Daddy Thrax-An OJ RP (Chp 39)

*Two Weeks later*

Ozzy: *starts to groan and stir*

Thrax: *hardly left Ozzy's side, wakes* Huh?

Ozzy: *whimpers softly*

Thrax: *places his hand on Ozzy's cheek* It's okay baby, daddy's here.

Ozzy: *presses his hand into Thrax's hand, whimpering softly* D-da-daddy? *his eyelids finally start to flutter open*

Thrax: *looks at least ten years older from the lack of sleep and food with his eyes blood shot and his face sagged* I'm here, baby. *tears of joy weld in his eyes*

Ozzy: *softly, frightened and confused* W-where's m-momma? *tries to get closer to Thrax but is very weak*

Thrax: *sits on the bed and gently takes Ozzy in his arms* She gone, baby. Gone for good. *softly nuzzles him*

Ozzy: *nuzzles into his chest* Momma touched me... *clings* I wanna go home... :

Thrax: *holds him, gently rocking him* I know baby, me to. *kisses him*

Nurse: *comes in to check on them and sees Ozzy awake and clinging to Thrax* I'm going to get the doctor. *voice soft*

Thrax: *doesn't seems to hear her all his attention is on Ozzy now as he gently rocks his son*

Doctor: *comes in and approaches* I need to examine him. *voice gentle as he can manage*

Thrax: *slightly growls clutching Ozzy close to him*

Doctor: I won’t take him from you. I just need to take his vitals and that sort of thing.

Thrax: *doesn't take his eyes off him but allows him to examine Ozzy*

*a nurse comes in to bring the doctor some bandages and Ozzy whimpers and clings tighter to Thrax, trembling, the nurse has not hurt him, in fact the only thing s he's done while he's been here is take his vitals and that sort of thing, having allowed Thrax to take care of sponge baths and that sort of thing, hoping that it would help the cell come around sooner... however she is a woman and in Ozzy's current state... that's what frightens him*

Thrax: *senses his son's unease and hisses at the nurse* Get out. You're making him feel uncomfortable.

*She's already starting to head out the door, she knows it was a woman who hurt him and doesn't seem surprised*

Thrax: *holds Ozzy close* Hope you'll won't feel any discomfort round your grandmother, little one.

Doctor: *is able to disconnect him from a few machines* Well I think he'll be able to go home tomorrow. I want to keep him at least one more night for observation.

Thrax: *nods* Thank you.

Ozzy: *is still a little wary of the doctor but doesn't seem terribly frightened by him*

Thrax: *strokes his hair, whispering* You'll be home so, sweetie. I promise. *starts humming to him*

Doctor: His wounds still look pretty clean and are healing properly... There will be some scarring though I'm afraid, especially on his back..

Thrax: *pales* Great another reminder of our failure. *shakes his head* Like my mother doesn't have enough of those.

Doctor: well... you got him away from her didn't you? And You've gotten him the best medical care you could... I’d say that's far from a failure... From what I understand the woman was crafty as well as cruel... it's her fault. not yours. For the duration of his stay I'll have a male nurse in here. *seeing that it seems to have made him afraid of women*

Thrax *nods* Of course. *gently purrs, nuzzling Ozzy*

Doctor: *pats his shoulder lightly* You should eat something sir. You're going to need your strength.

Thrax: *glares at him*

Doctor: Glare all you like sir... I'm going to bring you something to eat.

Thrax: *ignores him and turns back to Ozzy*

*a knock on the door reveals Vic and Marie*

Doctor: *opens the door and lets them in, then heads out to personally bring Thrax something to eat*

Ozzy: *is clinging tightly to Thrax's shirt*

Thrax: *smiles at them* Glad to see the both of you.

Ozzy: *sniffles softly and slowly looks up, timid*

Marie: *smiles but holds back not wishing to disturb Ozzy*

Vic: *comes over* Hey there little one. *strokes his hair* How are you feeling?

Ozzy: *softly* Tired grampa...

Thrax: You've been through a lot, baby. *kisses him*

Ozzy: *sniffles, clinging to his shirt*

Vic: *gently* Would you like to see your grandma? *strokes his hair some more*

Marie: *bites her lip and steps back, slightly turning her head away*

Vic: It's ok little one.

Ozzy: *looks up timidly at her*

Marie: *looks towards him, swallowing*

Ozzy: *continues to look at her, not having the same reaction to his grandmother he had to the white blood cell nurse*

Thrax: *whispers to him* It's okay baby. She's not going to hurt you. She'd never hurt you.

Marie: *doesn't dare move an inch*

Ozzy: *sniffling softly, slowly, timidly reaches for his grandmother* Grammy...

Marie: *swallows a lump in her throat as she eases her way to Ozzy, sitting on the bed next to him*

Ozzy: *hugs her and sniffles softly, it would seem his fear doesn't extend to Marie*

Marie: *holds him close as she strokes his hair softly*

Ozzy: *cries softly into her chest*

Marie: *softly hums to him as she begins rocking him*

*there's a knock on the door*

Vic: *answers it and lets the doctor come in who wheels in a tray of food, some for Ozzy, soft things that will be easy on his stomach, baby food among the things for the stricken cell, and other things for Thrax*

Thrax: *rolls his eyes and sighs*

Marie: *snarls at the doctor*

Doctor: Sir...I am begging you... Please eat something. I've brought something for Osmosis as well. I don't know how he'll feel about baby food but...

Thrax & Marie: *hiss* Just go. *growls*

Doctor: *nods* I still urge you to eat however. *heads out*

Thrax: *mutters* Like I'll eat that poison.

Marie: *shifts her eyes* Lucky for you I snuck in some real food. *heads him her bag*

Thrax: Thanks. *starts wolfing down the food she brought*

Ozzy: *sniffs and cuddles up to them*

Marie: *wraps her round him* It's okay little one, you'll be home soon.

Ozzy: *sniffs*

Vic: *gently* want to try to eat something sweetie? *looks to the baby food and picks up one of the jars, it's unopened and fortunately a brand considered 'good'*

Thrax: *wipes his mouth* Hopefully he'll be able to keep it down.

Marie: *nods*

Ozzy: *softly* Hungry..

Marie: *strokes his hair * I'm not sure you'll like it sweetie. *takes the jar from Vic and opens it* But it's all they have. *ties a bib round Ozzy's neck and dips a spoon into the mush before lifting it to Ozzy's mouth*

Ozzy: *opens his mouth and cuddles close to her as he eats*

Marie: *smiles* Good boy. *continues feeding Ozzy*

Ozzy: *it's hard to tell if he likes it or not but if nothing else he seems soothed by the act of being fed by him*

Marie: *finishes feeding Ozzy and wipes his mouth clean*

Ozzy: *nuzzles her a little, accidentally getting some food around his mouth on her shirt*

Marie: *slightly licks a tissue and tries to get Ozzy's face clean*

Ozzy: *closes his eyes a little and cuddles, opening his mouth for the next bite*

Marie: *opens another jar and feeds it to Ozzy* You're beginning to like this stuff.

Thrax: *sniggers*

Ozzy: *blushes a little but continues to eat for her, behaving himself*

Marie: *chuckles, continuing to feed him*

Ozzy: *softly* I'm done.... *having had a decent amount, cuddles her as he turns down the next spoonful, about a quarter of the jar left*

Marie: *nods setting the jar and spoon down then wipes his mouth before holding him close*

Ozzy: *sniffles softly and cuddles her

Marie: Let it out little one, let it out. *rubs his back*

Ozzy: *clings to her and starts to sob softly*

Marie: *begins rocking him back and forth then notices a pile of cards and gifts on the other side of the room*

*most are for Ozzy but some are for Thrax, a few even from the Chief and Ozzy's co-workers*

Thrax: *shakes his head* Ozzy can take mine, he's the only gift I need. *takes Ozzy into his arms and begins humming to him as he starts rocking him*

*the heart monitor still hooked up with him shows a more steady heartbeat as Thrax holds him and it slows slightly as he begins to settle down to sleep*

Thrax: *continues humming to Ozzy while rocking him never wishing to let go of him*

Ozzy: *sniffs softly as he continues to cling to Thrax even as he falls asleep*

Thrax: *smiles down on Ozzy still humming the lullaby*

Ozzy: *sleeps, sucking his thumb*

*a few hours later there's a soft few knocks at the door

Thrax: *still holding Ozzy looks up* Who in the name of-?

Marie: *gets to her feet and answers the door*

Chief: *is standing there in his uniform, having come right from work, however he's not wearing his badge or gun, he's been a fairly regular visitor these past couple weeks* I heard he was awake.

Marie: *nods and motions him inside*

Chief: *steps in* How's he doing?

Marie: He should be released tomorrow though there are some problems.

Chief: that's good to hear. He's been here way too long. What kind of problems.

Thrax: *spoke up* I'm afraid because of the incident Ozzy will have trouble trusting any she-cell again.

Chief: It doesn't surprise me... *softly* I hope he manages to trust some of those he works with... no matter how much recovery time he needs emotionally I want him to know he has his job when he's ready to return to work... no questions asked...

Thrax: *nods* Of course. *hands Ozzy to Marie* I believe you wanted to speak with me.

Chief: *nods* Yes.

Thrax: *gets to his feet* There's an empty room down the hall we can use. *leads the Chief out to it, closing and locking the door before turning to the Chief* Now what is it?

Chief: well... I have a few things that I used to have for my kids I wanna give you for Ozzy... And I wanna ask you something.

Thrax: Oh?

Chief: What changed your mind about wanting to destroy frank?

Thrax: *looks down at his claw* After Ozzy defeated me I was planning on going after him but as I watched him from a distance I was starting to see Ozzy as some who I could care for. *shrugs* Farfetched I know.

Chief: Maybe but it's obviously true from your description

Thrax: I guess it was my mother's genetics that caused that.

Chief: I suppose so. *chuckles* Your mother is a nice lady... By the way just how long have you been taking care of Jones.

Thrax: *thinks* Couple of months, give or take a day.

Chief: *nods* that makes sense then... That's about the time I started noticing a change in Osmosis.

Thrax: *smirks* Now you know why.

Chief: *nods and chuckles* I suppose that's also why in those few months I occasionally see him wince when he sits down.

Thrax: I'm firm with him but I do it to show him I love him.

Chief: He certainly doesn't act like you've abused him. *chuckles* I swear there've been times I've wanted to spank him myself... but of course that isn't my place.

Thrax: *nods* It is mine.

Chief: I plan to continue to respect that. Truth is I'm rather fond of the kid. I'm glad he's got someone who loves him to take care of him and keep him in line.

Thrax: Someone has to care for him *looks away* after what he's been though *places his hand on his heart* and I have a void in my heart that needs to be filled.

Chief: Well... just so you know Thrax... I think you're fillin' a void in his too.:

Thrax: *smiles and nods* We should probably get back, Ozzy gets fussy when I'm from him even for a short period of time.

Chief: *nods* Alright. I was going to visit with him a bit but since he's asleep I don't want to disturb him.

Thrax: Of course. *heads back to the hospital room*

Chief: See you later Thrax. Take care. *heads out*:

Ozzy: *is still asleep with Marie, sucking his thumb*

Vic: *is lightly petting the cell's cheek*

Thrax: *smiles*No trouble here? *takes Ozzy into his arms, holding him close*

Vic: *shakes his head as he watches Thrax take the younger cell and smiles*

Thrax: *softly purrs to his son, resting the cell's head on his chest*

Ozzy: *sucks his thumb, making a soft cooing noise*

Thrax: *kisses him then leans back on the bed holding him close*

Marie: *smiles then looks at Vic* I think we should head home, Vic.

Vic: *nods* You gonna be ok Thrax?

Thrax: *nods, whispering* We'll be fine.

Vic: Alright son. *kisses his head* I love you

Thrax: Me too.

Marie: *nuzzles him and kisses Ozzy on the forehead* Same here.

Vic:*kisses Ozzy too and stands to wait for his wife*

Marie: *wraps her arm round his waist and walks out with him*

Vic: *kisses her forehead*

Thrax: *silently chuckles to himself then lays back with Ozzy in his arms and allows sleep to take him*

Ozzy: *sleeps, cuddled to his chest*