A/N: I know, I know. Uh, actually, I don't. Oh well! Nevermind! On with
the story! ^_^
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Trunks held back a sob as he raced alongside the
docters as they rushed an unconsious Terra to the ER. Her face was pale
and her shoulder had been badly burned. A gash along her temple was bleeding,
as well as a cut on her lip. An oxygen mask was strapped over her mouth,
making her nose and mouth look strangely distorted. The nurses wheeled
her through a pair of heavy doors and a nice young lady with braided black
hair stayed back, holding the crying Trunks' shoulders so that he wouldn't
follow Terra through the doors. "I'm sorry, sweetie, but you can't go past
here. Don't worry. That young lady will be fine." The nine year old saw
through the lies in the woman's eyes. More tears tumbled down his face.
In the short time he had known Terra, she had come to be like a big sister
to him.
As if reading his thoughts, the woman asked. "Is
she your sister?" Trunks held back another sob and opened his mouth to
speak. "His cousin." A voice supplied for him. He looked up to see his
mother's face, creased with worry. "Will she be ok?" Bulma asked as she
was nearly bowled over by her sobbing son. The nurse stood up and looked
Bulma in the eye, then motioned for her to come to a separate room. Without
Trunks. Reluctantly, Trunks let go of his mother's leg and went back to
the waiting room where his father sat, looking fully annoyed.
"Mrs. Breifs, your neice has sustained extensive
burns to her abdomen and has several lassarations on her face and shoulders.
Have you any idea at all of how this could have happened?" The ebony haired
nurse asked Bulma, who shook her head. The nurse sighed. "Well, you may
sit in the waiting room. I'll be out in a while to tell you of any progress
we have made." She said and left. Bulma took a deep breath. This was not
good. She didn't know the full story yet, but knew enough to make out the
rest.
Terra and Trunks had been sparring. Terra was surprisingly
strong and Trunks accended to Super Saiyan, thinking the older girl would
be able to handle it. But she hadn't. Bulma had been shocked and horrified
when a sobbing Trunks had carried a limp and broken Terra into Capsule
Corp.
She shook her head as she returned to the waiting
room. Trunks was sniffling in a chair next to Vegeta who looked bored more
than anything else. She sat down beside her son and waited.
~2 Hours Later~
"Mr. and Mrs. Breifs?" Two heads raised in anticipation
as the same nurse as before called their names. Trunks and Bulma had been
nerve-wracked for the past two hours over whether or not Terra was going
to be ok. Vegeta was sleeping.
"Yes?" Bulma asked nervously, standing up, quickly
followed by Trunks. The nurse looked solomn. "Mrs. Breifs, The young girl
is in Intensive Care and is hooked up to a heart moniter. (sorry, but I
don't speak 'docter' all that well. ^_^;;) The burns to her abdomen and
neck are very extensive... We... we don't think she's going to make it.
I'm very sorry" Bulma clapped a hand to her mouth and Trunks' eyes filled
with tears. Forgotten in the corner, Vegeta let out a loud snore.
Trunks swallowed with some difficulty. "C-can I
go and visit her?" He asked. "P-please?" The nurse looked down at him with
sad eyes. "I'm sorry sweetie, but no one is allowed in quite yet. I'll
be sure to let you in as soon as she's stable enough..." With one last
glance at Bulma, Trunks and the snoring Vegeta, the nurse left.
~In Intensive Care~
Terra was sleeping. Floating on the breeze. Slowly,
loud beeping sounds and the buzz of voices brought her back down to earth
some. She felt painful all over... Out of the muddled ocean of voices,
she heard one say loudly. "We're going to loose her. Back down. Move her
to Recovery (is that where they'd put her? I dunno. I always fall asleep
during ER) It's only a matter of time now."
With a sigh, Terra abandoned the voices and the
pain and felt herself floating again, carried off by a gentle breeze, almost
as though she had wings....
Trunks looked watery eyed up at the nurse who had
just annoucned that the docters had given up, and Terra had been moved
to Recovery, awaiting the inevitable. "I wanna see her." He croaked. The
nurse looked from Trunks to Bulma, who nodded, then back to Trunks.
"Alright. Come with me." She took Trunks' hand,
and he was too overridden by greif to object, allowing himelf to be guided
like a child to his dying friend.
~Recovery~
Trunks sat in a chair by Terra's hospital bed. Lots of little tubes were attached to her wrists and arms, and two even went up her nose. A plastic mask was over her mouth, helping her breath. Trunks almost started crying again when he saw this, but stopped himself. He just sat there in silence for a while. Finally, he said something. "Terra?"
Terra could hear something... Something that seemed
to dampen her ability to fly, to float. Something that was nagging at her
mind to be remembered, but she couldn't quite place it... Suddenly, it
hit her. Trunks. The little kid was practically in tears, saying her name,
not really expecting her to wake up. Suddenly, memories flooded back to
her. The fight. That's why she was here. But.. where was here? She thought
for a moment, eyes still closed. The fight. Trunks. The light, then...
pain. She remembered the soul-tearing, absolute pain that had ripped
through every fiber of her being.
Then it clicked. The Hospital. She must be in a
hospital! But, wait... Terra hated hospitals! (A/N: hehehe....)
A/N: YAY! Another chapter done!!! *dodges rdom object thrown at her* I know, I know! I haven't updated in foreverness! *gulps* But I did just put up two chappies at once, ne? *smiles cautiosly as nothing is aimed at her head* Ok, I know how the next chapter is going to go, so it should be out fairly soon... Unless my dad takes over the computer again. ^_^;; Thanks for reading, now don't forget to REVIEW PLEASE! (or no more new chapters!! *laughs eviliy. stops as she is hit upside the head with various large, heavy objects* Owie...)