Chapter 21: The treatment
Lola helped Bugs up to the top floor were all their equipment is.
They must have some medical supplies. She thought to herself.
Lola clear the table in the room and laid Bugs on it. She checked Bugs' pulse. He was alive, but barely.
Then she searched in their equipment for something she could use to treat the wound. However, it was only limited what she could do. She knew how to stabilize wounds and stitch them up, but she didn't knew how to treat poison especially since she didn't know what kind of poison Bugs was infected with.
Suddenly, Lola heard a weak sound of wings.
"What is going on here?" Said a voice coming from a broken window.
Lola turned around to see a little yellow canary with armor similar to Bugs, Daffy and Sylvester. However, his armor was brown.
"Who the heck are you?" The canary said.
"Detective Lola Bunny." Lola said, showing the canary her badge.
"How did you find this place?" The canary asked.
"He showed me?" Lola answered, pointing at Bugs. "A friend of yours I assume?"
The armored canary was surprised to see Bugs lying on the table, bleeding from the shoulder and it looked like he got an inflammation.
"What happened to him?"
"Someone shoot him with a poisoned bullet. Can you help him?"
"No, but I know someone who can."
The canary flew to the computer and turned it on. Some kind of security device was activated and scanned the little bird's eyes.
Identity confirmed. A computer voice said.
The computer were know activated.
"Give me headquarters medical division." The canary said.
The computer screen revealed a female pig with black hair and nutbrown eyes.
"Petunia." The canary said.
"Evening Tweety. What's the situation?" The pig called Petunia asked.
"Bugs is shoot with a poisoned bullet and need medical attention. How do we treat it?"
"All right, first. I need someone who can who can follow the instructions."
"I'll do it." Lola said. "He saved my life let me return the favor."
"Who is she?" Petunia asked Tweety.
"Later, she wanna help us, so tell her how."
"Very well, first we need to stabilize him. Check the wound."
Lola nodded as she ran back to Bugs removing his jacket and shirt. Then she were stunned of what she saw, and it wasn't the bullet hole in his shoulder.
He had scar tissues on multiple places of his upper body. She could see scars made from blades, bullets, even fire. She had never seen anything like this.
"What are you waiting for?" Tweety asked.
Lola got out of her chock and started checking the wound. There was no opening at the other side of his shoulder, which means the bullet didn't made it through.
"The bullet is still in there. I have to get it out."
"Then you'll need a…"
"Tweety, give me rubber gloves, pliers, clean sheets, surgical spirits, a needle, soluble thread and a heart monitor at once."
Tweety was staring motionless at Lola, Petunia as well from the computer screen.
"Sorry am I mumbling?"
"Do as she says." Petunia said.
Tweety collected the materials Lola wanted and gave it to her.
"When you have the bullet, give it to Tweety for analysis. We must find out what Bugs have been exposed to." Petunia said.
Lola connected the monitor to Bugs so it showed his heart rate, it was getting weaker. Then she took the gloves on, gripped the pliers and started removing the bullet.
Bugs must be unconscious, Lola thought to herself because he didn't react at all when she stuck the pliers in the bullet hole.
When she got the bullet out and gave it to Tweety as Petunia said. Then she started cleaning the wound with the spirit.
Tweety placed the pullet on a scanner connected to the computer. It started analyzing the elements the bullet was covered in and send the data to Petunia.
"All right, I have the upload." The female pig on the screen said. "The poison spreads fast. The sample you uploaded have been completely infected and the infection is… Strychnos Toxifera."
"Huh?" Tweety and Lola said in unison while staring confused at her.
"Curare. A very dangerous poison. Killing in a matter of minutes. I can make an antitoxin and send it to you, but it's gonna take some time."
"How much time?" Tweety asked.
"More than Bugs have. You need to dilute the poison. Give him fresh blood."
"Well uhm." Tweety began.
"What is it?" Petunia asked.
"We've emptied our store of rabbit blood."
"WHAT!"
"Hey, we've been here in over a month and this isn't the first time Bugs needed new blood so…"
"Guys, his pulse is getting lower!" Lola yelled who were just done patching him up. "There must be something we can do."
Petunia was quiet for some time, probably thinking of their options. Then she started talking again.
"There is, but it's risky."
"What is it?" Tweety asked.
"We need fresh blood from a rabbit. Well, there is one standing next to you."
Tweety looked at the blond female rabbit.
"Me?" Lola said. "But how can we know it will work."
"We don't, but it's the best we have."
"Wait." Tweety interrupted. "What are you guys talking about?"
"I'm only 50 % sure that it'll work. It depends on her blood type." Petunia explained.
"So if we do it, he'll maybe die."
"But if we don't do it, he'll die for sure."
There were a moment of silence, but it was interrupted at once by the sound of an alarm coming from the heart monitor. Bugs heart rate were getting critically low.
"Let's do it." Lola said.
"Very well" Tweety said with a deep breath. "Everything you'll need is in there." The little bird pointed at first aid kit. "But do you know how make one?"
Lola didn't answer, she just ran to the kit, took it, ran to Bugs and prepared the transfusion.
"I'll take that as a yes."
Lola stuck the hypodermic needle in her arm, bandaged it and waited for the blood to flow through the little plastic hose. Tiny bits of blood drooped out of the needle in the other end.
"It's ready." She said.
"Do it." Petunia said.
Tweety crossed feathers for it will work.
Lola stuck the needle in Bugs' arm. Then they waited. And hoped.
"Come on come on." Lola said.
The monitor made an alarm and they all looked at it's screen. No pulse.
"NO NO NO. It doesn't work." Tweety yelled. "BUGS!"
There was moment of silence… and depression. Until Lola spotted something.
"Wait. Wait. A lead got loose." She as she put it on place.
The monitor stopped making the alarm sound and showed a rising heart rate.
"Phew, he's still with us." Tweety.
"And it's working." Lola added.
Then they led the donation stand for a while.
"All right, that should be enough." Petunia said.
Lola removed the transfusion.
"That should give me enough time to make an antidote. I'll be in touch."
Then the computer screen turned off.