The people who had contact with the person who was brought in were honestly shocked that anyone could survive whatever they had survived. The person was completely battered and bruised and extremely swollen. They were surprised that the person had a pulse, let alone rather strong one still. The doctors began a myriad of tests to try and find what exactly was wrong with them. They didn’t spare any resource they had at hand.
It wasn't until about two hours after the fact that they realized they were in over their heads. They had run Xrays and even the MRI and cat scan on the person and realized that there was a lot more damage than they thought that they could possibly take care of. However, one doctor knew that they had to operate extremely quickly to be able to give this person a chance at survival. They had severe internal bleeding. The bleeding was happening very slowly, so they had time to figure everything out. They did have a surgeon on call, and they woke him up and had him come in and evaluate the situation. He was even more surprised that the person had managed to survive whatever they had survived. Their body was nothing more than broken and bruised. They didn't know it was a female until after the Xrays came back. They just thought it was an extremely small male or a teenager.
The tiny woman had a total of 7 broken bones and three spots of internal bleeding. The surgeon immediately ran her into surgery, and after a few hours later, they were able to stop the bleeding. They were going to have to wait until the swelling went down to be able to cast the broken bones. Though they had set them during surgery now, they just needed to wait until everything calmed down for her. Surprisingly through everything, her life signs were extremely strong.
On the outside, it was clear to see that she was dehydrated and also probably starved. The woman had probably gone days without fresh water or any type of food except the smallest amount. Her feet were cut. Though she did have shoes on, her legs and arms were full of splinters. Her head had been hit a couple of times rather hard on both sides. The surgeon was surprised she didn't suffer a lot of massive brain damage. However, they weren't exactly sure how she was going to respond when she woke up. That was when they called Benton in to discuss what was going to be done with her.
She was in the best hands as the only patient. The condition of her was bad but there was hope she would make a full recovery. One doctor was calling out to others not at the base to consult if they needed it.
“I told security that I wanted hourly updates on the condition of the intruder,” he said when he walked in and saw that she was a little more cleaned up but had quite a few ivs and everything else as she was the only patient they had. She had monitors surrounding her though he didn't even know it was her yet.
“I know, Sir. But honestly, updating you every hour with not something that we could do when we were dealing with emergency surgery and all the testing that was being done.” The surgeon replied in a monotone voice.
“Surgery? All the testing? What did you find?” Benton asked as he was now rather impatient with having somebody explained to him that they were too busy to do exactly what he said. He was going to remind them that they could easily be replaced at any given time. However, they had managed to say whatever was going to be the thing that caught his attention.
“Our patient had quite a bit of internal bleeding in the abdomen. We had to run quite a few external tests such as Xrays, cat scans, and an MRI. We needed to get the imaging to be able to see what was broken and what was not. That's how we caught the internal bleeding. We managed to rush and surgery, and we fixed it. At the moment, she's looking a lot better. Her vitals are strong, and it looks like within time show probably make a full recovery with possibly one exception.” the surgeon said as he looked at the patient and saw that Benton was also looking at the patient.
“She?” Benson was surprised because he honestly thought that it was going to be a young male who was trying to break in. That seems something that a young man would do, not a female. Though he could probably see that she was young, she wasn't a teenager. This was starting to not make sense at all to Benton, and that bothered him more than anything else. Everything had to fit into a box with him most of the time.
“Our patient is a female. By the age of her bones and her skeletal structure, I would probably guesstimate her age to be somewhere in her early to mid20s. She's in pretty good health despite how she looks at the moment. We managed to set all of the broken bones at least within the area of margin. Will probably have to redo that later as well when we can cast are. However, right now, we can't. Her entire body is too swollen and severely dehydrated, and probably undernourished as well. One of the ideas that we have is giving her the nutrients that she needs along with extra Iv fluid so we can boost all of that, and then the swelling will probably go down. She's on multiple different types of painkillers. Whatever this young girl went through, she's lucky to be alive.” the surgeon said as he looked over the man that was in front of him.
Benton had to take everything that the surgeon that they had brought in to deal with the medical bay issue and the intruder. He knew that the industries that were his family's company always had competition trying to scout out what they were doing. There was no way that he could know if this person was a spy or not until they figured out what was going on with them. Where is Benton knew that he wanted to make sure that the person received medical treatment, he also knew that he couldn't get it all for the person until they could figure everything out as to who the person was and every bit of their identity.
As the person just laid there in the bed, not moving or showing any signs of consciousness, he had to wonder who she was? It wasn't like something that one of the rival companies wouldn't be sending a small woman to try and scout something out and use their sex appeal to get to him. That wouldn't be completely out of the ordinary; however, he had not heard of anyone trying to do that. He had picked up on a few other things that he needed to discuss with the surgeon just to make sure that he had everything correct in his own mind when it came to this person who was unidentified able at the moment. They couldn't even run facial recognition because they were so bruised and battered. Fingerprints would be the next thing that they could run, but they were going to have to wait again just so her hands were not swollen. Finding out who she was the number one priority for him.
It had been three months since they got married, and now it was time for Benton's birthday. He was turning 34, and he knew at that time that a few months ago, he would have never really put any stock into how old he was. Now he realized that he was ten years older than his wife. He also had one year to fulfill the clause that his father had left in the will. That didn't seem to be too much of a hardship for him, and he enjoyed trying to make sure that they fulfilled it. Kelly had made sure that everything was simple on his birthday for him. He didn't want to have a huge celebration. He just wanted to spend it with her. After all the work that they had done with the quantum diffuser and the different aspects of its building for different applications, this was going to be a relaxing weekend that she had planned for the two of them. They weren't even leaving the compound. They were just going to be spending it mostly in their private apartments. T
The day after the wedding, Benton had scheduled a news conference to discuss the quantum diffuser. He had also scheduled a little bit of a personal update. They were going to announce the wedding and the fact that they were happily married now. He was more excited about everything than he had been in his entire life. The more that they got settled into the compound together, the happier he was with everything that was going on. The news had broken with her name, considering how many people had been charged in the crime and how many other people needed to come forward to receive the money that they had donated. Benton had set up a fund that would pay everybody back because there was no telling where the money had gone since nobody had any in any of their accounts. He didn't want people to have to pay for being nice. All they had to do was prove that they had given money to that particular campaign on go fund me and they would receive the money-back no questions
“You may now kiss the bride.” was the only thing that Benton heard the entire time he was looking at Kelly. He knew that he had said his vows and that she had replied with her own. But that was the only thing that he could focus on. As soon as the officiant had said that, he bent down, and he gave her a very slow but not majorly graphic kiss. Cameras went wild, in everybody cheered for the two of them. “Welcome to the family chipmunk.” Penny sighed as she looked at Kelly for the first time, knowing that they had not been introduced before, but the small woman had been a part of every decision that her brother had made for her. “Chipmunk?” Kelly asked as she looked at a Penny. “It's just a cute family name that I don't even think Benton realizes why I call you that. It isn't the fact that you appeared out of the wilderness. I don't need to know the story. I have a feeling I already do, and if you need anyone to help you navigate t
That's when a new voice came from behind them. Benton hadn't even seen his older sister walk up through the arch of trees. “Mother, do be a dear and just sit down. Benton is finally happy, and he deserves this chance. He made his choice. And it's time for the family to support him instead of trying to get him to do what we want. His little chipmunk is the one that makes him this way. If he says that he's going to fulfill the clause, it doesn't really matter what happens to the rest of us. We should all be grateful that he was even willing to put himself on the line like that. However, this is his day. This is not the day for you to throw a holy fit in front of a bunch of strangers.” Penny stated very eloquently as she began to look around the area. She was slightly impressed with what everything had looked like. It wasn't like she had been to the area before, but she could see what had been done. “This is fitting for you, Benton. That you marry your little chipmunk an
The day was perfectly clear. There was not a cloud in sight, and there was nothing but blue skies and the warm rays of the sun beating down as they went to the area that she had chosen. There was an area that she could get dressed because she was adamant, he was not going to see her before the ceremony in the dress. The way that she looked at it was that she had already had it an extraordinarily large amount of bad luck that had turned to good luck. She didn't want to take any chances of anything else happening that could possibly ruin the day. When they got to the area, they split up, and Benton was already in his suit. He looked over the area and saw that everything was absolutely gorgeous. She had done so well with the help that he had provided her with the team that was able to do what she wanted to make this the perfect day for them. This was the day he never expected to come. He never expected that he would be the one getting married. Instead, he would b
The meeting with her father went basically the same way, even though the man seemed to show a little bit more remorse for the actions that he did. After the meeting, the detectives looked her over and saw that she had completely changed during the meetings. The woman that was composed that was in front of him right now was not the same woman who was in the interrogation room. It had all been an act on her part that she was so secure and happy in her life. She had made it a little more exaggerated to prove a point to her family. It was a good point to make. They understood why and so did the man that was standing next to her. She was happy, and that was easy to see. What had gone on in the interrogation rooms was her making sure that her family was going to know that she was well taken care of while they were the ones that tried to end her life. Benton took her back to the apartment and knew that she was probably going to have some kind of break. Though every t
They arrived at the police station holding hands, and the detectives saw the ring on her finger and gave them both congratulations. It didn't seem like anyone understood why she wanted to be there, and she wanted to confront both of her parents, but she wanted to do it separately was the fact that she wanted to make sure that they knew by trying to kill her, she had given her the opportunity to find everything that she had ever wanted in her life. That was Benton. He was the thing that she needed the most in her life, and she knew now that as well. It had nothing to do with the amount of money that he owned or the company or who he was. It was the last part partly. He was absolutely everything that she could have ever wanted for a partner in her life. He supported her in ways that nobody ever had before. “Your mother was extremely surprised that you requested to talk to her.” the detective said as he looked at Kelly. He was trying not to show his shock about t
Kelly looked at Denton two days before the day that they were going to get married, and he knew she had something to say. Though she wasn't exactly sure how to say it. It was written all over her face that there was something that she wanted to discuss, but she didn't exactly know-how. He started to get a little frightened because of everything that was going on because of the wedding that maybe she wasn't ready for. Maybe she was going to cancel it. Every bad thing that could possibly happen was going through his mind at the moment. There was really too much tension going on in the room, and he didn't know how to handle it. “Is there something that you want to discuss?” he finally came out and asked and looked at her knowing that she could come out of the left-field with something. And it would throw him completely out of his game. There were so many things that she could just end between them in there, and every bit of happiness that he had fo
Kelly soon found out that planning a wedding in a week was not exactly easy. Though she had a spot picked out in her mind making sure that it was open and that it was available was going to be difficult even though she knew that she could probably use the name and get the space if she needed to. She didn't want to be one of those types of people, and it wasn't in her, so when she found out that the area that she had wanted was already booked, she wasn't all that surprised. It was a beautiful place to have a wedding. Instead, she had put a little bit of money down that he had given her for the other couple to be able to have a few more things. She continued to look for a place, and then she found another one that was absolutely gorgeous, and it was outside. Everything was perfect for the vision that she had in her mind. And it was open. She immediately booked it and then let him know that they had the space available and where it was. He had already hired a com