Chapter 8: Hotel
A/N: Okay so here's the new chapter! A special thanks to MusicIsMyLife113 for encouraging me to keep this story going! I know it's short, but I'll be updating more often.
Disclaimer: If I owned it, would it be over? No.
As fast as humanly possible, perhaps even faster, the team plus Lawson got Spencer and Jack into the trunk and sped down the dirt road. In the back were Jesse and Michael, with Lawson driving and Fi riding shotgun, having Michael try to do his best with what he could to stop the bleeding. Jesse seemed shocked, but tried to bury it to focus on helping Mike with Dani.
"Jesse, do you think you can help? I mean I know you're worried, believe me." Mike said, glancing at Fi, "But if you do decide to help, I need your full attention."
"I'm fine. Just tell me what you need my help with."
"Well considering we have barely anything, and these cuts look pretty deep, I'm afraid we can't do much. Just apply pressure and keep them from bleeding."
Hearing that, Lawson sped up the already speeding car.
Half an hour later on what shouldn't been at least and hours drive, the team pulled up behind Elsa's hotel and was greeted by Sam.
"Hey brother, you sounded kinda worried on the phone... Oh Jesus, is that?..."
"Yea, look no time to talk, I'll explain everything later."
"You better. So Elsa has a suite ready, I'll get some medical supplies." Sam said, giving the room number and key card, then opened up the trunk to reveal Spencer and Jack tied up in duct tape and zip ties.
"Lawson and I will drive up to an old warehouse and have a little chat with these guys, you guys take care of Pearce."
"Thanks Sam." Jesse said, glad he had a solution to a problem he hadn't even thought of.
"I'll get her, what floor are we on? It would be best if we didn't have to ride the elevator, you know, to not scare the normal people?" Jesse said sarcastically.
"Well then, you're in luck, we're on the 2nd floor. That leaves the most important issue: How are we going to take care of those cuts on Pearce's legs? She'll be in a lot of pain once gaining consciousness and she's really dehydrated."
"I'll call a guy I know, no hospitals, no attention drawn to us, got it?" Fi interjected.
"Got it. Let's go, we're losing time."
Jesse gently picked up Dani and followed Michael to the back entrance and up the stairs to the second floor. Finding the room fairly quickly, they hurriedly laid Dani down on the bed and got to work to clean the wounds as best as possible. There were several cuts, most not deep, but a few were.
"I'm going to clean and wrap these shallow cuts but I need you to watch for any more bleeding, at least until Fi's guy gets here."
Not 20 minutes later, a knock on the door alerted the guys that Fi and her guest had arrived.
"Guys this is Grant, he's gonna help us, aren't you Grant?" Fi asked.
"You know you're crazy, right? She knows she's crazy right?" he said quickly.
"Yea, but you're going to help me because you it won't hurt to have a favor from me, right?" she said, continuing to goad him.
"Fine, where do you need me?"
"Right this way."
"Well this isn't as bad as the last time you called..." he said grumpily.
"Oh stop whining and help, otherwise I'll be forced to use other methods." Fi said grinning maliciously.
Grant got to work setting up an IV to rehydrate Dani, then began to clean and sterilize the wounds. Once done, he stitched up the deeper cuts, relieved it didn't seem too serious but was concerned with one thing.
"These guys obviously drugged her, do you know what with?"
"We found a syringe and a bottle of Methohexital, what the drug do?"Jesse asked, holding Dani's hand, concerned.
"It's an anesthetic, but it can have dangerous or persisting side effects, depending on how much she was
injected with. Side effects can range from headache, nausea, vomiting, pain near the injection sight..." he listed them off one by one.
"Okay, I think we got it." Jesse snapped.
"Guys! How long will it take for her to gain consciousness?" Mike intervened, then pointed his question to Grant.
"No way to tell, just wait."
"I'm not leaving." Jesse said determinately, clutching Dani's hand.