Hello, Sorry about the previous chapter- I read it again, and saw some typing errors, (Oops..... ha, um......sorry guys.).
So if you do come across a type-O, just read on and try and figure what it's supposed to say. ( Sorry guys!)
Oh, and all things shall be explained. Oh, and don't worry it's going to get a lot more interesting soon. That's where they will all be asked the impossible question, "Will you give your life, your soul, your mind, to save your brother?".
So things shall get VERY interesting. Right, I know, I suck at righting, and this is taking forever but never fear, I am getting there.
Here's the rest of the story:
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"No," Chris cried.
"Get them out of here!" the one doctor ordered.
Chris and the other's were just to shocked to realise what was happening, then they did, they were already out the room.
"What happened?" Chris asked Nathan.
"He was seizing, I don't know why, but I think it had to do something with the crash," Nathan guessed.
"But he's on life support?" Buck asked.
"Yeah, but all that mean's is that it's helping him breathe," Nathan explained.
They all turned their attention back to the door where they had just been. They could still hear people shouting orders, and machines.
After five minutes the door opened, and most of the nurses left.
Chris and the others went back inside, there was Vin between Grace and a doctor.
"What the hell happened?" Chris demanded.
"It was expected, just not so soon," the doctor said.
"What the hell does that mean?" Chris asked.
"Well, it means that he is still in danger, all we must do now is make sure that this doesn't happen again," the doctor said.
"How?" Nathan asked.
"Well when his body seized, it moved the tube, which stopped his breathing. So now, we are just going to have to tie him down. It's the only way," the doctor said.
"But he hates to be tied down," Chris said.
"There's no other way, if we don't and he seizers again, it might kill him," the doctor explained.
Chris didn't like that idea, but then if it could save Vin's life, he would do anything.
"Alright, but you are going to have to explain it to him when he wakes up," Chris joked.
The doctor nodded then left the room. A nurse came in with the straps.
"Let me do it," Chris suggested.
"But..." The nurse didn't know what to say.
"It's okay Jen, I'll make sure he does it right," Grace said.
"Sure," Jen said as she gave the straps to Chris.
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Grace helped Chris as they tied Vin up, even though he hated to see his friend tied up, he thought it would be better that it was done by a friend.
The other's looked to see the heart breaking site, their friend, hurt and now trapped, and they couldn't do a thing about it.
Once everything settled down, they sat around the bed, in total silence.
"You know, Vin, you got to wake up now. We are supposed to be going on the fishing trip," JD spoke.
"Yeah, come on buddy, if you stay here any longer the nurses are going to have to give you a bath..." Buck joked.
The only answer were the machines that kept him alive.
No one spoke, they just sat there, waiting for Vin to wake up. To move, anything.
Minutes turned into hours, hours turned into days. No improvement.
Every morning everyone would meet up in the hospital, then would remain there for the rest of the day. However, Monday arrived, which meant work.
Everyone came to the hospital, they went to Vin's room
"Morning guys," Jean greeted them when she entered the room.
Everyone was sitting around Vin, they looked up and greeted her.
"How is Vin today?" Buck asked.
"Well, good news is that his lung is improving. Which means that in a few days time he can be taken off life support, his bone and hip are improving. Still going to take a while, but things are looking up," Jean said.
"And the coma thing?" JD asked.
"No improvement there," Jean said sadly.
"And his spine?" Nathan asked.
"While, the swelling is coming down, but it's still going to be a while," Jean explained.
"But he is improving?" Buck asked.
"Yip,"
Jean did a quick check, looking at the monitors, tubes, blood pressure, just to make sure everything was going well before leaving.
"What are we going to do Chris?" Josiah asked, referring to the work.
Before Chris could answer the door opened to reveal a man, in his late fifties, short grey hair, hard brown eyes, wearing a suit, came in. Followed by a woman, early thirties, beautiful blond hair with soft green eyes. She wore jeans with a very smart top.
"Judge, Mary," Buck greeted.
Director Orrin Travis, was their Director, the person who was in charge of the group. They called him, Judge, because it just seemed the right name to call him. His daughter, Mary, was a reporter who often helped the team with tips, not to mention that she had a crush on Chris.
"Boys," Travis greeted.
"What can I do for you Judge?" Chris asked.
"We wanted to see how Tanner is," Travis said as he looked at the figure on the bed.
"Oh, Vin," Mary said softly.
"What's wrong with him?" Travis asked.
"Lost a lung, kidney. Damage to his leg, his hip bone. Possibly his spine. What's worse, he's in a coma," Nathan filled him in.
Mary gasped as she moved closer to Vin. Travis just nodded.
"Look, I know you boys don't want to work right now. I moved your cases to the other teams, but I am afraid that some of you have to do paperwork," Travis said.
Everyone nodded.
"Right, see you at work," Travis said as he left.
Mary just carried on to look at Vin.
"He's going to be alright?" Mary asked.
"He just needs to wake up," Josiah said.
Mary nodded.
"I better go, I'll come back later," Mary said as she left.
When the seven were alone, they sat in silence.
"Josiah, will you take over for me?" Chris asked.
"Sure," Josiah answered.
Buck looked at Chris, knowing that Josiah was the best choice, anyway that meant more time to do nothing.
"See you after work," Buck said.
"Yeah," Chris answered.
Josiah, Buck, JD, Ezra and Nathan got up, and with a quick goodbye they left.
Chris turned his attention back to the figure on the bed.
"Come on, cowboy, you got to wake up. Please Vin, just wake up," Chris spoke as he held Vin's hand.
Grace came in a few hours later to see Chris fast a sleep on the chair next to Vin.
She smiled as she got closer to Vin, she quickly checked the equipment, changed the drip, and so on. Once she was finished she looked at the sleeping figure. She moved a piece of hair away from his face. She bend down and kissed Vin on the forehead.
"You better wake up now Vin, people are waiting to see your baby blues, not to mention to hear your witty jokes. And don't forget that Nettie will be back in two months time. So you better get a move on," Grace spoke.
The only response was the machines.
"Oh, Vin, why does this always happen to you? I swear your a trouble magnet, if it isn't gunshot wounds, or knife wounds then it's car crashes. I wonder if you do all this to make us all old. Good Lord, I'm not even fifty and I'm already turning grey. But you know what, it's all worth it," Grace said with a smile.
Chris lay there, listening to every word.
"Your special you know that. Your momma must be so proud. I had a son, he's with his dad now. Bet they are with your mom. My husband, David, he died when little Mathew was born. Mathew was the joy of my life. When he died, I died with him. A parent should never burry their child, the child should burry the parent," Grace stopped to wipe away the tears.
"Since that day, I never felt so dead inside. All that changed when you came in here. Your my family, you are everyone's family. So you better wake up, Mr Tanner, you got a lot of people who need you," Grace said.
She stroked his check, then kissed his forehead once more.
She got up and prepared to leave, before she did she turned around again.
"You tell anyone about this Larabee, and I'll kick your ass!" Grace ordered.
Chris looked up.
"How did you know?" he asked.
"David used to pretend to sleep when I was pregnant, just in case I ever needed something," Grace said.
"I did that with Sarah," Chris joked.
"So is this leader pelages, that they work, and you sit here?" Grace asked.
"Yip,"
"I better see you leaving this room for breaks. I don't need a monster in this hospital!" Grace ordered.
"You sure you aren't related to Nettie?" Chris asked.
"I'm sure," Grace said with a smile.
"Dam, but you two sure act the same," Chris teased.
"Well we have to, we have to look after your sorry backsides!" Grace joked.
"We that bad"
"Worse,"
Chris laughed as Grace left the room.
"Hear that Cowboy? us? bad?, naw, must be confused with some one else," Chris joked.
Again, the only response were the machines.
Chris signed, as he got comfortable.
Days went by, the other's would go to work then spend the rest of the time in the hospital room. Chris would venture out to quickly make a appearance at work, other than that he would be by Vin's side. Jean, Grace and Doctor Nel, were the only ones who visited more than anyone else.
Vin was improving, his hip was getting better, his leg was healing, they removed the life support and the straps. There were no complications with the removal of his kidney. His one lung was strong enough to support Vin. The swelling on his spine was going, and tests should that there was no permanent damage to it. All that was wrong, was that Vin still hadn't shown any signs of waking up.
Days turned into weeks, still no signs of waking up.
Five weeks after the crash, Vin was physically better, his leg and hip were almost healed, most of his cuts were fading. The swelling was completely gone. All what remained was for Vin to wake up.
Buck and the others went to Vin's room, to find Chris sitting by his bedside, holding Vin's hand.
"Dam," Buck said silently.
The other's nodded in agreement. They headed into the room.
"Hello Chris, how's Vin?" Buck asked as he sat down.
"Well, everything is almost healed. It's just up to Vin to wake up," Chris said happily.
Buck nodded his head.
Everyone got comfortable around Vin's bed.
"What do you think Vin's thinking about?" JD asked.
Buck laughed.
"What?" JD asked.
"Let me guess, it's either food, horses or the out doors," Buck joked.
"Brother Vin does seem to enjoy the outdoors," Josiah said with a smile.
"You think he knows that it's not real?" JD asked.
"No," a woman's soft voice filled the room.
Everyone jumped when they heard the un familiar voice. They turned around to see a beautiful woman in the door way. She had beautiful chocolate brown eyes, she was wearing black pants, with a white shirt. A beautiful necklace around her neck. Her brown hair was neatly tied up in a bun.
"Who are you?" Chris demanded.
"Someone who can help you," she said.
"Help us with what?" Buck asked.
"Your friend," she answered.
"What about him?" Josiah asked.
"I have a way to wake him up," she explained.
"How?" Nathan asked.
"All things shall be explained, but first I want to know if you, all of you, are willing to scarifies your mind, your soul, your sanity, maybe even your life, to save your brother?" she asked.
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Hee hee he, I just got this weird feeling that I better lock my doors, (hmm....I wonder why???).
Well, two chapters in one week- amazing. See, it's getting very interesting now. All things shall be explained in the next chapter- then all the fun shall begin. Yippy!
Sorry this is very interesting. Even I am excited. So I can't wait. And if you think you are excited to find out what is going to happen- same here. I just know the next three chapters-
Here's a quick peep to see what's expected:
While first the question is: are they going to accept the deal?
Is the woman really there for them, or does she have an evil agenda?
What is this mad thing that will wake Vin?
-But what I do know is that EVERYONE- (Nate, Ez, Josiah, Chris, Buck, Vin and JD!) will have to face their fears.
Interesting aint it. Yip, can't wait.
Hey if you guys have any idea on what fears everyone has- please name a few. I might not use all of them, but I could bring some ideas in, and I need help. I have a new ideas- but I still don't know. So help would be nice.
Anyway thanks to the people who reviewed.