Back at Ninjago hospital
Jay was undergoing emergency surgery to remove the bullet that had ripped through his chest; the team of surgeon's had successfully removed the bullet and repaired the damage to his right lung. The only problem Jay was facing now was blood loss; the bullets' trajectory had nicked his pulmonary artery which the vascular surgeon had repaired promptly. Lung damage also meant a chest drain to allow the lung to re inflate and also allow the excess fluid to drain away.
"We've lost his pulse, his blood pressure has dropped" a nurse shouted.
"Quick we need a shot of epinephrine stat, get that resus trolley now! Everybody take your places" the theatre nurse shouted.
The defibrillator patches were applied to Jay and the consultant shouted "everybody clear". For some unknown reason at that exact moment of the defibrillator being activated, the whole hospital seemed to lose most of its power, causing the hospital to revert to the backup generator for a few seconds.
"That was odd, power cut maybe?" The nurse shrugged.
The consultant noted the reason for his patient's deterioration "Its hypovolemic shock, if we don't do something now we're gonna lose him and that's not happening on my shift" he shouted.
It took three attempts to restart his heart and after a nerve wracking two minutes his pulse could be felt and was displayed as a weak signal on the screen.
"Good work everyone" the consultant congratulated his team on a successful operation " this man is exceptionally lucky, nurse Jones, he'll need to be on icu for a few days, get two bags of blood product, iv fluids and Hartman's solution started asap". The nurses nodded and wheeled him through to recovery where he stayed until he regained a state of consciousness.
"Kai, what aren't you telling me? What could be bigger than the serpentine?" Cole asked too harshly. Kai spoke quietly, his emotions struggling to stay inside, "it...it's Jay, his voice sounded broken, "he was seriously injured, I...I didn't know, couldn't remember what happened".
"I woke up here and could hear them talking about him next door" the worry in his voice was starting to show.
Cole's mouth hung open in a silent scream, not knowing how to take this news of his best friends' sudden health issues.
"Kai what did you hear? The nurses won't tell me anything, I'm not his next of kin, Kai...please...".
Kai looked at Cole with fear in his eyes and replied "he was dying Cole, J...Jay was dying, they took him to the operating room" he wiped a tear from his eyes as Cole rushed to his uninjured side to hug him.
"Hey, it'll be ok, Jay's strong, Kai...come on snap out of it" Cole sighed.
Just as this information was sinking in Cole saw Nya coming round the corner of the hospital, with panic clear in her eyes.
"Where's Kai?" She shouted somewhat relieved to see Cole mostly uninjured.
"I'm glad you're here, I'm going to see where Jay is, Kai is here" Cole commented and pointed behind him whilst trying to make a swift exit.
"I'm here" Kai groaned as he poked his head from around the curtain, Cole was relieved to see another familiar face so he left Nya to comfort Kai while he went to look for his sensei. Zane must have had the same idea as both of them barrelled into each other as they were coming around opposite corners, the wind knocked out of Cole with a huge thud..
"Sheesh, watch where you're going dumb ass", Cole spat before looking up and seeing Zane's face look apologetic.
"Hey sorry Frosty, didn't see you there" he winced as Zane helped him to his feet.
"I'm sorry too Cole, are you ok?"
"Y...yeah yeah, I err I'm fine, a few splinters, cuts and so on, thank god you're okay" as he casually hugged Zane.
"Actually I was going to see if there was any news on Jay, apparently he was seriously injured according to Kai and these nurses won't tell me a damn thing...gahhh" Cole's anger starting to show as he hit the wall with the back of his hand and remembered the earlier conversation he had with the nurse.
"It's ok Cole, Sensei has just arrived and is going to see him, we can go too but it has to be a quick visit".
When Jay opened his eyes he noticed pure white tiled walls and nurses hurriedly doing their work, he heard beeping noises and bubbling coming from somewhere. Jay attempted to move away from the noise and bright lights and fall back to sleep as he was feeling drowsy due to the effects of the general anaesthetic in his system. As soon as he moved he felt such excruciating pain, he screamed and began shaking uncontrollably; beads of sweat became visible on his deathly white face.
"N..nope...bad idea, J...Jay" he croaked, his throat felt raw and dry. He hissed through his teeth as he tried to ride out the waves of pain wracking his upper body.
"Wow, my v...voice sounds strange" he mumbled.
"That will be when we had to intubate you before surgery, it can cause temporary damage to the voice" the nurse smiled "Good to see you're awake at last and back in the land of the living" the nurse beamed.
"Besides there's someone here to see you, if you're feeling up to it".
Sensei Wu was arriving in the recovery department having been allowed through, he told the nurses that he was the next of kin for Jay Walker, being as Jay's parents were on extended vacation.
Cole and Zane also appeared behind their Sensei, unsure of what they were going to see but when they finally saw Jay they were shocked at his appearance but a huge wave of relief was washed over Cole when he saw that Jay was alive and smiling.
Cole's pov
Jay's skin was deathly white, his lips and extremities were a bluish colour from lack of oxygen, and he was covered in bruises and cuts on his unbandaged skin. There were various tubes attached to his veins providing blood and additional fluids, and one coming from his chest which was swaying and bubbling with a horrid blood coloured fluid accumulating in the sealed container.
Cole didn't know what to do, he had to be strong for his team, to show leadership qualities meant showing no weakness but in front of him was his best friend, his team mate...his brother...Jay who was at deaths door, hanging on by a thread. He did the only thing he could think off, he approached the bed and held Jay's hand and squeezed gently, he whispered into Jay's ear and willed him to get better. At that moment Jays' eyes fluttered open to reveal grey almost lifeless orbs where brilliant blue sapphires once shone, he looked straight at Cole and smirked.
"Did ya miss me rock head? Wha..happened to me?" Jay groaned still in visible pain.
"Hehe, Zaptrap good to see you awake, you scared me and Kai back there" Cole ruffled his black hair sheepishly and winced when he felt another cut. He was stunned at the change in Jay in only an hour, his complexion made Cole feel nauseous, his eyes, the pattern of bruises adorning his skin was enough to make Cole cry, realising just how close he had been to losing his brother.
Zane was speechless; he didn't attempt to say anything regarding calculations as this wasn't the time, he was ecstatic to see Jay awake though even though he thought it best to leave Jay to rest as he took in the full image of how much damage had been inflicted to his brother.
Jay again attempted to move onto his right side to get a better view of his visitors, the anaesthetic effects were wearing off as was the strong pain medication.
"Arrrrggghh, unghhhhh h...hurts ssoo much, w..what happened to m...meeee, he grimaced painfully, sucking in short shallow breaths. Jay was battling waves of intense pain which made his chest feel like lightning something wasn't right.
"Whoa whoa, easy there Jay" Cole soothed.
"You gotta take it easy buddy" you've just come out of surgery", Cole was genuinely concerned and visibly upset at the pain Jay was in but he couldn't do anything for him, he wanted to take Jays' pain away and get out of here.
"Jay, your medical team have suggested you stay here to recuperate for at least 3 weeks" Sensei Wu stated.
"However, if you feel better before then we can have you on board the Bounty" he added.
"Sensei is right Jay, we are fully equipped to help you recuperate on board, I have much medical knowledge in my data banks that will assist in your recovery " Zane stated in his nindroid voice.
"Oh. ok, Jay mumbled still fighting the waves of pain that threatened the unwelcome darkness and potential unconsciousness.
I...I d...don...feel so g..good, "Jay mumbled almost incoherently.
"Hang on buddy, I'll fetch the nurse" Cole worriedly rushed off in search of someone.
At that moment Jay grabbed at his chest, feeling a tightening before his world went black. His heart had stopped again, he was flatlining which set off alarm bells around his bed and all at once the nurses and doctors jumped into action. Zane, Wu and Cole were ushered out of recovery whilst they performed cpr on Jays' prone broken body. Outside the room they could hear the commotion and the defibrillator being switched on however every time it was used on Jay the power in the hospital reverted to back up power.
"It's almost as if Jay was using the energy from the hospital power grid or recharging his element" Wu mumbled to himself "interesting".
"What the hell happened, I was gone for like 5 seconds" Cole boomed, he pinched the bridge of his nose as a headache threatened to overtake him and bunched his eyebrows together, "how much more can Jay take" he thought.
"I need to get back in there, we can't lose him Sensei, I...I can't lose him" Cole sorrowfully added hoping no-one heard him.
"There is nothing we can do Cole, he is in their hands for now" Sensei Wu stated.
"However I sense he will not be leaving us anytime soon" Wu smiled as he was vaguely aware of what was happening to his blue ninja of lightning. He put his hand on Cole's back and led him and Zane to a seated area to wait for news.
Kai and Nya walked down the long corridor and joined with the rest of their team, they were all waiting to be filled in on Jay's condition. A few minutes passed and a consultant came through the doors of recovery to speak to Sensei Wu.
"Hello my name is David Moss. MD, I'm the consultant who operated on Mr Walker earlier" he prompted Wu to sit down.
"We managed to remove the bullet although it had punctured his right lung and damaged a small part of his pulmonary artery, this in itself wasn't a big issue however he lost a large amount of blood which sent him into shock. We stabilised his blood loss but his heart stopped during surgery, we're not sure why so we going to keep him on the ecg machine to monitor him over the next 24 hours". There was no emotion in the consultants voice, it's as if he was reading from a cue card.
"It was touch and go in surgery for Mr Walker and obviously you've all just witnessed a very emotional scene, rest assured he is stable right now and he'll be up on icu for a few days".
"Normally huge blood loss affects other organs which go into shutdown mode, but in Mr Walkers case his internal organs seem fine, his heart however has been affected and possibly his lungs" the consultant finished with a sigh.
"Do any of you know what else happened after he was shot?" The consultant questioned without giving more information about why he needed to know this.
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