Title: The World is Black
Summary: Jack is the main character. its an angsty telling of Jack's past and present. bad at summaries. It's older. And its Jakrai. rated M
Disclamer: I don't own Xiaolin Showdown
Sorry, for the long wait in updating my computer crashed and then I went camping so that's why it took so long.
Chapter 7 Hospitals Reprise
It had been hours since they had arrived at the hospital and none of the doctors would say anything about Jack yet. They just sat there waiting in the empty reception room.
"Why couldn't I do anything," CB said pouting to no one in particular.
"It's okay, it's not your fault," Kimiko told him.
"I was suppose to protect him!" Cb yelled angrily at her.
Raimundo snorted that's exactly how he felt.
"It's still not your fault," Kimiko sighed and turned to Raimundo, "Or your's, Raimundo, stop pouting he'll be okay."
She patted his back reassuringly.
"You don't know all the things I know," CB stuttering staring at the ground.
"How come no one ever called child services on him?" Raimundo asked turning to the robot for answers.
"They did," He said staring at the floor, "he bought off the judge."
"WHAT!" Kimiko yelled.
CB nodded despondently.
"Why!" Raimundo glared at him.
"Don't yell at him!" Kimiko protested.
"I didn't mean to," Raimundo sighed shaking his head and looking back to where the doctors had taken Jack away to.
"I know," CB sighed and followed Raimundo's gaze. It was awful to do nothing but sit and wait here.
Finally a doctor came out and asked for Jack's family.
The chameleonbot being very cunning quickly changed into tall women that resembled Jack before the doctor had realized anything.
She was very beautiful with long red hair and amber colored eyes.
"I'm his mother," CB told him quickly and two quickly made for the other side of the room.
Raimundo and Kimiko sat there watching the tow talk. It was a several minutes later when CB left the room only a second later to return to his normal form. He sighed as he walked over to them.
"Well?" Raimundo demanded as CB sat down.
"He's in critical condition, a coma, their not sure if he will even make it," Cb explained, staring down at the ground, "he lost a lot of blood and quite a few bones were broken."
"Brain damage?" Kimiko asked eyeing the robot.
"They don't know," CB sighed as the three exchanged looks, "The doctor said if anything changes that he'd tell us right away."
"CB," Raimundo stared at him quite seriously, pausing waiting for CB to ask what.
"Huh?" CB asked turning slowly to him.
"Was that women his mother?" Raimundo asked after a long nervous pause.
"Yes," CB told him after an equally long pause.
"Aren't they going to wonder once they figure out that they've been talking to a dead women?" Kimiko asked CB trying to lighten the heavy atmosphere that had settled into the room.
"Doubt they'll even check," CB sighed, "they only think Jack was in a car crash."
That made Kimiko stare right at CB questioningly.
"We never said that," Raimundo said in equal curiosity.
"I hacked into their main frame and changed Jack's files," CB admitted not looking at either one directly. Raimundo and Kimiko both gasped.
More flustered, uncomfortable silence filled the room again.
Days went by with Jack in the ICU. The doctors began to believe there was no chance of him making it. But Jack's three best friends would never give hope until the very end.
On the fifth day Jack finally woke up. The doctors had to strap him down so he wouldn't attempt to leave. There had been no brain damage and they took him out of the ICU.
When Raimundo went in to see him on the sixth day, Raimundo was stunned by the sight. Jack's eye make-up had come off and he was paler than ever. He couldn't even move, couldn't even talk. Simply keeping his eyes open zapped him of most his energy.
Jack pitifully looked at Raimundo as he came.
Raimundo took the seat by the side of his bed and grabbed Jack's hand. Raimundo cringed Jack's grip was so loose.
"I'm sorry I didn't keep my promise," Raimundo whispered hoarsely and silent tears began to streak his face.
Jack smiled at him weakly, and said slowly pacing himself, "Its not your fault. You couldn't do anything."
"But I should have," Raimundo yelled and the tears started flow in streams, "If I did you wouldn't be like this!"
"Don't blame yourself," Jack said in the same slow staggering breathe.
"I promised," Raimundo said covered his face with his hands in shame.
"You can't do everything," Jack said trying to comfort the boy.
Raimundo looked up at him and sniffled, "what good am I? I'm supposed to be the one making you feel better not the other way around."
At that Jack smiled again but he knew he was quickly losing consciousness again.
"It doesn't matter," he sighed as he went back to sleep all his energy zapped for the day.
The next day Raimundo was determined not to cry and make Jack happy. He had some great news.
"They indicted your father," Raimundo said as he sat down in the chair beside his bed, "and got a restraining order. Once you get out of here you don't have to go back there.
That certainly did seemed to brighten Jack up and he received another smile from Jack.
But everything was just cover to them they were frantic on the inside, shame eating away at their minds.
And thus the long days at the hospital were spent; each of them blaming only themselves and fretting over Jack's fate.
It took a whole month before Jack recovered enough to leave the hospital. They hurried Jack over temple and even jack was pretty happy at that. He hated that hospital almost anything was better than that sterile place.
They had to wheel Jack in by a wheel chair. He'd spend the next few months in it. Jack cringed at that thought. He hated the idea of people having to push him around if he wanted to go somewhere. He hated that thought almost as much as the hospital. But the chair was still better.
And push him around everywhere is what happened. It was mostly Raimundo who did it. Raimundo also fed him because he again was refusing to eat. After a day or two Raimundo decided initiate a reward program every time Jack ate Raimundo would kiss him afterwards. It worked out rather well and often ended with Raimundo in Jack's lap. One time Omi had caught them like that had been quite interested to know why two boys were kissing.
"None of your business!" Raimundo had growled chasing after the little bald monk. After that Kimiko decided tell him. Omi had steered clear of Raimundo and Jack when they were making out after that.
End of Chapter 7
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