AN: Hi everybody! Wow it has been a very long time since I have updated this story and I am very sorry about that! Anyway here is a decent sized chapter and another one will soon be on its way. I am still looking for a Beta, if interested please let me know! As always read, review, enjoy!
Chapter 7
"What do you mean army?" Brian wasn't sure who asked it, as it seemed to come from every mouth at once. He just shook his head and remained silent letting them know that he wasn't saying anymore on the subject, at least not at the moment.
Leon turned from where he was examining the items on the table and gave Brian a long hard look. He opened his mouth to say what was no doubt a biting comment, but was interrupted before he even started by a "Fuck!" Everyone's head whipped around towards Dom who was climbing out from underneath a car he had been looking at. The reason for his outburst was soon apparent as he clambered to his feet, holding his nose, trying to stem the flow of bright red blood that crawled down his face. "I think I broke my nose again!" Dom's words were muffled by his large hand.
Brian shook his head, "did you really hit your nose on the underside of the car?" Dom blushed and looked down shamefaced. That was all the answer that Brian needed. "Come on let's get you to the doctor and have that nose set and braced so you won't be doing this all the time."
Brian lead the way back outside the long building, but instead of walking back up the path through the forest that they had come down he walked alongside the building disappearing into the forest.
The two teams looked at each other confused; didn't he say he wanted to get Dom to a doctor? Rome was the first one to shrug and start in the direction Brian had disappeared. With no other choice the rest trailed along, following a wide well traveled path. "This path is easily wide enough for a car or truck to drive on," Leon observed, looking around as they walked. They couldn't see Brian ahead even though they too had walked into the trees, so they had simply continued along the path figuring it would come out somewhere.
"Your absolutely right Leon and we do use trucks to get around when needed, but most of us prefer to walk, it keeps us sharp." The group whirled as one, Dom grimacing as he did so, to see Kevin standing behind Monica who had been at the rear of the group. He had not been there before.
"Although I think Brian not offering you a ride, but making you walk was him being a little petty, not that I disagree with him at all." Ten heads once again whipped back around to see Landon standing in the middle of the road. They both had slipped out of the forest like to fleshed ghosts without so much as a whisper of sound. Nine mouths gaped at them in wonder and shock. Dom would have been gaping at them, but he was too busy holding his head and face groaning softly in pain, blood still flowing freely down his hands, though less than before. Landon glanced at the big man, "we really should get him to Doc though, I know how it feels to have a broken nose and it ain't fun." Landon started down the path once again, easily gliding over the rough ground, with a grace that in no way matched his appearance.
The two teams followed Landon, with Kevin bringing up the rear, along the path and through the trees until they came to a small hill that opened up into a wide meadow. Rome was the first one to break through the trees after Landon and the sight before him made him stop in his tracks. Leon who was following him managed to stop before he ran into Rome, but Tej was not paying so close attention and he ran right into Leon, who in turn ran right into Rome and all three of them ended up in a pile on the ground. The girls giggled as the guys rolled their eyes and helped the three up off the ground. They all turned to face the meadow and gasped. Before them stood three massive buildings, all obviously very high tec and new, the buildings gleamed in the afternoon sun as figures of people bustled around them.
"If I didn't know better I would say we were downtown in an industrial complex" Jesse spoke for the first time that day, but he spoke as if he wasn't sure he was awake.
Landon chuckled, "yeah my brother can go overboard sometimes but what's here really does help a lot."
"What is here?" Letty didn't take her eyes off the buildings in front of her, but it was clear that she was asking Landon and not just thinking aloud.
"Well that's the hospital," Landon pointed to the closest building, "and the one next to it is the training center, next to that is the offices."
"You have your own hospital?" Mia gaped at Landon, there was no way Brian was that rich.
He looked at her and nodded, "We only have one doctor and five nurses on permanent staff, but we do get more when there's need. All of the employees as well as the crew and their families get free care here. It was necessary, especially with the training center and the drive to town was too long. We are pretty much completely self sufficient, we have a power plant, agriculture and even a sub development."
"You have a sub development?"
"How big is this place?"
"Why do you need a hospital for a training center?"
The questions flew at Landon and he held up his hands to fend them off and quiet them. The questions dropped off into silence. "I know you all have a lot of questions, but yes we have house, its where all the employees and the crew live. As for how big this place is you would have to ask our realtor and accountant, but it does take up a very big chunk of land. Now let's go to the hospital and have Doc take a look at Dom's nose, then head to the training center. Brian's already there, so the faster we go see Doc the faster you guys get to pester Brian with questions."
__________________________________________________________________________________
Landon, Dom, Mia and Letty all walked into a roomy examining room to wait for the doctor. They had left the boys in the waiting room, drooling over the game consuls and games that took up the entire room. Suki and Monica had stayed with them to make sure they didn't get into any trouble.
Dom leaned against the examination table, grateful to have stopped walking, and watched Letty and Mia wander around the room looking at the various pictures on the walls. Landon on the other hand sat down in the only chair in the room and crossed his arms, tapping his foot impatiently. "Landon knock it off, you'll wear a hole in the floor, and get out of my chair." The rough baritone floated in through the open door and the three LA people turned to watch a young man stride through the door. He was tall, over six feet easy, had sandy blonde hair, with hazel eyes that sparkled with mischief.
Landon grinned up at the doctor and hopped up out of the chair. He gave a sweeping bow and gestured grandly with his hands toward the chair. "Your throne, your majesty." A clear, sweet laugh danced into the room, just before Violet glided through the doorway, her smile brightening when she saw the doctor. Doc returned her smile tenfold and crossed the room catching her up into his arms and laying a chaste but sweet kiss on her lips.
Dom cleared his throat, "I don't mean to interrupt, but maybe I could get my nose fixed then we would be out of your hair. And I'm sorry, but aren't you a little young to be running your own hospital, even if it does only have five nurses, you don't look any older than 28."
Doc laughed, "Of course, I'm sorry, so I take it you were on the wrong end of Demon's fist? And I'm 29. I just got very lucky that D hired me."
"Nonsense," Violet protested, "Your one of the most brilliant doctors of this generation and we had to out bid eight other hospitals to get you, your just being modest!"
Doc reddened as he reset Dom's nose and checked for signs of infection, "True, but we don't need to discuss that anymore. Now Dom, I'm just going to tape this and it will heal just fine, but your going to have to be careful not to hit it or bump it. If it gets infected you're going to have a lot of serious problems, so keep it clean ok?"
Doc waited for Dom to agree before writing out a prescription for pain killers and instructions for keeping the wound clean. Dom, Letty, Mia and Landon went down to the hospitals pharmacy and picked up the prescription, after Doc had examined Mia and made an appointment with her to see her the next week for tests.
The group found the boys right where they had left them in the waiting room and after much complaining, gathered them up and headed outside towards the training center.
AN: So that's the end of this chapter, I hope you enjoyed it and please review, good, bad or otherwise! The next chapter should be up soon, I finally got past my writers block with this story, so look for more soon!
AN 2: There is a picture of Doc on my profile so you can get an idea of what h looks like.