Outside the various victims were being treated in the ambulances or sent off to hospital. The lady who had been vomiting had already been wired up to a drip and sent off to the closest one. Now the paramedics knew what the drug was it was easier for them to treat the victims.
Janet was with Nikki, she hadn't ever realised what a bad patient could be like until entering the ambulance with Nikki.
"I don't want to go to hospital on New Year's Eve." Nikki demanded.
"You must be able to superglue this cut, it's not deep, I'll suture it myself if you're going to be really fussy." She told Kev the ambulance guy and even he'd backed down and glued the cut and applied some steri strips.
"Now tell me how you got the cut." Kev asked politely.
"Haven't I told you already? I was been pulled about by two rugby playing terrorists, I tried to run into them and I failed, I fell and hit my head on the floor. Why do I keep having to go through all this?"
"Because there seem to be some inconsistencies, in your behaviour and I want to make entirely sure you have not got a serious concussion before I let you out of this ambulance."
"You were unconscious for a bit Nikki, it would be wise to listen to him." Janet suggested gingerly.
"I hit my head, no one's denying that, but look, do I have strangely dilated pupils, can I carry on a coherent conversation, I'm fine, now can you please, release me, or discharge me or whatever you do, I would very much like to go home and get some rest."
"Are you particularly tired?" probed Kev.
"It's nearly midnight, I've had a near miss in a taxi, been held hostage, and had a bump on the head, I'm just ordinarily tired and would really like to go home." Nikki reeled off and stared out of the door.
"A near miss in a taxi?" questioned Kev.
"Were you in a road traffic accident earlier?" he asked Janet.
"We skidded and bumped another taxi." Janet informed Kev.
"It was nothing really."
"Could she have hit her head then?" he asked.
"I don't think so, it wasn't a big bump." Janet confirmed.
"I am still here you know." Nikki said petulantly.
"Well I'm not happy..." Kev began, but then heard a fellow paramedic shouting his name.
"Hey, Kev, Mike give us a hand mate, I think this one's going into cardiac arrest."
"You'd better be here when I get back." Kev shouted and ran towards the other ambulance.
"Go find out who it is please," Nikki begged Janet.
"I'll stay here, I promise." said Nikki.
Janet was relieved to escape, if only for a brief while. She made a mental note, never to get into Nikki's bad books.