Rosita cleaned up what she could, but after getting a good look at Buster's injuries, she decided that it would be best that Buster be taken to hospital.
"I managed to control the bleeding, but it's still bad and he needs stitches." Rosita explained as Buster sat on his chair.
"The police have finished ze report. Zey are wondering if we want an ambulance?" Gunthar said as he walked in.
"No...ambulance." Buster said.
"We'll take him to the hospital in the van." Rosita said.
"Hospital...?!" Buster panicked.
"Calm down, Moon, or you'll make the bleedin worse." Mike said, crossing his arms.
"I don't...do hospitals.." Buster said, a slight growl in his voice. "They can't do anything!"
"What is he on about?" Ash asked Eddie and Miss Crawley quietly.
"Buster's never liked hospitals. Both his parents died in hospital because they could nothing for them." Eddie explained.
"So he's never been?"
"Not even when the theater collapsed, though we tried to make him." Miss Crawley said.
"Well, he's going now. Gunthar, Ash, Eddie, Johnny, you come with me the rest of you stay here." Rosita said as she picked up the weakened koala.
SING
The ride there was short and the friends jumped put of the car and raced into the waiting room where a deer was doing paperwork at a desk.
"Yes?" She asked in bored voice.
"We have an emergency, please. Our friend had been severely injured." Johnny said.
"Have a seat."
The gang stared at her. "What?"
"Have a seat. We have other patients." The deer said.
Gunthar said something foul in his language as they each took a seat.
"This is ridiculous!" Rosita cried.
"Well, that worked out. Shall we?" Buster said as he stood and made to leave when he felt the pain from his wounds and dropped to the floor.
"You're not going anywhere." Ash said, crossing her arms.
Buster pouted as he recovered and stood.
"Exscue me, but how much longer?" Rosita asked.
But the deer ignored them.
"Charming woman, isn't she?" Johnny asked.
"Listen, my friend is in severe pain, can we at least get-" But before Eddie could finish, the deer closed the desk window.
The sheep snorted as he looked at the shut window. "Oh, Dolores, say this isn't end. I'll be there for you. Ah, gee, I wish you hadn't had seen what you seen." He then turned to his friends. "I think I lost her." But as he turned back, he saw the deer staring at him with a disproving look and he jumped in fright and went back to his seat.
Buster groaned quiety, his energy wearing thin.
"Buster? You alright? You ain't looking too good." Johnny said.
"I-I'm fine." Buster said as he shivered, not from cold but from pain.
Gunthar stood as glared as he walked up to the desk.
"My friend needs ze doctor now!" He said.
The deer nurse responded by closing her window.
Rosita frowned as she checked Buster's bandaged arm and noticed that it had started bleeding again.
"We can't wait!" She said.
Buster groaned again as he slumped over.
Suddenly the doors opened and Mike and Diana walked.
"I heard what happened. Is Buster okay?" Diana asked.
"No, and the nurse won't let us in." Johnny growled.
"You still haven't seen the doc?! I'll handle this." Mike said as he walked up to desk.
"Hey!" He shouted.
The deer opened and window and peered down.
"What's the problem?" She asked.
"At the moment? YOU ARE! Listen, my friend here has just been brutally attacked by a leopard and is loosing blood as we speak. He's hurting bad and probably getting sick. I don't know what your problem is, but if you don't get the doc, I'll going to get mad."
"Oh, yes, I'm really scared. You're only four inches tall."
"True, but care to guess the inches of my friend, here?" Mike then snapped his fingers and a rhino walked in.
The deer gulped as she looked at her clipboard. "O-oh, look! Your friend's next!" She cried.
The doctor, an ox, came and they all went into a room where he examined Buster's wounds. After that, he X-rayed him.
"Black eye and severe scratches, nothing serious. I'll need to stitch up the wounds on his stomach and chest and a few on his arms. He also has a broken rib and a twisted ankle." The doc hummed as he took a closer look at the X-ray while Buster lay on the bed, drugged with medicine while Rosita stayed by his head. "It seems that his left rib had been broken before, but it seems to have healed nicely. Did he get help?" The doctor asked.
The gang exchanged glances.
"Erm, well, a theater DID collapse on him, but he never went for help." Johnny said.
"A theater?! Then this is Buster Moon, correct? Well, I've heard news of that. As I understand, you all sought help, but he did not. Why?"
Eddie shuffled nervously. "He's not keen on hospitals."
"Well, I've done what I can. Look after him, see that he eats, keeps hydrated and rests."
So Rosita took Buster in her arms and the gang walked out.
" 'ey, Mike, thanks for getting us past the nurse." Johnny said.
"Hey, no prob. Believe it or not, Moon's my friend...that and Diana would take my car if I hadn't help." Mike said, sheepishly as Diana kissed his cheek.
So the gang drove home and delivered the news to the rest of their family.
The days rolled by and Buster healed, though he was a bit weak from loss of blood and a broken rib, but he held strong.
Rosita and Johnny were often reminding Buster to take it easy, which proved diffecult for the workaholic koala. But he soon found that he had no choice.
Finally Buster was back to his old, energetic self, working and helping his friends. He still didn't trust hospitals, but that was okay. If needed, his friends would drag him there.
