"Lona?" Chris approached her friend slowly, taking sight of the
situation, eyes widening slightly when it sank in that there was Mona
Klingerman sitting beside Lona, leaning against her side as if trying to
comfort her. Now how had.... She shook her head slowly. There would be
time later to figure out what might be going on with little Mona. Maybe
the results of Stegman's surgery on the girl had worn off? Chris reached
out, wrapping her arms around her sobbing friend, paying no attention to
the blood that was getting on her as well.
"What happened here?" A cop said as he stepped off the elevator followed by several more officers and Otto. The cop looked around at the blood and the now severed hand. It seemed like there was always something odd going on at Kingdom Hospital. Good thing he had already warned his buddies not to take him there should he ever need medical treatment.
"He came out of nowhere." Lona whispered as she raised her tear soaked face from Chris's shoulder for a moment. "Then Elmer knocked me down and there were these two loud pops." At this, she started to sob harder as it really sunk in what Elmer had done. He had saved her life and now..... No, he had to be okay! He just had to be!
"What happened to his hand?" another cop asked as he stared down at the hand for a moment before turning his attention to another approaching group of doctors. "Hey, think you can do something about him?
He bleeds to death and it's going to make the arrest a real toughie."
"I think Blondi might have done that." Chris added although she couldn't see for the life of her how Otto's dog could have severed the hand that neatly. It looked like it had been bitten off clean in one bite.
'Actually, Antubis did that.' Blondi moved off the nutcase's chest now, going over to join his friend in inspecting the hand. Maybe if they stuffed it into a vent for a few days they could get it smelling nice and ripe. Things were always more fun when they were in that condition.
"Blondi, you got to play with a heart, you know." Mary said as she stood and moved over to the two animals. "You don't need a hand to play with too. Otto has an entire basket of toys for you downstairs."
'And it's my hand anyway. I bit it off fair and square.' the anteater said as he scooped the hand up in his mouth and started down the hallway. 'Coming, Mary?'
"I have to get Mona back to her room, first." Mary said with a shake of her head as she approached her friend once more. "Come on, Mona.
Time to go." As she reached out a hand to lead her friend away, she leaned down and softly kissed Lona's forehead. "Elmer's going to be okay. I promise that I won't ring my bell for him."
Lona sighed softly as she felt something brush against her forehead, a warm, safe feeling washing over her for a moment before fear crept in to replace it once more.
"Come on, Lona. Let's go and get you cleaned up." Chris said gently as she extended a hand to help her friend to her feet.
"Louis." Lona murmured as she stood, swaying back against the wall momentarily. "I have to tell...." How could she tell him though, knowing how the news would break Louis's heart, how Elmer was the only thing that he had left and now..... And he had been hurt saving her too. She wouldn't blame Louis if he hated her forever for that.
"You can't tell Louis anything looking like you are." Chris said gently as she pointed to her friend's blood soaked clothes. "Let's get you cleaned up and then we can worry about what to tell Louis, okay?"
Lona slowly nodded, her mind going gradually numb as she let Chris lead her down the hall to the elevators that would take them to the female physicians' showers. How could this have happened? How could in such a short amount of time, could Elmer have been left fighting for his life and.... Tears started to run down her cheeks once more, Chris embracing her again as she sobbed. He had to be okay. Lona couldn't imagine what life would be like without Elmer in it.
"What happened here?" A cop said as he stepped off the elevator followed by several more officers and Otto. The cop looked around at the blood and the now severed hand. It seemed like there was always something odd going on at Kingdom Hospital. Good thing he had already warned his buddies not to take him there should he ever need medical treatment.
"He came out of nowhere." Lona whispered as she raised her tear soaked face from Chris's shoulder for a moment. "Then Elmer knocked me down and there were these two loud pops." At this, she started to sob harder as it really sunk in what Elmer had done. He had saved her life and now..... No, he had to be okay! He just had to be!
"What happened to his hand?" another cop asked as he stared down at the hand for a moment before turning his attention to another approaching group of doctors. "Hey, think you can do something about him?
He bleeds to death and it's going to make the arrest a real toughie."
"I think Blondi might have done that." Chris added although she couldn't see for the life of her how Otto's dog could have severed the hand that neatly. It looked like it had been bitten off clean in one bite.
'Actually, Antubis did that.' Blondi moved off the nutcase's chest now, going over to join his friend in inspecting the hand. Maybe if they stuffed it into a vent for a few days they could get it smelling nice and ripe. Things were always more fun when they were in that condition.
"Blondi, you got to play with a heart, you know." Mary said as she stood and moved over to the two animals. "You don't need a hand to play with too. Otto has an entire basket of toys for you downstairs."
'And it's my hand anyway. I bit it off fair and square.' the anteater said as he scooped the hand up in his mouth and started down the hallway. 'Coming, Mary?'
"I have to get Mona back to her room, first." Mary said with a shake of her head as she approached her friend once more. "Come on, Mona.
Time to go." As she reached out a hand to lead her friend away, she leaned down and softly kissed Lona's forehead. "Elmer's going to be okay. I promise that I won't ring my bell for him."
Lona sighed softly as she felt something brush against her forehead, a warm, safe feeling washing over her for a moment before fear crept in to replace it once more.
"Come on, Lona. Let's go and get you cleaned up." Chris said gently as she extended a hand to help her friend to her feet.
"Louis." Lona murmured as she stood, swaying back against the wall momentarily. "I have to tell...." How could she tell him though, knowing how the news would break Louis's heart, how Elmer was the only thing that he had left and now..... And he had been hurt saving her too. She wouldn't blame Louis if he hated her forever for that.
"You can't tell Louis anything looking like you are." Chris said gently as she pointed to her friend's blood soaked clothes. "Let's get you cleaned up and then we can worry about what to tell Louis, okay?"
Lona slowly nodded, her mind going gradually numb as she let Chris lead her down the hall to the elevators that would take them to the female physicians' showers. How could this have happened? How could in such a short amount of time, could Elmer have been left fighting for his life and.... Tears started to run down her cheeks once more, Chris embracing her again as she sobbed. He had to be okay. Lona couldn't imagine what life would be like without Elmer in it.