Again, i own nothing Sourced from The Suite Life of Zack and Cody

Carey Martin sat by Cody's bed, watching him sleep, he had not awoken since his surgery which had finished a few hours previous. Carey had tried to sleep but with Zack still in surgery she had found it impossible, unable to sleep Carey had turned on the television above Cody's ICU bed and began to settle in watching the news coverage, their lead stories of course being the explosion in Boston the previous evening.

It had just gone 4am and Carey found out that a domestic terrorist group had claimed responsibility for the bombings, although they had not made their motives clear. The television coverage informed Carey that throughout the night 235 people were confirmed dead and another 321 injured, and that it was believed that more bodies were still trapped inside but that there was little hope of finding any more survivors. The Boston Cinema bombing had caused more deaths than the Oklahoma City bombing; and second to 9/11 was now the deadliest Terrorist attack on U.S soil.

Carey felt so badly for Mr. Moesby in particular, whilst her sons were severely injured, they were at least alive, and there was hope for their survival, for Moesby, there was no hope of London's survival. Carey was even more concerned for Moesby because since he had broken the news of London's death Carey had been unable to reach him. Eventually Carey had called the Tipton and spoken to Esteban, who had agreed to go to Moesby's apartment, but Carey had not heard back from Esteban as of yet.

As Carey's thoughts turned to the victims and the sadness she felt, as well as the ever present worry for Zack, who had now been in surgery for well over 7 hours, a nurse entered the ICU and approached Carey; Carey just hoped she had good news.

The nurse looked a severe woman, which did little to bolster Carey's hope

"Ms. Martin" the nurse began

"The doctors have asked me to tell you that your sons first surgery has been completed, he is alive, but his condition is still extremely critical, they are bringing him up here now, the doctors will give you more details when they arrive" Continued the nurse

Carey quietly thanked the nurse, hoping that the doctors would give her some hope.

Carey sat in silence for the next few minutes, she hadn't seen Zack up close in so long, and she wasn't sure what he would look like, she hoped she could be strong, but she couldn't be sure.

A few minutes later Zack was wheeled in on a bed and taken to the empty bay next to Cody's bed. The sight shocked Carey and she instantly broke into tears. Zack was attached to a ventilator, which was breathing for him, as well as a multitude of wires and tubes giving him various Intravenous drugs and liquids. Zack's head was almost completely covered in bandages, his face was uncovered by the bandages, to Carey he looked so sweet, but so helpless. Carey reached out and stroked Zack's cheek, she removed her hand in shock when she felt the ventilator tube however, and Carey again broke into tears.

Suddenly Carey felt a warm hand over her shoulder, and a voice

"He'll be OK Mom" it was Cody, he had been awoken by the movements surrounding Zack and whilst the sight of Zack amongst all the tubes and equipment was horrible and the most distressing thing Cody could imagine, Cody knew he needed to be strong for his mother.

"Me and Zack, as long as we're together, we'll both be OK" Cody continued, now tearing up, unable to stay strong.

"I know you will Honey" said Carey, as she hugged Cody.

After having set Zack's bed station up a doctor approached Carey and Cody

"I'm Zack's doctor Ms. Martin, the surgery went fairly well, however his heart did stop twice during the surgery, but eventually we managed to set the broken skull and stop the bleeding in his brain, his condition is critical" Started the doctor

Carey and Cody looked shocked but eventually it was Cody who managed to speak

"Will he be alright, will he wake up, and will he be the same?" Cody was stuttering through his tears

"I hope he will be alright, but we won't know if there has been any brain damage until he wakes up, at the moment we are keeping him in a coma, to give his brain chance to heal better" replied the doctor

"What about his other surgery?" Carey then asked

"He will need surgery to remove the shrapnel, yes, but we won't perform that surgery until he wakes up, we assessed the injuries to his abdomen and they are more stable than we first thought so we can afford to be a little more conservative with the treatment"

Carey and Cody nodded and the doctor left.

Cody was the first to speak

"Mom, how is everyone else, how's Maddie, and what happened to me?"

Carey informed him of Maddie's condition and told him that his lung had collapsed in the ambulance and that he had had surgery but was going to be OK.

Carey then reached the other news, the saddest news she didn't quite want to break to Cody, being unaware that Cody knew already

"Cody, I'm very sorry, but I need to tell you, London, well, she died" Carey said, a look of deep sadness in her face

"I know, Maddie told us" Cody said, breaking into tears, in his heart he had hoped it was not true, but he had to accept it, his love, London, was dead.

"Have they found her Body?" Cody asked

"No, I don't think so" Carey answered

"How is Moesby taking it, and Mr. Tipton, does he know?" Continued Cody

"Moesby didn't take it well, he is very upset, London was like his daughter, as for Mr. Tipton, I don't know how he took the news, but he does know".

Cody drifted off into thought, about everything that had happened, his feelings were now turning to anger, anger that some sick, evil people had taken away all that was good and innocent about the lives of so many people.

"Mom…how many people died?" Cody finally managed to ask

"235 so far, but they haven't found all the bodies yet" Carey replied

The number was so high, Cody felt sick, he closed his eyes, but when he closed them he could only see London's face mixed with visions of the dead and injured inside the wrecked building. Cody decided to open his eyes and turn to Zack, he couldn't reach his twin, but he felt his presence, he felt his connection, Cody knew Zack would be alright, and mostly he knew this because if Zack died, Cody would not want to go on himself.

OK, theres chapter 13, sorry i didn't update yesterday but i was out all day and just wayyy to tired to write when i got home. personally i'm probably least happy with this chapter of all of them so far, so i hope you guys like it though. I just thought i needed to move the story along more to set up for alot of stuff i'm planning after our heros get out of the hospital, well, when at least some of them get out of the hospital.

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