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Post by Hailey Heart on Jul 5, 2012 17:51:28 GMT -5
Hailey woke up, in a plain white room. Looking over, she was hooked up, by wires, to about six different machines. One started blaring an alarm as she ripped the tube from her left arm. She looked down to her left leg, it was bandaged, and braced.
She tried to sit up, but her waist was encased in a thick wrap, covering a wound in her side.
What happened? She tried to sit up again, but couldn't. She laid back down. She ran through everything in her head, and it was like a slap in the face.
Victor, Sully and Sinny. She had taken them all on, alone. Then Steve came. STEVE! "Steve!?" She shouted out into the room. "Steve!!" She called, in a begging voice. All she had seen was him bleeding, and his eyes closing in her arms. "STEVE!" She started ripping the tubes and wires from her arms. |
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Post by steverogers on Jul 5, 2012 18:02:44 GMT -5
A nurse hurried into Hailey's room. "Miss!" She exclaimed, "Please, settle down, your friend is still in surgery." She carefully began to place the wires and things back onto Hailey, as she pushed her down onto the bed. "Please miss, sit still. We're doing everything we can." She told her and clicked a few buttons on the blaring machine.
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Steve could barely feel anything other then the aching pain in his heart and all of his body. He didn't care that he was being poked, prodded, spoken to by faces he'd never seen. He could hear bits of their voices saying things like "he's not good" and "he might not make it doc". He couldn't be bothered by them though. Part of him didn't want to make it through so he just lay there and didn't try to fight it. Didn't try to fight the pain or the death plaguing him at every turn.
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Post by Hailey Heart on Jul 5, 2012 18:06:40 GMT -5
She grit her teeth as she was pushed back down. Was she going to need to kick down more doors? She didn't want to, but if she had to to get to Steve, she would. "Where is he?" Her voice was raised in panic, as one of the machines, that had been hooked up to her again, started racing with her heartbeat. She pushed herself up again, feeling dizzy, and lightheaded, but she wasn't going to stop. "Please. Where is he?!" She looked at the nurse, her eyes clouded like a storm, but clear with determination. |
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Post by steverogers on Jul 5, 2012 18:31:22 GMT -5
The nurse said, "He's still in the surgery room, right down the hall from here." She pushed Hailey back down, "Miss please, you're going to hurt yourself." She looked at Hailey and sighed.
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Steve opened his eyes, he was too weak to push himself up, but let his gaze search the room. Hailey wasn't there. He sighed and his hot breath fogged on the piece that helped one to breathe. He closed his eyes and felt a salty tear leak from his eye. What had he done? Was he to die here without ever seeing Sam's sweet smile, hearing her laugh, or brushing her coppery hair away from her face again? Was he to die here without ever seeing Hailey's determined eyes, hearing her nickname for him, or laughing over old jokes again?
He sighed again.
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Post by Hailey Heart on Jul 5, 2012 18:34:34 GMT -5
She fell back into the pillow, but tried to sit up again. "Can I go to him?" She figured she ask before she started breaking down any doors. She didn't know the condition of her leg, but she would crawl to him if she had to. She couldn't lose him, and she needed to be by his side, offering everything she had, and demanding he take it, if he needed it. |
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Post by steverogers on Jul 5, 2012 18:44:41 GMT -5
The nurse shook her head, "You can't go bursting in there when the doctors are trying to do their work! You might distract them and hurt your friend more." She told Hailey gently.
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Steve swallowed, even with the medical instrument he was having trouble breathing. The pain returned, every inch of it, in his chest, in his stomach in his shoulder, in his leg. In his heart. Everything was hurting and screaming out with the pain that he felt. I'm sorry Hailey," He thought as shaking hands took a piece of paper and hurriedly scribbled out a note for Sam, tears dripping from his eyes and splashing onto the white paper. When he finished with the one for Sam he tore the bottom off and scribbled one for Hailey.
Hailey~ I'm so sorry...I love you....you and Sam forever...tell her for me?
It said, strangely it was legible, which was hard to believe considering how hard his hand was shaking. He placed the pen that he'd found beside the bed back where he found it and the note to Hailey fell from his trembling hand to land next to it. Then it fell, his hand. It hit against the bed and he closed his eyes, letting his head slump to the side.
And a machine started to blare.
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Post by Hailey Heart on Jul 5, 2012 18:52:37 GMT -5
She was about to start begging,, when she heard the machine go off. "Steve!" She jumped up from the bed, her leg folding under her. She army crawled to the door, and ripped herself to her feet, her veins pumping an adrenalin through her. Where did she say he was? She racked her brain for the answer, all she could hear was the blaring machine and the blood roaring in her ears. Surgery room down the hall! Her brain screamed the answer.
She leap into action, her leg teetering on the edge, and she started too drag it behind her. "Steve!" She screamed on the other side of the surgery door. She couldn't hold herself with only one leg in the condition she was, so kicking down the door was out of the question. "Steve!" She screamed, crumpling in front of the door, her face in tears. She didn't turn to see if anyone had followed her, or were going to try and stop her. All she cared about was Steve. [/center] |
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Post by steverogers on Jul 5, 2012 19:04:04 GMT -5
The nurse hurried to Hailey. She got her to her feet and gently pushed her into a wheelchair. She looked at another doctor who'd come and he sighed and shook his head. The nurse wheeled Hailey into the room where Steve was. The wheel crunched on a piece of paper that had fallen from the stand, the one to Hailey herself. Steve lay still and motionless his hand still hanging slightly from the bed.
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Post by Hailey Heart on Jul 5, 2012 19:10:34 GMT -5
Her eyes widened when she saw him. But she refused to believe it. She forced herself over to him. "Steve?" She leaned in close to him. She grabbed his hand, intertwining her fingers with his. "Steve?" She had a begging tone, her bottom lip starting to tremor. She pressed her head to his shoulder. She didn't want to believe he was dead. She didn't know when she started crying, but her face was wet, and her tears were running down his arm and into the sheets. "Steve, please. Don't be.." She couldn't finish her sentence. [/center] |
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Post by steverogers on Jul 5, 2012 19:15:09 GMT -5
The nurse sighed and looked at the machine that was blaring. He wasn't dead...not yet. But his heart beat was slow. So very slow. She said gently, "Miss...your friend has gone into a coma..." She glanced at Steve and sighed. He might not make it through...it's up to him now... She thought.
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Post by Hailey Heart on Jul 5, 2012 19:21:55 GMT -5
She looked up to the nurse, her eyes puffy and red. She shook her head, and looked back to Steve. "You can't die on me now. I still don't know the words I promised to tell you." She whispered into his ear, leaning her head on his shoulder again, still holding his hand. She ran her thumb over the back of his hand, in a repeated, slow, smooth way. She found herself humming a slow tune, not sure where it came from, but it was low and soft. She kept her eyes closed, and her forehead pressed against his arm. She wasn't planning on moving. "I love you." She whispered, sniffing. |
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Post by steverogers on Jul 5, 2012 19:27:20 GMT -5
The nurse sighed when Steve didn't move. "I'm sorry miss." She sighed once more and said, "Would you like anything to eat, drink?" Another doctor wheeled in a few machines and hooked them back up to Hailey to keep her from slipping into the same situation as Hailey. The nurse new that if the lady starved herself then the man, Steve, would probably kill them all.
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Post by Hailey Heart on Jul 5, 2012 19:31:30 GMT -5
She didn't say anything, feeling only distant pricks as she was hooked back up to the machines. She shook her head in answer to the distant voice. She moved her head up, looking at Steve's face. She brought up her free hand, and caressed his face. She wanted him to wake up. No. She needed him to wake up. She leaned her head on the table, not wanting to cause him any pain. "Steve, please." She said, but her own voice sounded distant and detached. |
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Post by steverogers on Jul 5, 2012 20:49:45 GMT -5
As Hailey moved the note crackled beneath her foot, a noise not hard to miss. The message was the same, in the same messy handwriting, something that Steve had, had all his laugh, but now it was shakier then usual. It told that he loved both Hailey and Sam, forever and that he was sorry. The note on the nightstand had been taken a few moments ago to the training room, were a small note had told it to go.
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Post by Hailey Heart on Jul 5, 2012 20:56:02 GMT -5
She heard the crackle of paper, and bent down to pick it up. She never let go of his hand. She unfolded it, and recognized Steve's rough handwriting. Most women would have been angry that in death he said he loved two. But Hailey, just nodded, and silently slipped the note into her shirt. She didn't have the heart to physically tell Sam, but she could show her the note. "You can tell her yourself, all you have to do is wake up." She whispered, lying her head back on the edge of the bed. She kept a hold on his hand, and her fingers were lose around his, but still holding him in a loving grip. |
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