When I ran into the room I noted that Ben was currently lying on his back; he had bandages on his chest and face to help with the wounds. The bandages were blood stained but at least it looked like the bleeding was stopping. Also around his head there was a splint holding his neck and head in a straight position; and there were also splints on his arms and legs. When I stepped into his eye line on his right hand side I saw his nearly closed eyes light up.

"Mal" he muttered.

"Benny" I cooed as I reached over and swept some hair behind his left ear. "What have they done to you?" I sighed sadly.

"Just a scratch" he shrugged but then winced slightly.

"Haven't lost your humour then?" I teased.

"Nah" he chuckled.

"You look so weak" I noted as I saw how pale and grey his face looked underneath the bruises and swelling.

"I feel it" he confirmed. "I think I lost quite a lot of blood" he sighed as he started to work on his breathing.

"Yeah" I said.

"Look at your beautiful face" he said disapprovingly; I watched as he then went to lift his left arm up but he suddenly stopped when he cried out in pain.

"Ben rest easy" I insisted as I slid my right hand into his left in a bid to reassure him. "Don't worry about me; I can hold my own" I reminded him.

"I could tell" he advised; and I could tell by the look in his eyes he was remembering the fight with his guard that he witnessed. "I thought it was you; but when you started using magic" he added. "Mal you put yourself at great risk" he muttered; as he grimaced in pain.

"Ben I had to save you" I urged. "I couldn't wait for the police" I stressed.

"Ok" he said. "I can't really give you any hassle. I would have been the same" I advised and I nodded at him. I knew this would be the case; and right now it wasn't the time for me or Ben giving each other hassle - we needed to be there for each other and help each other through it.

"Yeah" I answered.

"Mal I need to know something! he gulped.

"Right?" I prompted.

"Did you sleep with Bobby?" he quickly asked as my eyes widened in shock. I should have known that Ben would want to know this; but I didn't think it would be this soon. I felt like I was betraying him even further by not wanting to discuss this in length right now; and there was even part of me that wanted to lie to him right now. Yes I didn't normally lie to Ben; but I didn't think that it was the right thing to tell him about what happened between me and Bobby just before he went down for surgery - he had been enough as it is! I started to mentally kick myself as I continued to hurt my soul mate with this situation.

"What?" I questioned. "No!" I exclaimed.

"Ok" he stated; and I could see that he was relieved at this. "You didn't see him at all?" he enquired; I went to open my mouth however I closed my mouth when I saw a nurse from Doctor Cameron's team enter the room stopping us both in our tracks.

"Your Majesty" she stated as she stood at the foot of Ben's stretcher. "It is time" she confirmed.

"Ok" he muttered. "Baby I need to go" he sighed; and I could tell that didn't want to go but he needed to start getting his injuries tended to so he could start healing properly.

"Ok" I nodded. "I'll be there when you wake up my love" I promised. "And we will talk about everything" I added with a smile.

"Ok" he repeated. "I'll look forward to it" he meekly smiled as I bent over slightly and pressed a kiss against the top of his head. "I love you" I reminded him fondly.

"I love you too" he smiled back. "I'll try and hurry back" he chuckled.

"Hey!" I teased. "Take your time baby; surgery isn't something that you can rush" I advised as I stroked his hair once more. I then watched as another member of staff then came in to help the nurse that had been standing watching our exchange; I then watched as they started to roll Ben out of the room. After I watched the doors close behind the three of them I knew that I had done the right thing - right now wasn't the time to tell them about the extremes that I went to with Bobby or our baby. However I did promise myself that I owed it to Ben and our baby to do it when Ben came around after surgery - as me, Ben and our baby deserved that, at least, given everything that we had been through.