Recovery and adaptation.
i own nothing, just read. and i really would like some reviews.
"It had been four hours since the accident. Duo had absorbed Logans powers, but even those powers had limits. With an ultrasound they found out that Duo had regrown a small, malformed right kidney, and his other organs had all regenerated. The wound had mostly closed on its own, needing minimal help. Through it all Rouge had stayed by his side, not leaving him even to clean up. From what they could tell Duo was in a coma, his vital sings were all healthy, but his blood loss was a problem. No matter how much blood they pumped into him he broke it down nto its basic components and used it to patch his wound, leaving his blood suply dangerously low. They were able to get his supply back up when logan had a hunch. Duo was breaking the blood down and using it to make more flesh because his body absorbed things, but maybe Rouges blood would do better. Rouge had given as much as they would allow, and they were fairly certain he would pull through, he just had to get through the coma.
"How long could it take proffesor?" Rouge asked. She would have come off fairly cold, you couldn't detect a hint of caring in her tone but her eyes were a differant story.
"There is no way to be sure Rouge, but even with Logans power this will take a long time to heal. This new flesh here isn't fully stable, the muscle needs time to assimilate with the rest of his body. Until then he may be bedridden for some time."
Rouge just nodded her head. The proffesor told her to go eat and clean up. On her way out of the room she could see the proffesor placing his hands over Duo's head trying to bring him out of the coma. Rouge passed alot of the other teenagers on her way to her room. She pulled Kitty asside and asked her to tell everyone Duo was doing ok, she didn't feel like she had the energy to answer questions.
"Christ what a day" Rouge said as she stepped into her shower. She hated to think about how he might have died, after only being here four days too. She was so sure that he would die, had Logan been out, or if he had been anywhere else he would have died for sure. Rouge looked down at her feet.
"What the?"
The water in the shower was red, she figured she had more blood in her hair than she thougth and rinsed it better, but the water at the bottom of the tub was still red. Rouge looked at herself, she didn't have a spot of red on her but the watter at her feet was so red that she couldn't see through it, even though it was only an inch deep, Rouge chalked it up to a plugged up drain and got out to dry off, a few minutes later she went back and the tub had drained completely and there was no red in sight. Rouge went back to the kitchen for another snack and headed back to the infirmiry.
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The proffesor watched over Duo, the young mutant had exhausted himself to the point of clumsiness wtih just a few teleports. His wound was now completely closed but the skin was so spongy that blood was bubbling out of it slowly. The Proffesor tried again to bring Duo out of the coma, this time the boy stirred. Duo opened his eyes slowly, and shut them again. He was so full of pain medication that he wouldn't know what was going on. The boys oxygen content in the blood was a good bit low, but that would change because he had been given a few more blood transfusions. After about 9 transfusions his body had started to accept them, all the differant mutants from the institute had been there to donate. Funny thing about mutants, they could receive blood of any type. Now the proffesor wasn;t sure if he would absorb other powers through the blood or not, he would have to wait to see if Duo fell through the bed, shot spikes or turned himself into molten rock.
"Is he doing any better yet proffesor?" Asked Rouge.
"Yes, I have pulled him out of the coma for now, and he has started accepting transfusions. His wound though is going to be unbearable for a long time Rouge."
"I figured, there anything I can do?"
"Well, I suppose if you don't mind watching after him a while than I could get you out of school, but the others don't know him too well, and I cannot do much bound in this chair."
Rouge looked at his wound, The blood bubbling through the new skin had stopped. The flesh was still odd looking. It looked like the skin of a far premature baby, it was almost liquidy.
"So what would I have to do?"
"Nothing much, change his dressings, give him his meds, and help him to the bathroom. He should only be down for a week or so. In the meantime just keep him comfortable."
"You mean im babbysitting?" Rouge liked the thought of "babbysitting" Duo.
"Well i didn't say you had to."
"Ok proffesor, Duo's mine for a week."
"Your not taking up any ownership either Rouge"
"You know what I mean proffesor"
The proffesor smiled and left, he had to disapate the crowd of your mutants outside waiting to see how the newest mutant was doing. He could not shake the nagging feeling that Duo had absorbed more powers than he knew. However, the fact that Duo had survived was good enough.
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Duo opened his eyes, the sleep cracking into small peices and getting in them. He had to blink a few times to get it all out of his eyes. He looked around him, the room was dark but he could see enough to tell that he wasn't alone. Far as he could tell there were two people in the room with him. The window was open, a small wind blowingover him thankful for the blankets. He looked to his left when he heard a the patting of footsteps on what must be carpeting. When his eyes adjusted to the dark he could tell Rouge was asleep in a chair near the bed, but there was another person in the room. He was too tired to worry about it, he didn't even notice the soft hands roamingover his body. The hands hit his side where he had been injured and pulled back. After a moment the hands began to roam again, as if searching for something, but he figured out it was more like a doctorsexamination. The hands stopped, and Duo looked to his right and saw a dark figure, easily recognized as a femal figure head towards the door and turn into a bird and fly away. This was too odd to beleive. Duo chuckled a little and went back to sleep, a feeling of thirst burning in his throat.
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Rouge opened her eyes, blinking away the sleep in them and stretching her sore back. She swore never to sleep in a hard wooden chair again. She got up to close the window in the room, the cold November air having had chilled her out of her sleep. She didn't remember opening the bay window, so she figured it had blown open. She turned her attention to Duo who was sleeping peacefully. Getting ready for the task at hand she began to pull back the blankets and his clothing to rebandage his wound. The proffesor had told her that as long as the skin remains liquidy it had to be bound tightly or it would be malformed. She was surprised to find out that his skin no longer showed any scarring or discoloration. She touched it, and it was strong, the muscles underneath having assimilated to the rest of his system. He was fully healed three days before the inside guess the proffesor had made. Rouge looked at his face, he really did seem like he was just sleeping. Rouge brought her hand to his forehead, her gloves off. She lay the back part of her hand against his forehead to see if he was running a fever. She had been doing this and enjoying it for the last week almost. This time Duo opened his eyes and began to sit up.
Duo, you ok?
The boy in the bed scratched at his head, yawned groggily and looked around.
"When do we eat?"
Well thats all for now. If you have brain cells you can tell what kind of fic this will be, if you don't tho then just review asking. Seriously i need some reviews here. havent had a review in forever now. But to answer someones question, NO Duo cannot catch a brake, he is that kind of guy. It will all end happy for him, maybe give it a sad alternate ending. Just review people, thats all i ask and i will keep writting.
i own nothing, just read. and i really would like some reviews.
"It had been four hours since the accident. Duo had absorbed Logans powers, but even those powers had limits. With an ultrasound they found out that Duo had regrown a small, malformed right kidney, and his other organs had all regenerated. The wound had mostly closed on its own, needing minimal help. Through it all Rouge had stayed by his side, not leaving him even to clean up. From what they could tell Duo was in a coma, his vital sings were all healthy, but his blood loss was a problem. No matter how much blood they pumped into him he broke it down nto its basic components and used it to patch his wound, leaving his blood suply dangerously low. They were able to get his supply back up when logan had a hunch. Duo was breaking the blood down and using it to make more flesh because his body absorbed things, but maybe Rouges blood would do better. Rouge had given as much as they would allow, and they were fairly certain he would pull through, he just had to get through the coma.
"How long could it take proffesor?" Rouge asked. She would have come off fairly cold, you couldn't detect a hint of caring in her tone but her eyes were a differant story.
"There is no way to be sure Rouge, but even with Logans power this will take a long time to heal. This new flesh here isn't fully stable, the muscle needs time to assimilate with the rest of his body. Until then he may be bedridden for some time."
Rouge just nodded her head. The proffesor told her to go eat and clean up. On her way out of the room she could see the proffesor placing his hands over Duo's head trying to bring him out of the coma. Rouge passed alot of the other teenagers on her way to her room. She pulled Kitty asside and asked her to tell everyone Duo was doing ok, she didn't feel like she had the energy to answer questions.
"Christ what a day" Rouge said as she stepped into her shower. She hated to think about how he might have died, after only being here four days too. She was so sure that he would die, had Logan been out, or if he had been anywhere else he would have died for sure. Rouge looked down at her feet.
"What the?"
The water in the shower was red, she figured she had more blood in her hair than she thougth and rinsed it better, but the water at the bottom of the tub was still red. Rouge looked at herself, she didn't have a spot of red on her but the watter at her feet was so red that she couldn't see through it, even though it was only an inch deep, Rouge chalked it up to a plugged up drain and got out to dry off, a few minutes later she went back and the tub had drained completely and there was no red in sight. Rouge went back to the kitchen for another snack and headed back to the infirmiry.
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The proffesor watched over Duo, the young mutant had exhausted himself to the point of clumsiness wtih just a few teleports. His wound was now completely closed but the skin was so spongy that blood was bubbling out of it slowly. The Proffesor tried again to bring Duo out of the coma, this time the boy stirred. Duo opened his eyes slowly, and shut them again. He was so full of pain medication that he wouldn't know what was going on. The boys oxygen content in the blood was a good bit low, but that would change because he had been given a few more blood transfusions. After about 9 transfusions his body had started to accept them, all the differant mutants from the institute had been there to donate. Funny thing about mutants, they could receive blood of any type. Now the proffesor wasn;t sure if he would absorb other powers through the blood or not, he would have to wait to see if Duo fell through the bed, shot spikes or turned himself into molten rock.
"Is he doing any better yet proffesor?" Asked Rouge.
"Yes, I have pulled him out of the coma for now, and he has started accepting transfusions. His wound though is going to be unbearable for a long time Rouge."
"I figured, there anything I can do?"
"Well, I suppose if you don't mind watching after him a while than I could get you out of school, but the others don't know him too well, and I cannot do much bound in this chair."
Rouge looked at his wound, The blood bubbling through the new skin had stopped. The flesh was still odd looking. It looked like the skin of a far premature baby, it was almost liquidy.
"So what would I have to do?"
"Nothing much, change his dressings, give him his meds, and help him to the bathroom. He should only be down for a week or so. In the meantime just keep him comfortable."
"You mean im babbysitting?" Rouge liked the thought of "babbysitting" Duo.
"Well i didn't say you had to."
"Ok proffesor, Duo's mine for a week."
"Your not taking up any ownership either Rouge"
"You know what I mean proffesor"
The proffesor smiled and left, he had to disapate the crowd of your mutants outside waiting to see how the newest mutant was doing. He could not shake the nagging feeling that Duo had absorbed more powers than he knew. However, the fact that Duo had survived was good enough.
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Duo opened his eyes, the sleep cracking into small peices and getting in them. He had to blink a few times to get it all out of his eyes. He looked around him, the room was dark but he could see enough to tell that he wasn't alone. Far as he could tell there were two people in the room with him. The window was open, a small wind blowingover him thankful for the blankets. He looked to his left when he heard a the patting of footsteps on what must be carpeting. When his eyes adjusted to the dark he could tell Rouge was asleep in a chair near the bed, but there was another person in the room. He was too tired to worry about it, he didn't even notice the soft hands roamingover his body. The hands hit his side where he had been injured and pulled back. After a moment the hands began to roam again, as if searching for something, but he figured out it was more like a doctorsexamination. The hands stopped, and Duo looked to his right and saw a dark figure, easily recognized as a femal figure head towards the door and turn into a bird and fly away. This was too odd to beleive. Duo chuckled a little and went back to sleep, a feeling of thirst burning in his throat.
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Rouge opened her eyes, blinking away the sleep in them and stretching her sore back. She swore never to sleep in a hard wooden chair again. She got up to close the window in the room, the cold November air having had chilled her out of her sleep. She didn't remember opening the bay window, so she figured it had blown open. She turned her attention to Duo who was sleeping peacefully. Getting ready for the task at hand she began to pull back the blankets and his clothing to rebandage his wound. The proffesor had told her that as long as the skin remains liquidy it had to be bound tightly or it would be malformed. She was surprised to find out that his skin no longer showed any scarring or discoloration. She touched it, and it was strong, the muscles underneath having assimilated to the rest of his system. He was fully healed three days before the inside guess the proffesor had made. Rouge looked at his face, he really did seem like he was just sleeping. Rouge brought her hand to his forehead, her gloves off. She lay the back part of her hand against his forehead to see if he was running a fever. She had been doing this and enjoying it for the last week almost. This time Duo opened his eyes and began to sit up.
Duo, you ok?
The boy in the bed scratched at his head, yawned groggily and looked around.
"When do we eat?"
Well thats all for now. If you have brain cells you can tell what kind of fic this will be, if you don't tho then just review asking. Seriously i need some reviews here. havent had a review in forever now. But to answer someones question, NO Duo cannot catch a brake, he is that kind of guy. It will all end happy for him, maybe give it a sad alternate ending. Just review people, thats all i ask and i will keep writting.