A/N: Okay, for those of you that are confused about the last chapter, with the injury and the Xbox thing, well, let me explain! In case you didn't read the chapter properly. The members of The Demons got bored with playing Xbox and what not, so they went out to the park for a while. And it stopped raining Carmen: THANK GOD! Me: Err, you're supposed to be in the hospital! Carmen: Point? Me: -.- never mind.. ANYWAY! And at the park, they stumbled across some show-off hot shots, one armed with a skateboard. Carmen pissed him off, he chucks the skateboard, you get the picture!

Chapter Eleven

Pain and Love

Tyson was complaining on their way to the hospital.

"Tyson! Will you stop complaining? We're doing this for Rei!" Hilary hissed.

"Well, as long as we're not doing this for Carmen, it's alright with me." Tyson said. Hilary scowled at him.

"Tyson, Ray loves Carmen. At least be nice to her." Kai said. Although Tyson didn't agree, they went to the hospital anyways. Rei was waiting with Alex and the others. Rei stood leaning against a wall, staring at the ceiling.

"Rei!" Hilary called. Rei jerked forward, then looked in the direction of Hilary's voice, spotting his team.

"You came!" he asked.

"Course." replied Max. A female doctor came from around the corner.

"Well, I err… Expected family, more than friends!" she said warmly. Alex looked up from a magazine, which she chucked aside as she walked up to the doctor.

"Well, she's a beyblader. Her family is back in England, I'm Alex." she said.

"Oh yes, bladers. We've seen them. I'm Doctor Paige, pleased to meet you!" the doctor said warmly again.

"She does indeed have an injured rib, nothing an operation can't fix. The BBA covers it, of course." said Dr. Paige. Alex's face still held a nervous look.

"Is… Is the injury bad?" she asked, remembering the incident in the park.

"Well, it wasn't any ordinary skateboard, to start off with," Dr Paige said, taking out the ex-rays., "it was a defence weapon. Second, two ribs are broken, any slight movement and there will be pain, a lot of it. The operation will have to wait until five thirty in the morning," she said, watching Alex check her wrist watch.

"But that's too long!" Alex stated.

"Yes, I know. That's the only thing, the operating room is only free at five thirty tomorrow morning. I'm very sorry." said the doctor. After the doctor walked away, Alex gave a long line of curses.

"That doctor is some kind of bitch, I'm telling you!" she hissed quietly.

"Carmen's going to be in pain for ten fucking hours unless she stays still! I hate that doctor! I'll be furious if she's the one operating." she added. As Alex carried on with her complaints about the bitchy doctor, they waited a bit longer.

"Well, I've made the beginning of a new song! I call it, "She's a Bitch." It goes: She's a bitch, a bitch, a really bitchy witch!" she sang. The others laughed, even Alex.

"Good one!" Aaron said. Alex gave a bit of a bow.

"Are you still working on the rest of the song, Alex?" Max asked. The redhead nodded.

"Yeah, I'm still thinking." she answered. As the night grew longer, they began to fall asleep. Then, Rei suddenly spoke.

"You guys go home and get some rest. I'll stay here." he said. Alex was about to protest, until Rei said that he insisted. Sandra shrugged.

"Alright, but we'll be back in the morning." Hilary said. Tyson shot her a look that read 'What! Are you insane!'

"Deal." Rei agreed. After they had left, Rei took a seat. The night seemed to be long and endless. Every now and then Rei looked up at the clock that hung on the wall.

"Five o'clock..." he muttered, then, fell asleep in his chair.

-X-

"Excuse me, young man. Excuse me?" Rei's eyes jerked open. Dr. Paige was standing by him, a warm smile plastered on her face.

"Oh, hi! Sorry.." he said.

"No no, don't be sorry. I take it you're here for Carmen Riley, right?" she asked.

"Yes! Yes, is she alright!" Rei asked, getting to his feet. Dr Paige nodded. Rei looked up at the clock, which read 10:30. Shit! It took that long, he thought.

"Right this way." said the doctor. Rei followed her. She lead him to Carmen's room.

"There you go. I'll be back in a couple hours." she said, then walked out. Ray sat beside the bed, looking at Carmen. Her hair was no longer the way it was when he last saw her, and her hazel eyes were closed. The IV was delicately taped to her skin on the inside of her left arm, just above the wrist. He couldn't bare to think about how much pain she was in before the operation. Ten hours...Ten long fucking hours, Rei thought.

Rei gently brushed the back of his hand against the side of Carmen's face. A slight moan escaped her lips, then her eyes started to open. A smile creased Rei's face.

"Wh..what? W-w-where am I?" she said softly. She didn't remember what happened earlier.

"Carmen." he softly called. She looked across at Rei. Her vision was a little out of focus, but not much.

"Rei?" she asked.

"It's me, Rei. You're at the hospital." he said.

"The hospital! Why in the-- Oh right, the skateboard. I remember now.." she said softly. She looked up at Rei.

"You'll be fine." he whispered to her. A slight smile crept across her face.

"Don't worry, you'll be fine." he said.

"I won't worry if you won't." said Carmen softly.

"It's my job to worry about you." Rei said. Carmen didn't say anything.

Rei stayed there for most of the morning. He couldn't leave, nor would he leave her there.

A/N: Okay, if you know the names of the members for Biovolt, PLEASE TELL ME! I have to know before one of my next chapters, and I need to know the names of the bit beasts too! I know there's Tala, and his bit beast is Wolborg, I'm not sure if that's the correct spelling or not. And there's Bryan, but I don't know his bit beast! ARG! So, could you please tell me in your review? Thanks!

- Carmen.