Chozzy's Saga (Pixie's Surgery) weekend freewrite

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He was anxious for everyone to go to bed. He washed his hands and cleaned his knife. Alex wasn't expecting it to be so hard to dig that plug out of her arm. After cleaning up, he did a further inspection of the plug. He couldn't place it, but something about it looked very familiar, like he'd seen one before. He stuck it under his scope, in hopes of finding some clue as to what it does.
The kids were all outside waiting for the surgery to end. Everyone had been worried about Pixie's life. The next few days he will be keeping a close watch on her, to make sure there are no issues. Charlotte decided to room with her, so she isn't left with the littler kids messing with her. The younger ones were put in Charlotte's tent, with another older kid.

"I was unsure of her motivation for changing that pattern." Alex had said to Charlotte, the next day.

"What do you mean, Alex?"

"Well, I noticed that, whatever the heck her name was, from the zoo, started feeding the animals later, and also changing their food amount. She had said it was to help them stay quieter. Something about them acting all crazy during the day. Thinks the lack of food during the day would make them chill out, and behave when people came to visit the zoo. If they acted out, she wouldn't feed them as much. Rewarding good behavior with feeding time."

"That sounds like it was a stupid idea," stammered Charlotte.

"I agree, and something about Pixie's plug looks really familiar. I just can't think of where I'd seen it. All I know is that strange things were happening at that zoo, and Chozzy was the only one who sensed it. I just wish we had gotten along better. Maybe he would have helped me figure this puzzle all out."

"Is Pixie going to be ok?"

"Lets hope she is. Hope is all we have right now. We just need to keep a close watch on her, and keep the little ones away from her too."

"Are you sick?" Alex stood up as he asked that. Charlotte was about to answer when he just walked right past her. She turned to see Pixie stumbling through the door. Alex took a quick step towards her, just before she about fell to the floor.
"Jesus, you are burning up." He picked her up and carried her to his bed. He turned and told Charlotte to grab his medical bag. Turning back to Pixie, he checked under her arm to see how it looked. After thorough inspection, he didn't see anything wrong. Charlotte ran to him and gave him his bag. He pulled out the thermometer and stuck it in her right ear. Charlotte saw the reading. 104.2..

"She ok, Alex? Whats wrong with her."

"I'm not sure right now. Her surgery area looks good. Just swollen, which is normal......

Here is the link for previous chapter: https://steemit.com/freewrite/@pixiehunter/5-minute-freewrite-wednesday-prompt-screening
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Interesting developments! What can we learn about the plug? What's up with Pixie, post-op? Stating tuned! :)

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