So here is the first post for my bonus content story! This one is an outtake, set after the end of chapter seven. It still happened in-universe, but I couldn't make it fit in with the flow of the next chapter, so I pulled it out. It is very short.
"What?" I asked in a small voice. "Please, please tell me I heard you wrong."
The nurse smiled comfortingly. "I'm afraid not, ma'am. Lightning is in a coma, and we are unsure as of when or if he will wake up. You may see him if you like, though."
I nodded, my face white as a sheet and followed her in to the ICU. I was in no way prepared for what I saw. I gasped, putting my hand over my mouth. Lightning was lying there in a bed, tubes and wires everywhere, hooked up to countless machines. He was covered in bandages, they were everywhere, on his arms, on his legs, on his head and his torso. His left leg was lifted above the bed in a large cast.
That's as far as I got with this little piece, and another reason I took it out was because I couldn't think of how to continue it well.