Blinded
By TotalJargonFree
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters, I am not making any money
of this, so don't bother suing me!
Hamilton sat in a chair not really taking much in of what was going on around him, he could hear voices, but he wasn't listening to them. A voice calling his name brought him back into reality, "Hamilton..Hamilton, it's me, Jake.. are you ok?" "ugggh" was all he managed to reply, "excuse me sir, are you family? 'cos he's not really meant to have visitors" said a hospital porter, "well.. Kind of, I ..." "don't worry he's with us" said a women from the other side of the room, it was Mrs. Flemming, the porter walked off, looking rather miffed about the situation. The door swung open and a doctor walked in, "hello, I take it that you're the parents of this young man, motioning to the Flemmings' "yes that's correct, could you please tell us what is going on? We've been here for hours now and nobody has told us anything." "well, we have gathered from the reports from other students and the injury's he has incurred that during the chemistry class, the boy working on the next bench from his, mixed some very explosive chemicals, thus hitting your son in the upper body and face, although most of the injury's are relatively minor, glass cuts, chemical burns etc, the chemicals involved may have damaged his eyes, we will not know for sure until his wounds heal and we can test him further, to see if the damage is permanent or not." "you mean he could be blind!" sobbed Mrs. Flemming into her husbands shoulder, "yes there is a possibility! but with medical advances these days a cure may be available for his injury's."
**FLASHBACK** "yes as you may have guessed from the equipment set out today's lesson will be a practical. Can I draw your attention to the sheets on the desk and that to follow the instructions carefully, I will be circling the class so if you have any question please get my attention." "ughhhhh, I hate practicals, the results are never what they are meant to be, even that frog I dissected in biology, I couldn't find it's heart! I'm useless at these!" exclaimed Jake, "don't worry , I'll help, it can't be that hard, and he left instructions! Plus we work well together!" said Hamilton as he nudged Jake slightly with his elbow. The lesson when quite smoothly they though, they only had ten minutes left until dinner, the lesson was starting to be packed up, the equipment was placed tidily away, and safety glasses and lab coats were hung up, only one bench was not packed, and they were furiously trying to rush the last part of their experiment, whilst tidying up. Hamilton had just sat down when someone from the left side of the class called his name, "Ham..Ham" "Yeah, what do you want?" he said turning to face the speaker, but a reply wasn't given, because just at that moment, the bench he was facing exploded, cries could be heard from many of the student, as flying glass flew through the air, and a chemical cloud filled the room. "is everyone ok?" Yelled the teacher, "I've got a bit of glass stuck in my arm!" came the cry from one of the students, and others were replying with the same sort of answers, "Ham, Ham, are you ok? HAM?" "Sir I think there's something really wrong with Hamilton!!" "ok I'm coming, could someone please go tell the principal what's going on, and to call an ambulance!" Hamilton lay motionless on the floor next to the desk, minutes passed and many teachers had arrived and sorted the students into order of injury's, so that the worst could be sorted first, the sirens from the ambulance could be heard in the distance and the class listened as they drew closer. The entire class including the teacher was taken to hospital, encase the chemicals were harmful.
**END OF FLASHBACK** Hamilton awoke for his sleep, he tried to open his eyes, but something was stopping him, he reached up and felt bandaging material around his face, he began to try pealing it off when a familiar voice said to leave it alone, it took a while to fully recognise the voice, but when he did he was full of relief, "Jake? Are you there? What happened? What's wrong with my face? Please answer me!" "shhhh, calm down, it's ok, there was an accident at school, do you remember? Well it doesn't matter if you do or not, I think I should get a doctor to explain, I think that." "stop rambling and tell me what happened! Please I'd rather be told by you than anybody else, please?" "ok, there was an explosion in class, you took most of the force, you got hit in the face! They think you may be blind for a while, but nobody knows for sure what damage has been done!" "you've got to be joking! I can't be blind, why me! it's not fair! This is ridiculous, I'm getting out of here!" he started to get up but then realised that may machines had been connected to him, he felt carefully for the heart monitor leads, then proceeded to remove them, all the while Jake was protesting loudly and was trying to stop him. Doctors and nurses came running in with resuscitating equipment, obviously thinking that he had gone into arrest, but in fact he had only removed the leads! "get back on that bed and stay there while I reattach your monitors!" your still very ill!" "ok.ok.ok, I'll behave, I'll be a good boy!" "Munchie! Are you ok?" "Awww mum, don't call me that!" "he'll be fine! Just give him time to adjust!"
His stay in hospital lasted two weeks, the bandages had been removed and tests had been run, and it seemed that Hamilton was indeed blind, although whether it is permanent or not defied the knowledge of the doctors!
Hamilton sat in a chair not really taking much in of what was going on around him, he could hear voices, but he wasn't listening to them. A voice calling his name brought him back into reality, "Hamilton..Hamilton, it's me, Jake.. are you ok?" "ugggh" was all he managed to reply, "excuse me sir, are you family? 'cos he's not really meant to have visitors" said a hospital porter, "well.. Kind of, I ..." "don't worry he's with us" said a women from the other side of the room, it was Mrs. Flemming, the porter walked off, looking rather miffed about the situation. The door swung open and a doctor walked in, "hello, I take it that you're the parents of this young man, motioning to the Flemmings' "yes that's correct, could you please tell us what is going on? We've been here for hours now and nobody has told us anything." "well, we have gathered from the reports from other students and the injury's he has incurred that during the chemistry class, the boy working on the next bench from his, mixed some very explosive chemicals, thus hitting your son in the upper body and face, although most of the injury's are relatively minor, glass cuts, chemical burns etc, the chemicals involved may have damaged his eyes, we will not know for sure until his wounds heal and we can test him further, to see if the damage is permanent or not." "you mean he could be blind!" sobbed Mrs. Flemming into her husbands shoulder, "yes there is a possibility! but with medical advances these days a cure may be available for his injury's."
**FLASHBACK** "yes as you may have guessed from the equipment set out today's lesson will be a practical. Can I draw your attention to the sheets on the desk and that to follow the instructions carefully, I will be circling the class so if you have any question please get my attention." "ughhhhh, I hate practicals, the results are never what they are meant to be, even that frog I dissected in biology, I couldn't find it's heart! I'm useless at these!" exclaimed Jake, "don't worry , I'll help, it can't be that hard, and he left instructions! Plus we work well together!" said Hamilton as he nudged Jake slightly with his elbow. The lesson when quite smoothly they though, they only had ten minutes left until dinner, the lesson was starting to be packed up, the equipment was placed tidily away, and safety glasses and lab coats were hung up, only one bench was not packed, and they were furiously trying to rush the last part of their experiment, whilst tidying up. Hamilton had just sat down when someone from the left side of the class called his name, "Ham..Ham" "Yeah, what do you want?" he said turning to face the speaker, but a reply wasn't given, because just at that moment, the bench he was facing exploded, cries could be heard from many of the student, as flying glass flew through the air, and a chemical cloud filled the room. "is everyone ok?" Yelled the teacher, "I've got a bit of glass stuck in my arm!" came the cry from one of the students, and others were replying with the same sort of answers, "Ham, Ham, are you ok? HAM?" "Sir I think there's something really wrong with Hamilton!!" "ok I'm coming, could someone please go tell the principal what's going on, and to call an ambulance!" Hamilton lay motionless on the floor next to the desk, minutes passed and many teachers had arrived and sorted the students into order of injury's, so that the worst could be sorted first, the sirens from the ambulance could be heard in the distance and the class listened as they drew closer. The entire class including the teacher was taken to hospital, encase the chemicals were harmful.
**END OF FLASHBACK** Hamilton awoke for his sleep, he tried to open his eyes, but something was stopping him, he reached up and felt bandaging material around his face, he began to try pealing it off when a familiar voice said to leave it alone, it took a while to fully recognise the voice, but when he did he was full of relief, "Jake? Are you there? What happened? What's wrong with my face? Please answer me!" "shhhh, calm down, it's ok, there was an accident at school, do you remember? Well it doesn't matter if you do or not, I think I should get a doctor to explain, I think that." "stop rambling and tell me what happened! Please I'd rather be told by you than anybody else, please?" "ok, there was an explosion in class, you took most of the force, you got hit in the face! They think you may be blind for a while, but nobody knows for sure what damage has been done!" "you've got to be joking! I can't be blind, why me! it's not fair! This is ridiculous, I'm getting out of here!" he started to get up but then realised that may machines had been connected to him, he felt carefully for the heart monitor leads, then proceeded to remove them, all the while Jake was protesting loudly and was trying to stop him. Doctors and nurses came running in with resuscitating equipment, obviously thinking that he had gone into arrest, but in fact he had only removed the leads! "get back on that bed and stay there while I reattach your monitors!" your still very ill!" "ok.ok.ok, I'll behave, I'll be a good boy!" "Munchie! Are you ok?" "Awww mum, don't call me that!" "he'll be fine! Just give him time to adjust!"
His stay in hospital lasted two weeks, the bandages had been removed and tests had been run, and it seemed that Hamilton was indeed blind, although whether it is permanent or not defied the knowledge of the doctors!