This fanfic is not for underage audience, there will be mature content both in language and in the scenes described. You have been warned.The characters are not mine. This said all characters and their mentions are property of Rooster Teeth.

Last time: The sad events before Max's death were just a dream. Nikki tried to comfort Max. Max's head was bleeding, just a little bit. They went to the hospital and got made Max as good as new. Suddenly earthquake. They evacuated the hospital the moment they could.

Nikki's POV

I was scared, what if there was another tremor? What if this time everything fell down? And something similar happened...

There was an aftershock, and it was stronger than the original earthquake. Way stronger. We were at my house when it happened. We were just chatting after all the hospital thing happened when the aftershock hit. We quickly got somewhere safe, under a table or somewhere similar. When it stopped we got back up and decided to get out of the house in case of. We grabbed some things from inside the house and got outside. We received a call from Gwen.

"Hey guys, you ok?" Gwen asked.

"Yeah, and you?" I asked

"Well, David is scared. But other than that we are fine. Anyways, you should go to somewhere safe, an open area is the best."

"Yeah, thanks. We already got out of my house and are on the street."

"I'm glad to hear that." And just then, another after shock. This time we weren't so lucky. A chunk of a wall of my house fell down. It was about to fall directly on me when I feel Max pushing me out of the way and then he being hit by the piece of concrete. The tremor had stopped. The dust was lifting revealing a really hurt Max. He wasn't moving, he was barely breathing. I panicked. I didn't know what to do.

"NEIL! OH MY GOD NEIL, WHAT DO WE DO? MAX! MAX DO YOU HEAR ME?!"

"Nikki, Nikki. Calm down, let's call an ambulance." Earlier I said our luck was bad, well, Max's was worse, and that wasn't it. When Neil first called they said that it was risky to send an ambulance. In the end they did send an ambulance. The paramedics arrived quickly. They put Max in the ambulance, I asked to go in the ambulance. They said it was ok. I was really worried. I texted Gwen and told her what happened, and in what hospital we were going to be. I also notified Neil. It felt like hours before we got to the hospital but barely 10 minutes had passed. After that, they got Max down and got him inside. I wanted to go but they told me to wait on the waiting room. And so I did. Gwen and David came and short after Neil too.

"Where's Max?" Asked Gwen.

"He is inside, they won't let me pass." I pointed towards the room he was. Gwen headed that way and was stopped. They asked if she was part of his family, after saying she was they handed some papers she and David sat down to fill.

Seconds felt like minutes, and minutes like hours. After a long wait a doctor came out of the room and walked towards us.

"Well, I'm afraid I don't have good news" The doctor said.

"What is it doc? What happened to him?" Asked Gwen.

"Well, you see. His injuries are really serious, and most of them are internal."

"That's it then? He just got hurt, but nothing serious, right?"

"Well, he broke one arm and one rib."

"Thanks god, I feared it would be worse. So after some treatment he should be good to go then. Am I right?"

"Well, no. I'm not here to just talk about his physical state but also his psychological state. He sustained heavy injuries, and like I said most of the are inside. That sort of physical trauma affects the brain sometimes and some others make the brain react. His, made his brain react."

"W-What do you mean doctor?" I asked...

"Well, I'm saying his brain was also affected. He is now in a comatose state. I could give you more details if you want, but in conclusion, he is in a coma."

Coma? I was shocked. Gwen started crying and David hugged her showing unusual strength, I would've thought David would be the one to cry. Neil just sat down in shock, but I couldn't move.

"Is there something you can do?" Asked David.

"We are treating all the injuries we can at the moment, but there really isn't much to do. We have to wait for his body to recover by itself and gather its strengths so he can wake up again."

"Okay, I understand" said David with a sad tone.

The doctor left.

"I'm sorry Gwen." I said. "I'm sorry David. If only I was the one who got hit... Max wouldn't be like this." I started crying.

"It's not your fault Nikki." Gwen said. "It is nobody's fault."

"Yeah, don't worry Nikki." Said David.

Days passed. Nothing happened. Max's injuries were better now, but Max didn't show any sign of waking up.

Weeks passed. The summer end was getting closer. I was still worried about Max, he was the only thing I thought about. I couldn't lose hope. After all, comas can last for years for all I know.

After 2 months, Max showed a sign. The doctors said that he was starting to react to physical stimulus. I'm so happy.

3rd and last month of summer. Thanks doctors say Max will wake up in a week or so. I really hope so. I want him to come back to us. But, in the end... Max died. There was nothing that could be done. There was an injury doctors couldn't fix, or even Max's body could.

Just kidding. He didn't, got you worried there for a sec, right? Instead of dying he woke up. Luckily we were all in his room when it happened. He slowly opened his eyes.

"Where am I? What happened?"

My eyes were full of tears and I hugged him.

"Max! Thank god you're alright. You got me worried." Gwen also hugged him.

"Fuck you Max, I feared the worst." Said Gwen. Then came David and then Neil.

We were all happy together. After more paperwork Max got out of the hospital. I messaged everyone what had happened. We decided to make a surprise party. Everyone was going to be there. Even the quartermaster. We got some time for everyone to set up by taking Max for a walk and buying some ice cream. After a while, everything was ready. That was fast. And so we headed back to Max's house. It would be a double party. One for the fact of finally waking up and the other one for his birthday. It was going to be perfect. He even woke up the perfect day. I'm so happy. I think nothing will ruin this now. I should probably stop saying that though.

1151 words. I'm really happy to get everything done in one chapter. I was originally going to post this the moment I finished it (Around 16:30) but thought of posting it at night. Nothing tragic or bad is going to ruin the party. Not this time, already did that twice. Well, hope you enjoyed and that you share this with your friends, I would, but I don't have any hahahahaha. Well, have a good night and I'll see you tomorrow. Since tomorrow is special I wanted to do something special...