A chapter written from experience, weird but true. I'll tell you guys more about that later...
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"I'm sorry guys, I really am, but I'll have to leave you for a couple of hours. I've finally figured out
what you're infected with, but I'm afraid I don't have the right medicine to treat you.
Now we aren't talking about those normal over-the-counter drugs, we need a heavy dose of strong IV antibiotics. I'll have to break into the nearest hospital to get all the things we need.
Now I know it's stealing, but it's either that or... Let's just say we don't have any other choices."
Donnie was standing in the living room, busy telling April and Leo what he had told Mikey
a few minutes ago. Raph was still unconscious , and he had decided to let the youngest stay in his lab.
The rash on his arm was clearly a blood infection, and he wished nothing more than to stay in the lair with his brothers, just watching over them.
April sensed that right away.
"Donnie, wouldn't it be better if I were the one gathering the supplies? There's doctors and nurses everywhere, for not talking about patients and visitors.
It's evening, so they're probably busy."
April acknowledged .
"April, I'm a ninja, I can handle myself." He replied, not wishing her getting in trouble.
"I know you're a ninja, but unless you forgot, you're also a mutant turtle, what if someone saw you?
Please let me do this I promise I won't fail."
"Sorry, but I can't risk sending you alone."
"Then I'll go with her." Casey suggested as he entered the lair.
"Casey? Why are you here?"
"I called him half an hour ago, thought you needed some extra help. Hope you don't mind it."
"Huh? No, it's fine, everything 's fine, or actually not fine... How long have you been listening?"
"Long enough to know where we're heading. Come on red, we're out!"
"Now wait a second! You'll need to know exactly what to look for. I'll make a quick list.
You got your T-phones on ya right?" Both nodded as Donnie wrote a phone message
and send it. " I just send you a checklist, and it's very important that you get everything,
I repeat, EVERYTHING on that list!"
"Right, everything, got it." The two teens was about to leave when Donnie yelled : "Take the shellraiser, that's the fastest way to get there!"
They turned around, gave a thumps up and entered the vehicle.
"Please hurry." Donnie begged as he lifted a coughing Leo up from the couch and headed for the lab.
This was one of those times he was glad that he made that sick bay some time ago...
"Okay we're here, what now?" Casey asked as he parked the shellraiser.
"Uhm, I might have an idea." She replied as she looked in the direction of a wheelchair.
"Huh?" Casey asked bluntly.
"Come closer and I'll tell you..."
"The two teens exited the vehicle and headed for the entrance.
April managed to snatch the wheels in the rush, and forcefully pushed the boy onto it.
"Why me?! Why do I have to be the injured one?" Casey asked.
"Because it was my idea, besides, you're already a bit of a drama queen."
"Drama King I may add. Okay fine I'll do it, but only because I have to..."
"Emergency! Everyone get out of the way!" April yelled as she stormed inside.
"ohh, I hurts man, everything hurts!" Casey yelled out as she pushed him forward.
"Hey, you can't go that way! A nurse yelled after them.
"In case you didn't hear, this is an emergency! I know what I'm doing!"
The red head yelled back, overlapping Casey's pained sops.
They slowed down in the hall as they flew past the department of infection, then the cardiology clinic,
and then the nuclear medicine PET/CT.
They finally arrived at a staff closet. Casey got up and both entered. There weren't much space, but the clothe they were looking for was there."
"Great, Casey grab a coat!"
"There sure isn't much space in here." He replied with a smirk.
"We aren't gonna change in here you moron, you just take it on like a jacket."
"Oh right, I knew that..." They pulled one on an exited.
"Tallulah, really?! Wait a second red, I'll just switch it with a better name-"
"Casey, we don't have time for this! Come on!" She grabbed his arm and pulled him away.
He couldn't help but look at her nametag. "Sure miss Honor." He giggled.
"Just wait till I tell Leo that someone in this city is named honor, he's gonna flip." April smiled.
"Yeah. Now where are we going?"
"I don't kno-" Their conversation got abruptly cut off when a young man handed Casey a mob.
"A patient threw up in sector four, go clean it up."
"Oh sorry, I'm kinda busy."
"You don't seem busy-" He made a short pause looking at the nametag " Tallailah?"
"Tallulah sir." Casey sassily replied.
"Are you talking back to me?!" The man glanced down at the black haired boy.
"No Sir, I'm going right away!" The man leaved.
"You aren't going are you?"
"No way!"
"I heard that!"
"Aww man! Red, continue without me! I'll be there in a minute!" With that he left.
April continued into a new hall. Here she past a blood bank, then the Triage.
Finally she entered the observation department. Sick and injured were lying in the halls, waiting to get a room,
and the smell of medicine was slightly heavier in there than in the other hall.
She suddenly got a message, it was from Casey; "At the intensive care unit, might have found the depot.
I'll write back if I'm missing something. Where are you?"
April was about to message back when a lady called after her.
"Excuse me miss, but could you please help me?" She pointed at herself as in doubt whether it was
her she wanted or another. The old lady simply nodded. April entered the small room.
"What do you need me for?"
"Could you please get this rail down for me? My doctor told me I was ready to go home, but it's hours ago."
"Uhm, I don't think I'm allowed to do that without a permission from this doctor first."
"Oh, but he won't mind dear."
"Sorry, but I can't. I'll tell the doctor your waiting."
"Thanks Miss. Tell me, aren't you a little too young to be a nurse"
"I'm twenty-five, so no. Now I really gotta go."
She left the room and headed upstairs to where Casey was waiting, while writing; "On my way."
Donnie was sitting in the sick bay, just watching over his brothers while waiting for Casey and April to come back with the meds. Raph was still unconscious,
though his hands and legs would start shacking once in a while. Mikey was having a restless sleep, and would kick his blanket off every ten minutes.
Only Leo was still awake, since his lungs wouldn't allow him to lie down for long.
His coughing fits was getting worse, but he tried to suppress them, as his throat was getting sore.
It was only making it worse though, as the mucus started building up inside his lungs, leaving a feeling of tightness.
His arms was crossed tightly around his chest as he slowly rocked back and forth,
trying to relieve the pressure. He was freezing and sweating at the same time, and his fever was still high.
Donnie had found the old asthma mask they used to wear when they were toddlers.
Both him and Leo had been dealing with severe breathing difficulties at the age of two,
but as soon as they turned three, gone it was. It was mostly when they ran around,
or did something strenuous. Whenever they had a fit, Splinter would place the turtle on his lab
and cover his mouth with the mask. He would sit like that till their breathing went back to normal.
It was too big to fit them probably back then, but it worked.
The thing had been hidden away for years, only collecting dust,
but they had decided to keep it just in case they would end up needing it in the future,
much to the purple clad turtles relief.
He knew Leo was suppressing the sickness, but what could he do? Tell him to cough harder?"
"Hey Leo, take some more water." Donnie handed the sick turtle a glass, but he didn't take it.
"N-no, its fine, I'm not thir-thirsty..." He replied as he clenched his teeth.
"You're gonna dehydrate, please accept it." He begged, still holding the glass.
Leo looked tiredly at him, but accepted the fluid.
"Now drink it slow and steady." The genius advised. Leo could barely hold onto it as his hands shook too much.
"I-I can't h-hold it, I-I'm gonna drop it."
"Then let me do it." He grabbed the glass and moved closer.
The blue clad turtle let out a few muted coughs before Donnie started pouring water down his throat."
"S-sorry for being needy."
"Being sick and not being able to care for yourself doesn't make you needy,
and you shouldn't apologize for it. Caring for you guys isn't bothering me,
the only thing that bothers me is not having the right meds."
The orange clad turtle in the nearby bed started twisting and turning more violently,
and managed to get the genius attention pretty quickly.
He gave Leo one last look before walking away. Leo leaned forward, arms around his chest again,
still suppressing the urge to clear his throat.
"Hey Mikey, what's going on?" The purple clad turtle asked his twisting little brother.
He simply let out a whimper, lying a hand on his lower abdomen. "The stomach again?"
He nodded. Donnie took grabbed a chair and set it next to his bed.
"Now tell me exactly where the pain is located." He didn't answer.
The genius placed a hand on his plastron, carefully tapping different places.
A rumbling sound and a small cry was heard when he got to the lower part.
The smaller turtle crossed his legs slightly and curled up.
"Please, I'm just trying to help you, tell me what's happening."
Donnie begged as the pained look on Mikeys face got worse.
It wasn't before the sheets got soaked that he realized what was going on.
His bladder had failed and he hadn't been able to hold it back.
"Sorry, I don't know what happened..." The freckled turtle apologized still holding his stomach.
"It's okay, we'll just change the sheets. You think you're done?"
"I don't know." He answered embarrassed.
"Hey it's fine, don't worry about it. You think you're able to stand up?"
"No." He answered honest.
"Then I'll carry ya. Leo, you okay with sharing your bed while I change the cover?"
"No, it's fine." He smiled weakly as Donnie placed Mikey by his side.
'Note to self, message April, hopefully they haven't leaved yet...'
He gave the red clad turtle a quick glance as he fixed the bed.
He was lying completely still now, not moving a single muscle.
He wasn't sure whether that was a good sign or a bad sign.
'Why guys, why did you go there? More importantly, why didn't you wake me up before leaving?
I could have warned you, told you it wasn't safe. Sure It was me who tracked the place down,
but we weren't supposed to go there. I'm so sorry guys, I'm so sorry...
They'll come back soon, then everything's gonna be alright...
"I'm here! It took some time, but I'm here." April panted after running up the stairs.
"Great, take this." Casey handed her a plastic bag filled with intravenous antibiotics and other stuff.
"So, we got it all?"
"No not yet, we still need the IV stands."
"And they aren't in there?"
"Nope, but I think I know where to look."
"Oh great... huh?" She looked at her T-phone. One new message. It was Donnie.
"Casey listen up, we need anticholinergics too. Something about incontinence."
"No worries, it's in here too." He took the meds and then they leaved the depot.
"Okay, where do we go now?"
"right down this hall..." They walked past a room or two before the boy stopped.
Right there in the middle of nothing stood a bunch of stands.
"Great, now how do we get them downstairs?"
"Uhm, the elevator?"
"Oh right, the elevator, I forgot about that."
"Now let's get out of here before someone blows our cover!"
Casey ordered, and out they were. Time was running out, so much they knew,
but what they didn't know was that someone had been keeping an eye on them from a distance...
"We're back, and we got all the things on the list!" April declared as she entered the lab.
She and Casey both emptied the bags on a nearby table.
"Good, we don't have much time! I'll set the IV's up immediately!" Donnie replied in a hurry.
"You think they'll make it?" The teenage boy asked as he looked in the direction of Raphael.
It was weird seeing his best buddies being that ill. It had all happened so sudden.
"Yeah of course they will, it might take some time, but they'll recover, they have to."
Suddenly two known voices was heard from the doorframe.
"Aw look, the reptiles aren't feeling too good today."
"Well, that just makes our job much easier, doesn't it? I'm not complaining."
All three teens looked at the entrance in horror.
"Rahzar?! Fishface!?"
Cliffhanger! :O :O
Now the experience in this was when April and Casey ran around the hospital pretending to be nurses. I've tried something close to that.
It started with me looking for ice cream, and somehow I managed to walk through half the hospital.
The patients kept asking me favors like getting them a vase or cookies or water,
and I had to tell one of them that I didn't have the right to let them out of bed XD It was so weird...
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