I do not own Batman or any of the DC characters....poo.

But I do own Dr. Madison Thomas and the characters affiliated with her.

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"Dr. Thomas! Dr. Thomas! He is going into shock." I heard a nurse say.

"Dr. Thomas!" they repeated multiple times.

"Get her out of here and someone get the defibrillator out, pronto." My colleague said.

I felt them grab my shoulders and somehow my legs responded when they began pushing me out of the OR. They sat me down and began to ask me questions like "Are you feeling dizzy? Can you tell me how many fingers I'm holding up?" But the question that got me was "Do you know him?" I simply nodded. They looked to each other, then stood up and walk towards the nurse's desk.

Madison Thomas, the person, was screaming to go back into OR 1 and see how Alfred was, but Madison Thomas, the doctor, knew that it would only make things worse. So, I did what I had taught myself to do, stop feeling.

I slowly arose from the chair and walked to the nurse's station.

"Do you know how the patient in OR 1 obtained his injuries?" I asked hoping she wouldn't get all confidentiality first on me.

"When we got the call from the Ambulance they said that he was driving south from Gotham City when a tractor trailer hit a patch of ice and swerved into his car. The driver of the tractor trailer only obtained small injuries." She told me.

"Have you found any relatives?" I asked.

"No, that's where I'm having some problems. It says that he is the guardian of a deceased man, but that's it."

"He's not dead."

"And you would know how?"

"Because the patient is Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce Wayne's Butler/Guardian." She didn't say anything; she just looked up at me.

"I know him and I think I should be the one to make that phone call."

"Mmhmm, you just want to keep Bruce Wayne to yourself, don't you?" She said jokingly, as I walked away rolling my eyes.

..Ring.

"Bruce Wayne." He answered.

"Hey Bruce, its Madison." I said.

"Oh hey, have you heard from Alfred he was coming to surprise you? I guess his cell phone is out of signal or something because he isn't answering." I wanted to cry.

"Bruce, something has happened."

"What?" He said changing his voice to a serious tone.

"I need you to come to the Massachusetts General hospital immediately."

"What's wrong? Are you okay? Madison please tell me what is going on."

"It's Alfred." I said finally bursting out into tears.

2 horrible hours later I found myself standing outside at the emergency exit doors waiting for Bruce to arrive. Usually it took 3 ½ to 4 hours to get from Gotham to Boston but with Bruce's Lamborghini and lead foot he could have gotten there in 30 minutes. I think the only reason it was taking him this long is because I made him promise me that he wouldn't drive like a maniac.

A few seconds later I heard the roar of a Lamborghini pull into one of the empty spaces. I was then greeted with a very upset Bruce Wayne.

"How is he?" He asked.

"He is stable for now, they are keeping a very close eye on his heart."

"What's wrong with his heart?"

"It stopped beating." I really should stop being a Doctor and be a friend.

"I want to see him." He told me.

"Alright." I said then walked back into the hospital with Bruce following me.

I took him to Alfred's room door and I saw him hesitate before entering. Moments later when I looked into the window of the ICU room I saw Bruce holding Alfred's hand while crying his eyes out. At that moment I wish I had powers that could undo time and make all of this like it never happened.

I knew the press would be all over this if they saw it so I went to the head of the hospital and explained the situation and asked him for extra security in the ICU. Like any decent human being, he agreed and then began to make some phone calls to the head of security.

Sometime around 3am I went up to Alfred's room to check up on him and see how Bruce was. When I walked in Bruce wasn't there. So I walked over to Alfred and sat down in the chair beside the bed.

"Alfred." I said.

"I'm so sorry that this happened to you. It's all my fault. If I wouldn't have moved here then you wouldn't have come to surprise me and then you wouldn't have gotten into that wreck and you wouldn't be lying here with all these IVs and monitors checking your every heartbeat. I'm so sorry, Alfred." I said crying.

"It's not your fault." I heard Bruce say.

"Yes it is, Bruce." I said looking up.

"No, it's mine. I was supposed to come with Alfred to surprise you, but I was afraid that if I saw you that every feeling that I have been trying to hide for the past month would come rushing back to me. I lied to him, I told him I had a last minute meeting with one of my clients." He said backing up to the wall then slowly sliding down it, with his hands covering his face.

I walked over and sat down right beside him.

"Madi." He said looking up at me.

"Yea."

"I'm tired of this game we're playing. I love you and I know that you love me. I know we both have some things to work through, but we can make it. I don't want to ever have to watch you walk away from me, again." I looked him straight in the eye.

"You'll never have to, because I'm not going anywhere."


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