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Encounter

Chapter 27

Aftermath

It's been 3 hours since they all got to the hospital. They were all waiting for the results on Serenity's condition, but no one has come out to tell them a thing. Joey kept pacing back and forth, wanting to know the condition his sister's in. Everyone heard the doors swing open, seeing the doctor coming out. He took his mask and latex gloves off, ready to give everyone the results. Joey went up to him, worried as ever.

"How's my sis?" Joey asked.

"Well, she's in stable condition, and she's actually ready anytime soon to wake up," the doctor said.

"When will she wake up?" Tristan asked.

"I'd saywithin the next 24 hours."

"I see, then that means we'll be waiting here for that long."

Everyone looked over to see that Fox finally came out with a large briefcase of equipment. Fox threw that aside and sat down on one of the couches after succeeding in what he wanted to do, which was repay Serenity with the eye operation. As he sat there, he was remembering the events that happened back at the house. He can see it replaying in his mind as it seems to trouble him on the inside.

Fox stood there, watching as Serenity fell to the ground as her lightsaber deactivated. Her body was lying there as blood began to form in the left side of her abdomen. Joey yelled out her name out of reaction as he knelt by her side. He sensed that Marie was going to pull the trigger again. Instead of hearing a shot, he heard the sizzling of flesh against a lightsaber. He realized that he reacted into cutting Marie's hand off as he saw the hand with the gun at hand fall to the ground. Marie began to scream in agony as she couldn't feel her hand as an incredible pain replaces it. He saw Falco tackle her down, trying to restrain her arms. Fox went over to Serenity as Joey already had her on her back. Fox zipped down the pink vest, trying to get underneath. He then had to strip open the bottom three buttons to get to the side. Once he found the wound, he ripped off a part of his own sleeve and began to use it as a temporary patch to hold back the bleeding. If anyone were to look into Fox's eyes now, they could see that his eyes were filled with tears. Some of the tears hit Serenity's face, causing her to slightly flinch from it.

Out of nowhere, they all heard the doors break open as Tristan and Duke were trying to break the door down. Just as they did, they tried to get in, but they didn't see that Falco already got in the way. To no avail, he couldn't hold them back and ended being pushed over. Everyone began to walk over him to see a small pool of blood around where the blood was running down her side. Everyone stood in shock as Fox's gloves and the sleeve he's using is full of blood, showing how much blood she's already lost. Grandpa already called an ambulance if they can actually get there, but the problem is that they can't get to the Turtle Game Shop within a matter of minutes. Fox overheard that and grabbed Serenity's body and began to run with it. Everyone wanted to follow, but they were too slow to keep up with Fox's speed. Falco began to jump his way to Fox's speed as the snow that's piled high will render the other's at a slower pace. Fox was already way ahead of Falco to the point where his trick wouldn't even get up to Fox. He seemed to be using the Force to increase his speed as distance of Fox's footsteps is pretty wide compared to a normal runner's footsteps. By the time Falco could get half way to the hospital, Fox already called in that he has Serenity on a speeder bike to get her there faster. Fox's eyes were still filled with tears as they were spilling out of his eyes and flying back as he sped straight for the hospital on his speeder bike.

As Fox arrived at the hospital after a 10 minute max speed rush, he arrived at the hospital to drop Serenity off. A stretcher was ready for her as he also has a suitcase for an after operation reason. The doctor's rushed her into the ER and began to operate on her to seal the wound and remove the bullet. A couple of hours has passed as he heard everyone else arrive at the hospital, and by the time they did, he was called in to be asked some questions before he could start his procedure.

Fox still sat there, thinking about the event as it kept replaying in his mind. He also remembers starting his little operation on Serenity's eyes, trying to fix them himself. He understands the dangers of doing that, but he knows what he's doing. He sat there as a thought in his mind began to come up.

"Not only isSerenity's eyes saved, but her life has been saved as well."

The next day rolled around as Fox woke up, seeing that everyone but Joey was still in the waiting room. Fox began to open himself up more to the Force and began to feel out where Joey went. He sensed the only place where he would be as another presence began to hold strong in there.

"Serenity's awake, that's good."

Fox began to go down into the room, seeing that the door to Serenity's room was open. He went into the room to see that Joey was sitting at the side of Serenity's bed, talking to her about the events. Joey looked over to see that Fox was standing in the doorway.

"Fox, you're awake," Joey said.

"Yes, so are the two of you," Fox said.

"Joey told me everything about what you did to save me," Serenity said. "Joey…would you mind if I talked to Fox privately?"

"Sure, sis."

Joey gave Serenity a quick hug and a kiss to the forehead before he left. Fox stood there, waiting as Joey left the room. Serenity sat there, looking at Fox as she had a pink pajama top on instead of her yellow shirt and pink vest, which the vest was left behind at the shop. Fox stood by the bed, waiting for what Serenity wanted to say to him.

"Fox…I just want to say…thank you," Serenity commented.

"Is that what you wanted to say?" Fox asked.

"No…I want to know what else happened."

"Serenity, I can either tell you, or I can give you images to your mind."

"…I'll take the images…since it'll be faster."

Fox put a hand on Serenity's head and began to think about the situation that happened. His mind began to flood with emotions, but he's doing the best he can to hold those back to prevent them from going into Serenity's mind. He stopped sending the images to her as she looked up at him.

"So…you were crying for me?" Serenity asked.

"…Not exactly," Fox said, "I was scared; that's why I had tears in my eyes."

"Scared, for me?"

Fox had an annoyed look in his eyes as she seemed persistent on something he didn't want to talk on. "Serenity, don't push it!"

"Fox, I'm just saying. It was sweet of you to at least be worried."

"Serenity…I'm serious, quit pushing your luck."

"Okay…because you're embarrassed?"

"If I was, then you'd know because my hairs would be standing."

"Oh, I see."

"But…I'm glad you're still alive."

"Thanks."

With that, Fox leaned down and gave Serenity a hug. Serenity wrapped her arms around Fox's neck and gave him a light kiss on the cheek. Fox looked over to Serenity, not expecting that from her.

"Why did she do that? There really wasn't any point."

Fox shook that thought off and released his embrace around her. He went through the door and shut it. Serenity tried to sleep in the room, but something stopped her from that.

"You didn't tell him, did you?"

Serenity looked around the room, but then she saw a blue aura of light as someone sat at the side of her bed. Her assumed guardian angel sat there as Serenity assumed that her guardian angel was looking at her.

"No, but it never came to mind."

"I understand it if you forgot about it, which that's a different story."

"Okay, but why don't you just drop that aura of light so I can see your face?"

"Because I have to be like this."

"I see. I guess there are things that we just don't need to know."

"When the time comes, then I'll reveal myself to you."

With that said and done, the aura of light disappeared. Serenity took something out from underneath her pillow as a teddy bear wrapped up with a blanket. She held it near her and began to sleep with it next to her.

Fox kept walking slowly down the hall, trying to think about Lauren. He kept replaying events in his mind that seemed to be pleasant to him, but a voice stopped him in his tracks and put him back into reality.

"Fox, you know that she might be dangerous to a point if she's able to do that," Falco explained.

"Yes, I understand the risk," Fox said, "but if Lisa's theory was correct, then she may be able to become a Jedi."

"You saw how she handled that lightsaber without any flaw, well…except for when she split the bullet."

"I understand that…but…I felt a spike in her Force energy."

"Just because that happened, doesn't mean anything."

"Falco…didn't you feel that spike in the Force?"

"Yes, I did, but we can't assume everything."

"I know…but…I just can't let her go off and end up falling down the wrong path."

"You didn't even tell her about her mother, didn't you?"

"No. I'll tell her later today. She needs her rest."

"I see. So you couldn't tell her that someone somehow unlocked the mother's powers?"

"I couldn't bear to tell her that. Her soul was at peace for now, but if the question comes up, then I'll tell her."

"…Understood."

Fox began to walk off again, trying to keep the situation at hand. He had so much other stuff that there were to do, but he is only concerned with one thing.

"But…if it is true…then I have no choice but to take them with me; to end this conflict once and for all!"