Gabe's Fight for Life
Fifteen hours had gone by since Gabe had been with the elders. His progress was un-noticed.
"Christian, Gabe hasn't made any... well he hasn't even tried to fight it. It's not looking good." Jesse said as he approached Chris.
"He can do it I know that he can. He just has to." Chris replied.
"I know." Jesse said as he left Christian once again.
Gabe sat in the white room on the floor rocking back and forth. Hoping to drive the doubts and fears from his head.
"W...h...y...did...I...l..e..a..v..e...them?" Gabe stuttered as he continued his rocking. He didn't notice Christian on the other side of the window watching him coaxing him on, to fight his fears.
"This was the stupidest thing I've ever done. Leaving...M.a...c.. and .J..u.d..so..n. Why?" Gabe whispered to no one in particular. Stuttering whenever he said their names.
"Please someone help me."
In the other room Christian was watching his little brother fighting for his life. He knew that if Gabe couldn't over come this fears and doubts then he would lose his powers and a protector with out his powers they were very weak and they felt like they were missing a part of them, and usually after a year they would pass away.
"Come on Gabe you can do it." Christian couched. "If only Gabe could hear me then maybe he could make it. He needs to know that someone is there for him."
"Gabe come on you can do this." Chris said in his mind trying to send his thoughts to Gabe so that he could hear him.
"Chris?" Gabe asked as he stopped his rocking and stood up and looked around but saw no one but the oh so familiar white walls, and the door. "Chris are you here?"
On the other side of the wall Christian stood in front of the one-way window and looked in on Gabe and saw him standing up looking for something or someone. Then he heard his name being called. The voice sounded like Gabe's.
"Gabe can you hear me?" Chris called through his mind.
"Chris I can hear you but I can't see you. Where are you?"
"There's a one way window on one of the walls I can see you but you can't see me." Christian explained.
"How long have I been here? I remember shimmering in to his room and a voice called and said
something like in order to get out I had to over come my fears and doubts." Gabe said.
"You've been here for over fifteen hours. If you don't over come your fear in 48 hours then you'll have you're powers stripped."
"I rather have no powers and be with Judson and Mac anyway." Gabe said.
"Gabe, listen you need to over come this and fast. Do you understand? This thing you're going
through will destroy you." Chris said.
"What do I have to do?" Gabe asked.
"Overcome what ever it is that you afraid of." Christian said to his little brother.
"But I don't know what it is?" Gabe said afraid that he was going to let his brother down.
"Yes you do." Christian said. "Gabe the elders are coming back I have to go. Just know that I love you and that you can always over come any fears or doubts that you have."
"Alright I'll do my best. Love ya Chris." Gabe said as he sat back down on the floor and put his head in between his knees knowing that his brother loved him and that he could do this.
As Christian finished talking to Gabe he felt a lot better knowing that he was all right and that he knew what was going on.
"Christian you should go and get some sleep and get something to eat." Jesse said as he and two other elders came in to the room. "We're going to observe Gabriel for awhile and see if he's even trying to over come this."
"Alright then." Chris said walking away from the window and going out the door to a long hallway and walked down it until he came to room number 126, his bedroom for the time being. He walked in and saw the inviting bed. He walked over and flopped on to the soft material of the confronter. Ten seconds later and Christian was fast asleep. When Christian finally woke up it was past six in the evening. As Christian woke up fully he noticed a figure over by the window.
The person turned around and Christian saw that it was Jesse.
"Jesse what are you doing here?" Christian asked. "Is Gabe alright?"
"Gabriel is fine. Ten minutes after you left he started to show signs that he was overcoming his fears. He's resting in the ward down the hall. You can go and see him after you have something to eat. I'll come and get you in twenty minutes." Jesse said as he walked out the door and closed it behind him.
"He's alright, he's alright. I can't believe it." Christian exclaimed with a smile. He got up of the bed and walked out the door and down to the kitchens to get something to eat just as Jesse had ordered.
Fifteen minutes later Christian and Jesse were walking down the hallway that led to the ward where the sick charges and protectors went. Jesse led Chris to room number 26. Before he opened the door Jesse held him back and spoke to him
"Gabriel is very weak it took him a lot of a strength to over come what he went through he's asleep at the moment and will probably be a sleep for a good 24 hours and when he wakes up he might be a little disorientated. So talk to him softly and he should be find." Jesse said as he opened the door and let Christian walk in front of him. He closed the door and left so Christian could be alone with his brother.
As Christian walked in to the room he saw Gabe laying on a bed his eye lids were closed and he looked at peace with himself. The only thing that bothered Christian was that Gabe was very white. It looked as if there was no color to his always-flush cheeks after that he thought nothing more of it. The only thing that mattered was that Gabe was going to pull through.
"Hey Gabe. You did it I can't believe it you did it, way to go!" Chris whispered as he walked over to his brother's bed and sat down on one of the two very un-conformable looking chairs. Christian fell asleep within a few minutes.
It felt as if he had only just fell asleep when he was abruptly woken up. He opened his eyes and saw Jesse shaking his arm. He looked over at Gabe and saw that if possible he looked even whiter.
"Gabe!" Christian yelled in fear. "What's wrong?"
"Come on out in the hall, quickly." Jesse urged.
Once Jesse had gotten Christian outside in the hall he let go of his arm and looked down at the ground.
"What wrong? What just happened back there?" Christian asked concern evident in his voice.
"One of the nurses came in to check up on Gabriel fifteen minutes ago and when she came in his heart beat dropped suddenly. They're doing everything that they can do. I have to go to the intensive care unit. That's where they moved him. There's a waiting area outside the doors. I'll come and get you when there's something to tell you." Jesse said and with that left Christian standing they do not know what to do.
He felt so helpless, he thought that his brother was going to pull through now he wasn't so sure anymore. He slowly walked down the hall until he came to a room labeled "Intensive Care Unit Waiting Room" he walked in and sat down on one of the chairs. He knew that all he could do was wait.
An hour had passed since Gabe had been moved to intensive care and still there was no word. Just as Christian was about to give up hope Jesse came in to the waiting room.
"Christian?" Jesse said to get the young mans attention.
"Is he...?" Christian asked afraid of the answer Jesse might give him. Jesse just stood there in the doorframe.
"Damn it why won't he answer me. I need to know!" Christian screamed in his head.
"Christian, Gabriel is in a very serious condition at the moment. His heart rate dropped so suddenly that he was at a risk of heart failure." Jesse said waiting for Christian's reaction. When none came he continued. "But we came in the nick of time and he managed to pull through."
"Will he live?" Chris asked knowing that the answer was going to be grim.
"All I can say is that it's up to him. When we pulled him out of the white room we thought the worst was over but we were wrong. He wasn't over the worst. His fears and doubts most have come back and he just wanted to die and he almost did mark my words." Jesse said. "You can go and see him. He's awake but very weak. Don't over excite him or he might have a heart attack and his heart can't take that. He would die if he was to have a heart attack."
"Okay just let me see him please." Christian almost begged. He couldn't bear the thought of losing his brother and then trying to tell Judson and Mac that he had died.
"Come on this way." Jesse said walking out of the room and went through the double doors that led to the intensive care ward they walked down another long hallway. They came to a room that said "Room: 6 Gabriel Patterson." Jesse opened the door and let Christian go in. He came in behind him and closed the door. As Christian approached the bed he saw Gabe pale white with a bunch of IV's and monitors sticking out all over his body.
"Gabe." Chris whispered.
"Christian." Gabe said his voice barely above a whisper. "I'm sorry I let you down."
"You didn't let me down you let your self down. Now rest I'm not leaving, just get better."
"Okay Chris." Gabe said before his eyelids closed and his breathing leveled out and Christian knew that he was asleep.