Title: Visitation Rights
Author: victoriamartynne
Rating: R
Disclaimer: I own nothing!
Spoilers: None, I think!
Summary: The Scoobies come to visit in the face of an apocalypse and Buffy learns some home truths about Cordelia and Angel's relationship.
The hospital had those sorts of fluorescent lights that Angel hated. The kind that hurt his eyes and showed off how pale he actually was. They wheeled Cordelia through the hospital to the trauma room where he was told to wait outside. He watched while they cut her clothes off her and dressed her in one of the hospital's pale cotton tunics. They attached her to a drip and injected her with several things.
The blinds were closed while they did several scans and x-rays. Eventually a nurse came out to see him.
"Miss Chase has woken up. We've done x-rays of her back and head and found that there is nothing broken. It does appear, however, that there is some swelling around her brain and her spine. We've given her drugs to try to reduce it but if it doesn't go down we may have to operate. She's insisting that she speak to you." The nurse smiled gently and led him into her.
She had an oxygen mask on her face but she pulled it away so she could talk to him.
"Hey." She said breathlessly.
"How do you feel?" He asked and took her hand in his.
"Like I've been flung from a balcony." She tried to smile but ended up wincing in pain.
He noticed. "Don't talk!" He ordered.
She ignored him. "Where's Connor?"
"He's with Fred. They're all coming to see you, you know." He squeezed her hand. "Everyone's really worried about you."
She pushed the mask back onto her face and took a couple of breaths of oxygen. He looked worried. "It's okay." She reassured. "I just feel a bit winded."
"That's to be expected." He smiled but inside he was seething. "She won't get away with this." He promised.
"Just leave it. She was angry and upset and I hit her first."
"Maybe so, but that didn't give her the right to use her strength on you." He argued, not believing what she was saying.
"I provoked her."
"You hit her, but she nearly killed out!" He pointed out.
She suddenly began gasping for breath and the nurse cam running towards her. "I have to ask you to leave!"
"What's wrong? What is happening?" He asked desperately as an orderly ushered him out of the room.
Fred, Gunn and Wes appeared as he was shoved out of the room. "What's happening?" Wes asked.
"I don't know, I was talking to her and then she started gasping for breath."
"Is anything broken?" Fred asked.
"No." Angel replied trying to see what the doctor was doing. "Just swelled and bruised."
"That's still serious, right?" Fred asked and Wes nodded.
"Where's Connor?" Angel asked, suddenly realising that he wasn't with her.
"Willow and Anya are looking after him back at the hotel. Xander and Giles are on their way here. I guess they must have got stuck in traffic." Fred explained.
She was interrupted by the same nurse coming back out to them. "Cordelia has suffered a collapsed lung. That was what was causing the breathlessness. We've re-inflated it and are convinced that she will be fine now, as long as the swelling stays down. We'll be moving her to a private room in the next few minutes so you can see her when she's been moved. She sure likes to keep us on out toes."
"That's our Cordy." Gunn smiled grimly.
Author: victoriamartynne
Rating: R
Disclaimer: I own nothing!
Spoilers: None, I think!
Summary: The Scoobies come to visit in the face of an apocalypse and Buffy learns some home truths about Cordelia and Angel's relationship.
The hospital had those sorts of fluorescent lights that Angel hated. The kind that hurt his eyes and showed off how pale he actually was. They wheeled Cordelia through the hospital to the trauma room where he was told to wait outside. He watched while they cut her clothes off her and dressed her in one of the hospital's pale cotton tunics. They attached her to a drip and injected her with several things.
The blinds were closed while they did several scans and x-rays. Eventually a nurse came out to see him.
"Miss Chase has woken up. We've done x-rays of her back and head and found that there is nothing broken. It does appear, however, that there is some swelling around her brain and her spine. We've given her drugs to try to reduce it but if it doesn't go down we may have to operate. She's insisting that she speak to you." The nurse smiled gently and led him into her.
She had an oxygen mask on her face but she pulled it away so she could talk to him.
"Hey." She said breathlessly.
"How do you feel?" He asked and took her hand in his.
"Like I've been flung from a balcony." She tried to smile but ended up wincing in pain.
He noticed. "Don't talk!" He ordered.
She ignored him. "Where's Connor?"
"He's with Fred. They're all coming to see you, you know." He squeezed her hand. "Everyone's really worried about you."
She pushed the mask back onto her face and took a couple of breaths of oxygen. He looked worried. "It's okay." She reassured. "I just feel a bit winded."
"That's to be expected." He smiled but inside he was seething. "She won't get away with this." He promised.
"Just leave it. She was angry and upset and I hit her first."
"Maybe so, but that didn't give her the right to use her strength on you." He argued, not believing what she was saying.
"I provoked her."
"You hit her, but she nearly killed out!" He pointed out.
She suddenly began gasping for breath and the nurse cam running towards her. "I have to ask you to leave!"
"What's wrong? What is happening?" He asked desperately as an orderly ushered him out of the room.
Fred, Gunn and Wes appeared as he was shoved out of the room. "What's happening?" Wes asked.
"I don't know, I was talking to her and then she started gasping for breath."
"Is anything broken?" Fred asked.
"No." Angel replied trying to see what the doctor was doing. "Just swelled and bruised."
"That's still serious, right?" Fred asked and Wes nodded.
"Where's Connor?" Angel asked, suddenly realising that he wasn't with her.
"Willow and Anya are looking after him back at the hotel. Xander and Giles are on their way here. I guess they must have got stuck in traffic." Fred explained.
She was interrupted by the same nurse coming back out to them. "Cordelia has suffered a collapsed lung. That was what was causing the breathlessness. We've re-inflated it and are convinced that she will be fine now, as long as the swelling stays down. We'll be moving her to a private room in the next few minutes so you can see her when she's been moved. She sure likes to keep us on out toes."
"That's our Cordy." Gunn smiled grimly.