Before I start this chapter, I'd just like to say:
Please read:
Guys, you know I appreciate the support, I receive with my stories, but recently been feeling quite low with the nasty comments. If you don't like something, don't read it. Beyond bored of explaining myself now and I'm sure you guys don't want to hear it.
Sweet - as - honey: Thank you for the review. I hope Ricky will be OK as well, you'll find out in this chapter if she is or not. Brax does love her and she loves him. You'll find out if they manage to save her in this chapter.
LindaAndrewsfan: I already knew about the rumour. I hope Emma doesn't leave, she is my favourite Emmerdale character and I've enjoyed having Gillian Kearney back on - screen.
Winnie the pooh: To say someone's work is shite? That's so rude. We all have opinions on what we like to read and what we don't like to read, but that was beyond rude. And as in saying: "I lost a mate, in Sarah, I don't know the girl and she doesn't know me. How can I be mates with someone I don't know?. And as for Linda, even though, she is in my chapters, well some of them, I wasn't a fan of the character.
I also just want to say a massive thank you to FrankElza as well, she's been a massive support to me, so for that, I thank you.
Guest: I'm NOT going to stop writing, just because someone has told me to. If you find it boring, don't read it. Getting really bored of explaining myself to be honest, because at the end of the day, I do not have anything to explain and I don't deserve this, I'll be honest, it is making me want to abandon this fanfic and I don't want to.
The Secret Life Of Casualty.
Chapter 244.
Brax raced to his car and him and Cal got in, Brax drove like an idiot in his haste to get to Ricky.
"Brax, slow down. " Cal said, he himself was sometimes known for his reckless driving, but he would never endanger somebody's else's life.
Brax wasn't listening, it was like there was a mantra going around in his mind, concern for the woman he loved and their son.
Please be ok, Rick, Case and I need you...
Brax parked up and Cal noticed the flames.
"Ricky's in there, " Brax panicked.
"We wait for the fire fighters. " Cal said.
Brax refused to hear of it and started looked around for ways to get inside the burning building. He tried the door, but it was locked. He run around the back and then saw Taylor through the window, she was smirking. Behind her back, she was holding something.
"Ricky!" He shouted, just as Taylor opened the door.
"Come near her and I'll shoot her, " Taylor threatened, bringing the gun out from behind her back. She pressed it to her head.
Cal put his hands up as he walked near the chair. "Taylor, let her go. "
"Get out of here, " Ricky's words were muffled by the gag.
"I'm not leaving here without you. " Cal told her as he slid to his knees as he tried to untie the rope that bound her hands together. But it was too tight. He moved to her head as he took the gag off her mouth, hanging loosely around her neck.
Taylor pressed the gun tighter, in to her head, Ricky squeezed her eyes shut.
There was a tussle with Taylor and the gun went off, Ricky screamed, as Cal fell to the floor, blood surrounding him.
"Cal. " Ricky shouted.
Paramedics had been called to the scene by Brax, as well as the fire department.
"Ambulance service. " Iain Dean, said.
"It's Cal. " Iain said quietly. Jez got to work, securing the doctor on to a spinal board and fitting him with a collar. Jez also radioed ahead to let the team know who the patient was. The stretcher was wheeled out of the warehouse and in to the back of the ambulance, while Brax worked on trying to continue to untie her. He managed to loosen her hands, and waist.
"Come here " He told her as he hugged her tight.
Ricky sobbed, burying her head in to Brax's chest.
The stretcher was wheeled out and Iain started giving out the information that was needed in order to treat Cal.
"This is Caleb Knight, 30, substained a head injury, GSC is 8, BP, 60/ 90. Sats 97% "
"This is Erica Sharpe, 27, in a distressed state, sustained burns in a fire. BP 60/ 90. GSC is 14. " said Dixie, pushing Ricky in a wheelchair.
Nate took care of Ricky, while Zoe took Cal in to RESUS with Robyn and Rita.
"Robyn, call theatre. " Said Zoe, realising that the blood wasn't going to stop. Robyn did as she was as she was asked, but she received bad news: the surgeons were backed up.
"Great. " Zoe rolled her eyes. She'd have to perform the surgery. She gowned up, along with Rita and Robyn. She picked up the scalpel and suction tube, as she began to clean up the blood. A look at the monitor, told her that he was stable.
Nate wheeled Ricky in to a cubicle and helped her on to the bed.
"Any pain?" He asked as he got the equipment ready.
"Yes" she whispered.
He lifted up the gown to see that her stitches were a mess. He took them out and cleaned the wound up. He cleaned and dressed her burns, he also got her fresh clothes to change in to. They were a pair of old scrubs, which Ricky found were several sizes too big for her, they belonged to an old nurse.
"I'll give you some antibiotics, in the meanwhile, try to relax. " Nate told her, but she knew that there was no chance of that happening.
Ricky hugged Casey to her as Ethan walked up to her. "Mummy's missed you, little man, " She murmured, pressing a kiss to his head.
"This is all your fault. " He was furious at her.
"I'm sorry. " Ricky said quietly. "I know it doesn't feel like I am, but I am. "
"I wish I'd stopped him coming after you, " Ethan said, his voice different from his usual nice and calm one.
"I wish you had, " Ricky told him, as far as she was concerned, she didn't deserved to be saved.
"If Cal dies. " As Ethan spoke, there was a lump in his throat as he couldn't bare thinking about loosing his brother, not after the deaths of Emile and Matilda.
"Erica, can you come with me, please?" Sergeant Emerson asked.
"Not, right now. " Ricky told the officer.
"It wasn't a request, you were the witness to a shooting. " Emerson warned her.
"Fine " She agreed, handing Casey to Brax and following him to Zoe's office, which Sergeant Emerson had permission to use.
"What happened?" Emerson asked, sitting on the chair.
"Cal's ex - girlfriend, Taylor kidnapped me, I wasn't sure why, she drove me to a warehouse and tied me up. She had a man with her,"
"Who?" Emerson questioned.
"Adam Sharpe, " Ricky answered.
"Where is he now?" Emerson questioned, already knowing what answer she was going to give from when he had interviewed her previously.
"I don't know, he took off. " Ricky sighed.
"Thank you, Miss Sharpe, "
Ricky left the office and headed over to where Brax was standing holding Casey in his arms. Nate come over and handed her the antibiotics that she'd need.
"Thanks Nate "
Once the surgery was over, Cal was placed in to an induced coma.
Ethan spent many nights at his brothers bedside, listening to the sound of the monitor and noise of the ventilator. He ignored Zoe's offer of "Letting her get him a coffee." or "Go home Ethan, get some rest, I'll call you if anything changes. "
"Ethan, I just wanted to say again how sorry I was. " Ricky had appeared at the door of Cal's room.
Ethan stared at her in anger: "He wouldn't be lying there, if it wasn't for you. "
"I know. "
"Look at him" Ethan gestured at him and Ricky winced to see that he had a bandage around his head, an NG tube up his nose, a pulse oximeter on his finger and a ventilator in his mouth.
"He's the only family I have left."
Ricky nodded. "I understand. " She said as she walked out of the room.
Ethan had almost given up hope of Cal waking up until one night, he started groaning at first, due to the tube in his mouth.
"It's OK, Cal. " Ethan whispered as Zoe come in to the room. She removed the tube.
A few weeks later, Cal and baby Evangelia had been discharged.
Taylor had been arrested, but Cal visited her one night, and when he had asked, why she'd done it, he got:
"I thought she'd take you away from me. " Taylor widened her eyes, looking exposed, Cal had previously thought that her blue eyes were pretty, but now, he realised that they were full of hatred.
"For Pete sake. " Cal rolled his eyes. He was a fool for believing that she had changed and that excuse was lame.
He stood up. "Goodbye, Taylor. "
"Cal, please, " She grabbed his arm. "We can work this out, "
Cal shook her off him as he left the prison, got in to his car and started the engine.
Cal had offered to drive Brax and Ricky to the airport.
Cal hugged her. "Keep in touch, yeah?"
Ricky nodded.
And watching the couple, walk off hand in hand, Cal knew that he would treasure the gift that Ricky had given him. Getting back in to his car, he drove home.
Picking up baby Evengelia, Cal wrapped the blanket around her and held her as he opened the door.
He lowered her in to his moses basket and jumped when the doorbell rang. He stood up and walked in to the hallway, answering the door. It was Ethan.
"Hey Cal. " Ethan greeted him.
"Hey Ethan "
"How are you?" He asked, walking in to the house.
"I'm fine, mate" He appreciated Ethan's concern for him.
Baby Evengelia began to whine. Cal picked her up out of the moss basket. It was white with pink blankets.
"Daddy's here, " Cal whispered, rocking her gently from side to side. It didn't matter what Taylor threw at him now that she was back inside, facing 25 years for unlawful kidnapping and causing Cal to be knocked unconscious as Cal knew that he would always have Ethan and his beloved daughter by his side. He placed her back in the cot and then headed to bed himself.
Cal screamed.
Ethan rubbed his eyes and moved over to Cal. "Cal, I think you've had a nightmare, it's ok," He said, stroking his hair.
Cal sat up, not used to Ethan comforting him, it was always him comforting Ethan, but he liked it.
The reunited couple stepped off the plane only to find Denny and Phoebe waiting for them. The girls hugged their friend.
"Come on," Brax rubbed her arm as she looked at him.
Brax had invited Ricky and little Casey to move back in to his studio flat with him once they were back in the Bay and Ricky had agreed.
Unlocking the door to the flat, she felt like she was stepping back in to time, in a way she was, there was the same sofa, same coffee table in the middle of the room.
Ricky went for a lie down, leaving Brax in charge of Casey as he wasn't needed at the restaraunt. She come down a few hours later, to see Brax giving Casey some toast.
"Hungry?"
"No. "
"You need to eat something, Ricky" Brax told her, he'd noticed how thin she'd gotten, obviously Taylor hadn't fed her or gave her any fluids.
"I'm not hungry" Ricky repeated.
"Listen to me, you've had an ordeal, but you do need to eat. "
"No, Brax,"
"How about I order us a pizza from Angelo's." Brax suggested.
Ricky shook her head. She stood up and walked out of the room, as Brax cleaned Casey up. She headed up the stairs and lay down on the bed.
She kept tossing and turning as memories haunted her.
Ricky burst in to tears as a trail of sweat inched down her back. She soon heard footsteps come up the stairs.
Brax kissed the top of her head, putting his arms around her, holding her close. "Rick, your safe, I'm not going to let anything happen to you. "
"I was scared, it brought back memories. "
Brax nodded. "I know. " Using the pad of his thumb, he wiped away his girlfriends tears.
Ricky text Cal, she felt guilty for him getting hurt while saving her.
"Hope your ok. x"
Ethan heard his brothers phone vibrate on the table. He reached for it and selected a new text:
"Cal never wants to see you again. "
Ethan knew that it was callous of him, but he couldn't risk him being hurt by her again.
Cal returned from his shower and was now dressed in a pair of jeans and a tee - shirt.
"Pub?" Cal asked, he'd asked Jessica to babysit and she'd agreed to.
"OK" Ethan replied, tying up the laces on his shoes and standing up, getting his wallet and putting his phone in his pocket.
Charlie, Rita, Jacob, Grace, Connie all held up a banner which read:
Jacob handed him a newspaper article which Cal saw was about him.
Doctor Saves Distressed Woman.
Caleb "Cal "Knight, 30, is a Knight in Shining Amour as he battled through flames to save a woman.
Erica "Ricky" Sharpe, 27, had been held hostage by Caleb's girlfriend, Taylor Ashbie. The woman had recently been a surrogate for the couple, after hearing they couldn't have children.
The baby, which was a girl, was delivered at Holby City Hospital.
The mum was snatched from her hospital bed and driven to an abandoned warehouse where she was tied up and starved.
Caleb tried to rescue her, only to be shot.
Erica is said to be resting at home, while Caleb is said to be back at work, but had been offered counselling if he wants it.
Cal blushed which was rare for the doctor, as he come to the end of the article.
Charlie ordered a drink for the brother.
"For the hero, Cal" He said.
"Thanks Charlie" Cal replied, taking a deep slug.
Ethan patted him on the back as he took a sip of his orange juice.
Cal unlocked the door and walked inside, thanking Jessica for looking after her. She nodded and made her way back to her house.
Cal woke with a hangover the next morning. He clutched his head as he sat up.
The door to his bedroom opened and Ethan appeared holding a glass of water and a packet of paracetamol which he held out to him.
"Thanks, Ethan " Cal said gratefully as he took the glass and tipped the white tablet in to his mouth. He waited for the tablet to kick in. But he knew it was his fault for drinking so much.
Evenlinga started to cry.
Ethan went to see to her, while Cal showered and put on his scrubs, all the while trying to ignore his pounding headache. The brothers left the flat, heading to work.
"Dr, Hardy, Dr. Knight, your late" Connie told them as she finally spotted the two doctors, walking in through the double doors.
"Sorry Mrs Beauchamp" Ethan said.
Connie sighed, she knew some of what Cal had been through recently. "Just don't let it happen again, "
"We won't, Mrs B" Cal said cheekily. Connie glared at him, but let it go, heading back to her office.
After treating patients, the two brothers took a break. And then Cal went to get his daughter from the crèche.
"She's so cute, " Robyn cooed, over her.
"She takes after her dad, " Cal joked.
"Careful, Cal, you might get a big head. "Ethan added in.
A Year Later:
Cal put the pink banner up in the living room and arranged the presents on the rug. He couldn't believe his little girl was a year old already. He was just finishing up, when he heard the doorbell ring.
"What are you doing here?" He asked.
"We thought we'd come over, if that's OK?" Ricky asked.
"Course" Cal nodded as she, Casey and Brax walked in.
"Look who it is, it's mum-" Cal said.
"I'm not her mum. " Ricky said as she punched him on the arm.
"Ow" Cal moaned.
"Did Taylor get her anything?" Ricky asked as she sipped at her larger.
Cal sat on the couch as he nodded, getting up from the couch and heading in to the kitchen, before coming back in with a parcel wrapped in pink paper.
"What is it?" Ricky asked.
Cal shrugged. "Haven't opened it"
"Have you told Ethan?"
Cal shook his head. "He thinks it was a bad idea Taylor and I getting back together"
"Ready?"
Ricky nodded as Brax appeared in the living room, she bid Cal goodbye and the couple headed back to the flat they were renting.
"Hungover?" Brax asked, as he put Casey down, in the cot.
"Yeah. "
Brax laughed before going to get her a glass of water and some paracetamol.
"Just put it down there. "
"What did your last slave die of?" Brax joked.
"Don't. " Ricky shook her head.
"What?" Brax asked.
"I still feel guilty that Cal got hurt. " Ricky told her.
"It wasn't your fault. " Brax told her.
"But it was Brax, if I had tried harder to escape, Cal wouldn't have been shot."
"It was Taylor's and Adam's fault. "
"Ethan blames me. " Ricky said.
"What do you mean?" Brax asked.
Ricky reached for her phone and went through her messages, finding the one that Ethan had sent. When she had, she handed over her phone, so that Brax could read it.
"Cal never wants to see you again. "
Brax saw red.
"Where are you going? "Ricky asked.
Brax ignored her.
"Don't do anything stupid. " She shouted after him. She heard the roar of his car leave the drive and she sighed.
"Dam it, Brax, " she muttered, getting out of bed.
"Oi. " He shouted, grabbing Ethan by his scrub top.
Cal walked up to him. "Get your hands off my brother."
"I will when he explains why he sent Ricky this," Brax replied, showing Cal the text.
Cal read it.
"She's a mate, Ethan" Cal told him.
"Sorry. " Ethan apologised.
"Blood And Sand. " Ricky whispered.
"What?" Ethan asked, confused.
Ricky smiled. "It means family. "
Brax put his arm around her "You've been spending too much time with me. "
Ricky hit him in the chest.
"Ow. " Brax mocked.
Evengelia began to cry then, Cal guessed she was hungry. He took her out of the car seat and then got the bottle out of the changing room. He walked in to the staff room and sat down on the couch, his brother and the couple followed him.
"No. " Ricky said.
"Why not?" Cal asked.
"Because it'll remind me of what I've let go of. " Ricky replied.
"Alright " Cal nodded as he placed the bottle in to her mouth. He watched as she sucked from it and then he lay her against her chest as he burped her and then wiped her dribbled milk up. He put her in her car seat and then gave her seat a small rock and grinned, before leaving her in the care of Jessica.
Ricky held Casey in her arms as she pressed a kiss to his forehead.
"Let's go home" Brax said as he put his arm around her and they began
The boys returned to their house and Cal put Evengelia in her cot in his bedroom, taking the monitor with him. He walked down the stairs and in to the living room.
"It's been a tough few days," Cal said as he flopped down on the couch.
"It has" Ethan agreed, with a sigh.
"What are you looking at?" Brax asked as he found Ricky sitting on the couch, in the living room.
Ricky handed him her camera as he took in the picture.
Brax asked a question, "Are you regretting it?" He asked.
"No. " Ricky said as Brax tucked a strand of hair behind her ear.
Brax didn't look convinced as she spoke. "I'm not, Brax. "
"You did a wonderful thing," Brax said.
"Thank you, " She dipped her head as Brax kissed her.
The couple headed up the stairs, Brax holding Ricky in his arms.
Cal had text Ricky about potentially getting the little ones together for a play date, but she wasn't so sure as she was tired. She text him back that she would think about it.
"Casey, be gentle" Ricky smiled as she watched hers and Brax's son play with Evengelia.
As the youngest began whimpering Cal took her inside and changed her, as the couple left, to go back to Australia.
Cal smiled to himself as he looked out of the window at the departing couple, then he looked down at the sleeping little girl in his arms, as he realised something: They would be forever bonded by the gift of life that Ricky had given him.
The end. Thank you for reading this story, I've had fun with it.
Next chapter: Sweet - as - honey's prompt. It shouldn't be too long as I have already written it, should be up within a day or two.
