Chapter 16: Jacks' State of Being
Michelle had come to the hostipal as soon as she could to find Tony sitting in one of the chairs of the waiting room. It had been 4 hours since Tony had called her and now she had just arrived. She walked up to Tony and sat down next to him putting her hand on his back.
"Hey Michelle..." He said, his tone thick with exhaustion, it must have been a rough last few hours for him, Michelle thought. He looked to Michelle. Michelle smiled weakly as she pulled him in for a hug. They held each other for a few minutes, not saying anything.
They were interupted with someone clearing their throat to get Tony and Michelles attention. They looked up to see a doctor standing infront of them holding a clip board.
"You were the one that found Mr. Bauer?" He asked looking at Tony. Tony nodded and stood up with Michelle still holding onto him.
"How is he?" Michelle asked, obviously worried.
"He suffered a few more cuts, the worst of them was the one on his neck, we had to intibate him so he could breathe easily. He had also been stabbed by a pretty big knife we suspect in the adobmen area which caused some hemoraging, and internal bleeding. He has been taken up to surgery to fix that up. And by the looks of it he had been outside for a couple hours which only made his condition worse, he has gotten really sick. We had to put some cooling packs on him to keep his temperature from going to a dangerous level. I am almost certain if you didnt find him when you did he propably would have died" The doctor explained.
'How long will the surgery take?" Tony asked in a quiet voice.
"If everything goes well an hour and a half give or take" The doctor said. "Let me take you up to the surgery's waiting room" The doctor lead them both up 2 levels of the hostipal into another waiting room. This one was alot smaller. There were only a few chairs in this one, alot more comfortable looking chairs. Tony and Michelle sat down as the doctor left them alone.
2 hours later...
Tony had just nearly fallen asleep resting his head on Michelles' shoulder as she was looking at magazines when the doctor came in. Tony was alerted as he heard the door open, he stood up instantly.
"The surgery was a success, we just moved him to recovery now" The surgeon smiled. "Let me take you to his room" The surgeon lead them to another ICU room that was similar to the old one, but in the opposite direction of the other one. Tony went in first followed by Michelle then the surgeon.
Jack was resting peacefully, the tube was still sticking out of his mouth, and the machines from before he ran off were the same as they are now. They had put some heavy restraints on his wrists though and also on his ankles, he wouldnt get out of these.
"He has to have restraints on, the police officers here said so, and they want to ask him a few questions when he comes around" The surgeon stated.