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Chapter 5: HOLD ON!
Three long days had gone by since Dan had been found unconscious on the floor of Marucho's mansion and was rushed to the hospital and missed out on his birthday. His first day there he was awake and speaking to everyone as he tried to keep them all in high spirits despite the doctors warning his parents that things weren't looking good for him. Drago stayed with his partner the entire time and it pained him greatly when he overheard the doctors mentioning organ failure. One speculated that his body was shutting down slowly as if it knew it's time was up. That first day Dan spent getting tested for all sorts of things to see what was happening to him exactly, but the doctors were baffled. Even the ones Marucho called in to save his dear friend. Nothing could be done as by the next day the great Battle Brawler was unconscious with a breathing mask. The sight of their dying leader couldn't rally the Battle Brawlers into hope any more as by the third day he was already on life support.
Drago sat silently on the table tray next to the bed watching his partner turn paler by the minute.
"Why is this happening? Why him?" Drago muttered to himself, "What did he do to deserve this?"
Shun and Marucho arrived into the room and their faces fell even more as they noticed the great change. It was all to sudden and felt like that only yesterday Dan had a fiery spark in his eyes and now they felt they would never see that again as he lay weak, relying on machines to keep him alive.
"He's not getting any better…." Marucho whispered as he stood off to the left side of Dan, opposite to the table Drago was on.
"What's the news on his condition so far from the doctors?" Shun asked the Dragonoid.
Drago tilted slightly to look up at Shun, "I overheard the doctors say that he only has at the most a few days. Might not even make it to the weekend they said, shame he only just turned nineteen."
"I hate this!" Marucho growled as he clenched his fists so tight that his fingernails threaten to cut him, "Why?! Why is this happening?"
"Marucho…." Shun called to the younger boy, but his attention was pulled away as the parents of the brunette entered the room.
Miyoko started sobbing instantly Shinjiro had to quickly pull her aside to let her sob into his shoulder as he didn't want to disturb the others. Shun couldn't stand it anymore in the atmosphere of the room, the emotions were about to get the better of him and he wasn't going to let that happen as he grabbed the blonde boy by the shoulder and yanked him away and out of the room. Just as they were leaving the sensor on Dan's heart began to beep loudly as the brunette's heartbeat was reaching a dangerous level and then his respiration became shallow before he arched his back and his eyes opened slightly to reveal them rolling back before his body began to violently shake.
The room alarm was blaring loudly as doctors and nurses poured into to do their job in saving the brunette. Miyoko and Shinjiro were shoved outside while Marucho and Shun just stared in shock. Somehow the doctors had forgotten about Drago so he saw the whole thing. He kept himself silent though as he didn't want to add to the panic of the room. Fear gripped him tightly as he realized that Dan could be dying right now, right before him. He turned himself away as he couldn't necessarily close his eyes in his current form.
Meanwhile, elsewhere there was a great commotion occurring as the winged boy, Druvious rushed down a hallway as fast as he could upon hearing that there was cocoon found in one of the grand ballrooms. He slowed to a walk as he neared the room seeing as a crowd had already gathered inside it wasn't too hard to pick out. He entered the room and was astonished at the sight of a twenty foot large diamond shaped cocooned. A faint red glow radiated off it almost pulsing like a heartbeat.
"Druvious!" called a female as she pushed her way through the crowd towards him.
"Gevia." Druvious responded as he wrapped his arms around her and she returned the favor, "Isn't it wonderful, in just a few weeks our new comer will be reborn here and break free of the cocoon to join us."
"I have a feeling he'll be a great Serlin." Gevia commented, "It's soul is already lodging itself within there so soon."
"Druvious." Called another female making both Druvious and Gevia force their way to the back to meet up with the new person.
"Mother? I take it father will be here soon to clear out the room?" Druvious inquired with a small smile.
"Indeed, but then again some of these people aren't part of the Serlins so they are trespassing and so late in the night. It's a shame this one could choose to appear in the day." His mother rambled before a large winged man appeared behind her.
"Good evening Druvious, Gevia, I see Vejes found you already." The male said as he shook Druvious's hand firmly.
"Indeed father, I suppose the ruckus woke you as well." Druvious said trying to make light small talk, but his father only nodded.
He quickly pushed his way to the front of where the crowd was standing just a few feet away from the cocoon.
"SILENCE!" he called to the crowd and it quickly went dead with silence.
"It's the head Serlin!" one crowd member blurted out.
"Aw man Xivius is gunna kick us out." Samillis muttered to Ramere as they were in the middle of the crowd.
"Listen!" Xivius began smoothly, "I realize you all have gathered her anxious to greet our new comer from Earth, but it will be at least a week or two before they will emerge. I know you all are excited as this doesn't occur very often, but I must ask that you not trespass during late hours such as now. Those who are not Serlins please leave the premises now!"
It took a few minutes for the room to clear and so Druvious and Gevia quickly joined their group of friends consisting of Ramere, Samillis, and Samora. Vejes joined her husband in front of the cocoon as the leftover Serlins gathered in closer.
"Good now that the intruders are out let me explain how things are going to operate from here on with this cocoon occupying this room. First Ramere!" Xivius went on after he was sure it was only Serlins present.
"Yes?" Ramere asked stepping forward slightly with some surprise.
"I want you to be the one to greet the newcomer once they wake, understood?" Xivius instructed.
"Yessir." Ramere replied with a smile and giggled to himself slightly.
"Good, now on to the main matter." Xivius continued on, "Nobody is to bother the cocoon as there will be a guard posted twenty-four seven to keep it safe. You may look in on it from time to time, but nothing ridiculous. Even after our new Serlin is born they will still be unconscious for a time so it's best you all keep your distance to allow the administration sort things out and prepare them for this world. Am I clear?"
The room resounded in agreement before Xivius waved his hand as a signal to dismiss them all.
"Can I take first watch?" Ramere quickly asked before the head Serlin and his wife could make it to the door.
"Certainly, Ramere, I was wondering who to ask first. I trust you'll be awake for a few more hours?" Xivius asked as he rested a hand on Vejes shoulder.
"I should be able to, I'm almost too excited to sleep for day." Ramere replied excitedly.
Xivius chuckled, "Well I leave it to you then, around eight in the morning I send for someone to relieve you."
"Thank you for the honor sir." Ramere said with a bow before they all departed and he was left alone to gaze up at the diamond shaped cocoon.
His tail twitched as he strolled up to the cocoon and put a hand on it. It felt slightly warm as the soul hadn't fully attached itself yet so there wasn't fully life the cocoon was sustaining. He smiled warmly as he let his hand glide over the surface of the cocoon feeling the smoothness of it like an actual diamond.
"An honor indeed, it will be, to make you mine." He murmured lightly before briskly turning away to go stand outside the door, his tail swishing like a cat ready to pounce on it's prey.
Back on Earth there was no cause for joy with Dan barely holding on now, that night had been the start of the nightmarish seizures that would plague the teen. Drago felt torn between duty and keeping his sanity with Dan practically dying in front of him. He felt ashamed in wanting to get away from it all so when Shun offered to take him home one night he didn't think twice in saying yes. Although as they were leaving that night, just about to turn the corner when a room alarm went off, Drago looked back horrified and almost immediately floated back, but Shun kept him by grabbing him up before he was halfway down the hall.
"Let me go Shun!" Drago roared.
"Drago, let them do their job! You'll just be in the way!" Shun said sternly.
"But! But he needs me!" Drago exclaimed and then his voice grew shaky, "I shouldn't have left his side. He knew and gave up….I..I…."
Shun hushed the Bakugan and tried his best to comfort, but soon the bustling in the Champion Brawler's room became still and the nurses solemn left taking equipment back to it's proper place. Shun stopped the only doctor that came out of the room noticing the sad look in his eyes.
"My friend is in that room, what happened is he alright?" Shun asked hoping, but knowing it was futile.
The doctor recognized him and shook his head, "I was just about to call his parents to tell them that it was another seizure, but he didn't make it. I'm sorry, but he's gone."
Shun felt like he was reliving his mother's death all over again as he took off trying to distance himself from the hospital as best as he could. He complete forgot Drago and stopped only to catch his breath. He looked about his surrounding in the dim street lights he found himself to be at the old park. The park Dan and he had met at and played together in that very sandbox he was staring at. The realization that never again would they reminisce together nor would they ever brawl together again. He punched a tree causing it to lose a few leaves as he tried to outlet his emotions.
"How could you do that Dan?" He muttered, "How this be your end? It's not right! This is not how it was supposed to happen, you were supposed to die an old man, just like me. That or die brawling."
He chuckled darkly, "Die brawling, that's a stupid thought, even for me. Damn it Dan Kuso."
"Shun?" A voice called to him and the Ventus brawler found himself face to face with a familiar red head.
"Alice?" He asked shakily.
"I heard from Runo and came as fast as I could, but it looks like I'm too late." Alice quickly explained as she came closer to the ninja, "I'm sorry Shun."
"Don't be," Shun said in a hushed tone as he pulled her into a tight hug trying to hide his tears in her long hair, "You…came at the right time…for me.."
She hugged him tightly and they stood there for a few hours while Drago remained on the table next to the brunette waiting silently. Some say he was waiting to join his human partner at that point others say he was waiting for a miracle that never came, whether one thought was true or not for what was fact was that Drago had lost his sense of purpose that day. Or at least that was the end of his purpose in that world. It was only a matter of opinion.
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