Chapter 170 - Makai – To The Hospital

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Makai

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I followed the paramedics out of the school and to the waiting ambulance that was parked in front of the school. I was glad that the rest of the students had been called to the gym, otherwise they all would be watching us out the windows of the classrooms right now. Those on the front of the building anyway.

I didn't want to dwell on that, though. I just wanted to focus on my Ocean and see him get better. I also needed to contact my parents and let them know that Ocean was being taken to the hospital in an ambulance, again.

Then, after I called my parents, I was going to have to call Ocean's parents as well. That wasn't going to be pleasant. They were probably going to get really worried and rush to the hospital. I couldn't blame them, though, that was exactly what I was doing.

When the back of the ambulance was opened up, Ocean was loaded inside of it and the female paramedic and one of the men that had been helping, climbed in with him.

"Come on, kid, you can sit over here." The man said as he pointed at a jump seat that was pulled out and ready for me.

I didn't hesitate at all. I just climbed into the back of the ambulance and sat in the seat like I was told to. I even buckled up before they had to tell me to. I was going to follow the rules in whatever way that I needed to so that I could stay with my Ocean.

"Hey, kid, you said you're his boyfriend?" The woman asked me with a serious note in her voice.

"I am not a kid." I informed her with a bit of an irritated voice, but I let it slide after that and answered her question. "But actually, we are more than that." I pointed to the ring that Ocean was wearing around his neck. "We got engaged last month." I pulled the matching ring out from under my shirt and showed her. "So, he is actually my fiancé."

"Ok, well can you tell me if your fiancé has any prior medical history? Is he allergic to anything? Does he take any medication?" She didn't seem like she believed what I had said but she was pushing forward anyway.

"No, he isn't allergic to anything, he doesn't take any medication, and the only prior medical history he has is when he passed out from exhaustion, fell, hit his head, and nearly drowned."

"When did that happen?" She looked at me with wide eyes, like she thought it might be recent.

"Back at the end of September of last year." Damn, I can't believe that it's been almost four months since that happened.

"So, it's relatively recent?" She was looking more closely at Ocean's head now, concern in her eyes.

"Yes, and last week on Friday, the same person who attacked him today slammed his head against a locker hard enough to draw blood. He didn't go to the hospital that time though."

"Why not?" She looked angry at me for not having made him go. She didn't know that we healed faster than humans and that the blood had been done flowing before he even walked away from the lockers. This time though, the blood wasn't stopping.

Why? Why wasn't the blood stopping? What was wrong with my Ocean?

"I can't really say why he didn't go. I guess he didn't feel the need to. He didn't have any other issues, just a bump on the head." I tried my best to explain this all to her.

"This is the third blow to his head in less than four months. This isn't an issue to take lightly. He needs to see a neurologist when he gets to the hospital." She reprimanded me as she noted something in a chart that she had started for Ocean. I didn't say anything, I just nodded at her words as I started to text my parents. If there was a god in this world, or anyone that helped people like us, then I hoped he would listen and make sure that my parents were somewhere with cell phone reception, and no water.

[ME]

Mom! Dad! Ocean has been hurt. We're on the way to the hospital. He was attacked and he was slurring his words. I don't know what is wrong with him, but I am worried about something happening to him while we are there.

[MOM]

What hospital are they taking him to? Try to make sure that it is Trinity. A friend of ours transferred there. They are working in the ER but have privileges in other departments as well.

"Uhm, what hospital are you taking Ocean to? I need to let his parents know." I tried not to sound like I was up to anything when I asked them that, I just wanted to make sure that I was convincing.

"Trinity. That is the closest to the school." Good, that worked out for us right now.

[ME]

They are taking him to Trinity, Mom. You can let your friend know that we are on our way right now.

Mom didn't reply right away, I assumed that she had called the friend in question. I could also guess that Ocean was the reason that this person was transferred to this hospital in the first place. They had needed to alter or destroy Ocean's previous admissions record.

[MOM]

He will be waiting for you. His name is Malachi and he will take care of this. We are on our way home. Call Ocean's parents now, let them know what happened.

I didn't want to call them while I was in the ambulance, especially since I made it sound like I had been talking to his parents when I was texting already. No, I was going to have to wait until we got there, and then they forced me to wait in the lobby until Ocean's parents showed up again.

I watched the paramedics work, I listened to what they were saying, but still none of it mattered or even made sense to me at all. All I knew was that my boyfriend was hurt and I hadn't been able to protect him once again.

I felt like a fucking failure. Dammit! Why did this keep happening to him? Why couldn't I be fast enough, strong enough, whatever I needed to be? I just wanted to protect the man that I love. I just wanted to keep him safe and make sure that nothing like this ever happened to him again.

When the ambulance pulled to a stop in front of the hospital and the doors were immediately thrown open, I saw how efficient these people were. There were about three people that had been waiting for our arrival. The man in the lead, the one who I immediately thought was the friend of my parents, started to give off orders to everyone else.

I was in danger of being left behind as I hurried out of the ambulance and followed them. I would go until they forced me away from Ocean.

"I'm sorry, Sir, but you need to wait out he-." A woman at the desk started to block me from coming along with the others but the man that I thought was the doctor interrupted her.

"No, he comes with us." His voice was firm and sharp when he spoke, and I watched the woman flinch just a little bit.

"Y..yes Dr. M." She nodded and dropped her hand that had been blocking me. I didn't miss the glare that she gave me either.

I didn't care about her glare, though. I was just glad that this guy Malachi had let me through. I didn't want to leave my Ocean's side any more than I absolutely had to.

The flurry of movement didn't stop there. Once we got into the room where Ocean was to be treated, he was hooked up to a bunch of monitors. His heart rate was a little fast but everything else seemed to be mostly normal as far as I could tell. I hadn't been hospitalized before, but I had read up on what the readings meant after the last time that Ocean had been in the hospital.

"Makai? Did you call Ocean's parent's yet?" Malachi asked me as he got my attention. His voice was firm again but there was no anger in it.

"Not yet." I admitted to him, but I had a feeling he already knew that.

"Then go do it now. Stand in that corner over there, it's vacant at the moment. Come back here immediately when you are done." 

"Yes, Sir." I nodded in agreement. There was no way in hell that I was going to disobey him. I had a feeling that he would ban me from the room if I didn't precisely follow his orders. I didn't want to chance that happening to me at all.

I went to where I had been directed and dialed the number that I had saved for Ocean's mom. She answered after just two rings, her voice somehow already filled with worry. Did she know that something was wrong? Did the school call her?

"Makai? What is going on? Why isn't Ocean the one that is calling me? What happened at the school? I got a call about the lockdown." Ah, that makes sense. When the school goes into lockdown mode, the entire district is notified by automatic messages. And since I was certain that this didn't happen very often, Mr. and Mrs. Shores were scared.

"Mrs. Shores, uhm, O..Ocean was attacked." I could barely get the words out.

"What?!" She very nearly screamed that one word right into my ear. "What happened? Tell me, now, please."

"Justin attacked him. Justin was kicked off of the team and blamed Ocean. While we were walking, he attacked him. I tried to save him, but Justin dragged him into an empty classroom and locked the door."

"How is my baby? Is he OK? What is wrong with him?" I could tell that she was devolving into a blubbering mess. I didn't like doing this to her, but I had to tell her.

So, I did. I told her what happened and what the paramedics said. I told her where we were and how Ocean was the last time that I saw him. I knew that she would be here soon, probably even before Mr. Shores made it here.

Now that this call was over, I was able to go back to my Ocean's side. There was nowhere else in this entire world where I would rather be right now, than at Ocean's side.. That was where I was meant to be.