A/N So, here I am again! Hopefully I won't have to rewrite the A/N this time! :-D Hope you enjoy the chapter! :-D

Mrs Cuckoo: I will have your character in it again. I was just trying to get all the casualties in, but now I've done that I'm going to start getting to know the characters a bit better, so you should all see the one/s you made again quite soon! :-D

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Sam walked back out into the ED, desperately trying not to cry.

"Come on Sam, you can do this," Sam said to herself as she walked. "You're strong remember!"

Sam went to the hospital entrance to find Dixie there wheeling another patient in.

"Who's this?" Sam asked.

"This is Gilbert Michaels, 12 years old," began Dixie. "He's got a broken arm and both his legs are broken. BP 140 over 60, GCS 7, stats 85%. We haven't found his family yet, but he has a card on him that says that he has autism. His mum's phone number is on there as well, so we'll try calling it. He's had 5mg of morphine and 200ml of saline."

Dixie then counted to three and Gilbert was moved over to a bed.

"Hello Gilbert, I'm Sam," began Sam. "I'm a doctor and I work here. I'm going to look after you OK?"

"OK," said Gilbert hesitantly after a few seconds.

"OK Gilbert, are you in any pain?" asked Sam.

"My arm hurts," said Gilbert. "And my legs."

"OK, let's get him 10mg of morphine," said Sam. She went to leave but Gilbert grabbed hold of her arm.

"It's OK Gilbert, the nurses will look after you," said Sam. "Jamie, Robyn, could you look after him?"

"OK," they said, and then went over to Gilbert.

"I'll be back later to check on you," said Sam, and then left resus.


Sam had just left resus when Jeff came in with another casualty.

"This is Kayla Baker, 18," said Jeff. "She's got a broken leg and possible spinal damage. BP 130 over 70, GCS 8, stats 90%. She's had 10mg of morphine and 500ml of saline. OK on three, one, two three." Everyone got round the bed and gently moved Kayla across.

"Hello Kayla, I'm Sam, I'm a doctor here," said Sam. "Are you in any pain?"

"I can't feel my legs," said Kayla worriedly.

"OK, um, Tess, could you book a CT scan please?" Sam asked.

"Sure," said Tess, and got onto the phone.

Sam then left resus again, hoping to get a break if there weren't any more patients. What she met outside was no better though. There were family members everywhere, shouting at the receptionists (who were getting the worst of it), arguing with doctors, trying to get into resus and to cubicles without permission, and bascially making a riot. Sam wanted to run away but she couldn't get anywhere. Instead she took a deep breath and got ready to shout.

"QUIET!" she yelled, and immediately everyone fell silent and looked at her.

"We understand that you want to see your family, but it's been very busy today so we need to make everything as ordered as possible," said Sam. "There is also a contagious illness going round the ED. We have put those affected away from everyone else, but we need to make sure that no one else catches it. So if you could line up nicely at reception I'm sure Noel and Louise will do their best to sort you out. OK?"

Everyone just nodded and mumbled 'yes' and then began to line up at reception.

"I never knew you had such a loud voice!" said Tom, coming up behind Sam and hugging her.

"I always did, and the army training helped as well," said Sam. "You're not much use as a major if you can't shout!"

"Fair point!" said Tom, and then he and Sam got back to work.


As Sam walked off she felt her knees go weak again and nearly fell over. When she had made them stronger again she went back to the staffroom to get a ten minute break. When she got in there she sat at the table like she had before and rested her head on her hands. She closed her eyes and began to slowly drift off to sleep...


Sam POV

I was running. I don't know why, I just was. I looked behind me. I was being chased, but I didn't know who was chasing me. I certainly didn't know why. I just knew that I had to keep running. I knew that if they caught me I would be dead...


Normal POV

"Tom, where's Sam?" Zoe asked when she passed him.

"I don't know," said Tom truthfully. "In fact, I haven't seen her for a couple of hours."

"Are you sure she didn't go home?" asked Zoe.

"Well if she did she didn't tell me," said Tom. "I'll go and look for her."

"OK," said Zoe, and Tom left to go and find Sam.


Sam POV

I was still running. I wanted to get to safety, for Tom to scoop me up in his arms and to hug me, but there was no one. Well, except the person chasing me, but they were hardly going to give me a hug! Suddenly I heard Tom's voice. I tried to run towards it but I didn't know where it was coming from. I stopped to try to work out where it was coming from, but that was a mistake. As soon as I stopped the person chasing me immediately caught up with me. He held a gun to my head and was about to shoot...


Normal POV

"Sam, wake up!" said Tom, shaking her shoulder to wake her up.

Sam woke up and screamed.

"Sam, Sam, it's OK, I'm here," said Tom. Sam stopped screaming and looked at him.

"Are you OK?" he asked.

"Y-y-yes, n-n-no, I-I-I don't know," Sam admitted, leaning back and resting on Tom.

He wrapped his arms around her protectively. "What happened?" he asked.

"I-I-I had another nightmare," said Sam.

"Why do you keep having them?" he asked.

"I don't know," said Sam, tears beginning to roll down her face. "I don't want to have them, but they won't stop."

"Come here," said Tom, opening his arms out. Sam stood up and turned around and he put his arms around her. He began to rub her back, trying to sooth her as she cried. Suddenly Sam's legs gave way, and he held her tightly. Sam whimpered.

"Shh, Sam, it's alright," said Tom. "I'll sit you on the floor OK?"

Sam nodded, and then Tom gently lowered him and Sam so that they were sitting on the floor.

"You OK?" he asked.

"I think so," said Sam. "My legs feel weird though."

"I think they just collapsed, they'll be alright in a minute or two," said Tom. He then looked at Sam closely. "Do you want to talk about the nightmare?"

"Yes," Sam almost whispered.

"What happened?" asked Tom softly.

"I was running," said Sam. "I don't know why, I just was. There was someone chasing me, but I didn't know who they were, and I didn't know why they were chasing me."

By this point Sam had started shaking, so Tom squeezed her hand reassuringly and hugged her tighter.

"I then heard your voice calling me, but I couldn't work out where it was coming from," said Sam. "I stopped for a second to work it out, but as soon as I did the person chasing me caught up with me. He held a gun to my head and was about to shoot me when I woke up. That's why I screamed when I woke up."

"Oh Sam," said Tom. Sam buried her head in his chest and he began to rub her back as she began to cry again. Sam then began to curl up, but Tom stopped her.

"Please Sam, don't," said Tom. "You know what happened last time."

"I'm trying not to," said Sam. She tensed up to stop her body from curling up, but it didn't work. Tom sensed this and took his hand off her back and put it on her legs, helping her to relax her muscles and curl up.

"It's OK, Sam, I can see that you need to," he said. "It's OK, I'll make sure that you don't squash the baby too much."

Sam didn't say anything, just curled up and laid her head on Tom's chest, letting out a sigh as she did so.


About ten minutes later Sam had nearly stopped crying when Zoe walked into the staffroom.

"There you are!" she said. She then blinked a few times to take into the scene before her: Sam and Tom sitting on the floor, Sam crying into Tom's chest. "Sam, are you OK?"

It took all of Tom's willpower not to say "No, she's not alright, which is why I asked you if she could go home earlier. She's exhausted and upset, and has just had a nightmare, so no Zoe, she's not alright!" Instead he turned to look at Zoe and said, "Not really, she's tired and had a nightmare. I was then trying to comfort her when her legs gave way, which is why we're sitting on the floor." All the time he spoke in a professional voice, trying not to let his anger at Zoe show.

"Oh, OK," said Zoe, trying not to let the shock she was feeling show on her face. "Are you alright now, because the ED's filling up again and we could really do with your help?"

"OK, we'll come in a minute," said Tom. Zoe nodded and left the room.

"Are you OK to stand up now?" Tom asked.

"I think so," said Sam. Tom stood up, and then helped Sam up as well.

"Well, I didn't fall over!" said Sam. She looked out into the ED and sighed. "I suppose we'd better get back to work then."

"Yeah," said Tom. Sam was about to go when Tom grabbed her arm. "Sam, can I just tell you something?"

"OK," said Sam, turning round to face him again.

"If you ever need anything, anything at all, I'll be here for you," Tom began. "No matter how small you think it is, I'll always help you. I'll never leave you like Dylan did, or not help you. Even if it's only a hug, I'll give you a hug, because I love you, Sam. You're the most special person in the world to me, don't forget that, and I'll always be here for you."

Tears began to run down Sam's face. She knew Tom cared, but to hear it like that was, well, amazing.

"Tom," she said, "can I ask a question?"

"What is it?" asked Tom.

"Can I have a hug?" she asked.

Tom didn't say anything, but instead enveloped her into a hug. Sam buried her head into his chest as she began to cry for what seemed like the hundredth time that day.

"Shh, Sam, it's alright, it's OK," said Tom. He held her tightly as she cried, and hoped that she would be alright soon.

A/N A whole other chapter and I still haven't got any family in! I will in the next chapter I promise (although you just have to love Tom's little speech: I thought it was really cute!)! Please read and review! :-D