I've been thinking about this scene too... It's disturbing how I can think like this...

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Haunted

Identifying the Consequences

The raven-haired surgeon looked at his patient with tears in his crimson eyes. He had no idea, how to tell his patient without him chuckling softly, pretending it was a joke or pulling out a cigarette and lighting it and didn't say another word to the surgeon. Tomoe and Maria were standing at the door and RONI was on stand-by in case he tried to run away from this for the third time this week. Hank had strictly refused to force him into anything, but just told him to do whatever he thought was right. This only added to the pressure, resting casually on the surgeon's shoulders.

His patient was fully covered in a thin bed sheet, but sweat was still glistening from his brow and dripping down his face...Either that or it was tears flowing from his closed, pale skinned eyelids. His heart monitor was showing a discontinuous pattern and his breathing was growing slower and slower. His face crumpled in pain slightly as the patient was fighting for another breath of oxygen.

Tomoe looked at her friend, still feeling faint after the shock she had received earlier. She hated the fact that he had hidden all of this from the rest of the doctors, until he was too weak to control it any longer. The Japanese Endoscopic Surgeon so shocked and horrified that she stood on the sidelines and did nothing. That guilty feeling of "What-if" was starting to gnaw at her stomach.

What if she was the only one there and this had happened? Was the only thought that circled her mind over and over.

Maria stood on the other side of the doorframe, staring at the kid carefully and twirling and unlit cigarette in her fingers. She wasn't going to light it, as it could mess with his chances of living. Even though, they shared a large rivalry together, she wouldn't go as far as trying to kill him. Sure they might've shared a couple of cigarettes and beers on the rooftops a few weeks ago and slowly learned and understood one another, but in theory, they still disliked each other.

"Come on..." She silently begged to herself, "You're a strong guy...You survived from a bloody bus running you over! You can pull through this one, piece of cake!"

The heart monitor made a high-pitched screech and then returned to normal, as well as the breathing rate slowly rising. Things were beginning to look up. Now all the three doctors had to do was to wait for him to wake up. The two doctors nearest the door could tell that the kid was struggling to keep his emotions in check.

"Ngh..." That sound came from the patient.

"Well that has to count for something" The kid thought to himself.

CR-S01 lightly placed his hand over his patient's and stared at his face. He had twitched just a moment ago and his heart rate was suggesting that he would wake up any moment now. Deep down in the surgeon's heart he prayed that he'd wake up soon just so he could see his face. But the knowing feeling in his stomach was telling him to do something else...Aside from throwing up. His crimson red eyes met his glowing, ochre ones.

"K-Kid?"Gabe croaked out, trying to sit up. He hissed slightly and held the area where he had operated on him and fell back onto the bed, breathing erratically.

"Ga- Dr. Cunningham, please try not to strain your body. You've only just woken up from a very serious procedure." The kid told him flatly, squeezing him hand slightly.

Gabe managed a small, weak smile, "Haha...No need to be so serious with me, k-Ack!"

Maria ran over to Gabe in an instant, her eyes flared up in fury.

"You bastard!" She yelled, punching Gabe in his arm. Her voice trembled slightly, "You gave us all a damn heart attack! What the hell were you thinking! ?"

Tomoe slowly walked over to Maria and placed a hand on her shoulder, in an attempt to calm her worried friend down. The paramedic broke down into tears, muttering "You bastard..." between sobs.

Gabe turned his head to see the kid and grinned, "So...Looks like you won the battle, eh?" He carefully pulled himself up so he was sat upright.

"Not exactly..." Tomoe muttered, shoving a chart under his nose.

"...Dr- Urm...Mr...uh...Cunningham," CR-S01 nervously started, "Whilst the, uh, operation was successful...We did everything we could to prevent this from happening."

Gabe's face fell as he read through his charts. The laughter in his amber eyes solidified into something unreadable.

"The lung cancer has metastasised to your spine and kidneys...There's a chance that it'll come back to your lungs too..." The kid continued, sniffing trying to stop the tears from flowing down his cheeks.

"Your lung's surface area has decreased by about...15% as well." Tomoe explained with a heartbroken look on her face. Gabe's eyes returned to the charts.

"So...How long do I...Have left?" Gabe asked timidly.

"Just over a week...Maybe a fortnight if you're really damn lucky..." Maria hiccupped; her eyes were glancing in the distance.

"Where's Hank? I thought he'd be here..." Gabe asked, flashing his traditional cocky grin, but his eyes were filled with disappointment. He knew that the big guy would attend to every serious thing in order to try and calm the patient down afterwards or calm Maria down part way through it...Stuff like this was almost a walk in the park for the guy.

"Dr...Freebird is dealing with this...A little harder than us." Tomoe murmured, remembering how the lovable doctor reacted to the news. Even Maria flinched from the large dent Hank made in the wall.

"So he decided not to show up..." Maria finished, she patted the kid's shoulder comfortingly.

"Oh...I see." Gabe breathed heavily, "ACK!" He gasped out, releasing a hacking cough that sent the lines on his graph jerking upwards violently and come crashing back down like a rollercoaster. Maria leapt away from the kid and grabbed hold of the oxygen mask and placed it over his mouth. His vitals shuddered down to less than fifty and the body started convulsing.

"Shit!" Maria exclaimed, "Tomoe! Get a defibrillator on stand-by in case he flatlines!"

Haha! I've decided to be really evil and cut it off there! (and mostly because I ran out of ideas... hehe ^^;)

Three will be a request chapter next and then the conclusion to this will be up soon!

Sneak Peek for the next chapter:

" She lashed out at the prisoner that had once saved her life. The prisoner held up his arms and pushed the inhumane beast away from him. He had never seen anyone revert to this primitive state before...In fact no-one had ever suspected that this was the fate the "Corpse Whisperer" would end up with.

"Is this...What Albert had become too! ?" The surgeon thought in horror as the woman prepared for another assault."

I'd be happy to accept any requests from any of the Trauma Center series :)