Kerry looked at her clock the hell had only lasted for a half hour, but it seemed like an eternity. Dave stared at the scalpel, he knew how sharp it was and how easy it cut the skin. Like cutting butter with a warm knife, but this wasn't butter, it was his skin. He swallowed hard knowing that soon he would see more of his blood floating on the floor.
"Pepe! Let the other doctors and nurses out!" Malucci yelled, he felt dizzy of this short sentence. He hated the feeling of being weak, helpless and soon to be dead.
Pepe grabbed the scalpel tighter and moved it over Dave's body. Where would it hurt most, but not kill him?. "Hey Cass, do you want to do this?" "You bet!" She smiled, "This will be so much fun Malucci!" "Screw you" Cleo looked shocked at Malucci, she couldn't understand how he could be so calm, when someone threatened him with a knife and other weapons.
Abby watched when Kovac intubated Carter, she checked his blood pressure, and notified Benton about it. Benton was opening Carter's back, there was no exit wound so the bullet was still inside John's body, but where? They wouldn't let them take him up to the OR, or X-ray so Benton had to use all his skills as a surgeon.
Cass took over the scalpel and made a little cut across his chest, not deep, but allowed a thin red line of blood colour his scrub top. He swallowed, he knew that this was the start of some painful hours, maybe his last. "Did that hurt Malucci?" Cass said smiling, "You will feel our anger" "Fucking bitch" Pepe lifted his fist and punched Malucci hard in the face. Blood started running out of his nose. "You are cowards as always, you beat only people who cant defend themselves" Malucci spat. "So you mean that?" Pepe took opened the restraints and continued speaking "Let's see if you have forgotten how to fight then."
Kerry looked at Malucci who stood up, apparently dizzy. His face was showed more anger and seriousness than she had ever seen on him before. "Pepe what are you doing?" Cass asked a little annoyed, Pepe always had to show himself in any possible way, and it irritated the hell out of her, but anyway she looked forward to see Malucci fighting again. It had always been intriguing to see him fight back in Italy, he was a good fighter.
The world seemed to spin around a lot, like he was on a kind of carousel, but this carousel wasn't funny, this carousel could cost him his life. He threw off his shirt, it would only be in the way. All the doctors around noticed some scars around on his muscular body, it seemed like this definitely not the first time he was hurt. "Ok, Malucci, hit me." Pepe said, this was going to be fun. Dave lifted his arm and punched Pepe hard in the face, they heard the sound of Pepe's nose breaking. "Yeah, that's it Malucci, come on hit me"
Benton looked carefully over Carter's spine, he was relieved to see that the bullet wasn't stuck anywhere in there, but where the hell was it? He had to find it quickly, it wasn't many units of bloods down here.
"How does it look dr.Benton?" Abby asked, she didn't know much about surgery.
"It doesn't seem like the bullet is in his spine, but we don't have many units of blood left." She looked down on Carter's pale face, during the last year his face had changed, it was still handsome, but it was weighted down of to many worries for one person, far too many. She looked down into the wound, a little thing that didn't seem like it belonged there caught her attention.
"Dr. Benton what is that?"
"Thanks Abby, you have found the bullet."
"So how does it look?"
"It have stopped at a rib, it seems like it haven't done any major damage to the spine."
By now the fight was gone far, They all could see that Malucci was a good fighter even with a wound in one arm. He hadn't been hit many times, but Pepe had. "Dave I start to get tired of this now, it was fun a while, but now I am tired of this." With these words he grabbed Malucci's wounded arm, and bent it. It felt like being shot over and over again. He screamed out in pain.
Jing-Mei wanted to stand up, stop this, but she knew that she couldn't. If she did she knew that the situation would be much worse for them all, how they treated Carter showed that. How was Carter? It had been a while since Benton and them started working on him, her thoughts were interrupted by a new piercing scream from Dave. She looked at him, he was down on his knees with the arm bent behind his back.
Pepe lifted his leg and kicked, kicked hard in Dave's chest. A new scream split the silence. Jing-Mei couldn't handle this, she stood up. "When are you going to stop torturing him." Cass looked shocked at her. "You have some nerve missy, If I was you I would sit down immediately and shut up." "Well, I'm not you, so stop torturing him" "Listen her missy, we can make your life into hell, so sit down, we'll stop when we are finished" And when he are dead Cass continued in he head. Jing-Mei sat down resentfully.
Benton started to sew up any intern damage. When suddenly:
"HE IS FLATTENING" Abby yelled. "Intern paddles!" Benton's forehead was quickly covered in sweat, come on Carter, don't give up on me! You have come to far to give up now. Come on! "Charge to 50!" "Charged to 50" "Clear" "Nothing" "Charge to 100" "Charged to 100" "Clear" They all started breathing again when the heartmonitor showed a sinusrythm.
Now Pepe wanted to Cass wanted to join in too, they both kicked and punched Malucci who was unconscious on the floor. They looked down on the body while they continued kicking him. Cass glanced down on the watch. "Pepe we have to leave!" "Why?" "The clock is 11.30 p.m." It didn't make much sense to the ER staff, but both Johnny, Jack and Pepe, seemed to be stressed by this fact.
"Tell Malucci that if he ever wakes up again, we will come after him, don't move until you have counted to thousand." They ran out of the hospital, and after a while they heard a car drive off. Quickly they had got Dave onto a gurney, he didn't look good. His face was swollen, bruised and he was bleeding from multiple cuts around his body.
They rolled him into a trauma room, where they starting looking over the injuries. Kerry rang to the police immediately.
Abby looked at Carter, "Dr. Benton how is he?" "I don't know, time will show, we just have to hope." Kovac suddenly noticed that there were lots of people in the trauma room next to this too. "Dr. Benton, I think the danger is over" He pointed at the room.
Corday was checking for any damages, when she heard Dave vomit. "He is vomiting! Roll him over!" When they did, the food Dave had eaten for breakfast came out, but the worst sight was all the blood who was mixed with it. Suddenly Dave opened his eyes, he looked around clearly confused. "Dave, they have left" "Who?" "We're going to take good care of you Dave" "Who.............is Dave?" He was having trouble remembering words. He closed his eyed again. Corday looked at him, his was almost blue of bruises, and dried blood made the sight even worse. They took the necessary X-rays and scans, before wheeling him down again. By now the police had come, they were questioning everyone, to get best descriptions possible. Haleh was busy trying to comfort Chuny and Connie who was crying, they were almost in shock.
"It is over now" Suddenly a flash of a blitz lightened the room, Haleh looked up, at least twelve photographers were taking pictures.
Haleh's face darkened, newspapers never could let people be alone. "Get out of here now! Don't you think this people have suffered enough without you photographing their tears!" She chased them outside, but she knew they would come back.
Corday looked at the X-rays, he had some broken ribs, but she was most worried for his brain. It wasn't any clear signs that anything was broken, but something's time just had to show.
Benton and Abby rolled Carter up to the ICU, He had still not woken up. "Page me instantly when he wakes up" If he wakes up Benton though. The nurse nodded and he left the room, medically everything seemed to be okay with Carter, he just wondered if Carter would handle another recovery. Those bastards, if he ever got his hands on those guys.... Abby looked at the pale figure in the bed, it wasn't long ago since he was lying there like this, but then he was at least awake.
After talking with the police Kerry walked into the room were Corday was sewing up his arm. "How is he?" "He woke up a minute, confused. But since that he have been lying still." "I never thought Dave would be involved with something like this." "it seemed like he have been trying to get out a long time" "I always thought he just was a irritating yuppie." Corday looked at him, we have to get him up to the ICU.
Abby grabbed Carter's hand, at least he wasn't in a coma. Suddenly she saw his eyes flicker, before he opened them completely. He looked around, "Abby?" "Hey Carter, how are you feeling?" "My back hurts" "I know, do you want any painkillers?" "No!" "I'm just going to call for Benton, he was worried for you." "Abby, promise me that they don't give me any painkillers, I don't think I can handle that." He looked pleading at her with his brown puppy-eyes. "I am going to tell them not to. Relax Carter, you need sleep" "Thanks Abby, how is Dave?"
"Pepe! Let the other doctors and nurses out!" Malucci yelled, he felt dizzy of this short sentence. He hated the feeling of being weak, helpless and soon to be dead.
Pepe grabbed the scalpel tighter and moved it over Dave's body. Where would it hurt most, but not kill him?. "Hey Cass, do you want to do this?" "You bet!" She smiled, "This will be so much fun Malucci!" "Screw you" Cleo looked shocked at Malucci, she couldn't understand how he could be so calm, when someone threatened him with a knife and other weapons.
Abby watched when Kovac intubated Carter, she checked his blood pressure, and notified Benton about it. Benton was opening Carter's back, there was no exit wound so the bullet was still inside John's body, but where? They wouldn't let them take him up to the OR, or X-ray so Benton had to use all his skills as a surgeon.
Cass took over the scalpel and made a little cut across his chest, not deep, but allowed a thin red line of blood colour his scrub top. He swallowed, he knew that this was the start of some painful hours, maybe his last. "Did that hurt Malucci?" Cass said smiling, "You will feel our anger" "Fucking bitch" Pepe lifted his fist and punched Malucci hard in the face. Blood started running out of his nose. "You are cowards as always, you beat only people who cant defend themselves" Malucci spat. "So you mean that?" Pepe took opened the restraints and continued speaking "Let's see if you have forgotten how to fight then."
Kerry looked at Malucci who stood up, apparently dizzy. His face was showed more anger and seriousness than she had ever seen on him before. "Pepe what are you doing?" Cass asked a little annoyed, Pepe always had to show himself in any possible way, and it irritated the hell out of her, but anyway she looked forward to see Malucci fighting again. It had always been intriguing to see him fight back in Italy, he was a good fighter.
The world seemed to spin around a lot, like he was on a kind of carousel, but this carousel wasn't funny, this carousel could cost him his life. He threw off his shirt, it would only be in the way. All the doctors around noticed some scars around on his muscular body, it seemed like this definitely not the first time he was hurt. "Ok, Malucci, hit me." Pepe said, this was going to be fun. Dave lifted his arm and punched Pepe hard in the face, they heard the sound of Pepe's nose breaking. "Yeah, that's it Malucci, come on hit me"
Benton looked carefully over Carter's spine, he was relieved to see that the bullet wasn't stuck anywhere in there, but where the hell was it? He had to find it quickly, it wasn't many units of bloods down here.
"How does it look dr.Benton?" Abby asked, she didn't know much about surgery.
"It doesn't seem like the bullet is in his spine, but we don't have many units of blood left." She looked down on Carter's pale face, during the last year his face had changed, it was still handsome, but it was weighted down of to many worries for one person, far too many. She looked down into the wound, a little thing that didn't seem like it belonged there caught her attention.
"Dr. Benton what is that?"
"Thanks Abby, you have found the bullet."
"So how does it look?"
"It have stopped at a rib, it seems like it haven't done any major damage to the spine."
By now the fight was gone far, They all could see that Malucci was a good fighter even with a wound in one arm. He hadn't been hit many times, but Pepe had. "Dave I start to get tired of this now, it was fun a while, but now I am tired of this." With these words he grabbed Malucci's wounded arm, and bent it. It felt like being shot over and over again. He screamed out in pain.
Jing-Mei wanted to stand up, stop this, but she knew that she couldn't. If she did she knew that the situation would be much worse for them all, how they treated Carter showed that. How was Carter? It had been a while since Benton and them started working on him, her thoughts were interrupted by a new piercing scream from Dave. She looked at him, he was down on his knees with the arm bent behind his back.
Pepe lifted his leg and kicked, kicked hard in Dave's chest. A new scream split the silence. Jing-Mei couldn't handle this, she stood up. "When are you going to stop torturing him." Cass looked shocked at her. "You have some nerve missy, If I was you I would sit down immediately and shut up." "Well, I'm not you, so stop torturing him" "Listen her missy, we can make your life into hell, so sit down, we'll stop when we are finished" And when he are dead Cass continued in he head. Jing-Mei sat down resentfully.
Benton started to sew up any intern damage. When suddenly:
"HE IS FLATTENING" Abby yelled. "Intern paddles!" Benton's forehead was quickly covered in sweat, come on Carter, don't give up on me! You have come to far to give up now. Come on! "Charge to 50!" "Charged to 50" "Clear" "Nothing" "Charge to 100" "Charged to 100" "Clear" They all started breathing again when the heartmonitor showed a sinusrythm.
Now Pepe wanted to Cass wanted to join in too, they both kicked and punched Malucci who was unconscious on the floor. They looked down on the body while they continued kicking him. Cass glanced down on the watch. "Pepe we have to leave!" "Why?" "The clock is 11.30 p.m." It didn't make much sense to the ER staff, but both Johnny, Jack and Pepe, seemed to be stressed by this fact.
"Tell Malucci that if he ever wakes up again, we will come after him, don't move until you have counted to thousand." They ran out of the hospital, and after a while they heard a car drive off. Quickly they had got Dave onto a gurney, he didn't look good. His face was swollen, bruised and he was bleeding from multiple cuts around his body.
They rolled him into a trauma room, where they starting looking over the injuries. Kerry rang to the police immediately.
Abby looked at Carter, "Dr. Benton how is he?" "I don't know, time will show, we just have to hope." Kovac suddenly noticed that there were lots of people in the trauma room next to this too. "Dr. Benton, I think the danger is over" He pointed at the room.
Corday was checking for any damages, when she heard Dave vomit. "He is vomiting! Roll him over!" When they did, the food Dave had eaten for breakfast came out, but the worst sight was all the blood who was mixed with it. Suddenly Dave opened his eyes, he looked around clearly confused. "Dave, they have left" "Who?" "We're going to take good care of you Dave" "Who.............is Dave?" He was having trouble remembering words. He closed his eyed again. Corday looked at him, his was almost blue of bruises, and dried blood made the sight even worse. They took the necessary X-rays and scans, before wheeling him down again. By now the police had come, they were questioning everyone, to get best descriptions possible. Haleh was busy trying to comfort Chuny and Connie who was crying, they were almost in shock.
"It is over now" Suddenly a flash of a blitz lightened the room, Haleh looked up, at least twelve photographers were taking pictures.
Haleh's face darkened, newspapers never could let people be alone. "Get out of here now! Don't you think this people have suffered enough without you photographing their tears!" She chased them outside, but she knew they would come back.
Corday looked at the X-rays, he had some broken ribs, but she was most worried for his brain. It wasn't any clear signs that anything was broken, but something's time just had to show.
Benton and Abby rolled Carter up to the ICU, He had still not woken up. "Page me instantly when he wakes up" If he wakes up Benton though. The nurse nodded and he left the room, medically everything seemed to be okay with Carter, he just wondered if Carter would handle another recovery. Those bastards, if he ever got his hands on those guys.... Abby looked at the pale figure in the bed, it wasn't long ago since he was lying there like this, but then he was at least awake.
After talking with the police Kerry walked into the room were Corday was sewing up his arm. "How is he?" "He woke up a minute, confused. But since that he have been lying still." "I never thought Dave would be involved with something like this." "it seemed like he have been trying to get out a long time" "I always thought he just was a irritating yuppie." Corday looked at him, we have to get him up to the ICU.
Abby grabbed Carter's hand, at least he wasn't in a coma. Suddenly she saw his eyes flicker, before he opened them completely. He looked around, "Abby?" "Hey Carter, how are you feeling?" "My back hurts" "I know, do you want any painkillers?" "No!" "I'm just going to call for Benton, he was worried for you." "Abby, promise me that they don't give me any painkillers, I don't think I can handle that." He looked pleading at her with his brown puppy-eyes. "I am going to tell them not to. Relax Carter, you need sleep" "Thanks Abby, how is Dave?"