PSL: For Charles
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It took two days for things to be sorted enough for Harry Devere to ping on the Kingsman's systems.
Everyone had been handling somewhat more important things for those two days. A lot of people were dead. A lot more were injured. Even more than that were deeply traumatised by the maiming, murdering and mayhem which had ensued while the signal was broadcast.
And even when they weren't, no one had been expecting the ping. Harry's final footage had been graphic, staring at the barrel of the gun, the sound of firing and then the cut transmission. There were plans, of course, to eventually recover his body for burial but they were far from a priority.
Until Harry Devere pinged the system.
Harry Devere, admitted to the ICU of the Livingston Hospital in Kentucky seven hours before V-Day went live. He survived that by the luck of being in a sealed ward, away from people who viewed him as an actual person worth attacking.
Merlin was busy holding down the fort and being Merlin. Therefore, he told Charles to take whatever damn plane he wanted and get to Kentucky and get Harry into the safety of the Kingsman medical facility as fast as he could. He was given a passport which said he was Charles Devere, Harry's younger brother and paperwork which claimed the legal right to make decisions for his unmarried brother in the absence of parents.
All of these things were delivered with the instruction that no one was to know Harry Hart was alive. Not until they knew he would stay that way and not until he was back with them, awake and some reasonable semblance of the man they knew.
Everyone had been handling somewhat more important things for those two days. A lot of people were dead. A lot more were injured. Even more than that were deeply traumatised by the maiming, murdering and mayhem which had ensued while the signal was broadcast.
And even when they weren't, no one had been expecting the ping. Harry's final footage had been graphic, staring at the barrel of the gun, the sound of firing and then the cut transmission. There were plans, of course, to eventually recover his body for burial but they were far from a priority.
Until Harry Devere pinged the system.
Harry Devere, admitted to the ICU of the Livingston Hospital in Kentucky seven hours before V-Day went live. He survived that by the luck of being in a sealed ward, away from people who viewed him as an actual person worth attacking.
Merlin was busy holding down the fort and being Merlin. Therefore, he told Charles to take whatever damn plane he wanted and get to Kentucky and get Harry into the safety of the Kingsman medical facility as fast as he could. He was given a passport which said he was Charles Devere, Harry's younger brother and paperwork which claimed the legal right to make decisions for his unmarried brother in the absence of parents.
All of these things were delivered with the instruction that no one was to know Harry Hart was alive. Not until they knew he would stay that way and not until he was back with them, awake and some reasonable semblance of the man they knew.
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Date: 2016-06-08 11:35 am (UTC)He was trained to find weak points and exploit them and he did it ruthlessly to Eggsy. "He needs to know I'm sorry for our fight. For what I said to him. You understand." He knew Charles would understand. They had parted angry and Harry very nearly didn't get a chance to set it right for Eggsy.
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Date: 2016-06-09 07:58 am (UTC)He took a breath, looking down and up again. "Hello, Eggsy. As you'll realise from this, rumours of death have been highly exaggerated. I don't know what the future will hold for my recovery, but I don't want your future marred by our fight.
"I am proud of you. I've heard what you did, how you conducted yourself, and I am so incredibly proud of you. Whatever happens to me, I need you to be aware of that. And I am sorry for the things I said to you. I was wrong. I don't often admit that. Look after yourself and your mother and sister. And remember, you've proved them all wrong. Even me. And I couldn't be happier for that."
He sank back into the pillows, worn out.
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Date: 2016-06-09 10:41 am (UTC)And... to set up the cot. Charles could stay, on the understanding that they would be in and out a lot and he might need to be removed at odd hours for tests or, the less promising scenario, another crash.
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Date: 2016-06-09 10:46 am (UTC)When he came back in, he removed his jacket, hung it over a chair, removed his shoes and climbed into the cot now that it was ready for him. He needed more rest than his nap in the chair had provided.
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Date: 2016-06-09 11:05 am (UTC)Alarms went off a lot in ICU, but when they went off in Harry's room, there was no way to sleep through it. Charles was rushed out and the crash cart in.
He flatlined twice on them. He was taken into surgery and clots removed from his wound area and his skull worked on again. He was brought back to his room six hours after his first crash and Charles allowed back in once he was settled.
He was kept under sedation though. For another twelve hours and allowed back into a deep sleep during the night, to let the sedation wear off again.
Sometime in the mid morning, Harry actually started waking when the nurse checked him. And immediately took a swing at the nurse. A very inept swing, but the intent was still there.
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