A/N There will be some strong language in this chapter…thanks to Arcadia
..last chapter guys.. what will happen to Val and Tyler? Or Hank and Caitie? And where is Jamie?
Disclaimer: I do not own In A Heartbeat or any of it's characters or the title Hell and High Water, it's from ER.
May Day!
Ch. 7 - Resolutions
Part 1 - The Eye of the Storm
"Jamie?" Val called as she stepped into water. She saw the window, smashed. There'd be no way they could fix it. "Oh, God." she mumbled. Had he been swept into the raging water? Val jumped as Tyler gently touched her shoulder. "I can't find him."
"Fuck." Tyler said. "Let's go upstairs, away from the water. Maybe Jamie's just fooling around. He'll turn up." Tyler looked around at his home as he climbed the stairs. In the distance he saw himself at eight, playing catch with his father in the kitchen even after his mother had told them not too. He had been shocked when his dad started laughing after the baseball broke the window. He shook his head, the memory faded, this house was ruined, destroyed. There'd be nothing to come back too.
" Are you alright?" Val asked looking into his face. He nodded and then she took his hand.
* * *
"Caitie.." Hank started. He wanted to talk to her about what was happening between them.
"Not here, Hank. How about when we get home, you take me out, and we talk for hours?" Caitie replied smiling at him.
"Sounds like a plan."
"Good." she said. "I'm gonna go to bed."
Hank listened to what was going on around him. It seemed to him that the wind and the loud crashes of rain had stop or at least reduced. He was glad, maybe it would stop soon and this nightmare would be over. He wondered how he's friends were doing back at the house. Probably sleeping. He thought.
"Hank ,help me get the food from the storeroom. We're in the eye. The storm will stay quiet for awhile." Sam asked him.
* * *
"Are you sleeping, Tyler?" Val asked him as she nudged him. They were in Tyler's room. Val was sitting on a large chair in the darkness as she approached the bed. Tyler laid on his bed.
"Not anymore." he mumbled. "What's wrong?"
"Did you bring any food?" she asked realizing they hadn't eaten since noon yesterday.
"No, it's in the kitchen." he replied tuning on the flash light. "I'll go get some."
He made his was back down the stairs, the water had stopped rising, but it was at least 2 feet deep and who knows what electrical things could be in the water. He returned to Val and sighed. "I have some gum." They laughed for a few minutes and forgot about their fears.
* * *
Part 2- Hell and High Water
Hank listen again to the familiar sounds of the hurricane. He's heart ached with disappointment. Sam and Emilie talked about things with Hank as Caitie and Julianna slept nearby. Sam, talked about when he was a kid in 1935, where he was in a even worse hurricane, and how he joined WWII at the end of it in 1945. Emilie talked of her husband away, in a foreign country in the Middle East. Hank felt homesick for he's father. He know if anything ever happened to him he's dad would fall apart.
It was then that Hank felt something on he's forehead.
Blood.
* * *
Val and Tyler slept soundly in the room. They had switched positions, Val on the bed, while Tyler was on the chair. They didn't hear the tornado as it approached the house till it was too late.
"Val!" Tyler called out as he lost consciousness.
* * *
"You didn't hear the crash?" Emilie asked as she applied a cloth to Hank's forehead. Sam and Caitie tried to put the board back up, as rain fell into the room.
"No," Hank replied. "I wasn't thinking."
"Well, in any case you should be fine."
"Thank you." Hank smiled. "What about you, how are you doing?"
She felt her stomach. "I'm surprised all the excitement hasn't brought this baby in the world yet." she laughed." I guess it wants to stay in there for while."
* * *
Part 3- After the Darkness
Hank awoke and heard nothing. He felt the sun on his face.
"You're finally awake." Caitie replied. "Guess what, the storm's gone." Hank sat up. The door was open and he could see that the board on the windows had been taken off. He could see a clear sky. He felt like dancing.
"Breakfast is ready." she said pulling him up.
* * *
A dark haired boy laid unconscious in the hospital. No one know who he was, they found him in the waters a day ago. He must have been a tourist, no one recognized him from town. So, he was John Doe, who could possibly die alone.
* * *
Val, saw nothing but darkness. She didn't know how long she had been there. Were was Tyler? Nothing looked familiar anymore, her eyes were blurring. She fell back asleep.
* * *
Charlie Roth jumped as h heard the phone ring.
"Hello?" Alex asked as he picked up the phone and then quickly handed toward Charlie's direction. "Someone wants to talk to you."
"Daddy?" a voice cried over the phone.
"Oh, my God, Caitie? Are you alright?"
"I'm fine. We're at a police station. The flood finally subsided."
"How are the others?"
"Hank's ok. He wants to talk to he's dad, so I've got to go. I'll be home soon."
* * *
It took three days before they could go anywhere, and when they tried to call Tyler's, no one answered. Caitie and Hank sat on the bench in the station.
"We found you're friends."
* * *
After a tearful goodbye to Julianna, Emilie, and Sam, they had after all saved Hank and Caitie's lives, Hank paced frequently as they waited for the doctor to come in the waiting room.
"Hi, I'm Dr Stewards." Hank and Caitie walked towards him. " Ms. Linear was very lucky, she suffered some internally bleeding that we were able to repair, a fracture leg and a concussion. She should be fine in a couple of days." then eyes turned solemn. "Mr. Connell, however sustained a severe head injury that's putting pressure to the brain. Right now he's critical."
"And Jamie?"
"Excuse me?"
"James Waite, is he alright?"
"I don't know of a James Waite, here I'm sorry."
"What?" she turned to Hank ,he looked at the doctor. " Do you know where we could find out where he is?"
The doctor thought for a moment," We do have a John Doe here, who might be your friend." he motioned them to follow.
"You go check it out, Caitie. I'll call Tyler and Val's parents."
* * *
Caitie walked in the room, it was definitely Jamie. She would notice that black hair anywhere. However, he looked fragile and there were tubes hooked up to him.
"It's him." she whispered.
"He has severe hypothermia, and trouble breathing. We almost lost him, a few days ago. I'm hoping he's made it out of the worst of it."
* * *
Two months later:
It took along time for Tyler to recover and Jamie to regain his strength. Tyler still walked with a slight limp, because of the brain injury. But, miraculously they had made it. Val, was doing fine too, the cast was coming off soon.
"How about that date?" Caitie asked Hank one day after they had returned home.
"Let's go." he replied as they kissed.
* * *
A/N Please tell me what u think.
..last chapter guys.. what will happen to Val and Tyler? Or Hank and Caitie? And where is Jamie?
Disclaimer: I do not own In A Heartbeat or any of it's characters or the title Hell and High Water, it's from ER.
May Day!
Ch. 7 - Resolutions
Part 1 - The Eye of the Storm
"Jamie?" Val called as she stepped into water. She saw the window, smashed. There'd be no way they could fix it. "Oh, God." she mumbled. Had he been swept into the raging water? Val jumped as Tyler gently touched her shoulder. "I can't find him."
"Fuck." Tyler said. "Let's go upstairs, away from the water. Maybe Jamie's just fooling around. He'll turn up." Tyler looked around at his home as he climbed the stairs. In the distance he saw himself at eight, playing catch with his father in the kitchen even after his mother had told them not too. He had been shocked when his dad started laughing after the baseball broke the window. He shook his head, the memory faded, this house was ruined, destroyed. There'd be nothing to come back too.
" Are you alright?" Val asked looking into his face. He nodded and then she took his hand.
* * *
"Caitie.." Hank started. He wanted to talk to her about what was happening between them.
"Not here, Hank. How about when we get home, you take me out, and we talk for hours?" Caitie replied smiling at him.
"Sounds like a plan."
"Good." she said. "I'm gonna go to bed."
Hank listened to what was going on around him. It seemed to him that the wind and the loud crashes of rain had stop or at least reduced. He was glad, maybe it would stop soon and this nightmare would be over. He wondered how he's friends were doing back at the house. Probably sleeping. He thought.
"Hank ,help me get the food from the storeroom. We're in the eye. The storm will stay quiet for awhile." Sam asked him.
* * *
"Are you sleeping, Tyler?" Val asked him as she nudged him. They were in Tyler's room. Val was sitting on a large chair in the darkness as she approached the bed. Tyler laid on his bed.
"Not anymore." he mumbled. "What's wrong?"
"Did you bring any food?" she asked realizing they hadn't eaten since noon yesterday.
"No, it's in the kitchen." he replied tuning on the flash light. "I'll go get some."
He made his was back down the stairs, the water had stopped rising, but it was at least 2 feet deep and who knows what electrical things could be in the water. He returned to Val and sighed. "I have some gum." They laughed for a few minutes and forgot about their fears.
* * *
Part 2- Hell and High Water
Hank listen again to the familiar sounds of the hurricane. He's heart ached with disappointment. Sam and Emilie talked about things with Hank as Caitie and Julianna slept nearby. Sam, talked about when he was a kid in 1935, where he was in a even worse hurricane, and how he joined WWII at the end of it in 1945. Emilie talked of her husband away, in a foreign country in the Middle East. Hank felt homesick for he's father. He know if anything ever happened to him he's dad would fall apart.
It was then that Hank felt something on he's forehead.
Blood.
* * *
Val and Tyler slept soundly in the room. They had switched positions, Val on the bed, while Tyler was on the chair. They didn't hear the tornado as it approached the house till it was too late.
"Val!" Tyler called out as he lost consciousness.
* * *
"You didn't hear the crash?" Emilie asked as she applied a cloth to Hank's forehead. Sam and Caitie tried to put the board back up, as rain fell into the room.
"No," Hank replied. "I wasn't thinking."
"Well, in any case you should be fine."
"Thank you." Hank smiled. "What about you, how are you doing?"
She felt her stomach. "I'm surprised all the excitement hasn't brought this baby in the world yet." she laughed." I guess it wants to stay in there for while."
* * *
Part 3- After the Darkness
Hank awoke and heard nothing. He felt the sun on his face.
"You're finally awake." Caitie replied. "Guess what, the storm's gone." Hank sat up. The door was open and he could see that the board on the windows had been taken off. He could see a clear sky. He felt like dancing.
"Breakfast is ready." she said pulling him up.
* * *
A dark haired boy laid unconscious in the hospital. No one know who he was, they found him in the waters a day ago. He must have been a tourist, no one recognized him from town. So, he was John Doe, who could possibly die alone.
* * *
Val, saw nothing but darkness. She didn't know how long she had been there. Were was Tyler? Nothing looked familiar anymore, her eyes were blurring. She fell back asleep.
* * *
Charlie Roth jumped as h heard the phone ring.
"Hello?" Alex asked as he picked up the phone and then quickly handed toward Charlie's direction. "Someone wants to talk to you."
"Daddy?" a voice cried over the phone.
"Oh, my God, Caitie? Are you alright?"
"I'm fine. We're at a police station. The flood finally subsided."
"How are the others?"
"Hank's ok. He wants to talk to he's dad, so I've got to go. I'll be home soon."
* * *
It took three days before they could go anywhere, and when they tried to call Tyler's, no one answered. Caitie and Hank sat on the bench in the station.
"We found you're friends."
* * *
After a tearful goodbye to Julianna, Emilie, and Sam, they had after all saved Hank and Caitie's lives, Hank paced frequently as they waited for the doctor to come in the waiting room.
"Hi, I'm Dr Stewards." Hank and Caitie walked towards him. " Ms. Linear was very lucky, she suffered some internally bleeding that we were able to repair, a fracture leg and a concussion. She should be fine in a couple of days." then eyes turned solemn. "Mr. Connell, however sustained a severe head injury that's putting pressure to the brain. Right now he's critical."
"And Jamie?"
"Excuse me?"
"James Waite, is he alright?"
"I don't know of a James Waite, here I'm sorry."
"What?" she turned to Hank ,he looked at the doctor. " Do you know where we could find out where he is?"
The doctor thought for a moment," We do have a John Doe here, who might be your friend." he motioned them to follow.
"You go check it out, Caitie. I'll call Tyler and Val's parents."
* * *
Caitie walked in the room, it was definitely Jamie. She would notice that black hair anywhere. However, he looked fragile and there were tubes hooked up to him.
"It's him." she whispered.
"He has severe hypothermia, and trouble breathing. We almost lost him, a few days ago. I'm hoping he's made it out of the worst of it."
* * *
Two months later:
It took along time for Tyler to recover and Jamie to regain his strength. Tyler still walked with a slight limp, because of the brain injury. But, miraculously they had made it. Val, was doing fine too, the cast was coming off soon.
"How about that date?" Caitie asked Hank one day after they had returned home.
"Let's go." he replied as they kissed.
* * *
A/N Please tell me what u think.