Omega19x: *the phone at the Ishtar household rings*
ph33r my rod: *picks up phone* "... Hello?"
Omega19x: "Mr. Ishtar? This is Nurse Bea at Uno Hospital. We have some bad news."
ph33r my rod: *tenses up* "... What is it?"
Omega19x: "You are still listed as Ryou Bakura's contact. He's been attacked. The fifth victim of the infamous Shadow..."
ph33r my rod: "..........." *in shock*
ph33r my rod: "Is... is he... okay...?"
Omega19x: "He was found right outside the hospital doors. He's in surgery now."
Omega19x: "The stab wound was quite severe. I'm afraid we don't know anything yet."
ph33r my rod: "...oh gods, he was stabbed..." *trying not to panic, failing miserably*
Omega19x: "From the location of the trauma, the blow may have damaged his spleen. He was unresponsive when we found him, and rushed into surgery."
Omega19x: "Hence, your notification."
ph33r my rod: "R-right... Thanks for... letting me know."
Omega19x: "That's what they pay me for."
ph33r my rod: (( Do you have the log of the Ryou-Shadow encounter? ;; ))
Omega19x: (working on it)
ph33r my rod: (( Kay. ))
Omega19x: (and there it goes.)
Omega19x: (whoops, need lj cut tag)
ph33r my rod: (( Eep. *reads* ))
ph33r my rod: (( ... T___________T!!! ))
Omega19x: (poor Ryou!)
ph33r my rod: (( Malik is piiiiiiiissed now. ;; ))
Omega19x: (and Ryou is in surgery)
Omega19x: (we can do a quick fast forward, so that you can at least see him, though he's probably not going to be conscious.)
Omega19x: (yet)
ph33r my rod: (( Kay ;; ))
Omega19x: *It's about three in the morning, maybe four, and Ryou is out of surgery. Still unconscious from the procedures, he is back in the critical care unit to be observed.*
Omega19x: *Numerous doctors surround the area, of course.*
ph33r my rod: *has somehow managed to make it up to the hospital without crashing*
Omega19x: *and up to the ICU without killing anyone?*
ph33r my rod: *exactly*
Omega19x: *one of the doctors you recognize is Ryou's boss, and his usual head doctor*
Omega19x: "Ah, Mr. Ishtar. We haven't seen you up here in a good while."
ph33r my rod: *frowns* "Where is Ryou?"
Omega19x: *checking his lists* "Room 311b. He's just come out of surgery. He won't wake up for a few hours yet."
ph33r my rod: *nods* "Can I... at least see him?"
Omega19x: "Out of all the places to run into that Shadow the press is talking about, at least it was close by. If he was farther away, he might have died."
ph33r my rod: *tenses up* "... Thank the gods he was so close, then..."
Omega19x: "He was already in shock. The knife injured his spleen, causing even faster blood loss. Luckily, it was the only organ damaged in the conflict, and we managed to remove it."
Omega19x: "And I must say he's lucky that these attacks started happening after his recovery from Aquillis morbus (the newly named shadow disease). With such an impaired immune system, he probably wouldn't have survived half as long with the infection.
Omega19x: Of course, how he managed to survive it in the first place is still a mystery we're trying to solve."
ph33r my rod: "... Yeah, well. Point is, he did."
Omega19x: "Right, oh yes. Go ahead inside. You can see him."
ph33r my rod: "..." *nods and enters the room*
Omega19x: *Ryou is still out cold, the blankets removed, and his hospital gown open. There is no dressing over the wound site, which is considerable. Both the knife wound and the surgical incision are stitched closed.*
Omega19x: *He's on an IV, of course, and hooked up to various machines. But he is breathing well on his own.*
ph33r my rod: "..." *silently sits down in a chair next to the bed*
Omega19x: *his shoulder and upper left arm are bandaged, where more stab wounds were located. Sterile bandages also cover part of his face, which was scraped up as well.*
ph33r my rod: "... Gods, Ryou..." *takes his hand - the one not hooked up to the IV - between both of his and brings it up to his lips, gently kissing it* "I'm sorry I wasn't there..."
Omega19x: *machines beep. Ryou's off in his own anaesthetic cloud.*
Omega19x: *the doctors will describe how this affects Ryou's life in the morning. Right now, all he can do is rest.*
Omega19x: *And Malik should too.*
ph33r my rod: *just sits there and holds Ryou's hand, on the brink of tears. Eventually he falls asleep right where he's sitting.*
Omega19x: (I mean, people can live perfectly healthy lives without a spleen. It just takes special care.)
Omega19x: (better to lose an organ you can live without?)
ph33r my rod: (( Could've been worse. ))
Omega19x: (oh yes. Could have been better though.)
ph33r my rod: (( Uh huh. ;; *would give Ryou a big hug if it wouldn't hurt him* ))
Omega19x: ( *hugs puppet, whom we abuse too much...*)
Omega19x: (but the abuse only leads to fluff...)
ph33r my rod: (( Of which I'm sure there will be lots of. ))
Omega19x: (oh yes)
Omega19x: (but not tonight. I need sleep now.)
Omega19x: (and to go set my vcr to tape YGO)
Omega19x: (night)
ph33r my rod: (( Night~ ))
Omega19x signed off at 11:30:23 PM.