Disclaimer: Tala is a stud, Kai is a hottie. Beyblade belong not to me, ((sigh)) unfortunately.
A/N – I finally managed to update. I wanted to update before, but there was this whole mystery of the disappearing reviews, that at last, showed up. And I haven't been able to log in for two days, so, bummer.
As the Ice Breaks.
Part 5: Informing.
'This doesn't look good for the team,' Bruce thought as he sprinted along side the stretcher carrying the unconscious form of the BladeBreakers Captain. Poor kid. he looked morosely at Kai's pale face. 'What –' he looked closer and noticed his eyes slowly opening. "Kai." He put a hand on Kai's forehead.
Kai looked blankly at Bruce and he opened his mouth to say something, but not a sound came out.
"It's going to be ok, Kai. I'm Tyson's dad, Bruce." He smiled at the obviously confused kid.
Kai tried to turn his head away, but failed because he had a neck-brace on, and squeezed his eyes shut, starting to painfully gasp for air.
"Kai. Doctor, do something." He said to the doctor, motioning to distressed boy. The doctor replied him in Russian. "What? I don't understand. I –" he was cut off as the doctor wheeled Kai into the ER and he was prevented from following.
"Dad." Tyson ran up to his father with Max and Mr. Granger in tow. "Where's Kai?" he leaned on his knees in exhaustion.
"In the ER. We can't follow him because – Rei." He looked in surprise as they wheeled Rei past them and into the next room. "Stanley, what happened?"
"It seems that Rei has caught a worse case of hypothermia than we thought originally. Where is Kai?"
Bruce motioned to the room they were standing in front of.
"Oh, man." Tyson punched the wall with his fist. "This is not good. The tournament starts in less then a week, and we have two team member's down. Not to mention that Kai is hurt bad."
"Tyson." Kenny walked over to him.
"This is all Boris' fault. If he hadn't gotten Kai to join the Demolition Boys, this would have never happened."
"Calm down, Tyson." Bruce put a hand on his shoulder. "Let's go to the waiting room." Tyson nodded his head and followed slowly.
"By the way, what are you doing here anyway?" he looked at his father.
"Oh, yes. I almost forgot. Well, Mr. Dickinson called me and told me to come."
"Why?"
They continued walking and Bruce told them all about his work concerning ancient bit-beasts, about Boris and Voltaire and their plan to dominate the world if they won the world tournament. When he was done, they sat quietly in the waiting room, waiting for news about their friends.
"Excuse me." A female doctor walked into the room where they were waiting. "Are you here for a Mr. ..." she looked at the charts she was holding. "Rei Kon and a Mr. Kai Hiwatari?"
"Yes." They rushed to the nurse.
"How are they?" Tyson stuck his face into hers, startling her for a moment.
"Are they alright?" Max joined him, not giving the doctor any chance to answer.
"What happened." Kenny jumped up next to Max.
"Oh." She smiled. "One question at a time, boys." She replied with a Russian accent. "Let us see." She studied her chart. "I heard Mr. Kon jumped in a frozen lake after Mr. Hiwatari. That is a brave thing to do. Let's see ... Mr. Kon came in with a temperature of thirty-three degrees. That is four degrees below what it should be, meaning that he has caught, what we call, a moderate case of hypothermia. Fortunately it's till in the early stages, so he will recover completely in a few weeks. We just need to keep him dry and warm and feed him more carbohydrates and proteins to help in the natural heating of the body. He's still unconscious at the moment, but he should wake up in a hour or so."
The others sighed in relief. "What about Kai?"
She frowned a little. "I'm sorry to have to tell you this, but Mr. Hiwatari is doing so well. He's got severe hypothermia and a very bad head injury."
"Is he going to be alright?"
"With head injuries we cannot be too sure."
"But, can't you operate?"
"I'm afraid that an operation is not an advisable move." She took out an x-ray of Kai's head. "You see here." She used a pen to show the back of Kai's skull. "You can see the part of his brain swelling and a pushing against the base of his skull. This part of the brain is connected to his spinal cord. If we do the operation to reduce the swelling, even the slightest mistake can result in paralysis, permanent coma, brain damage or even death."
Sharp intakes of breath could be heard, but she continued.
"Head injuries are very hard to predict. We have done everything we can, all we can do now is to believe in him."
"But how is he doing now?" Mr. Dickinson seemed to have aged in just a couple of minutes. His face was lined with signs of distress.
"When he came in his body temperature was below thirty-one degrees, which alone is not a good sign. And due to the severe hypothermia he has, both his lungs had started to swell with liquid and it was making it hard for him to breath, so we were forced to intubate him. Fortunately, he has not suffered any spinal cord injury." She looked away suddenly, not having the heart to continue, but she did. "I'm sorry to say that because of the seriousness of his head injury and the lack of oxygen that was pumped to his brain, your friend has slipped into a coma."
"Oh my god." Mr. Dickinson whispered to himself, putting his head in his hands.
"We have managed to stabilize him at the moment and moved him to the ICU, but he is still in serious condition."
"When is he going to wake up? Is he going to be alright?"
"I cannot say. By right, I would have to say that the chance of him regaining consciousness is very, very slim. And even if he did, there is a big chance that he would not be the same person you know." She gave them a slight smile. "But I have been wrong before in cases like this. Like I said, head injuries are unpredictable. There are cases of head injuries more serious than this where the patient walked away with nothing more than a mild headache. Don't lose hope, you have to believe in your friend." She tried to encourage them.
The group sat there in silence at hearing the news. It was Tyson who finally broke the silence.
"Can we see him?" Tyson looked at her pleadingly.
"You can visit Mr. Kon." She looked apologetically at him. "but, I'm sorry, the rules state that only immediate family members are allowed to visit in the ICU."
"But we're his family. He's our family ... please." Tyson looked at her with tears in his eyes.
"Alright." She smiled. "But only one person at a time, ok."
"Thank you, Doctor ... " Mr. Dickinson looked at her baffled, not knowing her name.
"Kyznetsov. Olga Kyznetsov."
"Thank you, Doctor Kyz – Kaz –" Max stuttered while trying to say her name.
"Just call me Olga." She smiled at Max.
"Ok, Dr. Olga. Oh yeah, I just want to say that you speak very good English."
"Why, thank you."
"I'm Max. This is Tyson and Kenny aka the Chief."
"Hello boys. Well, you see Max, I studied in a Medical school in America under a Doctor Luca Kovac." She looked away dreamily and blushed. "He is a very good looking man."
The others snickered at the obviously smitten doctor.
"Well, I have to take my leave now, I have other patients to attend to. I will check up on Mr. Hiwatari soon." Dr. Olga stood up, not realizing she had taken a seat in the first place. "See you."
"Thank you doctor, for all your help." Mr. Dickinson offered his hand.
"It is my pleasure. Good bye." She walked out of the room leaving the occupants to decide.
"So, who'll go first?" Kenny asked the others.
End Part 5.
Who do you think should go first? Max? Tyson? Stan D.? I don't like Kenny, so he won't be nominated, sorry to all those Kenny fans out there. I can't help it; I really hate his whiny voice. What do you think of Dr. Olga? Don't worry she won't be an unwanted Mary-sue.
By the way, I am not, never was and have no plan of ever going to be a doctor. The stuff she said was just made up, but I did research the hypothermia stuff. I hope they sound believable, and how 'bout that Doctor Luca Kovac thing? Review! o
Thanks:
Ruth4Kai, LadyofAnime (Poor Kai, even if he doesn't die, he will be scared for life. I will be off to find a hiding place now.), Leenaren, Ducky76, Darkwolf88, Yoink Daydurfruits, Acey1 (I'll hold you to that.), Jillian (None of the above; I'm Asian.), Mikin Ishida (it's beautiful, just so you know.), Trinity the Phoenix, Curtis Zidane Ziraa (I'll second that.), Dawn35.
And from chapter three:
Lefty, ToMaTo, Mikin Ishida, Kaya (Me too, but Rei is cold, Max was doing the compressions and I would not let Kenny's foul mouth within a hundred feet of Kai-sama. You wanna know something weirder? I don't even read humor, only some. My love would be for angst.) and Yoink Daydurfruits (I'm lazy too.)