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Chapter four
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Sally leaned forward in her seat nibbling on saltines. Wu Fei gently rubbed her back, "Do you want me to find a doctor for you?"
"No, thank you. There's nothing they'd be able to do anyway." She whispered miserably. "Nausea is just a part of it."
Wu Fei smiled, "I'm sorry." He pushed back some of her hair, "I can take you hope if you want."
"No, I want to be here when they wake up." Sally declined.
"I think you mean if, Dr. Po." A voice startled them.
Sally stood, as did Wu Fei, "Dr. Benson." She frowned. "You don't know those young men or Miss Relena. They will wake up."
"Dr. Po." He retorted, "You don't know the nature of their injuries. The only one that might wake up anytime soon will be the girl." He smirked, "The young men are going to remain as vegetables for the rest of their days, which for the blonde won't be for much longer."
"You bastard." Sally glared at the pompous doctor. "Have you no respect?" She glanced over her shoulder at the stunned faces of Wu Fei, Hiiro and Duo. The braided boy looked like he might fall over at any moment if Hiiro weren't supporting him. Wu Fei looked as if he were about to be sick himself. "How can you talk that way about a patient? In front of their family?"
"It comes quite easily, let me assure you." He sneered.
Sally was about to make a witty comeback when she gagged. With one hand covering her mouth and the other against her stomach, she fled to the nearest bathroom. The ragged sounds of hurling could be heard through the door. Wu Fei sighed.
"Couldn't take it, huh?" Dr. Benson smirked, walking down the hall. "She has no business being a doctor. What a weak woman."
Wu Fei's eyes flashed with fury. With quick strides, he caught up to the arrogant man and decked him in the face, "HOW DARE YOU!" he yelled. "SALLY IS THE STRONGEST OF ALL WOMEN! AND SHE IS A MUCH BETTER DOCTOR THAN YOU WILL EVER BE!" Hiiro and Duo ran up to them and pried their ranting friend loose. "Chang, knock it off." The Japanese boy warned.
"YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TELLING ME WHAT TO DO, YUI!" The Chinese boy snapped. Hiiro let go with a snarl, and stormed down the hall.
"This isn't going to help Sally or the others." Duo strained, pulling his friend back. "It's just going to get you arrested!"
"Wu Fei?" Sally whispered, coming out of the bathroom. She was pale and her body shook with shivers.
"Sally." Wu Fei frowned forgetting the cause of his rage and going to her. "Are you alright?"
"I think. I think I need to go home." She whispered, tears in her eyes. "I'm so sorry."
"Don't be, love. Don't be." Wu Fei sighed, drawing her in close and embracing her gently. He looked at Duo. "Find a different doctor other then that imbecile and find out what's going on. Call my cell if anything changes, good or bad."
"Hai, I will, don't worry." The braided boy nodded, "Feel better, Sally."
Weakly, she smiled, "I'll try, Duo."
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Hiiro kicked the wall, and then drove his fist deep into the red brick, cracking it. He could feel the bones in his hand break and the skin over his knuckles bleed. He stared at his hand for the longest time before pulling it away from the hard surface and cradling it in his good hand. Taking a deep breath, he fell against the wall and slid to a sitting position.
And that's how Duo found him an hour later. Sitting against the wall, cradling his bleeding hand, staring into nothing.
"Oi, man, what is up with you?" He asked flopping down next to his friend. "You and Wu-man seem to have it in for each other."
No response.
"So you don't want to talk about it." Duo shrugged, "But you can't sit here and get the hospital floor all bloody. I don't think they'd appreciate that."
Still no response.
"Oi. Earth to Hiiro." Duo frowned, snapping his fingers in the other boy's face. "Oh, come on, man. It can't be that bad."
"How are they?" the Japanese boy mumbled so quietly, Duo almost didn't hear him.
"Not good." Duo admitted, "But it's not as bad as what creep doc was saying."
"It's my fault."
"Nani?" Duo gapped, "Hiiro, how can you say that? You had nothing to do with this!"
"I told Relena I'd be there when she needed me.and I wasn't." Hiiro muttered, his Prussian eyes not lifting from his hand, "And because of that, Trowa wasn't there to protect Quatre and now all three of them are injured."
"It could have been all four of you." Duo pointed out, "I'm thankful that you weren't there." Hiiro looked up, sharply at the boy, confused. "I.I mean. HEY! You want to go see them?" He grinned and leapt to his feet, "The nice doctor said that we could!"
Hiiro found himself grinning up at the energetic boy, "Sure, Duo." He pulled himself up to his feet, grimacing as he put pressure on his hand.
"Great, but first, you have got to get that looked at." Duo frowned, "That is really gross, Hiiro."
"You've seen worse." The boy retorted, stoically.
Duo grinned, "So what'd-ja go'nd hit the wall for? I'm pretty sure it didn't do anything to you."
Hiiro glared at the floor. "No reason."
The braided boy shrugged, "So don't tell me, I couldn't care why you go and mangle your own body."
Hiiro's glare deepened.
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To be continued.
Chapter four
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Sally leaned forward in her seat nibbling on saltines. Wu Fei gently rubbed her back, "Do you want me to find a doctor for you?"
"No, thank you. There's nothing they'd be able to do anyway." She whispered miserably. "Nausea is just a part of it."
Wu Fei smiled, "I'm sorry." He pushed back some of her hair, "I can take you hope if you want."
"No, I want to be here when they wake up." Sally declined.
"I think you mean if, Dr. Po." A voice startled them.
Sally stood, as did Wu Fei, "Dr. Benson." She frowned. "You don't know those young men or Miss Relena. They will wake up."
"Dr. Po." He retorted, "You don't know the nature of their injuries. The only one that might wake up anytime soon will be the girl." He smirked, "The young men are going to remain as vegetables for the rest of their days, which for the blonde won't be for much longer."
"You bastard." Sally glared at the pompous doctor. "Have you no respect?" She glanced over her shoulder at the stunned faces of Wu Fei, Hiiro and Duo. The braided boy looked like he might fall over at any moment if Hiiro weren't supporting him. Wu Fei looked as if he were about to be sick himself. "How can you talk that way about a patient? In front of their family?"
"It comes quite easily, let me assure you." He sneered.
Sally was about to make a witty comeback when she gagged. With one hand covering her mouth and the other against her stomach, she fled to the nearest bathroom. The ragged sounds of hurling could be heard through the door. Wu Fei sighed.
"Couldn't take it, huh?" Dr. Benson smirked, walking down the hall. "She has no business being a doctor. What a weak woman."
Wu Fei's eyes flashed with fury. With quick strides, he caught up to the arrogant man and decked him in the face, "HOW DARE YOU!" he yelled. "SALLY IS THE STRONGEST OF ALL WOMEN! AND SHE IS A MUCH BETTER DOCTOR THAN YOU WILL EVER BE!" Hiiro and Duo ran up to them and pried their ranting friend loose. "Chang, knock it off." The Japanese boy warned.
"YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TELLING ME WHAT TO DO, YUI!" The Chinese boy snapped. Hiiro let go with a snarl, and stormed down the hall.
"This isn't going to help Sally or the others." Duo strained, pulling his friend back. "It's just going to get you arrested!"
"Wu Fei?" Sally whispered, coming out of the bathroom. She was pale and her body shook with shivers.
"Sally." Wu Fei frowned forgetting the cause of his rage and going to her. "Are you alright?"
"I think. I think I need to go home." She whispered, tears in her eyes. "I'm so sorry."
"Don't be, love. Don't be." Wu Fei sighed, drawing her in close and embracing her gently. He looked at Duo. "Find a different doctor other then that imbecile and find out what's going on. Call my cell if anything changes, good or bad."
"Hai, I will, don't worry." The braided boy nodded, "Feel better, Sally."
Weakly, she smiled, "I'll try, Duo."
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Hiiro kicked the wall, and then drove his fist deep into the red brick, cracking it. He could feel the bones in his hand break and the skin over his knuckles bleed. He stared at his hand for the longest time before pulling it away from the hard surface and cradling it in his good hand. Taking a deep breath, he fell against the wall and slid to a sitting position.
And that's how Duo found him an hour later. Sitting against the wall, cradling his bleeding hand, staring into nothing.
"Oi, man, what is up with you?" He asked flopping down next to his friend. "You and Wu-man seem to have it in for each other."
No response.
"So you don't want to talk about it." Duo shrugged, "But you can't sit here and get the hospital floor all bloody. I don't think they'd appreciate that."
Still no response.
"Oi. Earth to Hiiro." Duo frowned, snapping his fingers in the other boy's face. "Oh, come on, man. It can't be that bad."
"How are they?" the Japanese boy mumbled so quietly, Duo almost didn't hear him.
"Not good." Duo admitted, "But it's not as bad as what creep doc was saying."
"It's my fault."
"Nani?" Duo gapped, "Hiiro, how can you say that? You had nothing to do with this!"
"I told Relena I'd be there when she needed me.and I wasn't." Hiiro muttered, his Prussian eyes not lifting from his hand, "And because of that, Trowa wasn't there to protect Quatre and now all three of them are injured."
"It could have been all four of you." Duo pointed out, "I'm thankful that you weren't there." Hiiro looked up, sharply at the boy, confused. "I.I mean. HEY! You want to go see them?" He grinned and leapt to his feet, "The nice doctor said that we could!"
Hiiro found himself grinning up at the energetic boy, "Sure, Duo." He pulled himself up to his feet, grimacing as he put pressure on his hand.
"Great, but first, you have got to get that looked at." Duo frowned, "That is really gross, Hiiro."
"You've seen worse." The boy retorted, stoically.
Duo grinned, "So what'd-ja go'nd hit the wall for? I'm pretty sure it didn't do anything to you."
Hiiro glared at the floor. "No reason."
The braided boy shrugged, "So don't tell me, I couldn't care why you go and mangle your own body."
Hiiro's glare deepened.
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To be continued.