~ After several hours of surgery, Ion was finally stable enough to go to recovery. While other staff wheeled Ion out to his recovery room, Meeka when to the waiting room where Zephyr was huddled up in a small panic, waiting hours for the results on his closest friend. Meeka tapped him on the shoulder and Zephyr looked up with an anxious look on his face. Meeka place a hand on his shoulder, looked him in the eyes and told him that Ion was alive but still in critical condition. She lead him to Ion's recovery room where he was still asleep with only the sound of the beeping of the heart monitor filling the room. Zephyr pulled a chair beside Ion's bed and sat down. As he did this Ion's eyes slowly started to open and when Zephyr realized Ion was waking up, he grabbed Ion's remaining arm.
Zephyr could only muster "i'm sorry" over and over again as he tried to hold back tears but couldn't. Ion breathing heavily and in a bit of pain, slowly told him it wan's his fault. Zephyr countered back saying that if he didn't insist on taking a high level contract, Ion wouldn't be in this situation and that the blow Ion received was directed at him. But slowly, Ion countered back, saying that if he didn't jump in and deflect the attack, that Zephyr would be dead since it was a deathblow to him. Ion looking at the stump on his left arm told him that him jumping in only cost him is arm and was worth it to save Zephyr's life. Zephyr couldn't hold back anymore as he clutched Ion's hand harder and started full on crying. Ion could only crack a small smile as the pain was starting to get to him, even with painkillers running down his IV. Meeka, still in her bloodied surgical scrubs smiled at their little conversation, as in her heart now knew Ion was going to be fine, but her smile quickly turned to a stern look on her face.
She walked closer to them, scolded the both of them for being reckless and foolish at their decisions. Zephyr froze in shock but Ion quietly told her that they would make better decisions in the future. Meeka trying to keep up the stern look told them that Zephyr only had a few more minutes as Ion needed his rest as he had more surgeries to prepare for. After some more words, Zephyr and Meeka left Ion alone to rest, with Meeka opening up his painkiller drip a bit more to help with Ion's pain. Over the next week, Ion would undergo a few more surgeries to fully reconstruct his insides, with Meeka assigning an older strict doctor to oversee her younger cousin's recovery, to make sure he would follow the instruction. Ion spent months in the hospital, with Zephyr being by his side every step of the way. He would spend every visiting hour keeping Ion company and giving him a shoulder to lean on when Ion was well enough to walk around short distances.
Ion was eventually released from the hospital once he had decent strength back to continue to recover at home. Meeka would visit him every evening after her shift at the hospital to see how he was doing and to make sure he was following doctor's advice. Eventually after regaining most of his strength back, Ion sought out his other cousin, Meeka's younger brother Matias to craft a replacement for his left arm, as he was a bionics engineer, to continue his hunting. After agreeing on how to proceed and convincing Meeka to help out and approve the procedure, Ion prepared himself for the painful and long recovery an mechanical arm graft surgery would endure. ~
Another great Image by KiniroWolf, love how it turned out.
no he just has a mechanical arm similar to automail from FMA, the rest of him is regular flesh, fur and blood just the one arm is mechanical (and not cybertronic)
no he just has a mechanical arm similar to automail from FMA, the rest of him is regular flesh, fur
