The Hospital: Slade/Patch/Tai-San/Ruby
[Continued from HERE]
Slade could tell the Doc was burbling nervously, and that he probably didn't meant to cause Slade to worry, however a couple of things the Doc said did make alarm bells go off in his head. The fact that the kid said he would try something new after lunch if she hadn't woken by then.... hearing that made Slade's blood begin to boil and he fought hard to resist the urge to grab the Doc by his shirt and demand he try something new now. However, Slade was slightly appeased as he heard that apparently Ruby had come through the worst of it now. He wasn't sure how much of that to believe, but the kid seemed earnest. However, that could just be well disguised fear over Slade doing something irrational. Slade still felt like hitting something out of frustration, mostly feeling frustrated as there was nothing at all that he could do for Ruby now, and her health lay in the hands of the Mall Rats. He knew though that it would be harsh to take it out on the doctor, and simply nodded in response to what the Doc was saying.
Slade turned his attention to Ruby once more as the Doc went off to scour what looked like medical books. She looked peaceful, in fact you would think she was sleeping if it wasn't for the traces of smoke on her skin and clothes and in her hair. It annoyed him that no one had bothered to even clean her up a little. Some use all these volunteers were. "Hey kid." He called over to the Doc. "You got any clean water in here? And a face cloth?" If nobody else was going to clean her up, then Slade could at least get rid of the smoke from her face. It would be the very least he could do while he waited so desperately for her to wake up.
Slade could tell the Doc was burbling nervously, and that he probably didn't meant to cause Slade to worry, however a couple of things the Doc said did make alarm bells go off in his head. The fact that the kid said he would try something new after lunch if she hadn't woken by then.... hearing that made Slade's blood begin to boil and he fought hard to resist the urge to grab the Doc by his shirt and demand he try something new now. However, Slade was slightly appeased as he heard that apparently Ruby had come through the worst of it now. He wasn't sure how much of that to believe, but the kid seemed earnest. However, that could just be well disguised fear over Slade doing something irrational. Slade still felt like hitting something out of frustration, mostly feeling frustrated as there was nothing at all that he could do for Ruby now, and her health lay in the hands of the Mall Rats. He knew though that it would be harsh to take it out on the doctor, and simply nodded in response to what the Doc was saying.
Slade turned his attention to Ruby once more as the Doc went off to scour what looked like medical books. She looked peaceful, in fact you would think she was sleeping if it wasn't for the traces of smoke on her skin and clothes and in her hair. It annoyed him that no one had bothered to even clean her up a little. Some use all these volunteers were. "Hey kid." He called over to the Doc. "You got any clean water in here? And a face cloth?" If nobody else was going to clean her up, then Slade could at least get rid of the smoke from her face. It would be the very least he could do while he waited so desperately for her to wake up.