2 The Waking

????? POV:

"How is she, Doktor?" I asked him.

"She is now in stable conditions. But you know that without those limbs right now, she can't help you on missions anymore, right?" Doktor told me.

I nod my head as I looked at the sleeping girl beside me on the bed. She has heavy bandages on her left shoulder and on her right knee (but he wouldn't be able to see it under her medical gown and blankets). I saw some wires hooked into her right arm which would help her stay hydrated until she wakes up. Lastly on her face there is a breathing tube on her nose which hooks around her ears. While her newly dyed, long (down to her waist), platinum blonde hair that covers her ears and a few parts of her face.

"How long would it take to get the upgrades on her, Doktor?" I asked while still looking at her.

"It depends on when she will wake up. I need her awake in order to do this procedure, but the procedure is going to be broken into two parts. The first part will take about a day to get the new limbs on. Lastly it will take about two to three weeks for her body to get use to the new limbs. But when she wakes up from her little coma, I know that you both are in a time crunch then I can shorten the procedure in two days and eleven days for her body to recover." Doktor said and I nod my head that I understood when he told me.

"Can I have a moment with her, Doktor?" I asked him.

"Of course, you do not have to ask me. She is your daughter after all, Raiden." He said.

Doktor left the room to give me privacy and I turn my head back to her. I grabbed her right hand (because remember she lost her left arm in the battle they were just in). I opened my mouth and started speaking to her, but I know that she won't be able to hear me since she is in a coma.

"Marie, please wake up. I am worried about you, for you have been in a coma for almost two weeks now, but Doktor told me that your health is becoming more stable by the minute and would be enough for you to..." I started to say before I was surprisingly interrupted by Marie.

Callista's POV:

'Huh, where am I? All I hear is beeps on my right side. Wait! Why can I not move my left arm and right leg.' I thought to myself. I hear two quiet voices in the room I am in, then a door open and close. I feel a cold hand grab mine, then I hear a deep but gentle familiar voice start to speak on my right side.

"Marie, please wake up. I am worried about you, for you have been in a coma for almost two weeks now, but Doktor told me that your health is becoming more stable by the minute and would be enough for you to..." The familiar voice started telling me before I interrupted him.

I hear a surprised gasp as I tighten my hold on the hand in mine. I recognized the familiar voice right away and I tighten my hold even more on the hand. I try to open my eyes but they were very heavy, like two cement blocks were hanging on the ends of my eyelids, and being too stubborn for me to be able to open them properly. But after a few seconds I was able to open them up. I turn my head to my right, my sight was a little blurry at first, but it became clear enough. Enough that I could see that dad was the one, who was holding my hand.

"Daddy, where am I? Why can't I feel my right leg and left arm?" I asked with a hoarse voice, since I haven't been able to use my vocal cords for two weeks.

Dad chuckled at what I had said and then looked at me with gentle eyes.

"You haven't called me that for a long time, Marie. But to answer your question, you are in Doktor's medical clinic. You got kidnapped by Liquid Snake, he tortured you to get info from you, but you didn't give up any of the info on us. However, he did sever your right leg from right above the knee cap. Then severed your left arm from the shoulder down. But we got to you before he could do even more damage to you. I am so proud of you for not giving anything up, even while he did that to you." He told me, while grabbing a pitcher and a cup from the table by my bed.

But when he was doing that, I was hit with all the memories like a tsunami. I remember everything on what truly happened. My face paled when the last of the memories moved through to the part that dad talked about. Dad poured the water into the cup and turned back around to face me. He noticed my face pale but he knows that I was reliving the memories of my kidnap. He gentle came back to my side with the cup of water, then he nudged my shoulder. I looked up at him with a little fear on my face. He sighs but gently prop me up from under my head with his left hand since the right hand has the cup in it. He didn't want to spill any of the water on me, nor choke me with the water. I truly didn't know how dry my throat was until the water hit my throat.

After the whole cup was empty in just a few gulps, dad moved the cup away from my lips and placed it back on the movable table that is on the right side of me. I calmed down after that but then I remembered something else, I looked up at him with a scared look again.

"Daddy, where is Grandpa Snake?" I asked him.

Dad went from having a smile on his face to a frown. That is when I knew that something was wrong. My eyes glazed over and a few salty tears came down my cheeks. He saw them and swiped them away before more could join them, but it was too late for more was taking their place.

"Marie, Grandpa Snake and everyone else, but Boris turned themselves in. But Grandpa Snake told me to tell you that he is so, so, so proud on how far you have come from when he first saw you. He truly was worried about you when he saw your limp body in my arms after we rescued you from Liquid Snake." He told me.

That's all he could tell me before my tears came down even harder. Dad quickly stopped talking; moved out of his chair and onto my bed. He gently lifted me a little and moved to lay underneath me.

Once he was laying underneath me, I shifted onto my right side and hid my teary eyed face into his chest. He tried to comfort me, but he knew what I truly wanted and that was to be in my grandfather's arms. Grandpa Snake and I had a very close bond just like how he and dad were when they were both younger.

Raiden's POV:

'I hate it when my little girl starts crying, it makes me feel like I am a horrible parent.' When I came back from my thoughts, I hear no more sobs come from Marie and that her breathing was becoming more even. That was when I figured that she had tired herself out from all the crying she just did.

A few minutes later, I decided that Doktor should know that Marie is out of her coma. So I slowly moved her off of me and back onto her bed. I then moved slowly and quietly off of the bed and out of her room. As I closed the door, I went to go look for Doktor.

I went searching for Doktor and he was back in his office looking over something I do not know. When I came into the office, he looked up and saw me.

"What can I help you with, Raiden?" He asked me.

"I am just here to let you know that Marie is awake from her coma now, but just went back to sleep from crying after finding out what happened to her Grandfather." I told him.

He nodded in understanding. He got up from his chair and we left the office to head back to Marie's room.

While we were on our way to Marie's room, Doktor was telling me that he is going to do the procedure today.

"Raiden, the first part of the procedure is going to be the most painfulness. So I suggest that you stay today and tomorrow just for Callista's sake." He tells me.

I nodded in understanding. I then tell him that I need to make a call to Rose to let her know that Marie is awake and we going to come home in two days. Doktor tells me it would be the smart thing to do, and so that Rose doesn't have her worry on Marie anymore.

I let Doktor continue heading to Marie's room, while I grab my phone. I dial Rose's number and on the second ring, I hear her pick up. She quickly asks me on how Marie's condition is doing. I told her all the info on what just happened and what is going to happen in the next two days. Then she says that John misses his big sister and wishes that she is home now. I ask her to have her hand the phone to John. She immediately does.

As the phone was in John's hands, he started his little ramble on how his big sister should be home with him and mom. I tell him, I was going to bring her home in two days. He was so happy that I heard crying on the other end of the phone. I knew he was super happy after hearing his big sister is going to be coming home in two days. I then ask him to hand the phone back to his mother. He does and I continued talking to her, while I was walking back to Marie's room.

As I got in front of Marie's room, I told her that I have to talk to her later. Rose asked me to tell Marie that she wants the both of us to come back home safe and sound. I agreed with her and we hung up. I opened up the door to Marie's room.

As I closed her door, she was starting to wake back up from her little nap.

TO BE CONTINUED...

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