Fang Angel, and I dropped out of the sky, then ran into the NICU hospital.
I had woken up seconds after I fainted, then Fang and I high tailed it here- making record time of fifteen minutes flying, instead of thirty!
"Can I help you?" The receptionist asked us, as we ran up to her desk, panting.
"Where is Sky Ride's room?" I asked.
"Sky Ride?" She typed something into her computer. "She can't be seen right now, she's in surgery, but the rest of her family is in the waiting room down the hall and to the right."
"Thank you." I called over my shoulder as Angel, Fang and I headed to the waiting room.
There were a couple other people in the waiting room, but Sky's group was the biggest. They were covered in bruises and cuts. Nudge was holding Total, who was in her laps, sobbing about how he should have been put on guard dog duty. Gazzy was sitting next to Nudge, his arms wrapped around his knees, as he stared off into the distance. Ella had her head resting on Iggy's shoulder as he brushed hair off her face. Mom and Jeb sat side by side, Mom had her face buried in her hands, and Jeb simply stared at the floor. Well, as I recall, he doesn't give a damn about the fate of a bird kid's life.
Nudge was the first to notice us. "Max! Fang! Angel!" She ran over and hugged us. The next thing I knew it was one giant group hug. After all the hugs and kisses - which you know, I love - we sat down.
"What happened?" I asked/demanded.
"We were out on the beach, and no one else was out, which was weird, so we decided it'd be safer to go back inside, because we had Sky with us, then erasers showed up out know where! They just like appeared out of thin air! It was just Ella, Iggy, Gazzy, Total, and I. So Ella and Gazzy took Sky and ran, while we fought like fifteen erasers. They were teasing us about how stupid we were to fall for the whole oil spill thing, they said they had just set up the whole oil spill, cave stuff to get us over here so they could get Sky! And get this: they had been spying on us and Sky for four months! Back to the fight- so in mid battle more erasers show up and sneak up on Gazzy and Ella, so Gazzy starts kicking butt, and then one eraser knocks out Gazzy. So Iggy and I run over to help but it was too late, two erasers had reached Sky. Then we got the rest of the erasers and they died. Then we took Sky here." I was actually glad Nudge was talking so much.
"What did the doctors say?" Fang demanded.
"She had to get surgery on her right leg. She lost a lot of blood but Iggy and Nudge donate some blood to her, she had a really long horizontal cut right above her belly button, that to have fourteen stitches. Then just cuts and bruises." Mom said.
I gasped, my baby! I turned and hid my head into his chest, for fear I might break down crying. Fang stroked my head.
"Is she in surgery right now?" Fang asked, knowing I wouldn't be able to keep up the questioning.
"Yes." I hear Iggy say.
"Did the doctor say if..." If she was going to die. He didn't say the words but they hung in the air. He trailed off, his voice didn't sound demanding any more, just really quite. I bit back a sob as big tears rolled off my cheeks and onto Fang's black T- shirt.
"The doctor didn't say yes or no. The last time she told us anything was forty minutes ago, right before the surgery started. She was unresponsive, she had gone into a coma." Said Ella, she sound beyond upset. Probably blaming herself for what happened. When she said that, I couldn't it, I started crying harder and sobbing my body shook, I wasn't able to get up and run off somewhere and cry, I just pulled Fang closer and cried. My baby, Sky.
An hour later, the doctor came into the waiting room area. I was curled up with Fang, but every sat close to one another so were all huddled together.
"Max Ride?" The doctor asked. I stood up and walked over. She shook my hand. "I'm Dr. Reed." She smiled. "You have a very strong and unique daughter."
I nodded, resiting the urge to pin her to a wall and demand to know what was happening to Sky. Fang stood behind me, his hand resting on my waist.
"She's doing remarkably well, the stitches are starting to heal. It will leave a scar, though. Her fluid levels are fine right now. She started waking up ten minutes ago and is doing fine. There is some bad news, though. Sky lost the ability to use her right leg."
I gasped feeling more tears roll down my cheek. "You'll be able to see her in twenty minutes." She rested her hand on my shoulder for a second. I guess it was supposed to be comforting but all I wanted to do was shrug it off. The doctor turn to another couple in the waiting room. I hope they get good news.