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Warning- Swearing.

Rated- T as usual.

Uploaded- December 29th 2012

Concussed part 2

Gamzee opened his eyes cautiously, the sting of the already dim lights around him hurting his eyes much more than they should have. His body must have signaled he was in pain however, as the lights dimmed almost immediately. He glanced around himself tiredly, knowing where he was, but not how he'd gotten there.

Feeling something soft under him, Gamzee realized he was laying on a pile of what he assumed were Terezi's scalemates in the main room. Looking up, he met Karkat's eyes, silently questioning.

At seeing his friend alert, Karkat visibly relaxed. Gamzee had been unresponsive for the last hour, and judging on his behavior now, his concussion was a bit more serious than they had originally thought. Seeing his friends confusion, Karkat answered him.

"Softest thing we had to work with. Didn't think you'd want to wake up on the shitty metal floor." Slowly making sense of his statement, Gamzee nodded, and slowly moved his head to look around him.

From the looks of things, and the obvious absence of a certain few dangerous objects, Gamzee assumed Karkat had everything under control.

Remembering the whole reason he had been wandering around before, Gamzee blinked slowly, "Where's tav…Tavbro?"

"He went to get something." At Gamzee's whimper, Karkat resolved not to let the Bull leave the Capricorn's side until all this shit had settled down.

"…Why were you looking for him in the first place?"

Gamzee lifted his arms and placed his hands gently over his eyes, trying to remember. Why had he been looking for Tavros? And why couldn't he remember?

After a moment, he started talking again.

"What… what the motherfuck is going on?"

Feeling someone's hand on his shoulder, he heard Sollux answer him.

"We brought you back to the main room. We're going to keep an eye on you until you thart to feel better." Gamzee felt Sollux's eyes study him. "What happened jutht now anyway?"

Feeling himself start to growl, Gamzee answered, "Can't remember." Snickering, and still managing to sound concerned at the same time, Sollux patted his arm.

"I get that. Hitting your head ath hard ath you did… You're bound to not remember thome thuff."

Not answering, Gamzee decided to focus on the soft plushies below him, trying to stay grounded in his suddenly spinning ground.

Sensing his friends distress, Karkat called out to Kanaya, who was finishing her talk with Rose. "What the fuck did she say? How do we fix this shit?"

There was a pause, before she called back, "Is there a bump where he hit his head?"

Karkat stepped forward, and gently touched around Gamzee's head, earning a soft moan of pain from the hurt troll.

"Sorry," he murmured, before finding a large bump at the very back of Gamzee's skull. "Yeah he's got a bump!" he called back to Kanaya.

There was another pause, this one longer than the first. "…Do we have anything cold we can put on his head?"

Eridan piped up, wanting to be useful for something, "I'vve got some ice in my respite block!"

"Go get some and wrap it in a cloth of some sort and come back." Nodding, Eridan ran to his transporter, narrowly missing ramming into Tavros, who had returned. Seeing Gamzee awake, he hurried to his friends side, immediately concerned. He ran his fingers through Gamzee's hair, and the troll immediately relaxed, lowered his arms, and smiled tiredly at Tavros. "Bout time motherfucker."

Seeing the relaxed look on Gamzee's face, Karkat sighed in relief, then yelled back to Kanaya, "What the fuck else?"

There was a sigh, "…That's all."

"What?"

"Unless we can find a doctor or someone else experienced in head wounds, there's nothing we can do but wait it out."

Karkat swore loudly, and Gamzee winced at the sudden rise in volume. Tavros growled at Karkat before he could stop himself, earning himself a surprise stare and Karkat actually backing away.

"Calm the fuck down Tavros. We don't need both of you fucking acting like this."

Although feeling guilty about growling at his friend, Tavros couldn't bring himself to apologize as he stared at his friends form.

"What do we do now?"

Sighing, Karkat knelt down, "Everyone get back to whatever the fuck you were doing. I'll take care of this." He gave a side glance to Tavros, "Me and Tavros have this covered."

At the stares he received, he glared at them, "Get the fuck back to your jobs. Worry about him all you want, but at least be productive when you do it."

Nodding in hurt understanding, they went their own ways, Kanaya returning from her computer with Eridan appearing not long after, an expensive looking damp cloth in his hands.

"The fuck do I do wwith this?"

"Give it to Tavros." Complying, Eridan handed the cloth to a surprised Tavros.

"You've been the closest one to him so far," Karkat told him. "I want him to get better just as much as you do, so…" he looked at Gamzee sadly, "Don't fuck up."

Karkat stood up and retreated to his computer, calling over his shoulder that should anything happen, to call for Equius immediately.

Holding the damp cloth tightly, Tavros felt the ice inside shifting around, and took care to refold the cloth so the ice wouldn't slip out any time soon.

Now came the tricky part.

Shaking Gamzee's shoulder lightly, Tavros said gently, "Hey, Gamzee, how are you feeling?" At the lack of response, Tavros frowned and shook a little harder, "Gamzee come on. Don't go to sleep buddy."

Receiving a moan in response, Tavros smiled, "I'm going to move you so I can get to the bump on your head." Getting acknowledgement from the clown, he shifted Gamzee so his head was in his lap, and his back was exposed.

Pressing the cloth into Gamzee's head, Tavros smiled when he heard a sigh of relief from Gamzee.

Ok, maybe it wasn't so tricky after all.

Running his fingers through Gamzee's hair, he smiled wider as the troll visibly relaxed, his face loosening up. Gamzee looped his arms casually around Tavros' waist, earning a small blush from the other, but that did not stop Tavros from playing with his hair.

"I'll make you all better Gam. Just you wait."

Feeling Gamzee's arms loosen, he looked down at the troll, who was looking at him for reassurance.

"…M' so tired tav…"

"Exhaustion is normal after something like this," Kanaya said from her computer. "You've been responsive long enough for us to believe there's been no permanent damage." She looked at Tavros, "As long as Tavros is watching you, I see no reason you can't sleep."

Gamzee was asleep before Tavros even opened his mouth, and Tavros smiled wider. Gamzee trusted Tavros would watch out for him always, and he was right.

He would make Gamzee better.

It was a promise.

Should I stop here or do ya'll want another part? I finished this one when I did the first part, and I intended it to be the last... but I'll write another if you want.

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