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Innocent Eyes – Time Cannot Erase
After a few moments of trying to get the doctor to tell them in the corridor all three of them were escorted to the relatives room. Paige walked in and sat down, Phoebe sat beside but Leo refused to sit her stood hovering above them. The doctor closed the door behind them and sat down opposite the sisters,
"Well, Miss Halliwell," he said addressing Phoebe, Phoebe looked up and smiled intently, "As far as your daughters condition is concerned, she's stable. She was awake when we brought her in and was complaining about a lot of pain but we gave her some painkillers and something to help her sleep." He said
"But she's alright," said Phoebe letting out a sigh of relief,
"She'll be fine, we're going to keep her in over night for observation, but besides a little pain and feel slightly ill from the sleeping pills she's fine," he said, then with a quick glance towards the ground continued, "As for your sister… well unfortunately her news is not as good."
"What's wrong?" asked Paige,
"Well, the car hit her along her right side, it fractured her hip and caused some internal bleeding in her abdomen, however we were able to stop the bleeding with emergency surgery. Her condition is stable but critical, unfortunately we couldn't put steel plates in her hips because of her fragile condition." He paused for a brief second. Then continued, "Regrettably when Piper hit the ground, because of the impact she has fractured a couple of ribs and one has punctured her lung. So basically she has a forty-five percent chance of surviving, however that will increase by three percent every hour that she gets through." He said
"Three Percent!" Said Paige, outraged, "That's nothing, are you telling us our sister could die?"
"I'm telling you she's fragile and the next few hours and into the night will be critical. We just have to keep her comfortable, and still which is why she is sedated any movement could endanger her, and she's going to be out of it for another six hours at the least from the surgery anaesthetic, and then she will just be dazed from the painkillers. All we can do is hope for a recovery right now," he said
"Can we see them?" asked Leo, who up to this moment had been silent absorbing the news of Piper and Parker,
"Certainly, but only immediate family just now," he replied and then lead them up to the ward, once their Phoebe was shown to Parker's room, she was the only one allowed in because she was her mother and Leo and Paige were only an Aunt and Uncle. They went to check on Piper; Phoebe walked into the dark room and saw Parker lying in a bed on the opposite of the room from her. She walked over to the bed, it was just like a regular bed, and there were no machines around it. Parker lay in the bed with the covers pulled right up to her neck, she was awake but her eyes were constantly falling closed. Phoebe walked over to her and took her hand,
"Hey you," she said quietly, as she squeezed her hand lovingly,
"Hi, Mom," she said quietly, Phoebe felt a tear well up inside her eye; this was the first time Parker had ever called her Mom.
"How're you feeling?" she asked, her voice remained quiet and calm,
"Not that bad, actually… it's not really my pain. It's Pipers," sighed Parker, "And its my fault that she's in this pain," she looked away from Phoebe and out the window that was near her bed, "Your sister may die and its my fault,"
"No, honey… it's not your fault. It's the driver of that cars fault. He's the one who was speeding and didn't drive round you," replied Phoebe,
"But if I hadn't been in the road everyone would be fine, if I had acted like a normal human being and not freaked out…" she began but Phoebe cut her off,
"You're not a normal human being… you're special. You couldn't help how you reacted. None of us can and that was just you're way of dealing with it," she said, squeezing her hand once more,
"You should be with Piper just now, she's the one who's in real danger, and pain," said Parker,
"I don't want to leave you alone," replied Phoebe,
"I'm not alone," said Parker pointing just outside the room, "I've got nurses and orderlies, and domestics, and security… lots of people. Go and see your sister," she sighed.
"I'll be right back, promise!" said Phoebe before kissing her daughter on the forehead and leaving her alone, again.
She walked along the corridor until she came to a room with the door plate 'Piper Halliwell – RTA' she opened the door and went inside where she found Leo and Paige at either side of the bed. The room was so much different from Parker's room, Piper's bed sheet was sitting neatly positioned just under her chest and she had various drips and wires coming out of her. She walked closed and looked at her sister, lying there, her body weak and small under the thin bedclothes. An oxygen tube coming from her mouth and nose, a feeding tube in her arm and another one in the other arm giving her fluids. She had a heart monitor attached to her finger and the machine beeped away contently,
"Piper," she whispered, "Can… can she heard us?"
"The doctor says she can't, but I think she can," replied Leo, "Or I think she knows we're here," he sighed and reached out for her hand, but dared not to take it, everyone was so scared they would hurt her just by breathing.
"Piper, its Phoebe. I just want to thank you… you saved my daughters life. And I just want to say that we all love you," she said, she wanted nothing more than to pull her sister into her arms and hug her so tightly that she could squeeze all the hurt and pain out of her. But she kept her distance from the small, pale figure lying in the bed.
"Piper," spoke Paige, "I love you… don't leave us, you're a fighter you can beat this… I know you can," she blew Piper a kiss, suddenly a nurse walked in. She smiled and then went about her business; suddenly she let out a gasp,
"What?" asked Phoebe, but the nurse ignored her and went to get a doctor. Soon she arrived with two doctors in tow, a male and female one,
"What's wrong?" asked Phoebe again but still she got no answer, suddenly the machine started to beep loudly,
"She's in BF," said the female doctor,
"Ready the paddles," replied the male one, and the nurse instantly lifted the defibrillator and lubricated them,
"Clear!" yelled the doctor and the nurse pulled Phoebe away from the bed and Piper, the doctor shocked Piper and her body jumped.
"Again!" said the female doctor they shocked Piper again,
"Still no output," said the nurse,
"What's happening!" yelled Phoebe…
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Meanwhile in the ward just up from Piper's room, Parker lay in her bed. Her heart pounding and sweat dripping from her face. She knew this was it, she knew what was happening to Piper and could feel the pain of it, even though Piper couldn't,
"Mom," she whispered as her heart continually went into spasms, and with each one she felt the burst of electricity thrusting through her body. Making her jump and vibrate, as the strong current burst through her veins. "Mom!" she yelled but it faded into nothing but a scream as another spasm was followed by a burst of power…