Alex looked at Bruce and fell into deep thought. As he was sitting there thinking of a sure fire situation for Bruce to trust him. Sparrow and Alfred were brought back to the room. Alex looked up as they entered.
He first looked at Alfred face and he saw pure sadness radiate from it. He looked like a puppy that had its tail stepped on. Then he looked at the doctor who had a grim look on his face. You could tell he didn't want to be here. Alex realized that Sparrow's condition must be bad. The doctor obviously didn't want to be fired for telling Bruce what's wrong. He kept fidgeting.After taking a deep breath he started to explain.
"Mr.Waylon your son's body seems to be very healthy on the outside. However it's like his internal organs got a massive shock. He seems healthy but in reality it's only on the surface level. All your son's organs are bruised and not in good shape. He won't die but he'll be in a coma for a long time. He might even have brain damage. We would have to run more tests and scans to find out more. There's not much we can really do other than that. It's more a wait and see situation now."
Bruce's face slowly got worse as he heard the doctor talk. He had a massive scowl on his face. The doctor looked at him and got scared because he wanted to ask about how Sparrow's outer body was so healthy. If he really fell down a well he at least be bruised but they couldn't find a single one. After seeing him like this though he decided not to ask. It was probably some experimental drug anyway from Waylon Medical.
"Thank you for the diagnosis doctor. We'll take him back home and set up a patient room there. I expect you to send the necessary material and information to run it to Alfred. He's medical trained but send over some people to help set it up and get him situated."
"Yes Mr. Waylon right away" the doctor said and ran away in a hurry.
Alfred turned to Bruce " Master Bruce who is this new Kid you brought?"
"Ahh yes I forgot. This is Alex Cartwright. He's the one the needed my old clothes obviously. He's a orphan from out of town. He's a helper that I decided to take in. He's a big help to us especially Sparrow's here." he replied while shooting some unreadable looks to Alfred.
"Welcome to the Waylon manor Alex. It'll be wonderful having you." Alfred said with a small head bow. He was polite but not overly so. He seemed to be a little guarded against this new kid. Alex also nodded back at him.
"Hey Bruce I have the answer to your problem. I know someone that can tell if you're lying about anything. It's his power he can tell when someone lies. It only works for two minutes at the moment though. So we need to have the question prepared before hand. "
Bruce looked at him in surprise he didn't know a power like that would exist. Usually the meta-human were all strength based powers that made humans stronger physically or mentally. This was the first power he heard of that allowed one to have something that's not increasing ones power. The star lab explosion made the world full of people that had a sudden increase in power and life. Sadly most of them choose to use their power for evil. Before he could reply and dwell on the matter a team of doctor walked into the room.
"Mr.Waylon we are ready to take your son home now. We have all the necessary equipment and professionals. We even have a spare ambulance ready to bring everything over. We should have everything set up and ready within a hour of getting to your home."
"Okay you may processed we'll take young master Richard with us. You can follow us to my house and show Alfred how it works. If needed I'll hire a part time nurse to check in on him daily." Bruce said and took the lead walking out with Sparrow's in a wheelchair. Alfred followed close behind with Alex following in the rear. Alex kept looking around the hospital on the way out.
As they were walking he saw a weird flash of light behind a door. It was a bright red then blue, purple,green, and finally a solid white. Alex subconsciously started to walk towards it. Just as he was about ten feet away from the door someone bumped into him. Not really knowing why he was approaching the door anymore he shook his head. He was about to investigate further when he realized Bruce was already far away. He figured he could come back later in costume. Whatever was behind that door probably wasn't something good. He would also tell Bruce about it. Maybe this would be their first official mission together. He would have to ask first. He ran to catch up with them they were already really far away so he actually had to run to catch up.
They finally managed to reach where the car was parked. Alex helped Bruce and Alfred put Richard into the car. Then he messed around with the wheelchair for almost five minutes before he got it to fold up. Looking proud of himself for all of ten seconds before he looked up and saw Bruce and Alfred look at him in disdain. He just glared at both of them "I say we never talk about this!" he says in a sour voice. He then put the wheelchair in the already opened trunk. He knew they were waiting for awhile and got even more embarrassed. Feeling upset he decided to just push past his emotions and got into the car under the twos amused gazes.
Alfred just shook his head at Alex's childishness and got into the drivers seat. As the only Servant of Waylon Manor he did most of everything cleaning, cooking , driving , helping with homework, And making sure Bruce slept enough. Sometimes it was over whelming but he wouldn't give it up for anything.
Bruce looked at Alex in suspicion."Why did you get separated in hospital. You should have followed right behind us. We can't be messing around when both of us are hurt and ones seriously injured. You could compromise all of us by wandering away. You should stick close from now on. Don't go wandering off again."
"Actually about that I seemed to be hypnotized by some flashing lights through a door. I think we should suit up and check it out tomorrow night."
"No we need to rest and recuperate. We can't rush into stuff that's why Sparrow's in a Coma and I have four broken ribs. Also it's why you got your butt kicked less then two hours ago. You have power but no training. Your dangerous not just to yourself but to those you fight maybe even innocent people one day. You need to learn to control yourself and your power."