~ Chapter 12~
"She'll be fine though I can't forecast what the diagnosis of her leg will be, he said as Gohan nodded, Chi Chi stared down at the half revealed face of her once daughter and frowned and stomped away in anger.
"She has to come and ruin our lives AGAIN" she yelled as she left, they stared at her as she left.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
They watch as ChiChi leaves from view and then look at her with questionable eyes,
"How in the world did she"
"Krillen trust me just don't ask" said Gohan as they lifted the stretcher a foot or two in the air locking it, Goku takes his unconscious daughter's hand.
"Wish I could be there for you" he said, as he kissed her cheek, he let go as the stretcher was loaded into the ambulance.
"Don't worry enjoy the fight she'll be alright, Im sure it's going to take the doctor awhile to diagnosis the problem and with the blow she took she'll be out for awhile" said the paramedic as they nodded.
Trunks jumped into the back,
"I'll go, she needs someone there" he said
"Right we'll be there after this is over" said Gohan as he nodded.
The paramedics closed the doors and they team watched the ambulance drive off.
~*~
Trunks sat in the back staring at his fallen friend.
'How could I have done that' he thought as they hit a speed bump, making her stretcher bounce a little on impact she flinched,
Making Trunks instinctively take her hand in his.
~*~
The paramedics pulled her out of the back and into the E.R doors, doctors began to swarm around her and Trunks lost sight after they quickly rolled her down the hall.
He sighed and sat in a seat to wait for her prognosis.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Ahem" an older man cleared his throat trying to wake the young Trunks up; Trunks stirred from the noise and opened one eye,
He quickly sat up at the doctor's presence.
"Hello, are you" he looked at a chart in front of him.
"Trunks Briefs" he asked a Trunks nodded.
"Yeah is Ross alright" he asked a bit worried the doctor kept an expressionless face.
"Well truthfully, it's too early to tell you see, Miss. Son's knee is in terrible condition the worst I've seen in my 30 years of practice and I got to be honest it doesn't look good, her knee cap is shattered completely and her ligaments are in shambles, im not sure if we can repair the damage." He finished making Trunks look at him with wide eyes.
"She's in surgery right now; I'll see what I can do"
Trunks nodded as the doctor left down the hall, he buried his head in his hands.
"What happened to you Ross?" he thought
~*~
Gohan walked through the sliding glass doors, and walked over to the nurse's station.
Krilled and the others looked over at ChiChi who had her arms crossed and looking at the wall,
They saw the nurse point and Gohan motioned for them to follow.
"Where is she?" asked Gotein as Gohan turned a corner.
"In surgery" he said making them all stop in their tracks.
"What... why" said Yamcha.
"Come on, Trunks is in the waiting room down the hall" said Gohan averting the question as they followed.
~*~
"Trunks, Trunks sweetie wake up" said Bulma, nudging her son he groaned and opened his eyes looking at them.
"Hey" he said smiling as they all sat down.
"Is she alright" asked Gotein with a worried look.
"I don't know she's been in surgery for almost 5 hours" he said stretching, Videl offered a bag of chips, Trunks took it.
"So what's wrong with her?" asked Marron, they looked over at her and Trunks sighed.
"Her knee and her entire knee cap is shattered terribly, they might have to put in a metal replacement, she might not walk again is what im told" said Trunks as they looked at him wide eyed.
Gohan banged his fist against the table.
"Damn them" he said talking them all by surprise that he cursed,
"Who?" asked Videl.
He looked over and ruffled his hair.
"No one Hun" he mumbled as they looked at him confused.
~*~
They sat in the waiting room in silence; even Vegeta leaned against the wall growing impatient,
A doctor walked past, and Vegeta growled.
"Hey you" he said making the doctor stop and look at the angry saiyan.
"Ye...s" he stuttered a little, a bit intimidated by his cold glare.
"We've been waiting here for 3 hours, where is she?" he said getting a confused look from the white coated man.
"Um sir, may I ask the name of the patient" he asked as Vegeta growled.
"Ross, Rossalynn Son" he said as the doctors eyes widen and he looked down.
'What" yelled Vegeta.
"Well, sir she's still in surgery we have over 10 doctors in there working on her now, I can tell you right now she is in good hands" he said as the others looked at him a bit worried.
"HN" is all Vegeta said.
"Uh how much longer do you think" said Gohan standing up.
"I'd say" he looked down at the chart in front of him.
"About 4 more hours" he said getting wide eyed looks from them all.
" That's it" said ChiChi standing up.
"Im going home" she said grabbing her bag.
"Mom wait"
Gohan went to grab her arm but ChiChi kept it from reach.
"She's the one that left she can deal with this herself" she said stomping off down the hall.
They watched her go out of site,
The doctor looked at Gohan,
"A friend" he said Gohan dropped her head and mumbled.
"No it's her mother" he said making the doctor just drop his jaw.
"What kind of mother leaves they're child in the middle of a life threatening operation" he said as Gohan sighed.
"Mine" he said as they doctor could only nod and leave out of site.
Vegeta growled "what is wrong with her how can she just leave like that" he said losing his cool much to the crowd's surprise.
"There is a lot more to it than that" said Gohan sitting down, leaving Vegeta at a loss of words.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
They had all nodded off at this point; it was around 2 a.m when a doctor stepped into the waiting room.
"Excuse me" he said waking up the tired gang.
"You are waiting on Ross Son if im not mistaken" he said as Gohan stood up.
'Yes, is she alright" he said as the surgeon sighed.
"Well" he said sitting down by them.
" We had to go in put her knee together piece by piece, im surprised she lasted till now, Well anyways she was lucky that we didn't have to take the entire thing out, and she is going to be able to walk, but..." he sighed and rubbed his head.
"She's going to have to go through an awful lot of therapy and, she's not going to be able to fight again" he said the last words right through Gohan's ears.
"Really" he said stunned how, would she react
"Yes im sorry" He said standing up.
"You can go see her now" he said as they stood up and followed him to her room.
"Man that sucks" said Gotein as Trunks nodded.
"She's still pretty knocked out" he said
As they nodded he opened the door to reveal Ross,
she lay lifeless in a bed adjacent from the door, her right leg hung in a sling above the bed in a brace that took up her entire leg, she had a heart monitor on and was propped up by a few pillows her hair in a messy pony tail and her left eye blackened from the fight, she looked absolutely terrible.
They walked over to her and looked down at the fragile looking saiyan,
"I have to ask," they looked at the doctor.
"Do you have any idea how this happened?" he asked.
"Well she was in a fight with me" but Trunks was stopped in mid sentence.
"No in this case she would have had to been beaten countless times for it to become this bad, her injuries are over a year old" he said as they stared in confusion.
"Sorry sir we really don't know" said Gohan.
"Alright well I had to ask" he nodded and left the room.
They walked closer to her and watched as she slept, she flinched a little tossing her head she opened one eye and groaned from the pain.
"Aw... man" she said going to reach for her head, but was stopped by the tangled IV's,
"Here let me get that" said Gohan going to help free her from it.
She looked up at him and then her sapphire eyes widened in realization.
"Oh crap" She said sitting up quickly but was stopped short because of the pain that surged through her body, she cringed and looked at her leg.
"Shit" she whispered just loud enough to hear.
She looked over at them and sighed looking away to the window.
"What happened?" she asked making them all sweat drop.
"Uh don't you remember?" asked Kirllen, she looked over at him.
"Uh no offense but I don't remember anything past getting blown up" She said as she looked at Trunks.
"Oh well you've been in surgery for like 12 hours" said Krillen as she rubbed her head.
"Oh" she said softly.
"Yeah, may I ask why you didn't go earlier?" asked Gohan as she looked at him.
"Because I don't have the money" she said dropping her head on the pillow.
They looked at her confused.
"Well why can't"
"NO, No I know what you're going to say and I don't take pity money" she said looking away from their shocked gazes.
" I'll be fine I've gotten through it before" she said making them look at her confused.
"You've had another operation?" asked Yamcha.
"Yeah, but that was for the bullet dam-"she realized what she was say and stopped short.
'Nothing" she mumbled.
"Bu ... Bullet" said Yamcha as she laid in silence.
"Ross before we go there is something you should know" said gohan walking towards her.
"Oh" she said not looking at him.
"Yes, well the doctor said that well since your knee was in such terrible condition you aren't going to"
"Save your breath" she said taking him by shock.
"I know what you're going to say, im not going to be able to fight again am I" she said as he looked at her amazed.
"Yes... sorry Roz" he said as she sighed and looked at him.
"It's alright I quit remember, I figured as much" she said as he just sighed.
"Alright" he said putting his hand on her shoulder she flinched,
'Oh" he took his hand away
"He, he sorry" he said as she brushed it away.
"What ever" she said as he sighed.
"We better go, let you sleep" he said as they others nodded in agreement.
"Ok" she said not fazed.
"I'll be here tomorrow" said Gohan as he kissed her cheek.
"Yeah ditto for us" said Trunks as him and Gotein nodded.
"Alright" she said, as they watched her she didn't have the guts to look at them.
They went to leave,
"He you guys" she said getting everyone's attention; she turned to look at them.
"Sorry for causing you pain" she said looking at their shocked faces she looked away to the window,
They were absolutely shocked as they left the scene not knowing what to do or say.
~ WHAT DO YOU THINK PLEASE REVIEW ^_^!!~
"She'll be fine though I can't forecast what the diagnosis of her leg will be, he said as Gohan nodded, Chi Chi stared down at the half revealed face of her once daughter and frowned and stomped away in anger.
"She has to come and ruin our lives AGAIN" she yelled as she left, they stared at her as she left.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
They watch as ChiChi leaves from view and then look at her with questionable eyes,
"How in the world did she"
"Krillen trust me just don't ask" said Gohan as they lifted the stretcher a foot or two in the air locking it, Goku takes his unconscious daughter's hand.
"Wish I could be there for you" he said, as he kissed her cheek, he let go as the stretcher was loaded into the ambulance.
"Don't worry enjoy the fight she'll be alright, Im sure it's going to take the doctor awhile to diagnosis the problem and with the blow she took she'll be out for awhile" said the paramedic as they nodded.
Trunks jumped into the back,
"I'll go, she needs someone there" he said
"Right we'll be there after this is over" said Gohan as he nodded.
The paramedics closed the doors and they team watched the ambulance drive off.
~*~
Trunks sat in the back staring at his fallen friend.
'How could I have done that' he thought as they hit a speed bump, making her stretcher bounce a little on impact she flinched,
Making Trunks instinctively take her hand in his.
~*~
The paramedics pulled her out of the back and into the E.R doors, doctors began to swarm around her and Trunks lost sight after they quickly rolled her down the hall.
He sighed and sat in a seat to wait for her prognosis.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Ahem" an older man cleared his throat trying to wake the young Trunks up; Trunks stirred from the noise and opened one eye,
He quickly sat up at the doctor's presence.
"Hello, are you" he looked at a chart in front of him.
"Trunks Briefs" he asked a Trunks nodded.
"Yeah is Ross alright" he asked a bit worried the doctor kept an expressionless face.
"Well truthfully, it's too early to tell you see, Miss. Son's knee is in terrible condition the worst I've seen in my 30 years of practice and I got to be honest it doesn't look good, her knee cap is shattered completely and her ligaments are in shambles, im not sure if we can repair the damage." He finished making Trunks look at him with wide eyes.
"She's in surgery right now; I'll see what I can do"
Trunks nodded as the doctor left down the hall, he buried his head in his hands.
"What happened to you Ross?" he thought
~*~
Gohan walked through the sliding glass doors, and walked over to the nurse's station.
Krilled and the others looked over at ChiChi who had her arms crossed and looking at the wall,
They saw the nurse point and Gohan motioned for them to follow.
"Where is she?" asked Gotein as Gohan turned a corner.
"In surgery" he said making them all stop in their tracks.
"What... why" said Yamcha.
"Come on, Trunks is in the waiting room down the hall" said Gohan averting the question as they followed.
~*~
"Trunks, Trunks sweetie wake up" said Bulma, nudging her son he groaned and opened his eyes looking at them.
"Hey" he said smiling as they all sat down.
"Is she alright" asked Gotein with a worried look.
"I don't know she's been in surgery for almost 5 hours" he said stretching, Videl offered a bag of chips, Trunks took it.
"So what's wrong with her?" asked Marron, they looked over at her and Trunks sighed.
"Her knee and her entire knee cap is shattered terribly, they might have to put in a metal replacement, she might not walk again is what im told" said Trunks as they looked at him wide eyed.
Gohan banged his fist against the table.
"Damn them" he said talking them all by surprise that he cursed,
"Who?" asked Videl.
He looked over and ruffled his hair.
"No one Hun" he mumbled as they looked at him confused.
~*~
They sat in the waiting room in silence; even Vegeta leaned against the wall growing impatient,
A doctor walked past, and Vegeta growled.
"Hey you" he said making the doctor stop and look at the angry saiyan.
"Ye...s" he stuttered a little, a bit intimidated by his cold glare.
"We've been waiting here for 3 hours, where is she?" he said getting a confused look from the white coated man.
"Um sir, may I ask the name of the patient" he asked as Vegeta growled.
"Ross, Rossalynn Son" he said as the doctors eyes widen and he looked down.
'What" yelled Vegeta.
"Well, sir she's still in surgery we have over 10 doctors in there working on her now, I can tell you right now she is in good hands" he said as the others looked at him a bit worried.
"HN" is all Vegeta said.
"Uh how much longer do you think" said Gohan standing up.
"I'd say" he looked down at the chart in front of him.
"About 4 more hours" he said getting wide eyed looks from them all.
" That's it" said ChiChi standing up.
"Im going home" she said grabbing her bag.
"Mom wait"
Gohan went to grab her arm but ChiChi kept it from reach.
"She's the one that left she can deal with this herself" she said stomping off down the hall.
They watched her go out of site,
The doctor looked at Gohan,
"A friend" he said Gohan dropped her head and mumbled.
"No it's her mother" he said making the doctor just drop his jaw.
"What kind of mother leaves they're child in the middle of a life threatening operation" he said as Gohan sighed.
"Mine" he said as they doctor could only nod and leave out of site.
Vegeta growled "what is wrong with her how can she just leave like that" he said losing his cool much to the crowd's surprise.
"There is a lot more to it than that" said Gohan sitting down, leaving Vegeta at a loss of words.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
They had all nodded off at this point; it was around 2 a.m when a doctor stepped into the waiting room.
"Excuse me" he said waking up the tired gang.
"You are waiting on Ross Son if im not mistaken" he said as Gohan stood up.
'Yes, is she alright" he said as the surgeon sighed.
"Well" he said sitting down by them.
" We had to go in put her knee together piece by piece, im surprised she lasted till now, Well anyways she was lucky that we didn't have to take the entire thing out, and she is going to be able to walk, but..." he sighed and rubbed his head.
"She's going to have to go through an awful lot of therapy and, she's not going to be able to fight again" he said the last words right through Gohan's ears.
"Really" he said stunned how, would she react
"Yes im sorry" He said standing up.
"You can go see her now" he said as they stood up and followed him to her room.
"Man that sucks" said Gotein as Trunks nodded.
"She's still pretty knocked out" he said
As they nodded he opened the door to reveal Ross,
she lay lifeless in a bed adjacent from the door, her right leg hung in a sling above the bed in a brace that took up her entire leg, she had a heart monitor on and was propped up by a few pillows her hair in a messy pony tail and her left eye blackened from the fight, she looked absolutely terrible.
They walked over to her and looked down at the fragile looking saiyan,
"I have to ask," they looked at the doctor.
"Do you have any idea how this happened?" he asked.
"Well she was in a fight with me" but Trunks was stopped in mid sentence.
"No in this case she would have had to been beaten countless times for it to become this bad, her injuries are over a year old" he said as they stared in confusion.
"Sorry sir we really don't know" said Gohan.
"Alright well I had to ask" he nodded and left the room.
They walked closer to her and watched as she slept, she flinched a little tossing her head she opened one eye and groaned from the pain.
"Aw... man" she said going to reach for her head, but was stopped by the tangled IV's,
"Here let me get that" said Gohan going to help free her from it.
She looked up at him and then her sapphire eyes widened in realization.
"Oh crap" She said sitting up quickly but was stopped short because of the pain that surged through her body, she cringed and looked at her leg.
"Shit" she whispered just loud enough to hear.
She looked over at them and sighed looking away to the window.
"What happened?" she asked making them all sweat drop.
"Uh don't you remember?" asked Kirllen, she looked over at him.
"Uh no offense but I don't remember anything past getting blown up" She said as she looked at Trunks.
"Oh well you've been in surgery for like 12 hours" said Krillen as she rubbed her head.
"Oh" she said softly.
"Yeah, may I ask why you didn't go earlier?" asked Gohan as she looked at him.
"Because I don't have the money" she said dropping her head on the pillow.
They looked at her confused.
"Well why can't"
"NO, No I know what you're going to say and I don't take pity money" she said looking away from their shocked gazes.
" I'll be fine I've gotten through it before" she said making them look at her confused.
"You've had another operation?" asked Yamcha.
"Yeah, but that was for the bullet dam-"she realized what she was say and stopped short.
'Nothing" she mumbled.
"Bu ... Bullet" said Yamcha as she laid in silence.
"Ross before we go there is something you should know" said gohan walking towards her.
"Oh" she said not looking at him.
"Yes, well the doctor said that well since your knee was in such terrible condition you aren't going to"
"Save your breath" she said taking him by shock.
"I know what you're going to say, im not going to be able to fight again am I" she said as he looked at her amazed.
"Yes... sorry Roz" he said as she sighed and looked at him.
"It's alright I quit remember, I figured as much" she said as he just sighed.
"Alright" he said putting his hand on her shoulder she flinched,
'Oh" he took his hand away
"He, he sorry" he said as she brushed it away.
"What ever" she said as he sighed.
"We better go, let you sleep" he said as they others nodded in agreement.
"Ok" she said not fazed.
"I'll be here tomorrow" said Gohan as he kissed her cheek.
"Yeah ditto for us" said Trunks as him and Gotein nodded.
"Alright" she said, as they watched her she didn't have the guts to look at them.
They went to leave,
"He you guys" she said getting everyone's attention; she turned to look at them.
"Sorry for causing you pain" she said looking at their shocked faces she looked away to the window,
They were absolutely shocked as they left the scene not knowing what to do or say.
~ WHAT DO YOU THINK PLEASE REVIEW ^_^!!~