Game of Thrones: Fading Scars

Chapter 3 of my Game of Thrones story, enjoy.

Reviews

Marina Ka-Fai: Thanks, glad you enjoyed it.
wazzup11: Thanks, glad you enjoyed it; yeah well, what do you expect, well, remember what Arya said in chapter 1.
Boris Yeltsin: Thanks, glad you enjoyed it, well, you'll soon get your answer.
Wolfgirl2013: Thanks.
Veridissima: Thanks, glad you enjoyed it, well, here's your answer; glad you enjoyed the dinner and the girl's happiness, yeah well, it's Joffrey. Don't forget what Arya said in chapter 1, regarding Cersei.

Now onto the story. This chapter BTW is basically one big flashback.

Disclaimer: Game of Thrones belongs to George R.R. Martin.

Chapter 3

Alyssa Waters bit her lip as she sat by her eight year old son's hospital bed, holding his hand.

"Mum, I'm scared." Gendry said; his voice trembling.

She gently soothed him, kissing his hand, looking in dismay at his face, covered in sweat, looking drawn, pain filled his eyes. She still remembered when Gendry's pain began; they went to the doctors and heard the dreaded news.

'Everything just seemed to slow down; I couldn't believe it when I heard it.' She thought in dismay. 'The moment he said it was cancer, that was it.'

Now they were in hospital; desperate for any chance to treat Gendry's stomach cancer. He had been treated several times, but was not improving; he was still in pain, still suffering from the cancer; which now appeared to be aggressive.

Alyssa shook her head. 'Yet not once has he cried…my son is so brave.'

Apart from a few complaints about the pain, Gendry didn't cry about it, although he was indeed scared. Gendry looked down at the two empty beds opposite his.

He let out a shaky breath, his eyes brimming with pain. "The ones they took away…They never came back."

Alyssa hugged him as gently as she could. "You will, I swear it."

It was then they were interrupted by someone clearing their throat. Alyssa straightened up and they both looked towards the door. Alyssa tensed, anger etching into her features as she saw Robert Baratheon standing there.

Gendry bit back a whimper of pain as he looked at the man in the entrance of the ward. He realized who he was; his mother had told him all about his father after all. Alyssa was furious when she saw Robert standing there.

"Robert." She hissed as she walked over to him. "What are you doing here?"

Robert shook his head. "My son is desperately ill; you think I wouldn't hear about it."

Alyssa narrowed her eyes. "Oh now he's your son. Eight years Robert…Eight years and you don't show up or even attempt to make contact."

Robert sighed; he knew Alyssa was right; however she wasn't done yet.

"Yet you turn up now of all times." She snarled. "I don't need this Robert, not now, my little boy is sick, the last thing I want is…"

"Mum…" Gendry remarked; his voice trembled, sounding weak.

She turned immediately, worried. "Gendry?"

Before he could speak, Robert had to step aside as another patient was brought in. This scared Gendry more, for the patient was, at minimum, only six years older than him. After the doctors left, Gendry remembered what was happening and spoke up.

"Mum please, I want him to stay." He said softly.

Alyssa was shocked by this. "What, but Gendry…?"

Gendry shook his head; still pained. "Please, I know he hasn't been here, but…But he's still dad."

Alyssa sighed but gave in to her son's plea. She couldn't deny him, especially not now; so Robert entered and sat down on the other side of the bed.

Sometime later, Gendry was in a real panic; the teenage boy had been taken away from the ward, he had not returned.

"He…He's gone, he's not…" Gendry remarked sadly.

Alyssa squeezed his hand. "It will be alright sweetie, I promise."

Robert sat grimly, uncertain what to say. Gendry gripped his stomach, inhaling sharply.

"It…It hurts." He gasped.

Alyssa was severely worried by this and quickly pressed the button to call the nurse. When she arrived Alyssa stood and approached the nurse quickly.

"My son is complaining of pain again; I'm worried it might be getting worse." She said softly.

The Nurse bit her lip before replying. "I was about to come anyway, the doctor wants to talk to you. It's important."

Alyssa tensed, worrying about what the doctor wanted to say. She looked back at Gendry before nodding and waiting as the doctor entered; Robert stood too and joined them.

"What's going on, doctor?" Alyssa asked, fearful.

The doctor nodded slowly. "We've been doing what we can for your son; the treatments have been working, but all we've been able to do with that was treat the tumours. But that's not enough."

Alyssa and Robert shared a worried look.

The doctor continued. "Treating the tumours, but fail to treat the source, then you're buying time at best. We've dealt with the tumours, but we still have to treat the source. The only way to do that, is to operate."

Alyssa gasped; Robert grimaced, but they had no choice, it was their only chance to save Gendry.

Alyssa sat by Gendry's bedside, waiting, Robert also sat nearby.

"Mum…?" Gendry asked softly.

Alyssa smiled softly, kissing his forehead. "It will be alright Gendry; we believe this will work."

Gendry shook his head, his panic building. "But, but, they're going to take me away…None of the others came back…"

"You will." Alyssa told him.

Robert nodded. "You will make it through this lad, I know it."

But Gendry was too scared; he wanted to get away from it all. But he was too weak to move.

"Please, don't let them take me." He pleaded. "I'm going to die anyway, let me die at home."

Alyssa shook her head. "You're not going to die Gendry."

It was then the doctors arrived and Gendry was taken through to the operating room. Alyssa let out a shaky breath as she heard his cries. Her tears spilled forth and Robert wished he could do something to help her. But he felt it would have been wrong to even try and touch her. Gendry whimpered as they began prepping him for surgery.

"Please, no…" He whispered, surrounded by unfamiliar masked figures. "No, please, I don't…"

He would have continued pleading but then the anaesthetic took effect and he drifted into unconsciousness fearing he would never wake up again.

Gendry was shocked, surprised, when he felt consciousness returning to him.

'What, but I…how, where am I?' He thought worriedly, then he heard the voices.

It was the doctor, Gendry could only make out certain words, words which made him feel better instantly.

"…Operation…success…cured…safe…"

"Thank you." His mother's voice could be heard now, she sounded tearful and relieved.

It was then Gendry noted that he no longer felt the pain, it didn't hurt anymore. Finally he opened his eyes and found he was lying back in the ward. His mother was seated next to him and when she turned her eyes widened as she saw he was awake.

"Gendry, oh Gendry!" She cried as she hugged him, crying. "It's over Gendry, they did it."

Gendry felt his own tears fall as he returned the hug, noticing his father walking in, smiling softly. The pain, torment and nightmare was over at last.

End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.