brake me, scare me." I reply quietly.
"I'm sorry, I really am." She says.
I nod.
We sit there for a while.
I'm just breathing. And Hope just watching me.
"Did Mom and Dad know?" I ask, quietly.
"That you were coming?"
I nod.
"Yes, when you were born you were sick, and you know how Mom and Dad saved your life? There were two things that came with it. A prophecy and a price. Normally, the price for a life is a life. But, instead, the price was the struggles you've had. They knew one day you would try to tear K'un-Lun apart. There was no reason. Simply, you will destroy it." Hope says.
"Did I?" I ask.
"No, you gave Mom and Dad a beating. But, you maybe blew up a few houses. Last I heard about two dozen were injured and no one was reported dead or missing."
I take a deep breath and force a smile on my face. It must have been so false because Hope looked at me with slight alarmed.
"Well," Hope says getting up. "I've got some stuff to get done today. I'll stop by later. The Doctor did say you wanted to be alone, yesterday so I'll let you rest."
And with that she was gone.
And slowly I fall into some natural sleep.
I wake up to the sound of the door opening once more. The clock proclaimed it was 6 o'clock.
Meaning I had been asleep for about 5 hours.
Five quiet hours of just my mind, how perfect.
I look over to the door to see Anna was in the doorway.
"Oh, sorry!" She says quietly, she was in the doorway and the door was only half shut, as if she was getting ready to make a dash for it. "I didn't wake you up, did I?"
I stretch out my back and yawn. I look back to Anna and shake my head no.
"Liar." She informs me.
I shrug.
She walks in quietly and sits in the chair where hope had been.
"Um… Hey." She says quietly. "I'm not really supposed to be in here, but I thought you could use the company."
I smile at her as genuine as I can manage with the drugs. My eyes are only half open, my eyelids heavy.
"Yah, I heard you weren't up for talking. So, I guess I can do all the talking then." She blushed.
I nod.
She takes her backpack and opens it, pulling out a small trophy.
"Look." She says.
I gently take it from her with my telepathy and hold it above my face. Examining it.
First Place: Anna Parker
I smile at her and give it back.
"I've wanted to show you for a while. I though you would like it. I wish you would have been there, everyone wanted to know where you were."
I nod.
"We made up a story about you getting really sick and being in the hospital. Luckily for you its summer break." She smiles. "You didn't miss any school."
She looks down at her lap shyly. "So, I'm sorry about everything that happened to you, I really wish there was something I could have done. Anything at all. You don't deserve what happened. It was cruel." Her voice is hardly audible.
I nod, I need to stop nodding. It makes things blurry.
"I was so scared, not as scared as you probably were. I mean… it must have been a nightmare." She continues to look at her lap.
I frown, and attempt a glare.
Only to groan and close my eyes, leaning back on the pillows, my head throbbing.
"Sorry! Sorry! Sorry! I didn't mean that." She stumbles to correct herself. "I was really heart broken after the first week of searching." She goes on. "I was scared that you were gone."
While watching her I notice something. She was trying to hide one of her hands.
I concentrate and use my telepathy to lift her hand as she fights to keep in her lap.
I finally win and her hand is moved to where I can see it.
It was in a black brace.
My eyes widen and my breathing gets quicker.
Did I do that to her?
"Kai!" Anna exclaims getting my attention. "Calm down. If you get too worked up, the doctors will come in here and I'll get kicked out!" She exclaims. "I shouldn't be in her anyway.'
She waits a moment for me to calm down.
"Good." She says as she gently takes the brace off.
She holds her hand where I can see it. Her skin was burned and cut, there were some gashes that had scabbed over and there were a few places that were wrapped in white bandages, where she must have had stitches.
"I'm fine see." I look into her eyes.
The same blue eyes I had hurt.
The ones I had been sent to kill.
Guilt and fear wash over my body.
And I look away.
"Look at me." She demands.
I don't.
She touches my face and tries to move my head; I refuse and pull away once more.
"It wasn't you. You weren't yourself. Yes, you did hurt me but, it wasn't you." She explains sloppily. "You remember it, don't you?"
I look at the wall with the SHIELD symbol on it. And then I nod.
"Um, Kai?" Anna asks taking a deep breath.
I look over to her.
"I've been meaning to, talk to you about something." She plays with her hands. "And I'm not sure how to tell you… Or say it…"
My stomach twists in knots. Where was this going?
She looks at me in the eyes and she freezes.
She looked down quickly and takes the trophy and puts it in her bag and then puts her brace back on his arm.
"You know what, Kai? It can wait. It was nothing." She says quickly.
I watch her as her face grows pink.
"Right now you just need to rest and focus on getting better," she says.
She stands up and starts walking to the door.
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