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I can't believe I went to law school for this (jk).

Chapter 16: E. R

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"Get me an IV…" a man ordered.

"Who's this?" a woman asked.

"The school gave us, ahh… Daniel Fenton…" he answered.

"What are the injuries?" she asked.

"One puncture wounds to the shoulder, some bruised ribs, and a gash across his chest…"

"How long do you estimatethat to be?"

"'Bout two inches and a half, three inches…"

"And the girl?"

"She's gone doctor…"

"Oh… Does she have any family?"

"No. Her mother and brother are deceased, and we can't get a hold of her father. It's as if he up and disappeared…"

"So absolutely no family?"

"Only one in Japan. We don't know any contact right now…"

"Shh, he's waking up…"

Danny's eyes were heavy. His eyes were made of stone. But he did hear the voices of a man and a woman, both a mile away. The light hit his sensitive eyes. The light was blinding to him, and he shaded his eyes from the powerful rays as the sound of people bustling surrounded him.

"Mr. Fenton, can you hear me?" the doctor asked.

"Dn cll m Mr. Fntn, pls" Danny garbled incoherently.

"Okaaaay… How're you feeling?" she asked ('-')

Danny was trying to recall what had happened. He was in a fight with the Black Priestess, everyone had known who he truly was, she attempted to kill him, then…

"Oh my gosh, where's Ri?" Danny asked suddenly, bolting up from the hospitable bed. Pain shot up and down his stomach, causing him tocringe inpain. He wrapped his right arm around his stomach to ease the pressure.

"Please don't do that!" the doctor cried. "You're wounded very badly and we don't need anymore on you!"

"Where's Ri?" Danny asked again.

"Who?" she asked. "Mark" she whispered to the man standing beside her. "Go ahead and go. Try to contact his parents."

"That has already been done" Mark responded.

"Thank you." Mark left, leaving Danny and the doctor alone.

"Who are you?" Danny asked.

"Oh, sorry. I'm Doctor Mercy Regent. I know, it's a weird name for a doctor. I'm suppose to give people what my name means, but yeah." Mercy was a young, pretty lady. She had mahogany colored hair and a slight tan tone to her skin. She had Dark brown eyes that had a welcoming warmth to them. Danny was put at ease, even though she was more nervous to talk to him than he was.

"Where's Ri?" he asked again.

"Who's Ri?" she asked.

"Ama."

"Uh, -sigh-" she breathed, walking over to Danny and sitting on the foot of the bed.

"Danny, I don't know how to tell you this, but, she's gone."

"Oh." Danny hung his head. Even though he already knew it, it still hurt to hear it.

"We did our best, but we lost her just a few minutes ago."

"What do you mean 'just a few minutes ago'?" he asked.

"She was barely alive when you had her. If we would have gotten her medical attention sooner, we probably could have saved her. I'm sorry Daniel."

"Go ahead and call me Danny. Like it really matters now" he mumbled.

"Daniel, ugh, Danny, there's nothing you could have done. No one in the school remembers what happened that morning. No one can tell us what happened or how you and Ruri got so badly wounded. At this point, it's an opencase and we can't do anything but assume. Don't beat yourself up about it. It's not your fault" she said trying to comfort him.

"Yes it is" he though a little too loud.

"No, it's not" she replied.

"Then why does it feel like it is?" he asked.

"It's because you couldn't do anything to stop it. The team tried with all of their power to save her, but we couldn't do anything. We have to feel that pain every day, whether it's diagnosing some bad ailment or not being able to save a child's life like your friend's. And as much as I'm grieving for her death, I can't just let that stop me from doing my job. If me and all of the other doctors and nurses quit our jobs and curled up in the feidal possition because we couldn't handle it, your friend would've still died, but she wouldn't have even had a chance to live. Yes, we couldn't save her, but we tried. That's the only thing we have to cheer ourselves up. We tried."

Danny thought. She was right. It really wasn't his fault. He couldn't stop it. He couldn't stop Ri from dying. He couldn't save her, but he tried. That was the most important thing. He tried.

"Danny?" she asked slowly.

"Hmm?" he nodded.

"While trying to revive Ri, we, ah... found... something on her arm and I was wondering if... you.. knew anything about it."

"Which arm?" Danny asked.

"Let me see" she said, arms out in front of her, but elbows still adjacent to her hip. "It was the one with the sleeve, so it would be her… left arm" she remembered.

"What was it?" Danny asked cautiously.

"It was a deep gash about six inches in length and an inch in depth. And there was another one. It looked like an m, but it had a line through it going horizontally, so it looked like two a's (o-O). I was curious if you knew where she got such peculiar cuts."

"I didn't even know she had those" Danny glared.

"Sorry, I wasn't sure. I'm not very good at talking to teenagers. I can work miracles on people, but I can't talk to them. Like now, I usually just start talking and I can't stop myself."

"Dr. Regent?" Danny interrupted.

"What?"

"Thanks" he said.

"For what?" she asked.

"For cheering me up."

"Oh, no problem. Aside from saving people, I need to cheer them up too."

"DANNY!!" a shout came from the doorway. Danny's parents had just arrived and they rushed over to their son who was sitting on the hospital bed.

"Are you okay?" Maddie asked, embracing him.

"Was there a ghost involved?!" Jack asked like an idiot.

""Uh-"Danny started.

"Mr. Fenton, if a ghost was involved, your son wouldn't need a doctor, he'd need a priest. Now if I'm not mistaken, your son is not possessed by the devil, spewing ectoplasm, or making weird noises. He seems perfectly fine. Just some odd injuries, but that shall heal up just fine with some stitches and rest" Dr. Regent said.

"Who are you?" Jack glared, asking threateningly.

"Sorry, I'm Dr. Mercy Regent." She extended her hand as if to shake their hand. But the lack of response drew the hand back behind her neck. "Well now" she squeaked. "If you follow me, I'll show you what needs to be done." They followed Dr. Regent out of the room, leaving Danny alone.

Danny heaved a sigh and flopped down back on the bed. A jolt of pain shot down his spine, but it wasn't that noticeable. At that point, all he wanted to do was sleep. He looked at the clock that hung over the entrance door.

2:19

Great, he thought. I missed half the day. Oh well. I'd rather miss half the day in the emergency room than having to stay at school and her everyone talking about- Danny couldn't get himself to think of it. He closed his eyes and just laid there.

"Danny?" a voice called from the entrance. Danny opened his eyes and looked towards the door. Tuck and Sam were standing in the entrance.

"Caaaan we come in?" Tucker asked.

"I give you permission" Danny said. Tuck pulled up the chair that sat next to Danny's bed while Sam took a seat on the vacant bed neighboring his.

"Why are you guys here so early?" Danny asked.

"After the… incident… school let out early" Sam answered.

"So, how're you feeling?" Tuck asked.

"Fine, I guess. I feel so mortified that I had to be sent to the hospital. What happened?" he asked.

"Well, one of the teachers, I think it was Ms. Santana, went to call 911. Mr. Lacer took control and rounded everyone into the auditorium again. Jazz got to stay out and me and Sam kinda stayed and watched. They loaded you onto a stretcher and they did the same with Ri. We all had to go back into the auditorium as he didn't explain anything that was true. For some reason, the four of us didn't loose our memories. We saw Kelsie. She was just standing there, staring at us. It was really creepy" Tuck explained to Danny.

"Guys, what happened? I remember that she was telling me it was my fault that Ri died, then I wake up inside this orb of lightning, burning my skin off" Danny asked.

"Y-you mean, y-you don't remember?" Sam asked fearfully.

"Not during that point."

"Well-" they began.

At that moment, Mark came back with a tray.

"Hey," he said to Sam and Tuck. "You guys need to leave. You're lucky I don't call security on you for being in here without any supervision. I won't say anything if you leave. You can come back later, okay?"

"Fine" both answered. They got up and waved to Danny. "See ya layer."

Danny looked at the tray to see some odd things he had never seen before.

"What's that for" he asked.

"Just for stitches" Mark answered. "Nothing to be afraid of."

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That was one bad chapter yes it was!! You could almost hear the people snoring, and see that I am boring all of those who read this fic, with all my words, just to tell about my now dead teenage girl. That was one! Yes it was! That was one bad chapter yes it was!!

-"One Good Christmas", One Good Christmas

Signing Off!!!

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