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Once they got to L4, they rushed him to the hospital were Iria was waiting for them since Quatre had called ahead and told her that he needed her help with something.
"What happened to him?" Iria asked them, shocked to see how bad Duo looked.
"Some people took an assassination contract out on him and people have tried to kill him." Heero told her as she nodded.
"It's going to be a long surgery, go to my place and get some rest. I will tell you when we are done. I will do my best to save him." Iria said to them.
"Thanks." Heero, Trowa, Wufei, and the twins said.
"Thank you, sister." Quatre said.
"No problem, little brother. Now take them to my place and get some rest and freshen up." Iria said.
"Of course." Quatre said as he led them out of the hospital and to his sister's place.
After a couple of hours, the 6 of them returned to the hospital and learned that Duo was still in surgery. They waited a few more hours more until Iria found them, she had been notified that her brother was back and in a private waiting room.
"I hope you haven't been here all this time." Iria said when she found them.
"No, we went home to rest." Quatre told her as she nodded.
"Your family is rich." Said the 15-year-old male twin as his sister nodded, which made Iria smile. What he said confirmed that went to her place, they wouldn't had known that if they had stayed at the hospital.
"Anyway. His heart stopped a couple of times as we worked to save him, he is not dead, but it was a close one. He has fallen into a coma. He has multiple broken bones, his right foot, left ankle, both legs, his hips are cracked, 5 cracked ribs and 3 broken ribs. His left hand is broken as is his right wrist, his left arm, both up and lower bones in his left arm. His collarbone is cracked, his jaw is broken and he has 3 cracks in his skull. I had to wire his jaw shut so it can heal and he will be confined to a wheelchair until his legs heal. I also had to remove a kidney and his spleen, he can live without them, he just has to be careful with how he eats from now on. Oh yes, we saw that there was a tear in his spinal cord, it was on the small side so I am hopeful that we caught it in enough time. If we did not catch it soon enough, he will be paralyzed from the waist down for the rest of his life. We won't know until he wakes up from the coma." Iria told them. She could tell she had horrified them by telling them of all Duo's injures that she had taken note of, and by the fact that the liveliest, the most active person, might be confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life.
"Can we see him?" the 15-year-old twins asked at the same time after a moment to take in everything they had heard.
"Yes, but I can only allow 2 of you back there at a time before we move him to a room in ICU." Iria told them with a smile as they nodded.
"Oh, Duo." Quatre said with a sigh at just how bad he was.
Lady Une stared in shock at her computer screen, not believing what she was seeing. It had been 3 weeks since she sent the boys to L2 to find their missing lover, she did not expect to hear from them for a couple of months.
"What's up? You look like you've seen a ghost." Sally Po said as she and Lucrezia Noin entered the office.
"I just got a package that only had a flash drive in it from the boys, who are now on L4." Une told them. Sally and Noin knew who Une was referring to when she said 'the boys' the five boys who piloted the five Gundams during the war.
"It's that a good thing?" Noin asked her.
"I sent the four of them to find Maxwell. I believed him to be on L2…it's what is ON the flash drive that has me worried." Une explained to the other women.
"Oh?" Sally and Noin questioned at the same time.
"Take a look for yourselves." Lady Une said as she waved a hand at the screen as they moved to stand on either side of her chair to see the screen.
"Oh my god!" Noin exclaimed in shocked horror as she read what was written.
"Almost every bone in his body has been broken!" Sally said in shock looking at the screen in horror as well.
"This says that he was near death when they found him." Une said.
"His heart stopped 3 times on the OR table… and they repaired a tear in his spinal cord… they aren't sure if he will be paralyzed from the waist down for the rest of his life or not since he is in a coma right now and have to wait until he comes out of it." Sally said sadly.
"His jaw was broken and had to be wired shut." Noin read.
"They won't be returning to earth until Duo is cleared to travel, and then they will remain with him to help take care of him." Une told them.
"Depending on how long Duo is in the coma for, he might be confined to the wheelchair for at least 3 to 6 months for his legs to heal." Sally said as she walked back to the front of Une's desk to pace.
"That long?" Noin asked as she looked up at Sally Po who was a doctor and worked as a field medic during the war, who nodded.
"When a person breaks their leg, depending on which bone and how bad it is broken, it can take anywhere from 3 to 6 months to heal. If what this says is correct, then both the tibia and fibula bones in both his legs were broken, then yeah. He will be confined to a wheelchair until they heal. That is not taking the fact that he might be paralyzed for the rest of his life into account." Sally explained.
"Let's pray he only needs the wheelchair for 6 months and not for life." Une said as Noin and Sally agreed.
"Do you want me to tell Zechs?" Noin asked after a moment.
"If you want, but no one else." Une agreed as Noin nodded and left to find her lover as Sally hugged Une. Sally and Une were a couple as was Zechs and Noin, who actually married.
Annie: I did my best with the injuries Duo has… (google is awesome) sorry if anything is incorrect, but I'm using my artistic license here.
SB/Kierra: Hope you have enjoyed the third chapter!
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SB/Kierra: Cya!