Dominic Cries
It had been nearly three months since Dominic pulled Tianna out of that house. Three months-- and she was still unconscious in the hospital bed. Many of her bruises had completely healed, they'd taken all her stitches out. The doctors had told him exactly how many stitches Tia had, but he couldn't remember the number exactly-- just that it was an obscene amount. She had almost died, from blood loss, so Osirus had been able to help. He had the same blood type as his daughter. Dominic was forever grateful. That simple transfusion of blood kept Tianna from dying.
Still though, she didn't open her eyes. She didn't see that Dominic had not left her side since she was admitted into the hospital. The sight of her was almost nauseating when added to the smell and taste of anesthetic on the air. Tubes and wires and machines, all hooked up to Tianna's body. The cold, pale color of her flesh, her limp, lifeless hair. The shallow sound her breathing made, the slow throb of her pulse in perfect time with the neon green line flashing on one of the computer screens, the image was only surpassed by that of Tianna strung up like a piece of meat in Aidan's basement.
Dominic leaned forward, his elbows propped against the side of the bed, his hand resting on his forehead. The other hand ran over that small black growth of hair and then settled lightly over Tianna's hand. "Hey Princess..." Dominic spoke lightly. "When are you going to wake up for me? Should I try kissing you? Are you going to play this thing out like Sleeping Beauty did?" Dominic managed a low chuckle, then let the hand on his forehead slid down over the stubble along his face to cradle Tia's hand in both of his. "You have got to wake up for me. I'm being as strong as I can for you, but I don't think it's doing any good. Aidan's gone, so you don't have to even think about him anymore. You've got people waiting to see your pretty eyes again too, and I don't meant me, I am waiting but there are people besides me waiting for you." Dominic didn't know why he was stumbling over the words, it's not like she was answering back, or even listening really. He didn't even know if she could hear him.
"You dad for one. Mystic wrote him a letter, and he came the very day after he got it so he could see you, so he could help save you from that mean step father of yours," Dominic had wanted to use another word to describe Aidan, but he felt that it was inappropriate to use language like that around the unconscious, and in a hospital. "He did to. He helped. He drove the Charger while I was getting you, and that's not a very big part, but when we got to the hospital he practically saved your life. The doctors said you had a rare blood type, and because he was your dad, he had it too, so when you need blood he gave it to you." Dom raised a brow as he thought of something, "That kind of makes you sound like a vampire doesn't it? A good vampire though, one you would want to have around forever and ever."
"Mystic and the rest of the team want to see you too. Especially Vince, he comes into the check on me all the time, but I know he's really coming to see if you're awake yet, if you're getting any better. It's kind of funny really. How many times did you punch him? You even bit him, and I think he's still the most anxious about you." Dominic smiled softly as if Tianna could see, "After me of course. I have stayed right by your side the whole time, Princess. Except a couple hours a week when the team drags me back to the house to take a shower and change my clothes, shave, just clean up. The doctors always try and make me leave, especially the ones who weren't here the first night. That first night they tried to physical pull me out of the room, I'm ashamed to say that didn't go very well, and I behaved very badly. I wasn't about to leave you alone in this place.
"The food here sucks though, Tianna. Be grateful at least that not being awake means you don't have to eat the crap they're trying to feed me. I think I've lived on Cherry Jell-O for three months. If I never taste or see anything resembling a cherry, it will be too soon." Dominic sighed and let his gaze slid around the room to look at all the different monitors, and gadgets they had hooked up to Tianna, "The doctors told me you'd only be in intensive care for a week or two tops, but you're still in critical condition according to them. They come in almost hourly to do one test or another and check your vitals. They say you might not wake up. That you could be in a coma for... a long time."
He glanced up at one of the monitors and saw the numbers in the side rapidly dropping, and the little blips in the neon green life growing further apart. Both were very bad signs. "Oh god, no, Tianna don't you die, don't you dare," Dominic scolded jumping up so fast that he knocked his chair back. His hand wrapped around the pager, and pushed the little red button on it six times, summoning the doctors quickly to the room.
The room became a blur of excitement, as the doctors rushed in and surrounded Tianna. They pushed him out of the way he thought he heard them yell at him to leave, but all he could see or hear was the high pitched sound, of an unending beep, and the perfectly level, flat green line. He thought he heard screaming but couldn't see Tia's mouth moving. He felt hands pulling at him, tugging his shirt and arms. He didn't see Vince until he was out of Tianna's room, and in the hallway.
His sister and Jesse were sitting in chairs across the hall, Mia was crying, her hands covering her mouth. Jesse had his arms around her. Brian was kneeling on the floor in front of her, his mouth was moving but Dominic couldn't hear the words. Leon and Mystic was standing near by, both of them looking at Dominic. Mystic's eyes were glassy with the tears in them, but not a drop fell. All Dominic could hear was the electronic sound of death, everything else was blocked out. When he looked around, and his vision blurred over, all he saw was gray-- the color was lost.
Dominic slid down the wall beside the door to Tianna's room, he's knees were pulled up against his chest and as Vince wrapped his arms around him, the tears slipped from Dom's eyes. He fought against them, his body heaving as he tried to choke down the tears, but he just could not stop the flow. Tianna was dying, or dead, he didn't know, all he knew was the doctors had been in there for a long time and they hadn't come out to say that she was all right. His princess wasn't going to wake up. He had failed, she was dead because he couldn't keep his promises. He was crying so hard he couldn't breath, his chest burned because he wasn't taking in enough hair. He felt like he was going to die. He wanted to die-- with out her he wouldn't be able to live any way, so why not die?
A scream pierced through the silence and Dominic rushed back into the room, stumbling over his friend and his own feet to get back in the room. He saw the doctors struggling to restrain the woman's body, as she jerked away from them and violently ripped all the wires and tubes from her body. She scrambled away from them in a panic and fell of the edge of the bed. Then seeming to not notice the impact she kept crawling away, until she'd backed herself into the corner of the room. These doctors, all the people in white coats approached her and she looked at them with wild eyes. her mouth formed words but her voice came out in a scratch of a whisper. Dominic had taken a few strides forward, he couldn't believe it.
Then Tianna finally got sound to come out of her mouth. It came out loud and furious, and full of fear, "You get the fuck away from me! All of you just leave me alone! get away from me!" Tears were spilling from her wide crystal eyes, " Dominic!!" She screamed out for the only protection she could think of.
Dominic rushed forward, shoving the doctors out of the way, he dropped to his knees on the floor in front of Tianna, and took her into his arms. As she threw her own arms around his neck he showered her face with kisses and her ears with honey words. He kissed away each of her tears, ignoring his own as they now slipped free in joyful, glistening drops. She was alive! Thank god she was alive.
Tianna's body was shaking. She woke up from a shock, and saw all those white coats and the white masks and thought she was back in Rostengburg. She had panicked, everything had been so light, and weightless, and then thrown back into that shocking feeling. It had hurt, but Dominic was there and Tianna knew everything was going to be okay, because he was there. "I want to go home Dominic, take me home, please," she cried as she curled up against him and wrapped her arms tight around him. She did not want to be away from him. "Please just take me home."
It had been nearly three months since Dominic pulled Tianna out of that house. Three months-- and she was still unconscious in the hospital bed. Many of her bruises had completely healed, they'd taken all her stitches out. The doctors had told him exactly how many stitches Tia had, but he couldn't remember the number exactly-- just that it was an obscene amount. She had almost died, from blood loss, so Osirus had been able to help. He had the same blood type as his daughter. Dominic was forever grateful. That simple transfusion of blood kept Tianna from dying.
Still though, she didn't open her eyes. She didn't see that Dominic had not left her side since she was admitted into the hospital. The sight of her was almost nauseating when added to the smell and taste of anesthetic on the air. Tubes and wires and machines, all hooked up to Tianna's body. The cold, pale color of her flesh, her limp, lifeless hair. The shallow sound her breathing made, the slow throb of her pulse in perfect time with the neon green line flashing on one of the computer screens, the image was only surpassed by that of Tianna strung up like a piece of meat in Aidan's basement.
Dominic leaned forward, his elbows propped against the side of the bed, his hand resting on his forehead. The other hand ran over that small black growth of hair and then settled lightly over Tianna's hand. "Hey Princess..." Dominic spoke lightly. "When are you going to wake up for me? Should I try kissing you? Are you going to play this thing out like Sleeping Beauty did?" Dominic managed a low chuckle, then let the hand on his forehead slid down over the stubble along his face to cradle Tia's hand in both of his. "You have got to wake up for me. I'm being as strong as I can for you, but I don't think it's doing any good. Aidan's gone, so you don't have to even think about him anymore. You've got people waiting to see your pretty eyes again too, and I don't meant me, I am waiting but there are people besides me waiting for you." Dominic didn't know why he was stumbling over the words, it's not like she was answering back, or even listening really. He didn't even know if she could hear him.
"You dad for one. Mystic wrote him a letter, and he came the very day after he got it so he could see you, so he could help save you from that mean step father of yours," Dominic had wanted to use another word to describe Aidan, but he felt that it was inappropriate to use language like that around the unconscious, and in a hospital. "He did to. He helped. He drove the Charger while I was getting you, and that's not a very big part, but when we got to the hospital he practically saved your life. The doctors said you had a rare blood type, and because he was your dad, he had it too, so when you need blood he gave it to you." Dom raised a brow as he thought of something, "That kind of makes you sound like a vampire doesn't it? A good vampire though, one you would want to have around forever and ever."
"Mystic and the rest of the team want to see you too. Especially Vince, he comes into the check on me all the time, but I know he's really coming to see if you're awake yet, if you're getting any better. It's kind of funny really. How many times did you punch him? You even bit him, and I think he's still the most anxious about you." Dominic smiled softly as if Tianna could see, "After me of course. I have stayed right by your side the whole time, Princess. Except a couple hours a week when the team drags me back to the house to take a shower and change my clothes, shave, just clean up. The doctors always try and make me leave, especially the ones who weren't here the first night. That first night they tried to physical pull me out of the room, I'm ashamed to say that didn't go very well, and I behaved very badly. I wasn't about to leave you alone in this place.
"The food here sucks though, Tianna. Be grateful at least that not being awake means you don't have to eat the crap they're trying to feed me. I think I've lived on Cherry Jell-O for three months. If I never taste or see anything resembling a cherry, it will be too soon." Dominic sighed and let his gaze slid around the room to look at all the different monitors, and gadgets they had hooked up to Tianna, "The doctors told me you'd only be in intensive care for a week or two tops, but you're still in critical condition according to them. They come in almost hourly to do one test or another and check your vitals. They say you might not wake up. That you could be in a coma for... a long time."
He glanced up at one of the monitors and saw the numbers in the side rapidly dropping, and the little blips in the neon green life growing further apart. Both were very bad signs. "Oh god, no, Tianna don't you die, don't you dare," Dominic scolded jumping up so fast that he knocked his chair back. His hand wrapped around the pager, and pushed the little red button on it six times, summoning the doctors quickly to the room.
The room became a blur of excitement, as the doctors rushed in and surrounded Tianna. They pushed him out of the way he thought he heard them yell at him to leave, but all he could see or hear was the high pitched sound, of an unending beep, and the perfectly level, flat green line. He thought he heard screaming but couldn't see Tia's mouth moving. He felt hands pulling at him, tugging his shirt and arms. He didn't see Vince until he was out of Tianna's room, and in the hallway.
His sister and Jesse were sitting in chairs across the hall, Mia was crying, her hands covering her mouth. Jesse had his arms around her. Brian was kneeling on the floor in front of her, his mouth was moving but Dominic couldn't hear the words. Leon and Mystic was standing near by, both of them looking at Dominic. Mystic's eyes were glassy with the tears in them, but not a drop fell. All Dominic could hear was the electronic sound of death, everything else was blocked out. When he looked around, and his vision blurred over, all he saw was gray-- the color was lost.
Dominic slid down the wall beside the door to Tianna's room, he's knees were pulled up against his chest and as Vince wrapped his arms around him, the tears slipped from Dom's eyes. He fought against them, his body heaving as he tried to choke down the tears, but he just could not stop the flow. Tianna was dying, or dead, he didn't know, all he knew was the doctors had been in there for a long time and they hadn't come out to say that she was all right. His princess wasn't going to wake up. He had failed, she was dead because he couldn't keep his promises. He was crying so hard he couldn't breath, his chest burned because he wasn't taking in enough hair. He felt like he was going to die. He wanted to die-- with out her he wouldn't be able to live any way, so why not die?
A scream pierced through the silence and Dominic rushed back into the room, stumbling over his friend and his own feet to get back in the room. He saw the doctors struggling to restrain the woman's body, as she jerked away from them and violently ripped all the wires and tubes from her body. She scrambled away from them in a panic and fell of the edge of the bed. Then seeming to not notice the impact she kept crawling away, until she'd backed herself into the corner of the room. These doctors, all the people in white coats approached her and she looked at them with wild eyes. her mouth formed words but her voice came out in a scratch of a whisper. Dominic had taken a few strides forward, he couldn't believe it.
Then Tianna finally got sound to come out of her mouth. It came out loud and furious, and full of fear, "You get the fuck away from me! All of you just leave me alone! get away from me!" Tears were spilling from her wide crystal eyes, " Dominic!!" She screamed out for the only protection she could think of.
Dominic rushed forward, shoving the doctors out of the way, he dropped to his knees on the floor in front of Tianna, and took her into his arms. As she threw her own arms around his neck he showered her face with kisses and her ears with honey words. He kissed away each of her tears, ignoring his own as they now slipped free in joyful, glistening drops. She was alive! Thank god she was alive.
Tianna's body was shaking. She woke up from a shock, and saw all those white coats and the white masks and thought she was back in Rostengburg. She had panicked, everything had been so light, and weightless, and then thrown back into that shocking feeling. It had hurt, but Dominic was there and Tianna knew everything was going to be okay, because he was there. "I want to go home Dominic, take me home, please," she cried as she curled up against him and wrapped her arms tight around him. She did not want to be away from him. "Please just take me home."
