Time As Always Time Chapter 22
"Time to eat, come and get it!" a teacher hollered over the noise of the students. "Pot luck so, eat what you can, only catch is that you got to wash your own plate, knife, spoon or fork."
At the picnic table under the tents, Davis, Saria, Kevin and Mina were seated together away from rest so they could talk. "Guys, don't you think someone will be suspicious of us?" Davis questioned uneasily in a whisper to them.
"Not if you act so tight like you," Kevin replied glaring at Davis.
Davis frowned at him, "Well excuse me if I have a little bit of a guilty conscious."
"Shh!" Saria replied putting finger to her lips. "Now if we are going to open that chest up, we will need some tools and were do we get the tools? We ask the teachers. But of course that will need a course of action."
"Like what?" Mina questioned as she finished her rice. "I mean we need to lie about what we will be actually using the tools for."
"We could always just use the rock." Kevin suggested.
"Right, let's try the rock first before we get the tools." Saria replied finished her dinner off as well.
Back home..
A doctor came out of the ER with word on Hikari's condition, "Mr. Ishida?" the doctor asked Takeru.
"Yeah that's me, what is the word about Hikari is she okay?" Takeru asked anxiously waiting good news about his wife.
Taichi, Yamato, Sora, Mimi, Dean and Kevin watched as the doctor was about to speak to Takeru, "I know all of you are worried but I must say that we did control the bleeding and it has stopped. Now this doesn't mean she is out of the woods yet, we will continue to monitor her condition." He explained to them.
"Can I see my wife?" he questioned.
"You can see her when we move her to an ICU room, but for the time being she is still sedated but she should soon regain consciousness." The doctor said to her family and friends.
"Okay thanks doctor," Takeru said, the doctor dismissed himself and left to see other patients. As he did nurses wheeled Hikari out of the birthing room, all Takeru could do was watch as they carted her to ward the elevators.
"Come on little brother," Yamato urged patting Takeru on the shoulder, "If you want to go see her we have to follow them."
Takeru gave a nodded and let his brother lead the way, Taichi, Sora, Mimi and dean began to follow, "I'm going to check on your mother, Taichi I'll be with you guys in a moment." Taichi nodded at his father.
Kevin held his wife's hand when she starting to come too, "Honey, how are you feeling?" Kevin questioned.
She looked over to him blinking a couple of times and too a breath of air, "What happened?" she asked her voice was raspy.
"You fell, and I brought you to the hospital." He explained to her.
"Oh, it's nothing serious is it? It's not the cancer coming back…because I remember I felt sick." She whispered.
"No, they told me that you passed out but that is all that happened…" he said still thinking if he should tell his wife about Hikari.
"You didn't worry the kids did you? I mean I'm fine now, I can check myself out then right?" she asked.
"Yes she can," they both turned their attention to the door when the doctor walked in. "From what I can see you are fine, cancer doesn't seem to be back." He said chart in hand.
"That's good doctor so can you have her out of the hospital bed right now?" Kevin asked him.
"Yah no problem, I'll call a few of the nurses to come and prepare her. Only I have to ask she be escorted out on a wheel chair its hospital policies." The doctor said.
"I understand." Kevin replied.
Hikari's room, Intensive Care Unit.
Takeru looked at his wife's pale face, from the loss of blood. His tears began to run down his face softly trickling and falling onto the bedding. "Hikari, I dunno if you can hear me but our baby is fine, he's so lovely even though he is in an incubator," he said.
He sat quietly watching her, "I love you, and your family is here.." he replied but stopped trying to grip himself remembering back to the time where he was out of it for more then a week. He imaged how Hikari felt when he could not answer her back.
He left the room quickly and collapsed on the knees, "Takeru!" Mimi cried she ran over to him.
"Takeru what's wrong?" Sora asked as she and Mimi lifted him up.
"I just don't feel good all the sudden…" Takeru then passed out Mimi and Sora struggled to hold him up.
"Yama! Taichi!" Mimi cried, the two guys came over and immediately helped and carried Takeru into the waiting room they sat him down in a chair, with Sora and Mimi watching.
"Hey, Takeru wake up." Yamato said patting his cheeks softly trying to snap him out of it.
"Do you think we should get a nurse to look on him?" Sora asked quietly.
Taichi shook his head, "He'll be fine he didn't fall and hurt anything. Takeru, come on snap out of it." Taichi whispered.
Shortly after he began to come too, "Mimi, what happened?" he questioned slowly looking in her direction.
"You fainted, what happened when you were in the room with Hikari?" she asked.
Takeru closed his eyes for a moment then reopened them, "I just thought how much it hurts to see her like that…then I wonder how much pain I put her through when I was unconscious, I mean mine was more traumatic for her…" he was stopped.
"Listen, Little bro. There is a time and place for this but not now, Hikari wants you to be strong for her." Yamato told him.
"Just tell me please, was it this painful when I was unconscious for the two weeks?" Takeru questioned he looked to his brother then Mimi, Sora and Taichi neither of which were going to say anything.
"Like Yamato said. There is a time and place." Taichi replied looking at him seriously.
"What's wrong with the present?" Takeru shouted irritated at them for dancing around his question.
"Hikari was upset cause she thought this was all her fault but you know what she stuck with you night and day when you were at the hospital and then when you were transferred back to the Yagami estate." Yamato explained.
Mimi and Sora looked at each other with exasperated sigh, "Takeru we are going to go in and see Hikari," Sora said to him. Takeru nodded. And the two girls left the waiting room and went to Hikari's room.
Buru
"Okay once more," Kevin replied and smashed the rock against the rusted lock on the treasure box. The lock had broken in half.
"You did it!" Saria cried the three hushed her then, "Sorry, now let's open it up and find out what is inside it."
"Not so fast, for all we could know there are poisonous snakes or scorpions." Davis replied with worry.
"He's right, let's just keep a safe distance way from the treasure box before we open it." Mina said.
"Where do we do that when there are teachers crawling all over the place watching our every move?" Kevin said looking at his girlfriend.
Saria sighed, "Let's open it here, there isn't any chance of snakes or scorpions surviving that long in a locked treasure box that was half buried."
Davis and Mina gave each other a weary look, "alright, let's open it then." Davis announced.
Kevin slowly opened the lid, inside was an weathered piece of paper that was rolled up, "there was nothing guys so it's good, now let's see what this paper says." Kevin reached in, pulled out the paper, and began to unroll it.
"I wonder how much trouble we will get into when the teachers find out," Mina said worrying and watching the door making sure there was no movement out side their tent.
"Okay so open it what does it say?" Saria asked with pure curiosity.
Kevin frowned slightly at the paper, "nothing interesting at all."
"What do you mean nothing interesting? We have been sneaking around trying to get it open for nothing?" Davis said a little upset.
"Actually you could call it interesting if you like to follow a map," Kevin said.
Davis looked at Saria with worry and saw her face light up with anticipation.
"Kevin, are you kidding me that could make us rich! I mean we could be stumbling upon a treasure map that could lead us to a REAL treasure. Think about it." She said.
"No, how about we don't think about," Davis said eying Saria with a warning stare.
"Davis you got to chill man, I mean treasure hunting could be fun." Kevin said he looked at the map, "And we can explore the Island before we head off. It's right at the other side. See x marks the spot."
"I want to talk to Saria," Davis replied, Saria frowned and followed him out of the tent they walked a couple feet away so that they were now hidden by the thick underbrush. Davis looked around keeping an eye out for any teachers who were perhaps doing a walk around. He turned to her, "Saria we can't do this. Your parents will not forgive me if you get hurt. I'm supposed to watch after you not chase you into something that could be dangerous."
Saria looked around as well, "Davis, what will be so dangerous? I mean the school made sure that this is not a dangerous island in the first place. So don't worry, I don't know why you have to worry."
"I do have to worry! Saria come on. Your mom was right; she said you are a little too muck like your dad." Davis said.
"Davis, come on. You agreed to go this far…" she said trailing off.
"I only agreed just to keep you happy for a bit. I wasn't expecting to find that treasure chest, nor a map inside that leads to the other side of the island." Davis look over his shoulder then back to her, "I don't want to be suspended and I don't want you suspended either just for breaking the rules of this trip."
"If you don't want to come then fine, I'll go with Kevin he will want to go," Saria said she bit her lip and proceeded to walk by him.
Davis grabbed a hold of her arm, "Wait, Saria!" he said in a loud whisper.
"Davis, you are worrying for nothing. Now let go of me." She said demanding him.
"I love you, and I don't want you to go into something you don't know what is going to happen." He said.
Saria stood for a second, "if you love me then you would agree with what I would want to do."
Davis did not say anything only frowning at this statement.
She then nodded to him, "I'll see you later." Then walked by him and toward back to the tent where Mina and Kevin were.
Mimi and Sora sat by Hikari's bedside when she began to come too. "Oh, Hikari." Sora said taking hold of her hand.
"How are you?" Mimi asked voice full of concern.
Hikari merely blinked at them a couple of times then reached instinctively to her abdomen, "no." she cried tears erupted instantly, "it wasn't a dream was it..."
"Hikari, it's okay he's fine." Sora told her quietly, "Takeru saw him, he is in an incubator in the nursery. How are you feeling?" she asked.
"Weak," she replied.
"Did you want to see Takeru?" Sora asked her.
"Yeah," she said answering Sora's question. Sora exited the room while Mimi stayed with Hikari.
Taichi and Yamato were still in the waiting room with Takeru talking about the time he was unconscious, "Takeru we don't have to go any further..." Taichi said quietly to him.
"What do you mean?" Takeru shouted furious with Taichi and his brother. "I deserve to know no one really told me what exactly happened."
"Takeru! Hikari woke up she wants to see you," Sora said running into the room.
Takeru got up and went to Hikari's room, he peered in through the window before going in and quietly closing the door behind him. "Hikari are you okay?" he asked taking her hand in his.
"I'm a little weak, I can't move much either." She replied whispering. Mimi stood back watching them letting them alone and snuck out of the room carefully closing the door.
"I was so worried," Takeru began, "And I thought that I could lose you.." he whispered gulping down his tears that threatened to fall.
Hikari smiled up at him, "Takeru it will be okay, the doctors here are really good."
"I know, I should have nothing to worry about," he said to her rubbing her hand gently, "But I do and then I thought about what it must have been like when I was in the same position a couple of years ago…" he stopped as Hikari put her free hand up as if to stay stop.
She shook her head, "It was different," she said softly.
"No…" Takeru said but then got interrupted again.
"No. Nothing, Takeru how is our baby?" she asked changing subjects.
Takeru smiled thinking for a moment, "He's fine, maybe we can get the nurses to bring him to come and see you."
"So he really is okay then?" Hikari said tears starting up again. "He didn't get hurt at all..."
Takeru nodded with a smile, "The doctor told me that his lungs are a little underdeveloped so they are helping him breath with the machines at the moment. He told me also that the reason was because of the fall you had it damaged the lining of the uterus and disrupted the sac that is around the baby."
"I thought that might have been the case, it's my fault." She whispered. "If I had been only a little more careful then our baby would still be in me for another two months so he could have matured normal."
"Don't blame yourself; it's not your fault at all." Takeru said.
A nurse stepped into the room, "We heard you had awoke Mrs. Ishida we just need to do some tests, Mr. Ishida you don't mind if you step out for a moment?" she said looking at Takeru.
"No, I'll see you in a bit Hikari." He said left out the door.
Buru
Saria entered the tent where Kevin and Mina where, "Where is Davis?" Mina questioned.
Saria struggled, "I don't know, we got into a little bit of a disagreement."
"Disagreement?" Mina said slightly with a frown.
"It's not important. What is important now is that we find where the x is and figure out to get away from camp with out getting caught." Saria said not answering Mina.
Kevin lay the map out on the floor, "Okay first off, we should pack some provisions because I estimate that it would take about maybe a week or more."
"So we grab what we can from dinner…" Saria began but then she stopped, "Wait it would spoil, we need canned supplies…and a can opener."
"But there is no way we are going to be able to get at the canned food…" Mina whispered looking at both of them intently.
Davis then re-entered the tent, "Saria if you are going to go I'm going too." He said as he closed the door and zipped it up again.
"Alright buddy, we can use all the help we can get." Kevin said to him.
"Yah," Saria agreed, "thanks for understanding." She got up off her knees and gave him a big hug.
Davis frowned but hugged her back, "I just hope that is will be a safe journey." He whispered.
To Be Continued…