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Chapter 8: Hope?:
Middleton General: Waiting Room:
Kim ran through the hospital's emergency room entrance, holding Shego tightly in her arms, and skidding to a stop at the receptionist desk.
"This woman needs help, stat!"
The receptionist looked at Kim like she was insane, before speaking.
"Okay miss, I'll need you to have a seat and fill out these forms."
She then handed Kim a clipboard. Kim groaned in frustration.
"There's no time to fill out forms, my friend here needs immediate medical attention!"
Kim was angry, and almost didn't notice that she had referred to Shego as a friend, but she couldn't look at her as an enemy, not after all that's happened. The receptionist tried her best to calm down the enraged redhead.
"Ma'am, ma'am, please calm down. We'll help your friend, but first we're gonna need you to cooperate."
Kim was about to go off again, when Anne walked into the room.
"Kim, what are you doing here?"
She then noticed that Kim was holding Shego.
"Oh my god, is she alright?!"
Anne then rushed over to the pair.
"She's cold mom. She-She's not suppose to be cold."
Kim was starting to tear up. Anne immediately examined Shego, checking for a pulse. There was none. So, Anne quickly pulled out her pager.
"Code blue, cold blue in the waiting room."
"Copy that, Dr. Possible, we're sending a team down to you now."
Dr. Mitchum, replied. Before anyone knew it a medical team rushed in, with a gurney. They quickly placed Shego on the gurney and wheeled her away, leaving Kim and Anne in the waiting room.
Operating Room:
Shego was in the operating room. Dr. Mitchum and his team had just finished resuscitating her.
"Alright team, we need to work fast. We've got her heart beating again, but we're not out of the woods yet. When Dr. Saunders gets back with the results of the blood test and ultrasound, we can go from there."
Dr. Saunders walked in a few moments later with the results of Shego's ultrasound and blood test.
"What do the results say?"
Dr. Mitchum, asked.
"Well according to the results, her powers have restricted the flow of blood to her heart. Also her powers have burned away about 70% of her heart. If we could remove her powers it would help. But, since that's beyond our level of expertise at the moment we'll have to do a heart transplant."
Dr. Saunders, replied. Dr. Mitchum took the clipboard, and looked over the results for himself.
"Will the transplant be able to save her?"
It was unlikely that it would, but he was trying to remain positive. Dr. Saunders sighed, shaking his head.
"The transplant will give us time to figure out how to remove her powers, but not for long. Even with the operation her powers will just attack the new heart."
Dr. Mitchum just hung his head, sadly, he hated to lose a patient, and it looked like he was gonna lose Shego.
"I guess I better go give Kim and Anne the news."
he then exited the room.
Waiting Room:
Kim was pacing frantically around the waiting room. What was taking Dr. Mitchum so long, why hadn't he returned yet? Anne looked at her daughter in concern. She could sense a strong connection between Kim and Shego, even if they couldn't.
"Kim honey, please sit down. I'm sure Shego will be just fine."
Kim stopped pacing, and stared at the doors to the operating room. It took her all of her willpower to not burst open the doors, and run to Shego.
"He should be done by now, what's taking so long? Oh god, what if she didn't make it, and he doesn't know to break it to us?"
Kim's voice broke, and she began to cry. Anne walked over to her daughter, and hugged her tightly.
"I promise you, Shego will be just fine. Dr. Mitchum is one of the best doctors we have."
While Anne was comforting her daughter, Dr. Mitchum walked into the room. Anne and Kim both looked at him expectantly.
"Well, we managed to resuscitate her, but she's gonna need a transplant. About 70% of her heart has been damaged by her powers. However, even with the transplant, she won't be in the clear. Her powers will most likely attack her new heart. But, there is a bit of good news. The transplant will give us at least a little bit of time to figure out a way to remove Shego's powers."
Kim and Anne sighed in relief, glad that there was some hope. However, they noticed that Dr. Mitchum looked as if he was keeping something from them. When he noticed the looks they were giving him, he decided to come clean.
"We have a max of 12 hours to complete the transplant, but...she has an extremely rare blood type, and only one other person in history was known to have it."
Kim and Anne looked at each other, and then at Dr. Mitchum.
"What's her blood type, and who else had it?"
Anne's voice was filled with curiosity.
"Her blood type is XX-, and the only other person to have it was...her mom."
Kim's heart sank. Shego's mom was dead, and now so was any hope of saving someone she truly cared about.
End of chapter 8:
A/N: Things can never be easy, can they? What'll happen next? Tune in and found out on the next, exciting installment of, A Christmas to Remember. So until next time, this is PokémonSoulMaster93 signing out.