A Deadly Fate

Smile and Wave

Chapter 13

As Cole's bed was being moved to get x-rays and a CAT scan he slowly started to loose consciousness and his world started to darken. Dr. Daniels rushed to catch up with the bed being wheeled away. He had just finished talking with Lloyd and given him clearance to see Kai.

Dr. Daniels quickly grabbed Cole's arm and shock him a bit. "Hey wake up. We still need you with us for a bit. I'll let you get some shut eye after the x-rays and CAT scan." Cole didn't moved or response. "Cole!"

Cole twitched his eyes open from the sound of his name. Opening his eyes did nothing because of the intense blurs he saw.

"Good. Keep your eyes open or I'll have to give you a shot of adrenaline." Dr. Daniels said with his hand still on Cole's arm and staring at the path ahead. Cole was more alert now from hearing about a shot.

Suddenly a melody played from the ceiling calling more nurses to the only other room in that private area.

Dr. Daniels and the nurses stopped and turned their heads back in the direction of the room. Nurses rushed passed them and the hallway was extremely crowded with the bed being in the middle of it.

Cole was able to keep his eyes open now because of the chaos he was hearing but not able to see. Through the sounds of the rushing people they all heard yelling.

Cole recognized Lloyd's voice and moved to painfully sit up. The medication dimmed the pain but not completely and he cringed as he slowly and wobbly sat up.

Cole wasn't able to sit up entirely but he did hold himself up with a side rail on the bed. The position hurt his chest but he had to know what was going on.

Through the blurs he saw a blob of green being dragged from security. It was obviously Lloyd and he was shouting the whole way out. When the screaming stopped Dr. Daniels sighed and his shoulders drooped down.

Cole gasped for air to speak, "What... happened..." Cole asked and slumped forward to catch his breath.

Dr. Daniels turned to Cole shocked he spoke and that he was sitting up. The doctor slowly lowered Cole to lay back down. "I'm not sure.." He paused and pointed his finger at Cole like a parent would to their child. "No more talking for now. You keep getting way too out of breath."

Cole nodded understand and Dr. Daniels signaled his team to continue on. The bed started to move again and all Cole could do was watch the ceiling and think to himself.

'What in the world happened?'

//

"Lloyd? Are you alright?" Lloyd turned his head to see his Mom walking their way.

"Mom! What are you doing here?" Lloyd asked and sat up a bit straighter in confusion.

Misako smiled to her son and sat next to him. "Cole told me about what happened and ask me to be here." Her smile disappeared and they watched her eye the room. "Speaking of Cole, where is he?"

Lloyd dropped his head into one of his hands and you could see how stressed out he was. "He's getting a CAT scan and a x-ray."

The others in the waiting room hadn't heard this news yet and Lloyd could feeling the shock radiating from them.

Dareth leaned forward and looked to Zane. He whispered, "What's a CAT scan?"

Zane turned to Dareth, "A CAT scan is a series of x-rays taken at different angles. There is a bed that slides a person inside a tube that spins a camera around the bed to take multiple x-rays."

Dareth's face remained unchanged for a moment as he processed the information. Eventually he went "Ohhhh got it" while nodding. "I've seen one of those in a movie once."

Everyone's faces began to display their concern. "Cole said he's okay and not to worry though." Lloyd waved his hand at them hoping they could relax.

Misako put a hand on Lloyd's closest shoulder. "What about Kai?"

Lloyd's lip quivered slightly and he couldn't bring himself to say anything. Zane saw this and took the opportunity to step in.

"Kai has numerous injuries and some could be fatal if worsened. Kai is suffering from a concussion, lacerations, throwing up, water in his lungs, throat irritation, hunger, a second-degree burn, a snake bite, and more recently.. seizures." Zane didn't like to think about how many injuries Kai had but about how many could easily be fixed.

"My... I'm sorry you all have to go through this. This is hard to go through no doubt, but I believe that everything will turn out right in the end." Misako's eyes landed on Nya. They exchanged small smiles but were interrupted by the TV's static turning back to Gayle Gossip News channel.

"We are still live outside of Ninjago's hospital with no new update of what is happening indoors. People have tried and failed to get inside because of the tight security. We have spotted Dareth, a friend of the famous ninja, and Misako, mother of the green ninja, getting through the front doors without being kicked out. It proves that the ninja are in fact inside. But are they hurt or visiting the hurt? We'll be back with a update soon." Instead of the TV turning back to static it went to never ending commercials.

Everyone dropped their gaze from the TV and simultaneously looked to the ground. Misako didn't, however, but she looked to everyone. "It seems like the people are worried about you all." Misako stood up from her chair and stood in the middle of everyone and attracted their eyes. "How about instead of thinking about what you've done wrong, why not you all start to make things right? There are crowds of people outside worrying about you, so why don't you show them you're alright? You can go back to the stage at the park from Kai's memorial and make a statement about how everything is going to be okay and you're all still the protectors of Ninjago. Tell them about Kai! Tell them to have hope! And a ninja never quits!" Misako ended with her fists closed tight in determination.

Lloyd stood up and hugged his Mom. "This is why you are the best Mom ever. Thanks Mom." He ended the hug and motioned for his friends to stand. "Come on guys. We have somethings to do. Dareth, you stay with my Mom incase Cole is released."

Dareth saluted, "Sure thing, green ninja!" He sat down gratefully to stay behind for once.

The ninja left the secured room and met with the security guard that was station outside the door. Lloyd brought down his ninja mask and Jay, Zane followed his action. Nya was not in her ninja gi at the time so she settled with crossing her arms.

Lloyd walked up to the security guard. "Can you take us to the roof?"

Hello! :D Tomorrow is my first day of school and its my senior year and I'm freaking out! I'm kind of surprised I never missed an update date (Every Monday) for this story. I used to be terrible at keeping an update schedule. 

I have two new stories being written and I wanted your opinion on what day of the week I should update each one or when I should release them. The story summaries:

Switched Opportunities (New!)- The Ninja were fighting the all too familiar mechanic. Everything seemed under control and too easy till it wasn't. The machine goes haywire and something happens to one of the ninja and.. a citizen? Who will it be and why was this machine made in the first place?

No Name (New!)- One of ninja wake up sick and they try to shower before the morning training. Things don't go to plan and they end up late to training. The ninja are worried, upset and impatient that they are late. What happened? Who is sick?

Let me know what you guys think! Feel free to Private Message me. :)