Ninjago hospital
Cole was the first to speak once he arrived in the hospital, "what ward is he on guys?"
"I believe he was taken up to the cardiac suite for rehabilitation, Zane added.
"But to confirm, we need to ask as I can't access patient records in this hospital…data protection seems to be very good in this place" Zane commented and looked impressed with the security systems in place.
"Take it Lloyd isn't coming again?" has he actually seen Jay since it happened?" Cole asked.
"No Cole, Lloyd hates hospitals, he tried to visit…he really did, but Misako took him back to the Bounty, he looked terrible" Kai replied.
"He…HE looked terrible, are you kidding me?! What the actual f*** Kai, Jay was gonna die, you said so yourself, me and Zane saw it too and the green machine couldn't even come and see him…unbelievable". Cole raged and pinched the bridge of his nose so as not to let his stress levels build again.
"Ok guys lets go and see him, cos now I need something to take my mind off Lloyd" Cole angrily added as he walked off towards the reception desk " and maybe we can find cake too", he snickered.
"Hi miss err"…Cole looked for her name tag… "Hi miss…... err..Rose, my name is Cole, could you tell us which room Jay Walker is in".
Rose looked up and saw this very muscular black haired man in front of her, she felt a little intimidated by his size but her eyes were melting into his gaze, his eyes too were momentarily captured in her eyes until he repeated the question.
"Jay Walker, do you know what room he is in?" Cole persisted with the question with slightly flushed cheeks as he maintained eye contact with Rose.
"Sure, he is up on ward 5, room 3", Rose replied then smiled at him as he walked away.
"Well that went better than expected" Kai smirked at Zane, motioning towards Cole and his still flushed cheeks. The elevator opened to reveal that the ward Jay was on was indeed the cardiac suite where the majority of patients were in their 60's owing to years of wear and tear or excesses of lifestyle. Jay was by far the youngest patient this ward had ever seen.
"Here we are, room 3, did you remember the obligatory grapes, cards and flowered items " Zane asked before opening the door.
"Of course, no trip to the hospital is complete without them" Kai laughed aloud and then laughed internally at thinking strong mints should also be used when visiting hospitals because of the smell" Kai chuckled again.
As soon as the 3 ninja walked through the door they noticed how bright it was, the room was full of sunshine and Jay was miraculously sitting in his chair with his dressing gown on soaking up the suns' rays like they had an energy that no one else could see. He turned his head when he heard the door open and watched with glee as they came through the door bearing gifts.
He stood up carefully with one arm, the other was in a sling owing to the chest drain that had been removed a few days ago. He was still in some visible pain from his heart and lung damage but the pain from his broken ribs, cuts and bruises was dissipating day by day.
His complexion was not deathly white anymore it was his normal fair complexion dotted with the occasional bruise here and there, he looked like Jay again except for his eyes.
Jay had a rather mischievous grin on his face when he stood and a slight flush to his cheeks, signalling something he was hiding from his brothers…he didn't dare admit to his brothers that he had a particular affection to one of the nurses who came in to see him on night duty last night.
They had apparently hit it off straight away within a day of being on the ward. Giggling, led to joking which led to touching and so on and within 6 nights Jay and the nurse had been found in a rather hot situation in Jay's private bathroom within his hospital room late last night. Leading to that nurse being sent to another ward or face disciplinary action. Of course the ward couldn't tell Jay off as he was ill and a patient and didn't know right from wrong, but for a nurse it was bad and was seen as taking advantage of someone vulnerable.
Jay didn't feel vulnerable and he would never admit it to his brothers but he needed that night of passion, it refreshed him and recharged his battery, well that's how it felt…stimulating and electrifying at the same time. He also felt naughty and kind of guilty for hearing what had happened to the nurse…he didn't even think of Nya at that point even when he saw Kai enter the room.
"Jay, hi good to see you" Zane said trying to break the silence as Jay seemed to be miles away.
"Guys hey you came…Zane, Kai, C….Cole!", Jay hugged him as tight as he could without injuring himself, "you look great" Jay beamed.
Cole was immensely happy to see Jay up and walking around considering only 7 days ago he technically died twice…Cole shuddered at the thought of that memory again.
There was still something off about Jay, his eyes hadn't reverted back to their original sapphire blue, the eyes that mesmerised Cole for some reason he couldn't put his finger on.
"Well, me and Zane spoke to the Doc and we're planning on breaking you outta here within the next day or so!" It was said with a boyish enthusiasm, verging on gleeful excitement.
"Whaddya think huh? Wanna be outta this place or what?" Kai asked excitedly.
"Do I? omg I've been going out of my head with boredom in here, they don't even have the Fritz Donigan channel on this stupid tv, the food kinda sucks…seriously Cole it's bad plus I can hear the old guys snoring through the walls, it was driving me insane" Jay whined, a part of his chatty side coming back, making his brothers realise he was almost back to his old self.
"Soooooooo I had to find other ways of keeping myself occupied, which is one reason why I need to get out of here" he laughed" he smirked again thinking about last nights' escapades and then blushed.
"Ooooh Kaaaaay," Kai raised an eyebrow "care to elaborate on that little bit of info".
"No…not right now,I'll tell you when I'm back on the Bounty Jay mumbled and blushed again.
Kai turned to Cole who both shared an equally puzzled expression and both of them had their eyebrows raised in animated suspension.
"Right well we're going to speak to your doctor to arrange your discharge paperwork and meds, and we'll see you tomorrow mid-morning, best get some sleep Jay, you still kinda look tired and beat" Kai motioned to Jays' bed
"Well duh, he got shot at and something else, what do ya think he's gonna look like?" Cole retorted sarcastically.
Before they left Cole hurriedly rushed to Jay's side and hugged him and then apologised for not coming to see him earlier in the week "I'm so sorry Jay, I really don't like these places, I'm soo glad to see you better though, you really scared me…I…..I thought I'd lost you.
"I'll see you tomorrow ok" Cole added kissing Jay's cheek.
"mmm k, see ya tomorrow…oh and Cole have some cake buddy you look dreadful hehehe" Jay added before he completely fell asleep.
Kai and Zane arrived at the nursing desk in the cardiac suite to discuss Jay's imminent departure from the ward, they were waiting for the consultant to give them the details of his recuperation, what he can and can't do and when he needs to come for check ups.
The consultant walked in and motioned all 3 plain clothed ninja to sit as he went over the details of one Jay Walkers potential discharge.
"My name is Doctor S Raa, I'm Jay's personal consultant, I believe you want us to discharge Mr Walker tomorrow is that correct?".
"You should be aware that he's not to do any strenuous exercises especially cardio, he'll need to be given a protein rich diet and his fluid levels will need monitoring daily, will you be capable of dealing with this?"
Zane casually answered "Yes, we are more than capable of looking after Jay, what medication will he require?"
"He'll need pain relief, we've given him an oral liquid morphine, as well as cardiac medicine to sustain his heart. Finally, antibiotics and steroids for his lungs to strengthen them. He's also had a weeks worth of IV antibiotics to clear up any infection the bullet wound may have caused, just a precaution though."
"However if I could, his case is quite interesting to me and it would be very beneficial to my research and that of the hospital of course if he were to stay here for another 3 weeks." He shuffled his patient notes nervously. "So we could keep an eye on him of course, nothing more."
"He is the youngest patient we have had on this ward and his miraculous recovery and healing have required us to investigate this phenomena, which is why I'm asking…if you don't want him to stay here I do have a facility set up outside of Ninjago of course. Its, my own fully funded facility where I conduct my own research and he would be looked after with the utmost care I assure you all".
All 3 ninja looked at each other and shook their heads and all in unison firmly said NO without a moments though. Cole thought to himself that there was no way in hell that Jay would be taken to a facility in god knows where for god knows how long for people to experiment on him like he's some sort of science experiment…the thought sent a shudder through Cole.
"NO, he's coming home tomorrow and that's that" Cole stated firmly without emotion, his eyes fixed on the Doctor" please just sort his paperwork and medications out so we can go tomorrow without a fuss".
"Fine, as you wisssh" the doctor finished
"Thank you, Dr Raa" Zane said as they all walked out the room, slightly puzzled at what the doctor had asked of Jay without even asking Jay in person.
"Zane that was odd, I don't think Jay would want to be locked up in another hospital for 3 more weeks" Kai asked feeling slightly unsettled, "there's no way in hell Jay's going there".
Cole then boomed before they were out of the hospital "What was that doctor thinking?"
"What the f***! He didn't even say where the facility was, for all we know it could be some psycho underground lair with a hideous torture chamber setup" He finished.