Disclaimer: I don't own the Power Rangers, or the settings where they have taken place. They are owned by Saban. I don't wish to get sued.
Authors Note: Here is the next chapter of a story that I have neglected unfortunately. It will not be neglected any more! Please R&R!
Out in the waiting room, the rest sat and waited. The girls were all sleeping. Aisha was laying against Zack's chest. Kat had her head against Jason's shoulder. Trini was leaning against Billy. They were all in a restless sleep however; any movement would cause them to wake up. Rocky was pacing the hospital floor. He'd sit for a while and then start walking around again. He took over Jason's position before he became a pillow to Katherine. Adam can't stand being in the hospital, waiting for one of his best friends to either live or die, and could tell that his best friend was about to crack. He stands up and walks over to Rocky, placing his hand on his shoulders, "Come on." He says, standing up from the seat next to Aisha.
"Where are we going?" He asks.
"To get some coffee."
"Ok." He says, wanting to get out of the hospital.
"Bring me back one please." Jason says.
"Me too." Zack replies, yawning.
"Me too if you wouldn't mind." Billy replies.
"Right." Adam says, "There's a Starbucks across the street."
"Alright." Rocky replies.
"We'll get all of you a regular ok?"
"Sounds good." Jason says, "Do you need any money?"
"No, I have this round." Adam says shaking his head.
"Thanks." They all reply.
Rocky and Adam walk out of the hospital in silence. After a few minutes, the former Red and Blue ranger breaks the silence, "How do you think she is?"
"I don't know Rocco, I don't know."
"She has to pull through… Adam, she just has to."
"I hope she does too Rocky." Adam sighs. They cross the street and order eight cups of coffee, pay, and quickly make their way back to the hospital. Adam gets a chill that runs through his entire body as he opens the hospital doors.
"You ok?" Rocky asks.
"Yeah, it's just… what if…"
"I know." Rocky says, walking through the door.
When they get back up to the ICU floor, Tommy was sitting in the waiting room and all the girls were awake.
"What happened?" Rocky asks.
"She… went back into surgery." He begins.
"Why! What happened!" Adam asks with concern.
"She wasn't getting enough air, and the blood…" He says, hanging his head.
"Internal bleeding." Billy finishes, "Something wasn't fixed and she was loosing a lot of blood."
Adam and Rocky pass out the coffee to the rest of the group.
"Thanks." Tommy says, as his friend hands him the drink. After about fifteen minutes of pacing the floor, he heads to the door.
"Tommy?" Kat calls.
"I just need some air." He says, walking out of the room.
Tommy walks a few feet till he reaches a tree. He walks over to the shade of the tree and wipes a tear from his eye. After a few minutes alone, Jason comes out and sits next to his friend, silently. "I can't deal with this Jason… I can't."
"She'll be ok."
"You don't know that…"
"Don't give up hope Tommy. She needs you to be strong."
"Is her mom on her way?" He asks, changing the subject.
"No, I just got through to her. France to America is booked solid for a few days."
"That must be awful."
"It is."
"Kat awake still?" He asked. The girls had repositioned themselves back on their boyfriends' right before Tommy left.
"When I moved she was, but Adam took my spot. I figured she would be fine if I left for a bit."
"The girls are beat."
"So am I. Rocky and Kat were planning on going to find a hotel for a few days."
"Good."
"I am so glad we don't have school for a few days…"
"Me too. I don't wanna leave her." Tommy sighs, closing his eyes, willing away the tears that are threatening to fall.
"Neither do I." Jason sighs, "How did she look?"
"Like nothing I have ever seen before. God Jason, she was so pale. She was bruised and bloody. She looked dead. She had a tube going down her throat to help her breat, and there were wires all over her… I feel so sick."
"She's a fighter."
"I know." He sighs, but that doesn't make it any easier.
"I know."
"How's Aisha and Trini doing?"
"Awful, like all of us. Aisha looks like she is ready to break down or throw up, and Trini, well, you know her, she is trying to be positive, but she's breaking."
Tommy sighs for the millionth time and stands up, "I'm gonna go back in."
"Me too." Jason says, patting his friend on the back, "Don't give up man. Kimberly needs you…"
"She needs us." Tommy says, walking back up to the hospital.
Once inside, they see Cooper talking to the Doctor, "How much longer will she be in there anyway?"
"A while longer, no less than an hour."
"Ok…" He groans, "How's Renee?"
"She's awake, but in pain. Her surgery will be tomorrow morning."
"Can I see her?"
"Sure. Follow me."
The Doctor leads him back into the room holding the silver medallist, "Hey." He says, sitting next to her, gently touching her arm.
"Hi." She says, opening her eyes.
"How ya feeling?"
"I hurt really bad." She sighs, "How's Kim?"
Cooper tries to change the subject, "The Doctors say that after surgery you'll be as good as new and…"
"Cooper…" Renee says, stopping him, "How is she?"
He sighs, knowing there is no way to get away from this conversation, "Not too good Renee. She took most of the crash. She is in surgery right now for the second time, and she'll need more… they are not even sure if she's gonna make it…"
"Oh my god." She says, tears of pain and sadness flowing from her eyes, "Have you seen her?"
"No. The only person who has seen her is Tommy."
"Tommy's here?"
"All her friends are, Jason, Kat, Trini… all of them."
"How are they?"
"Scared to death, like all of us." Lindsey says, coming into the room. "Hey Nee."
"Hey Linds." She says, looking at her friend.
"You hanging?"
"Yeah." She says, wiping the tears away.
"How are they legs?"
"Need to be reconstructed." She sighs, "But I'm worried about Kimberly…"
"We all are."
"What happened? I mean, I heard Kim scream, turned my head and that was the last thing I remember."
"Car accident. The guy who hit you girls had been drinking and blew through a red light, plowing into the passenger side of the car. Kimberly hasn't been awake since, but you were awake when they pulled you out of the car."
"It's all like a dream." She says, "It's all hazy."
"Don't worry about that now."
"Was the guy hurt?"
"Yeah, but not nearly as bad as Kimberly. He needed minor surgery, but I am sure that he will be going to jail for a long time."
"Good." She says, closing her eyes. "So what was wrong with Kimberly?"
Lindsey looks at her, "Well, she had a lot of internal bleeding, she needs help to breath on her own, her legs are broken, her wrist, her cheek. She's a mess right now. She is very bruised, and she went back into surgery because they missed some holes in her…. And…" Lindsey stops when she sees her friend's torn up face.
"Don't stop… I wanna hear it." Renee says.
"They don't know if she's going to make it. Every hour that she doesn't wake up is not good."
"God. So much for winning eh? I mean we only had our medals for a few hours. All her friends are here thought?"
"Yeah, they flew in yesterday. I think they are going to be staying for a while." Cooper replies.
"She'll need them… if she…"
"Don't Renee. She'll be fine. Just…"
"I know, I know." She says, rubbing her eyes.
"Well, we can tell you're tired, so we'll leave…"
"Don't leave Cooper, please? I hate being in the hospital…" She says.
"Alright Nee, I'll stay."
"Me too Nee." Lindsey says.
"If Kim needs you though, go to her, please."
"Ok." Cooper agrees, "You rest. It's been a hell of a night for you."
"Ok." She smiles, slightly closing her eyes.
"If you want to go check on Kim, Coop…"
"Her friend's are here, she'll be ok… besides, she's still in surgery."
"Ok, well, when you want too…"
"I will."
Two hours later, the Doctor comes back out, "She's out of surgery."
"How is she?" Aisha asks, yawning.
"Not much change. She is still unconscious, but I am almost positive that we have all the holes that were in her fixed. When she wakes up, she'll be in a lot of pain. We will give her any medication she needs. We will also need to fix her ankle as soon as she is strong enough, otherwise, it will be useless to her."
"Alright." Adam says, "Can we see her?"
"I don't see why not. Only a few at a time though ok?"
"Alright." Jason says.
"Tommy, you go back first…" Jason says.
"Why don't you, Tommy, Aisha and Trini head back?" Rocky suggests, "Kat and I are going to head out and grab us a couple of hotel rooms."
"Ok." Tommy says, walking back to Kim's room.
Zack looks annoyed that he can't go back to see her too, as well as the others, and Aisha sees this, "We'll switch soon." She says, kissing his cheek.
He sighs, and sits down. Tommy was already back in the room and sitting by her bed when Aisha enters. She gasps a bit at her friends complexion and walks over to Tommy, placing her hand on his shoulder. "I know." Tommy replies.
"Do you know how pissed she's gonna be when she wakes up?" Aisha says, quietly.
"Huh!" Trini asks.
"Seriously, look at her hair. She's gonna flip."
They laugh a bit, and keep a close vigil over her.
It was two days before she showed any improvement. Tommy was sitting by her bedside, his eyes closed, leaning back in his chair when he feels something very gently brush against him. He looks over and sees Kimberly looking up at him with heavy eyes, "Hey you." He smiles, brightly, "Welcome back to the land of the living." She looks at him and realizes she can't talk because the tube is down her throat. "You had us pretty scared there for a while Kimberly… no, don't try and talk, you can't. Let me go get a nurse and I'll be right back," He says, as she grabs his arm with all the strength she has, "I'll be right back, I promise."
A single tear falls down from her eye as he leaves, but like he promises, he is back very quickly, with a doctor and nurse.
"Ok Kimberly, let's take this tube out of your throat. When I say to, I want you to blow as hard as you can, like you are blowing out birthday candles ok?" She nods. "One, two, Three, BLOW." He says, as she takes a deep breath and blows out the tube. She ends up in a coughing fit as the tube is excavated from her throat. She takes a few deep breaths and holds her torso in pain. "Are you ok?"
"What happened?" Kim asks, looking at her boyfriend. Her voice was very raspy and just above a whisper.
"You had us scared Kimberly. You were in a really bad accident. The driver was drunk and hit your side of the car as he blew through a stop light. We were scared there for a while. You had two surgeries in a matter of hours, and you still need one more on your ankle."
"My ankle!" She says, fearful, "Gymnastics…"
"You'll be good as new we hope."
She nods. She doesn't know if she wants to try for the Olympics, but not having that option was scary for her. Tommy looks down at her and smiles. She reaches over gently to take his hand.
"If you need anything you let us know. You just had medication so you shouldn't be in pain for a bit. Get some rest and I'll check on you in a bit."
"Ok." She says as the doctor walks out the door, "Tommy…"
"Shh, you'll be fine."
"I'm scared."
"Kimberly, you'll be fine." He reassures her.
"Thank you for being here." She whispers.
"I wouldn't have not been here Beautiful. Everyone's here… Jason, Aisha, Trini, Kat, Zack, Adam, Billy, and Rocky. Cooper is here and…"
"Renee! What happened to Renee!" She asks, fear in her eyes.
"She's doing alright. She is going to need surgery on her knees, but she'll be fine."
"Thank god." She says, yawning.
"You should try and get some sleep."
"Please don't leave me."
"You couldn't pay me enough to go." He reassures his girlfriend. He kisses her on the forehead and she closes her eyes, taking his hand. He sighs a breath of relief and smiles at her sleeping form. No sooner than she falls asleep, Zack, Aisha, Adam, Jason, Trini, and Billy walk into the room.
"She's awake!" Aisha asks
"Not right now, but yeah she is."
"How is she?" Adam asks.
"She's doing alright." Tommy says.
"Any pain?" Billy asks.
"Not right now, but when she wakes up, that may be another story."
"I fear she'll be in extreme pain for a while." Billy replies sadly.
"I'm just glad she's awake." Trini smiles.
"She's doing pretty well… all things considering." Tommy replies, "But it's gonna be a long recovery for her."
"I hope she comes back to Angel Grove then. I mean, she can stay with me." Aisha says.
"Let's get her through the next week." Jason says, sitting across from Tommy at her bedside.
"Kat and Rocky still looking for hotels?"
"They found one, right down the road. They got us three rooms and took all of our bags down there." Jason says. They decided to finally get a hotel for a few days. The one they had the night before was a hole, and no one used it anyway, so it was a waste of money. They decided that tonight they all needed some type of rest.
"Good." Tommy says.
"You should go get some sleep soon Tommy…"
"Not until she tells me that it's ok for me to leave Zack. I can't leave her."
"Well, ok… but one of us would stay with her if you do want to get some sleep."
"Maybe tonight… I just feel like I'll be abandoning her."
"She'll understand."
"I can't yet." He says, looking back down at her.
Aisha sits next to Tommy in the chair, looking at her friend, "She looks awful…"
"She's been through a lot." Billy replies.
"This should have never happened." Trini says, shaking her head, "Not to Kimberly… not because of a drunk driver."
Jason wraps his arm around his best friend. "She'll be alright Trin."
"She's not out of the woods yet…" She sighs.
"She will be. Just give her a few days."
Trini sighs, and they all watch their friend, laying down in bed with machines beeping in the background.
"At least she's awake." Adam sighs.
"Yeah, there is that." Zack replies to his fellow black.
Another half hour goes by before Rocky and Kat get back, "Hey, we have two hotels at the Holiday Inn down the road." Kat replies, "How is she?"
"She was awake for about fifteen minutes, but fell back asleep." Tommy replies, not taking his eyes off of his girlfriend.
"Well, the room's there, if you guys wanna go and crash."
"I think I'll take you up on that." Adam replies to Katherine, "I need some type of sleep after not having it in almost three days."
"Me too." Billy sighs.
"What about you girls?" Rocky asks.
"No." Both say at the same time.
"I want to be here when she wakes up again." Aisha declares.
"The doctors say that may not be for a while."
"I don't care. I still want to be here."
Rocky nods, and knows better than to ask Tommy. Adam, Billy, Rocky, Zack and Kat all head back to the hotel for a bit of shuteye, leaving Jason, Tommy and Aisha to watch over their friend.
Kimberly wakes up at around 9:30 again, and looks at the four in her room. She was beginning to feel the pain of a post-operation. Aisha and Trini had their eyes closed as they sat next to the former leaders of the rangers. Tommy was leaning against his fist with his eyes closed. Jason however was awake, staring at the wall. He looks down and sees his 'little sister' looking up at him, "Hey."
"Hey." She says.
"You ok?"
"I kind of hurt."
"Do you want anything for the pain?"
"Not yet." She says, looking at her friends.
"No one has really slept in almost three days, so they are pretty exhausted."
"Oh." She says, "Thanks Jase."
"For what?"
"Being here."
He kisses her forehead, "you'll be ok Kimberly."
"I know…" She sighs. "Some grand finale eh?"
He smiles, "You always did like to make a grand exit."
She looks over at Tommy and watches him for a few seconds, "I feel so sick Jase."
"The Doctor said that you probably would…" He sighs, "It's a mixture of the surgeries, medication, and pain your body is going through."
She takes a deep breath, "Oh."
"Just relax."
She looks over at Jason and just watches him for a few minutes, before she feels a hand on her hair, "Good morning." Tommy says.
"I thought you were sleeping." Kim sighs.
"Nothing too deep." He says.
"You should get some sleep. All of you should."
"We don't wanna leave you." Aisha says, rubbing her eyes as she sits up in her chair,
"God Kim are you ok?"
"I guess."
"We were worried about you Kimberly." Trini says, yawning.
"Really guys, I'll be ok."
"I'm just so glad you're up." Aisha smiles, looking at her friends tired face.
"Me too." Trini agrees with her fellow yellow.
"You guys should go get some sleep." Kim says, not really wanting them to leave.
"We will. The others went back to their rooms for the night."
"I'll stay tonight." Tommy says, looking at his friends, "You guys can go and get some rest when you are ready. I'll get some tomorrow morning when you come back."
"That sounds like a plan bro." Jason replies, knowing that he won't leave her alone at night… none of them would, "I think I'm gonna go call your mom and tell her that you're awake."
"Ok." She says wincing a bit when she moves her body.
"Then the three of us will get a move on." Trini says.
"Alright…"
By 10:00, they were ready to leave and said goodbye to the pair in the room and leave. Tommy couldn't leave her yet. He just couldn't. That night was very rough for her. She was in a lot of pain by one in the morning and sick to her stomach. She had a fever of 101 and was not able to sleep. She wakes up in tears, "Hey, what's wrong?" Tommy asks, as he turns on a light.
"It hurts so bad." She says, the tears pouring from her face.
"Let me go get a nurse so she can give you something, ok?"
"Ok." She says as he quickly exits, and returns just as fast.
"Ok Kimberly, I'm going to give you something for the pain in your IV… it will take a few minutes to work, but you'll be able to sleep. How are you other than that?"
"Really nauseous." She says, taking a deep breath as the woman pours something into her IV.
"I can't give you anything for that right now honey." She says, placing a bedpan by Kim's head, "That's the best I can do."
Tommy looks at her with concern, "Do you have a fever?" He asks, placing a hand on her forehead. Sure enough it was very warm.
"Let me take your temperature Kimberly." She says, and frowns when it comes out 101.3, "This isn't uncommon for the surgery she just underwent a few days ago, but I am going to have to keep a check on it and make sure she isn't getting a virus."
"Right." Tommy says. He watches her face twist up in pain and feels his heart drop. She was hurting and he couldn't fix it. He takes her hand gently and rubs his thumb over it. That was the best he could do under these circumstances.
"I'll check back on you two in about thirty minutes."
"Thank you." He says, not taking his eyes off his girlfriend.
"I hurt so bad." She says, squeezing his hand with all her might.
"It will stop hurting soon. The medicine will help Kimberly…"
The tears continue to flow for another ten minutes, before she begins to feel some relief. She looks at her boyfriend with glassy brown eyes, "I hate this… I really do."
"We all hate it beautiful." He says kissing her forehead.
At two, Tommy wakes up to the sound of her retching. He takes out his own hair tie and ties her hair back away from her face, rubbing her neck. She blushes a bright red after she was done being sick, "I'm so embarrassed." She groans.
"Why? Because you got sick?"
She nods and turns her head away from him, tears filling her eyes, threatening to overflow down her pale cheeks.
"Don't be embarrassed Kimberly. It's the first time, but it probably won't be the last." He says, kissing her good cheek.
He stays up with her all night, holding her hair as she throws up, and getting her medicine when she needs it. She is in and out of consciousness the entire night, which the Doctor said she would be, but he says with her. He doesn't care how many times she gets sick because he will not leave her side. It was killing him to see her so sick and in so much pain, but he was still there for her.
Rocky comes in around 8:00 the next morning and forces Tommy to go to the hotel and sleep. Tommy gave him the report on what was going on with her and he told him not to worry. Tommy stands up, kissing Kim on the forehead and heads out the door. Rocky sits down in the chair next to her and stares at her. He hates hospitals almost as much as he hates snakes, but Kimberly needs someone sitting next to her, and he would do anything he could to make her more comfortable.
She wakes up around 8;30 and looks at Rocky in confusion, "Tommy went back to the hotel for a bit." He tells her, "He was exhausted. He didn't want to, but we forced him."
"Oh." She says.
"How are you feeling?"
"Still really sick." She says, looking away from him, "If I get sick I'm sorry…"
"I don't wanna hear 'I'm sorry' Kimberly, especially if it is because you get sick… remember the bike ride to the airport?" She blushes, "Did I care then?"
"No, but still." She says, her pale cheeks flushed.
"Relax. You'll be fine."
She closes her eyes again and within an hour she is practically screaming because she was in so much pain. Rocky ran really fast to get a nurse and they gave her a ton of pain medication to help her out. Rocky sits there, not knowing what to do and holds her hand. He talks calmly to her and tells her that it's going to be ok. He has never seen her in this much pain before and it actually is beginning to scare him. "It hurts Rocky…" She says, squeezing her eyes shut, "It hurts so bad."
"I know Kim, I know.' He says. Much to his surprise, he feels the hot stinging of his own tears in his eyes. He doesn't know what to do for her, he can't do anything for her, and it is killing him. He strokes her hair, like Tommy always does to her and hopes that it will relax her, "Take some deep breaths Kim, you'll be ok."
Cooper comes in fifteen minutes after her meds kick in and says, "How you doing kid?"
"Get out Cooper!" Kimberly shouts at him.
He is taken back a bit and looks at her, "What?"
"Get out! I don't want to be seen like this." She says, turning her head.
Cooper looks at Rocky and walks out the door, "Cooper…" Rocky calls after him, "Wait up."
"Don't leave me Rocky, please!" Kimberly begs him.
"I'll be right back Kimberly."
"NO! DON'T LEAVE ME!" She says, the pain medication talking, "YOU ALL LEAVE ME! Why are you doing this! Tommy leaves, you leave! Why!"
"Kimberly…" He says, standing up and going to the door.
"I hate you Rocky!" She screams at him, "I hate you!"
He sighs and goes to Cooper, "Hey man, it's the medication…"
"I know, it's just…"
"I know." Rocky says, understanding how he is feeling. Rocky talks to Cooper for a bit longer and then heads back into Kimberly's room.
"You always leave me." She mumbles half asleep.
"No I don't Kim…"
"Yes you do, all of you do." She cries, turning her head away from him, "You always do."
She wasn't making any sense, but it still pained him to think that he brought on his outburst. He sits down next to her getting a few 'go away(s)' before she finally settles and goes to sleep. Her medicine and the fact that she has a rather high fever doesn't help the matters any.
"I wish I could make it go away Kimberly…. My god I wish I could." He says, kissing her cheek. He sits back and watches TV for a while before the rest of the rangers come. She only got sick once while Rocky was there, and he literally had to hold the basin in front of her face. She was not quite conscious enough to realize that she was getting sick. Kat was the first one to come to the room, besides Cooper and sits next to Rocky, "How is she?"
"Not too good. She is really drugged up and threw up about an hour ago." He sighs.
"Pain?"
"Not right now." He sighs, "Do you mind sitting with her while I go grab a cup of coffee?"
"No, of course not." She says.
"Are you the only one here?"
"For now. Adam was just waking up when I left, so he should be here within the hour, and Billy I think was awake too. Zack spent the night with Aisha… she's a wreck."
"I can imagine."
"I don't know how long Tommy will stay away, but when I talked to Adam, he said that both Jason and him were sleeping."
"I doubt he will stay asleep very long."
"Yeah, me neither."
"Go on and get your coffee. I'll stay." Kat says. Rocky nods and stands up, stretching,
and then heads out of the hospital room. Normally, Kat was very squeamish around people who are vomiting, but not this time. She needs to be there for Kimberly and could deal with whatever was thrown out at her, no pun intended, "You've had a hell of a ride Kim." She says, watching her friend sleep.
Rocky just got to the waiting room when he saw a man signing out with cops around him. The guy was talking about how he wasn't that drunk and the car crash wasn't just his fault. "Excuse me." Rocky says, walking up to him, "Were you in a car accident about four days ago?"
"What's it too you?" The younger man says. He was probably in his mid 20's.
"Well, while you were out partying and getting drunk, you managed to HIT my friend and almost kill her. You say that you weren't that drunk! Well then, why did you blow through the traffic light and hit into the passenger side of a grand prix!" His voice was calm but pissed.
"You don't even know me…"
"And you don't know the girl that you hurt…. Neither one of them. They are laying in hospital beds waiting for surgery on their legs. You hit gymnasts bro, 18 year olds. Did you know that! My best friend was in surgery twice and is sick and in a ton of pain because of you. I should hit your car and see how much pain you could be in."
"Son…" The officer warns.
Rocky scowls at the boy, "I have never hated someone so much in my life before, but you sir, take the cake. What's stopping me from decking you right now? Our boys in blue. I'm just glad that you are going to jail for a long time."
"I didn't kill anyone." He says, a bit upset by the ex-rangers actions.
"You just don't get it do you. You almost did."
"I'm sorry, I really am…"
"Did you have fun ruining your life, because you sure as hell turned our lives upside down." Rocky shouts, turning on his heels and walking out the door to get his coffee. He decides to grab Katherine one as well as himself. He figured the others would be on their own.
Kat keeps a close vigil on her friend. One of the nurses comes in and checks Kim's vitals, "Has she been awake at all?"
"I'm not sure." Kat replies, "I just got here. My friend who left said that she got sick and fell back asleep maybe an hour ago."
The nurse sighs, "Ok."
"Is it normal for her to be throwing up so much?"
"Some people don't take too kindly to the morphine. It is an unfortunate side affect, and right now, until the doctor gives us the OK, we can't give her anything to stop the nausea."
"Why can't you?"
"The concussions that she has, I think." The nurse shrugs, "She should get use to the morphine soon, at least, I hope she does."
"Me too." Kat replies, watching her friend. She hears someone coming in as the nurse exits and just figures it's Rocky, but she was wrong.
"How is she?"
Kat looks at the gymnast, "She's ok right now Cooper. How's Renee?"
"She came out of surgery fine. She should be out of the hospital in a few days."
"Great."
"Any news on releasing Kim?"
"God no. I don't even think they know."
"How was she through the night?"
"I just know what Rocky told me who heard from Tommy, but she's in a lot of pain, obviously, and really can't keep anything down."
"Ah." Cooper sighs, running his hand through his hair, "Do you mind some company?"
"No, not at all." The Aussie smiles.
"So is Rocky here?"
"Yeah, but he went to get some coffee. He'll be back in a bit."
"Ok, and I am assuming that the others went to the hotel?"
"Yeah. They all needed sleep."
"I can imagine. I am in need of a good night's sleep too, but I just can't. Not with both girls in the hospital."
"I know what you mean…" Kat sighs.
"I'm surprised that you got Tommy out of the room."
"Me too. I'm not exactly sure how Rocky did it."
"How Rocky did what?" He asks as he comes into the room.
"Got Tommy out."
"Oh, that, yeah, me neither." Rocky smiles at Cooper, "She doing alright?"
"Renee?"
"Yeah."
"She came out of surgery fine and should be home in a week."
"Great." He smiles, "Here Kat."
"Thanks. You're a lifesaver." She smiles, taking the coffee from him.
"How is she doing?"
"She hasn't woken up yet." Kat says, "I don't know if that's good or bad."
"Good, definitely good." Rocky says, "She needs her rest…"
"And if she was awake she'd probably throw me out." Cooper laughs.
"How long do they expect her in pain like this?"
"No one knows…" Rocky sighs, "And I am worried about her next surgery. I don't know when they are going to do it."
"She has a fever now, so I am assuming after it breaks." Cooper replies.
"Maybe when she's a bit stronger?" Kat shrugs.
"Soon, I hope."
"It's going to be a long recovery for her." Rocky sighs, "And it's just starting now."
The three of them sit until she wakes up. She was very groggy and not too talkative. She was in a zombie-like state as she tries to converse with her friends.
"Kat." She says as her eyes open to her form first.
"Hey Kimberly." She smiles sadly at the girl.
"Hi."
"You ok?"
"Yeah." She says, "How are you?"
"I'm fine." She smiles.
"Don't worry about us Kim, only worry about you for now." Cooper smiles.
"I can't… you know me." She says.
He puts a hand on her forehead, "You have a fever there squirt. A pretty good one at that."
"I feel like I'm dying." She says.
"Don't say that." Rocky practically shouts at her, startling the girl, "I mean, you'll be fine."
"Easy Rocky." Kim mumbles, "I know. Where's Tommy?"
"Still at the hotel, do you want me to call him?" Cooper asks.
"No…" She sighs, "It's ok."
"Alright." He smiles.
"Is Renee ok?"
"Renee is fine. She wants to come see you in a day or so, after you are really starting to feel better."
"Kay."
"You look tired Kimberly, why don't you sleep some?"
"No, I don't wanna sleep anymore."
"You need to." Rocky replies, agreeing with Kat.
"No."
"Ok, stubborn, you win." He laughs.
An hour later the pain comes back. Each time it seems worse than better. She tries to hide it infront of her friends, but can't and once again, Rocky goes to get her some relief. He knows that she needs it. He wants her to be comfortable.
"You doing alright Kim?" The nurse asks.
"In a lot of pain." She says, trying to will off the pain.
'on a scale of 1-10…"
"20." She says, half jokingly, half seriously.
"Alright, I'll give you another shot, but we are going to try and get this to last another six hours, ok?"
"Ok.' She agrees.
The thinks that Kimberly is saying while under the influence of morphine are phenomenal. Rocky and Kat are silently praying that she doesn't spill any information about being a ranger. They know that she will regret it in the morning. Any time she even sounds like she is going to speak about being a ranger they change the subject, which was a lot in the past twenty minutes. She was finally getting drowsy again and falls back asleep. Rocky, Kat, and Cooper sit by her bed, praying and waiting. When Tommy comes in, he brings Jason, Aisha and Zack. They trade places with the three in the room and sit and watch over her. She needs all the friends in the world and by them just being there, she was feeling better. Sure, they have a long way to go, but its' better.
Tommy, before Rocky leaves looks at him and says, "So I hear you talked to drunky."
"Yeah."
"I would have belted him."
"I almost did."
"Pity you stopped." He says, then taking the time to thank him and takes his girlfriend's hand. The four replacements sit in the room in silence, focusing between the TV and Kim. It was spooky how quiet it was in room 201, but they really didn't have anything to talk about at this moment. She was sleeping, but no one wanted to disturb her, and they were doing a fantastic job doing just that.
TBC….
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