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Here's the conclusion to last ch.
He's Ok
Ten minutes later everyone arrived at the hospital. Everyone knew what happened to Odd. Mandy was in tears and so was Aelita since she felt like she was a sister to Odd. The guys were sad too but didn't show it. After all they had to be men right. Hours passed and a doctor finally approached them.
"How is he?" Todd asked frantically.
"He's going to be fine, but he wont be walking for a good few months," the doctor paused. "He was lucky enough to get out of that crash alive,' the doctor continued.
"That's all thanks to your roll cage," Todd said to Dom.
"Hey you got to be safe right," said Dom.
"Can we see him?" asked Mandy with tears still in her eyes.
"Not at the moment he's still out of it. You're going to have to come back tomorrow," said the doctor.
They all left and went back to Odd's house. Sara and Aaron were still up watching the news. Odd's accident was on it. As soon as Mandy entered the house Aaron ran to her with tears in his eyes. Mandy grabbed him into a tight hug.
"It's ok, Odd's going to be just fine," said Mandy trying to calm him down.
"You see I told you it would lead to this," said Sara very angry.
"Hey it was his choice to do it," said Mandy.
"I don't care if the pope told him to do so. Do you know what his parents are going to do when they find out about this," Sara almost screamed.
"I really could care less," Mandy spat back.
"They're going to freak, they'll demand that he stop doing this and leave you," Sara said proudly.
"What do you have against me?" asked Mandy.
"Oh now it comes down to this," said Sara.
"STOP IT! Everyone just shut up and calm down. We are all touched by this situation, some more than others are. We just need to calm down, and ride this through without fighting of any kind," said Jeremy.
"Wow, I never knew you had it in you Jer," said Ulrich.
"Had what?" asked Jeremy.
"What you did just now," said Yumi.
"Eh it's a gift," said Jeremy.
That got a few laughs but Jeremy was right. Everyone just needed to calm down and think this through. They need to find out who Odd's potential assailant was and whom he was working for.
"Listen I'm going to check with Brian I told him to meet me at the warehouse," said Dom.
"Ok we'll see you tomorrow then," said Ulrich.
"Yeah I was thinking we go to a restaurant for lunch and discus some things about the accident," said Dom.
"How about this, I'll go with Ulrich while Jeremy Aelita and Mandy go to the hospital. Then we will be split up and if who ever tried to kill Odd is after us too he won't be able to get us all at once," said Yumi.
"I like that plan, and if we do find a few things out Brian and Rome can get some more info," said Dom.
"Then it's set we can put our plan into action," said Ulrich.
The rest of the night went by pretty quickly. Eventually everyone went to their homes. The next day Ulrich and Yumi met Dom at a restaurant around lunchtime. Jeremy, Aelita, Mandy and Aaron went to the hospital to visit Odd. Mandy got Odd's room number from the nurse at the desk. They arrived at Odd's room and went inside. Odd was wide-awake with the TV on and a large stack of pancakes on his tray.
"We come to visit and find you watching TV and eating like you do at home like nothing happened last night," said Mandy.
"I know what happened last night and I'm just trying to take my mind off of it," said Odd in a dull tone.
"You're going to be ok right?" asked Mandy with concern.
"You know me," said Odd a little happier.
"Odd did it hurt?" asked Aaron.
"Which part, the crash or when I woke up from the laughing gas?" asked Odd.
"When do you think you'll be getting out?" asked Jeremy.
"I don't know Einstein some of the doctors want to keep me here for the next three weeks and others say I can leave," said Odd as he scratched his head.
"Well at least you're still your self," said Aelita.
"What's that supposed to mean?" asked Odd giving her a funny look.
"You're still confused by the littlest of things," said Aelita.
"What? I am not it's just this whole hospital thing," said Odd.
"It's not that hard to understand," said Mandy.
"Right like you trying to drive manual," said Odd.
"He don't talk to me about that you're the one that tried to teach me," said Mandy.
"Yeah and you blew my transmission. You are supposed to use the clutch to shift, moving the stick does nothing," said Odd.
"Would you have won last night?" Aaron changed the subject.
"You bet. OH! CRAP!" said Odd slapping his forehead.
"What is it?" asked Aelita.
"Oh I hope its still in my pants pocket," said Odd.
"What? Tell us Odd," said Jeremy.
"Where are my pants?" asked Odd.
"Right here on the chair," said Aaron.
"In the right front pocket take out the box," said Odd.
Aaron took out a small black box and looked at it very confused.
"Give it to Mandy," said Odd.
Aaron gave the box to Mandy and she looked at it wide eyed.
"Win or loose I was going to uhh… going to give it to you," said Odd a little nervous.
Mandy opened the box and her eyes got wider and started to tear up.
"Oh my god Odd," said Mandy as she nearly dropped it.
"Mandy will you marry me?" asked Odd.
"YES!" Screamed Mandy as she went over to him and lightly kissed him on the cheek.
"Uh Odd you do know that you are only 19," said Jeremy.
"I know but by the time I'm out of a wheel chair I'll be twenty," said Odd.
"Don't you think you're moving too fast?" asked Aelita.
"Aelita you know as well as I do that this is my future so I'm going to stick with it," said Odd.
"Oh no mister, as soon as you're 21 we are sending you to racing school and you're going to become a professional driver," said Mandy.
"That's going to be so cool, and I'll have a dad," said Aaron all excited.
"Yeah then I'll be traveling the nation and maybe the world. Everyone is invited to come with," said Odd.
"Odd you're planning too far ahead, just settle down and pass the school first," said Mandy.
"Ok let me just magically fix my legs," said Odd.
All Mandy could do was smile. She knew Odd was joking around. She was also very excited that he had asked her to marry him. At that moment nothing else had entered her mind, not even about the situation at hand. The situation however was just about to get much worse than it already was.
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