Chapter 17: Another Chance
Hannah rarely left Kimberly's side. Only for school and for Kylie did she ever leave, but other than that, she was by Kimberly's side. Wes was working at the Bio-Lab in his father's place and during every moment, they felt their mother or father slipping away.
Wes came in and Hannah stood up wiping the tears away from her face. "Wes…I didn't see you there," she commented.
"Its all right, I came to check on your mother," he answered.
Hannah held onto her mother's hand with a sad sigh. "She's barely hanging in there, Wes. I don't know what to do," Hannah started. Wes placed a hand on her shoulder, but the young girl turned and cried onto Wes's shoulder. Wes sighed as he hugged the girl, Alex's words about Kimberly's future ringing in his head along with the girls' futures.
"I promise you this, Hannah. If something happens to your mom. I'll take care of you and Kylie. I wont' let you two get separated," Wes vowed.
Hannah pulled back and nodded to him. "Thank you, Wes," she told him. Wes smiled but then, an alarm went off on the machines Kimberly was on. "Mom?" Hannah asked. Just then, a doctor came running in with a few nurses behind him.
"You have to leave, take the girl with you," the doctor instructed.
"MOM!" Hannah screamed.
Wes wrapped his arms around Hannah and tried to get her out of the room, but Hannah fought against him. "MOM! LET ME GO! MOM!" Hannah screamed. Wes dragged Hannah out of the room and once he did, Wes spun the girl around.
"Hannah, listen to me. As long as I still draw breath, your mom will live. I promise you that, do you understand me? I promise that your mom won't die on you," Wes informed.
"How can you keep a promise like that if your father's lying in the room next to hers dying too?" Hannah asked.
"I have faith, please keep faith that your mom's going to come out of this alive, Hannah."
Tears fell down Hannah's face again and Wes hugged her again. "I won't let anything happen to her," he murmured. Hannah buried her head in Wes's shoulder and cried. Wes held her and lowered his head, tears falling down his own face.
(1 Hour Later)
Hannah was asleep with her head in Wes's lap. Wes looked at the sleeping girl and looked up when the doctor came out. "How is she?" Wes asked.
"Well, she stopped breathing for a second, but we got her stable again," the doctor replied.
"How long can you keep her stable?" Wes asked.
"We're not sure, Mr. Collins. If she falls under it like that again, we might not be able to bring her back a second time."
"And my father?"
"He's just as bad as she is."
Wes lowered his head and looked down at Hannah again. "I made a promise and I intend to keep that promise," Wes informed.
"You can't stop death, Mr. Collins, it just happens," the doctor stated.
"Is there any chance of recovery?" Wes asked.
"A very slim chance."
Wes set the girl's head down as he stood up. "I have someplace to go, could you watch her for me?" He asked. The doctor nodded and Wes left the hospital.
Wes went back to the SGA and met up with Dr. Zaskins. "Mr. Collins, I have to talk to you, it's about your father," he informed.
"What about my father?" Wes asked.
Mr. Zaskins pulled Wes aside and Wes listened to the man. "Yesterday, when that Ransik attacked the lab, he was putting you down in front of your father. Your father stood up for you, he told Ransik how proud he was of you," Dr. Zaskins replied.
"And Miss Hart?" Wes asked.
"Miss Hart was agreeing with him and she tried to protect your father when Ransik attacked them."
Wes knew what he had to do and left the SGA.
Hannah woke up to find Wes gone and the doctor came out. "Where's Wes?" She asked.
"He left an hour ago, Miss Hart. I think you should go home to your sister," he instructed.
Hannah nodded her head slowly before leaving.
In the room, Kimberly's heart monitor went off, but then, Alex came in and placed an orb into her hand. Then the heart monitor went back to it's normal pace and Alex left without saying another word and went to Mr. Collins's room too. The doctor came in and Kimberly woke up. "Miss Hart? Are you all right?" He asked. Kimberly smiled when she realized she felt just fine.
"I feel great," she replied.
Just then, Eric came in to check on Kimberly and smiled to see her awake. "Hey, Kim," he greeted.
"Eric, what happened? The last thing I remember was Ransik attacking Mr. Collins," she informed.
Eric told her everything that happened and Kimberly's eyes widened. "Eric, bring that wheelchair over here," she instructed. Eric nodded and brought the wheelchair over to her.
Hannah was halfway out the door when she heard the door open and close to Kimberly's room. "Where are you going?" Kimberly asked. Hannah looked over and gasped to see her mother alive.
"Mom!" She gasped.
Hannah hurried over and embraced Kimberly in tears. Kimberly hugged her back and let out a sigh. "I'm okay, baby, I'm okay," she whispered.
Not too long after Kimberly and Hannah's reunion, Kimberly looked into Mr. Collins's room and saw Mr. Collins in there with Wes. "Wes, I want you to take your own path and take your place as the Red Ranger," Mr. Collins informed. Kimberly smiled to see that Mr. Collins was proud of his son. Wes looked up as Kimberly rolled into the room.
"Kimberly, you're okay," he murmured.
Kimberly laughed as she hugged Wes. "I'm just fine," she laughed. Mr. Collins smiled at Kimberly and Kimberly nodded to him. "Thank you for taking care of my girls," she murmured.
"No problem," Wes answered.
