Note to my Readers
Dear Readers,
Thank you for reading my story and the first chapter! I'd also like to say I'm sorry that it's taken me a few months to update it, I would like to hope to finish it before next summer. Also I want to inform the lot of you I AM A SLOW UPDATER just so you know. Ok enough of this on with the story!
Sincerely,
Toilet
BP
Barren Paths
Chapter 2: Diagnosis Danger
Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing in any way, shape, or form, but I do own Lilka Aston and the plot of the story.
BP
Sally Poe briskly walked down the hallway of the Preventor Memorial Hospital a thin manilla folder tucked neatly under her arm. Exactly 12 hours ago a women in her late teens had been brought in from the scene of the crime, and she'd been called on to perform emergency surgery. When the blonde haired woman had caught a glimpse of her she'd mentally winced. The whole surgery had taken a grand total of almost 7 straight hours and Sally was beat tired.
The surgery could have gone much more smoothly without the girl's heart stopping every now and then. Her heart was weak and looked to have sustained some damage from a bullet that had ripped through her side and lodged itself toward the bottom of her rib cage. On order from Lady Une she'd taken a sample of DNA to see who the girl was.
Sally wasn't surprised to find out the girl was a civilian by the name of Lilka Aston and held no importance she was just at the wrong place at the wrong time. Kicking up her pace she entered a door and was faced with Lady Une herself sitting in a chair.
"Well?" the question rolled off of the Preventor Leader's tongue as she looked expectantly at the blonde.
Untucking the file from under her arm Sally handed it over to Lady Une," The surgery was shaky and her chance of survival is over 50 percent. I took the DNA and she is just a civilian going to a college nearby, the crime scene was where she worked on a daily basis."
Leafing through the light folder Lady Une came across a photo of Lilka and paused for a second," I want her in for questioning as soon as possible. Miss Aston may be the only one able to tell us what happened. For the time being she will remain under careful surveillance I don't want her running amuck and getting hurt before we can get our hands on some answers."
Nodding her head Sally was about to turn to leave when a thought cropped up in her mind," What about family? Certainly her family will want to know if the girl is ok. I had Duo snoop around and found out her brother, Ross, is a Preventor stationed in France."
"No, no family is to be notified of this it will stay under wraps for the time being. As soon as she is able to move from the hospital I want her stationed at the base. I want you to contact Wufei as soon as you can and have him set up a bodyguard for her."
"I'll get on it as soon as I can," taking her leave she heard Lady Une shuffle about for a minute and the her voice spoke up.
"If you can have Duo keep looking around in her history, for all we know she might be part of the terrorists that killed Miss Noventa. I want tabs on her at all times, and the people who come to see her even if it is only hospital personnel I want all records anyway."
Closing the door behind her Sally sighed and ran a hand through her hair. Assassination attempts on popular political figures were becoming increasingly violent and for some reason not at all concealed. Though the people behind it hid who they were very well, Sylvia Noventa's assassination had been the most shocking one yet. During the war she would have thought to be a very valuable hostage or target, but now it was all jumbled and confused.
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The room was a dark shade of grey and freezing cold that made bumps run along Lilka's body. She was still conscious but barely, the pain had kept her awake mostly. Well mainly it was the splitting head ache that made her almost retch in response it felt like someone was trying to knock some sense into her with a sledgehammer.
Her usual friendly face was marred by burns and painful looking scratches, that twisted her flesh agonizingly. A tube fed through her mouth poured water into her system trying to keep her hydrated, and a two smaller tubes were hooked up to her nose helping her breath easier. Lilka more or less looked like a human cyborg with so many machines covering her bony frame.
They'd wheeled her into an isolation room to ward off infection to her numerous wounds and burns. A beeping sound was heard and the door opened revealing Sally who strode into the room. Her body in a sterilized suit so to not spread any type of thing floating around outside.
"How are you feeling?" spoke the blonde haired woman pulling up a chair beside her patient. A flitting smile passed over her face.
Lilka just stared at her unable to answer or even think, it was as if it was just the shell of her body there.
"My name is Sally Poe, you were brought here to the Preventor Memorial Hospital after you were found. I am a doctor and I'll be here to assist you whenever you need me," warmth seeped out of her tone and even sympathy that this poor girl had been brought into this," It would only be fair to tell you that your chance to survive from your current state is a little above 50 percent."
Hot tears formed a film over the brunette's eyes showing her fear of those odds and what was happening. She was a normal girl why did this happen to her? She'd take it all back if she could, even her old annoying roommate Tabitha, if she could get out of what had happened in the past 24 hours.
Sally took a shuddering breath and swallowed hard just seeing the damn girl made her want to cry. Getting up from her seat she glands back and gave Lilka a reassuring smile before going over to check out the machines. The blonde doctor frowned as she reached a graph recording her heart rate, it was very spiky and was ranging between to fast and too slow. This was not good, but hopefully it would straighten out in due time.
Shaking the grim expression off of her face Sally smiled at Lilka before speaking," I need to go for a while, a nurse will be come in and out to check on you so don't worry."
Pressing a button the door that led to the isolation room open and the blonde doctor striped of her sterilized suit, then pressed another button that led to the hallway of the hospital. Walking out she was greeted by the sight of Duo Maxwell.
He looked as if he had been sprinting a marathon as he heaved in breaths of air. Controlling his breathing he weakly spoke," They know."
The statement caught Sally off guard as she took hold of Duo's shoulders," Calm down Duo your are not making that much sense. Who knows?"
"They left a message, they want the girl, they know she knows and that she's alive."