Change of situation - SVU
Chapter 10
They were greeted at the hospital by Mary, George Sr and Cody Novak, relief was evident on their face when they spotted Casey. Straight away Casey found herself embraced by her sobbing mother, being checked over by her before being allowed to be guided away by the doctors for a full check up. Even in her mother's embrace Casey felt guilty, knowing that she was there and Amy was somewhere else simply made the guilt increase.
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"Thank god she's safe." Cody sighed sitting down in a chair next to his father; Olivia could see how happy he was to know that his twin sister was ok. The four remained in silence for a few moments before George asked after his youngest child as if suddenly remembering her.
"How come she's not here?" Cody asked his face full of confusion, he only just registered that his younger sister's name hadn't been mentioned. Olivia couldn't work out how to respond, luckily the doctor emerged saying that they could go in and see Casey diverting their attention away from Amy.
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Olivia guessed that they'd given the woman something to calm her down but tears still continued to stream down her face, looking at her mother Casey simply said she was sorry before sobbing even more. At that Cody left the room, he couldn't bear to see his twin in such a state, Casey was a broken woman. Olivia left the 3 of them in the room and went outside to sit next to Cody who had his head in his hands.
"If she's that bad Christ knows what happened to them." He sighed before asking Olivia what state Amy was in.
"I don't know, I didn't see her." Was Olivia's honest response and following Eliot's reaction she wasn't about to guess, she'd never seen him react that way and as a result was full of dread. "But it wasn't good." She added and Cody nodded, his eyes red from crying and his heart breaking just that little bit more as he tried to process what had happened to his sisters.
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After what seemed like an eternity they moved Amy, they couldn't move her until they stabilized her, but they couldn't stabilize her until her heart was beating again. Each time the defibrillator had been used to try restart her heart Eliot had cringed, holding his breath each time he'd heard the shocking noise. Then after what felt like ages there was the faint steady sound of a heartbeat, he'd never been so happy to hear a beep in his own life, but there it was, beep, beep, beep, beep. Slow, faint but there, she was still alive. Eliot, 2 paramedics, Munch and 2 of the SWAT team helped get her body onto a stretcher, moving her slowly through the house and gently placing her in the ambulance where her heart stopped beating again. Eliot held his breath as she was shocked yet again, this time her heart kicked in straight away and the order was given to speed to the hospital as fast as possible.
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Casey was placed in a drug induced sleep as she was too agitated to settle even with the sedation, she couldn't stop saying sorry and sobbing. It was difficult to watch, horrifying to try to imagine what she was going through, Olivia couldn't stand it so had to go and stand outside, calling Cragen for an update on how things were going back at the house as she hadn't heard anything from Eliot.
"What's happening?" Olivia asked hoping for some good news at long last.
"Eliot just left in the ambulance with her, she's very unstable, but clinging on," Cragen replied, his voice low and tired. "Olivia there's a strong chance she's not going to make it." He said with a sad sigh and Olivia leaned against the wall for support wondering how she was going to break the news to the people sat in the waiting room.
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Jack almost flew into the waiting room with Fin behind him, they'd managed to beat the ambulance, and straight away he was embraced by Cody who told him to be strong for their girl.
"They said she may not survive the journey." Jack replied, his words caused Mary to collapse back into her chair sobbing heavily, the emotions of the last few days truly overwhelming her. "At least the man responsible is dead." He added taking small comfort from that fact, he was trying desperately to be strong, the little information he'd been told crushing him, and from what he knew of Casey's condition he daren't think too much about the state his wife would be in when she did finally make it to the hospital.
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Eliot walking into the room 20 minutes later told them she'd arrived; his nod after Olivia asked him if she'd made it giving little reassurance to the family, they were preparing for the worst where Amy was concerned. Casey was still sleeping on a ward when the doctor told them Amy's heart had stopped again, but they'd restarted it and had rushed her into surgery to try and remove the two bullets that were still embedded in her leg and chest. Cody, Mary, George and the other Novak's took it in turns at Casey's bedside and the cold waiting room, Jack remained there constantly waiting for the doctor to arrive to tell them what was happening. He wasn't going anywhere without knowing what was happening to his wife.
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"Mr Grant we're sorry to inform you that your son was killed in an incident this afternoon." Cragen said taking a seat opposite the man who was chained to his chair. Don was surprised to note that his head dropped in sadness and a sigh quickly followed.
"Never was the most intelligent person." He said placing before asking how he died. Don watched the man's face with interest as he was told of the circumstances surrounding the death of his only child. Grants eyes lit up when he was told how his son had abducted the two women and had held them captive until his death. "He said he was going to get revenge, he should have planned it better." The cold voice added, for a second Don thought he was going to throw up but then he found his resolve, remembering what the man before him had done to his youngest detective.
"You tried to help though; we've found the evidence in the house proving you helped him. Letters on the best way to grab someone, the best rooms in the house to keep people. We got it all, and I'm going to make sure you spend the rest of your life rotting away in here with people knowing exactly what you did." With that Don stood up and stormed out, holding out his hand he found it was shaking slightly from anger, never before had he ever felt so much animosity towards a criminal. He was still concerned that after 4 hours there'd still been no update on Amy's condition.
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