It was Robyn's turn to colour slightly at the question Doctor Cole posed to her, "I fell, and I must have caught my neck on one of the nails in the doorframe."
"Hmmm," Doctor Cole raised an eyebrow as he noticed Langford uttering a sigh of relief but he chose to let it slide. "By the way, as you know I checked on Morgan yesterday after he was moved to the Mayor's house. He'll live, he'll need to rest up for a little while and take things easy but he'll be right as rain eventually."
Robyn was visibly relieved, "Are you seeing him today?"
Doctor Cole shook his head, "Rory is taking my rounds today. I swapped with him. Believe it or not I feel better being here. I can keep busy. I have to admit Rory was very surprised when I told him who his first patient was but he'll let me know how he's doing."
"If it's any consolation," Langford joined, "I checked in with the men guarding him last night before we came over here. Morgan's been very quiet and somehow seems more scared of the Mayor and the guards than they are of him. Apparently the Mayor's been trying to fatten him up a little. It seems a bit odd to me given Morgan's background."
Robbie let out a dry laugh, "It's not unusual for him to do good things for bad people. He did the same for me once."
Robbie could remember well the kindness the Mayor had shown him despite everything he'd done to try and wreck Lazytown, including allying himself with Lily. He shuddered outwardly at the thought of the woman and felt Robyn squeeze his hand.
Not missing and understanding Robbie's shudder at the mention of that name, Langford continued. "If you want Robyn, when the good Doctor discharges from here and provided there's no objection I'll drop you at the Mayor's house. I'm sure Morgan will be eager to see you. It might make him feel a bit more comfortable."
Robyn looked at Kit and Robbie who showed no signs of objection to her seeing her brother and she smiled slightly, "I'd like that, thank you. How soon can I get out of here?"
Walking over to Robyn's blood bag, Doctor Cole inspected it and like Kathleen, checked Robyn's notes. "The transfusion is nearly finished, I'll get the Nurse to remove it shortly and provided you maintain a good temperature and blood pressure for the next three or four hours I'm sure we can kick you out by lunch time. We'll forget your CAT scan today but I would like to book you in for an MRI within the next couple of weeks and see how things are looking after your operation. I just want to make sure we didn't miss anything and there isn't any residual brain damage. As I understand it you sustained a couple of head injuries in Toronto and even though the CAT scan you had when you came back didn't show anything I'd like to be on the safe side and take a slightly more detailed look. With your prior history I don't want to take any chances."
Robyn nodded as she absorbed the information. She'd escaped the dreaded scanner this time but the one she really didn't like would be on the cards soon and she hoped for positive results.
True to her promise Bessie had spoken with the Network officers and arranged for them to help Morgan to the bathroom so that he could wash himself. Two of the guards had entered the room, helped him to remove his shirt and instructed him to put his hands behind his back, snapping handcuffs to his wrists once he'd done as they'd asked. Morgan groaned with pain as the officers helped him to stand and supported his weight as he limped unsteadily to the bathroom. As he entered he saw a man he didn't recognise stood in the bathroom wearing surgical gloves and running hot water into the sink. A stool had been placed a foot from the sink and Morgan was helped to sit on it, the officers letting him go when they were assured he had his balance. Indicating to Morgan and the man that they'd be listening both officers left the room, clicking the door closed behind them.
Seeing Morgan's evident discomfort at seeing him wearing surgical gloves the man spoke, "I'm Doctor Rory Malone. My colleague Doctor Cole was down to come and see you today but unfortunately he's unavailable to do his rounds so I've stepped in for him. It's not normally within my list of daily duties to wash patients but it gives me a good opportunity to take a good look at you and see what damage was done. Do you have any preference regarding toiletries?"
Still looking and feeling intensely uncomfortable, Morgan shook his head. He just wanted this experience over as quickly as possible.
