Heartaches

Chapter 15

By Kellyq

The room was silent for a moment until heavy footsteps reached their ears, and Rudger walked in. The atmosphere in the room turned cold. Martha moved out of the way for the older man. He regarded everyone in the room. Rally shivered, feeling violated, but he noticed how Rudger eyes shifted to Yusei, and he was starting at his friend with a glint in his eyes. Trudge observed the whole thing quietly, not liking the hostile vibes, he got from the man in front of him.

"Who are you?" Trudge finally asked.

Rudger's eyes shifted to the man. They had a short stare down. "It's Rudger and your Trudge, a motorcycle cop, who works for Director Rex Godwin."

Trudge blinked. How did he know that? I don't even have my uniform on, he thought. "You didn't state your last name."

"My last name is not important right now," Rudger said.

Quick anger clouded Trudge's judgment as he reached out and grabbed Rudger's shirt. The older man took hold of his wrist, tightening his hold and easily yanked Trudge back. He was a bit surprised that Rudger had that much strength.

"I'd be careful if I were you," Rudger warned, not fazed by Trudge's glare. "Now what's with Kiryu hitting his head?"

Martha nodded her head. She was about to tell them when happened, but Crow beat her to the punch.

"I went to get some breakfast, when I came back, he was gone," he explained. "A trail of blood led me to the stairs, and I found him at the bottom."

Yusei watched Rudger closely. He has no feelings what so ever about Kiryu, he thought, noticing that Rudger didn't react the way he should have. Rally observed the whole thing quietly.

"He's also been having seizures," Yusei shared. Rudger raised a brow. "Bad ones I might add."

"How unfortunate for this to happen." Rudger sighed. This will definitely change things, he thought. "Where is he now?"

All ears perked up, and they glanced at Martha. "I'm not sure what room he'll be in, or if he's out of the O.R yet, but when everything calms down, I'll give you a call."

Rudger nodded his head and walked out. The tension in the room had lifted somewhat.

"I hope he didn't catch on that I lied," Martha said. "I've been trying to keep Rudger away from Kiryu, so he can heal, but I haven't had much luck." She sighed.

"On top of that, some of the medications that he's taking are the cause of his seizures."

"What type of meds is he taking?" Yusei asked.

Martha reached into her pocket and pulled out a piece of paper that was creased a few times. Yusei and Crow walked up as Martha handed the folded paper to Yusei. He opened it up to see that it was a chart of Kiryu's medications and some of the street drugs.

"I'm not really supposed to give you this, but I wanted you guys to know what's going on - considering that he never had this problem before he started to take Axert and Prosom," Martha explained. "The Doctor tried to get Rudger to sign some paper work so Kiryu can change the dosage, but he keeps on getting the wrong number. So I've been sneaking Mysoline and giving it to Kiryu. It should help."

Everyone but Rally nodded their heads. "Where's Kiryu now," Yusei asked.

"I'll lead you guys there," Martha answered.

They came to the third floor and followed Martha to a blue colored door. "bear in mind that Kiryu has Brian damage, so he's not going to remember any of you, not be able to talk well and his balance is way off."

She opened the door and stepped inside. The other followed her in. The room was all white and spacious, but for a window and a single bed. Kiryu was propped upright against the pillow, his arm in a sling, and a piece of cloth around his head.

He eyed everyone in the room and smiled, having a familiar feeling that he knew them, but he didn't know from where. Martha walked to the side of the bed.

"Good morning, Kiryu. You have some visitors."

He only smiled as they walked to the bed. Kiryu eyed everyone and his gaze fell upon Yusei. He reached out for his friend and Yusei took his hand. He stared into amber eyes that had changed from hateful to a small spark that used to be there before they had their first fight.

"Do you remember Yusei?" Martha asked, surprised.

Kiryu looked at Martha for a moment then stared back at his friend. "Y - Yus - Yuse -"

"That's right, I'm Yusei. A friend. All the rest of these guys," he explained, point to the group, "are your friends too. That's Rally, Mina, Trudge, Martha, Jack and -" Yusei paused when he noticed that Crow was gone. "I'll be right back."

He let go of Kiryu's hand and walked out to find his friend slumped on the foor, pounding his fist on the tile. Yusei watched for a moment.

"This isn't Fair!" Crow cried out, "this isn't fair to you either! I wanted to some how fix your relationship, but not like this!"

Half of Yusei's expression darkened. "It wasn't your fault, Crow. We're all trying our best to protect him."

He nodded his head. Crow rose to his feet and turned and smile, but Yusei could tell that it was fake and Crow was trying to mask his expression, with a cheerful one. "I suppose you're right. Now let's try and get our friend back."

Oh Crow ... Yusei thought, feeling a pang for his best friend. I think it's time I have a friendly chat with Godwin, he thought as his expression darkened.

To Be Continued ...