Scorpion: A New Member

Chapter 57: Wake up

(2 days later)
PAIGES POV
Today is the day Walter and I are finally allowed to go home and we are both very excited. Meghan isn't allowed to leave yet, she still is not awake yet and they classified her as being in a coma this morning. The whole team is upset and they're not really sure what to do with themselves. Cabe comes to pick us up from the hospital I help Walter get into the car with my left arm. His leg is in a cast and my right arm is in a sling. Walter sits in the passengers seat and I sit in the back, it doesn't take us long to get there. When we walk in the rest of the team is concentrated on their projects, they don't even notice when we walk in. Eventually Toby looks up.
"Your home!" He says happily getting up and giving each of us a hug. Happy and Sylvester notice and get up and give us a hug too.
"Where's Meg?" Happy asks.
"It was classified a coma this morning." Walter replies looking down at his shoes. I watch as everybody's smile slowly fades.
"That's not the answer we were hoping for." Happy says, her voice upset. I help Walter over to his rocket and then I walk over to the kitchen counter where I sit and watch the team work. It's very interesting watching them work because their expressions can say a lot. Shawn walks in about two minutes later.
"How's Meghan?!" He asks urgently.
"She was classified as being in a coma this morning." Happy says her voice thick with grieve. Shawn's eyes start to water and he walks over to the couch plopping himself down. He sighs heavily and looks up to the ceiling. After about 3 hours, Shawn is deep into thought when the phone rings. Cabe is the closest to the phone so he picks it up and talks.
"Hello, speaking. Yes... oh no... oh... ok... thank you." He says hanging up the phone.
"Was it about Meghan? Is she ok?" Walter asks nervously.
"Well yes and no. That was the hospital calling about Meghan but they were informing us that she had a seizure." Cabe replies with sadness in his deep voice. Everybody looks down at their feet gloomily.
"We should visit her in the hospital." I suggest. The team agrees, since Walter is having trouble walking Cabe is going to stay with him at the garage. Happy drives all of us to the hospital {including Shawn}, its about a fifteen minute drive. When we get to the hospital we check in and one of the nurses takes us to her room.
"When was her last seizure?" Shawn asks the nurse. She looks down at her clip board then up at us.
"She had one just before you got here." She responds. I bite my bottom lip. We all walk single file into the room and take a seat on the chairs at the end of the bed. Meghan's face is flushed and pale, she has two IV's one in her arm and one in her hand, a large machine on her head, what looks like a feeding tube coming out of her stomach and a breathing mask on. Her spleen has gauze and bandages on it, it's pretty much clotted off but it is still bleeding a bit and its stitched up. We just sit there looking at her unsure what to do.
"Do you think the baby's ok?" Happy asks.
"It's not looking good right now." Toby responds morosely. We all look at Shawn at almost the exact same time. A tear runs down is cheek. I feel the tears sting my eyes, I feel so bad for Meghan, she's been through so much this past year, Shawn has too. I try not to be upset because I know the last thing Meghan would want is for someone to feel bad for her. I wish Walter was here so I could hold his hand, I love him so much and I know he loves me too but the last thing he would do at this point is let that show. I take Meghan's hand softly, she's really cold. I pull up the white blanket at the end of the bed and put it on top of the thin one she has on top of her, to try and keep her warm. I turn to Happy and Toby, they are talking quietly. I watch as Toby wipes a tear from Happy's cheek, they are adorable together. She gives him a hug and they don't let go for at least three minutes. We sit quietly for about 2-3 hours then the nurse walks in.
"Excuse me, sorry to bother you but we need to change Meghan's bandages now and give her her medicine." She says sweetly. We nod and get up to leave.
"Bye sweetheart." I whisper wistfully. Shawn gets up and walks over to her, he leans in and whispers something in her ear. He then stands straight and brushes a piece of hair out of her face. We all get back into the van quietly. We drive back in a depressing silence. We when get back to the garage we all go to separate things. Walter on his rocket, Sylvester on Meghan's likelihood of surviving, Happy her motorcycle engine, Toby reading psychology books, Shawn goes home and I have to pick up Ralph. When I pick up Ralph from school I explain to him what is going on, he already knew what happened to Walter because Toby explained it to him (he stayed with Happy and Toby while I was in the hospital) but he didn't know what was going on with Meghan. I watch Ralph as I explain what's going on, his eyes start to water and it's so painful to watch.
"Ralph she's going to be ok." I assure him.
"Do you promise?" He asks.
"Ralph you know I can't make those kinds of promises, I'm not a doctor sweetheart. But I'm sure she will get through it." I respond taking his hand. When we walk into the garage everybody greets him.
"Ralphie-boy!" Toby shouts happily. He gives Ralph a high five.
"Ralph!" Walter says giving him a high five as well.
"How's your leg?" He asks Walter sweetly.
"Much better thank you Ralph." He responds smiling. Watching them together makes me smile. I really hope Meghan will wake up soon, I think it would help all of us.