At the hospital the gang were sitting in the waiting room. The doctor had told them that Emily was being given oxygen and was currently sleeping and was going to be fine in a day or 2. Mike on the other hand wasn't doing so good. He was shot in the chest, a couple of inches away from his heart and the doctor said he could go into cardiac arrest at any moment. He was in surgery, he had been for 2 hours. The bullet was removed but they are now working on his heart.
After 4 gruelling hours in surgery the doctor finally emerged and walked towards the waiting agents. All had hope in their eyes.
'Mike warren is out of surgery and into recovery. The surgery went well but it was touch and go, we lost him a couple of times but he was brought back. He is sleeping now but we are confident that he is going to be fine.' The doctor smiled at the sighs of relief coming from the others.
'Would you like to see him?' Without hesitation the agents followed the doctor down the hall into a small, dimly lit room where a pale and sleeping Mike was laying. He was breathing steadily through an oxygen mask and the machines were beeping at a steady pace.
The doctor left the room.
Charlie sat down on one side of the bed, grabbing his hand and kissing it. Briggs sat down on the other side and watched his friend breathing.
'What happened Mikey?' Charlie squeezed Mike's hand hoping he would wake up and answer.
They had been there for an hour without any response then finally it happened. Charlie could feel Mike's hand moving, twitching. She shot up out of the chair and looked at his eyes. The others were gathered around the bed with hope in their eyes. Their friend was finally waking up.
Mike's eyes started to twitch and then slowly opened. The lights were too bright for him and immediately shut them again. His eyes flickered open again and he noticed everybody standing there, except for one person. He started to get frustrated and stressed. The heart monitor was beating fast and the doctor came rushing in. The doctor gave Mike some morphine and it started to settle him.
'Hey Mike. Welcome back.' The doctor left the room again, knowing that Mike was fine now.
Briggs stood up from the chair and kissed Mike on his forehead. He was relieved that his friend, his brother, was back with them.
'Hey Mikey. How you feeling?' Charlie asked softly.
'Like shit.' Mike's voice was hoarse and his mouth was dry.
'Well were glad still with us.' Jakes commented from the end of the bed. Mike started to get stressed again and the others had to calm him down.
'Where's Emily.' Mike asked breathing heavily.
'She's fine Mike, she's been given oxygen and she's sleeping. Just relax.' Briggs put his hand on Mike's shoulder to try and calm him down.
'I want to see her. I need to know if she's okay.' Mike started to stand up but the others laid him back down again slowly.
'We will ask the doctor if she can come here.' Briggs stood up and headed out the door. He found the doctor and approached him cautiously
'My friend Mike Warren is very stressed at the moment, his daughter was taken in with him, Emily Warren. He wants to see her, is there any way for her to come and see him?'
'I will speak with the nurses and get back to you.' With that the doctor headed off down the hall. 40 minutes later, the doctor arrived pushing Emily in a wheelchair. The came into the room where the gang were and she immediately smiled when she saw everyone. Then she saw Mike, in bed, injured, looking pale, it scared her. Briggs picked her up out of the wheelchair and placed her carefully on the chair next to Mike.
Mike was beaming with happiness. His daughter was okay and they were reunited at last.
'Emily baby, I am so happy to see you. You scared me.' Mike couldn't stop kissing and cuddling her. He was just so happy that his daughter was okay and he was still alive to see her again. The others left the room to give the 2 some privacy.
'I am so scared daddy. That man hurt you and I don't want him to come back.' Emily started crying into Mike's side as she laid next to him on the bed on the opposite side to his wound.
'I know sweetie. He won't be coming back, the good guys got him and he's been locked away. You are safe and you will always will be.' Mike reassured her softly and slowly fell asleep with Emily already asleep next to him.