Making my rounds through the hospital, I run into Dominic and Drake making there way to Scarlet's room.
"Hey guys! What's up?" I greet them.
"Alex! Great to see you!" Drake swoops me up into a hug, but I hit him on the shoulder to get him to let me down.
"And you must be Scarlet's apprentice. Good to meet you." I smile at Dominic and he grins at me.
"Are you happy being her apprentice, Dominic?" I ask as we walk together.
He thinks for a moment before replying, "I am very thrilled at the honor of being trained by such a wise person."
I laugh, the sound seemed very real to me. I could always be myself around these guys. Unlike the bidders who I have to keep my guard up around.
"I think you've got that backwards. If you want wise, come to me. If you want bad-ass, go to Scarlet."
They laugh as well and I spot Baba watching us from his spot leaning against the corner of the wall. A frown on his face. Wait wait, that doesn't sound right.
Scowl is more like it.
I tell Drake and Dominic where to find Scarlet's room, then I walk up to Baba.
"What's up with you?"
He cracks a small smile, "Nothing for you worry over, pretty lady."
I tilt my head, "Are you worried about them?" I ignore the 'pretty' part. He probably said it to a lot of women.
Before he can reply, I hear over the intercom, "Dr. Knight. Paging Dr. Knight. Needed in ER."
I poke his cheek, "I'm sure, Baba, that they both will make it through this."
Then I turn and sprint toward the ER.
Once I make it there, I catch up to the rolling gurney headed toward the emergency surgery room.
"Dr. Knight, we have a Code Omega." One of the paramedics says to me. Life-threatening blood loss. Got it.
"Shot through the abdomen side." I am informed as we head into the surgery room.
I wash my arms in the sink, pull back my hair into a net, and slip on a pair of medical gloves.
I lean over the woman and say to her, "Just hang on. We'll get you through this."
Then it was time to get to work saving a life.
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A/N: Yeah, 'Code Omega' is actually a real hospital code for as it said in the story, 'Life threatening blood loss'. I intend to make this story as real as possible so here you go. And yes, possibly the woman above who who was shot will come back. You never know. -Jackie Blake
