Chapter 2:

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Hey Hey!!!!

Today's letter of the week is E for All of those excellent peoples reading this fic! And the

number is 5, that's how many wonderful peoples reviewed on it's first day it was up!! That's good, 'cause it's my first fic EVER!!!

Now, if you don't like hospitals much, then you might not like the next few chapters. It was hard to

write, 'cause I no NOTHING about hospitals, and continuously had to ask my mum *shudder* (she's a nurse)

Big Bird and Elmo say Hi *with many waves*, and so does Snuffy the Snuffuluffigus.

Bye for now,

CMII

PS: I like cookies. They make me happy.

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Ten Minutes later in the Hospital Ward

The medic carefully laid Holly on the bed and rolled up his sleeves.

"What are you doing?" Root asked.

"I'm going to insert nasal prongs and if she doesn't respond, then I'll have to use a defibrillator."

"What in the name of Frond is THAT?" Root demanded. The medic started walking towards the door. Root and Trouble followed him.

"We have a pair of them. One goes on the left side of her ribcage, outside the skin of course,

and the other one goes on her heart, again outside the skin. We then charge them and shock the heart into beating again."

"Okay, but what are nasal prongs?"

"They're two small tubes that sit just inside the nose and they push air into the lungs."

"Okay. But why don't you just use magic?" Root's asked.

"Because it could kill her. The magic could stop the air getting to her lungs."

"But..." started Trouble.

"But nothing, Captain Kelp. Besides, it's against the rules." They argued for about five minutes,

Root waiting patiently to join in (WOW!!), when they were interrupted.

"Doctor," the junior medic came running up. "She's not responding to the nasal prongs.

Should I prep her for the defibrillator?"

"Yes. Apply a large amount. Too much shock could kill her."

"Yes doctor." The junior medic rushed off.

"You might want to wait outside while we use the defibrillator. It's not a pretty sight to see, that's all."

"No, we'll stay." Root said. Trouble started and then glared at him. Root noticed the glare.

"What? I have to look after my officer. You can leave if you want."

"No, I'll stay. For, um, Holly's sake. Yeah, that's it!"

Root rolled his eyes. Officers were getting sooooo emotional these days.

"Okay then. Come this way and we will get you properly cleaned and dressed."

The two elves followed the warlock into a small room.

"Here you go. Just come into the operating room when you've finished." He left the room rather hurriedly.

"Turn your back to me." Root demanded. "Then when I'm finished, I'll turn mine."

"Okay, but I'm just going to pull this SHEET-thingy over my uniform." He picked up the thing that is known know as the sheet-thingy.

"Good idea." Root picked up his sheet-thingy and pulled over his jumpsuit. Trouble followed suit.

"Okay, now we go find the operating room and Mr "Doctor" and find out his name. I don't think he even IS a doctor."

Trouble rolled his eyes this time. Unfortunately, Root saw him.

"I swear Kelp, if Holly wasn't lying on that bed, you would be!!"

Trouble swallowed. "Um, speaking of Holly, we'd better hurry up."

"For once in my career, I actually agree with you." They each pulled on a sheet-thingy and walked out the door.

In the operating room they had Holly lying on a hard bed with many doctors and

nurses hovering around her. The main doctor had two flat metal rectangles in his hands.

"Charge it to 50." The doctor ordered. A nurse fiddled around with a control on a large

computer nearby the bed. The doctor placed the metal thingy's in select places on Holly's body.

"Clear!" the doctor said, and with that, 50 watts of power charged Holly's limp body. Root and

Trouble watched in horror as Holly's body shook with pain.

"No response. Charge it to 100."

"Yes doctor." The nurse fiddled with the controls again.

"Clear!" This time both Root and Trouble turned their heads. They heard a high-pitched

scream and quickly snapped their heads back towards the bed. There was Holly, lying there,

no different than before, but this time they could here a soft 'bee-beep' in the background.

"Well, we now have a heartbeat, which is a big thing." The doctor said, walking up to the

officers, pulling off his blood-soaked gloves with a snap. "I estimate it to be about a week or

so before she wakes up, but she's alive."

"Thankyou, but was that shock thing really necessary? That's brutality and cruelness, that is." Root started.

"That it may be, but it just revived your officer from death."

"Yes, I know. Don't remind me."

"You may stay with her for as long as you like, just that there will be about five nurses at first,

then three or four will leave, but one will stay, just to make sure she's alright."

"Okay." Root and Trouble answered in unison. Then they both took a hard plastic seat on each side of

Holly's bed, and watched as a nurse put the nasal prongs back in, and a tube down Holly's

throat. She then attached both tubes to the computer and left. The another nurse put

something on the end of Holly's index finger, explained that was a probe to keep track on

Holly's oxygen levels, attached it to the computer then left. Another nurse put an IV in Holly's

arm and two drips in her hand, attached all of them to the computer and left. The last nurse said

to talk to Holly because she could hear them, even if she wasn't awake, and left for a coffee

break, telling them that she'd be back soon. Root and Trouble were then left to look at Holly's

limp body. Another nurse then came in, taped Holly's arms and legs to foam, explained that it would stop Holly hurting herself if

she had a fit, and left. Trouble left saying he'd go tell Foaly that Holly was alright, and left Root with Holly.

"Come on Holly. You have to wake up soon. The LEP wouldn't be the same without you. You're

strong, and you need to pull out of this. Don't let the LEP down, and don't give the council a

reason to fire you." Root said, then added as an afterthought; "If you ever wake up. I've never told you this, but you're my best

officer. I'm surprised you haven't be promoted yet." He grew quiet and slumped back in his

chair again. And although he didn't realise it, Holly's heartbeat grew stronger after those few words.

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I'm back!!

Reviewers: *groan*

CMII: HEY!!!

Reviewers: *walking away* *yawn*

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Wow, I didn't know I had it in me. Wait, I didn't know YOU had it in YOU!! I mean, you were

really brave to read the last chapter, because it was all about those eerie hospitals.

*shudder* Anyway, I bow to you.

~crack!!~ CMII's back has just broken while bowing to reviewers, and CMII is lying paralysed on the floor.

One half of Cookie haters: Lets jump on her!!

Other half of Cookie haters: Yeah!!!

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CMII has just been magically turned back to her normal health. (BIG Thankyou, Holly...)

GET BACK HERE!!! I'M NOT FINISHED WITH YOU!! *CMII is now running madly after "The

Cookie Haters" (da-da daaaaa)*

Yrs in Sesame Street,

CMII

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