Life With Benefits

It had been a few days before I had the stamina to stay awake longer than a few minutes at a time. And during those days everypony I knew had come to visit me… well… everypony except for Rainbow Dash. It was understandable why she had yet to come visit me, I could throw darts at the possibilities as to why.

But the ones that stuck out the most were either she had yet to hear about it, or she had heard and had yet to make her way here to see me. She had been rising through the ranks of the Wonderbolts over the years, and with that rise came more responsibilities alongside their already demanding training regiment. I had assumed she would wait till she had free time to come and see me as she always did.

That is till I heard some whispering outside of my room. I couldn’t tell what they were talking about, or even if they were talking about anypony.

But between the two voices I heard that same raspy voice that had cheered me on in the past, “Rainbow Dash?” I groaned to speak as my voice was rather dry, “Is that you?” I struggled to reach the glass of water in my excitement, hoping I would see my foalhood hero sooner than expected.

I could see the outline of her shadow as she slowly walked in. Her mane still as she had always kept it. She was wearing her wonderbolts jacket and had her sunglasses resting on her head.

“Hey kiddo... I heard about what happened.” She sounded hesitant as she walked up to me, and still with that old kiddo introduction.

I could be in my 80’s and she would still call me kiddo. She gently hugged me for a moment, doing her best not to hurt me in my weakened state.

“Always trying to be like me aren’t ya?” Even trying to use her ego to make light of the mood I could tell she was sad to see me like this, “What you did was stupid, brash, but very brave. There aren’t too many ponies who would run into a burning building for those they cared about.”

She tousled my mane like she used to when I was a filly. It felt good to have that touch once again, reminded me of old times when we used to go camping and just hang out. I was full of confidence back then, and so eager to prove myself to anypony.

Especially to Rainbow in the hopes I could be just like her. She had always been there for me when she could, as often as she was able. She was there to help comfort me after I was raped, and was even there for me after I found out I was pregnant with Lightning.

Looking at her I could see she wanted to say something, yet she was having trouble saying it. I was more than aware of many of my bandages, but the doctors and nurses had yet to say anything more to me. I could only assume they wanted to wait till I was ready to hear it, or at the least able to stay awake long enough to hear it.

Rainbow rubbed my leg a little as her eyes darted around the room, “S~o…” We could both tell she was trying to find an easier way to say what it was, “th-there’s…” She groaned as she rubbed the back of her neck, “I’m just gonna come out with it.”

I snickered as she looked at me funny, “I always knew you had a thing for mares. So who did you get with, was it Spitfire?”

Sharing in a laugh with me, Rainbow gently pressed her head against mine.

As she came out of her laugh with a sigh she sat down next to me, “Sure let’s go with that.” She rubbed a tear from her laughter away as she leaned a little closer, “Look, I was talking to your doctor on my way here.” I sighed as she said that.

I knew this conversation was coming, but I didn’t know when it would happen. I had even thought my doctor would have been the one to say it, or at the least one of the nurses who would be the ones to say it.
“So here’s how it's going to go, I’ll give you the bad news then give ya the good news.” I braced myself for what could come, “They said that among your burns, some of them are rather close to your marehood. And the only reason you haven’t been feeling any pain when you relieve yourself, is because of the painkiller they are dripping in your IV bag.”

I wanted to ask some questions, but I didn’t know where to begin.

Tousling my mane like she used to I leaned in towards her, “Also I know you weren’t always a very good flyer, but the debris that fell on you in that fire. It dislocated your wings and broke a bone or two in your left one, so you won’t have much use of them for a while.”

I started to sniffle as tears began to fill my eyes. I didn’t know what I was going to do, I had planned on getting my life back on track. But now… I didn’t know what I was going to do.

“There is some good news to this, all of your burns are minor first degree. So with some proper ointment and bed rest you’ll be good as new. They are also going to give you something for your…” She cleared her throat as she pointed towards my crotch, “so no sex for a while alright kiddo.”

I groaned when I heard that, “How long are we talking? Cause I just moved in with Silver Spoon and she..” I nearly jumped out of my bed as I sat straight up, “OH FUCK SILVER! Where is she living, are her and Lightning someplace safe?”

The doctor came rushing in with an orderly, and neither of them looked too happy at my excitement.

“Ms. Dash I gave strict commands not to get her too worked up. Last thing we need is her stitches…”

“I HAVE STITCHES!?” I shouted at him almost fluttering my wings as they stung causing me to wince, “How many do I have, and where?”

Sighing as he rubbed his head he walked up to me, “You have about 30 stitches and three staples on your left wing. Of the bones that were broken, one of them popped out of your wing. That was one of the more important issues we had to take care of, it was causing you to lose far too much blood.”

Motioning an orderly, she walked over with a syringe full of some kind of clear liquid, “This is just to help you relax a little.” She claimed as she began to inject it into my leg.

Rainbow couldn’t help but make a joke about it, “So she says, we all know they are performing mind control experiments in places like this.”

As she and I giggled a little, the doctor and orderlies rolled their eyes at the crude joke, “Yes and Princess Twilight Sparkle is taking on students under the guise of teaching them about friendship. When in truth she’s creating an army to rise up against the other Princesses and conquer the world as we know it.”

“That’s not funny doc.” Rainbow snapped at him, taking offense to his words about one of her closest friends.

“Neither was yours Ms. Dash, so I do believe we’re on common ground now.” He gave a pride filled glare as he walked out of the room, knowing neither of them had much more to say on the subject.

“So as far as things go…” Rainbow picked up as she turned back towards the leaving group, “I WISH I KNEW HOW LONG YOU CAN’T DO THE THINGS YOU ENJOY FOR!” She shouted towards them causing the doctor to take a few steps back.

Giving Rainbow an annoyed glare he sighed, “Your right wing will remain in a bandaged for a few weeks, your left will remain in the cast much longer than that. In about three weeks from your release from here we will give your wing another look through the X-ray. If it's looking better then we will remove the cast and put it into a splint for a few more weeks.”

With a sigh I leaned back into my bed as I felt an itch near my crotch.

Seeing my hoof move towards it the doctor rushed me blocking my hoof, “You have a burn there, I would advise against that. I’ll send a nurse in soon to apply some ointment and new bandages for your burns. And as Ms. Dash has informed you, no strenuous activities till you’re fully healed.”

She had said something different but I got the idea regardless.