Smokey goes quiet looking at Doc, whose also looking over at Elliot. he looks over at Monty and takes his hand gently.

"it doesn't matter right now baby. come on." Doc murmurs, pulling his hand gently. Lightning follows quietly, looking at his father, before looking down at his ring. he lets Doc lead him out into the hall without a word. he's got Doc and his ring. he's okay. this is all he really needs.

"hey you guys good?" Sally ask. Doc looks up.

"holy shit, Mack I don't think you should be leaving like that." Doc frowns, looking up. Macks covers in stitches and bandages, cuts and bruises.

"I'm fine. just sore. what happened to you guys?" Mack mutters. "boss okay?" Mack asks. Doc looks over at Lightning, he's still staring quietly at the ground, refusing to look up, and playing with his ring Doc squeezes his hand gently and Lightning squeezes his hand back, but still doesn't look up. .

"a lot has gone down. he's gonna be okay in a bit." Doc mutters.

"where are we going?" Red ask.

"Fillmore is bringing his van up with clothes for each of you. we're taking you guys to a different hospital because they can't figure out how to handle seizures here." Sally says, leading them all towards the door. Lightning holds tighter to Docs hand, watching the ground. Doc squeezes his hand back gently.

"good." Doc mutters. "what the hell happened at the house before we got there?" Doc ask, looking back at Red and Mack. Mack shrugs.

"dunno. can't remember." Mack mutters motioning to his head.

"I don't know either. he like choked me or something." Red mutters with a shrug. Lightning holds tighter to Docs hand. Doc rubs his thumb gently over the back of the younger mans hand, leading him outside with the rest. he's still got that lost look in his eyes, like he's not really sure if any of this is happening or if its all a dream. he squeezes Docs hand a little just to feel the olders firm but gentle hold tighten on his own hand.

"holy shit you guys brought everyone?" Doc ask, looking up.

"everyone was worried. the back room of your house was actually on fire and none of you guys were there and all we could hear were ambulances and fire trucks." Sally frowns. the moment everyone realizes they're out there, Flo is on her feet rushing over to them. Lightning tenses immediately, letting go of Docs hand and stepping back. Red steps back quickly to keep from bumping into him. Doc puts his arm out in front of the younger, pushing him behind him gently.

"don't. he's not... just don't." Doc says firmly. Flo frowns a little, but nods in understanding. she instead hugs Red and Mack. Lightning relaxes a little but stays firmly tucked behind Doc.

"what happened?" Sheriff ask. Doc waves a dismissive hand. he's exhausted. he doesn't feel like explaining everything right now.

"look medical attention now, explanations later. come on." Sally says, leading them out. the four of them pile into Fillmore's van so they can be taken to a different hospital and Doc wants to lean against the window and catch some sleep, but one look at his partner and he knows Lightning needs to sit by the window. he needs to sit over there so he can curl up and be protected from the others by the window, the seat, and Doc. he pushes the younger over by the window gently and watches him curl up in the seat, hugging his knees and leaning against the window. Doc sits beside him, holding his hand gently.

"you okay?" Doc ask softly. Lightning nods a little, but Doc knows he's lying. the younger looks like he wants to cry. "hey baby, come here." Doc murmurs softly, reaching his arm out for the younger to lean against him. Lightning curls up more.

"no, m'okay Doc." he mumbles.

"okay." Doc says, putting his arm back down. he reaches over gently and rubs his sore shoulder. he wonders if it'll heal this time or not. he's pretty old to have a fractured shoulder.

"are you okay?" Lightning ask.

"hmm?" Doc ask looking over.

"you're rubbing your should. you okay?" Lightning ask.

"yeah, my shoulders fine kiddo. it just hurts a little. m'okay." Doc assures, smiling at him a little. he looks over at the box next to him and hands Lightning his cell phone. "here. something to keep you entertained." Doc teases. Lightning takes and leans against Doc just a little. he's tense though, so Doc understands. he doesn't want to curl up with Doc because he might cry if he does.

"so did you guys get him or did he beat everyones ass a disappear?" Mack ask. Lightning curls up more.

"we can discuss it later." Doc says. he shifts a little in the seat, swallowing. god he hated riding in a car when he wasn't driving, it makes him physically sick. Lightning looks up at him a little when he grabs the seat. Doc looks like he's about to be sick and Lightning decides he can push his own feelings aside to try and help Doc for once. he grabs Docs arm and pulls it around himself, hugging Docs waist carefully, leaning against his chest. he looks up at Doc silently, but worriedly. his older lover was looking more and more sick the longer Lightning looks at him.

"you sure you're okay?" Lightning asks. Doc looks down at him, looking slightly pale.

"m'good kid." Doc mutters a little.

"no your not. you look, sick." Lightning mumbles. Red seems to notice them and frowns.

"hey Fillmore, how long till we get there?" Red calls.

"I dunno, an hour or two, whats up?" Fillmore ask.

"you might want to pull over." Red says.

"we've only been on the road 45 minutes." Sarge frowns, turning to look at them.

"I get that but you need to pull over." Red frowns, pressing against Mack to get away from Doc. he doesn't want to get puked on. Mack shifts a little, looking half worried and half disgusted as he watches.

"Fillmore pull over." Mack frowns.

"you guys need to get to the next place before Lightning has another seizure again or something." Fillmore frowns.

"pull over or Docs going to puke in your van." Lightning snaps. Fillmore immediatly pulls over and Doc throws the door open, leaning out of the van to puke into the grass. he's grateful for the other three, he was just about ready to give up holding it in and puke into the floorboards, that would not have been a fun trip to the next closest hospital.

"uh you okay?" Fillmore ask. Doc, of course, can't answer. he's still puking into the grass, so Lightning answers for him.

"he got car sick." Lightning mutters, watching Doc.

"car sick?" Sarge asks, making sure he's heard right.

"hey, leave him alone, he's got a concussion. those can cause motion sickness." Lightning mutters. he's had enough of those to know that. he pats Docs back a little when he sits up a little, sitting in the doorway of the van and rubbing his face a little. Lightning watches him gather himself.

"there's a 24 pack of water in the back." Fillmore says. Red climbs back and grabs one bringing it up to Doc.

"no thats going to make it worse. we need to take him and get him a ginger ale or something." Lightning says. "and some kind of motion sickness medicine." Lightning adds. Doc flushes sitting back in the seat and shutting the door. "swap seats with me." Lightning mumbles, getting up. he lets Doc sit by the window, after opening it for him. Doc mutters, leaning against it. Fillmore heads off again, though Sarge keeps a careful eye on Doc, whose got his eyes closed head against the window and letting the wind blow against his face some. Fillmore stops at the first gas station he can, Sarge going inside to get what they need, and opens the door to let Doc out. Doc moves to sit in the door way leaning out of it, propping his good arm on his knee to lean out in case he pukes again. his face is still pale and he looks ready to get sick all over the parking lot.

"don't think I've ever seen you get sick Doc." Fillmore frowns. Doc mutters something at him, but does look up. if he moves again he's going puke again and he doesn't want that he's already exhausted and this is not helping. Lightning moves to sit beside him, resting his cheek on Docs good shoulder and a hand on his back, watching him carefully. Doc mutters at him sitting up off his hand to hold Lightnings knee, caressing it gently, before moving his arm back to prop his head up again.

"y'gonna be okay old man?" Lightning ask.

"s'long as I don' move." he mutters. Lightning smiles a little.

"you sure you're okay man?" Fillmore asks.

"m'gonna be fine. jus' gotta let m'stomach settle." Doc mutters.

"well, this should help." Sarge says, bringing over a bag to him. Lightning takes it, pulls the drink out and opens it, before handing it to Doc. its not like he has two hands and could actually open it himself. Doc winces and slowly sits up, reaching over for it. he takes it and sips it a little while Lightning goes through the bag. is clear Sarge tried, but really had no idea what would help. he's never been car sick before, so he grabbed anything that said anti-nausea on it. Lightning grabs the first brand he's familiar with and opens the box. he opens the bottle and hands him one of the pills.

"here." Lightning murmurs. he trades the pills for the bottle and pops them into his mouth before reaching for the bottle. normally he'd just dry swallow them, but he doesn't want to push his luck.

"hey you guys okay?" Smokey asks, getting out of his truck. he must've been following them, but from a distance if he didn't see Doc puke.

"Doc got car sick." Fillmore frowns.

"damn kid, you didn't grow out of that?" Smokey snorts. Doc shoots him the dirtiest look he could manage, which looked more sick and tired than angry, and Smokey frowns. "you okay Hud?" Smokey ask.

"next person t' ask s'gettin' puked on." Doc mutters. Lightning smiles a little.

"you gonna be good to finish the trip with us? or do you need to ride in another vehicle? will that help?" Fillmore asks.

"no won't help. I'll be fine." Doc assures. after a bit, he slowly gets up and gets back into the van.

"Hud'll be fine. let him lay in a seat and he'll be all good." Smokey assures gently. Lightning gets up and pulls Doc away from the window, sitting down quietly. Doc lets him. if he really wants to sit by the window, Docs fine with that. he really feels sick, but its whatever Lightning wants.

"what're you doin' kid?" Doc mutters, when Lightning pulls him down.

"Smokeys right, you need to lay down." Lightning mumbles, pulling Doc down until his heads in his lap. Doc blinks a little and looks up at him and Lightning gives him a half smile. he's laying in such a way he's not going to hurt his right shoulder, but isn't laying completely on his left either, and Lightnings playing with his hair the way he usually does to the younger. "try to get some sleep too, it helps with feeling car sick." Lightning murmurs.

"not sure how well it'll help, but whatever you say." Doc mumbles at him. "y'gonna be okay? y'never got any sleep earlier." Doc mutters.

"I'm fine." Lightning smiles. Fillmore shuts the door and he and Sarge get back in the front.

"let us know if we gotta stop again." Fillmore said. Doc nods a little.

"sure." Doc mutters. they get back on the road, but Docs stubborn. he doesn't want to sleep in the van for a few different reasons, like the fact he snores like a lawn mower and the fact Lightning needs him. the younger seems to realize he's nods going to sleep and, while still playing with his hair, he reaches down with his other hand and squishes Docs face in his hand, forcing his mouth into an unusual shape. Doc gives him an unamused look, but doesn't stop him. Lightning grins a little and releases his face, then squishes it again. he releases his face gently, grinning as he rubs Docs cheek before squishing his face once more.

"squish. squish. squish." Lightning grins repeatedly squishing his face in his hand. Doc sighs out his nose, slightly annoyed but a little amused.

"just know if you get your hand close enough to my mouth, I will bite you." Doc warns.

"I know. thats why I'm keeping my hand away from your mouth. I'm not an idiot." Lightning grins. Doc snorts and decides that, even if its annoying and kind of hurts, he'll let the younger have his fun. he grinning and looks happy, so Doc lets him do it. the kid always looks like he's glowing when he smiles.

"leave him alone. let him sleep kid." Sarge mutters, looking back to frown at Lightning. Lightning immediately pulls his hand away, dropping his hand onto Docs chest to fiddle with the fabric of his shirt, and tenses some. he pulls away a little, like he's afraid someone's going to yell at him for not leaving Doc alone.

"no, you leave him alone. m'not gonna sleep. s'impossible. he's fine and s'keepin' himself entertained." Doc mutters. Sarge frowns a little but turns back to the front.

"sorry." Lightning mutters at him. Doc just smile at him and pats the youngers hand gently. he'd rather have the younger smile then look like he's afraid Sarge is about to come back and beat him, so he reaches up with his own hand and squishes Lightnings face in his hand before dropping it back down. Lightning grins a little and puts his hand back up on Docs face. he's a little more gentle this time, having seen the red marks he left on Doc face a moment ago. Docs appreciative, it doesn't hurt this time like it did before. he lets the younger man play with his face and is just tired enough he may actually fall asleep from it. he's so in love with this boy that it doesn't matter what he does, he's always so comfortable with the younger man. he loves Lightning so much, he can't help it. he sighs quietly and Monty smiles down at him.

"why did we have to leave the other hospital?" Mack asks. Red leans against him half asleep.

"because they made the kid have seizures and anxiety attacks on repeat and were too stupid to help." Doc mutters. Red snorts as Docs voice sounds weird when Lightning squishes his face. Lightning giggling softly as well. "yeah ha ha. so funny." Doc says, rolling his eyes. Lightning squishes his face purposefully while he's talking. Doc heaves an amused sigh and smiles a little up at the younger man. he wants to tell the Lightning that he looks positively adorable but keeps his tongue. he refuses to say anything like that, especially with four other guys in the van. Lightning grins at him and move his hand back down to Docs chest looking out the window.

"this van is full of gay guys." Lightning says. Sarge looks back at him.

"yeah, and?" Sarge asks. Lightning shrugs a shoulder.

"sounds like the beginning of a really bad movie. 'six gay guys in a hippie van'." Lightning mutters.

"ugh." Red scoffs in disgust.

"don't say it like that." Mack chuckles, looking out the window.

"he's right, sounds like a really bad movie." Fillmore snorts. Lightning grins at Doc, who rolls his eyes at him. he wants to kiss the youngers grin, show him that he loves him happy, but there's too many other people in the van and he's not sure Lightning would appreciate the puke taste, so he just smiles at him with a small sigh.

"oldman." Lightning mumbles under his breath, looking out the window.

"kid." Doc mutters back, bringing his good hand up to rub his face a little. he's tired but he doesn't want to sleep. Lightning opens Docs drink and sip it before offering it to Doc. "you're really gonna drink that after I puked and drank it?" Doc ask, sitting up so he can sip the drink. Lightning shrugs a shoulder.

"why not? literally had your spit in my mouth." Lightning mutters, shrugging a little. Doc snorts a little a takes a couple sips of the drink, waiting to see if it'll settle before he hands it back to Lightning to put the cap on it. once its capped the younger immediately pulls him back down and continues playing with his hair. he looks out the window, leaning his head against the frame with a small smile on his face.

the drive is long and the van passengers are slowly falling asleep, one by one. Red, Mack, and Lightning. even Sarge looks bored enough to sleep. Docs half asleep, head still in Lightnings lap.

"you should sleep Doc." Sarge mutters.

"and wake every person in the van? I'm good." Doc mutters, looking like he's considering it.

"what do you mean?" Sarge ask.

"I snore, like a rock in a lawn mower." Doc says. "it'll ricochet off the walls of this van and wake everyone up." Doc mutters.

"Doc, for once, just shut up and get some sleep. care about yourself and not the others. we'll handle them." Sarge says firmly. he can't care any less if Doc snores or not. he needs to sleep. Doc sighs a little and lets himself relax, trying to fall asleep.

he must've fallen asleep, because the next thing he knows he's waking up when Lightning shifts. Lightning blinks tiredly, rubbing his face, looking confused. he looks down at Doc who looks just as confused, but also tired and a little sick still. the hospital must've been waiting for them, Doc would have to thank Sally later, because the four are whisked away for testing. it takes a few hours, but around 3AM they've got all the information they need and the four thrown into beds for treatments and sleep.

Lightning and Doc have the same room and Docs out again before they even get his pain meds hooked up. Lightning doesn't get to sleep that easy, he's not able too. he's not close enough to Doc to be comfortable. Smokey walks in to check on them and notices Lightning is still awake. he looks nervous and scared staring up at the ceiling, even if he looks exhausted.

"kid you okay? why aren't you sleeping like Hud?" Smokey ask, looking over at Doc. he hasn't started in on his snoring yet, but he's obviously out cold. not even a fog horn would wake him at this point. he's so exhausted, that Smokey doesn't think of bothering him.

"can' sleep." Lightning mutters, curling up. Smokey smiles at little and tosses something onto his bed.

"that help?" Smokey ask. Lightning looks down. its Docs Fabulous Hudson Hornet button up. he grabs it looking confused.

"where'd you get this?" Lightning ask.

"Sally brought clothes for you guys. this was in it. Hud said to bring it to you, you like to sleep in it." Smokey shrugs a little. Lightning and slips on the button up. its big enough it fits over his shirt and is still baggy.

"thanks Smokey." Lightning mumbles, pulling the blanket around himself more.