"Ah, have you updated the president?" she asked, making conversation.
"Um yeah, he is going to come see him as soon as he can, he's just gotta deal with secret service first."
The conversation dried up and both found themselves with nothing to say, so the nurse busied herself with going over Jack's vitals and adding to the notes on the clipboard. Luckily for Tony Kim began to stir. Slowly, she sat up and stretched letting out a long yawn. Tony noticed the red raw rings around her eyes from how much she had been crying.
"Hey Kim you okay? I though I'd come in and keep an eye on you both."
"I'm fine, how's my Dad, gosh I can't believe I fell asleep has he made any progress yet...."
Tony turned to May to answer her queries.
"Well it appears he may come round soon, we think at least. His responses are becoming stronger, the blood transfusion is almost through but his temperature is still rising he has a very high fever that will slow down his recovery."
"Oh, but at least he is recovering, right, I mean..." she was clearly worried.
"Don't worry your father will be fine."
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Jack lay motionless on the bed while May continues to try and stop his ever rising temperature. The heavy drugs that sedated him were not enough to stop him from dreaming. He dreamed a dream he had dreamt so many times before, on those nights where he woke up screaming, covered in sweat.
He was inside the detention facility with Drazen who kept taunting him that his family would be killed. He tried to control himself but it did no good and he found himself attacking Viktor, then Andre getting the upper hand over him and kicking the crap out of him. Andre began to stomp on his chest again and again and again. Finally he stopped and Jack rolled onto his stomach to save his stomach from any more pain. It was hard to breath and his chest was heaving and seemed to be getting worse. He couldn't understand why the pain was getting more severe it didn't make sense. He could feel the tears running down his face, he was in agony completely unable to breath. Then he saw Viktor stood over him with Kim, how had she got here? He saw the gun and he saw the flash before he could stop it.
He jumped up in the hospital bed shocking the hell out of May, Kim and Tony. He looked around and couldn't understand what was happening. His chest was still hurting and his entire body felt like it was burning he was so hot. He looked around the room frantically but his vision wasn't very clear. He looked down and saw the wires in him and began frantically ripping them out in a panic. He could here someone rapidly shouting his name, the voice sounded familiar. He didn't stop he had to save Kim, didn't he, how had he got here? He could hear panicked calls and frenzied beeping. He could hear hurried footsteps and felt people holding him down. He couldn't understand what was happening. He could feel pain riveting through his whole chest and wondered if it was him who had been shot, not Kim. He struggled to fight against the hands holding him down.
He could hear the sound of Velcro and felt something round his wrists, tightening them, holding them down, this made him fight harder. His vision was clearing and he could see doctors and nurses stood over him trying to get the wires and machines plugged back into him, and he could see Tony stood back holding Kim back, both looked scared. At the sight of Kim his instantly relaxed and called out her name. His voice was slow and extremely slurred and she was almost unable to work out he was calling her.
Kim ran over once the medical staff had stepped away, now happy the wires and tubes were all in the appropriate places.
"Dad...?" She grabbed his hand that was fastened in restraints. "Dad its okay calm down."
Tony approached May, he was pale and clearly freaked out.
"What the hell happened?"
"He woke. It seems he is delirious. When he woke it confused him, but it is a good sign he is awake, he just needs to calm down. We've gave him more morphine so he will relax."
Jacks mind was lost, he had just seen Kim shot and now she was here, it made no sense. He looked at her and smiled, realising it was not her who was shot. He began to speak to her but it was useless mumbling she couldn't understand.
"It's okay, everything will be okay."
Slowly Jack smiled as he drifted off to sleep. He didn't understand what was happening or what was wrong with him, but he knew everything would be okay in the end.
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