Oh my! I actually sat down and wrote something! During chemistry I may add...heh heh!
Yeah...it sucks...really badly! I'm sorry about that...but hopefully once I can start writing again, I can get better...ha! Me? Better!
lol Well...we'll see about that...
This is just another one of those boring..."in the hospital explanation" chapters.
If my computer didn't delete the ending for this story, I could have been done by now!
So yeah...enough of my blabbering!
Thank you all for the great reviews, and here's the next chapter!
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Chapter 21
Rei's cat like ears twitched as the soft tapping of boots on a hard floor became louder.
Amber eyes shot open, and the teen was instantly awake. He stared at the entrance of the waiting area with anticipation as the foot steps got louder.
Suddenly, a tall man walked in, his dark ski contrasting sharply with the white lab coat. That coat gave him away as a doctor, and Rei jumped to his feet.
"How are they sir! Can we see them! What happened!" The usually calm teenager was bursting with worry and concern for his four friends.
All the commotion woke the others in the room, all had fallen asleep from the exhaustive search and rescue mission.
Mr. Dickinson rubbed his wrinkled eyes and positioned his glasses on the edge of his nose.
After a moment, he finally realized the doctor was in the room. He stood to his feet slowly, his body sore from the night spent in a hard chair.
"Are you Mr. Dickinson?" The doctor asked, his voice heavy with a Cuban accent.
"I am. Could you please tell us what's going on?" The elder placed a hand on the raven haired teen's shoulder and drew him back to his side.
"Well from what I have gathered from the coast guard, there was an explosion on a remote island in the Gulf of Mexico...and these children were caught in it?"
Both Rei and the elder nodded impatiently, already knowing this obvious information.
"Well Tyson and Kenny are being treated now for only minor injuries. Both have suffered few physical injuries and some smoke inhalation, but what caused the most damage to them was the recoil of that explosion. We expect them to make a full recovery within the week..."
"What about Kai and Hilary?" Rei asked after taking the latest information in.
"Oh yes...the girl had a broken arm, and though it had been treated before, the cast cracked slightly and now the bone is out of place again. We have been able to stabilize the arm, but she will have to be in a cast for quite awhile. Other than that, she didn't appear seriously injured either, and she'll be able to leave by the end of the week..."
The doctor took a long pause before continuing.
"Kai...despite what appeared to have happened to him, he is responding well to our treatment." He flipped through some papers on his clipboard.
"His ribs have multiple contusions to them, and his body had been depleted of resources. He has physically exhausted himself, and we haven't been able to awaken him. There is a slight chance he may go into a coma...but we aren't completely sure."
Max had walked up behind the elder and Rei during the doctor's explanation and now all three were in complete shock.
"Oh, one more thing...may I talk to Mr. Dickinson in private?"
The two teens glanced at the elder who dabbed at his forehead with a handkerchief.
With a nod, the BBA manager followed the doctor out of the waiting room and into another room with a row of lights behind glass lining the far wall.
The doctor closed the door after the elder entered and headed over to the far wall, pinning a flimsy sheet on the glass.
The light behind it illuminated the image, showing a clear picture of the skeletal system of the upper part of a young teen's back.
"This is the x-ray we took immediately after I noticed 2 prong like marks on Kai's upper back. There was also a ..."
"A brand...right?" The elder finished.
The doctor seemed shocked for a moment. "So you know?"
"Kai's had that mark for as long as I can remember...and this was there too..." The elder's wrinkled finger touched a certain spot on the x-ray where a small black object laid beneath the skin. It hovered dangerously above the spinal column.
"But we had it removed when he was a child...someone reinstalled it!"
"I wanted to talk to you before we did anything. We know this small chip was the cause of his exhaustion and a few internal injuries, but we aren't sure if it's detrimental to his future health."
"It was a chip used to keep him in line if he ever disobeyed...Kai's had a horrific past...and it seems that it is back to haunt him again."
The elder closed his eyes in reflection, remembering events from Kai's earlier years, and when he first appointed him captain in Japan.
"Sir?"
Mr. Dickinson snapped back to reality. "Please...remove it if you can...it will be a source of grief for him if it stays there."
The doctor nodded. "We will do what we can."
The two older men parted ways, and Mr. Dickinson returned to the two remaining teens, waiting anxiously for his return.
"A nurse came by and said she could take us to see everyone!" Max started, his voice somewhat elated.
"Want to come along?" Rei asked, smiling slightly.
"No...you boys go on ahead. I have some calls to make. A lot of people are worried." The elder returned the smile, hiding his stress and concern well.
"Okay Mr. Dickinson!"
With that, the two beybladers rushed after the nurse to see their friends
After a few minutes, the group came to a large room with two beds situated at opposite ends of the room.
A blue name plate on the door told everyone that both Tyson Granger, and Kenny were inside.
The nurse opened the door, allowing the two teens with her to enter.
"Ty...son!" Max exclaimed, bounding into the room.
"Shhh! Quiet please!" A nursed hushed, but it was no use trying to silence the energetic blonde and his best friend.
"Maxie!" Tyson hollered back as his friend embraced him in a gentle yet fierce hug.
"I swear we all thought the worst when we heard!"
"Yeah...heh..." Tyson smiled sheepishly.
"We thought the worst when we found out we were on that island!" Kenny added.
"We heard you two can get out of this place by the end of the week...I bet you're glad about that." Rei said, walking up next to his bed.
"Yeah...I guess...this mask thing they're making us wear is a pain in the..." Suddenly, the navy haired teen went into a coughing fit.
"Whoa!" Max patted him on the back. "Take it easy will ya?"
Slowly, Tyson regained his breath. "...but the food is good! And the nurses are really nice!" A faint blush appeared on his cheeks.
Rei sighed and place his palm to his forehead.
"Yeah...real nice!" Max snickered slightly, looking at a nurse as she passed by the room.
"Ugh...I'm going to see Hilary." Rei said
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Okay...I'm stopping here...only because I've lost the rest of the chapter heh heh.
So yeah...
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