John wandered the corridors of the ER wing of the hospital, looking for Harry. So far, he had no luck. He was ready to move onto the next floor when he heard someone calling out.

"Anyone out there?" the voice shouted. "I'm stuck. Someone help!"

John followed the voice, locating it inside the last room at the end of the wing. The door was blocked by debris. "Hello?"

No reply. He called out again "Hello? Anyone in there? Harry, is that you?"

Still no reply. John set his phone down and began to move the debris as fast he could. He started with the light stuff and worked his way up to the heavy stuff. It took some time, but he managed to get to the door and force it open after picking up his phone.

On the floor lay an unconscious Harry, with blood pouring from a wound in his lower abdomen. John rushed to the young man's side and began applying pressure with one hand and the other checking for a pulse. "Come on, kid. Now is not the fucking time to die. The world needs you. Ariel needs you."

He let out a sigh of relief as he felt a pulse. He picked up the phone once again and tried to call Ariel, but he had no signal. "Looks like we're on our own, kid. Just like old times."

"Ugrngh," Hiccup groaned.

"Stay still, kid," Jorn said as he placed a gentle hand on Hiccup's chest to keep him from moving. "I'm not done stitching your leg up."

"How long have I been out?" Hiccup asked.

"About twelve hours. Johann was furious when I told him you were still unconscious. He wants you in his chambers by sun-up," Jorn explained as he finished the final stitching.

"How long until then?" Hiccup asked. How much time did he have left to recover?

"I told him that you weren't going anywhere until you had a chance to recover from the blood loss," Jorn said as he began to wrap a bandage over Hiccup's leg.

"Blood loss?" Hiccup questioned. His wounds couldn't be that bad.

Jorn shook his head. "Don't worry. There really wasn't much. I just told him that, to give you some more time. You have about six hours to rest before you go back to him. He's hoping to see if he can cause another seizure. He really enjoyed the last one."

"He's a freaking psychopath," Hiccup stated. "How could someone be so evil?"

Jorn pulled a vial out of his bag and placed it in Hiccup's right hand. "Drink this. It will relieve the pain and help you to sleep more naturally."

As Hiccup drank the tonic, Jorn moved down to Hiccup's leg and foot. Johann had taken a strap to the poor kid's limb and beat it mercilessly until the bones broke. He looked at Hiccup's face, to find the tonic had already taken effect.

He had lied to Hiccup when he said he had six hours to recover. Johann wanted him within the next hour. Jorn knew what he had planned for Hiccup and decided the kid was better off asleep for it.

John looked at Harry's wound. It wasn't deep enough to hit anything vital, but it had been bleeding long enough for it to be fatal. He had to close it, and fast. Acting on instinct, John removed his shirt and belt. He placed the shirt over the wound before wrapping his belt as tightly as he could around Harry's waist, to hold the shirt in place.

He stood up and searched the room for anything he could use to close the wound. The doctor found nothing. He ran out of the room, down to the nearest supply closest, and grabbed everything he needed and extras.

John ran back to the room and tossed the supplies into a chair. He bent over and picked Harry up, setting him on the bed. Quickly, he removed his blood-soaked belt and shirt, before grabbing a pair of scissors and cutting Harry's shirt off. He then proceeded to clean the wound with alcohol wipes and a washcloth.

With the wound now clean, John grabbed the suture thread, a needle, and a small pair of scissors and began to sew the wound shut. Harry didn't stir once throughout the whole procedure.

Once John was finished stitching the wound, he covered it with a bandage. Now finished saving Harry, John looked around the room, wondering what could have caused the injury. Most of the room was intact aside from a heart monitor being knocked over. So what could it have been? That's when he saw it. Under the bed, covered in blood. A scalpel.

Very carefully, with his gloved hands, he picked it up. "What's a scalpel doing in here? He came in after a seizure. Not a car crash."

The wheels in the doctor's head started turning. Who would want to hurt Harry? Several people came to mind; Johann, Grimmel, Drago, and Krogan. John shook his head. If it had been any of them, they would have made sure to finish the job. Besides, there had been no evidence that they had reincarnations running around.

He was pulled from his thoughts when he heard a groan coming from the bed. He set the scalpel aside, ripped off his gloves, and moved to the side of the bed. "Harry, can you hear me? It's John."

Harry slowly opened his eyes. "John?"

"Hey, kid," John said with a small smile. "Try to stay as still as possible. You've been hurt pretty badly and lost a lot of blood. Do you know who did this to you?" Harry shook his head. "What's the last thing you remember?"

"Some guy coming into my room," Harry answered. "I couldn't make out his face. He was wearing a black hoodie and I was still a bit out of it. I'm sorry."

"It's okay, kid," John reassured. "Did he say anything?"

Harry was quiet for a moment while he tried to remember. "No. He just stabbed me and left as the building started to shake." That's when he started to have a moment of panic. "Where's Ariel? Is she okay?"

John placed a hand a Hiccup's shoulder to keep him from trying to get up. "She's fine. Don't worry about her. Worry about you. Do you remember anything else?"

Harry was starting to have trouble keeping his eyes open. "He reeked of Axe. It was like he bathed in it."

"That's good kid," John said. "Just rest now, okay?"

Harry made no argument as he shut his eyes, and fell into a deep slumber.

John patted Harry's shoulder before sitting down in the chair. He wasn't going to leave the kid's side. Someone would eventually come looking for them.

Author's Note: Thanks to all who have read and reviewed the story. Sorry the chapters aren't coming out fast enough. Real life tends to get in the way. As always don't forget to share, follow and review.

Originally beta read by DraconicBeing2.0