When Cal awoke he was tied to a chair with his hands behind his back, opposite him was Ethan, he too had his hands tied behind his back but he was still unconscious. Panic rose in his chest as he spotted a shadow on the floor, the shadow came closer, causing the hairs to prick up on the back of his neck. The shadow raised something large and then he blacked out.

By the time Cal came round Ethan was also coming to his senses. They were tied opposite each other, both had their hands tied behind their backs and both had blood seeping into their hair. A tall woman stood between them, dressed fully in black. Long, curly red hair framed her pale face, emphasised further by the heavy black eyeliner and black lipstick.

'Hello, boys.'

The brothers glanced at each other- the voice seemed familiar but neither man could remember where they had previously heard it. In fact neither of them could remember very much at all. They didn't say anything but turned their attention back to the woman who was now fumbling around in a large black satchel. She pulled out three items- each in their own black bin bag.

'I have three things here. Each of which I can use at my leisure,' she smiled sickly at the boys causing them to widen their eyes in terror. She unwrapped the first bag, a baseball bat. She paused for dramatic effect before unwrapping the next item, a long knife. The brothers glanced at each other with terrified glances, Cal opened his mouth to speak but was stopped dead in his tracks by the woman,

'I wouldn't do that if I were you.'

She then pulled out the final item from it's wrapping. A gun. Ethan couldn't help himself from nervously blurting out

'You can't use that- they'll hear you!'

'Ha! Do you think I'm stupid?!' They both knew better than to answer the question. 'Its simple really- if either of you make a sound. I'll shoot the other one.' She flashed her sickly sweet smile yet again.

She raised the baseball bat over Ethan's head and swung it down. There was a blunt crack as it made impact with his skull. His body went limp as the woman let out an evil cackle, which only intensified when she saw the horrified look on Cal's face. He had already seen his brother nearly die once already- he didn't need to see it again. He too was hit on the head with the same baseball bat. Cal spiralled into unconsciousness with the image of Ethan's bloody body echoing through his mind...

Zoe walked up to Noel,

'Have you seen Ethan or Cal recently?'

'No- sorry Dr Hanna. Ethan used the phone to check a pager message and then went running off down that corridor.' He pointed to where the young doctor had ran, it was over an hour ago now...

'Right- thanks Noel.' Zoe turned back towards cubicles to find Connie.

'Have you seen Cal or Ethan?'

'No- Cal used the phone in my office to check a pager message but that was a while ago. I've not seen him since- sorry.'

Something wasn't right.

Cal regained some consciousness yet again. His head was swimming in fogginess, the room was gently swirling around him. It took several minutes for him to fully become conscious. He was very aware that he was topless and his arms and legs were tied to the walls of the little room. Ethan was laid next to him- he too was topless and tied by the hands and feet but unlike Cal he was still unconscious. If it wasn't for the gentle falling and rising of his chest Cal would have presumed he was dead.

'I'm disappointed in him...' The woman had been watching Cal and had followed his graze to where the young doctor lay. 'I knew thought you the strong one but I didn't realise how weak your brother was.' She flashed her pearly white teeth sarcastically. 'I have a present for you!' She raised the baseball bat yet again and Cal flinched- closing his eyes and waiting for the blow that would send him falling into darkness. It never came. Instead it landed heavily on his leg. Again. And again. Even after the stomach wrenching sound of bones cracking she did not stop. Once tired of his left leg she stepped over his body and raised the bat. Cal had been using all his energy to stay conscious through the intense pain. It only took one hit of his right leg to make him unconscious.

The unconsciousness was much more appealing than the consciousness. There was no pain and he couldn't see Ethan. His beautiful baby brother, made ugly by the violent actions being done to him.

Zoe was worried. It wasn't like the brothers to leave mid shift. It defiantly wasn't like Ethan and even Cal was unlikely to leave- especially with his new responsibilities of Katie. A heavy feeling had settled in her chest. Something was definitely wrong. Very wrong.

'Everyone! Can you please all gather round?'

Zoe waited for the other staff members to assemble.

'Ethan and Cal were both paged away. We don't know where they are and the person who paged them doesn't work at the hospital. It was anonymous. I have called most of the other departments but I've had no luck. Ethan was last seen heading towards the West Wing. I would like Dylan, Charlie, Robyn and Lofty to come with me- I have a really bad feeling about it.'

Zoe's words had all fallen out at once but the other staff got the message, or at least most of it. She quickly paced towards the West Wing with Dylan and the nurses in tow. She found herself praying that it was a wasted journey, that their absence had been for another reason- one they could explain later.

The staff found themselves at a branch in the corridor. Then the sound of a gunshot echoed down one of the corridors causing everyone to turn and run towards it...