Enter A Stranger
Part 15: Missin in Action
Note: I decided that I didn't like most of the events of "Rampage" so I am ignoring them. I might write something in about Carter/Abby or Chleo, but I haven't decided yet.
"She never showed up at Barnes," answered Elizabeth. "I'm worried about her Mark. Where could she be?"
"I don't know. Maybe she's out with Rob."
"She would have called." Elizabeth stood up and went to check the answering machine. "And there aren't any messages."
"I'm going to call Rob just to make sure." Mark picked up the phone and quickly dialed Rob's number. "Hey Rob, it's Mark."
"Oh hey Dr. Greene. What's going on?"
"Not much Rob. I have a question. Have you see Mykalla today?"
"Naw. I mean I talked to her this morning, and we're going out in a few hours. But I haven't seen her."
"That's what I was afraid of."
"Mark, what's going on?" asked Rob, getting worried. "Where's Mike?"
"We don't know."
"What do you mean you don't know where she is?" replied Rob, raising his voice. He was starting to get really worried about her.
"Mike took the ER to Barnes's earlier this afternoon but she never got there, that was over five hours ago. We don't know where she got to."
"I'm going to go out and look for her," decided Rob.
"No Rob, don't. It's a big city, you can't possibly find her by yourself. She'll probably try to call you, it would be better if you were there."
"Fine, fine. I'll stay here. But call me as soon as you know anything."
"I will Rob, I promise. Don't get to worried, okay?" Mark hung up the phone and sat down next to Elizabeth. "He hasn't talked to her since this morning. I don't know, Elizabeth."
Elizabeth rested her head on his shoulder. "What about calling the hospitals, see if she's there?"
"As much as I hope not, maybe we should. We can rule out County, they would call us before she would be through the door. I'll call Mercy first." After a miss with Mercy and another hospital they found her at Chicago Hope.
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Elizabeth ran into the ER of Chicago Hope while Mark parker. She was directed to one of the trama rooms. She stood inside the doorway not wanting to beleive it. One of the doctors came up behind her. "Excuse me, " she said and Elizabeth turned to face her. "I'm Dr. Lewis, ER Attending. I'm the doctor treating your sister."
"Dr. Corday, I'm a surgeon at County," she said introducing herself. "What happened to her?"
"We're not quite sure. Someone found her under the stairs of one of the EL stations and called the paramedics. She came in intebated with right pnumo-thorax. She's unconscious from a possible blow to the head. She's got a left tib/fib and a right wrist fracture, as well as multiple lacerations to her face, neck, and arms."
"Have you gotten any test results back?" asked Elizabeth, trying to act like a doctor instead of a worried realtive.
Dr. Lewis flipped open the chart and handed it to Elizabeth. "The ultrasound picked up no internal bleeding. Chest films showed no broken ribs. CBC, blood gas, Chem 7 were all normal. We're just waiting for the results of the head CT." ELizabeth handed the chart back to her. "As soon as we are sure there is no brain injury there is a bed in the ICU for her. If you want you can stay here with her."
"Thanks you. I jsut have to talk to my husband first." Elizabeth followed her out of the trama room and went over to where Mark was sitting in the waiting area.
When he saw her coming towards him, Mark stood up and went over the meet her. "Hey, it's going to be okay," he said as she buried her face in his shoulder. He wrapped his arms around her as she quietly cried. "It's going to be okay, Elizabeth. Trust me."
"How would you know Mark?" she said pulling back slightly. "she looks horrible, you didn't see it."
"I know Elizabeth, I know," he replied.
Elizabeth pulled away from Mark's grasp. "Maybe it would be better if someone was there when she wakes up."
"Go back there, and sit with her. I'll be there soon." Mark kissed her on the forhead befroe she went back to ther trama room. He sat down and dug his cell phone out of his pocket. He dialed ROb's number and waited for him to pick up. "Rob, it's Mark. You should get to Chicago Hope's ER right away."
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"Mark, what's going on?" asked Rob as he met Mark in the waiting area.
"I don't know the details, but you can go see her," replied Mark as he lead Rob to the trama room. When he saw Mykalla on the gurney, Rob ran next to the bed and took her hand. Mark stood behind Elizabeth holding her close.
About five minutes later Dr. Lewis returned with the results of the CT. "Dr. Corday, we have the results back." Mark and ELizabeth turned around to face her. "Mark? I didn't realize you were here."
"Susan?" replied Mark, slightly surprised. "Mykalla's my sister... what's tyhe results?" he said not wanting to get into a lengthy explaination.
"The head CT showed no intercranial hemoraging," replied Susan shaking off the shock of seeing Mark. "We're going to have to wait to see if there is any damage to brain function, but it's highly unlikely. THere's a bed in the ICU ready, we can move her up there now."
"Is she in any condition to be transferred to County?"
"Mark?" asked Elizabeth, a little concerned.
"I appreciate everything you've done Susan," replied Mark. "It's just that we both work at County and can be there if anythign changes. It's just more of a comfort to know that one of us is always there."
"I understand Mark. I'll get the paper work ready for you," answered Susan before leaving the room.
"Mark, who as that?" asked Elizabeth, noticing the tension between teh two.
"It's nothing to worry about right now, okay?" asnwered Mark avoiding the quesiton.
"So you're going to have her moved to County?" asked Rob, his voice filled withconcern and worry.
"Yes Rob," replied Elizabeth.
"Good. There's something about her being there that makes me feel a little better."
"Us too Rob," added Mark. "Us too."
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"Dr. Greene I thought you left for the weekend?" asked Dave as he helped Mark and Elizabeth move the gurney thri=ough the ER to the elevators. "You're back, Dr. Corday?"
"Dave, can can we just move this gurney as quickly as possible," suggested Mark.
"Sure thing. What's the big rush?"
Mark and Elizabeth looked at each other. "Can we just talk about this later." Dave was silent the rest of the way to the elevators.
"Dave," added Elizabeth as the doors opened. "When Rob gets here tell him we're up in the ICU."
The doors closed before Dave could respond and he turned to go back to the desk. Things were pretty slow so Dave started joking around with Randi. After about ten minutes Rob came into the ER and Dave went over to talk to him. "Hey man, what's up?"
"Dave. Where's Mykalla?" asked ROb, not in the mood for familarities.
"I haven't seen her. But Dr. Corday said to tell you that she and Mark are up in the ICU."
"Thanks Dave," replied Rob before he jogged tot he elevators. He decided not to wait for one and took the stairs two at a time. He reached the ICU floor and asked the charge nurse which room Mykalla was in.
"I'm sorry," she replied. "But it's family only."
"But, I'm her boyfriend," he replied.
"Which means you're not family. If you want you can wait over there," she said pointing to the chairs.
"Fine," said Rob giving in. "Could I just borrow the phone for a minute."
"Make if fast," she said handing him the reciever.
Rob dialed quickly and waited for the pickup. "Hey Mark, it's Rob. I'm having some problems getting into the room." Rub hung up and thanked the woman. He turned to go to chairs as Elizabeth came out into the hallway.
"Sandy," she said to the nurse at the desk. "Rob can come she her."
"Yes, Dr. Corday," she replied throwing Rob a look.
Rob entered the room and pulled a chair up next to the bed. He pushed the hair back from her face and took her hand in his. "How long is she going to be like this?" he asked.
"We don't know," replied Mark.
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The next few days passed with little change. Rob sent allthe time he wasn't in school at Mykalla's bedside. Elizabeth would spend the night sleeping in the chair, and Mark would be there through the day when it was slow downstairs. After word got around, many of the ER staff would stop up when then could, and they were always asking Mark if anything changed. BY Thursday it had become a disheartening ritual. Not having school on Friday, Rob decided to spend the night and let Elizabeth get some real sleep. At about two in the morning she was awaken by what she thought was Mark's pager. She mudged him awake to make him turn it off.
Mark picked up his pager which was not beeping. "Elizabeth answer the phone."
Realizing the mistake she made, she quickly picked up the phone. "Elizabeth, it's Rob," said the voice on the other end.
"What's wrong Rob?" she asked, expecting the worst.
"You guys better get down here, like now," he replied. "Someone's asking for you."
TO BE CONTINUED
Part 15: Missin in Action
Note: I decided that I didn't like most of the events of "Rampage" so I am ignoring them. I might write something in about Carter/Abby or Chleo, but I haven't decided yet.
"She never showed up at Barnes," answered Elizabeth. "I'm worried about her Mark. Where could she be?"
"I don't know. Maybe she's out with Rob."
"She would have called." Elizabeth stood up and went to check the answering machine. "And there aren't any messages."
"I'm going to call Rob just to make sure." Mark picked up the phone and quickly dialed Rob's number. "Hey Rob, it's Mark."
"Oh hey Dr. Greene. What's going on?"
"Not much Rob. I have a question. Have you see Mykalla today?"
"Naw. I mean I talked to her this morning, and we're going out in a few hours. But I haven't seen her."
"That's what I was afraid of."
"Mark, what's going on?" asked Rob, getting worried. "Where's Mike?"
"We don't know."
"What do you mean you don't know where she is?" replied Rob, raising his voice. He was starting to get really worried about her.
"Mike took the ER to Barnes's earlier this afternoon but she never got there, that was over five hours ago. We don't know where she got to."
"I'm going to go out and look for her," decided Rob.
"No Rob, don't. It's a big city, you can't possibly find her by yourself. She'll probably try to call you, it would be better if you were there."
"Fine, fine. I'll stay here. But call me as soon as you know anything."
"I will Rob, I promise. Don't get to worried, okay?" Mark hung up the phone and sat down next to Elizabeth. "He hasn't talked to her since this morning. I don't know, Elizabeth."
Elizabeth rested her head on his shoulder. "What about calling the hospitals, see if she's there?"
"As much as I hope not, maybe we should. We can rule out County, they would call us before she would be through the door. I'll call Mercy first." After a miss with Mercy and another hospital they found her at Chicago Hope.
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Elizabeth ran into the ER of Chicago Hope while Mark parker. She was directed to one of the trama rooms. She stood inside the doorway not wanting to beleive it. One of the doctors came up behind her. "Excuse me, " she said and Elizabeth turned to face her. "I'm Dr. Lewis, ER Attending. I'm the doctor treating your sister."
"Dr. Corday, I'm a surgeon at County," she said introducing herself. "What happened to her?"
"We're not quite sure. Someone found her under the stairs of one of the EL stations and called the paramedics. She came in intebated with right pnumo-thorax. She's unconscious from a possible blow to the head. She's got a left tib/fib and a right wrist fracture, as well as multiple lacerations to her face, neck, and arms."
"Have you gotten any test results back?" asked Elizabeth, trying to act like a doctor instead of a worried realtive.
Dr. Lewis flipped open the chart and handed it to Elizabeth. "The ultrasound picked up no internal bleeding. Chest films showed no broken ribs. CBC, blood gas, Chem 7 were all normal. We're just waiting for the results of the head CT." ELizabeth handed the chart back to her. "As soon as we are sure there is no brain injury there is a bed in the ICU for her. If you want you can stay here with her."
"Thanks you. I jsut have to talk to my husband first." Elizabeth followed her out of the trama room and went over to where Mark was sitting in the waiting area.
When he saw her coming towards him, Mark stood up and went over the meet her. "Hey, it's going to be okay," he said as she buried her face in his shoulder. He wrapped his arms around her as she quietly cried. "It's going to be okay, Elizabeth. Trust me."
"How would you know Mark?" she said pulling back slightly. "she looks horrible, you didn't see it."
"I know Elizabeth, I know," he replied.
Elizabeth pulled away from Mark's grasp. "Maybe it would be better if someone was there when she wakes up."
"Go back there, and sit with her. I'll be there soon." Mark kissed her on the forhead befroe she went back to ther trama room. He sat down and dug his cell phone out of his pocket. He dialed ROb's number and waited for him to pick up. "Rob, it's Mark. You should get to Chicago Hope's ER right away."
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"Mark, what's going on?" asked Rob as he met Mark in the waiting area.
"I don't know the details, but you can go see her," replied Mark as he lead Rob to the trama room. When he saw Mykalla on the gurney, Rob ran next to the bed and took her hand. Mark stood behind Elizabeth holding her close.
About five minutes later Dr. Lewis returned with the results of the CT. "Dr. Corday, we have the results back." Mark and ELizabeth turned around to face her. "Mark? I didn't realize you were here."
"Susan?" replied Mark, slightly surprised. "Mykalla's my sister... what's tyhe results?" he said not wanting to get into a lengthy explaination.
"The head CT showed no intercranial hemoraging," replied Susan shaking off the shock of seeing Mark. "We're going to have to wait to see if there is any damage to brain function, but it's highly unlikely. THere's a bed in the ICU ready, we can move her up there now."
"Is she in any condition to be transferred to County?"
"Mark?" asked Elizabeth, a little concerned.
"I appreciate everything you've done Susan," replied Mark. "It's just that we both work at County and can be there if anythign changes. It's just more of a comfort to know that one of us is always there."
"I understand Mark. I'll get the paper work ready for you," answered Susan before leaving the room.
"Mark, who as that?" asked Elizabeth, noticing the tension between teh two.
"It's nothing to worry about right now, okay?" asnwered Mark avoiding the quesiton.
"So you're going to have her moved to County?" asked Rob, his voice filled withconcern and worry.
"Yes Rob," replied Elizabeth.
"Good. There's something about her being there that makes me feel a little better."
"Us too Rob," added Mark. "Us too."
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"Dr. Greene I thought you left for the weekend?" asked Dave as he helped Mark and Elizabeth move the gurney thri=ough the ER to the elevators. "You're back, Dr. Corday?"
"Dave, can can we just move this gurney as quickly as possible," suggested Mark.
"Sure thing. What's the big rush?"
Mark and Elizabeth looked at each other. "Can we just talk about this later." Dave was silent the rest of the way to the elevators.
"Dave," added Elizabeth as the doors opened. "When Rob gets here tell him we're up in the ICU."
The doors closed before Dave could respond and he turned to go back to the desk. Things were pretty slow so Dave started joking around with Randi. After about ten minutes Rob came into the ER and Dave went over to talk to him. "Hey man, what's up?"
"Dave. Where's Mykalla?" asked ROb, not in the mood for familarities.
"I haven't seen her. But Dr. Corday said to tell you that she and Mark are up in the ICU."
"Thanks Dave," replied Rob before he jogged tot he elevators. He decided not to wait for one and took the stairs two at a time. He reached the ICU floor and asked the charge nurse which room Mykalla was in.
"I'm sorry," she replied. "But it's family only."
"But, I'm her boyfriend," he replied.
"Which means you're not family. If you want you can wait over there," she said pointing to the chairs.
"Fine," said Rob giving in. "Could I just borrow the phone for a minute."
"Make if fast," she said handing him the reciever.
Rob dialed quickly and waited for the pickup. "Hey Mark, it's Rob. I'm having some problems getting into the room." Rub hung up and thanked the woman. He turned to go to chairs as Elizabeth came out into the hallway.
"Sandy," she said to the nurse at the desk. "Rob can come she her."
"Yes, Dr. Corday," she replied throwing Rob a look.
Rob entered the room and pulled a chair up next to the bed. He pushed the hair back from her face and took her hand in his. "How long is she going to be like this?" he asked.
"We don't know," replied Mark.
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The next few days passed with little change. Rob sent allthe time he wasn't in school at Mykalla's bedside. Elizabeth would spend the night sleeping in the chair, and Mark would be there through the day when it was slow downstairs. After word got around, many of the ER staff would stop up when then could, and they were always asking Mark if anything changed. BY Thursday it had become a disheartening ritual. Not having school on Friday, Rob decided to spend the night and let Elizabeth get some real sleep. At about two in the morning she was awaken by what she thought was Mark's pager. She mudged him awake to make him turn it off.
Mark picked up his pager which was not beeping. "Elizabeth answer the phone."
Realizing the mistake she made, she quickly picked up the phone. "Elizabeth, it's Rob," said the voice on the other end.
"What's wrong Rob?" she asked, expecting the worst.
"You guys better get down here, like now," he replied. "Someone's asking for you."
TO BE CONTINUED