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Nightshift 45: Group Therapy Room 3

Dec 04, 2009 01:55

( From here.Sean's legs were starting to burn from the effort of keeping Schuldig on his back. It was only a few more feet, he told himself. Like he always did when he was running with the soccer team. He was always last, but he could finish the run at least ( Read more... )

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faithful_frost December 4 2009, 13:49:09 UTC

Chris moved in something of a haze, but at least he was moving. He kneeled and checked over Schuldig, letting himself trust in the old training, though the memories that came with it...

Not breathing... heartbeat.... He bent to start CPR right away. Lift head, tilt chin, two breaths, thirty compressions, listening, two breaths, thirty compressions, listening...

byname_bynature December 5 2009, 09:57:23 UTC

The couch hit the opposite wall with a dull thunk and Sean collapsed to the floor for a moment. He was starting to realize how tired he was, suddenly. Running for his life for nearly ten minutes straight was hard work, he thought.

But now, his and Chris' lives weren't in danger (in the moment, at least). And he couldn't afford to rest if he could help Chris with Schuldig somehow. It looked like Chris was performing CPR while Artemis remained crouched by Schuldig's head, watching the proceedings anxiously. Artemis always bit his lip like he was doing now when he was anxious--which wasn't often.

"How is he...?" Sean asked approaching the pair, afraid of the answer he'd get.

faithful_frost December 6 2009, 16:28:21 UTC

Counting and ignoring the way his own skin burned and the blood seeping through his clothing, Chris didn't answer the question at first.

"Bad," he finally said softly, as he leaned up to press on the larger man's chest. "I'm not giving up." He bent to listen, then resumed breathing for Schuldig.

byname_bynature December 8 2009, 03:48:35 UTC

Sean felt like pacing the floor anxiously. He didn't like being an outsider to dire situations, he wanted to help. Standing there and watching Chris bleed while giving CPR to a man who had stopped breathing was making everything three times as worse as far as he was concerned.

"Can I help...?" he asked, kneeling down next to Chris and watching him. "I can do this, if you need a break, Chris."

He looked up at Artemis, who was still kneeling beside Schuldig. HIs delusion nodded. 'I can help you through it,' he confirmed.

faithful_frost December 8 2009, 04:05:27 UTC

Haku sat up again to press on the man's chest, shaking his head. "No. I'm okay." He knew that if he stopped doing something, he'd probably pass out and he couldn't afford to do that. Not yet.

He bent to breathe again.

byname_bynature December 8 2009, 09:31:30 UTC

Sean nodded and watched Chris keep working, still upset that he couldn't help. It felt like the resuscitation attempt was going on forever without any results. Artemis was getting anxious and pacing.

'You did this! This was your fault! If you'd just listened to him...!'

"Wait," Sean put a hand in front of Chris. "I thought I saw him breathe."

Chris, Haku. Whatever his name is. ^^;;; faithful_frost December 8 2009, 09:36:39 UTC

Chris blinked and sat up, watching carefully for a change. There. Breathing on his own and he could feel his heartbeat under his fingers. Breathing a sigh of relief, he sat back and leaned against a wall, allowing his hands to rest in his lap.

"Thank goodness."

byname_bynature December 9 2009, 00:42:26 UTC

"Thank goodness nothing," Sean said, pulling his shirt over his head and pressing it to Chris' neck. "You need to be somewhere comfortable. He may be unconscious, but now that he's breathing you need help, too."

Sean stood up and started pulling off chair cushions and laying them out on the floor for Chris to lay down on. It had to be more comfortable than the wall, he thought.

"We should probably stay here for tonight," he added, continuing to lay down cushions and find throw-pillows. He wondered if there was a first-aid kit, too. "I don't know if Schuldig will wake up, and you shouldn't move until--"

'Until morning comes and the Institute saves him. It's happened before,' Artemis said, sitting between Schuldig and Chris. He looked over Chris' wounds, expression sad and disapproving. Sean didn't need to be told he'd screwed up royally to know that he'd screwed up royally.

"Until the night's over," he said finally.

faithful_frost December 9 2009, 17:51:40 UTC

Chris nodded, frowning as pain finally started to seep past his mental block. He started to tremble slightly with reaction, and he couldn't decide what hurt more: the reopened wounds or the new burns. "It should be over soon," he siad softly. "Then the real doctors can-n help him." At least the red-haired man was breathing on his own. Only time would tell if they'd managed it before any serious damage had been done.

He watched Sean pile up pillow, wondering what he was doing...

byname_bynature December 9 2009, 20:45:41 UTC

"Hey," Sean said, finishing his cushion pile and kneeling down in front of Chris. He put his hands on his friend's shoulders. "You saved his life. The real doctors have nothing to do with this... I don't even know if they exist anymore.

"But that's not important right now," he said firmly. "Right now, you should lie down. Let me take care of you."

He took Chris' hand (the one not attached to the shoulder that had opened up again) and pulled on it slightly to guide him to the makeshift bed he'd made.

faithful_frost December 10 2009, 03:38:21 UTC

Chris blinked and managed to get to his feet. His skin tingled and burned, and he could feel his clothes sticking to his body where blood had dried. "I'm okay," he insisted softly. "I'll be fine."

byname_bynature December 10 2009, 06:22:38 UTC

"You'll be fine if you lie down," Sean insisted, guiding Chris to the pillows. "Here, I'll feel better if you rest. Please?"

He had to do something or he was going to go crazy. Schuldig was breathing again, so that was one crisis averted. Now Chris was bleeding and Sean had seen the lightning throw him across the wall. He needed rest and he needed to stay stationary so he didn't bleed so freely.

faithful_frost December 10 2009, 07:52:32 UTC

"Alright." He wasn't going to argue and gingerly settled on the make-shift bed. His whole back and side ached and he knew there would be heavy brusing there in the morning. Still... it wasn't anything new. It was just the way he'd been hurt that was new.

"What about you?"

byname_bynature December 10 2009, 20:57:36 UTC

"Me?" Sean chuckled. "I'll be fine. I didn't get hurt, remember? Just a few scrapes and bruises from tumbling around." He made sure that Chris would be comfortable, then took a pillow over to Schuldig and tucked it under his head gently. It was all he could do right now: make people comfortable. He wished there was some way he could help their injuries, but...

'Use the magic,' Artemis urged. 'You're already questioning whether or not the doctors are real, why are you questioning something that's a part of your body now? Just reach back and feel the scars--you've been glowing since Schuldig started chasing you.'

"I'll watch over you two until morning," Sean said, ignoring Artemis. There were a few things he could reasonably accept. The existence of magic, however, was not one of them.

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