Healing

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    Jason winces in pain as the doctor stitches up his final wound on his body.
    “There you go, Mr. Todd,” he says cheerfully as Jason throws on his signature red hoodie. Jesus what time is it? Jason looks at the clock, and sees that it’s past midnight. God, it’s Monday? Jason rubs his eyes, picks up some coffee instinctively, and goes out to see Chloe resting in one of the chairs, and Rachel’s parents with her. Chloe’s mom had texted her, and Jason calls her saying that she was at the hospital with him and Rachel, but she is okay. Jason also tells her that it’ll be some time before they all come home.
    As he hangs up the phone, Chloe wakes up, still tired, and looks at him. Jason walks over to the window and sees that the fires had stopped. I presume that since Rachel caused the fire, she also ended the fire, due to some supernatural event. Still… it’s odd. But I shouldn’t dwell on that. Jason walks back to Chloe, who looks stressed out.
    “Here,” Jason offers as he gives her his coffee. “I hate that crap.”
    Chloe accepts it, and in between sips, she asks him about his wounds. “Will they heal?”
    Jason sits down, and replies, “Yeah, but they’ll scar up. But, that’s nothing new for me.” He looks down the hall, and into Rachel’s general direction. “This has been more eventful than I expect.”
    Chloe looked confused, and asked him to elaborate on the subject.
    “Well, the night of the concert is when I met Sera for information on Damon, which led me to believe that he could have been smuggling drugs on trains. At the junkyard, however, one of his ‘friends’ went there to spy on us, and I took him down. You saw that.” Chloe nods, remembering the incident. Jason continues, “The following day, I talked to Wells and convinced him to not be harsh. That it was my decision. However, I didn’t get punished because I’m technically not a Blackwell student. But that doesn’t matter. What matters is that Drew was using Damon for money, and it led me to him. And you know the rest…”
    Chloe looks at him, and his head hangs low. “I should have shot him then and there. No one would be hurt… this is my fault.”
    Chloe looks at him, saying, “No it was mine. I convinced Rachel into going in the first place. But you saved us, so that makes it better. She still got hurt, though.”
    Jason looks back out the window, takes out his gun, and begins to clean it. “This isn’t right, Clo. We need to do something…”
   Chloe looks at him and nods in agreement. Just as they stand up, Mr. Amber walks over to them, saying that Rachel is awake. Jason looks at Chloe and she says that she wants to see her.
    They walk down to her room, and Rachel is just waking up, looking pale after her surgery.  She tried to sit up, but Chloe helped her lie back down, and she sat next to her, comforting Rachel. Jason thanks Mr. Amber, and he closes the door.
    “Hey, Rach,” Jason calmly says as he walks over to the pair, and he sits in a chair. “How you holding up?”
    “Better than I expected,” says Rachel, weakly. Her voice was soft and almost unhearable. “It’s gonna leave a badass scar, though.” Jason nods, and looks at Chloe.
    “Do you still want to find your real mom?” Jason inquires. Rachel nods, and says to find her any way possible.
    “What about you? You’re all banged up, with a wrap around your head, stitches, and all that bullshit. Did he get you too?”
    Jason nods, and tells them his injuries. He received a light concussion and 3 new scars. But, he explains that he heals quickly.
    The trio sits in silence for a while and Rachel asks Jason to leave for a second, and he obliges. As he exits the room, he is greeted by a boy, no older than 15.
    “So, you’re Jason Todd, huh,” he says. Jason growls. Nathan Prescott…
    Jason nods, and he asks, “Why are you here, kid? Did daddy bring you?” Nathan gets pissed, and responds by almost choking Jason but stops when he sees Chloe walk out of the room behind him.
    “Nathan, what the hell are you doing here?”
    He looked a bit pale, but nonetheless, he responded. “I heard she was hospitalized, and I was worried.”
    “Well, she’s asleep,” Jason calmly says. “Aren’t you seeing Victoria?”
    Nathan gets a look on his face, and he walks away, muttering under his breath. Creep…
    Chloe turns to Jason, and tells him that they need to find Sera quick.
    “First, we need some sleep. Meet me at this place tomorrow morning as soon as possible. I’ll bring some more weapons.” Jason hugs Chloe good night, and they go their separate ways.

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