Steve dragged Sam out of the hospital and over to a van parked in the street. Mary, still in her nurse's scrubs, slid the door open and Sam was forced inside. Her ex-husband jumped in after her, along with Mary, while their accomplice, dressed in the prison guard's uniform, ran round to the driver's side. Before the door had been slammed shut from within, the van was already speeding out of the ambulance parking bay.

Back in the ER, it was chaos. Doctors and patients alike were in a panic as a result of the few stray shots fired as Steve and the others had made their escape. Fortunately the prisoner's focus had been on getting out of the hospital as quickly as possible with Sam, rather than taking out innocent bystanders. One woman who had come in for stomach pains now had a graze from a bullet on her left arm to deal with as well, and a man waiting for news on his sick father had been hit in the shoulder, but nothing more serious than that.

After Sam's comment directed towards 'Abigail', Abby was urging Pratt and Morris to go after her, but they soon returned indoors reporting how the van had already split. Chuny hurried over to check that she was alright as she was almost full term. Luckily Abby had simply had to duck down behind the admit desk as the shots were fired.

"I'm fine." She assured the nurse. "But they took Sam!"

Neela and Dr Dubenko hurried into the ER from upstairs after hearing the commotion. They immediately started helping those affected. Dr Weaver quickly tried to calm everyone down while Jerry called the police.

"Abby! Greg! What the hell happened?" Gates asked as he came running in from out in the corridor. Dr Lockhart turned to face him.

"Those prisoners we had in from a yard fight, one of them was Steve – Sam's ex. He and the other guy were holding her at gunpoint and they just escaped." Abby explained. Tony was in shock.

"Oh my God, they took Sam?" Greg nodded sadly. Abby laid a supportive hand on his shoulder. She knew how close Tony and Sam had become recently, even if they hadn't admitted it publicly. "What about Alex?" Gates questioned, thinking of Sam's son.

"School trip upstate." Abby told him, remembering Sam mentioning it. Just then, Jerry interjected.

"Police are on it." He informed them. Seeing Abby's worried face he continued. "Sam's a tough cookie, I'm sure she'll be fine."

"Yeah." Pratt agreed. "That guy was her ex?" This time it was Abby's turn to nod. "Well, he wouldn't hurt her would he?"

"He already got into a prison fight just to get sent to hospital so he could escape, and he shot up the ER and took her hostage; who knows what he's capable of."

"Pratt! Can I get a hand over here?" Morris called, breaking up the conversation. Greg hurried over to his colleague and proceeded to help wheel the man with the shoulder wound into Trauma 1.

Gates and Abby also set about helping to reassure the patients that the situation was now under control and starting to get back to patching people up. It was only when Greg had to fetch more supplies that he went into the room where Sam had been treating Steve.

The place was a complete mess: a trolley tipped over, its contents scattered across the floor, drawers opened randomly and splatters of blood and bandages littering the bed and side table. However Pratt noticed none of this. What he did see was the body of the unconscious guard lying on the ground, his hands tied behind him, dressed in a prisoner's uniform.

Greg was about to call security when he realised that that wasn't the only body in the room. On a gurney in the corner, half shielded by a screen and maybe only partially visible through the window from the corridor outside, was another body. Hurrying over, Greg saw that it was Luka.

"Morris! Abby!" He shouted, desperate to get someone's attention. Pratt shoved the wheeled screen out of the way to check that Luka was okay. He wasn't. There was a tube down his throat helping him to breathe – he had been intubated.

Spotting a syringe on the ground, Greg grabbed it. His worst fears were confirmed. Luka had obviously inadvertently interrupted Steve's plan so they had drugged him. Luckily for him Sam must have been able to persuade her kidnappers to let her intubate Luka before they left; otherwise the drug would have paralyzed his lungs.

At that point, Abby and Morris ran into the room, followed by two security officers. The officers headed straight over to the unconscious guard who was just starting to come around, while the two Residents headed over to Pratt.

"Oh my God, Luka!" Abby exclaimed, rushing to his side.

"Looks like Sam intubated him." Greg said as Abby held her husband's hand and stroked his forehead. Pratt held up the nearly empty syringe to show them.

"Pretty nasty stuff." Morris commented. "The oxygen should prevent any paralysis to the lungs, especially if it was done within a few seconds."

Greg and Morris checked Luka over more fully and then removed the tube as he began regaining consciousness. He seemed fine, thankfully. After a gulp of water to soothe his throat, Luka spoke hurriedly.

"They took Sam!" He told them, letting Morris help him sit up and get off the gurney. "They knocked the guard out, the other guy took his uniform and then they took Sam! And that new nurse, Mary... she's with them, she's his girlfriend or something..." Abby rubbed Luka's arm to calm him down while Pratt explained what had happened.