During the Coma #2(short chapter)

"Hello is this Ron Stiles? This is

Dr.Samuel Dean from St. Joseph's

hospital. We have your granddaughter

here, a miss Luna Stiles she was hit

by a bolt of lightning while walking

downtown and is currently in a coma.

But not in critical condition she seems

to be taking it well aside from being in

a coma. You can come check on her if

you want but it's non life threatening.

We will be hooking her up to the

machines soon, the only damage we

can see on her body it's some heavy

bruising and la long white scar down

her spine now. She doesn't appear to

be bleeding internally. It's strange

when she first came in her jaw was

broken, I was told some huge cracked

out man just randomly ran up and

punched her. But it healed itself. I

watched it happen it was so strange

to see a jaw put itself back into place,"

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"and heal and then the bruising on her

face disappeared. Don't worry we will

do an X-ray just to make sure. We will

also do an MRI and CT scan on her

brain to make sure it's okay too."

The doctor listens intently to the girl's grandpa on the other end of the call.

Then thinks carefully before

responding.

"Don't worry sir we will take good care

of her and update you every friday

morning over the phone until she

wakes up or if something happens."

Pause. "Don't worry sir. There's no

need to come in just to see her

hooked up to a bunch of machines,"

"That's right. Alright sir I hope the

rest of your day is better. Bye now."

Dr. Dean hangs up. Telling a couple

nurses to help wheel her down to a

private room where a female security

guard will watch over her to make,"

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sure that nothing bad is done to her

body while she is unconscious.

Next he instructs them to hook her

up to a catheter, a nutrient tube in

her throat and an IV in her right

arm. "

" Also take some blood test to see

what her age is because me need to

know that I have a feeling something

weird is going to happen with that

if she needs any specific nutrients or electrolytes. Also be very careful to

make sure that she doesn't get any bedsores also she has a new tattoo

on her right ribs be sure to use baby

cream on it twice a day. It might

sound like a strange request to you

but she got this tattoo 20 minutes

before she got hit by lightning.

Now let's get to work oh also clean

her up be careful with her stuff and,"

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"find a charger for her phone and

plug it in beside her. But turn the

sound off. Okay I think you can take

it from here." Dr. Dean says before

leaving the room.

*Ron POV

He sits there stunned after finding

out that his granddaughter is in a

coma.

'What should I do, should I take some

of her stuff? No she wouldn't want

me in her room, well I mean she would probably understand. Maybe I'll take her one of those albums she loves so much

and her teddy bear. And take the garbage out of her room." He thinks to himself.

Still stunned he walks over to the neighbours house knocking on the

front door. The dogs inside bark loudly.

A couple minutes pass and the door

opens Nikki looks up at Ron in surprise.

Seeing the look on his face she sits

him down.

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"Ron what's going on? Why do you

look like you have seen a ghost?" She

asks. Ron sits quietly for a moment.

Takes a deep breath and then blurts

out,

"It's about Luna, she's in a coma in

the hospital right now she got hit by a

bolt of lighting from this freak dry

lightning storm. She's doing really

well but they have no idea when she

will wake up. It could be tomorrow, or

Two months or two years from now!"

Nikki's jaw drops, "she's in a coma?

Holy shit that girl has the worst

fucking luck I swear. I want to do

something to help her when she

wakes up. I'll get Jordan's girlfriend to

help me set up a go fund me page on

fb and instagram, start fundraising so

that when she wakes up she will have a decent amount of money to put

towards her moving to Korea to follow

her dream." She sees the look on Rons

face,

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" yes I know you feel that it's not

a realistic dream but she's actually

pretty good at dancing and singing,

And she won't know until she tries.

Either way we both know she wants

to move to Korea even if it's not to

support that dream. Alright I have to

get back to work call me if anything happens with her." Nikki says before

Going back into the house.

Ron sits there for a few more minutes,

then heads back over to his own house.

Going inside he enters the living room

and sits down in his chair. He picks up

his xbox controller and headset putting

it back on.

"Hey sorry guys I'm back. I just found

out that my granddaughter is in a coma

in the hospital. But they said there is no point in me going in to the hospital right now.-wow man I'm so sorry to hear

that,- are you okay man?- is it life threatening?"

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"As far as I know her life isn't in danger

it's literally like she's just asleep and

can't be woken up. I mean she did get

hit by lightning. But aside from a scar

on her back and deep bruising the

doctor said she is fine. So I am not too worried." Ron said into the mic.

"Well that's good. At least you know that

she is in good hands at the hospital. I'll

pray that she wakes up sooner rather

than later." " I'll ask my church to pray

for her too." Said both of Ron's British gaming buddies.

FOUR MONTHS LATER

*Nikki POV

"Hey Ron it's Nikki, something huge

just happened with Luna's bank

account donations, I got a notification saying that she inherited $20 billion

dollars from someone on her moms

side of the family I think. Yeah so it

looks like we don't need to fundraise anymore. She's set for life."

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"Luna is going to be so happy when

she wakes up. Oh I've also been

ordering all of the items off of her

Amazon wish list. All of those kpop

albums and all that merch that she

wanted will be waiting for her when

she wakes up!"

She thinks for a second,

"Except I'm having it sent to my

house so that it doesn't bother you

and so I can put it all in big boxes and

wrap them up for her to make it a little

bit more fun. Plus I am home all day

so it's no big deal. Alright I just wanted

to let you know about that.' pause' What you have a new update about her well

what is it?"

*Ron POV

"The doctors told me that something strange happened.

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"He was checking her health records

when they suddenly noticed that her

age had changed from 24 to 20 but

nobody else noticed this fact they all thought that she was only 20. But I

know that she is supposed to be 24.

Do you remember that too? You do

that's good so it looks like the closest people to get and her doctor are the

only ones who know this fact. I'll call

him back and ask him to keep that confidential give her the fresh start

she wants so badly. Plus if she wants

to be a kpop idol the younger you are

the better chances you have at actually debuting.' Pause' What oh Yeah I've

been looking into that for her because

I had a good feeling about it since she survived the lightning bolt right after

she decided that she was going to

pursue that as a career."

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*Nikki

"I thought you didn't support her dream.

I've heard you say that. Honestly I think

it's a great dream and with her talent

it's really possible for her to do it. She

has more determination than anyone I

know. I can't wait to see her on stage."

*Ron

"I didn't support it at first because I

thought it was a pipe dream. Until I

heard her practicing her singing for

hours everyday. Not just that but she

has changed since she got into kpop,

she is happier than I have ever seen

her. So if going to Korea to train to be a

pop star is her dream, then I will

support it for her happiness.!"

'I hope she wakes up soon," Ron

thought to himself as he set the phone down and pet Artemis (Luna's pet cat)

gently scratching her head. She meows

sadly before running off. 'The poor thing,'

He though,' her owner just disappeared

one day, now she lays in front of her bedroom door most of the time. At least

she is still eating.'

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Another four months pass without

much happening, aside from Covid-19

finally ending three months ago and disappearing the world has finally

started to get back to normal. With no

signs of it returning. And with everyone returning to their normal lives after

more than a year of pandemic

procedures. 'But that has nothing to do

with my granddaughter' Ron thinks.

Apparently Luna had shrunk two inches

in height though, which while strange

isn't bad so Ron wasn't concerned. He

sat down in his chair turning on his Xbox one to playDestiny 2.

Suddenly the phone rings.

"Hello, this is Ron."

"Hello Ron this is Dr. Dean. We have

some good news for you. If you aren't

Sitting you might want to."

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"I am seated. Now please tell me.!"

"It's about Luna, she just woke up. We

Still want to keep her for a few days to

run some tests but she's reacting as if

she was only asleep for a day or two,

not eight months. And she reacted

pretty well when we told her how long

she was asleep and what happened

with her body while she was asleep.

All of the changes that happened.

You can talk to her for a few minutes if

you would like?" Dr. Dean said.

"I should let her get used to being

awake first. Tell her to call me tomorrow

in the afternoon. Okay thank you." Ron

said.

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