Moments of Impact

She was mad at him. She was mad at herself. She was mad that she allowed their marriage to fall apart like this. She should have just taken him back right away. Liz knows he loves her.

The roads where dark and twisty leading away from the house. Her brain was fogged over with anger. The impact was one of great force.

The metal was twisted and bent. The blood slowly seeping from her body, slowly losing life with each drop. She tried to call out for someone; her voice was consumed by the wind. No one was going to find her in time. The blood loss was too great and Liz passed out believe she was going to die.

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Raymond wasn't going to allow her to walk away. He loved her too much for that to happen.

He didn't care if he had to sit outside the hotel door all night to see her. He was going to get Liz back no matter what it takes.

He shoved the rings in his jacket pocket, grabbed the keys and ran out after her.

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His headlights illuminated the mangled cars metal. He knew that car... Lizzie!

Red stopped his car, and ran over to the car that curled around a tree. "Lizzie!"

He saw her head against the steering wheel on top of a deflated airbag. Blood trails down her cheek, a pool at her feet and she was unconscious.

"Elizabeth don't you dare die! Don't you die!"

The door was hard to open because of the curled metal but between Red's strength and the adrenaline pumping throughout his body he was able to open it.

He put on arm under her knees and one around her shoulders. Liz had lost weight in the past month, making her even easier to carry than before.

Red kept repeating "don't die." Like it was a prayer and it was going to actually keep her alive.

He opened the back door with minor difficulties, and laid her limp body along the seat. Then climbed into the driver's seat and carefully started to drive her to the hospital.

He pulled out his phone and called Dembe.

"It's Lizzie. She got into a car accident." His voice was not of his own; it was broken, fragile and scared sounding.

This worried Dembe, the small fact that Raymond Reddington was scared. He was never scared. "I will call the FBI. Do not panic. Liz will be okay."

They ended the call quickly, and Red knew Dembe was right. He could not panic.

"Deep breaths." He took a few long calming breaths and then sped up faster. He knew that she only had a few minutes left if he didn't get there soon.

Five minutes later Red was carrying her into the ER.

Red watched as a flood of doctors surrounded her in the trauma bay while he explained to another doctor what happened. He heard the dreaded word- "Clear!" He knew she was slipping away, and there was nothing he could do to help her. He walked out to the waiting room and saw a room filled with people for Liz; Dembe, Mr. Kaplan, Meera, Cooper, Ressler, and Aram.

Everyone stood up waiting for him to tell them what happened. He explained everything about how they got into a fight and she left and got in an accident. They all saw how worked up he was over her, it was strange for Red to show this much emotion in front of these people.

The way Liz looked when he found her, he honestly didn't believe she would make it.

Liz's doctor walked out of the ER.
Once again everyone stood up.

"Well Elizabeth is a fighter, she is stable for now. However she is going up to the OR for brain surgery. Liz's brain was damaged badly in the accident and it is unlikely that she return back to full function and this surgery is risky but if she doesn't have it she will die. We have also given her a blood transfusion, she has a pretty deep cut along her abdomen, but that is all stitched. Any questions? I know this is a lot."

They all shook their heads, the tears starting to fall.

Everyone was in tears, even down to Mr. Kaplan. Liz had touched everyone in some way. She loved making people smile, even if she was slowly withering on the inside.

Raymond was a wreck.

His Lizzie was going to die and it was because of him and his stupid actions.

-

Hours had passed since that update. And everyone was becoming more and more anxious for news on her condition.

When Red had arrived at the hospital it was 7:30, when they had brought her into surgery it was 8:00-ish and now it was 1:27.

"Mr. Reddington?" The doctor came out, finally.

"Yes! Is she okay?"

"Elizabeth coded three times during the beginning of the surgery, but she is stable and her stats are becoming increasingly better as time goes on. We gave her the medicine to wake her, so we can check brain function and she should be waking up soon. However if she doesn't wake up we will give her twenty four hours and at that point if she doesn't wake up we will have to pronounce her brain dead."

"When can I see her?"

"Now."

The doctor led him up to the ICU.

Her eyes were open.

"Lizzie!"

"Hmm... Ray?" She mumbled out. "I can't move."

The doctor stopped his exam to say, "We don't know the full extent of the rest of your injuries yet. We were waiting until you were stable to bring you the CT scan and the x-ray."

Red stayed in the room with her for a few minutes before they had to bring her down to radiology.

She is alive. She is alive.

An hour later the wheeled Liz back into the room. She was already back asleep, which is good gives her brain more time to heal.

"She is very lucky, no other internal damage. However her right ankle and foot is broken, that is simple casting. We will have the ortho surgeon come cast her." He left without another word.

Red updated everyone and they all stayed. It's not like the post office really had work to do without Red and Liz.

When he returned she was gone. Her brain had swelled and she need to have her skull flap removed to get rid of the pressure.

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Three days had passed since that night.

Liz still hadn't woken up again. The doctors kept saying she was passing most of the neurological exam but was in a coma. Her leg has a large plaster cast on it. She looked as though she was hit by a bus.

Red never left her side. He never moved, he wasn't going to leave her.

"Lizzie, sweetheart, please wake up."

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Haha... So I am sure this is not what most of you expected to happen next... Sorry if you hate it and I ruined the story for you.

Liz crashed her car. And before I get reviews saying that Liz would never do that to herself. It was an accident. She didn't purposely crash her car. Okay? Liz wouldn't do that.

Will she wake up out of her coma? If she does will she take him back with open arms or will she shut him out again? (I honestly don't know the answer yet...)

Thanks for reading!