[The ambulance making its way into the emergency section of Pongo City Medical Centre]
Q holds Alex's hand throughout the trip to the Centre. He seems very concerned about his friend, Alex even though they just made friends starting from that day's recess.
"Are you in need of any medical attention?", asks one of the paramedics inside the ambulance to Q.
"Umm, no. Not at all! Is he gonna be just fine, ma 'am?", replied Q.
"I think he's gonna be okay but we need to take an x-ray just in case there's anything broken inside. Don't worry 'bout it too much, ya.", said the paramedics again.
[The ambulance arrived in front of the emergency department and bringing in the stretcher out from the ambulance]
"What's the condition of this patient?!", asks one of the doctors while pushing the stretcher into the centre.
"He's a male, teenagers just like this one (looking at Q), a suspected RTA (~Road Traffic Accident~) patient. He got hit by a bus I believe. Lose some blood but yeah, he'll live.", replied the paramedic.
"'Aight, send this one to Bed 26. Get the CT and X-ray Port immediately. Get an ortho (~Orthopaedic; relating to the branch of medicine dealing with the correction of deformities of bones or muscles~) here and jab this one some blood too. See this one later.", said the doctor to other medical trainees.
The situation was very hectic since there were quite a number of patients checking in into the hospital that day. Q stays close to his friend until one of the medical trainees ask him to be diagnosed too since he's one of the RTA victims in that scene.
"Are you okay? Anything hurt? Do you need any type of medical attention? We can surely provide you one.", asked one of the RN (~Registered nurse~) there.
"Umm, I'm fine. Just a little scratch and bruise, other than that, I think I'm fine. Is he gonna be okay?", replied Q.
"Alrighty, let's clean this one first. Hold on ya. It'll sting a bit plus you'll get a tetanus shot after this. By the way, your friend there, I believe that he'll be okay. Maybe he will be admitted into the ward but it will only be for observation. Prolly, a couple days or even a week. It depends.", replied the RN.
While Q's bruise is being dressed by the RN, he looks at Alex with a worried face. His eyes sparkled for a moment. What he didn't know is that he was being watched by the RN at the same time.
"Trust me, he's gonna be okay. Don't worry too much. Anyway, would you like to call anyone or need any assistance or perhaps some food?", said the RN while giving him the tetanus shot.
"Okay (with a sad and slow voice). I think I want to call my dad and food is a great company too. I've been starving for too long now.", replied Q.
"Here (handing out phone). I'll give you some food later. Get some rest here. If any bed is available, I'll also admit you just in case you react with any medicine that I gave you including the shot.", said the RN.
Q makes his way to the nearest window in order to call his father about his condition.
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[Phone calls between Q and Sylan]
TUT ... TUT ... TUT ... TUT ... TUT ... Speaks for Sylan ...
Hi dad. Q's here. I'm ...
Q? Q?! Are ... are you okay? I got called 'bout the incident, I'm on my way to the scene now! (said in a very concerning way)
Umm dad. I'm currently at the Med Centre now.
Wh ... what!!! I'm turning back now! Don't worry, it will be just fine boy. Hold on!
(Sounds of scratching tires)
Dad! I'm okay so slow down your car. It's enough that I'm the only one that got hurt here, don't want you to be the same please. I'm here because of umm, ... someone.
O ... okay Q. (Breathless speaking) I won't rush. I'll meet you there. Do you need anything there, food or cloth or somethin'?
[Q saw someone wearing the same cloth as the shadow behind his father last night outside of the hospital's window from where he's standing]
Q? Q q q? Are you there? Buddy?!
I .. I'm here Dad. What is it again?
You want somethin'?
Umm, some electrolytes will be just fine.
Okay Q. See you soon. Stay safe buddy!
Sure dad. See you soon too. Drive carefully!
(End call beep sounded)
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Unfortunately, Q lost his focus to the one who he thought he saw last night. Q went back to his friend's bed and waited for him to wake up. He waited until he fell asleep 'cause of the tiredness from the incident.
...
After some time, Alex woke up. He saw Q was sleeping beside his bed. He also saw some food on the table with a note 'From the RN earlier. Don't worry too much ya!'. He immediately knew that Q was very worried about him while he wasn't there. He slightly smiles from ear to ear. Not for a minute later, he saw a man approaching Q.
"WAIT!!! Stay and identify yourself!", asked Alex strictly.
"Woah buddy. I'm his father. Relax, you're in safe hands.", replied Sylan.
"Oh. I'm sorry. I thought you were someone else.", said Alex.
"Who?", asked Sylan curiously.
"Umm, no one. Just some instinct.", replied Alex while looking the other way around.
"Well, you want some? Q asked me to bring some. I bought quite a lot since Q loves this kind of electrolyte. Take one or two as you like.", said Sylan while handing out some electrolyte drinks to Alex.
"Su .. sure. That's very nice of you. Thank you very much.", said Alex to Sylan.
Sylan sat on a chair beside Alex's bed and took out his phone. Alex drank the electrolyte given and felt some relief. Some crying baby sound all of a sudden makes Q woke up from his sleep. He quickly saw Alex without even caring to see his father first. His eyes flood out some tears while holding Alex's hand.
"Are .. are you okay?", asked Q with a broken voice due to just waking up from the sleep.
"I'm fine Q. Don't worry. There (pointing out to the food package). They say that you wanted some.", said Alex.
"Ahh, yeah. Just remembered.", replied Q while wiping out his tears using some tissues beside Alex's bed. He was then surprised that his dad was there. He quickly went to hug his dad with no hesitation. Then, he took his food and brought them towards Alex.
"Want some? You must be hungry too! Fortunately, they gave me an extra.", asked Q to Alex.
"I'm not that hungry but sure I'll take it. Thanks Q!", replied Alex.
They ate together with the same vibe as they enjoyed their meal on recess session that day before the incident.