How to Save a Life (RP with doesntdosheep & <user site="livejou

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Life was very, very good for Leonard McCoy.

Not that long ago, he had thought that his life was basically over. Everything had been taken away from him, and all it seemed he had left was drink. Which he had been more than happy to drown himself in.

But then Tonia had come into his life. Now he had his daughter, his home, his practice and her. Even if she hadn't literally been an a guardian angel sent to him, he would have thought her one anyway. She was his angel and always would be. Because of her, he was actually living again.

"Bye, Daddy! Love you!"

"Bye, sweetheart," Leonard said with a smile after giving Joanna a hug and kissing her head.

Standing back, he then watched as his daughter climbed on the school bus. Once she was seated, the driver pulled away from the end of the drive leading to their cabin. Leonard watched as the bus disappeared down the road, a smile spreading across his face as Joanna waved to him through the back window. He waved back, so glad that she was happy at her new school and thriving.

Once the bus was gone, he turned to head up the drive back up to the cabin, barely registering the sound of a motorcycle coming around the curve down the road.

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Leonard continued working on the man until he started breathing again. His pulse was still thready, however, so he was glad when the ambulance appeared. The paramedics seemed happy enough to let him direct things, handing him equipment as he asked for it.

Once he was stable, he let the paramedics get him onto a hovergurney and steer him into the ambulance before looking over at Tonia. When she told him to go to the hospital with him, he nodded.

"All right. Thank you, darlin'," he told her. He leaned over and kissed her softly, resting his forehead to hers for a few moments before pulling away to climb into the ambulance.

As they headed toward the nearby hospital, one of the paramedics got out a fingerprint reader and held it to the man's forefinger so they could identify him.

"James Tiberius Kirk," the paramedic told Leonard before giving him a PADD with the medical information that popped up.

Leonard saw the birth record and let out a low whistle. "Holy shit, that was you."

"Who?" the paramedic asked.

"The kid who was born when the U.S.S. Kelvin was destroyed." When the paramedic gave him a blank look, he shook his head. "Never mind."

He knew of it, of course, because his mother had been a reporter. He then started reading it before looking over at him, seeing the list of hospitalizations. "Damn, kid. What in the hell's been going on your life?"

Once they arrived at the hospital, Leonard followed inside, filling the doctors that met them on what had happened.

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Tonia hurried into the house and grabbed a few things. Once she had the keys to Leonard's car, along with the portable PADD in case Joanna's school called, she went out to car and got in. She was about to start the engine when Gabrielle popped up.

"I wish you wouldn't do that!" Tonia snapped at the other angel.

"I am sorry. I want you to know you did the right thing, and that it will be Leonard's place to keep helping James Kirk. The ones at the hospital will give uo but Leonard will know how to save him," Gabriella told her.

Tonia wanted to ask why but before she could, the other angel was gone. Taking a deep breath, she started the car and started toward the hospital.

When she got there, she hurried in and found Leonard. Once he ws finished speaking with the doctor, she took his arm and tugged him to a quiet area.

"Gabriella popped in after you left. She says it's important you save James Kirk and you'll know what to do," she said. "I'm not sure what she meant, but she's been right about other things."

Just then, one of the doctors came rushing by, saying they had to prep Jim for surgery due to internal bleeding. Tonia looked at Leonard and raised her eyebrows.

"Maybe you're supposed to scrub in," she said.

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After he had told the doctors what was going on, he watched as they scanned him, checking to see what damage had been done in the crash. He saw Tonia arrive while they were working, and he went over to her, joining her so they could speak.

"I'm supposed to...?"

When the doctors said they were going to surgery, Leonard looked over at Tonia before nodding. He gave her a kiss and then stopping the doctor, asking to be allowed to scrub in. The woman looked at him for a moment before nodding and telling him to follow.

Once he was in scrubs and then had scrubbed up, he went into the operation room with the other doctors, assisting with the surgery. As they worked on fixing his internal organs, he frowned, noticing something on the monitor.

"Hold on," he said. "Look. What is..."

He had the nurse focus on the area, and when he saw what it was, he couldn't believe it.

"A bullet. Some son of a bitch shot this kid," he muttered.

They quickly located where the bullet had entered, and once they got it out, they set to work getting him mended. James Kirk was lucky. If he had been hit somewhere else, he probably would died instantly.

After they finished, James was moved to post-op recovery while the doctor thanked Leonard for being there.

"He would have died without you."

Nodding, Leonard then went out to Tonia and enfolded her in his arms.

"He's gonna be okay."

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Tonia nodded and watched Leonard go help them operate on Jim. While she was gone, she went to the waiting room and sat down. She was worried this wouldn't work out, and she was pretty sure there was something special about Jim Kirk. If there wasn't, then Gabrielle would have never came to her.

After a while, she took to pacing around the waiting room as she waited for Leonard to finish. When he came out, she hurried over, and hugged him close. "I knew you could do it," she whispered to him.

She pulled back and took him to sit down in the waiting room. "I wish I knew what's going on with Kirk but Gabriella didn't tell me anything," she told him. "But he has to be pretty special for her to come here."

After about an hour, one of the nurses came out. "Mister Kirk would like to speak to you, doctor," she said with Leonard.

Tonia stood with him and went to the room. Jim was awake and he looked at them.

"Which one of you saved my life?" he asked.

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Breathing in deeply, Leonard nodded. It had been a long time since had been involved in something like that, and the adrenalin was slowly starting to wear off. So he was glad to let her take him over to one of the chairs to sit down.

As she told him that she wasn't completely sure what was going on, he nodded. "That kid's been through a lot of hell, that's for sure. He's been hospitalized before, and someone shot him, which is undoubtedly why he crashed into that tree. I just hope that what I did today is enough."

Closing his eyes, he rested his head to her shoulder and closed his eyes, trying to let himself relax.

He wasn't sure how long it was before they were called back to recovery. Seeing the younger man and looking better than he had not that long ago made him smile.

"I...uh...that would be me," he said, stepping over to the bed. "Leonard McCoy. And I've gotta say, I'm glad I was there to help ya. How are ya feelin'?"

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Jim felt as if he'd been ran over by a damn truck. According to the hot nurse, he'd been in an accident with his motorcycle, which pissed him off. He'd worked hard to get that bike up and running, and now it was totaled. And when she told him the police would want to speak to him since he had been shot, he sighed and rubbed his forehead. He didn't remember the accident but he remembered being shot at.

Fucking bastard actually hit him.

When the nurse said one of the doctors had found the bullet when no one else saw it, Jim knew he needed to at least thank the guy. So when the doctor and a woman walked in, he found himself grinning at the girl before turning his attention to the doctor.

"I feel like I was shot, then in a motorcycle accident," he muttered.

"Do you know who shot you?" the woman asked.

Jim let out a painful sigh. "My stepfather. When I lived there, he took his anger out on me, which was fine because I ran faster then him and eventually learned how to fight back. I moved out several months ago and I came back to find he's now taking it out on my mom so we got into a fight and I left to go find my mom and he started shooting at me," he said before he looked at Leonard. "How did you find me? I was out in the middle of nowhere."

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Well, Leonard certainly wasn't going to argue with that assessment. He was sure that that having that happen was an entirely unique feeling unto itself, but at least he as going to be okay.

And as he started to explain what had happened, what he had seen in his medical records started to make a lot of sense. Abuse. All the classic signs. He hoped that they were able to get the bastard for attempted murder because it was obvious that this had been going on for far too long.

"You crashed near our home," Leonard told him. "We heard you go into the tree, so I went to help ya while Tonia called the ambulance. Good thing too. God knows how long it might've been since you were found, otherwise."

He didn't, of course, tell him that he'd been told it was important that he help him, for whatever reason. The kid had been through enough that day.

"Do you want us to see if we can track down your mom?" he asked since he had said he had been leaving to go find her.

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Tonia shook her head, not believing someone could be so cruel to another human being. It was something she often pondered it but could never find an answer to her questions. Of course, not all people were bad. Leonard was proof of that.

"Thanks for finding me," Jim quietly said as he shifted in the bed. He then furrowed his brow and was quiet for a moment. "I think...yeah. Could you try to find her for me? I don't want her going back to the house."

"Do you have a number?" Tonia asked as she pulled out her PADD.

Once Jim had given her one, she dialed it. After a few moments, a woman answered. Tonia explained to her that Jim had been in an accident and was in the hospital. After speaking to her for a few moments, Tonia ended the call and went back to the bed.

"She said she'll be here soon," she said.

"Thank you," Jim said with a painful smile.

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Winona could barely see out of her swollen right eye as she brought her vehicle to a stop outside where her son was living now after hours of driving around, not sure what to do. Her hands were still shaking as she held on to the wheel almost afraid to let go. She had no idea what she was going to say to Jim when she saw him.

Maybe she should start with an apology.

Finally getting out of the car, she hurried up to Jim's apartment and rang the doorchime, waiting. There was no answer, though. Just as she was trying to decide whether to stay and wait for him to come home, her PADD suddenly beeped with an incoming call, so she pulled it out to answer, trying to keep her eye out of view.

When the woman on the other told her that Jim had been in an accident, she felt her heart drop and was immediately on her way out to the car again.

Soon, she was arriving at the hospital, and when she got inside, a nurse tried to pull her aside to help her, but she waved her off, demanding to know where her son was. Finally, they told her, and she hurried to the room.

"Jim?" she asked as she entered to find him in bed, obviously just having been through hell. The woman who had called her and a man in scrubs were standing there was well. "What happened? Are you...? Are you going to be okay?"