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Cody, Kurt, Carey, and on the other side of Boston, Maddie all sat as one watching the Tipton night manager, Skippy, reading Moesby's statement officially announcing the death of London, none watching could speak, they were completely glued to the screen. Cody, Maddie and Carey burst into tears when a picture of London was put on the screen, Cody could no longer bear to watch so he turned over and buried his face into his pillow, Cody also did not want to cry in front of his dad, Kurt, and this added to the urgency of his hiding. Carey put her hand on his shoulder and tried to comfort him
"London is in a place of eternal happiness now Cody, her pain is over, you need to be strong, for her memory, for Zack…for me" Carey said
Cody whilst appreciating his mother's attempts to comfort him was not going to be able to get over it so easily, Cody didn't want to be strong, he had suffered so much, he was in love with London, and they were so close to being together, and now it was all ruined.
Maddie was completely inconsolable upon seeing London's picture on the TV screen, it was the first time she had seen a picture of London since her death the previous night, it was more painful than Maddie could ever have thought possible, it was like being stabbed straight through the heart, Maddie had not been prepared to see the picture. Like Carey had done for Cody Maddie's parents tried to comfort her, they didn't know London well so their sadness was mostly for their daughter's pain. Throughout the night Maddie had resisted her parent's pleas to talk to them about the explosion, and London's death, and now was no different, her parents insisted talking would make it better, but Maddie refused to talk about it to anyone who hadn't been there. Maddie felt she had allowed London to die, she had not done enough to save her, she could not imagine what more she could have done, but she blamed herself nonetheless. Until Maddie could speak to Zack and Cody she would face her pain alone.
Marion Moesby had resisted the urge to drink again whilst watching the statement being read on TV, but, like the others, he had broken into tears upon seeing London's picture. Moesby was in hell, it was the worst thing imaginable, and he could not envision a scenario that would absolve him of the blame he felt for London's death, his mind was racing of all the things he could have done to have saved her. They were completely unreasonable of course, there was nothing Moesby could have done in reality, save for locking her in a padded room for her entire life, a part of Moesby's consciences recognised this fact, but there was another, much stronger part that just wanted to take the blame. When the statement finally concluded and Moesby had managed to compose himself to some degree he prepared himself to go to the Hospital to see Carey, Kurt, Cody and Zack, Moesby hadn't seen Zack expect for in the Operating Room since the previous afternoon, and he had only seen Cody for a few fleeing moments since the same time. To the outsider it would have seemed that Moesby hated the twins most of anyone, but deep down he loved them, perhaps not quite as his sons, but as someone he had some responsibility to protect, he loved the twins, and Moesby would probably give up living if he lost them as well.
Esteban soon arrived at Moesby's apartment and together they travelled to Boston Medical Centre to see Carey and the Twins. Esteban had managed to get all the staff at the Tipton to sign a huge get well soon card addressed to both the twins, as well as a large collection on personal messages and cards from the staff to Carey and the boys. Upon arrival at the hospital Moesby and Esteban were directed up to the ICU and promptly were admitted to see Zack, Cody, Carey and Kurt.
"Hola little blonde peoples" Said Esteban as he saw Cody
"Hey Esteban" Said Cody as he saw the smiling Esteban
"Hi Esteban" Said Carey and Kurt
The three greeted Moesby also
"I'm so sorry about London" Kurt said to Moesby
"Thanks, we all are terribly sorry about the loss of one so young, however at least we can take hope from the fact that your young ones were not taken from us as well, nor was Madeline"
They all agreed that it was a blessing that Zack and Cody were still alive, and all were hopeful for Zack's speedy recovery.
"So do you know when you're getting out Cody" asked Esteban
"not really, I don't want to leave Zack anyway, he needs me" said Cody in a slightly forlorn voice as his gaze turned once again to his motionless twin on the bed next to him, surrounded by the screens, wires, tubes and machines, as well as the noises associated with them.
"How is he?" asked Esteban
"I don't know, we really won't know until he wakes up, but he will need another surgery before they really wake him up" Carey began
"That's awful, I hope he's alright, we all do, everyone at the hotel signed this card, and lots of them sent their own cards too" Said Esteban as he handed Cody the bag of cards from the hotel
"Wow, thanks Esteban, it feels so good to know I have lots of friends at the hotel that are wishing me and Zack to get better, but these cards are for Zack too, it wouldn't be right for me to open them without him, but he'll be awake soon so we'll see what everyone wrote soon enough" Replied Cody in a pleasantly upbeat voice, it was particularly nice for Carey and Kurt to see Cody being so upbeat, especially considering all the stress and horrific events he had experienced in the past 24 hours.
Carey, Cody, Kurt, Moesby and Esteban talked for the next while, it was still morning and the doctors would be beginning their rounds soon, they decided to stay until the doctors came to see the twins. The talk attempted to be upbeat, but it was impossible, and it mostly consisted of everyone trying to cheer Moesby up and pledge their support to him in the difficult time he was having. Carey wanted to do more, but she refused to leave Zack and Cody, as did Kurt, Esteban said he would help with any funeral arrangements he could, but they all agreed Maddie would want to help, and it was agreed also that nothing should be done until Mr. Tipton arrived.
At around 11.30am Moesby received a call from Skippy at the Tipton and stepped outside to take it.
"Yes, Skippy, What is it?"
"Sir, I'm sorry to bother you and all" he began in his distinct southern drawl
"but I just received a call from Boston PD, they need someone to ID London's body, I thought I should call you"
"Thank you for Calling Skippy, but I just don't know if I can see London's body right now, it would be far too painful, call them back and say Mr. Tipton will perform the ID when he arrives tonight"
"What was that about Marion?" Asked Carey in a caring and comforting voice
"Boston PD wanted me to ID the body" Moesby replied in a quiet and depressed tone
"Oh God, I'm so sorry" Carey Replied, as she dragged Moesby into a hug
"I just can't see her Body, I don't think I could handle it" Moesby wept
"It's OK, no one could expect you to do something so horrible" Carey comforted Moesby.
A nurse then walked over to the Group mostly surrounding Cody's bed
"The Doctors are beginning their rounds, so if possibly could anyone who's not family please give us a minute" The nurse asked
"OK, Mr. Moesby, we should go see Maddie now, I have cards for her too" Esteban said, and so Moesby and Esteban left to go see Maddie.
"How are Zack and Cody doing, Doctor" asked Kurt as the doctor reached their bed
"Well, as I'm sure you can see, Cody here is doing just fine, better than one could expect, although he is still going to be very tender for a few weeks, and that leg will need plaster for a few weeks at least, I'll have an orthopaedic specialist see you in the coming days to discuss that" Cody smiled as the doctor ruffled his hair during whilst his good prognosis was given out.
"How long will I need to stay in bed Doctor?" Cody asked
"a few more days at least, you'll be in here for at least another week, we need to monitor your lungs and keep you on oxygen while it heals, but you can probably start moving in a wheelchair not too long from now" The doctor replied
"And what about Zack?" Carey asked nervously
"well, there is no real change, we would like to do some tests of his brain function today, as well as take some X-Rays of his head and abdomen, if all has gone as planned we should be able to do his second surgery tonight or tomorrow and wake him up in 2 or 3 days, and we'll see where we go from then" The doctor said, trying to sound as hopeful to Carey and Kurt as possible.
But then it happened, the monitors and sounds around Zack went wild, alarms were going off everywhere. The doctors and nurses in the immediate area rushed over to Zacks bed, Carey, Kurt and Cody just looked on in absolute horror, speechless, unable to think.
"BP's dropping, pulse rate too" Yelled one nurse
"Get me some blood over here, O- Negative" yelled a doctor
"Push some adrenaline, he's in Cardiac arrest, call a code" yelled another doctor
The PA system soon after announced "Code Blue- ICU"
"Get a crash cart" called a doctor, a nurse quickly brought the crash cart over and the doctors prepared to shock Zack's heart back into rhythm
"Charge 250, CLEAR!" yelled the doctor before shocking Zack
"Nothing, called a nurse"
"Go again, charge 250, CLEAR!" yelled the doctor before again shocking Zack.
Cody just watched in absolute horror, preying, nay, pleading with god to save Zack, neither Carey, Kurt or Cody could speak, they were just to horrified as the three held each other, Carey carrying out in agony at watching her son's life slip away, her ex husband holding her tightly.
Two shocks later a nurse delivered some good news
"We've got sinus rhythm" she said
The pulse rate monitor next to Zack finally began to beep normally, as Cody's was doing, albeit at a slower rate that Cody's greatly elevated pulse.
Kurt was the first one who was finally able to speak
"Doctor, what happened to my son, will he be OK?"
"I'm sorry Mr. Martin but I can't be sure, it would appear some of shrapnel in Zack's abdomen has moved and allowed for internal bleeding, we need to get him to surgery now, I need you to sign this" replied the doctor handing Kurt and Carey a clipboard which they both eagerly signed.
As one doctor explained what had happened to Carey, Kurt and Cody, who was now openly crying in horror and fear for his Twins life, other doctors and nurses were detaching all the various tubes and wires, and moving other bags and breathing tools preparing to move Zack for emergency surgery.
Zack was soon whisked away from the ICU down to surgery, leaving Carey, Kurt and Cody together, but alone, separated by their outright fear for Zack's life. Cody was handling it the worse, he felt a connection to Zack, he had his entire life, but it had never felt weaker than it did now, Cody was in tears, silent, just hoping.
Woah, that was a long one. i just really couldn't stop typing! but i hope you like it all the same! i'm loving writing this story, so please keep reading it! and keep reviewing! We shall soon see what fate befals Zack, and what of his Twin as well? what trials and tribulations await our heros and their friends just around the corner? you shall just have to read on and find out!
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