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Ok, so have I mentioned how much I love reviews? No? Well it's a lot! XD And I also want more ideas for the poll. (I won't write a sequel about her recovery because that's already going to be in this, kay?) So, yeah. Review!
The six teenagers were looking at Leslie, anxious and a little fearful. Batman and Green Arrow walked into the room quietly, also waiting for the news. It seemed to take forever before the doctor actually spoke.
"Her condition was much worse than what we first saw. She's lost a lot of blood, has muscle damage, and a broken right arm. There is also slight dehydration and starvation but it isn't too serious. Her throat has bruises on it and there is some internal bruising as well. Her costume hid some other bruising and many small cuts. The wound to her stomach is minor and didn't damage much. The bullet wound went clean through with only a small amount of muscle damage." Said the woman, looking rather emotionless, something she likely picked up from Batman as well as just working. "She would've died within the hour if she hadn't been brought back." She paused. "The damage would become worse if she did just about anything from now on." She looked to the two older heroes.
"At the moment, she is still unconscious but we have removed the arrows surgically and bandaged her injuries as well as put her arm in a cast. The best thing to do, to refrain from damaging her muscles any further as well as to offer her full ability to heal, would be to put her in a medical coma." The older heroes' eyes narrowed slightly before Batman nodded. "It would likely last not more than a few days but could definitely last longer. She would wake up on her own when the damage was healed enough. Even after she woke up, I would want her to stay in bed until school starts up again." At that moment, everyone was glad it was winter break. "We left the decision to you."
Batman turned to Green Arrow. He spoke so quietly that the only person other than Green Arrow to hear him was Superboy and even he only got parts of the conversation. Green Arrow seemed like he was trying to disagree with Batman, earning him a few of the Dark Knight's famous glares in return, though he stayed mostly emotionless. Finally, the archer nodded and said something. The two turned back to the doctor.
"Do it." Said the caped crusader. "We don't want to aggravate her injuries any further and she will need the healing time."
The doctor nodded before turning to Kaldur and Wally. "We need to get your shoulders taken care of. Your mentors are already in the infirmary." She said and started to walk towards it, the Atlantian and speedster following.
"We'll make sure the rest of you are alright when they're finished." Batman said, glancing towards the teenagers before sweeping out of the room, soon followed by Green Arrow.
The teenagers looked towards Zatanna, who was leaning on Robin's shoulder, looking relatively tired. "Are you ok?" asked the Boy Wonder.
The magician nodded. "Yeah, I'm fine. Just a little tired. It was a sedative, nothing else. I'll be fine."
The rest of the teens nodded. They watched the 'snow' channel for a while longer before anyone spoke. When someone finally did, it was Robin
"I wonder what they did to her before the videos." Everyone looked at the younger half of the Dynamic Duo, slight confusion on their faces. "Well, we only got the first video at noon, right?" The others nodded hesitantly. Well, she didn't come home from school the day before, so she was there for at least fifteen hours before the first video. Everything Leslie said that we hadn't seen probably happened in that time period." He said somewhat quietly, thinking.
What did happen? Did they try to get information? Was she being a smart-ass? Actually, that one was very likely. Nonetheless, they were worried about what happened.
The blood loss and muscle damage had been expected, what with the whole arrow thing. The broken arm probably happened when she was dropped by Sportsmaster or before the videos. She had also said something about not having been given anything, hence the dehydration and starvation. The throat bruising had definitely happened before the videos and the internal could be before or from when she'd been kicked by Sportsmaster. The external was the same.
The teens sat in silence as they thought about what had happened. No one knew how much time had passed when Wally and Kaldur had returned, each with bandaged shoulders and looking in pain. Painkillers didn't have much of an effect on the Atlantian and the speedster's metabolism burned them up too quickly to actually relieve pain.
"You guys alright?" Robin asked the boys.
"Yeah." Wally said. After all they'd seen Artemis go through, this was minor.
"Yes." Said Kaldur as he and Wally sat down on the couches.
"Did we miss much?" asked Wally, trying to look like he wasn't in pain.
"Not really." Was the Boy Wonder's reply. "We were thinking about what had happened before the videos." The two teens' eyebrows went up slightly. "Well, Artemis had been there at least fifteen hours before the videos started. Based on what Leslie told us about her injuries, a lot probably happened." He said as everyone lapsed into silence once more, some thinking, some listening to the static, trying to drown out their thinking.
It wasn't much later when Leslie came back in and asked to see the rest of them. "And if nothing's wrong, you can see Artemis, if you like." That got everyone up and following her to the infirmary, some more hesitantly than others. Did they really want to see Artemis in her state? M'gann had almost lost the contents of her stomach when they'd finally seen Artemis in person.
About half an hour later, everyone was clear of anything harmful, except for the bullet wounds, and Doctor Thompkins allowed them to see Artemis.
"She's in here." She said, motioning to the first room on the right side of the clean, white hallway before walking away.
Ah, cliffhangers! XD