//------------------------------// // Chapter 23: An Incredible Discovery // Story: Get Him 3 // by Lord Blackraven //------------------------------// An Incredible Discovery “Princess Luna? If you would follow us to our patient’s room we will get started. Nurse Readheart?” “Right behind you Doctor.” “Yes Doctor Hoofson. Lead the way.” Luna replied. Everyone in the room was aghast at the revelation the doctor had revealed but asked that everything be kept quiet for now. “This initial report is astonishing, to be sure, but I wish to keep it under wraps until I can do more testing to confirm what this is saying.” Doctor Hoofson said as they walked down the hospitals corridors. Their hoof falls echoing about them as they continued to trot to Alexs room. “Princess Luna? You do understand why I think everything should be kept quiet for now. I don’t want to start a panic only to find out it was all a big mistake. We must go slowly and carefully to make sure we make no errors, especially with our patient. From what your majesties have told me he has been put through enough of Tartarus as it is.” “That he has.” Luna said sullenly as they walked down the hallway to the room where Alex was being taken care of. The nurse wheeled in a gurney for her to lay upon which she jumped upon with a small flap of her wings. Once she was situated, she settled down on her stomach and said “Okay, let us do this.” “Yes your highness.” Princess Luna was carefully wheeled into the room that Alex was being kept in and moved right up next to his bed where his still unconscious form lay. The medical equipment hummed and beeped out its constant rhythm. Doctor Hoofson and Nurse Redheart immediately got to work preparing the necessary equipment and sterilizing the needles. Just as the good doctor was about to put the needle in Lunas right foreleg after he has sterilized the area, he stopped and looked at Luna. “Your Highness, I am thinking that as an added precaution that you use no magic. He is a non-magical creature and we don’t fully yet know if it will have an adverse effect on him or not. “I understand doctor and I want you to know that no matter what happens, you will not be held accountable.” “Thank you your highness. Please hold as still as possible.” And then turning to Nurse Redheart. “Nurse, let us begin.” “Yes Doctor.” The needle was first pressed into Lunas foreleg. She felt the sharp point embed itself into her vein and winced but a little. She watched as her life giving fluid traveled through the narrow flexible tube and into the machine. “Ok, here it goes.” as Doctor Hoofson and Nurse Redheart embedded the other needle into Alexs exposed arm and turned on the machine that would carefully inject Lunas blood into him. Both watched intently and perhaps holding their breaths a little as Lunas blood passed through the clear tubing and into Alexs arm. Nurse Redheart shifted her gaze between Alexs unconscious form and the instrumentation, staring intently at the readings of the medical equipment for even the slightest sign of any abnormalties. The minutes seemed like hours as the doctor and nurse continued their work. Luna was praying silently to the stars, moon, sun and Faust as well as any other deities she knew of on Alexs behalf. Five minutes or so passed by and then the doctor quietly said that that should be enough. “Nurse? What does the instruments say? Anything?” “No Doctor Hoofson. Everything seems normal.” The nurse replied. The doctor and nurse both then went to work withdrawing the needles from both patient and donor then moving away the equipment for cleaning and sterilization. “Your Highness, are you ok? Are you feeling any adverse effects?” “I am quite fine doctor. You know that we alicorns heal rather quickly as she hopped off the gurney. Princess Celestia joined her sister in the room where Alex lay still unconscious. Nurse Redheart continued checking his vitals while the doctor and the princesses conversed. “Doctor you mentioned that you had discovered something about our human friend that was amazing.” Princess Celestia queried. “What was it?” “Oh. Right. Yes, your Highness. What I discovered was that our human… Just at this time alarms in the room began to go off as Alex started to convulse! His body shook like he was in in an earthquake! His eyes shot open and he cried out in pain as though his body was being torn asunder! “Nurse Redheart was doing her best to hold Alex down when the other three present in the room rushed over to assist. He was strong and sweating profusly! His forelegs twisted and turned in impossible angles as they flailed about. The nurse was doing her best to keep him from hurting himself or any others present in the room. As they each tried to gently but firmly hold Alex down and just as suddenly as his fit started, it suddenly stopped. Doctor Hoofson and Nurse Redheart quickly put him in padded restraints and began to check his vitals. His heartbeat was very elevated and sounded as if it would burst out of his chest. His breathing was very erratic and shallow! “Doctor! Do something!” Celestia cried. “Help him!” “There is nothing I can do! I can only guess that Princess Lunas Alicorn blood is having a negative reaction with his physiology! It was incompatable! We’re losing him”” The heart monitor was going crazy. BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP….BEEP……….BEEP……………BEEP……………….. BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP. Alexs unconscious form took in a deep breath and let it out. He didn’t take in another. The heart monitor sang out its long single note and mournful song.