Louis started in shock as they reached the part of the corridor
that had been blocked by the earthquake. Okay, that anteater had said that
his son was okay but seeing all of that.... "Are you sure that Elmer's not
hurt?" He demanded anxiously as he looked from debris to anteater, worry
rapidly increasing. How could Elmer have escaped injury in an earthquake
bad enough to do that much damage and how in the world were they going to
get them dug out of there? This looked way worse than the first earthquake
that had collapsed part of the basement. And if Lona's was hurt....
'Oh, Elmer will be fine,' Antubis had to fight to keep from snickering too much as he thought of the situation with Elmer, Lona and that baby. He wondered if they had got around to checking and seeing the baby's sex yet. Probably not with how worried Elmer had been acting when he left. 'I'll go and let them know you're on the way.'
Eleanor vaguely nodded as the anteater disappeared through the debris before turning towards Johnny B. Goode. "Where is your wand, now?
This hospital is your responsibility!"
"Hey, Mona Klingerman took it. That's why I need to knock off early so I can see about getting a replacement." Johnny backed away a little as he spoke, heading for the stairs. "I really...."
"Then you can get back here and start removing this manually,"
Eleanor said as she moved forward and drug Johnny right back. "I am not my nephew who for some benighted reason seems to let you get away with doing no work whatsoever!"
"I think I'll help Antubis check on things," Lucretzia said as she started through the pile of debris herself. In her current, barely pulled together condition, she knew she would be unable to do much to help with clearing a path. And besides her concern for her friend's safety, she had to admit that she was curious what that anteater kept snickering about.
'Decided to come too?' Antubis asked as Lucretzia followed him down the hallway.
"I wanted to see what you seem to be finding so funny." Lucretzia said before calling out. "Michael! Where are you?"
"I think we can rest easy now," Michael said with a shake of his head. "Looks like someone finally got my colleagues here. Lucy, we're down this way!"
"Don't call me Lucy," she said with a frown as she came into the room followed by Antubis. "What in the world happened down here? Eleanor had to leave Poor Professor Flakey in charge of the school, you know."
"What happened is a long, long story, Lucy," Michael stood and walked over to the dark skinned witch, Mary following a bit behind him.
"Don't call me Lucy unless you want me to start calling you Mickey," Lucretzia said with a half frown just as she spotted Mary. She dropped to her knees on the floor in front of the little girl, drawing he into a hug. "Hello, Mary. You won't believe how happy I am to see you finally. Your brother and I have been looking for you for a very long time now." She smiles as she caught sight of Mona watching them, playing with the wand as she watched. "And you must be Mona. Come here, dear. Very,
very clever of you taking Johnny's wand."
"You still hold the roses against Johnny, don't you?" Michael said with a laugh as Mona came over. His eyes widened slightly as he caught sight of the second bell around her neck. He was going to have to have a talk with the anteater about that and what it meant, that was for sure.
"It took me two years to train those roses properly. Of course I'm still holding it against him. Now, what's going on down here? The anteater said something about some medical supplies being needed?"
While the two ghosts were talking, Antubis headed over to Lona and Elmer once again. 'Your father was looking for you, you know.' the anteater said with a soft snicker as he dropped to the ground, snuggling the bulk of his furry body against Lona. 'He seemed rather worried that you were squished by the earthquake or something so maybe he'll be understanding when he finds out what naughty things you've been up to.'
His father. Elmer shook his head slightly at the mention of his father. He had vaguely recalled that he was going to have to tell his dad about this but with the situation with Lona and how close he had come to loosing both her and the baby.... He felt a faint prickle of worry at the notion of announcing the happy news to his dad but he quickly forced that away. Why in the world would he need to be worried about giving his dad this news? Surely he would be thrilled about the baby! And maybe his dad could do something to help Lona? Elmer looked anxiously down at Lona's still pale face. Hook and Chris had an IV started running blood into her arm but he couldn't really detect any sort of change. She was just so pale and still. And her breathing, it was so weak. Could something be seriously wrong with her, maybe something from when that boy had attacked her?
"Ummm, how long will it take them to get in here?" Elmer asked as he looked up anxiously at first Hook and then the new ghost. He couldn't believe how calmly he was taking that ghost thing now. If anyone had asked him yesterday, he would have said he didn't believe in ghosts.
"Soon." Lucretzia said as she came over, suddenly realizing what the anteater had been snickering about when she caught sight of the baby although she didn't really know why that would be so funny. She frowned slightly ash she looked down at the woman's pale appearance and the amount of blood staining some of the blankets. "Do you need me to go back and tell them to bring anything?"
Hook paused for a moment. sharing a look with Chris as the both ran over in their minds what they might need before speaking. "Tell them to get another IV setup and the equipment to do a type and match," Hook said slowly. The O negative blood from the morgue would work for the moment but he would definately prefer to be able to get some properly matched blood into Lona as soon as possible.
"We need a OB kit too and some more blankets," Chris added. Sally and Natalie had found all of the clean blankets left in the lab that they could but Lona's skin still felt cold to the touch, almost unnaturally cold. Chris looked over at the baby in Elmer's arms as she spoke. She would have asked for them to bring an incubator for the little thing but she somehow doubted that they would persuade Elmer to put the baby down at this point.
"I'll tell them," Lucretzia said as she headed for the door once more. "Be right back." As she passed through the doorway, she turned with a teasing smile on her face to her friend. "Please try not to get lost again while I'm gone, Michael. I don't think Poor Professor Flakey can stand to spend much more time with the children."
'So, have you managed to figure out what gender you've got there yet?' Antubis looked up at Elmer before pressing himself tighter against Lona's side. She really was much colder than she should be.
Elmer looked down at the baby in his arms. He hadn't even thought about finding out if it was a boy or a girl until the anteater said something. He reached out to shift the blankets slightly but then he stopped himself. No, after what Lona had gone though she deserved to be the first one to find out what their baby was. "No, he said softly. Not until Lona wakes up. She deserves to know first." He whispered as he stared down into her pale face. She was going to wake up and be okay, she had to!
'Oh, Elmer will be fine,' Antubis had to fight to keep from snickering too much as he thought of the situation with Elmer, Lona and that baby. He wondered if they had got around to checking and seeing the baby's sex yet. Probably not with how worried Elmer had been acting when he left. 'I'll go and let them know you're on the way.'
Eleanor vaguely nodded as the anteater disappeared through the debris before turning towards Johnny B. Goode. "Where is your wand, now?
This hospital is your responsibility!"
"Hey, Mona Klingerman took it. That's why I need to knock off early so I can see about getting a replacement." Johnny backed away a little as he spoke, heading for the stairs. "I really...."
"Then you can get back here and start removing this manually,"
Eleanor said as she moved forward and drug Johnny right back. "I am not my nephew who for some benighted reason seems to let you get away with doing no work whatsoever!"
"I think I'll help Antubis check on things," Lucretzia said as she started through the pile of debris herself. In her current, barely pulled together condition, she knew she would be unable to do much to help with clearing a path. And besides her concern for her friend's safety, she had to admit that she was curious what that anteater kept snickering about.
'Decided to come too?' Antubis asked as Lucretzia followed him down the hallway.
"I wanted to see what you seem to be finding so funny." Lucretzia said before calling out. "Michael! Where are you?"
"I think we can rest easy now," Michael said with a shake of his head. "Looks like someone finally got my colleagues here. Lucy, we're down this way!"
"Don't call me Lucy," she said with a frown as she came into the room followed by Antubis. "What in the world happened down here? Eleanor had to leave Poor Professor Flakey in charge of the school, you know."
"What happened is a long, long story, Lucy," Michael stood and walked over to the dark skinned witch, Mary following a bit behind him.
"Don't call me Lucy unless you want me to start calling you Mickey," Lucretzia said with a half frown just as she spotted Mary. She dropped to her knees on the floor in front of the little girl, drawing he into a hug. "Hello, Mary. You won't believe how happy I am to see you finally. Your brother and I have been looking for you for a very long time now." She smiles as she caught sight of Mona watching them, playing with the wand as she watched. "And you must be Mona. Come here, dear. Very,
very clever of you taking Johnny's wand."
"You still hold the roses against Johnny, don't you?" Michael said with a laugh as Mona came over. His eyes widened slightly as he caught sight of the second bell around her neck. He was going to have to have a talk with the anteater about that and what it meant, that was for sure.
"It took me two years to train those roses properly. Of course I'm still holding it against him. Now, what's going on down here? The anteater said something about some medical supplies being needed?"
While the two ghosts were talking, Antubis headed over to Lona and Elmer once again. 'Your father was looking for you, you know.' the anteater said with a soft snicker as he dropped to the ground, snuggling the bulk of his furry body against Lona. 'He seemed rather worried that you were squished by the earthquake or something so maybe he'll be understanding when he finds out what naughty things you've been up to.'
His father. Elmer shook his head slightly at the mention of his father. He had vaguely recalled that he was going to have to tell his dad about this but with the situation with Lona and how close he had come to loosing both her and the baby.... He felt a faint prickle of worry at the notion of announcing the happy news to his dad but he quickly forced that away. Why in the world would he need to be worried about giving his dad this news? Surely he would be thrilled about the baby! And maybe his dad could do something to help Lona? Elmer looked anxiously down at Lona's still pale face. Hook and Chris had an IV started running blood into her arm but he couldn't really detect any sort of change. She was just so pale and still. And her breathing, it was so weak. Could something be seriously wrong with her, maybe something from when that boy had attacked her?
"Ummm, how long will it take them to get in here?" Elmer asked as he looked up anxiously at first Hook and then the new ghost. He couldn't believe how calmly he was taking that ghost thing now. If anyone had asked him yesterday, he would have said he didn't believe in ghosts.
"Soon." Lucretzia said as she came over, suddenly realizing what the anteater had been snickering about when she caught sight of the baby although she didn't really know why that would be so funny. She frowned slightly ash she looked down at the woman's pale appearance and the amount of blood staining some of the blankets. "Do you need me to go back and tell them to bring anything?"
Hook paused for a moment. sharing a look with Chris as the both ran over in their minds what they might need before speaking. "Tell them to get another IV setup and the equipment to do a type and match," Hook said slowly. The O negative blood from the morgue would work for the moment but he would definately prefer to be able to get some properly matched blood into Lona as soon as possible.
"We need a OB kit too and some more blankets," Chris added. Sally and Natalie had found all of the clean blankets left in the lab that they could but Lona's skin still felt cold to the touch, almost unnaturally cold. Chris looked over at the baby in Elmer's arms as she spoke. She would have asked for them to bring an incubator for the little thing but she somehow doubted that they would persuade Elmer to put the baby down at this point.
"I'll tell them," Lucretzia said as she headed for the door once more. "Be right back." As she passed through the doorway, she turned with a teasing smile on her face to her friend. "Please try not to get lost again while I'm gone, Michael. I don't think Poor Professor Flakey can stand to spend much more time with the children."
'So, have you managed to figure out what gender you've got there yet?' Antubis looked up at Elmer before pressing himself tighter against Lona's side. She really was much colder than she should be.
Elmer looked down at the baby in his arms. He hadn't even thought about finding out if it was a boy or a girl until the anteater said something. He reached out to shift the blankets slightly but then he stopped himself. No, after what Lona had gone though she deserved to be the first one to find out what their baby was. "No, he said softly. Not until Lona wakes up. She deserves to know first." He whispered as he stared down into her pale face. She was going to wake up and be okay, she had to!