What A Picture Holds
Disclaimer: Plot…..mine, Dana…..mine, Digimon……not mine.
A/N: Thank you to everyone who reviewed this. I guess The Crest of Miracles made me famous in a sense. I'm gonna start crying! You see I'd never think that I get this many reviews since nobody reviewed my other stories. Anyway……You should realize that I love romance and if you want a good taste of that, go read my Sailor Moon fics. Um…oh yeah. I'm coming out with my very own anime soon! Wooohooo! I hope you guys will read it and give me your opinion. Check out my bio for more details. Now I have to shut up.
Part 2
Tai's POV
I heard the phone ringing, but like always I was too lazy to get it. I was sitting on the couch with Kari watching a TV movie. Kari elbowed me and got up to get the phone. After she got up I rubbed my arm. She's pretty tough you know.
"Hello?" I heard her say from behind me. She listened for a moment then I heard her gasp. I automatically turned around. She listened to the person on the other line a bit more before saying something.
"We'll be right there." She said and then hung up the phone.
"Kari what happened and who was that?" I asked.
"It was Willis. Dana was hit by a car." She said as she ran to the closet and grabbed our jackets. I got up and put mine on and then looked in my pocket. Good I have enough for the both of us. You see, my parents weren't home so we couldn't get a ride. I was lucky I had enough money to pay for the subway.
"Hurry up Tai!" Kari said running out of the door.
"Wait up!" I said as I ran after her. When she left I was writing a note for my parents. I slammed the door and ran down the hall where Kari was waiting.
Mimi's POV
I was sleeping when my phone rang. I turned over and picked it up. I heard a shaken up voice on the other end. "Hello?" I said.
"Mimi?"
"Willis is that you?"
"Yes. Can you come to the hospital?"
"Why? What happened?!" I was getting really scared now.
"Dana got hurt. Can you come?"
"Yes of course. I'll be right there." I said as I hung up the phone. I hopped out of my bed and ran into the living room where my parents were.
"Momma, Daddy I need to go to the hospital right now!" I said frantically.
"Why Mimi?" My mother asked concerned.
"One of my friends was hurt." I said as I got my shoes on. My dad got up off of the couch and started putting his on.
"Mimi aren't you going to change?" My mother asked.
"No, c'mon Daddy." I said as I dragged him out of the house.
Davis' POV
I woke up when I heard the phone ring. Who would be calling at this time of night disturbing my beauty sleep. I rolled back over in bed. I wasn't gonna get up. I had a game tomorrow! I turned back around when I heard someone pick up the phone.
"Hello?" I heard Jun say into the phone. It was probably that Scott guy.
"No, he's sleeping. May I take a message?" It was quiet for a minute and then there was a gasp.
"Ok. I'll tell him right away." She said. Not to long after I felt someone shaking me.
"Davis….Davis wake up." I heard Jun whisper.
"What!" I said as I turned around.
"Shhh! Not so loud. Davis somebody named Willis called and said something about Dana being hit by a car."
"What!" I said as I sat right up in bed.
"And he asked me to ask you to call these people." She said as she handed me a list of names. I jumped out of bed when I looked at it and I ran to the phone. Jun watched as I called everyone on the list quickly.
When I was done I rushed back to my room quickly got dressed. When I came back out Jun was standing there all ready to go. I just looked at her.
"You know I'm not going to let you walk around at night. Besides you don't have any money for the subway."
I nodded and then walked out of the house with her.
TK's POV
I was in the living room watching TV when my mom got a call. I could tell who it was right away. My mom only sounded like that when she talked to one person. My dad.
"What do you mean he's not home yet!?" She said and then listened for a minute. "Make sure he calls me when he gets home." She said and then hung up the phone.
"What did dad want?" I asked her.
"Matt's not home yet."
"What?" I said as the phone rang again.
"Hello?" She asked. "TK it's for you, someone called Davis."
I walked over to my mom and took the phone from her. "Hello?"
"TK, you gotta come to the hospital, Dana's been hurt."
"Davis is this some kind of joke?"
"No. Willis called me himself."
"Ok." I didn't need to ask if he knew if Matt was there because I knew that he had a date with her tonight.
"Listen can you call Yolei and Cody?"
"Yep."I said and then hung up the phone and turned to my mom. "Call dad and tell him to meet us at the hospital." That really scared my mom.
"TK what happened?" She asked.
"One of my friends was hit by a car. Matt's there." As soon as I said that I picked up my mother's cell phone and dialed Cody and Yolei's numbers.
Matt's POV
When we got to the hospital they were just taking Dana out of the ambulance. It's kind of hard to believe that that much blood could come from someone. Willis had just finished calling Davis and was now trying to get a hold of his parents, but without any luck, as we entered the hospital behind Izzy's mom and the paramedics.
As soon as we got in we were shuffled away from Dana. Izzy's mother had to be dragged away from her. I felt sorry for her. How was she going to explain a child that wasn't hers getting hurt. I kept quiet the whole time. I didn't feel like talking. I blamed myself for what happened. Now she was in an ER room where I was supposed to be.
When we entered the waiting room I quietly sat down and buried my face in my hands. I had so many thoughts running through my head. Most of them were "What ifs."
Sora's POV
When I arrived at the hospital the nurse directed me and my mother to the waiting room where everyone was waiting including Izzy's parents, Mimi's dad and Matt's dad. The only people I didn't see were Davis, TK, Yolei and Cody.
When my mom and I entered Matt had his face buried in his hands, Izzy's mother was crying historically, Willis was sitting quietly, staring at the wall and Izzy look like he had a head ache. Basically everyone looked like zombies. I walked over to where Tai was sitting and sat down beside him.
"So….any news yet?" I asked putting a hand on his shoulder.
"No. Izzy told me that they took her into the ER room about ten minutes ago."
"She should be up in surgery by now then." Joe said. He was sitting beside Mimi and Izzy. Mimi had tears streaming down her face. I was surprised to see that she was still in her pajamas.
Just then the TK, Cody, Davis and Yolei entered along with TK's mom who ran up to Matt. I noticed Davis was still hanging around the door. He looked like he was whispering to someone. Just then Jun walked into the room.
"Jun!" Tai yelled surprised.
Matt's mom was trying to get him to look up. He didn't even look up when Tai yelled out Jun's name. This probably was affecting him hard. Jun just looked around. She sat down beside Yolei and Davis. TK walked over to his mother who was trying to get Matt to look up.
"Please Matt. Talk to us." She said shaking him.
"Matt don't seal yourself in a dark void again. Remember what happened in the Digi-world?" TK said.
"Yeah, but this time Gabumon isn't here."
"C'mon Matt! You're not the only one who cares about her, she's like a sister to the rest of us!"
Just then the doctor walked in carrying a clipboard. I suddenly clicked into who it was. "Dr. Kido!" I said. He nodded.
"Ahem…" He said. "Ms. Anderson….." Matt's head shot up when he said that. "Is stable for the time being. Her right leg is broken and she sustained a minor laceration to her right side and I'm glad to say that she doesn't appear to have a concussion. We managed to stop the bleeding, but she still lost a large amount of blood. What I'm trying to ask is….Do any of you know your blood type?"
Izzy's, Willis', Yolei's and Joe's hands shot up. Dr. Kido smiled.
"Sorry son." He said as he turned to Joe. "I need blood type A." Everyone watched as Izzy got up out of his chair and walked up to Dr. Kido.
"Are you absolutely sure that your blood type is A?" He asked. Izzy nodded. "Ok. Mr. and Mrs. Izumi I need you to sign these forms for both Dana and Izzy." He said handing them the forms. They quickly signed them and handed them back to the doctor.
"Ok let's go Izzy." He said leading him off.
Izzy's POV
Dr. Kido led me towards an elevator and we headed up to the 3rd floor. Joe was right, Dana was upstairs by now. He then led me towards a room that had it's door closed. Room 306 if I remember correctly. You know having your blood sucked out of you can really make you tired.
When I entered with Joe's dad my eyes went wide at what I saw. It looked almost like an OR, well from what I've seen on TV it did. There was another doctor in there preparing some kind of machine. A nurse was assisting him. That's when I noticed Dana. She was unconscious and had a breathing mask on. She also lot of gauze wrapped around her fore head. I guessed that they had reappeared her leg in the ER. Well it was wrapped anyway. I turned to Dr. Kido when I noticed a little blood on her side.
"Is that normal?" I asked pointing to where the blood was.
"Oh. That's only from when they sewed her up. Don't worry, if there's even a little blip in that heart monitor, we're prepared for it." He said and then turned to the other doctor. "Are you ready?"
"Yep. Now…" The doctor began.
"Izzy Izumi." Dr. Kido said.
"Now, Mr. Izumi hop up on that bed on the other side of your friend." The doctor said as he pointed to the bed on the other side of Dana. I did as I was told and without another thought I rolled up my sleeve and dug my hand into my pocket and pulled out a picture.
"Are you ready?" The doctor asked. I nodded. "Ok, this might hurt a bit." He said as one of the nurses swabbed my arm. I didn't even flinch. I just stared at the picture of my parents that I had in my hand. It was a picture of my real parents. My mother was very beautiful. She had brown hair and black eyes just like me. My father was very tall and had red hair and blue eyes. He wasn't Japanese. That really boggled my mind. My mom and dad thought I should have this picture after I came back from the Digi-world a few months ago.
The doctor had just said to me that he had to leave the room for a moment. That's when I heard a voice beside me.
Dana's POV
"Izzy?" I said groggily. I flinched when I tried to turn my head. What is it with me and cars! It's like I'm attracted to only these types of accidents. Do you know how annoying it is to be in the same accident more than once! Ok wait a minute…….where am I and how did I get here? Why is Izzy here and where's Matt?
"Dana?" He said unbelievably. "Are you okay?"
"That's a pretty dumb question Izzy. Where am I and what happened?" I asked. He quickly explained to me. Some of the parts I already knew, but I was so tired. I stared down and noticed a picture in his hand.
"Izzy can I see that picture?"
"Yeah sure." He said as he handed it to me. "It's my mom and dad, well my real one's."
I took the picture and looked at it. Both the man and the woman looked very familiar.
"They were in a car crash when I was only a few months old."
That's when I realized it. I remembered something about my father and uncle talking about their brother who had moved to Japan. I think I was about 10 when my dad had brought it up with him and my mom. He said that they should tell me something. They stopped when they heard something. I ran quickly to my room. Lucky for me, they thought I was asleep. Then it hit me. I had seen this exact picture before! My dad's wallet! It was in my dad's wallet!
"Izzy where did you get this?" I said turning my head towards him despite the pain.
"My parents. Why?" That's when the doctor walked in and noticed that I was awake, not fully, but I was awake enough.
"I see you're awake Ms. Anderson. How are you felling?" He said walking over to Izzy and taking a needle out of his arm. "Now I want you to take it easy." He said to him as he let him off the bed.
"Excuse me doctor." I said. "Can I see Izzy and his mom and dad?"
"Not until we get you moved to a room."
"But I have to see them! It's very important!"
"Dana calm down. You'll be able to see all of us later." Izzy said putting his hand on my shoulder. "Why is it so important that you see them?"
"Because, the picture that you have in your hand right now is that of my uncle and aunt!" I said as I started to cry. Why was I crying anyway? I guess it was stress. Why was I stressed? Hello! You just got hit by a car! Oh yeah, I overlooked that part.
"C'mon Izzy. She needs her rest." He said pushing him towards the door. When he came back in he had a needle and a bottle in his hands. He took out the needle and placed the tip in the bottle. I watched as the needle sucked up the white liquid.
"Now Dana, your going to feel a little prick." He said as he pushed the needle into my arm. I flinched. Suddenly I felt really drowsy.
"What was that?" I asked.
"Something that'll help you rest."
"But I want to……." I said as I drifted off to sleep.
Joe's POV
Everyone of us looked up when we saw Izzy walked in with the help of a nurse. She sat him down next to me and gave him a cup of orange juice and then left. As soon as he sat down he leaned his head up against the wall. His mom rushed over and sat beside him and hugged him.
"So was it a success?" I asked.
"Yeah." He said.
"Is she alright?" Matt asked.
"Yep. Definitely that same old Dana."
"What do you mean by that?" Ken asked.
"Well she woke up…."
"What?" came from everyone including myself. "How can she wake up! She had just came out of surgery ten minutes before." I said.
"Are you even sure she was awake Izzy? Kari asked.
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"Well you just had a lot of blood sucked out of yak." Davis said sarcastically. You know I didn't even notice Jun was there until he said something. She hadn't said anything all night.
"Yes I'm sure. In fact she was really sarcastic and she kept asking for you and dad." Izzy said turning to his mother.
"What do you mean?" His dad asked. Izzy shuffled around in his pocket and took out a picture.
"She saw this and said it was her uncle and aunt."
"But that's not possible, she's American." His mom said in disbelief. "Willis did you get a hold of your parents yet?"
"No Mrs. Izumi." Willis said in a monotone voice.
Just then my dad walked in. He had his clipboard as usual. His big white coat on with his name tag. His hair was a mess, but still neat. His glasses were sliding off of his nose, but he pushed them back up. He was so good at what he did. How could I live up to him.
"Dana is doing fine. She's sleeping for the time being, but she should be awake real soon considering the low dose of sedatives Dr. Ogawa gave her to calm her down."
"So when can we see her?" Matt asked, his voice almost as lifeless as Willis'.
"When she starts to come around. I suggest you all go home for the night and come by tomorrow."
"If it's alright can we stay?" Cody asked.
"Yes, but it might be a while."
"That's alright." Mimi said. "We can wait, right daddy?" Mimi's father nodded.
"Okay. Oh, make sure all of your parents know where you are."
"Where can we find the pay phones, sir?" Yolei asked.
"I'll show them." I said getting up and walking towards the door way.
"Okay, now if you'll excuse me. I have patients waiting." My dad said in a polite voice and then he left the room. What can I say, he was one of the top doctors at this hospital.
Kari's POV
I remember Tai shaking me awake when Dr.Kido came back about 2 or 3 hours later. He said that Dana was coming to and that we could see her if we wanted. Everybody shot up off of their chairs and followed Dr. Kido up the stairs to the third floor. He led us down halls of closed doors, many with patients in them. We finally arrived at a room at the end of the hall. He stopped us before he opened the door.
"I think it's best if Willis,Izzy and his parents see her first." Everyone nodded. He then turned to the four that were to go in. "Don't excite her."He turned the door knob and opened the door up just enough for Willis, Izzy and his parents to squeeze through.
Willis' POV
When we entered the room Dana was still half asleep. Mrs. Izumi quickly hurried to her side and tried to make her comfortable. She took one of the pillows from behind her and put it under her leg.
"Why is it that every time someone walks into another's room in a hospital they always make them comfortable, even before asking if they're not." She said in a low voice.
Everyone ran over to the bed as she tried to sit up. Izzy's mother objected.
"Do you think you should be sitting up dear?"
She tried to push herself up again but winced. "Nope." She said and then laid back down. Everyone smiled at her attempted humor. Izzy's mom's face suddenly went serious.
"Dana, now I'm going to ask you something but you don't have to answer and don't excite yourself when I ask you this. Why do you think Izzy's mother and father are your uncle and aunt?"
"Well you can be sure that I won't get excited. They've got me on sooo many pain killers. The truth is I don't know why. It's just a gut feeling that I have. You see I never knew my other uncle but I overheard my father and Willis' dad talking about him and his wife."
"Oh. Maybe we can ask your aunt when she gets back."
"Yep." She said blankly.
"Man….How many pain killers did you say you were on?" Izzy asked.
"Um……one."
"Well your a lot of fun to talk to." I said smiling. She smiled back.
"Boys!" Izzy's dad said.
"Maybe we should let her see the rest of her friends now." Izzy's mom said getting off the bed.
"Willis give me the number of where your parents are. I'll try getting a hold of them again."Izzy's dad asked me. I shuffled around in my short pocket and pulled out a piece of paper and handed it to him.
"Thank you."
"Now you get some rest Dana." Mrs. Izumi said before leaving the room.
Matt's POV
As soon as Mr. and Mrs. Izumi came out and the doctor gave us the okay I ran straight into the room. I looked around a bit. I was fairly dark in there, but there was still enough light to see. She was laying bed with her head against the pillows and her eyes closed. Her head was bandaged and her leg in a cast. There were IV's in her arms. Willis and Izzy were sitting beside the bed. I flinched. That was supposed to be me laying there. Suddenly I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned around and it was Tai with everyone behind him.
"Are you going to stand there all night or wait…..morning?" He said.
He turned around and I hesitated. I have no idea why? Suddenly I felt someone push me from behind. Tai again, but this time Sora was helping him. I approached the bed. I took her hand. I was surprised when she squeezed it back and opened her eyes. She smiled up at me.
"Are you okay?" She asked quietly.
I wanted to cry right then and there. "Yeah." I said. 'Gee, you think you could have added more of an answer there Yamato Ishida!' I yelled inside my head. She just continued to smile at me.
"Hello! We're here to ya know!" Davis said walking up towards the bed.
"You brought him!" Dana said sarcastically.
"Oh well I love you to."
"So how much drugs do they have you pumped up on?" Tai asked looking at her IV.
"I have no clue……but they're workin'."
"Hey don't forget us!" Mimi said.
"We come bearing gifts." Yolei said as she and Mimi placed gift baskets on the table.
"Why did you go and do that!"
"Because hospital food tastes really bad." Kari said. "Believe me, I know."
"So, when are they going to let you out?" Ken asked.
"In about 2 or 3 days. They say it's going to take about 2-3 months for my leg to heal." She said as her smile faded. "I'm really sorry Matt, but it looks like my concert appearance is off."
"You think I care more about a stupid concert?"
"Yeah, I mean you should have seen him in the waiting room, man he was driving me nuts." TK said smiling.
"Oh ha ha." I said. "Anyway, there's going to be other concerts."
"Okay…" She said and then brightened up. "As soon as my leg heals we're going to that new teen dance club!"
"What?" Everyone said.
"Yeah, it's time I showed you guys what dancing really is."
"Oh Lord help us." Joe said.
"Hey!" Dana said throwing one of her pillows at Joe. "Hey are we missing someone? Where's Cody?"
"I'm right here." He said stepping out from behind Jun.
"Jun?" Both me and Dana said. I thought Tai was just trying to get my attention when he yelled her name.
"Hi." She said. "Um….if me being here is inconvenient I can leave."
"No. Thanks for coming, I wouldn't let Davis walk around at night either."
"Hey….!" Davis said.
"How did you know…." Jun asked
"Trust me. All of us have spent a fair amount of time with him. So Cody? Why didn't you say something when you came in?"
"I don't know?" He said walking over towards the bed. "I hope you get better really soon."
"Thanks, you know you really have to teach me some Kendo. I saw it once somewhere and I thought it was pretty cool."
"Sure!" Cody said.
Just then Dr. Kido opened the door. "Okay, everyone scoot. Dana needs her rest."
Everyone nodded. I was about to leave when she took hold of my hand. I looked at her. Something in her eyes was begging me not to leave. Like something would happen if I did.
"Dr. Kido, can Matt stay with me?" She asked.
"I'll have talk to the adults about that." He said and then slipped out of the door. I turned back to her.
"Dana you know they'll never let me stay."
"I don't care."
Mr. Kido popped his head in the room again. "They said it's fine, but Mr. and Mrs. Izumi will be just outside of the door. So no fooling around."
"What kind of kids do you think we are?" Dana asked. Dr. Kido just smiled and left the room.
I turned back to Dana, she had just started to cry. "Dana…"I started.
"When I saw that car coming towards you I thought for sure I wasn't going to make it. Why does everyone I love get hurt?" She said quietly.
That's the part that really kills me. She thinks that everything that has happened was her fault. I don't see how she could blame herself. She saved me, I should be the one to blame. I could have pulled her out of the way when she pushed me. I turned and found a chair. I pulled it up to the bed and sat on it.
"Stop blaming yourself. It's my fault. All mine. I wasn't the one who looked both ways before crossing and I wasn't the one who pulled you out of the way when you pushed me."
She just starred at the wall. I knew she was going to doze of soon. I guess whatever they gave her was working really well.
"Matt….."She said and then looked at me. "Next time you cross the road please look both ways."
I looked at her for a second and then started to laugh. Not hysterically, lightly. She smiled at me and then started to laugh. I kissed her cheek and held her hand.
"I promise."
"You better because it really hurt." She said and then started to giggle.
"So did your aunt say why she and your uncle were going back to America?" I asked.
"Well, you know how Maki called about a month ago."
"Yeah, but what does she have to do with them?"
"Well you should know my aunt by now and you should know that she is very kind."
"Yes I do." Dana was very right about that. Her aunt was a very kind woman who treated Dana more like a daughter than a niece.
"Well…"She said and then yawned. "When I found out that Maki had no parents, I kinda told my aunt about it because she asked me who I was talking to. They sorta went to America to help Maki out and bring her back here."
"That's great! I betcha can't wait to see the little Squirt again?" I said smiling.
"Nope, actually I wouldn't mind seeing everyone else." She said and then yawned again. I could tell that she was really tired and to tell you the truth so was I. Her eyes softly closed but jolted open again trying to stay awake.
"I think you should get some sleep." I said as I moved a piece of hair off of her forehead.
"Yeah…"She said as she finally let her eyes close. "Matt…."
"Yeah."
"Don't leave okay."
"Sure." Before I knew it she was asleep. I kissed her fore head and then tried to make myself comfortable on the small couch on the other side of her bed. Before I knew it, I was asleep.
OK, I hope you guys like this!!!!! Hehe! Read Maki's sequel to the Crest of Miracles! It rocks and it's posted on my web page. Oh and I made a little mistake. The email at the end of her fic…don't use it, use this one Marianakim@cs.com
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