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"No, but D said Patrick was hurt and wanted you to assist Rani when they get here."
At that news, both Faith and Xander dropped the gaming controls and stood.
"How bad?" Xander asked.
"D said a stab wound to the leg. Knife still embedded."
Faith looked relieved. "Thank God it's nothing too serious." She glanced at Xander. "Will you clean up?"
"Go, I've got this." Xander nodded.
Shocked that a stab wound would be considered not serious, Danny turned and followed Faith upstairs. She ran straight for the medical room, leaving him wondering what he could do to help.
"Don't let those cookies burn." D gripped Danny's shoulder. "We'll need them once this is all cleared up. You might also want to make some of that grape Kool-Aid that Patrick likes so much. He'll need to stay hydrated once the shock wears off."
"He's in shock?"
"I don't know, but I expect anyone who got stabbed would be. It happens to all of us when we take an injury. I've seen grown men faint over a sprain because of shock. The body reacts differently to pain. Jessica said it didn't look bad, but we won't know until Rani looks at it. She said there wasn't much blood."
Probably because they didn't pull the knife free. Danny had images in his mind of blood spraying all over once the knife came out.
"You okay?" Xander walked over to him.
"Yeah, I'm good. I was just surprised. Didn't expect this."
"We don't expect it either. But we have to be ready for anything." Xander gave him a supportive smile. "Don't worry. The team can handle a stab wound to the leg."
Danny nodded.
"Xan, can you help me get Patrick inside once they pull into the driveway?" D asked.
"Sure thing." Xander glanced out the window. "Jessica okay?"
"Shook up, but fine. The sting went down as normal once she made sure Patrick was okay. I'll know more once they arrive and debrief." D leaned against the wall, turned so he could see the driveway.
"I better check the cookies." Danny left them alone, feeling as if he didn't belong there at the moment. What a night to experience his first sting. He bit his lip as he pulled the cookies from the oven and turned it off. He then went about making Kool-Aid as he waited for them to cool.
It was about ten minutes later that he heard Xander and D head outside. Danny stayed in the kitchen, not wanting to be in the way, but he was curious. He waited until he heard voices again, then came out, staying back as he watched Xander and D helping a pale Patrick hop into the medical room.
Patrick had what looked like a kitchen knife protruding from his left thigh, a light stain of blood seeping through the pants in the same area. It didn't look half as bad as Danny had expected, but that didn't mean it wasn't. He didn't know enough to guess if something like that could be deadly. Again, he hated how much life experience and knowledge he'd failed to get since he'd been held by Larry for so many years. He was like a child in so many ways and it really bothered him. Stuff everyone else had seen or done a million times he was experiencing for the first time.
"Get him on the bed." Rani stood inside the medical room, dressed in a blue gown looking thing, gloves on his hands.
Faith looked much the same as she seemed to be hanging a bag of fluids from a pole beside the bed. "I'm going to get an IV started while Rani looks at your leg." Faith smiled at Patrick. "How's your pain?"
"It fucking hurts," Patrick grumbled. "Asshole caught me off guard. He was in the kitchen, cutting an apple when I came up behind him. He turned as I jabbed the needle into his neck, and got my leg with the knife before he went down."
"You didn't see he had a knife?" D asked.
"Yeah, but I didn't think it was that big or that he could turn so fast. I swear I was careful. I thought from the angle I approached it would be okay."
Jessica walked into the room with a worried look. "How bad is it?"
"We're about to find out." Rani lifted a pair of scissors. "Hope these weren't your favorite pants." He started to cut up the leg of the pants to open it. "You wearing something under these?"
Patrick nodded. "Boxers."
"Good. Didn't want to embarrass you." Rani slowed as he got closer to the wound.
