Nightshift 30: M35, Clinic

[the-clown-king.livejournal.com]

Oh. Oh dear. Despite knowing little of the man on the radio in a personal sense, the news hit him hard. He wasn't sure if it was true, but... why would the doctor lie? If it weren't true, they'd find out easily enough, so it would be pointless. Right?

Oh, he was a horrible man! A part of Tamaki wished that he could fight, so he could help take down that awful person himself. But he knew it was just a flight of fancy. But what would they do now? Without any clues at all?

Sighing, he hung up the sign for the clinic. He needed to talk to Ed so badly, but he had his duties here. Even if he wasn't the best or the fastest, he could still do things. And he had to. So he sat down and waited, for either arrivals or some contradiction to what the Head Doctor had said.

Just in case.

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[valyns-shadow.livejournal.com]

Shadow let Shana lead him over to one of the beds. He sat down, grateful for the mattress since he didn't think he would be able to stand for long. His arm was throbbing and the pounding still hadn't eased in his head. Shadow had been hurt badly before but he never thought he'd been hurt like this. He reached out a hand and grabbed Valyn's arm, needing his cousin at the moment.

[notmyfather.livejournal.com]

"I'm right here." Valyn's voice was devoid of any emotion, as was his expression. A testimony to how worried he truly was. "Here, let's see if we can get a better look at your injuries and clean them out properly."

[hamenleai.livejournal.com]

Shana turned to Tamaki with an understanding smile. "Go ahead and take care of what you need to there, Tamaki. I think we just really need some clean bandages and something to clean his wounds, if you have some to spare? I can patch him up so you can treat the others."

[the-clown-king.livejournal.com]

"Yes, yes!" Tamaki called, distractedly. "In my desk drawers! Use the stuff in the brown bottle to clean the wounds!" He figured they could take it from there, and was very thankful for that.

[valyns-shadow.livejournal.com]

"I suppose it is my turn to be fussed over," Shadow said, smiling weakly. He glanced down at his arm and flexed his fingers, very relieved that he still could even though they felt a bit numb. "Still don't feel well. My head is pounding."

[notmyfather.livejournal.com]

"Just lay still. We're going to tend to you." Valyn gestured for Shana to retrieve the mentioned items, sitting on the edge of the bed and taking his cousin's hand. "Try not to speak or move too much."

[bored-narrator.livejournal.com]

Kyon, having gotten his task from Tamaki, moved over towards the group that needed help. "How serious is it?" he went ahead to ask before he started any medical help. 'Shana' was getting the supplies to he did what he could to examine the wounds.

[hamenleai.livejournal.com]

Shana came back with the brown bottle Tamaki had mentioned and a roll of clean bandages. "Here, this should help," she spoke, then cast a smile at the unfamiliar boy who'd joined them.

"Hello. Shadow got clawed across the shoulder and bit on the arm by a cat."

[valyns-shadow.livejournal.com]

"That cat tried to take my arm with it," Shadow snorted, happy his humor was returning somewhat. He turned to the boy that came over to him, figuring he was a healer.

"It hurts," Shadow said, still holding his arm close to his chest. "And it feels as though my heart is pounding in my head."

[notmyfather.livejournal.com]

"It's bad," Valyn said. "Shadow, we can answer for you. I told you not to talk." He'd lost a great deal of blood, and Valyn was certain those other things weren't good signs.

"Let's get the wounds cleaned," he said, squeezing his cousin's hand gently. "Once we've stopped the bleeding, you should feel better."

[bored-narrator.livejournal.com]

As Kyon got closer, he could tell how bad the wound was by just how strong it smelt. If he'd been hungry, it would have made him a little crazy just then. Thankfully the feeling he was getting from this was like turkey on the day after thanksgiving.

Once getting a good look at the patient's arm, Kyon took the brown bottle and after cleaning what he could of the blood, started to apply the alcohol. "This is probably going to sting." he said as a warning, in case he missed what he was putting on his arm.

[hamenleai.livejournal.com]

"Is there anything I can do to help?" Shana asked, directing the question to the unknown young man, leaving Valyn to console and reassure Shadow.

[valyns-shadow.livejournal.com]

Sting? That was an understatement. It felt as if liquid fire was being applied to his arm. Shadow hissed and clenched his teeth, determined not to make a large scene. He could take some pain but ancestors if it didn't hurt.

"So," Shadow said, smiling weakly at Valyn and talking mostly to get his mind off of the pain in his arm. "Do you think our scars will match?"

[notmyfather.livejournal.com]

"Shadow, I told you not to speak," Valyn repeated, narrowing his eyes. He reached up to brush back his cousin's hair, simply for something to do with his free hand. "Just lay still and let the physicker see to you."

He was used to Shadow being injured - but not like this. The beatings the boy had received at Dyran's hands seemed like nothing in the face of this.

[bored-narrator.livejournal.com]

To Shana, Kyon thought for a moment before handing her the bottle of Alcohol and taking the bandages from her. He looked at how deep the wound was. Huh, this looked like it was going to need stitches. "Tamaki?" he said turning to his blond friend, "Do we have anything to stitch wounds with?"

To wait for an answer, Kyon turned back to Valyn and said, "If you want, call me Kyon." The word physicker was strange to be called by. It made him sound like he was somehow important.

[the-clown-king.livejournal.com]

Tamaki had just settled Fai in when he heard Kyon call out to him. He'd been afraid of that...

"Yes, here." He paused as he looked for the little box with the surgical needles and threads. "Ah! Found it! Can you do that, or...? I have the directions here...."

He'd never given stitches, but he'd studied how to do it.

[hamenleai.livejournal.com]

"Wait a moment, directions?" Shana interrupted, holding up a hand to halt Tamaki from passing the needle and thread to Kyon, the bandages and bottle clasped in her other hand.

"If neither of you have done this stitching thing before, perhaps we should just stop the bleeding for now and make him comfortable for what remains of darkness - which shouldn't be much. When the sun rises, the hospital has the wounds tended to when we wake. As much as I distrust this place and its motives, our injuries have been well treated and bandaged upon waking. He's not in too much danger while laying still, if we can get his wounds cleaned and bandaged for the time being, rather than risking doing it incorrectly with what we have here."

[valyns-shadow.livejournal.com]

Shadow turned pale the moment they pulled out the box with the sharp needles and pulled away from Kyon, inching closer to Valyn. The last thing he wanted was someone coming at him with a needle. That's what women used for embroidery. Why would that do that to his skin?

He nodded his head once as Shana spoke. "What she said," he murmured. "It's just a scratch."

[notmyfather.livejournal.com]

"There will be no stitching of anyone's skin," Valyn said, firmly. "If that's the only medicine you can offer, I'll see to the wound myself."

He could at least close it up with his own magic, and that was the important thing, wasn't it? A pair of untrained teenage boys weren't going to start impaling Shadow with needles!

[bored-narrator.livejournal.com]

Kyon blinked. Oh well, okay. Maybe they had a good reason why they were suddenly weary, but you couldn't blame Kyon for suggesting it, if it was that bad.

Seeing as they were rather against the whole idea, Kyon fell silent and nodded. He didn't want to upset the patient or the guy he was with. Instead he took the bandages, unwrapping them slightly and ...sort of waited for permission to continue without the stitching.

[hamenleai.livejournal.com]

Feeling relieved, Shana gave Kyon an encouraging smile, and flashed Tamaki an apologetic one. She knew he was trying very hard to help, and she truly did appreciate it. She just wasn't sure they should be treating Shadow like a rent tunic when none of them here had the required skills, herself included.

"If you can see to his arm, I'll take care of his shoulder," she spoke to Kyon, giving him the permission he seemed to be waiting for.

Shifting around the bed, she met Shadow's gaze and gave him a crooked smile. "You just got jealous of all the attention I got the other night, didn't you?" she teased him mildly, giving him something to distract himself with as she leaned over his bleeding shoulder and began to carefully clean it with whatever potion was in the small bottle, knowing it would sting as before.

[valyns-shadow.livejournal.com]

"Yes, that's it," Shadow replied weakly, still leaning against Valyn as Shana and the other boy worked on his arm and shoulder. It still hurt, the pain radiating through him, but it was better then being confronted with those needles again. "Although I'm wondering how long it's going to take for them to give me one of those pills. You looked as if you were having fun."

[notmyfather.livejournal.com]

"No drugs," Valyn said, smoothing Shadow's hair. "At least not like the ones you were given." He glanced at Shana. "You're going to be alright. This is nothing compared to what I've been through here, and that's without the aide of this place. All I had was Keman."

He was still worried, and the worry wouldn't ease until morning, but he was reasonably assured there was no immediate danger.

[bored-narrator.livejournal.com]

Kyon continued to wrap the bandage around Shadow's arm like he'd been taught back in school seemingly so long ago. It wasn't much of a med class, but it covered the basics of first-aid.

Making sure it was tight, Kyon tied to bandage to hold it in place. "That should be okay until tomorrow." He said standing up and looking his handy work over.

[hamenleai.livejournal.com]

"Besides, those now make Valyn decidedly uncomfortable," Shana remarked with a faint hint of an impish smirk as she finished cleaning the wound. "If I was that bad on them, imagine what you'd do."

Straightening, she glanced at the bandage work on Shadow's arm and gave Kyon a relieved smile. "It's well-wrapped. Thank you for your help. Would you like to do his shoulder, too? Or I can take over. I've not had as much practice at it, but I think I can manage, now that we've got his injuries cleaned. Unless you have something mild for the pain to give him? I know Tamaki had several types of little capsules of something the other night."