Cake sat beside the hospital bed. She turned to face the person resting on it, and smiled. "Hey, baby." She said as she caressed her hair. "You know, I'll bake you your favourite cupcakes once we get back home. Heck, I'll bake you a whole cake. Ten of 'em. But no need to rush. You gotta rest a whole lot, and I'll be here with you. I just want you well and kickin', sugar. You fight, okay?" She kissed her forehead.
A meeting with the medical staff was held at the conference room as soon as Gumball arrived. Marshall had to wait outside the infirmary. He didn't have the guts to go in there all by himself. It didn't take long, ten minutes at best. Gumball didn't say anything to Marshall, he just went in. Peppermint butler held the door, Marshall took that he had to get in there, too. The doctor and nurses followed before Peppermint butler closed the door.
Cake stood up as soon as she saw them. "How's my baby?" She asked. Her gaze shifted to Marshall with pure anger. "What's he doing here?! I heard he had something to do with this!"
Gumball tried to give her a smile. "Cake.. I need you to calm down. I'll tell you everything about what's happening to Fionna, and what we plan to do with her, with your permission, that is. Marshall Lee is here because I had him come. It wasn't him whose done this to her, it was his gir-" he cleared his throat, "ex. I had him here in her place. We don't want Ashley getting near Fionna, do we?" It stung when Marshall heard her name. He still couldn't believe she'd done all this.
"Now, we should all go sit down. The doctor and I will start explaining" he said. Cake nodded.
"Ms. Cake, we need your permission to operate Fionna." The doctor started.
"Operate? Why?"
They all sat, silent. Gumball spoke, "She's worsening. Her heart is pumping out blood abnormaly. If this somehow continues, she'll have blood droosing out of her in every possible place, if she lives.. It could affect every organ inside her. Or it could possibly not do anything to her at all. We had her X-rayed this morning, remember?" Cake nodded, attentively listening to each and every word. "We saw something in her. We're still unsure of where it came from or what it actually is, but we assume it came from the bumps and welled up inside her. We think we have to take it out of her."
"We researched about it right after our discovery." The doctor added. "You have the choice to allow us or not. We can all leave it in her and she will most likely live a few more years at best, or live throughout till an old age. A 70-30 percent chance. Or you could let us go on with the surgery. We would be able to remove it. Once we get it out of her, she's guaranteed to survive. However, it's a very dangerous procedure. She could also die before the surgery even ends."
Cake seemed troubled in processing everything, Marshall was, too. They were both at a loss for words. Everyone waited for her response.
"It's your decision, Cake." Gumball broke the silence, "Four out comes. We leave it, she either lives a short life or we find out that thing inside her doesn't affect her well being at all. Or we take it out, she could live... or die at the operation."
Cake was dumbfounded. She looked directly at Gumball, he reached her shoulder. "Scratch that. Three out comes. I asure you we won't ever let the fourth one happen."
"You promise?"
Gumaball nodded, "We promise."
That some how gave Cake some reassurance. She looked tensed, but everyone knew she trusted Gumball with Fionna. Even Marshall could tell. It gave his chest a little pang. He didn't understand, though he really wanted to know why his heart always does this. He stayed quietly seated.
"We'll start after we prepare everything for the operation at the hospital. We'll get her transferred in a few." The doctor said, standing up.
Gumball followed. "Right. I'll be back just before the operation." He faced his gaze to his side. "Marshall." He nodded toward the door.
He stood and floated over. On they went to Gumball's private study.
Heyyy. So here ya are, chapter 7.
Sorry, i thought i could update it after a day or two but i suddenly had stuff to do. Plus we've got exams this week and i have to finish some stuff before the 27th so i won't get to chapter 8 for a while, expect it around April.
(Oh yeah, if you don't like the story, i totally understand. I don't even get what im trying to do on this. If ya don't like it, don't read it.)