Cat was holding on to Jade as she was terrified for Robbie's life. People were coming in and out of the operating room, bringing in labs, tests and other equipment. Lane immediately terminated, or at least halted the procedure, trying to repair up Robbie's latest examination around the cerebrum. Slowly he and Helen were able to clear his procedure, though it did nothing with Robbie's heart rate. In truth, it probably made him more or less vulnerable. Whatever it was that was causing the "stress" affected his brain and was now taking over his entire body.
"Oh chizz," Robbie's heart rate rapidly decreased. "Code blue people, code blue. Call in the medics from ER. Now!" Lane ordered his team.
"But Lane, shocking him might disrupt brain activity?" Helen spoke up. "It could mess up the entire study."
"It doesn't matter, we're desperate. We can't lose him!"
"Lose him?!" Cat wailed.
"Cat, please calm down," Jade held her ground.
"I can't calm down, Jade! Robbie's dying!"
Jade was shocked. No one dared to say the 'D' word and Cat, the most sensitive one in the room, the one most affected by it, had let the word slip.
Cat wanted to touch Robbie, to make sure he was still, dare she thought, alive, but Jade told her to stay put because his current state was serious.
Everyone was shuffling out of the room to desperately find help within the hospital. The same five doctors who started with Robbie were left alone less than a minute later.
Too soon, the sound no one wanted to hear rang in the operating room. Robbie was a flat line.
For a moment no one spoke, the white noise of the beeping monitor filling in the ominous silence.
"NOOOOO!" Cat cried out. "No! Robbie! Lane, do something!" Cat was about to run over to Robbie's side, but Jade and Helen grabbed a hold of her.
Lane picked up the phone and dialed ER. "Doctor Napper, special cases. We have a patient code blue, I'm going to need an AED team upstairs immediately. Patient has been flat for less than a minute, but we still might be able t- Cat, no!"
Lane saw that Cat managed to break free from Jade's grasp and rushed over to Robbie.
"Robbie, please, don't leave me! Please!" Cat helplessly pleaded.
But Robbie stayed motionless.
Lane rushed over to Cat and tried to pry her off of the table. But Cat, having some superhuman strength, did not lose contact with the table Robbie was currently laying on.
"No! Robbie needs me!" Cat swatted Lane away. She turned to Robbie and whispered to him, "I need you." She didn't know what else to do but lean down and place a kiss on Robbie's lips. The reason for it wasn't because she thought she could bring him back, but because she knew she might never get to kiss him ever again.
It lasted only about 2 seconds before Jade was able to tackle her away from the table. Cat was crying, struggling from her friend's permanent hold.
"Cat…" Jade looked at her, the other three doctor's staring as well.
However, through some miraculous means, the monitor developed a stutter.
"No way."
"How..?"
"That's impossible."
Robbie's heart rate had returned. Though slowly and barely rising, he had a pulse.
"Is he?" Jade started.
"No idea, I mean the monitor says so, but he looks stagnant," Lane was still not convinced.
Cat managed to get away from Jade's grasp a second time, though in her defense Jade was caught off guard in awe from Robbie's come back, and walked over to Robbie.
She examined his lifeless body. He really was motionless, with no sure sign he was really alive. Cat took a hold of his hand and squeezed it. It was cold and clammy on her warm skin. Maybe she would be able to pass along a mental message or warmth by contact of their skin, she hoped.
"Come on Robbie, stay with me," she mumbled.
She had hoped for him to speak up, but she knew that wouldn't be possible because he was still unconscious. Though what she got was much better. His hand reacted instead, and his fingers slowly curled to cup her hand as well. Lane and everyone in the room saw, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief. On top of that, Robbie's heart rate augmented more swiftly, bringing it almost back to normal.
"Thank you, Cat," Lane and everyone else said. They really were thankful that she somehow brought him back. He patted her on the shoulder and sat back down on his operating chair with the three other doctors.
"Jade please inform ER that we don't need any medical attention. Cat watch the monitor. Thanks," Helen informed the girls.
Jade placed the call, and while the phone was ringing, watched her friend stare vacantly at the screen.
"Cat?" was all she could think to say.
Cat's eyes started to water. She couldn't stand to be in the room any longer, so she stormed off.
"Hello, Doctor Napper's floor. Cancel the medics," Jade quickly muttered on the phone and hung up.
"Go," Lane nodded at Jade implying for her to see about Cat.
"You sure?"
"Yeah, we'll take it from here. Let her know we say thanks again," Lane despondently smiled.
So Jade left the room as well, searching for her redheaded friend.
A/N: Sorry this one was short. And ok I have a confession to make, this idea I took from an indie film I watched. You can really die from stress or other weakening emotions. and you can also die from disruptive brain damage. I asked my friend too, she's a doctor.
I'm going to be busy the next few days helping my family finish their move. I'm going to aim for updating on Sunday. You know, if the end of the world doesn't happen on Friday ;) For the record I don't believe that.
Anyway, have a nice weekend!
