Chapter three.

DISLAIMER - I don't own anything related to Emmerdale and there is no copywriting intended.

Previously

"I wasn't supposed to hit her". Donald whispered, appalled at what he had just done, realising that he had taken his vendater too far.

"Yeah I'll be sure to tell her that when she wakes up, that's if she survives this, how could you? Your own flesh and blood. You make me sick". Tom replied, turning his back on the man in front of him.

Present time

The door opened and Matthew jumped to his feet, thinking it was Anna's surgeon but turned out to be his dad, brothers and Katie.

"How is she, son?" Tom asked his middle son as he pulled him into a hug.

"I don't know they won't tell me anything. They rushed her straight into theatre. It's touched and go." He replied as everyone sat down.

She's strong mate. She won't give up without one hell of a fight". Jimmy told his younger brother.

"I'm going to grab some coffees." Katie told the group that all sat in front of her where she stood, she wanted to be there for her best friend no questions but she couldn't stand to be in a room that felt like a turbulent of emotions, fear, terror, grief, devastation and hope all rolled into one and if she didn't get out of that room soon she was going to be sick.

"What about the house? You know what Anna is like about unfinished business." Matthew asked his dad with a slight chuckled as the thought came to mind.

"I've sorted that, son. You don't have to worry about that now. You just concentrate on Anna." Tom replied.

"What about that thing she calls a dad?" He continued to ask.

"The police are dealing with him." Tom told his son through gritted teeth.

"Just wait till I get my hands on him, I swear his life won't be worth living by the I've finished with him." Matthew promised.

As father and son finished their conversation the door opened and all heads shot up to see a doctor wearing bloody scrubs.

"Are you family of Anna King?" The doctor although ready knowing the answer but as a professional courtesy having to ask the question anyway.

"Yes I'm her husband Matthew, is she going to be alright? Did she make it through surgery? She's going to make it right?" He asked frantically.

"I'm Doctor Peter Carson. I'm the trauma surgeon in charge of your wife's case. Mrs King made it through surgery, barely after we had had to replace nearly her entire blood volume, but she made it." The trauma surgeon explained to the group of men in front of him.

Doctor Peter Carson was a well-respected and highly qualified and trained trauma surgeon in his early forties with more than two decades under his belt and cases like this reminded him why he did this job day in day out. If he could repair what was broken for whatever reason it was broken for in the first place then he knew that he was here for a reason and that's what made him do what he did everyday.

"Anna". Matthew told the surgeon.

"Pardon?" Peter replied.

"Anna, her name is Anna". Matthew told him once again.

"My apologies, as I was saying, Anna made it through the surgery by the skin of her teeth and is in critically condition as we speak. There is a possibility that she won't make it through the night, but in saying that you have one tough lady there and she is well and truly holding her own." Peter tried to reassure the family as best as he could while he tries to remain professional given the case.

"How bad is it, doc?" Tom asked him.

Knowing that this was going to be a long conversation. Dr Carson sat down and motion for the rest to do the same, to which they complied.

"As I was saying due to the impact at such speed the car hit Anna at it caused extensive internal bleeding, which we managed to repair, she also has a broken leg, which we reset. A dislocated shoulder, which we also fixed. A punched lung but we managed to repair it. Five broken ribs. And eh, she... she…em she…" Tom cut him off.

"She what?" He asked impatiently.

"Anna suffered a miscarriage." Carson replied solemnly bowing his head.

"She what? I need to get out of here I…I... ne...Need air. I'm going to be sick." Matthew stuttered, standing so quick he swayed as he did so, having to have Jimmy and Carl catch him before he hit the floor.

"Easy Matt. Sit back down". Jimmy told him, not having the energy to argue he did as he was told.

"Are you alright for me to continue?" Peter asked.

"Yeah." he replied.

"Anna also suffered extensive head injuries from where her head collided with the windscreen. There was a small bleed on the brain, which our near surgeon repaired but it's the swelling on the brain that is concerning him the most and if it doesn't reduce on it's own, she will need emergency surgery but there is a risk that she could die on the table." Peter finished explaining

"So what happens now?" Carl asked the surgeon.

"Due to the severe trauma that Anna's body has sub stained we have made the decision to put her into a medical induced coma to give her body the chance to begin to heal, as if we don't her body wouldn't get that chance and she would go into severe shock and one by one her organs would start to shut down and ultimately her body would give out." Carson explained to them.

"Sweet Mary mother of god." Tom whispered under his breath.

"I'm going to flipping kill him!" Matthew exclaimed, charging out of the room and down the hall with his brothers hot on his tail.

"Wow, no you don't". Carl yelled grabbing him by the arm.

"Get your hands off me I swear to god I'll..."Carl cut him off.

"You'll beat me up, go ahead if that makes you feel better". Carl replied, knowing the state his brother was in he couldn't even hold his own body weight.

"Come on, mate the Donald D'Souza's of this world aren't worth it and besides Anna needs you now more than you need to beat ten bells out of that thing that calls himself a father. Come on, let's get back inside." Jimmy told his younger brother.

Slowly the three king brothers made their way back to the relatives room were Tom, Katie and Doctor were waiting for them.

"Do you want to see her?" The Doctor asked them.

"Yes Doctor, we would." Tom replied.

"There isn't visitor's restrictions as it's the ICU. So you can spend as much time with her as you like." Dr Carson explained to the family.

Slowly six people made their way to the Intensive Care Unit of Leeds General Hospital.

"I must warn you there is a lot of wires and tubes, but I want you to know that they are there to help Anna in the best possible way and I promise you that she is in no pain as we have her on a mophine pump so she can't feel a thing, but she might be able to hear you so I encourage you to talk to her. It will help I promise." Carson explained.

Matthew slowly made his way over to the double doors that led to the unit and Anna's bed, not daring to look inside as he was afraid to see what was inside and yes for first in his life Matthew king was not ashamed to admit he was scared.