A New York Secret

Chapter Three

"Do you need a ride home?" Pepper asked Emily and Mary, trying to be polite.

Emily sat in the waiting room along with Mary at her side. She looked up at Pepper, then shook her head. "I want to wait until he gets out of surgery."

"Very well. I will bring you an update when I'm able. Do you want anything to eat or drink?" She offered.

"No, I don't think I could eat," she responded honestly, then looked over at Mary. "You can go home if you want to, I know you're running on little to no sleep."

Mary barely gave a nod, already falling asleep. "She can sleep here. I will see if I can find a blanket for her." Pepper said, then walked out.

Emily couldn't help but to stand and walk to the double doors that they had wheeled Loki through almost two hours before. She looked through the small circle windows and sighed, hoping that everything would be alright.

Pepper came and found Emily. "He's awake and is refusing to cooperate unless the two of you are there." She told her.

"Why would we need to be there?" Emily asked as she turned to face Pepper. "Let Mary rest, I'll follow you to where he is."

"I don't know, that's just what Loki is saying." Pepper shrugged.

"I'll go," Emily said. "I want to see how he is anyway. Just lead me to him."

"Do you want to get your friend? I don't know how he'll react if you aren't both there." She said truthfully.

Emily looked back at Mary and saw that she was asleep in the chair. "Let her sleep. She didn't sleep at all last night, she deserves the rest."

Pepper simply nodded and led the way to the ICU where they currently had Loki. He was heavily sedated but still trying to fight them. "Good luck."

She patted Pepper's shoulder just outside of the door. "Thank you for this Miss Potts. Really." Emily walked through the door to the sight of Loki trying to fight them, wanting to remove his IV. "Loki, Loki, you're okay!" she called as she quickly walked to his side, making sure he could see her.

"No! It hurts and I want out of here!" Loki snapped groggily. "Make them let me out!" He told her, pushing a nurse away.

"Shh, Loki, please." Emily grasped his hands tightly in hers and did her best to get him to focus on her. "The IV is keeping the pain away. If you keep up they will put you back into surgery and that's something neither of us need."

"They keep trying to stick something in the part that goes to my arm." He told her, referring to the medication they were trying to give him. "Make them stop!"

"If you calm down, they won't have to," Emily assured him, still holding onto his hands. "Slow your breathing Loki. I'm right here with you, they are not going to hurt you."

"I want them out. I will calm down when all of them are out of here." He said firmly.

Emily looked around at the nurses. "I have a handle on him, if I need your help, I will press the alarm. Please leave me alone with him."

"We will leave, but he has to be given this so his blood doesn't clot from the surgery..." The lead nurse told Emily. "The risk might be considered low, but he can die without it."

"I will give it to him myself," she said quietly.

"Only trained medical professionals can administer medication. I also have pain medication that will help him, if he will let me give it to him." She told Emily.

Emily sighed. "I am trained. I'm a nurse's aid."

"Fine, but for the record, if you do something wrong, it's completely on you." She said and set the syringes down. When she walked out, the other nurse silently followed her.