Chapter 14 ladies and gents! Finally! Ack, finally I can get back to this.
I've been stuck in summer school and its been suckin up my whole summer. -.-
well, I still have a good month before school again. Eh, ill hafta make
the best of it.
-Recap of Chapter 13-
"Not now X'on." Hiei growled and turned to Kurama, eyes blazing mad and teeth gritted.
"You know I, as well as everybody else, only want to help and comfort you." Kurama said calmly.
"Well, that's nice of you Kurama but---" Ivil's voice started to waiver. "you can't do that because you've never given birth. You can't comfort me."
Ivil fell back onto her heels and put her hands on her knees, trying to keep her composure as silent tears fell onto her hands with lite splops. Hiei turned back to Sorin and Ivil and continued to caress her arm as he too started to silently cry. At this point he didn't care whether he was weak or not because his two kids were taken away from him because of Rolan.
X'on finished up on the person he was cleaning up and put a white sheet over 'im. He turned to face Hiei and Ivil and noticed that they were in tears. He hesitated to inform them of some information that may help ease the pain. While he debated, Kurama and Ivy came behind Ivil and Hiei and tried to help them up, but they refused to bust from the bedside and their tears seemed to flow without easing.
"Ivil, Hiei...." X'on spoke at last in a soft voice. "there might be some good news."
Ivil and Hiei looked up at X'on with tear-streaked faces as they tried to understand what he meant.
"What are you talking about X'on? What good news can make this any easier?" Ivil was somewhat hostile because she was distraught.
"While you guys were out cold, Haia was still fighting."
This puzzled Hiei and Ivil. Inside, Hiei was starting to get angry again because X'on wasn't coming straight out with what he had to say.
"Damn it X'on! Just say what you have to say and stop playing twenty questions!" Hiei burst out loud, teeth grit and chest rising up and down rapidly.
"Alright Hiei." X'on replied softly, understanding why Hiei exploded, not getting mad the slightest. "Haia's still alive.....well sort of."
Ivil looked like she was going to burst with emotion. She tried to stand up but her legs just wouldn't budge. Ivy looked for Ivil's crutches and handed them to her. She refused them. Hiei tried to offer them to her. Still she refused. She turned around, gripped the sheets on Hiei's bed, and slowly stood up.
"Where is she? How is she X'on?" Ivil's voice was weakened because her body was still recuperating. Hiei stood up as well, steadying himself so that he could stay balanced. He held onto Ivil so that she wouldn't fall forward and injure herself more.
"She's right were Talon is sitting, rubbing her hand. He's never left her side. He's watched over her and seen her constantly dipping in and out of the danger zone."
"Danger zone?" Hiei asked.
"Yes Hiei. Her soul's very badly damaged and her body's no better. Because she's still young, she's affected a lot faster than you two. Rolan knew this. He knew that if he got you two away from her and Sorin that he could easily destroy them. Tests have shown that the average demon should've been dead a long time ago but, in Haia's case, something or someone's trying to keep her alive. The medicine I've givin her is trying to stabilize her but it's not helping much."
"What about that special blue medicine that you gave me back during the Dark Tournament? Couldn't that help her?" Ivil was starting to regain some composure as she continued to ask questions.
"That medicine cant help in this case. That was for something completely different. That was to snap you out of the coma; Haia's way past the coma stage. She's lingering between life and death every second so it wouldn't do much good. If her brain or breathing stops completely, we won't be able to revive her."
"Why can't you just shock her to life?" Talon asked from the other end of the room, still stroking her hand and not breaking his gaze from the machine recording her vital signs.
"It's too dangerous. Her body's too damaged for me to risk it. I don't want her heart to stop or go into a deeper shock." X'on said in a slightly hopeless voice.
"Ivy, I think I will take those crutches now." Ivil said in an I'm-giving- in voice.
Ivy handed her the crutches as Hiei let go of her, sitting back onto his bed. Ivil walked softly, on the crutches, towards the bed that was on the right of Sorin's where X'on was still standing. She had a feeling it was Rolan and she wanted to see what he looked like. X'on lifted the cover from the face of the unknown person. Sure enough there was Rolan, short- layered ruby hair and glazed emerald eyes. As Ivil looked closer, she saw three deep arrow marks: two that went through his heart and one that went through his forehead.
"We've made sure that he was dead for sure this time. I shot him in the head and two bowsmen shot him through the heart. Those arrows went clean through the heart; it's in two pieces." Talon said from Haia's bedside, still not looking anywhere but the screen.
"Good. I'll have to give them metals. You as well."
"I didn't do it for the glory, Ivil. I did it for you and Haia."
"I know you didn't. I—"
Ivil got cut off as Haia's screen started to beep violently. Talon's eyes shook with shock as he watched the green lines start to sink low and high rapidly through out the danger zone.
"X'on! Get another pint of that medicine! She's starting to go under again!" Talon shouted as X'on jumped over to the wall and grabbed a medicine bag containing a thick emerald liquid. Ivil's heart, as well as everybody elses start to beat faster; a look of horror came across her face as she turned pale. She tried to jump over to Haia but as soon as she tried, her legs snapped.
"Dah!" Ivil cringed at the enormous pain as Kurama and Ivy scramble to get Ivil up into a wheelchair and get her over to Haia's left side. Hiei used Ivil's crutches to get over to his wife who was in intense pain.
"Honey...." Hiei didn't know what to do in a situation like this. X'on had finished hooking up the thick emerald liquid to Haia. He noticed Ivil's legs were broken and quick as a flash put then both in heavy casts and gave her a heavy dose of a pain killer; then all sights were turned to Haia, the screen still rapidly increasing and decreasing. Ivil grabbed for Haia's left hand (since Talon was holding her right) and squeezed it tightly.
"Sweetie......hold on. You've got my strength and your father's courage. Please.....baby...."
R&R please!!!!
-Recap of Chapter 13-
"Not now X'on." Hiei growled and turned to Kurama, eyes blazing mad and teeth gritted.
"You know I, as well as everybody else, only want to help and comfort you." Kurama said calmly.
"Well, that's nice of you Kurama but---" Ivil's voice started to waiver. "you can't do that because you've never given birth. You can't comfort me."
Ivil fell back onto her heels and put her hands on her knees, trying to keep her composure as silent tears fell onto her hands with lite splops. Hiei turned back to Sorin and Ivil and continued to caress her arm as he too started to silently cry. At this point he didn't care whether he was weak or not because his two kids were taken away from him because of Rolan.
X'on finished up on the person he was cleaning up and put a white sheet over 'im. He turned to face Hiei and Ivil and noticed that they were in tears. He hesitated to inform them of some information that may help ease the pain. While he debated, Kurama and Ivy came behind Ivil and Hiei and tried to help them up, but they refused to bust from the bedside and their tears seemed to flow without easing.
"Ivil, Hiei...." X'on spoke at last in a soft voice. "there might be some good news."
Ivil and Hiei looked up at X'on with tear-streaked faces as they tried to understand what he meant.
"What are you talking about X'on? What good news can make this any easier?" Ivil was somewhat hostile because she was distraught.
"While you guys were out cold, Haia was still fighting."
This puzzled Hiei and Ivil. Inside, Hiei was starting to get angry again because X'on wasn't coming straight out with what he had to say.
"Damn it X'on! Just say what you have to say and stop playing twenty questions!" Hiei burst out loud, teeth grit and chest rising up and down rapidly.
"Alright Hiei." X'on replied softly, understanding why Hiei exploded, not getting mad the slightest. "Haia's still alive.....well sort of."
Ivil looked like she was going to burst with emotion. She tried to stand up but her legs just wouldn't budge. Ivy looked for Ivil's crutches and handed them to her. She refused them. Hiei tried to offer them to her. Still she refused. She turned around, gripped the sheets on Hiei's bed, and slowly stood up.
"Where is she? How is she X'on?" Ivil's voice was weakened because her body was still recuperating. Hiei stood up as well, steadying himself so that he could stay balanced. He held onto Ivil so that she wouldn't fall forward and injure herself more.
"She's right were Talon is sitting, rubbing her hand. He's never left her side. He's watched over her and seen her constantly dipping in and out of the danger zone."
"Danger zone?" Hiei asked.
"Yes Hiei. Her soul's very badly damaged and her body's no better. Because she's still young, she's affected a lot faster than you two. Rolan knew this. He knew that if he got you two away from her and Sorin that he could easily destroy them. Tests have shown that the average demon should've been dead a long time ago but, in Haia's case, something or someone's trying to keep her alive. The medicine I've givin her is trying to stabilize her but it's not helping much."
"What about that special blue medicine that you gave me back during the Dark Tournament? Couldn't that help her?" Ivil was starting to regain some composure as she continued to ask questions.
"That medicine cant help in this case. That was for something completely different. That was to snap you out of the coma; Haia's way past the coma stage. She's lingering between life and death every second so it wouldn't do much good. If her brain or breathing stops completely, we won't be able to revive her."
"Why can't you just shock her to life?" Talon asked from the other end of the room, still stroking her hand and not breaking his gaze from the machine recording her vital signs.
"It's too dangerous. Her body's too damaged for me to risk it. I don't want her heart to stop or go into a deeper shock." X'on said in a slightly hopeless voice.
"Ivy, I think I will take those crutches now." Ivil said in an I'm-giving- in voice.
Ivy handed her the crutches as Hiei let go of her, sitting back onto his bed. Ivil walked softly, on the crutches, towards the bed that was on the right of Sorin's where X'on was still standing. She had a feeling it was Rolan and she wanted to see what he looked like. X'on lifted the cover from the face of the unknown person. Sure enough there was Rolan, short- layered ruby hair and glazed emerald eyes. As Ivil looked closer, she saw three deep arrow marks: two that went through his heart and one that went through his forehead.
"We've made sure that he was dead for sure this time. I shot him in the head and two bowsmen shot him through the heart. Those arrows went clean through the heart; it's in two pieces." Talon said from Haia's bedside, still not looking anywhere but the screen.
"Good. I'll have to give them metals. You as well."
"I didn't do it for the glory, Ivil. I did it for you and Haia."
"I know you didn't. I—"
Ivil got cut off as Haia's screen started to beep violently. Talon's eyes shook with shock as he watched the green lines start to sink low and high rapidly through out the danger zone.
"X'on! Get another pint of that medicine! She's starting to go under again!" Talon shouted as X'on jumped over to the wall and grabbed a medicine bag containing a thick emerald liquid. Ivil's heart, as well as everybody elses start to beat faster; a look of horror came across her face as she turned pale. She tried to jump over to Haia but as soon as she tried, her legs snapped.
"Dah!" Ivil cringed at the enormous pain as Kurama and Ivy scramble to get Ivil up into a wheelchair and get her over to Haia's left side. Hiei used Ivil's crutches to get over to his wife who was in intense pain.
"Honey...." Hiei didn't know what to do in a situation like this. X'on had finished hooking up the thick emerald liquid to Haia. He noticed Ivil's legs were broken and quick as a flash put then both in heavy casts and gave her a heavy dose of a pain killer; then all sights were turned to Haia, the screen still rapidly increasing and decreasing. Ivil grabbed for Haia's left hand (since Talon was holding her right) and squeezed it tightly.
"Sweetie......hold on. You've got my strength and your father's courage. Please.....baby...."
R&R please!!!!