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Friends forever…right?

Chapter- 8 Aftermath

The doors to the hospital burst open as countless nurses and paramedics rushed Danny into E.R with Sam and Tucker running behind.

"What've we got here?" A nurse asked joining them out of nowhere.

"Severe head trauma, multiple stab wounds and lacerations; some possibly broken and dislocated bones. Frankly a mess, this kid should be dead." A paramedic answered as they ran.

"Pulse? Respiration's?" she asked again, taking a closer look at Danny's wounds.

"Pulse, 40, it seemed to be alternating between stopping and starting. Respiration's 10 we had to bag him to keep him breathing at all." The paramedic replied as the gurney came to a sudden halt.

"We've got it from here." The nurse ordered and with that the 3 paramedics that had wheeled Danny in left through the E.R doors running off to the next emergency. Sam and Tucker stood spellbound in the doorway watching them work on Danny.

"BP?" a nurse shouted?

"57 over 40" another nurse responded.

"Page Doctor Sullivan and call up and get the O.R ready we've got a good chance of internal bleeding here." The nurse ordered as she started another I.V in Danny's arm. Continuing to work one nurse finally paused when she noticed Sam and Tucker in the room, looking as though they were terrified. Taking off her gloves and mask she walked over to them trying to smile.

"Are you this young man's friends?" she asked politely. Tucker and Sam nodded, lost for words.

"And what do you call him?" she asked, still as polite as possible.

"D-Danny…" Sam answered, choking on her words.

"Alright then, I want you two to come with me, Danny will be fine but I need to get some information from you first." She replied, placing a hand on each of their shoulders and leading them out of the room. Once in the hallway she began to ask them his full name and what had happened. After they told her the story they had agreed on she left to call Danny's parents and in a matter of minutes they arrived at the hospital. Bursting through the doors came Danny's mom with Danny's Dad and Jazz following closely.

"W-what happened, you two?" She asked, panicking as she approached them.

"We all went to the movies but they were sold out, so we went to the park to hang out instead but when we got there we got mugged by a group of guys. Danny tried to stand up for us and they beat him the worse..." Tucker replied, trying to sound sincere.

"You three shouldn't have been at the park this late anyway! Amityville is not like it used to be when we were kids!" Danny's dad shouted.

"Mr. and Mrs. Fenton?" a voice interrupted. Pausing in their rant Danny's mom and dad looked up to find the Doctor standing right next to them in blue scrubs that were spotted with blood.

"I'm Dr. Sullivan, are you Danny Fenton's parents?" he asked, his expression one of grave concern.

"Y-yes that's us, can you tell us what's wrong with our son?!" Maddie beckoned tears welling up in her eyes.

"Is it all right to inform you it in front of the children?" he asked, turning his gaze to Tucker, Sam and Jazz.

"Yes its fine." Maddie answered.

"Alright, your son has sustained severe multiple concussions first off. There wasn't any internal bleeding nor brain injury that we can see just yet, which is a miracle, but he probably won't be waking up for a while. He has a dislocated shoulder, a broken arm, and almost all of his ribs are broken as well. He has multiple lacerations and an especially long one leading from his shoulder to the middle of his chest, deep stab wounds in both of his wrists and has been impaled in his abdomen. We had to surgically stop the bleeding. I must admit, Mr. and Mrs. Fenton that in my 20 years of practicing medicine, I have never seen anyone survive the kind of beating that your son has taken. I am not a religious man, nor ever have been but this case has led me to believe in miracles." Maddie and Jack stood speechless, in disbelief at the doctor's words. Finally Jack spoke up.

"When can we see him?" he asked holding Maddie close.

"Anytime you wish, we just got him stabilized a few moments ago. He's in the intensive care unit located on the 2nd floor in room 2301." Jack and Maddie nodded.

"If you need anything or have anymore questions, ask a nurse to page me. I warn you Mr. and Mrs. Fenton, your son is not out of the woods yet; his injuries still pose a threat to his life. Keep that in mind." With that he stalked back off into the ER Letting the doors swing behind him. They all paused for a moment and then finally Maddie spoke.

"Lets go, everyone." She ordered and with that they all headed to the elevator and up to the second floor. Once there they hurriedly walked down the long hallway looking for room 2301. After passing many rooms and the unhappy families that waited outside of them they finally reached Danny's room. A nurse was walking out as they arrived.

"Are you here to see Daniel Fenton?" She asked looking up from her clipboard.

"Yes, yes we are." Maddie replied sternly.

"Alright, 3 people a time please and try to keep the noise down." The nurse replied.

"We will." Maddie responded and with that the nurse walked away and down to the nurse's station. Maddie then turned to face Tucker, Sam and Jazz.

"Come on Jazz, let's go in. Tucker, Sam, you two wait out here, we won't be long, then it will be your turn." Tucker and Sam nodded then placed themselves in the two seats next to Danny's door. For a few moments they both sat quietly, unsure of what to say. Finally Sam spoke.

"Tucker…I'm not sure how long I will be able to stick to that story we told everyone. I am the cause of Danny's condition. I did this to him and I should take responsibility for it." Tucker shocked by her words, quickly became upset.

"Sam, how many times must we tell you that this is not your fault! Skulker had that thing possess you! You had no control whatsoever over your actions! You would never harm me or Danny. Have you forgotten the time that I wished for ghost powers and attacked Danny? They had made me evil and all I wished for was Danny's destruction, which I almost caused, but it wasn't my fault. Something was controlling me. When we are possessed we can't help what we say or do. Our actions are not our own anymore. Danny will pull through, you can count on that, but he needs you to be there for him, not wallow in your own pity." Sam grew quiet.

"I guess your right. Since when did you actually become a good source of advice?" Sam teased.

"Hey!" Tucker protested laughing at the same time Sam joining him.

"Man have you missed a lot in the last couple of days. Would you believe that Danny body slammed Dash?" Tucker asked, stifling his laughter.

"What? You have to be kidding me!" Sam argued, still laughing.

"No kidding! I was right there. He grabbed him by the ankle picked him up and slammed him right back into the ground like he was nothing. The whole school stopped what they were doing and stared."

"I can't believe that! Danny never stood up to Dash before, why now?" she asked confused but happy.

"I guess your advice finally sunk in. Remember you had been telling him he needed to stand up to Dash? I guess he just finally realized you were right." Tucker replied. Sam smiled sadly. Growing quiet once more, they continued to sit and watch the nurses and people that passed by. Tucker glanced at his watch it read 10:02pm. They had been waiting for over an hour. Yawning, he slinked back in his chair. He was beginning to feel tired, glancing over at Sam, he realized she had already gone to sleep. Closing his eyes, he quickly joined her.