Thank you all for your lovely reviews! They were, well, lovely! And appreciated! Okay, everybody, this chapter centers around Alex and her medical preparedness. Alex fans, get ready to see another one of her shining moments! Enjoy!
"You're wasting my life, please!"-Penelope Taynt from The Amanda Show
Chapter 6: Medical Emergency part 1
Quick as a wink, Jimmy was up and picking Cindy back up. She was bitterly crying, and had blood all down the front of her shin. She had her head buried in Jimmy's chest and Jimmy had a look of pain etched on his face. Alex stepped up.
"Jimmy!" she approached him, "Follow me! I can help her!" She led him to a nearby palm tree. He sat against it and held Cindy in his lap, facing forward. The others gathered around.
"We need to elevate her leg!" she said, "Goddard, I need you to hold Cindy's leg up. Sheen, Carl, you take Jamal and find seashells. I don't want anyone puking from seeing blood."
She didn't have to tell them twice. Sheen and Carl immediately took Jamal off to find seashells while Goddard gently propped Cindy's leg up with a bowl he popped out his back to catch the blood.
"Cindy?" Alex said nicely. Cindy looked at her.
"I'm going to cut part of your capris off so I can fix your leg, okay?" Alex said. Cindy nodded.
"Okay," Alex said. She reached into a pocket inside her doctor's coat and withdrew a four-dimensional hypercube like Jimmy's.
"No, it's not yours," she read his mind, "I liked yours, so I made one for me." She pushed the button, and a big white plastic carrying case popped out.
"A good doctor never goes anywhere without the tools of her trade," Alex repeated her philosophy to the amazed fiancees as she pulled on her medical gloves (the disposable ones) and mask. She put her hair behind her ears; that was her sign that she was about to do something.
She opened up the case and rolled out a packet of sharp objects, (like those things you carry paint brushes in) but didn't reach for one yet. First, she reached for a white cloth and a bottle of ether.
"Cindy," she explained while turning the bottle upside down with the cloth inside, "I'm gonna put you to sleep, and then I'm gonna get that bullet out, okay?" Cindy nodded, her breathing shallow.
"Here," Alex handed Jimmy the cloth, "Now breathe that in, Cindy. What does it smell like?" Cindy eagerly took the cloth and put it over her mouth and nose and breathed deep, wanting desperately to escape the pain. Jimmy put his hand over hers, thinking 'This isn't supposed to happen. This isn't supposed to happen' over and over.
"Peaches," Cindy said sleepily, "It smells like peaches."
"Keep breathing, Cindy," Jimmy said, "You're going to be okay. We'll go home together, and we'll plan our wedding, and we'll get married, and you'll walk down the aisle to me. After that, you won't have to walk, 'cause I'll carry you to the hovercar or the rocket, and we'll go anywhere you want for our honeymoon. You just name the place, and we'll be there in a heartbeat." Cindy smiled behind the cloth.
"Anywhere?" she asked, almost asleep.
"Anywhere at all," he answered, "You want to go to the moon, we'll go to the moon. You want Mars, Japan, or a galaxy tour, we'll do it. And we'll watch the stars every night, and the sunrise every morning." Cindy leaned back on him.
"I'd like that," she whispered, "I'll go anywhere with you, Jimmy. I don't care; as long as we're together..." her voice trailed off, and her head became dead weight on his neck. Libby, Jimmy, and Alex stared at her for a minute.
"She's out," he said.
"Good," said Alex, "That was the easy part."
Author's Review:
(evil laughter!) Another cliffhanger! I am the mistress of cliffies! Mwa ha ha ha! Okay, calming down...I realize this is a little short, but don't worry. It all works out the way I want it to, or at least I make it look that way. LOL! What do you think? Review, please!