Tales From New Jump City

7. Recovery And Consideration

"Ouch!" Said Kenny, the unimportant character from the last chapter that got his finger cut off who you probably already forgot. "Watch what the hell you're doing." He sat on one of the many hospital beds that were divided by curtains in a white sterile room that was filled with medical equipment.

"Quit squirming! Unless you don't want to have a functioning finger anymore!" The small girl with a medical mask(Who swapped her helmet out for a white head covering) was able to stop Kenny's bleeding and was attempting to get his finger back onto his hand. She took out some sutures and was getting ready to sew the finger back on.

"Woh! What are you trying to do? I hate needles! Why would I trust some little girl with tha-OOF." She punched Kenny right below the rib cage causing him to exhale all his air, while the shock knocked him unconscious.

"The name is Suzie, asshole," She said under her breath as she quickly stitched his finger back on. And bandaged it up. As she was wrapping up, a secret door in the wall opened up and out came Emi, Hector, Gustavo, Marcus, an unconscious Ronaldo carried by Q, and a limited edition vinyl of Purple Rain by the great Prince.

"Oh, hey Suzie," Gustavo said as he waved gleefully. Suzie's angry eyes relaxed at the sight of Gustavo and she began to wave.

"Hi, Gustavo!" She ran over and gave him a hug.

"How's everything going?" he asked her.

"Well, that guy that got his finger cut off was being a jerk so I punched him really hard. But I put his finger back on no problem. And Nelson is stable in the healing tank." At the opposite end of the room, Nelson was in a cylindrical glass tube with various monitors attached, floating in an amber-colored liquid with no breathing apparatus.

"Good job holding it down," Gustavo said to Suzie as he patted her on the head. Emi looked around in awe.

"What is this place?" she asked.

"Well," Marcus began, "This room technically belongs to the Medical Club over here at the school. We help support some of their research, and they take care of any fighters or attendees that get injured. Q and Suzie over here are from the Medical Club and help us out tremendously."

"Huh," Emi said. "I always just assumed there was some special room in the actual arena area." Suzie shyly walked over to Emi, with Ronaldo still slung over her shoulder and began to speak while looking down at the floor.

"Well..." Suzie began. "We um... we can fix minor stuff in that area but... but sometimes we need to take people here for if they get really hurt." Hector gawked at this sight.

"Damn. That's such a tiny voice, from a girl that can lift someone twice her size." Suzie started turning her head side to side nervously.

"Uh... uh..." She puffed out anxiously. Q went from being bubbly to angry and marched over towards Hector and tugged on his pant leg. Hector looked down at the little Suzie.

"What is it little one?" Hector asked with a smile.

"Don't," Suzie wound up her fist. "Make Q feel selfconscious baldy!" She punched Hector's stomach with incredible force, knocking the wind out of him and sending to the floor gasping for air. He lifted a hand in the air while his vision faded.

"I feel... cold." Hector blacked out. Q rushed over to Suzie.

"S-Suzie. We aren't supposed to hurt people," Q said with tears in her eyes.

"He was being a jerk!" Suzie responded. Marcus clapped his hands.

"Come on you two, we don't have time for this right now. We need to get Ronaldo into the healing tank ASAP."