Reckless

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Domino-

He's still asleep. 

Sighing, Domino watched as Jana curled up on his small cot. His face was still flushed and dark circles surrounded his eyes like little monocles. Why isn't the medicine working? It's just a damn cold. He grumbled to himself, even though he knew that it had been a lot worse during the previous week.

What was really worse, was that each time he tried to take care of him by either pressing cold cloths to his forehead or helping him eat or drink, Jana would freak out. His aggression steadily got worse until Domino was forced to just sit back and watch. For once, he was the one hurting, and it wasn't even from physical pain.

"Dammit Jana, wake up already."

"I'm going to move you to another cell if you keep talking. He needs to sleep." Christopher said as Tommy unlocked the cell for him and quickly stepped aside so that he could enter.

Noting the medicine bag in the doctor's hands, Domino bit his tongue on a response and watched silently as he walked over to Jana. Strangely enough, he could tend to the man without so much as a fidget most times. It was frustrating, but Domino supposed that it was at least a good thing that he didn't go after the doctor.

"His temperature has gone down a bit more," Christopher said, more to himself than to him or Tommy as he slipped his thermometer back into his bag, then took out a stethoscope.

As if on cue, Jana rolled over onto his back, the blanket moving down just enough to reveal his chest. Christopher carefully leaned over and pressed the end-piece to Jana's warm skin after putting the two ear-pieces into his ears. After a quick glance at his watch, he began counting quietly aloud.

Before he managed to get very far, however, Jana jerked his right arm up. The hit completely missed Christopher, but not for lack of trying. The momentum, though much weaker than his normal punches, made Jana roll onto his left side, then slowly onto his belly.

Domino was already standing near the bed by then, his hands up but not knowing what exactly he could do in the situation.

"It's fine. His fever's still too high to do much. I think you got the worst of it when his strength hadn't been drained yet by the days of vomiting and exhaustion." Chris said as he reached down again, this time pressing his fingers gently to the pulse at Jana's neck.

He would have likely used one of his wrists, but Jana had tucked his left hand under the pillow after he'd moved, and the right one was a risk to grab. None of them wanted to move him unless they had too. He was still dangerous, even if he was extremely tired and weak.

"A little high, but that's likely because I startled him awake." He said after a minute, withdrawing his hand and standing after pulling his medical bag back up onto his shoulder. "Alright, I'm going to head out for the evening. If there are any problems, get Tommy's attention and he'll call me in. I don't want the other doctor working with Jana. That was one thing my brother requested if anything were to happen to him and he was still here. His notes said that whenever Jana got sick in the past, which was pretty rare, that it got really bad."

Domino nodded silently and waited until both Christopher and Tommy had left and locked the cell before turning his attention back to Jana. To his surprise, the man was staring at him, his face buried in the pillow except for a small portion of the left side. After only a moment he noticed that Jana's lips were shaking slightly and quickly stepped forward and knelt down.

He's cold. He thought, then smiled slightly. "Your fever looks likes it's about to start breaking. You're gonna have to fight through it, Jana."