'Lost in the Woods'
Disclaimer: I do not own any part of Without A Trace or its characters. I only own the characters that I created. I also have no medical knowledge, so don't blame me if something medical is inaccurate. This is for entertainment purposes only. Enjoy.
Chapter 10
"All we can do is wait, Sam. There's nothing else we can do." Jack said with exhausted sigh as he held her.
Jack and the others continued talking for several minutes, when the elevator opened and Agent Chuck, and several officers entered the ICU waiting room.
"Jack, is there any news on our boys? Is Danny…" Agent Chuck tried but couldn't continue as his voice broke and Jack quickly cut him off.
"Danny isn't dead, Chuck." Jack said with a smile and they all cheered. "Shhh. Keep it down. Look, Danny's awake but he's still not out of danger. In fact, Dr. Winters already ordered a lot of tests for him, including a full body MRI. And he doesn't know yet if Danny's breathing on his own. So, we have to wait." Jack said a bit seriously out of concern but Agent Chuck shook his head.
"Don't even think that, Jack. Danny's going to be okay. You'll see. Now that he's awake, he's not going to let the freakin' grim reaper take him away from his family, friends and especially all the pretty nurses who are going to be fighting each other just to take care of him." Agent Chuck said with conviction and everyone, especially Jack, couldn't help but laugh amused at Chuck's comments; Danny loved women swooning over him. "No. Danny's not going anywhere." He said with conviction as he smiled and took a deep breath; breathing deeply in relief.
"Agent Malone, what about your other agent? Agent Fitzgerald, is it? How is he doing?" Captain Mike Randall, of the NYPD, asked respectfully and Jack nodded toward Sam. "Miss?" He asked respectfully but concerned.
"Dr. London said that Martin still hasn't regained consciousness and that he's going to need another blood transfusion. So, all we can do is wait to see how things turn out." Sam said softly but hurt as fresh tears escaped her eyes.
"If you need more blood for Agent Fitzgerald, I can put a call out right now to headquarters and the other stations. Do you need a specific type? What blood type does he have?" Captain Randall said concerned.
"Thank you very much. We appreciate everything that you guys have done for us." Jack said very grateful as he shook Captain Randall's hand.
"There's no need to thanks us. We're all a family, you know that. We take care of each other no matter what, Agent Malone." Captain Randall said kindly. "Now, what's Agent Fitzgerald's blood type?" He said kindly.
"Call me Jack. And Martin's blood type is blood type AB-Negative." Jack said with a heavy sigh.
"All right. Well, I'm going to head to headquarters and put the word out and we'll be back as quick as we can. Excuse me." Captain Randall said a bit urgently and left for police headquarters.
"We'll be back, Jack. We're going to head downstairs to let the others know what's going on." Agent Chuck said kindly as he sighed heavily in relief but that relief was short-lived when an alarm sounded, causing everyone to become fearful when they saw Dr. Winters running into one of the rooms as a nurse came outside to the waiting room.
"Agent Malone!" The nurse said urgently as she entered the waiting room. "Look, this isn't our policy but Dr. Winters is calling for you. We're trying to move your agent down to Radiology but he's completely panicked. Dr. Winters said to see if you can calm him down. Otherwise, for his own safety, he's going to have to put Agent Taylor in an induced coma to stop him from hurting himself further. He's still not out of danger yet." Nurse Vicky said urgently and she and Jack ran to Danny's room.
As soon as Jack went into the room, his eyes widened in horror and his heart sunk to the floor. Danny's eyes were wide with terror and tears stained every crevice of his face as he struggled against Dr. Winters and his staff to remove the ET Tube and all of the tubes and wires that were invading his body and were causing him so much pain.
"Danny! Danny, calm your ass down right now and look at me! I said look at me, damn it!" Jack said harshly as he took a carefully tight hold of Danny's face, causing Danny to grimace in agonizing pain because his entire body felt as if it were on fire. "Damn it. Look at me and calm down. Calm your ass down right now or they're going to give you drugs and put you in a coma. Is that what you want, you little prick?" Jack said harshly and Danny shook violently as he stopped struggling against everyone. "I didn't think so." He said harshly and then sighed heavily when Danny grimaced in agonizing pain again as tears stained every crevice of his face.
"Shhh. Listen to me, okay. I know how bad you're hurting right now but the doc has to do some tests before he can give you anything for pain. The sooner you calm down, the sooner they can give you something for pain and the sooner you'll be moved out of here and rid of this tube. But that's not going to happen if you keep losing control. Now, stay calm. That's an order. Do you understand me? There are a lot of people out there waiting to see you but that's not going to happen if you can't calm down and control yourself." Jack said sternly but caringly and then couldn't help but laugh when Danny gave him a look so dirty as if he wanted to beat Jack senseless.
"Calm down. I'm not lying to you, okay. Everyone from FBI Headquarters and even NYPD, is out there waiting for you. As soon as everyone learned what happened to you and Martin, everyone started giving blood and they haven't left the hospital. They refuse to leave until they know that you two are okay and out of danger. The team is out there too. But there's a special visitor who came to see you and he wants to see you again." Jack said with a smile and Danny silently cried emotionally and pained as he continued shaking and tried to put his hand to his mouth but Jack snagged it.
"I know, Danny. I know. But if you want the tube out, you're going to have to calm down and stop losing control. Otherwise, it's just going to stay in longer. Look, you've got all those people out there waiting for you, especially Rafi, Danny." Jack said sternly but compassionately and then smiled when Danny weakly squeezed his hand and looked at him expectantly. "I'm not lying, Danny-boy. Rafi's out there waiting to see you along with everyone else. I talked to the warden and he granted temporary custody of Rafi, to us. It wasn't easy but I convinced him that Rafi was going to be in custody, surrounded by dozens of agents and NYPD and that he wasn't going to run." Jack said caringly and Danny thrashed a bit as he tried looking to the door.
"Take it easy, Agent Taylor. Your visitors aren't allowed to see you again until we make sure that you haven't hurt yourself further with all thrashing. However, if your results show that your health is improving, I'll allow your visitors to see you for only several minutes. But Agent Taylor, if that is to happen, you must lose control. Otherwise, I'll have no choice but to put you into a very deep sleep and I will not allow you to awaken until you're completely out of danger." Dr. Winters said sternly but compassionately, causing Danny to look at him fearfully as fresh tears escaped his eyes and he tried to shake his head.
"Calm down and don't move, Agent Taylor. I know that you don't want that to happen and I don't want to do that either. So, you're going to have to work with me. Now, I have to run those tests on you so I have to ask your friend to leave." Dr. Winters explained gently but Danny tightly closed his eyes and weakly, but tightly, squeezed Jack's hand as fresh tears escaped his eyes.
"Shhh. I'll be outside with the others and as soon as the doc here, gives the okay, I'll be back." Jack said caringly but Danny squeezed his hand again and grimaced in pain as he breathed a bit erratically through his nose. "Shhh. I understand, Son." He said compassionately as he gently squeezed Danny's hand and soothed his head like a child.
"Doc, he's in so much pain right now. How long is he going to have to wait before you give him medication?" Jack said seriously but Dr. Winters shook his head and looked at Danny.
"I'm sorry, Agent Taylor. I know that you're in pain right now but I need you to hold on for a little while. If the tests show that you have no internal bleeding, I'll give you medication then." Dr. Winters said compassionately and then turned to Jack. "I'm sorry but I'm going to have to ask you to step out now." He said kindly but concerned but again Danny looked at Jack fearfully and squeezed his hand.
"What did I tell you, Danny? You need to relax or I'm going to tell the doc here to make you sleep." Jack said sternly and caused Danny to look at him angrily and weakly, but angrily, scratch Jack's hand. "Stop scratching me. Now, what are you scared of? Nobody's going to hurt you." Jack said sternly but concerned and Danny weakly pointed to the doctor's lab coat which held several pens and a notepad.
"Would you like to try to write, Agent Taylor?" Dr. Winters said kindly and Danny blinked. "Okay. Here's the pen and I'll hold the notepad for you. Go ahead." Dr. Winters said kindly and Danny began writing slowly and sloppily.
"Martin?" Danny wrote on the paper as his hand shook uncontrollably.
"Who's Martin?" Dr. Winters asked concerned.
"That's Agent Fitzgerald." Jack said concerned.
"Oh, right. Forgive me." Dr. Winters said kindly and then turned to Danny. "Well, young man, Agent Fitzgerald is still unconscious but we expect him to make a complete recovery. "Dr. Winters said kindly and with a warm smile, causing him and Jack to chuckle amused when Danny huffed angrily and wrote 'liar' on the paper as he looked at them angrily and fresh tears escaped his eyes. "I'm not lying, Agent Taylor. He's right next door." Dr. Winters said kindly and then looked at his nurse.
"Want to see him. Don't believe you." Danny wrote as he looked at them untrustingly.
"Excuse me. Agent Taylor, they're not lying to you. My name is Nurse Vicky and I've been taking care of you and your friend since you came here. Your friend is resting comfortably next door, I promise." Nurse Vicky said very soothingly as she soothed Danny's head, causing Danny to shake out of relief as tears flowed freely his face. "Shhh. It's okay, sweetie. Agent Fitzgerald's okay. But I'm sure that he wouldn't want to see you like this. So, can you please calm down and let us help you?" She said very soothingly as she continued soothing Danny's head like a child.
"Take out. Can't breathe." Danny wrote of the horrid tube and Nurse Vicky softly soothed his face with a warm washcloth.
"Shhh. I know that you the tube is uncomfortable, sweetheart, but it's helping you breathe even though you think you can't. Listen, sweetie, if you want it out, you have to stay calm and let us help you, okay. All we want is to make you feel better and get you moved sooner. But that's not going to happen if you keep panicking. All that does is make you hurt yourself further, which means a longer stay here. If you stay calm and let us help you, the sooner Dr. Winters can help your pain go away and maybe, just maybe, he can remove the tube. So, what do you say, honey? Will you remain calm and not panic? Hmm?" Nurse Vicky said very soothingly.
"You stay with me?" Danny wrote as he shook and tears streamed down his face.
"I'm sorry, sweetie…" Nurse Vicky tried but couldn't continue when Dr. Winters cut her off and looked at Danny as he smiled.
"Agent Taylor, if I allow Nurse Vicky to stay with you while we run the tests, will you calm down and let us help you? Will you remain calm and not panic?" Dr. Wes said kindly as he smiled and Danny indicated yes with his index finger. "Very well, Agent Taylor. I'll make sure that she's allowed to remain by your side throughout your tests but you have to keep calm. Otherwise, I'll have to make her leave and give you something to sleep. Is that understood?" Dr. Winters said a bit sternly but caringly.
"Okay." Danny wrote as he sniffled very emotionally. "See family and friends?" Danny questioned with an emotional look on his face that made him look like a little kid.
"As I said before, if the tests show that you are improving and aren't in immediate danger, and if you keep calm, I'll allow you to have one visitor at a time but only for a few minutes. However, if I see that you become too anxious, I'll suspend all visits until further notice. For now, however, your friend has to leave the room." Dr. Winters said a bit seriously but kindly but Danny squeezed Jack's hand and became fearful.
"Shhh. Calm down, sweetie. You won't be alone, okay. I'll be right here with you. Just say goodbye to your friend so that he can go tell your other friends how you and Agent Fitzgerald are doing. You don't want them to worry more, right? I know that you don't want that. So, stay calm and let your friend go talk to the others." Nurse Vicky said caringly and fresh tears escaped Danny's eyes as he released his grip on Jack's hand.
"Just do what they tell you, Danny-boy. We'll be out there waiting to see you again, okay. I promise." Jack said caringly as he softly ruffled Danny's head and gently squeezed his hand. "All right. Well, I'm going to go back outside and leave you with this hottie, Nurse Vicky, so that she can take very good care of you and make you feel better in no time." Jack said with an evilly amused smile and Dr. Winters couldn't help but quietly chuckle very amused when Danny and Nurse Vicky's faces reddened furiously and Danny's eyes crinkled in mirth.
"Well, that certainly calmed him down." Dr. Winters quietly chuckled amused and Danny's eyes crinkled in mirth again.
"I thought so, lover boy. Look, I have to go now, Danny-boy, but try not to give nurse hottie here too much trouble, okay." Jack quipped amused and then both he and Dr. Winter quietly chuckled again when Nurse Vicky covered her face and reddened furiously. "All right. I better go. I leave you in very capable hands." He said amused and then left the room with Dr. Winters.
"Doc, how is Martin really doing?" Jack whispered very quietly as they stood in front of Martin's room.
"I didn't lie before to Agent Taylor. Agent Fitzgerald is still unconscious but he is slowly showing a bit of improvement now. I have to prepare for Agent Taylor but I'm going to ask Dr. London to come speak with you. In the meantime, I'm going to need you to wait outside." Dr. Winters said kindly as he patted Jack's shoulder and Jack went back to the waiting room.
"Jack, what happened? How's Danny?" Vivian said fearfully as she shook and tears stained her face, causing Jack to smile and embrace her carefully tight.
"Calm down, Viv. Danny's going to be okay. He just got spooked but we finally managed to calm him down when we told him that Martin was okay and that he was going to be in good hand with that hottie, Nurse Vicky. You should've seen him. The look on his face was priceless. Anyway, Dr. Winters kicked me out so that he could start running tests on Danny. He also said that he was going to ask Dr. London to come talk to us about Martin." Jack said with a small smile, causing everyone to laugh crying in relief.
"What about Martin, Jack?" Agent Chuck said concerned.
"Martin's still unconscious but they say that his health is improving and he's expected to recover. But we still have to wait for Dr. London." Jack said caringly as he smiled.
"But how can you be sure? Dr. London already said that Martin needed more blood." Sam said frustrated out of concern.
"Excuse me." Dr. London said kindly as he exited the ICU holding a chart. "Did I hear my name?" He said kindly and with a warm smile.
"Yes, Dr. London. How's my agent doing? I want the truth so don't' sugarcoat anything." Jack said somewhat defensively but respectfully.
"Calm down, Agent Malone. Agent Fitzgerald is critical at the moment but stable. He has a fever that we're keeping an eye on right now and he's also going to need more blood." Dr. London said gently.
"Is he going to wake up? What about his other injuries?" Jeff said concerned.
"Well…" Dr. London said gently and then read through Martin's chart. "Agent Fitzgerald suffered serious injuries, some which are infected right now. He's also going to need more blood. However, the severe internal bleeding, as well as the carotid bleeding both have been controlled." Dr. London explained gently.
"What about his lungs?" Viv said very concerned.
"We had to put in a chest tube and hooked him up to the ventilator. Now, I've ordered a blood gas and although it shows that he's not getting enough oxygen yet, the oxygen in his blood has gotten better." Dr. London explained gently.
"Is he going to wake up?" Jack asked seriously.
"Look, I know that things seem grim right now but I believe that Agent Fitzgerald will regain consciousness. You have to be very patient. Once he wakes up, I'll have to run some tests to make sure that he hasn't suffered any brain damage or other injuries that I'm not aware of. Now, I do have to ask. What happened to Agents Fitzgerald and Taylor? Agent Fitzgerald has severe bruising and inflammation, as well as burn marks all over his body. He's also got patches of missing hair that look as if they were torn out of his head. Now, Dr. Winters and I are working closely on both agents and he says that Agent Taylor has similar injuries." Dr. London said very concerned, causing Rafi to suddenly shriek furiously.
"Son of a bitch!" Rafi shrieked violently furious.
"Excuse me?" Dr. London said seriously and somewhat angrily.
"Rafi, calm down." Jack said harshly but with compassionate undertones. "He's not talking about you, Dr. London. Martin and Danny went hiking in the woods but apparently they got caught in the wraths of four sociopaths that tortured them and tried to kill them. But we don't know exactly what happened and we won't know until we talk to them." Jack said with a heavy sigh.
"That certainly explains their injuries. Listen, when they are stable and out of danger, Dr. Winters and I will allow you to see Agents Taylor and Fitzgerald. But I'm going to tell you right now, that given everything that's happened, their recovery is going to be very difficult. I'm going to inform Dr. Winters about what happened. I'm sure that he, like myself, is going to recommend psychiatric counseling starting the moment they get out of the ICU and into a regular room. For now, though, I'm going to continue monitoring Agent Fitzgerald very closely." Dr. London explained as gently as possible.
"What about the blood? When's Martin going to get it?" Sam said concerned.
"I'm going to need someone to sign a consent form and I'll have the nurse set everything up." Dr. London said gently but kindly.
"I can sign them. I'm his emergency contact." Jack said quickly as he grabbed Martin's chart and signed the consent forms.
"Very well. I'm going to call the blood bank to see if we have a match for Agent Fitzgerald's blood type. Otherwise…" Dr. London explained kindly but couldn't continue when the door to the ICU opened up.
"Excuse me, Dr. London. May I see you a moment?" A young nurse said concerned and he went inside with her, causing everyone to worry.
"What's going on?" Jack said seriously and somewhat angrily but fear was clearly evident in his voice, when Dr. London returned to the waiting room five minutes later.
"Calm down. Look, the nurse called me because Agent Fitzgerald has a high fever. You have to understand that his body is trying to fight off the infection he has, caused by his injuries. He's already being given powerful antibiotics and I just put a cooling system on him." Dr. London explained gently.
"What the hell is a cooling system?" Jeff said gruffly out of fear.
"A cooling system is basically a big, cold ice pack that goes on his body and also a cap that goes on his head. What that does is cut the fever and allows his body to cool down to his regular body temperature. Once that happens, it'll be removed. Look, I know that you're very upset but you should calm down. As I said before, I believe that Agent Fitzgerald is going to regain consciousness and make a full recovery. In the meantime, you should go home, get cleaned up, eat something, sleep for a while and then you can come back." Dr. London said kindly but the team shook their heads.
"Jack, the doc is right. Why don't you guys go home, get some rest and eat something? We'll stay here with Rafi and we won't let him go anywhere and we'll also keep an eye in our boys. "Agent Chuck tried but they shook their heads again. "Come on, Jack" He said concerned.
"I'm not leaving, chuck. Danny's in there scared out of his mind and he'll only come down with me and we can't leave Martin alone either." Jack said somewhat angrily.
"Excuse me. I'll be right back." Dr. London said kindly and then went inside, causing him to return several minutes later with Dr. Winters.
My colleague her tell me that you don't want to go home for a while. Dr. Winters said kindly.
"I told them that I'd stay with some of the others but he says that Danny's too scared." "Agent chuck said concerned and Dr. Winters suddenly chuckled softly.
"Please follow me." Dr. Winters softly chuckle amused and then led Agent chuck inside to Danny's room, causing him to shake a bit and pale when he saw Danny's body invaded by tubes and wires everywhere. "Calm down. He's going to be okay. Now, tell him what you told me. Talk to him. He can understand you." Dr.
Winters said kindly and Agent Chuck grabbed a hold of Danny's hand and tears escaped his eyes when Danny weakly squeezed his hand.
"Hey, Kiddo, you're awake." Agent Chuck said caringly, causing him to smile more when Danny's eye crinkled in mirth and he wagged his eyebrows as he looked towards Nurse Vicky and then back at him.
"Now does Agent Taylor look like he's afraid?" Dr. Winters said with a smile but Danny's eyes immediately furrowed in confusion as he released Agent Chuck's hand and pointed to Dr. Winters' lab coat. "Calm down, Agent Taylor. Don't exert yourself." He said kindly as he gave Danny a pen and pad to write on.
"What going on, Chuck Danny wrote on the note pad as he looked at Agent Chuck confused and somewhat fearful.
"Go ahead." Dr. Winters said kindly when he saw the apprehensive look on Agent Chuck's face.
"Well, kiddo, it's nothing bad. Look, it's just that Jack, Sam, Viv and Jeff have been here for two days with you and Martin. We've all been here but unlike your guys, some of us have rested, eaten, and freshened up. Now, I told your team to go home and get freshened up and maybe rest a little; that I'd stay here with Rafi and some of the other agents and NYPD and we'll look out for you and Martin. But they said that they're not going to leave you alone, especially when you're really upset." Agent Chuck explained as gently as possible but fresh tears escaped Danny's eyes.
"No, no, no. I'm sorry, kiddo. Please calm down and don't cry." Agent Chuck said a bit fearfully as he snagged Danny's wavering hand and Danny squeezed his hand.
"Let him stay too. But want to talk to Jack." Danny wrote on the note pad as fresh tears escaped his eyes.
"I understand, Agent Taylor, but if I'm going to do that you have to calm down. Your vitals are a bit unstable. I'm sure they're like that because you're emotional right now. But calm down. Otherwise, I can't allow anyone else in here." Dr. Winters said a bit sternly but compassionately and Danny eventually calmed down. "All right, Agent Taylor. I'll be right back with Agent Malone." He said kindly and then left and returned with Jack.
"What's wrong, Danny-boy? Did you lose control again? We had a deal, remember?" Jack said somewhat sternly out of fear as he stood beside Danny, causing Danny to look at him like an angry child as fresh tears escaped his and he sniffled emotionally.
"Team go home. Rest. Food. Chuck, stay here until come back and not tired anymore." Danny wrote on the note pad as he silently cried emotionally and sniffled, causing Jack to sigh very heavily and look at Agent Chuck angrily.
"What did you tell him, you little prick?" Jack said gruffly, causing Danny to weakly grab his arm.
"Leave Chuck alone. He right. Team too tired—no sleep, eat or bath. Go home before set off the smoke sprinklers. Stink." Danny wrote as he looked at Jack angrily but Jack couldn't help but laugh at the look on Danny's face and his note.
"I don't stink, you little prick." Jack quietly chuckled amused and Danny's eye crinkled in mirth. "Besides, I told you that I wasn't going to leave you alone and I'm not going to, Danny-boy." Jack said caringly and fresh tears escaped Danny's eyes as he wrote on the note pad again.
"Please go home. Team can't help me if get sick. Not alone. Chuck stay here. If don't go home and rest, eat, take bath, I quit job." Danny wrote as he looked at Jack hurt and tears stained every crevice of his face.
"Calm down. I'm not trying to upset you but I'm not going home and neither are the others. We're not going to leave you and Martin here alone. It's not going to happen." Jack said sternly but caringly.
"Damn it. Not alone, you asshole. Chuck and hottie Nurse Vicky take care me and Martin. Go home or I quit job, you jackass." Danny silently cried angrily as his vitals became unstable again and he grimaced in pain.
"All right, Danny. Calm down right now. We'll go home but only for a little while and then we'll come back, I promise. But you have to calm your ass down right now." Jack said sternly but Danny weakly shook his head, causing Nurse Vicky to softly soothe his face.
"Shhh. Calm down, sweetie. Remember what Dr. Winters told you. If you can't calm down, he's going to have to put you in a very deep sleep until you're completely out of danger. He doesn't want to do that and I don't want you to go through that either. Remember, Dr. Winters promised that I could stay with you and take care of you but that can't happen if you keep losing control. Please, let me help you, sweetie. I'm not going to let anything happen to you. I just want to help make you feel better so that you can get out of here sooner." Nurse Vicky said very soothingly as she softly soothed his face and head, causing Danny to calm down a bit but continue crying.
"Make team go home, rest, eat, both. Team tired. Can't help me if get sick. Don't want them get hurt." Danny wrote as tears flowed freely down his face.
"Agent Malone, please listen to him. Go home and get freshened up. Then, later on when you're rested, you can come back. He's very upset because he knows how long you've been here and he doesn't want you or the other members of your team to gets sick. Please. If there's any change in his or Agent Fitzgerald's condition, I'll let you know right away. But please don't upset him anymore." Nurse Vicky said as respectfully as possible as she continued softly soothing Danny's head and face.
"Please, Jack. Home. Team home. Too tired. No want get sick." Danny pled writing as he grabbed Jack's hand, causing Jack's heart to break.
"All right, Son. We'll go home to get cleaned up and then we'll come back. But you have to stay calm while we're gone. Do you promise that you're not going to lose control anymore?" Jack said compassionately and Danny weakly, but tightly, gripped his hand and blinked his eyes. "Okay. Then Chuck and the others will stay with Rafi and keep an eye on you and Martin." He said kindly.
"Where Rafi?" Danny wrote and looked at Jack as his brows furrowed in confusion.
"Rafi's outside in the waiting room, Danny." Jack said kindly as he smiled softly.
"He can't come in now because we're going to run the tests now. But afterwards, if your health improves, I'll allow you to have visitors again. In the meantime, say goodbye to your friends." Dr. Winters said kindly.
"Bye." Danny wrote sadly as fresh tears escaped his eyes, causing Dr. Winters, Jack and Agent Chuck to go back to the waiting room. "Well, you read what Agent Taylor wrote. He wants you and your team to go home." He said kindly.
"What?" Jeff, Sam and Viv clamored angrily.
"Calm down. Danny wants us to go home and rest because we can't help if we get sick. He knows that we've been here since they got here. When I told him no, he freaked out. So, I promised him that Chuck and the others would stay here while we got freshened up." Jack said somewhat sternly but caringly.
"I don't care what you told him, Jack. I want to see my brother." Rafi said angrily.
"Rafi, cool off." Jack said harshly as he glared at Rafi. "Doc, there's one thing that I am concerned about." He said seriously concerned and everyone quieted down.
"What concerns you about Agent Taylor?" Dr. Winters said kindly.
"I'm worried about his writing. Danny's writing isn't coherent. He seems to be missing words and he can barely hold the pen in his hand." Jack said seriously concerned.
"Look, you have to give it time. The injuries that Agent Taylor received could've cost him his life. I'm surprised that he's even awake, much less communicating with us. After everything that's happened, there's no reason why Agent Taylor is alive right now. My colleagues and I were certain that he wasn't going to make it through the night. That being said, I know that you're concerned about Agent Taylor's cognitive and motor skills but you have to give it time. For the time being, however, after I run the tests I'm going to have a neurologist come down to see Agent Taylor. But all any of us can do now is wait and see what happens." Dr. Winters said kindly.
"Jack, you should go home already. If there's any change in our boys' conditions, I'll call you right away." Agent Chuck said compassionately.
"They can leave if they want, but I'm not going anywhere until I know that Martin's going to be okay." Sam said calmly but angrily, out of fear.
"Sam, please. You heard what Dr. London said, okay. Martin needs to have another transfusion but he's expected to make a full recovery. Now, please go home and get some rest. Danny's in there and keeps losing control because he doesn't want you guys to get sick. I swear on my life that I won't leave the boys here alone and that if there's any change on their condition, I'll be the first on to call you." Agent Chuck said caringly but Sam shook her head.
At that moment, the elevator opened. It was Captain Mike Randall with several officers.
"Agent Malone." Captain Randall said kindly as he shook Jack's hand.
"Doctor, these are men who are going to donate the blood that Martin needs." Jack said with a hint of hope in his voice.
"Well, that's good news. I'm going to have a nurse come to escort you downstairs. Then, we'll transfuse Agent Fitzgerald. Excuse me a moment." Dr. Winters said kindly and then left and returned several minutes later with Dr. London.
"Hello, I'm Dr. London. A nurse will be here in a few minutes to lead you downstairs." Dr. London said kindly to Captain Randall and the other officers, causing him to suddenly look at the team's exhausted face. "Agent Malone, I thought I heard you telling your agent that you were all going to go home and rest?" He said a bit seriously but kindly.
"I'm not going anywhere." Sam said through gritted teeth as tears escaped her eyes and she shook, causing Jack to take a gentle hold of her.
"Listen, I know that you're scared but Agents Taylor and Fitzgerald are going to be fine. So, please go home and rest, even if it's only for an hour. I promise you that I'll keep you updated on their conditions." Dr. London said compassionately.
After fifteen minutes of trying, Dr. London and Dr. Winters finally convinced the team to go home and rest. Once the team left, a nurse came and led Captain Randall and the other officers to have their blood drawn. After testing the blood, Martin was transfused.
Three hours had passed since Martin was given the transfusion. Agent Chuck and the other agents were guarding Rafi in the ICU waiting room when what happened next caused their hearts to drop to the floor.
All of a sudden, the monitors in Martin's room began shrilling violently, causing Dr. London and a flurry of nurses to run into the room with a crash cart.
Is this the end for Special Agent Martin Fitzgerald? Stay tuned to find out in the next chapter of 'Lost in the Woods'.