"Not good...not good at all." Jessica muttered to herself while she wrote something down on a clipboard.
Hearing the soft groaning coming from her patient she glanced down at Kara, whose face was burning red and sweaty. Taking the thermometer from her mouth her eyes widened in surprise. "I'm sorry, girl, but you've got a hundred and two temperature..may want to bring you to the hospital just in case it gets worse." Jessica sat down on the edge of Kara's bed giving her legs a gentle pat.
"I'll be fine, Jessica. Just need to sleep it off." She said weakly with an even more weak smile before having a coughing fit.
Jessica stood up and picked up the glass of water by her bed before helping her sit up and drink it. "I'd rather not leave you by yourself in this state."
"I'll be fine, I promise. I'm a natural fighter, remember?" Kara let out a cough, laying back down. "Besides, Dragan is here as well as my other friends. They'll check up on me."
"You mean your mutant friends?.." Jessica said under her breath.
"Huh?" Kara lifted her head up thinking she heard Jessica say something.
Jessica gave a soft sigh but smile before digging through her bag. "Nothing, here, take this and this will help you sleep. If you need anything don't hesitate to call me." She said while pouring some medicine into a small cup.
Helping Kara to sit up she watched as Kara drank it all giving a disgusted grunt and face before laying back down.
By the time Jessica gathered her things and was walking out of the room Kara was already knocked out. Jessica gave a small smile as she walked out and gently closed the door.
"How is she doing, doc?" Dragan poked her head out from behind the couch wearing a safety mask over her mouth and nose as well as wearing gloves.
Jessica raised a brow at Kara's new friend but had to giggle. "She definitely has a fever so thank you for calling me. I left her some medicine on her nightstand. Keep me up to date on how she feels."
"O' course, goodnight doc." Dragan opened the door for Jessica and waved bye to her before closing the door. "Now..got tae sanitize tis place.." She rolled up invisible sleeves and went straight to work.
-With the Guys-
"I'm telling you, Donnie, there's nothing to be worried about. There are a ton of logical possibilities to why she isn't picking up her phone." Leo said as he and his brothers were heading towards Kara's place.
"Without telling me I-I mean us? That's not like her..something must be wrong." Donnie looked down worried about Kara.
When they arrived on her balcony they all saw Dragan wearing an apron, cleaning gloves, and a mask with her hair tied back with a bandana wiping down surface tops with a clean wipe.
Leo gave a knock on the sliding door before entering. "Uh, hey, Dragan." He waved to get her attention as the others followed in, Raph first after Leo.
Raph took one sniff in the air and suddenly wrapped his hands over his nose. "Ugh, smells awful in here. It's burning my nose." He said, muffled from his hands.
"That, my good sir, is the stench o' clean." Dragan said with a proud smile.
"Wait, did we miss Spring Cleaning?! Sensei is going to kill us!" Mikey yelled, grabbing the sides of his head in panic.
"No, we already did take..in spring." Donnie hung his head with a sigh before looking up at Dragan. "You wouldn't happen to know where Kara is, would you? I've been trying to call her but she hasn't answered."
"That's the reason I'm cleaning. She's sick. Poor lassie has a temperature o' hundred an two." Dragan said with worry in her voice as she leaned against the couch, having lowered the mask so they could understand her better.
"Wait, so then why are you cleaning?" Mikey questioned, confused.
"For one, she's asleep. An two, I haen't been sick in over three years an even though I feel bad for her I am nae aboot tae lose that record. You're free tae check up on her but be quiet." Dragan stood back up and went back to cleaning while Donnie was the first one to check on her.
He slowly entered the room to see her sleeping, hearing her deep breathing with a hint of stuffiness from her nose.
He walked over and sat at her side gently stroking her cheek, blinking in surprise at how hot she felt so he got up and grabbed a small cloth, soaked it in cold water, wrung out the excess water, then went over to Kara and gently rubbed the cloth over her face and neck.
Feeling the sudden cold Kara let out a sigh of relief and leaned towards whatever was cooling her down making Donnie smile. He stroked the side of her cheek with his thumb and kissed the top of her head. "Why didn't you tell me you weren't feeling well?"
Kara turned her head away letting out a deep cough in response.
Donnie sighed but had a small smile on his face as he got up to re-soak the cloth but instead, placed it over her forehead. "I'll be here if you need me."
When Kara woke up she was greeted with the guys and Dragan though she was behind the others as far from Kara as she could be without truly offending her, which made her laugh only to have a coughing fit soon after.
The guys helped out any way they could through out the days she was ill, though it seemed like Donnie wanted to do it all himself. Mikey made her some chicken noodle soup which Donnie fed to her, despite her protests, but she deep down she didn't mind at all.
Raph and Leo kept her company while the others were busy doing other things, mainly Mikey and Donnie arguing who should feed Kara next, and Dragan leaving to get more medicine as well as dinner for her and the guys.
When Kara needed to cool off Dragan helped her to the bathroom, wearing her protective gear of course, and waited patiently for Kara to finish, forcing the guys out of the room til she was dressed and back in bed.
When it was time to take the medicine Jessica left for her Kara was sitting comfortably in her bed with her friends around her as Donnie fed her the medicine making sure she took every last bit.
"Thank you guys, I really appreciate you all taking care of me." Kara's eyes were feeling heavy as she laid down to rest, holding Donnie's hand til she fell asleep.
He gave her hand a gentle squeeze before moving it under the blanket at her side as they all quietly left so she could rest.
-A week later-
Kara sat up and stretched her arms over her head before jumping out of bed feeling much better and walked out of her room seeing the guys and Dragan, who was leaning against Leo with his arm around her, asleep in the living room.
Kara smiled at them all and took out her phone, snapping a quick picture, and put her phone away before going back in her room, changing out of her night clothes, and grabbed her wallet, sneaking out somewhere.
The guys woke up to a sweet aroma in the air and saw Kara sitting at the table with a box of donuts and some milk. "Morning, guys." She had a bright smile on her face.
-Later on-
Dragan was getting ready to go visit the guys when she let out a sneeze. Shaking her head she grabbed what she was going to wear only to sneeze again.
Hearing the sneezing fit Kara walked into her room. "What's all the commotion?"
"I dunno but..I daen't like it." She sneezed again and blinked, her throat feeling irritated. "Oh no..but I was so careful! How in the wor-" Dragan stopped mid sentence as her mind flash backed to when she was helping Kara out of the shower and Kara slipped but she managed to catch her only to have her cough on her shoulder and could suddenly feel the little droplet of spit where her bare skin was at her neck.
Kara tilted her head in confusion at how weird Dragan was acting and felt her forehead. "Wow, you're pretty warm. I'd better call Jessica and have her come look at you."
"But I was so careful!" Dragan fell to her hands and knees in despair. "My record..doun the drain..just like that..gone."
Kara bent down beside her wondering what the big deal was but had a smirk on her face knowing a way to cheer her up. "You know, since you're sick, this gives you the opportunity to have Leo take care of you."
Dragan lifted her head up, blinking, a small blush across her cheeks and a smile. "Oh, well, I guess it cannae be too bad I suppose.."
"Riiight." Kara snickered and patted her friend's back leaving to call Jessica.
