Roughly three hours later Ramon was slumped in the chair by his bed, Gregory sat on the desk against the wall trying to keep his eyes awake through the boredom and Hector lolled against the wall dozing softly on the comfy thick carpet. Ramon had tried to get Gregory to wake Jack up earlier, but Gregory seemed to believe it was important he woke on his own. It would be hard enough for him to respond from his drug induced state naturally, and waking him up before his body was ready could cause problems. Ramon had been eager to wake him but agreed with the Doctor, that was why they had employed him after all, so he decided he should at least take his advice.
Jack slowly yawed, his eyes still shut before slowly opening them tiredly. He finally got them open and had to fight their urge to close again, so he gently rubbed at them with his hand to try keep them open. He held his arm over his eyes to try block out the lights glaring stare at them, they would take a while to adjust. He slowly looked around the room and saw Ramon waking Hector on the floor, and another man he didn't recognise approach him.
"How are you feeling Jack?" He asked, using an open question as a device to gauge his responses by.
Jack ignored his question and closed his eyes again, his eyelids happy to be back to the way they had become used to over the past few days. He spoke quietly and realised just how dry his mouth was as his voice croaked out.
"What's happening Ramon?"
He had to ask, his memory was still fuzzy and his mind drew a blank when he tried to remember what had happened after his talk with Tony in the hospital. Everything after that was gone.
Ramon walked over and smiled at Jack as he gently patted him on his shoulder.
"This is Gregory, he's a doctor who's going to be helping you. The hips going to be a big problem, so let him help you Jack." He had decided to add the last part on as he knew how Jack reacted to pain, and having someone help him around would not put him in a good mood, he'd probably try to refuse. But Ramon couldn't risk him hurting himself further, their star player was already on the bench, they could at least use him mind while he recovered, and that was the instrument they needed most of all now, given their new offer.
Ramon was surprised that Jack didn't argue about his new 'companion,' he just closed his eyes accepting the news.
"Can I get some water?" He croaked again, and Hector turned to leave the room as he asked. Jack watched him turn and leave before he closed his eyes again, he couldn't understand why he was so tired when he had been sleeping for the last God knows how long. When Hector returned with his glass of water he was already asleep, much to the brothers disappointment. The would have to wait.
Another shorty, I'll get the end eventually!