Tony flew, fast as he could. The hospital was literally two minutes out. Gage's vitals on screen and they were dropping fast. "Sir, if he dosnt reach medical attention within 45 seconds, odds of reviving him are extremely low." "Don't tell me that Jay, just get us there and fast." "Thrusters are at full capacity." Tony looked down at Gage, holding him close. His heart stopping when he looked. He was so pale and limp. He swallowed the growing lump in his throat. "Don't you leave us." He got to the hospital, JARVIS had already contacted the ER and were ready. Tony landed, placing him on the stretcher. "Stab wound, just below his rib cage..." The doctor nodded. "We'l do all we can." They wheeled him back, quickly. Seconds later the Hummer parked, his suit went back into it's suitcase mode as he walked over to Quinn who was changing into the spare cloths that was in the car.
She winced, putting on the large shirt and pants, luckily there was a belt but she looked like she was drowning in cloths. And they smelled like Gage. Her eyes watered at the thought. Tony walked closer. "Hey... Docs have him now. Mom and the rest are on there way." She nodded, a few tears falling. He brought his arm around her then when she winced in pain he puled back like he was burned. "Right...I forgot, your hurt to. Lets get you inside." She smiled weakly, her good arm around her dads waist. " It looks worse then it is." Tony smiled sadly, kissing her head, leading her into the ER when she spoke, sounding so small. "What if I lose him dad?" Her lip trembled. "What if he's gone?" Tony stopped her, forcing her to look in his eyes. "Hey...we can't think like that. The doctors and nurses are working hard as they can to help him, we have to have a little faith." A few tears fell down her face, he wiped them away. "Hey, were the Starks. Coming back from the dead is sort of out specialty." She chuckled weakly. "I suppose." He kissed her head. "Lets get you fixed up then get the worlds strongest cup of coffee."
"Worse then it looks?" Tony said in disbelief, now seeing all her wounds as the nurse stitched one bad one on her leg. She looked away. "In comparison to Gage you know, dying, yes." Tony groaned. "You two are gonna kill me one of these days." The nurse smiled weakly, watching the two. Tony's phone starting ringing, picking up. "Hey, I'l be out in a minute, Quinn's getting stitched up." The nurses eyes widen. "Quinn Stark? As in the one that got kidnapped this morning?" Quinn nodded weakly. "Unfortunately. Where did you think I got all these wounds from, a bear?" The nursed blushed. "Sorry, I didn't mean to intrude." Quinn shook her head. "No, I'm sorry. Just...have alot going on right now." The nurse nodded, finishing her stitching on the last wound, cleaning any dried blood away. "There, your free to go." Quinn stood quickly then winced. "Thanks." Tony helped her get the baggy clothing back on before walking back to the ER waiting room.
When they got there TJ was the first to see Quinn, running up and hugging her. She winced. "Ow...hey..." He pulled back. "Sorry. I was worried." She saw his eyes were red from crying. She felt a pang of guilt. She hugged him close. "I'm ok. Gage isn't doing so well." Her eyes watered. "He died in my arms TJ...he said his goodbyes." "He's an idiot then because he's gonna be fine." She shook her head. "You and dad are the same." She sniffled, wiping a few tears away.
Tony went over to Kim and Clint. Clint saw him, hugging him tightly. "Gage?" Tony frowned. "Bad. He got stabbed and lost alot of blood and right now he's in the OR." Clint nodded, his eyes watery. "That bastard of a dad, is he dead?" "Well seeing that his throat was mutilated and the puddle of blood below him when I got there, yeah. Very."Clint nodded, a few tears falling. "Guess if he dosnt make it then at least two good things came of it." Tony raised an eyebrow. Clint saw this. "Quinns home. And his bastard of a father is dead." Tony nodded, going over to Kim. "Hey angel.." "He'l be ok." He frowned. She sounded confidant yet scared to death. He decided just to hold her close. "Yeah. He will." She hid in Tony's chest, letting her tears fall.
After going to the cafeteria for coffee and coming back to the waiting room, if was quiet. So damn quiet. Quinn was a mess. Somewhere between handling it and bursting into tears. TJ and Lucy were next to her, doing what they could to comfort her. Quinn kept looking at the clock, calculating how long it's been since he died in her arms and how long he had been back in the OR.
Five hours. Five hours and she still didn't know a thing. It was the sixth hour a doctor finally came out to them. "Stark?" Everyone shot up, Tony going to the doctor first, not sure if Quinn could handle any news. She watched fearfully. " ?" "Is he alive?" The doctor sighed. "He lost alot of blood, we had to get blood packs to replace the lost blood then we worked on stitching him up. You were lucky he even made it here. The knife caught the edge of his lung, it had started filling up right as you got here, we cleaned it out, repaired the damage of his lung." "So he is alive." "Alive but not awake. Because of the blood loss theres a good chance he's in a coma. Were waiting until the medications leave his system to test but odds are he won't wake up for a long time." Tony nodded, letting out a breath. "Is he allowed visitors?" "Not just yet, were still getting him set up in ICU then we have to make sure he's stable enough for visitors. Give us an hour and we'l give you news on visitors or not." Tony nodded. "Thank you doctor." The doctor nodded, going back into the OR.
Quinn was standing, eyes wide. "Is he ok? Dad?" Tony looked at her, then saw all eyes were on him. Waiting for news but he focused on Quinn. "He lost alot of blood, the knife caught a bit of his lung but they fixed all that but because of the blood loss he could be in a coma. There setting him up in ICU, we can visit in an hour, once they know he's stable enough for visitors." Quinn sighed in relief. The sigh turning into a relived sobs. TJ hugged her close. She didn't care of the pain of her wounds as he hugged her, just was just so damn relived he was ok.
Kim wiped a few tears away herself, holding Clint's hand with a sad smile. "See? I told you he would be ok." Clint nodded, sniffling. "Yeah. You did." Tony looked at the TV, seeing the news was on. He saw it was the car accident today. He turned it up with the remote on the table.
A blond woman stood in front of the crushed BMW, glass was everywhere. "Tom, I'm standing in what was a BMW. The car belonging to Tony Stark. Today witness saw the car T-boned by a black SUV . It seemed like a normal car accident until the driver got out, carrying Quinn to his SUV and driving away. Were still not sure where the daughter of Tony Stark is and right now he cannot be reached. If anyone has any information to Quinn Starks whereabouts, contact this number and help bring her to safety." Tony sighed, looking at Kim who was standing behind him. "Guess I should call?" She nodded. "JARVIS had probably been screening the calls." He nodded, getting his phone out, walking to a quiet corner.
And hour went past and Gage was allowed visitors. they walked into the room. Quinn sucked in a breath, seeing so many tubes stuck to him. One of down his throat for breathing, one was giving him more blood to make up for what was lost, one was saline, another was some kind of medication, heart monitor. Quinn had no idea when a panic attack started but she felt her dad gently pushing her out of the room. She suddenly couldn't breath. "Hey princess...it's ok...just breath with me ok...breath with me.." He held her face, making sure she focused. She started breathing, a few tears falling. Once she came back to herself she sniffled, wiping at her face. "God...I freaked out..." Tony smiled sadly. "A little but after today, a little freak out is ok." She laughed sadly, a few tears falling. "Can we go see him now?" He nodded, kissing her head, leading her back inside the room.
Everyone held Gage's hand, wished him good luck or called him an idiot (in Clint's case) eventually Quinn was left alone in the room with him. She held his hand tightly, a few tears falling. "Your an idiot. How can you not know that you got stabbed? I saw it. I watched it..." She felt another panic attack coming on, she closed her eyes,shaking her head. "ok, I'm gonna stop talking about that. But you need to wake up. You need to be ok." She brushed some of his hair back. He was still pale but it seemed more sickly pale then losing-all-his-blood kind of pale so that was an improvement.
She didn't know when she fell asleep in the chair, holding his hand but the door closing woke her up, startling her. "Who?!" TJ chuckled weakly, Lucy following behind him. "Take it easy sis. Just us." She calmed, pushing down her anxiety. "Did everyone go home?" TJ nodded. "We stayed behind to keep an eye on you, make sure no more baddies come a knocking." Lucy smiled. "And if they do we'l beat them up." Quinn chuckled weakly. "Thanks." TJ sighed then almost forgot. "Oh! Right, I bring food and coffee, of corse." She smiled, taking the coffee he handed her, the food bags being placed on the table. "Thanks." Lucy was next to Gage's side, watching his breathing.
She frowned. "I'm sorry, if I had my powers I could heal him. I only have enough to keep this transformation." Quinn nodded. "It's ok. It's not your job to heal him. Just...it's just nice your here. I don't have to be alone." TJ smiled sadly. "You know were always here for you. Your never alone."
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