Title: Destiny Reborn
Author: Queen Serenity
Fandom: Labyrinth
Chapter: Five – Comatose
It was confirmed. Sarah JoAnn Williams was in a coma.
When the ambulance had brought her in, the ER doctors had done what they could. They had stopped the internal bleeding, among other things.
The doctor went out to the waiting room to give the family the news. "We have her stabilized, Mr. and Mrs. Williams, but I regret to say that she's slipped into a coma, having sustained a head injury. We have no way of saying when or even if she'll wake up. I'm sorry."
Henry Williams nodded. The poor man looked stressed. "Thank you, Doctor. Can I go in and see her?"
"Sure."
Karen stayed in the waiting room when the man went to see his daughter. When he saw her, laying broken and battered in the bed before, he could feel his heart break. Instantly, he felt pangs of regret for how he'd been treating her lately, and hoped that she'd pull through this so that he could apologize.
A little later, when he returned to Karen, he found the woman going through the contacts list on her cell phone. "What are you doing?" he asked.
She didn't look up from her task. "Huh? Oh, I'm trying to find the name of that girl who watched Toby that one night Sarah had that thing at school."
"…Why?"
"Well, obviously your daughter won't be able to watch him when we go out to dinner, so I've got to find someone else who can."
The look he gave her was incredulous. "Please tell me you're kidding."
She looked up finally. "Huh? About what?"
He shook his head. "I can't believe you thought we'd still be going out. The only place I'll be tonight is at home by the phone, waiting to hear if there's any changes in my daughter."
Karen glowered at her husband, but said nothing; she had a feeling she'd not win this battle.
