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Yo yo! Here we are again, no beating about the bush this time, let's get started
Here We Go!
Rebirth-Chapter Sixty Two-Interlude
"Pick up, pick up, pick up" hissed Alex over the sound of the siren as he tried to keep his balance in the back of the ambulance, he groaned in frustration as all he got was another voicemail message. "Damnit Chris, would it kill you to charge your battery once in a while?" He muttered to himself. He slumped down on the spare stretcher in the ambuance across from Jason and the medic working on him, the kid had stopped coughing up blood but still couldn't seem to be able to breathe. His face was covered by an oxygen mask to keep the air flowing so Alex couldn't see how much pain he was in although if the occasional cry when the ambulance moved about too much was anything to go by Jason was in agony.
"Hey" he patted the medic on the back to get his attention then glanced at Jason to make his question clear.
"Well, from what I can tell he has at least broken ribs, possibly more, but that may not be the worst of it."
Alex sighed. "Let's hear it."
"He may have punctured one of his lungs..."
"What?" Alex all but yelled causing Jason to glance up at him. "Punc..."
"Yes, we can't tell for sure until we get an x-ray done, but considering what was done to him then it's very likely."
Alex nodded then noticed Jason still looking at him. "Y'know what kiddo? I think we should start getting ambulances to play the entrance music to whatever wrestler they're taking, I'm talking Ring of Honor themes not those crappy TNA themes. How awesome would it be to get rushed to hospital to final countdown?"
Jason smirked through his mask as Alex felt the ambulance slow down. "We there?" The medic nodded. "OK kid, time to get some hot nurses phone numbers for me OK?" He said opening the back doors before the ambulance had completely stopped. He dropped down and helped them wheel Jason through the doors where more doctors joined them.
"What've we got here?"
"Blunt force trauma to the chest, three broken ribs, possibly more with a possible punctured lung."
"Right, let's get him into x-ray people."
They wheeled Jason towards some double doors, Alex followed but one of the doctors stopped him.
"Sorry sir, you can't come through here."
"But I'm his friend" he protested weakly, the doc stood firm so he started to back off, he looked down at Jason to see the teen pleading with his eyes not to be left alone. "Look, I've known this kid a while, and this is the first time I've ever seen him scared about anything. You can't let him go through there without someone with him!"
"I'm sorry sir, rules are rules, we'll let you see him as soon as possible."
Alex sighed and looked down at Jason again. "Sorry kid, gotta listen to the doc, but I'll be through there as soon as they let me OK? And remember, get me some numbers or I'll finish the job."
Jason smirked at him again as they started wheeling him away. "And Detroit kicks Boston's ass!" He yelled after him earning a weak flip off from the teen, when they were out of sight he sighed and walked back outside to get some air.
"Goddamnit" he muttered to himself before jumping as his phone went off. "Hello?"
"Alex! Where the hell are you man?"
"Chris! What happened? AMW..."
"They took off, car picked them up a few blocks away, where are you anyway? Take Jason back to his place or something?"
"Not exactly. Chris listen..."
"Why'd you two bail on us anyway? You ain't at the hotel, you ain't at his, where are you?"
"At the hospital" sighed Alex, he heard Jay and Sonjay's voices in the background.
"Did he say hospital?"
"I heard hospital."
"Alex, what..."
"Jason's hurt Chris, and I ain't talking wrestling hurt, he was coughing up blood when I called the ambulance" the sound of a door slamming came over the phone.
"OK, Alex, we'll be there in about ten minutes, stay there."
"As if I'd go anywhere else" he muttered putting his phone away and watching as another ambulance crew brought another patient in.
"Jay, pay the cab!" Yelled Chris already dashing towards the hospital doors with Sonjay right behind him, Alex was just inside talking to a nurse.
"Any relatives we can call?"
"Well, there's his brother but I dunno...guys!"
"How is he?"
"Haven't heard anything yet, they're still doing tests."
Chris dropped into a chair. "We shoulda seen this coming."
"Don't blame yourself Chris" said Sonjay. "How were we to know they'd tail us to a bar? Or get that violent with him?"
"All I can say is they're damn lucky they checked out of the hotel before we got there" said Jay. "When I get my hands on them..."
"There's gonna be plenty of them to go around" cut in Chris. "Does Mara know?"
"Shit, I forgot about her" said Alex. "Gimme their number and I'll do it."
"You sure?" Asked Jay. "You've done enough already."
"Just give it to me" Alex snapped copying it off Jay's phone. "Right, here we go" he muttered as Mara answered.
"Hello? Jason?"
"Mara..."
"Alex? What do you want?"
"Listen, we have a problem..."
"You guys haven't got arrested again have you?" Mara yelled. "I'm not bailing you out this time! And why isn't Jason calling to tell me himself?"
"Because he's in an emergency room!" Alex yelled back.
"What..."
"He got jumped at the bar, it was Storm and Harris, they beat him up pretty bad, dunno exactly how bad but they were talking about punctured lungs" he heard Mara gasp. "Just get here as soon as you can, we should be hearing from the docs in a little while."
"I'm leaving now" Mara replied. "If anything comes up before I get there get one of the others to tell me."
"Gotcha."
"So, should we get the cops involved?"
"Depends on what the kid wants" said Chris. "To be honest I think he's gonna want to go after them himself."
"State he was in when we brought him in might be a while before that happens" said Alex.
"How was he?"
"Hurting, you just had to touch him and he'd be screaming, or trying to" shrugged Alex. "What got me was he was actually scared! Dunno about you guys but I've never seen him scared."
"I didn't think Jason could do scared" admitted Sonjay. "Thought he was fearless."
"I saw him scared once" said Chris. "Round the time his Mom died he was scared for her, didn't stop him beating me in the first of that best of five series."
"Well he is happiest in the ring" said Jay. "Or when he's with... she's here."
Mara sprinted in the door and ran over to them.
"What happened? You were supposed to be watching out for him!" She yelled at Chris in particular, Jay held her back just in case she did lash out.
"How were we supposed to know?" Chris yelled back. "We got out for drinks and someone jumps him? Yeah, happens all the time!"
"Shut up!" Yelled Jay. "You're not helping, we dunno what happened exactly" he said to Mara. "Jason went to the bathroom, we thought he was taking a while, next thing we know we find him in an alley with AMW standing over him, dunno what they did..."
"Dropped a beer keg on him" cut in Alex.
"What?"
"He told me as we were waiting for the ambulance."
"What happened to..."
"Me, Chris and Sonjay chased them until someone picked them up, Alex got Jase into the ambulance and came here with him."
"How... how was he?" Mara asked, Alex looked away. "Alex?"
"He was coughing up blood" sighed Alex. "He couldn't breathe, he was panicking, managed to calm him down then brought him here."
"He was panicking?"
"Yeah" admitted Alex as a doctor came over.
"You're all friends of Jason Cena?"
"Yeah."
"OK, the bad news is, he has punctured one of his lungs, not very badly but it's going to cause him some pain for a couple of weeks or so, as far as his ribs go he's broken five of them and bruised the rest pretty badly."
"What's the good news?" Asked Sonjay.
"He's resting now and already asking for us to let you see him."
"Let her go first" said Alex pushing Mara forward. "She's his girlfriend."
"Very well. Follow me please."
"Thanks Alex."
"Don't" he replied. "Just go make sure the goof's alright then we'll be up."
Mara nodded and followed the doctor to a small room, Jason was lying on a bed, the oxygen mask was gone now, he smiled when he saw her.
"Hey" he whispered, before he could say anything else she ran forward and hugged him, she realised what she was doing and backed off.
"Sorry. Your..."
"Relax, I'm doped up on morphine so I can't feel a thing, might smart in the morning though. Sorry if I say anything stupid or dirty, can't really think straight right now."
"Can you ever?"
"True" he laughed. "Less than I could before then."
"Nice to know the sense of humour came through it all OK."
"It's resilliant, just like the guy who has it."
Mara laughed. "Alex told me what happened, how he got you here."
"Yeah? Thank God for Alex being there, if it wasn't for him I'da had a panic attack on the way here, can you get the nurse outside to bring him up?"
"Sure, just Alex?"
"For now, wanna talk to him."
Mara nodded and left the room. When she came back a question came to mind.
"What'd they say about wrestling?"
"Three weeks to a month" Jason sighed. "I ain't waiting that long."
"Jason! You've got..."
"I know what I have! But what happens if I sit out? They put AJ back in here? They come after you? No Mara, this is ending in the next week or so, and I'm gonna be there when it does!"
"But what if they..."
"Mara, you've been my girlfriend for two years now, how do I go about things?"
"You never sit things out, you aways have to be in the firing line."
"Exactly, I let you fight Sirelda with your bad back at the time, let me do this."
Mara sighed. I'm not gonna pretend I'm happy."
"Not asking you to" smiled Jason. "Just respect why I'm doing this... Alex" he smiled as he entered the room.
"How you feeing kid?"
"Like my ribs have been crushed, bit better now Mara's here though."
"Bet you are" smirked Alex.
"Seriously dude, thanks for tonight, wasn't for you I dunno what would've happened. I owe you one."
"You can give me and Chris the tag titles?"
Jason laughed. "Nah, although I will tell you that one of the nurses told me she was talking to you before the others turned up, she thinks you're cute and wants your number. But you gotta give it to her."
"I'll look her up when I'm leaving, shall I get the guys?"
"Yeah, and thanks again, we both owe you one for this."
"Owe me enough to let me and my camera into your bedroom?"
"Wouldn't be the first home movie we've made" laughed Mara.
"I didn't need to know that" replied Alex. "Although if you have a copy..."
"Just go get the others!" Said Jason. "And Mara, tell the docs to give me some strong meds, I'm checking out tomorrow."
"Are you sure? Can't you rest a few days."
"Can't, gotta let AJ know he's gotta carry the team for a while, but once when Lockdown comes, Jason Cena is going to war!"
Well there we go, a little short, a little sweet (ugh) but to the point, what kind of condition will Jason be in for Lockdown? Will AJ be able to handle himsef? Will the others gain some payback on AMW for Jason? Will Gail use this to gain an advantage over Mara? Find out soon!
Buh-bye!