Ok I got this done pretty quick. All I had to do was type it. I hope it lives up to what you all expected. Once again, I apologize ahead for any inconsistencies. A few things to keep in mind. I've never been on an overturned school bus so if there are some things that don't appear right...oops. Also I know nothing about medical "stuff." I tried to steer clear of that but this being a show about doctors made it incredibly difficult to do...
Disclaimer: I love all the ER characters but unfortunately I don't own any of the characters in my story except for the kids and Leah, who came from the black hole that is my mind...
Kerry had given up trying to sleep. She sat at the desk waiting for news. 'I'm sure it just broke down,' she kept telling herself. But as she would say that she kept picturing a bus crashed into a tree, and Carter hurt, in need of medical attention. Carter blaming her for sending him. Carter...
"Dr. Weaver? Trauma coming in."
She looked at Randi wearily. "What is it?"
Randi looked at her shoes. "An overturned school bus."
Kerry's head snapped up. "Is it..."
"They didn't say. There's one major and four minor. ETA five minutes."
"Go find Dr. Greene and tell him."
"What about Dr. Benton?"
Kerry was about to tell her not to tell him when his voice came from behind her.
"What about Dr. Benton?"
"Go Randi," Kerry told her. She turned to Benton. "Peter, there's a trauma coming in."
He stared at her expectantly.
"An overturned school bus."
His eyes widened.
"There's no reason to assume that it's the one Carter is on," she said trying to be the voice of reason. "One major and four minors. ETA five minutes."
Benton stared at her then turned and walked quickly out the door to wait for the ambulances.
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Carter woke in the ambulance. He had an oxygen mask on. He reached up and moved it. "What hospital," he managed.
The EMT looked at him. "County is the closest. Stay with me sir. What's your name?"
Carter looked at him, he was so tired. He drifted back into unconsciousness despite the EMT's pleas.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Kerry joined Benton outside as he paced the sidewalk. "I didn't know you cared so much about him."
He stopped pacing and looked at her. He sighed. "Neither did I. But he's Carter you know?" He paused. "When I heard that he had been stabbed... It was like my whole world had just crumbled in around me. I couldn't lose him. Suddenly he was more than just my student, he was my friend."
Kerry smiled.
Just then two ambulances rolled up. Benton went to one, Kerry to the other. Mark and Malucci came out behind them.
One ambulance had two kids in it. The other a kid and a women. Benton let Malucci handle his and Kerry asked Mar to handle hers.
"Where's the major?" Kerry heard Benton ask an EMT.
"About two minutes behind us. They had to recessitate him at the site. He had a bad leg wound. Piece of glass sliced an artery. He's been losing blood since this afternoon. I don't think he's going to make it."
"Do you know his name?" Kerry asked, her stomach dropping.
"No, we helped get him out of the bus then took the kids. Sorry." She walked into the hospital.
Kerry looked at Benton. He looked like he was going to be sick. "Peter, there's no reason to think it's Carter. It might not even be the same bus."
Mark came and stood beside Kerry. "Do we know anything yet?"
She glanced at Benton who was standing completely still staring up the road. Kerry told Mark what the EMT had said.
The familiar sound of sirens caused them to look up. Kerry was used to sirens but these seemed very loud and bright compared to the ones she usually saw. Kerry watched with anticipation as the ambulance pulled up. She closed her eyes took a deep breath and rushed forward with Benton.
They opened the door and the EMTs rushed out unfolding the gurney. One was about to give the rundown when Benton yelled. "God Damnit Carter!"
Kerry fought back tears as they quickly walked the gurney into the hospital.
Mark took control. "Get him into Trauma 1 now!"
Kerry heard gasps as the hospital staff saw who was on the gurney.
Benton stayed by his side. "Carter? Carter can you hear me? Come on Carter!"
That voice. Carter recognized that voice. He slowly opened his eyes.
"One, two, three," Mark said as they moved him onto the table.
Carter could hear medical terms being yelled in all directions, but they were all blurred. The only voice he heard clearly was Benton's.
"Carter can you hear me?" Benton asked.
Carter nodded. Benton sounded worried. He could feel Kerry and Mark working on his leg. A sharp pain shot through his leg. He cried out in pain and grabbed Benton's hand. Carter moved the oxygen mask. "Tell... Emily... that I would... be proud... if she... became a doctor," he managed.
Kerry watched as Benton held Carter's hand. Carter looked at him his eyes pleading and full of panic and fear.
Then his eyes closed.
"He's crashing!" she yelled as the machines stared beeping.
"He's lost to much blood!" Mark said.
Kerry got out the paddles. "Clear!" Nothing. She had the nurse raise the setting. "Clear!" She breathed a sigh of relief when the machines beeped a steady rhythm.
Benton went back to holding Carter's hand. "Carter? Come on man. Wake up."
"Benton!" Mark called. "Help us with this artery!"
Benton let go of Carter's hand and went to work on his leg.
Carter opened his eyes again. He saw Mark, Kerry, and Benton working on his leg. He thought how easy it would be to die. Then he heard it again. Benton's voice calling to him.
Carter made up his mind. He couldn't die. Not now. And it wasn't because he was afraid to. He couldn't die because Benton was working on him. He knew Benton too well. If he died, Benton would blame himself. It wouldn't have been his fault but he would anyway. He didn't want to do that to Benton. He was going to fight.
"Let's get him up to the OR now!" Benton called.
They rolled Carter through the door where Mulucci, Chen, and Luka stood watching.
Benton got in the elevator, while Mark and Kerry watched. The doors closed.
Carter moved the mask from him mouth. "Benton I'll be fine," he whispered.
Benton looked down at him his face a mixture of emotions. "That's supposed to be my line."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Kerry sat down in a chair outside of Trauma 1. It took all the will power she had not to burst into tears.
"Kerry it's not your fault," Mark said, sitting down next to her.
"I put him on that bus Mark. He's been through so much already." She buried her head in her hands.
"Carter's strong. He'll be ok."
"Can you believe I was actually mad at him? I was angry at him because I didn't get to go home and he was sitting in that bus bleeding to death."
"I think we got him in time."
"Did you see the look in his eyes? He was looking at Benton. His eyes were full of fear and panic.?
Before Mark could answer he was interrupted by a little girl with large brown eyes. "Excuse me."
They both looked up. "I was looking for Dr. Carter. I wanted to make sure he was ok."
Kerry looked at Mark. She couldn't handle this right now.
Mark stood up and put his arm around her. "What's your name?" He asked leading her away.
"Emily."
Kerry's head jerked up. Carter had said something about Emily while he was in the trauma room.
"Emily?" she called.
Mark and Emily turned around. "Were you on the bus with Dr. Carter?"
Emily nodded.
"Come here Emily, let's talk."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Carter woke up in a hospital room. His leg really hurt.
He looked around the dark room and saw a figure slumped in the chair by his bed. He realized it was Kerry. She was asleep.
He turned his head and was surprised to see Benton sleeping in the other chair. "Wow I sure am popular." He muttered.
A sudden thought occurred to him and he felt his heart fly into his throat. "Benton?" he said out loud. "Benton?"
Benton woke with a start. Before he could say anything Carter spoke.
"You didn't give me any painkillers right?" His voice was tense.
"No, just aspirin."
Carter breathed a sigh of relief and ran his hand through his hair.
"You gave me a scare Carter."
"You saved my life you know."
"No I just did my job."
"No, I was going to give up. But you kept calling me, You wouldn't leave me in peace," He laughed lightly. "Just like when I was your student. I couldn't die because you didn't want me to."
Benton sat, in silence, unsure of what to say.
They heard Kerry stir. She pretended to just wake up. She felt bad about overhearing their conversation but she awoke in the middle of it.
"Hey Kerry," Carter said.
Benton stood up. "I need to go home for a bit before I have to come back for my shift. I'll come see you later." He walked out leaving Kerry alone with Carter.
Kerry stared at her hands. "I'm sorry John."
Carter was confused for a minute then it dawned on him. "You're not feeling guilty about this are you?"
She didn't say anything.
"Kerry it wasn't you're fault."
"I keep thinking what if I had gone."
"If you keep thinking what if you'll drive yourself crazy. I don't blame you. What I do blame you for is sticking my on a bus where the boys kept singing "99 Bottles of Slime on the Wall" over and over and over."
She smiled. "Speaking of kids, Emily came by to see you earlier."
His head perked up. "Really?"
"I told her what had happened and she wrote you note. She said she might come visit you soon.?"
Kerry handed him the note then left.
Carter unfolded it and read:
Dear Dr. Carter,
You didn't have to lie to me before. I know the real reason we didn't go to the ER.
But it's ok. I forgive you. If I had any doubt before, I'm definitely gong to be a doctor
now. Maybe even an ER doctor. Thank you for taking care of us. I know you'll be ok
because the doctor that was talking to me seems like she knows what she's doing. And
She cares about you a lot, I can see it in her eyes. Get better soon.
Love,
Emily
Disclaimer: I love all the ER characters but unfortunately I don't own any of the characters in my story except for the kids and Leah, who came from the black hole that is my mind...
Kerry had given up trying to sleep. She sat at the desk waiting for news. 'I'm sure it just broke down,' she kept telling herself. But as she would say that she kept picturing a bus crashed into a tree, and Carter hurt, in need of medical attention. Carter blaming her for sending him. Carter...
"Dr. Weaver? Trauma coming in."
She looked at Randi wearily. "What is it?"
Randi looked at her shoes. "An overturned school bus."
Kerry's head snapped up. "Is it..."
"They didn't say. There's one major and four minor. ETA five minutes."
"Go find Dr. Greene and tell him."
"What about Dr. Benton?"
Kerry was about to tell her not to tell him when his voice came from behind her.
"What about Dr. Benton?"
"Go Randi," Kerry told her. She turned to Benton. "Peter, there's a trauma coming in."
He stared at her expectantly.
"An overturned school bus."
His eyes widened.
"There's no reason to assume that it's the one Carter is on," she said trying to be the voice of reason. "One major and four minors. ETA five minutes."
Benton stared at her then turned and walked quickly out the door to wait for the ambulances.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Carter woke in the ambulance. He had an oxygen mask on. He reached up and moved it. "What hospital," he managed.
The EMT looked at him. "County is the closest. Stay with me sir. What's your name?"
Carter looked at him, he was so tired. He drifted back into unconsciousness despite the EMT's pleas.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Kerry joined Benton outside as he paced the sidewalk. "I didn't know you cared so much about him."
He stopped pacing and looked at her. He sighed. "Neither did I. But he's Carter you know?" He paused. "When I heard that he had been stabbed... It was like my whole world had just crumbled in around me. I couldn't lose him. Suddenly he was more than just my student, he was my friend."
Kerry smiled.
Just then two ambulances rolled up. Benton went to one, Kerry to the other. Mark and Malucci came out behind them.
One ambulance had two kids in it. The other a kid and a women. Benton let Malucci handle his and Kerry asked Mar to handle hers.
"Where's the major?" Kerry heard Benton ask an EMT.
"About two minutes behind us. They had to recessitate him at the site. He had a bad leg wound. Piece of glass sliced an artery. He's been losing blood since this afternoon. I don't think he's going to make it."
"Do you know his name?" Kerry asked, her stomach dropping.
"No, we helped get him out of the bus then took the kids. Sorry." She walked into the hospital.
Kerry looked at Benton. He looked like he was going to be sick. "Peter, there's no reason to think it's Carter. It might not even be the same bus."
Mark came and stood beside Kerry. "Do we know anything yet?"
She glanced at Benton who was standing completely still staring up the road. Kerry told Mark what the EMT had said.
The familiar sound of sirens caused them to look up. Kerry was used to sirens but these seemed very loud and bright compared to the ones she usually saw. Kerry watched with anticipation as the ambulance pulled up. She closed her eyes took a deep breath and rushed forward with Benton.
They opened the door and the EMTs rushed out unfolding the gurney. One was about to give the rundown when Benton yelled. "God Damnit Carter!"
Kerry fought back tears as they quickly walked the gurney into the hospital.
Mark took control. "Get him into Trauma 1 now!"
Kerry heard gasps as the hospital staff saw who was on the gurney.
Benton stayed by his side. "Carter? Carter can you hear me? Come on Carter!"
That voice. Carter recognized that voice. He slowly opened his eyes.
"One, two, three," Mark said as they moved him onto the table.
Carter could hear medical terms being yelled in all directions, but they were all blurred. The only voice he heard clearly was Benton's.
"Carter can you hear me?" Benton asked.
Carter nodded. Benton sounded worried. He could feel Kerry and Mark working on his leg. A sharp pain shot through his leg. He cried out in pain and grabbed Benton's hand. Carter moved the oxygen mask. "Tell... Emily... that I would... be proud... if she... became a doctor," he managed.
Kerry watched as Benton held Carter's hand. Carter looked at him his eyes pleading and full of panic and fear.
Then his eyes closed.
"He's crashing!" she yelled as the machines stared beeping.
"He's lost to much blood!" Mark said.
Kerry got out the paddles. "Clear!" Nothing. She had the nurse raise the setting. "Clear!" She breathed a sigh of relief when the machines beeped a steady rhythm.
Benton went back to holding Carter's hand. "Carter? Come on man. Wake up."
"Benton!" Mark called. "Help us with this artery!"
Benton let go of Carter's hand and went to work on his leg.
Carter opened his eyes again. He saw Mark, Kerry, and Benton working on his leg. He thought how easy it would be to die. Then he heard it again. Benton's voice calling to him.
Carter made up his mind. He couldn't die. Not now. And it wasn't because he was afraid to. He couldn't die because Benton was working on him. He knew Benton too well. If he died, Benton would blame himself. It wouldn't have been his fault but he would anyway. He didn't want to do that to Benton. He was going to fight.
"Let's get him up to the OR now!" Benton called.
They rolled Carter through the door where Mulucci, Chen, and Luka stood watching.
Benton got in the elevator, while Mark and Kerry watched. The doors closed.
Carter moved the mask from him mouth. "Benton I'll be fine," he whispered.
Benton looked down at him his face a mixture of emotions. "That's supposed to be my line."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Kerry sat down in a chair outside of Trauma 1. It took all the will power she had not to burst into tears.
"Kerry it's not your fault," Mark said, sitting down next to her.
"I put him on that bus Mark. He's been through so much already." She buried her head in her hands.
"Carter's strong. He'll be ok."
"Can you believe I was actually mad at him? I was angry at him because I didn't get to go home and he was sitting in that bus bleeding to death."
"I think we got him in time."
"Did you see the look in his eyes? He was looking at Benton. His eyes were full of fear and panic.?
Before Mark could answer he was interrupted by a little girl with large brown eyes. "Excuse me."
They both looked up. "I was looking for Dr. Carter. I wanted to make sure he was ok."
Kerry looked at Mark. She couldn't handle this right now.
Mark stood up and put his arm around her. "What's your name?" He asked leading her away.
"Emily."
Kerry's head jerked up. Carter had said something about Emily while he was in the trauma room.
"Emily?" she called.
Mark and Emily turned around. "Were you on the bus with Dr. Carter?"
Emily nodded.
"Come here Emily, let's talk."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Carter woke up in a hospital room. His leg really hurt.
He looked around the dark room and saw a figure slumped in the chair by his bed. He realized it was Kerry. She was asleep.
He turned his head and was surprised to see Benton sleeping in the other chair. "Wow I sure am popular." He muttered.
A sudden thought occurred to him and he felt his heart fly into his throat. "Benton?" he said out loud. "Benton?"
Benton woke with a start. Before he could say anything Carter spoke.
"You didn't give me any painkillers right?" His voice was tense.
"No, just aspirin."
Carter breathed a sigh of relief and ran his hand through his hair.
"You gave me a scare Carter."
"You saved my life you know."
"No I just did my job."
"No, I was going to give up. But you kept calling me, You wouldn't leave me in peace," He laughed lightly. "Just like when I was your student. I couldn't die because you didn't want me to."
Benton sat, in silence, unsure of what to say.
They heard Kerry stir. She pretended to just wake up. She felt bad about overhearing their conversation but she awoke in the middle of it.
"Hey Kerry," Carter said.
Benton stood up. "I need to go home for a bit before I have to come back for my shift. I'll come see you later." He walked out leaving Kerry alone with Carter.
Kerry stared at her hands. "I'm sorry John."
Carter was confused for a minute then it dawned on him. "You're not feeling guilty about this are you?"
She didn't say anything.
"Kerry it wasn't you're fault."
"I keep thinking what if I had gone."
"If you keep thinking what if you'll drive yourself crazy. I don't blame you. What I do blame you for is sticking my on a bus where the boys kept singing "99 Bottles of Slime on the Wall" over and over and over."
She smiled. "Speaking of kids, Emily came by to see you earlier."
His head perked up. "Really?"
"I told her what had happened and she wrote you note. She said she might come visit you soon.?"
Kerry handed him the note then left.
Carter unfolded it and read:
Dear Dr. Carter,
You didn't have to lie to me before. I know the real reason we didn't go to the ER.
But it's ok. I forgive you. If I had any doubt before, I'm definitely gong to be a doctor
now. Maybe even an ER doctor. Thank you for taking care of us. I know you'll be ok
because the doctor that was talking to me seems like she knows what she's doing. And
She cares about you a lot, I can see it in her eyes. Get better soon.
Love,
Emily
