At The Hospital: Time To Wake Up!

So once they got to the hospital the nurses and doctors had told Elliot he had to wait in the waiting room, so that they could do what they needed to do. Apparently she needed to undergo some surgery.

Elliot didn't want to wait; he wanted to stay with his baby. However, if he wanted to be with her at all he had to do what they said or he wouldn't be able to be with her at all.

"Sir, you have to wait here, or we're gonna have to ask you to leave and we really don't want to do that. We have a feeling that if she wakes up she'll want to see you." A nurse said softly, kindly.

"Ok, fine. I'll be in the waiting room all night if I have to. I'm not leaving her side, not for anything. I made a promise to her that I'd be there always whenever she'd wake up. Come get me right when you're done." Elliot said standing next to Mai, with his hand on her forehead.

"Yes sir, but for now, she needs to be taken to surgery right away." The nurse said softly, taking Mai away, but before she actually did Elliot bent down to Mai and said what he needed to say to her.

"Don't worry Mai; I'll be here when you wake up, I promise. You can beat this, I know you can; you're strong, yes you are." Elliot said softly gently kissing her forehead before the nurse actually took her away.

After Mai was out of sight Elliot sat down in a chair, and that's when the rest of the gang came in.

"Where is she Elliot?" Derek was the first to ask before anybody else could.

"Hi guys...She's in surgery." Elliot said simply.

"WHAT?! WHAT DO YOU MEAN SURGERY?!" Everybody asked at once.

"I mean exactly what I mean; she's in surgery." Elliot said looking at everybody.

"What happened? Why does she need surgery?" Zoey asked softly.

"I don't know. They won't tell me. I just know that she's been taken to surgery." Elliot said simply.

"How could this happen to her? What did she ever do to deserve this?" Zoey and Bridget asked at the same time.

"I don't know. I ask myself that all the time now." Elliot said softly looking at a clock.

Two Hours Later:

It was about two hours later when a nurse came out.

"Elliot Grant?" She called.

"Yeah." Elliot replied standing up.

"Mai's out of surgery and I was told to get you and your guardian right away because you apparently said you weren't leaving her side, correct?" The nurse asked kindly.

"Yeah that's correct." Elliot said simply.

"Well then if you'll follow me." The nurse said motioning for him to follow her.

About two minutes later they reached a door.

"Before you go in I must warn you; keep all cell phones, I-Pods, MP3players or any other electronic devices off. We don't want anything interfering with the monitors and all the stuff connected to Mai." The nurse said as Elliot and Wesley turned off anything they had on.

After their electronic things were turned off the nurse opened the door and Elliot immediately went to Mai's side.

"Oh my god Mai. What happened to you?" Elliot asked as he noticed all the monitors that she was connected to.

There were wires connected to each of her arms and even her stomach. Her arms, legs and even stomach were covered in bandages.

"Amanda did all this?" Wesley asked looking at the poor girl in critical condition.

"Mai..." Was all Elliot said as he gently took her small hand in his.

"Elliot..." Wesley started.

"I'm NOT leaving her side." Was all Elliot said.

"I know. I was just going to ask if you wanted me to go and get Mr. Bear for her." Wesley said.

"Oh, ummm yeah. That would be great. Another thing. Could you tell the others to go home? I don't really want them to see Mai like this." Elliot said sadly.

"Yeah sure thing." Wesley said as he exited the room.

In The Waiting Room With Everybody Else:

"Hey guys..." Wesley started.

"Hey Wesley. What's going on? How's Mai?" Everybody asked.

"Well Mai's connected to a bunch of different machines and is, I guess in a pretty deep coma." Wesley said sadly.

"No, not Mai." The group moaned.

"Yeah I know. Elliot and I feel the same way. Speaking of Elliot would like it if you guys left. He said that he didn't want you to see Mai right now. I also think he wants to be left alone with her. He feels as if this was all his fault." Wesley said simply.

"Yeah we understand." The group said sadly, truly understanding what was going on, even Derek.

"Now if you'd excuse me. I have to go get Mr. Bear for Mai." Wesley said as he was to leave.

"You mean this?" Zoey asked as she pulled Mr. Bear out of her bag. "I went back to get him just in case." Zoey finished.

"Yeah. You want to take it them don't you?" Wesley asked.

"If that'd be ok." Zoey said softly.

"Yeah go ahead, but just you." Wesley said.

"Right." Zoey and everybody else said simply.

With Elliot And Mai:

Elliot was looking at Mai, not taking his eyes away when there was a knock at the door and in popped Zoey.

"Zoey, what are you doing here?" Elliot asked looking at her as she looked at Mai.

"Oh Mai." Zoey said softly, shocked.

"Zoey, what are you doing here?" Elliot asked again.

"Oh um I'm not staying. I just came to give you this." Zoey said as she handed him Mr. Bear.

"How'd you get him so fast?" Elliot asked.

"I went back to get him just in case. Well I better get going. I'll see you soon." Zoey said leaving.

"Thanks." Elliot said before she was out of the room.

Later That Night With Zoey And Her Parents:

"I can't believe that that happened to Mai." Zoey said sadly while they sat quietly at the table.

"Yeah I know. What her aunt did to her was just plain old cruel." Adam said as he placed food on the table.

"Yeah and Elliot has to deal with this. This must be so hard on him." Suzie said softly as she sat down with the rest of the stuff.

"Yeah. Isn't there anything we can do to help them?" Zoey asked near tears.

"Zoey, don't cry." Adam said as he tried to wipe the tears away.

"How am I suppose to not cry when I know she's hurt and its hurting Elliot?!" Zoey asked crying even more.

"Hunny, I don't think we can do anything." Adam said softly.

"No, but we could clean up where they live you know. Make it safer for Mai. Then we could get them some get well things." Suzie suggested.

"That's a great idea." Zoey and Adam said at the same time.

"Then it's settled." Suzie said as they ate in silence.

In The Hospital:

Three days went by and Mai still hadn't woken up from her coma.

Elliot was so worried and as promised hadn't left her side once.

He lay there, holding her hand, occasionally he fell asleep, but he was always holding her hand.

Every once and awhile the others would come visit, but he was usually asleep or not paying attention to any of them.

She'd been out since Sunday; it was now Wednesday, two days since she'd turn three. Seeing as her birthday was Monday, she had missed it. None of them knew if she'd wake up any time soon.

"Come on Mai, stay strong. Wake up soon." Elliot would say every day, several times a day to her.

It was late in the afternoon and Elliot was sleeping, hand in hers, head on the bed.

Elliot however, immediately woke up when he felt something move and then he heard her soft voice.

"Daddy?" Mai asked softly as she made her hand into a little fist.

"Mai?" Elliot asked looking up.

When he looked up Mai had slightly turned her head to the side to look at Elliot.

"Daddy? Where we are?" Mai asked softly.

"Mai! You're awake! Thank God!" Elliot said happily, hugging her.

"Daddy, we go home now wite?" Mai asked softly, and then cried because she pulled her arms, which pulled wires causing her some pain.

"Mai, Mai, hold still. We can't go home until the doctors say its ok." Elliot said as he gently untangled the wires and then lifted her up a little so he could climb into the bed and put her gently on his lap.

After she got comfortable a nurse came in with the doctor.

"Oh, she's awake. How do you feel hunny?" The doctor asked.

"I wan go home now pewese." Mai said softly.

"Well, first you have to do something for us." The doctor said as he got a cup.

"What?" Mai asked clinging to her daddy.

"First we need you to eat and drink something. So what would you like?" The doctor asked.

"Noodles and wed Kooaid, pewese." Mai said as the nurse removed the wires.

"Ok. I'll be right back." The doctor said softly.

About half an hour later the doctor came back with a bowl of noodles and a small cup of kool-aid.

Mai ate and drank all the noodles and kool-aid with no problems at all. So within two hours the doctor came back with the next thing they had to do.

"Ok hunny there's one more thing we need you to do before we can let you go home." The doctor said softly.

"What's dat?" Mai asked.

"We need to see if you can walk steadily. Can you do that?" The doctor asked.

"Yes I can." Mai said as Elliot helped her down.

At first she stumbled, but quickly got a hold of it and was walking around.

After both tests were done with no problems at all the doctors let Mai go home, after giving Elliot the pain pills that she would need to help her heal...

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