(Ghost Hunt) Blackout Chapter 4

Chapter 4 – Hospital and Gifts

Mai looked outside and saw that the storm had begun to clear up, smiling she walked up to Lin to check up on him. She noticed that his skin was clammy and his breathing was heavier than usual. Frowning she checked his forehead but retracted her hand when she felt a large amount of heat coming from him. “Guys, he’s burning up fast!” She shouted alerting everyone else in the room. Ayako ran up to the sofa and put her hand on his forehead.
“Monk, get an icepack quickly!” Naru ordered
Monk dashed out the room and came back with the icepack and replaced the rag with it. “Come on Lin, fight back” He said looking at the man worried.
“Mai, check if the phones are working again, if they are call an ambulance!” Naru said worry filling his eyes.
Sprinting to the phone Mai picked up the phone, relieved that they were working again. She dialled an ambulance quickly.
“Whats your emergency?” The operator asked
“It’s one of my friends he’s got a really high fever”
“Has anything happened before he got the fever?”
“He collapsed earlier today and banged his head, but the lines were down and the roads were dangerous”
“Okay, has he been sick at all”
“Yes a few times”
After giving the operator the details she put the phone down and went back to Naru and the others.
“They will be here shortly, they told us to try and keep his fever down as much as possible.”
Naru nodded “Okay”
After a few minutes the sound of sirens was heard, Naru dashed out the door to meets the paramedics while Monk and Ayako picked up Lin. When Naru got to the ambulance Monk and Ayako had managed to get Lin down the stairs and lay him down on the stretcher. Lifting Lin into the ambulance the paramedics strapped him in for the journey. Mai and Naru got in the back of the ambulance and told the others to meet them at the hospital. The door of the vehicle closed and the sirens went off to inform other drivers that they needed to get to the hospital. Throughout the whole journey Naru watched Mai as she looked worriedly at Lin with tears in her eyes. Slowly he grasped her shaking hand to try and comfort her while maintaining his mask. Mai looked at her hand and then to Naru who smiled slightly at her. “He’ll be okay Mai; this is Lin we’re talking about” He assured.
Mai smiled and wiped a tear from her eye “Yeah”
The ambulance pulled up at the hospital the stretcher was wheeled into the building followed by Naru and Mai. Lin was put into one of the rooms as doctors began to come in a check his vitals and attach various machines to him in order to monitor his condition. One of the doctors checked the injury to his head before asking another to go get antibiotics and a bandage. Mai and Naru watched from one side of the room as the doctors insured that Lin’s condition was stable.
“He’ll be okay Mai” Naru said placing a hand on her shoulder.
Mai leant into Narus side. “I hope so”
A few minutes had passed and the rest of SPR showed up eager to hear about Lins condition
Naru slowly took his arm from around Mai’s shoulder. “His condition is stable, they are going to continue monitoring him” he announced.
“Maybe we should get him something, you know to wish him to get well soon” Mai said smiling.
The rest of the group looked at her and then nodded in agreement.
“That sounds like a good idea Mai” John said.
“Yeah, if we do shifts on  watching Lin whiles the others go out and buy him something, and then we can swap” Monk smiled
“Alright then, if Mai and Naru watch Lin first the rest of us can go out and buy him something of each of us, then we will come back to swap, sound good?” Ayako asked
Mai nodded while Naru sighed. “Alright” he said.
-An hour later-
The group came back to swap shifts with Naru and Mai. They showed them what they had brought before swapping shifts Mai and Naru walked out the hospital and started looking around the shops to look for anything Lin might like. After a few shops Mai and Naru spotted a small shop tucked away in the corner. Mai pulled Naru into it, saying that she had a good feeling about the shop. It was an unusual shop which sold all types of antiques, healing remedies, incense, crystals etc. Mai looked around the shop until she found the perfect thing for Lin, she called Naru over. “What do you think of this Naru?”
Naru walked over an examined it “It’s perfect” He said smiling
“It seems expensive though”
“We can split it between us, give it to him together”
“Are you sure Naru?”
“Yeah”
Mai smiled and told the shop keeper what she wanted. After they paid they made there way back to the hospital where the rest of SPR was waiting. They showed the theirs what they had brought, which made them all smile
“Defiantly a perfect gift for Lin” Monk said while smiling. Mai put away the gift in a bag with the rest of everyones gifts
At that moment Lin stirred slightly.
“Lin?” Mai said moving closer to the bed
Lin opened his eyes and looked around the hospital bed
“Where am I?” He questioned
“Your in the hospital, your fever got too high and we had to cal an ambulance”
Lin stared at Mai for a brief second and then looked back at the ceiling.
“How are you feeling Lin” John asked
“Better than I was”
“That’s good to hear” Monk grinned “You really had us worried.”
“So how long have I got to stay here?”
“They want to keep you in for a few days until your fever breaks” Naru said stepping towards the bed and pressed a switch to make Lin sit up in the bed.
“Um…Lin” Mai said shyly
“What is it Mai?” he asked looking at her
“Here this is off everyone” She said holding out a bag to him.”
Lin looked at her confused and took the bag “What’s this for?”
“It was Mai’s idea to get all of us to buy you something to wish you to get well soon”
Lin looked in the bag and looked at what everybody had brought him, when he saw what he got, he ask John to put them on the side table. He got a Chinese Luck coin on a red ribbon from Monk, an incense of Lotus from Ayako, a pack of 10 lilly scented candles from John to help focus the mind, and a Chinese Dragon made from Jade which had a plaque on it saying Lins name. Lin smiled at the group and thanked them all. They looked at each other and all get Lin in a group hug including Naru. When they pulled apart they all got some chairs and began laughing and joking until they had to go. Naru and Mai said that they would stay there to watch him. Lin leant back in his bed and smiled. With friends like them, I’ll be better in no time He thought, he looked over to his left and saw Naru and Mai asleep on each other. Smiling he closed his eyes and went to sleep.