Chapter 20!
"Son of a bitch!" Hank cursed as he got the bullet out.
He took off his gloves and started giving Victor CPR. He did compressions, pressing harder and harder with each push on Victor's chest. He then did the breaths, he breathed air into Victor's lungs. He then went back to the compressions.
"C'mon, Victor, breathe!" he pressed harder. "Breathe!"
Hank did another set of compressions and breaths, but the EKG was still flatlining. After another set, he stopped and ripped off his shirt.
"GET THE AED, NOW!"
Jean hurried to the medical cabinet and grabbed it. She ran back to Hank and helped him set it up. He stuck the pads to Victor's chest and charged up the AED.
"CLEAR!" he pressed the button.
Victor's body jolted. Nothing.
"CLEAR!"
BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP
"CLEAR!"
BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP
"CLEAR!"
BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP
"CLEAR!"
BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP
"Come on, live! You've got a family!"
Logan was at Victor's side as Anna did her best with caring for her son, Jubilee was helping the best she could, but the flatline was haunting to her, it was making her feel uneasy. Anna felt heartbroken, but tried staying strong.
"I'm going to try one more time. If nothing, I'm marking time of death." He charged it. "CLEAR!" he pressed the button.
BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP
Hank's eyes widened and he grinned. "We have life!" he put a breathing mask on Victor as he was coughing. Anna hurried over and hugged him. Logan felt relived as he also hugged his brother.
"Wha? What happened?" Victor felt woozy.
"You died for a few minutes," Logan told him.
"I did?" he then realized that they were hugging him and he put his arms around them.
"Yes, Victor," Hank said. "I didn't get the bullet out fast enough, but now it's out. You'll live, but because it is made out of carbonadium, you'll be feeling ill for a long while, maybe a few hours. It stopped your healing, it will be a while before it starts up again. Which means, I need to bandage up your wound."
Logan let go of him and Anna did too as Hank grabbed what he needed to cover up Victor's wound. Logan helped hold Victor up as Hank wrapped the bandages and gauze around Victor's torso, covering up his right left collar.
"You will need to rest for a long while."
Victor just nodded. "Where's my son?" he asked.
"He's still out," Anna said. "Jubilee is with him. He's still pale, but is recovering."
Logan sighed as he looked over towards Vincent. "I hope that he comes out of it soon. That procedure can take a lot out of ya. I remember seeing my life flash before my eyes. Then I died for a few minutes, but Vincent. . . .he just ain't strong enough. It's a good thing the procedure failed or else Stryker would have done worse things to boost up the his adult feral maturity."
"That is true," Anna sighed. "You don't think he will try this again do you?"
"I guess it will just depend on if he has the balls to attempt to raid the school," Logan said.
Jubilee was pressing a cloth against Vincent's face, keeping him cool. All he was doing was breathing evenly. She was so worried about him and was glad to know that he was going to be okay. Jubilee had never met a boy like Vincent. He was so kind. She hoped that he wouldn't slip into a coma. She wanted him to be awake and be with her.
"Vincent, please wake up," she whispered. "Please, please, please wake up, you dad and mom need you, please."
She dabbed his chest with the cloth, but then she glanced at his hand, seeing it twitch. Her eyes widened a bit. He was starting to wake up! Well, a little anyway. She smiled and took his large hand into her smaller one, just rubbing it, trying to make him wake up a little more. She then felt a squeeze, a slight squeeze to her hand. She looked at his face, watching, waiting for his eyes to open up.
Scott came into the medical room and looked to everyone.
"We're almost at the school, everyone buckle up in a seat, we're preparing to land."
Victor was strapped down on the gurney and Vincent was too. Everyone found a seat to buckle up in to brace themselves for the landing. Scott lowered the jet into the hanger. Hank then got up and prepared Victor and Vincent for transportation. He and Scott pushed their gurneys out onto the open bottom hatch ramp, taking them to the medical lab, everyone else following.
Hank then had help from Scott, Logan and Jean to lift Victor from the gurney and onto a bed. They did the same thing with Vincent. Hank and Jean hooked machines to both father and son, hoping that it would help them both get well faster.
Jubilee sat by Vincent's side, holding his hand and Anna sat with Victor. Victor stared at his son, he couldn't believe the condition his body was in. He wasn't even an adult yet and he looked so weak and frail, like a senior on life support. He couldn't wait to regain his strength so he could go right over to that bed and hold his cubby to his chest.
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