Title:Last Drink Tonight
Author:Nicksfriend
Disclaimer:I do not own or have any sort of connection to CBS or the CSI franchise...wish I did though it would be nice to have a little extra cash.
Summary: A trip to a missing person is interrupted by a drunk driver.
Desert Palm Hospital
Ambulances pulled into Desert Palm one after another, it had been a blood bath at Nick's house, the last ambulance held Nick, Dr Kasey and Warrick.
"I don't want him to enter the emergency room,regardless of protocol. He needs to go straight to a room. I want him in a quiet environment for a while, he deserves it." Dr Kasey argued with the attending ER physician,knowing what was best for his patient.
Nick was sound asleep but his body had curled into a fetal position,Dr Kasey knew that was a bad sign and he wanted him awake and talking as soon as possible, no new scars and from Warrick's recollection of events the only physical contact was when he pushed Rebecca down to the floor,the gunshot had hit her and not Nick.
The mental scars would be worse, Warrick had told him what he mother had informed him of and that was going to leave scars,John was Nick's father,not his brother,but in a way it made perfect sense.
The ER doctor lost the battle as Warrick and Dr Kasey pushed the stretcher past him and headed for the elevator.
Doctor Kasey went to the nurse's station after arriving tothe floor from which he had escaped earlier in the evening, the window had been nailed shut,they were expecting him, the sitter and Warrick assisted Nick into his bed and a nurse appeared behind them with soft restraints.
"The doctor ordered them.",she shrugged, reluctantly placing them on his wrists,feeling that the sitter would be all that was needed but she knew Dr Kasey and it would be a bargaining tool later to get Nick to do something,it was the plan,baby steps.
As she left the room she motioned for Warrick to follow, visitors too would be a treat for the patient, he would have to commit to something,maybe taking fluids or eating a bowl of soup, everything would need to be earned.
Charlie looked down at his patient and shook his head, at least he had heard that he had found his friend,he really felt bad for the guy,it had to be difficult to be in the hospital.
Nick opened his eyes,they were gummy,sticky and he felt distanced from where he was,as if he was no longer a part of what was happening.
Dr Kasey walked in and motioned for Charlie to step outside,"Nick, we need to talk, I know you are tired and the drugs are making you feel really bad right now but I need to talk to you." he reached over to bring Nick's face towards him,no resistance, the fight was gone.
"You've been through a lot tonight and from what Warrick told me it was worse than I expected,I know about your parents." he wanted his patient to respond,even if was in a negative way.
Nick closed his eyes,and in a small voice he spoke,"Just keep me drugged."
"You know I only drugged you to get you here,you will have to talk to me,drugs aren't the answer." He wanted Nick to be able to get into group sessions as soon as possible, he was thinking Nick could get past this but Nick had to believe it too.
He just starred off into nothingness,not giving anymore verbal response,not wanting to talk,not wanting to be a part of his life.
Dr Kasey had seen Nick depressed,but he was a little worried, the shock of the announcement from his mother, his grandmother, this might send Nick into a spiral that even he couldn't stop."Okay, I will allow you to sleep. It's late,so sleep Nick, I'll see you in the morning."
He did not respond,he just closed his eyes,going back to the darkness.
He walked over to the door,"I want him isolated until he talks to me again. Nobody,especially his father is allowed to enter." he left the room and walked back to the nurse's station to write the order.
Charlie took his seat,looking down at the torn man,he felt sorry for him,knowing that the way back to a normal life was not going to be an easy one.
Nick opened his eyes and saw the man whom he had tricked to escape earlier in the evening and knew he owed the man an apology,"I'm sorry." his voice was low but Charlie heard him speak.
"You owe me man. I will collect when you get better, I'm thinking a beer at Ted's,that would be good." he smiled down at the man.
Nick nodded,but he knew he probably would never get better,his mind was too tired,his world was upset down right now,tears ran down his face,a pain in his heart where there use to be some form of happiness,he felt defeated.
Charlie quickly picked up the man's sadness,"Must have been rough,finding out that your life is different than you always thought, I know it effected my world,I became a drug addict,a real loser but then I changed my life,I found something that was different and it gave me hope." he was emotional as he talked,his life had been rough and he too had been told a lie about his family, it wasn't exactly the same but he knew what his patient was feeling.
Dr Kasey had filled them all in on the case prior to their arrival back to the floor,he knew what Nick had learned about his parents and about his mother,grandmother getting shot and he knew it was taking a mental toll on the man lying in the bed,
He also knew that Nick had begged the crazy woman to shoot him,to end his pain,that had to be difficult moment for his friends to watch.
Nick had experience enough chatter and he just wanted to sleep,he really thought the drug idea might be a good one,just drug me into oblivious state of mind,make my mind dull and mind unable to feel. He attempted to turn over and discovered that his hands had been restrained."What the hell?" an angry look formed on his face.
"Dr Kasey ordered them,he's probably afraid for you after asking the woman to kill you,afraid that maybe you might try to harm yourself." he explained,hoping that his patient would understand.
"Take them off. Take them off now!" he was pulling at the restraints,the cloth now digging into his skin,"Now!" he demanded.
Charlie stood,he knew this would happen,it always happened,they didn't like restraints,"Listen,there on for the night, Dr Kasey won't order them removed until he knows you are not suicidal."
"I don't give a damn what Dr Kasey thinks, I want to leave and I want to leave right now!" he felt betrayed by the man whom he had moments before trusted.
Charlie reached over and hit the nurse call light,he needed assistance.
"I said let me loose, I won't be treated like an animal, I will not be treated like a damned piece of shit!!!" his weak voice had gained some power and the nurse entered with a little hesitation.
Nick was sitting himself up the bed,his hands restrained to the side of the bed, a surge of adrenaline had caused him to attempt to leave, even if he had to take the bed with him.
"Mr Stokes,you need to calm down or I will have to give you medication to assist you in calming down." she was attempting to get him to listen but he was now shaking the bed,Charlie was doing his best to restrain his hands to keep the ties from cutting into his skin but the man had a renewed strength and he was fighting with all he had to fight with,he wanted to leave.
"Call Dr Kasey,he needs to come and talk to Nick." Charlie called out to the frightened nurse,who immediately followed the command.
"Nick,calm down. You are mad,mad at what was done to you,the lies,you want it to all go away. What Rebecca did was wrong,what your parents did was wrong and you have the right to be mad at them,it's okay to be mad." he kept his voice calm, in control, not allowing the patient to see his impatience with the situation.
"I just want to die, just let me die dammit,please just let me die." then he quit fighting,quit moving,his body curled up into a fetal position, he started rocking himself,rocking away the pain,just as he had done as a child.
Charlie shook his head,Nick was in trouble,regression was a terrible thing to see with a patient who had suffered indescribable trauma,he would need all of his friends and his family.
Nickyfan wants to know what had caused the xrays to show abuse,well,no better time than the present....Next chapter!This is actually part of Nick's healing,he has to go through hell to get back to where he was in life,successful, if you can stay with me but I understand if you have to move past these next couple of chapters but it wiill be okay.
