Sydney felt as if she had stared a hole through the waiting room clock. Suddenly, the door to the ER swung open and a doctor walked out. "Sydney Fox?" The man asked, looking around at the few people who were in the room. "Yes?" Sydney almost jumped out of her seat. "I'm Dr. Anthony Patcin. I've been working on Mr. Bailey." "How is he?" Sydney asked, anxiously. "The bullet is still lodged in his back. He needs surgery to have it removed." Dr. Patcin looked at a few papers on his clipboard before continuing. "There are three ways this could go: One, Nigel could pull through just fine and be back on his feet in a few months, two, Nigel could end up paralyzed for life, or three, He could die." Sydney slowly sat back down, forcing the tears back. "Could I see him?" She asked, looking back up at Dr. Patcin. "Yes, but just for a moment." Sydney followed Patcin into Nigel's room, where he was propped in a strange position to support his back. "Nigel, please." Sydney said quietly, "I need you. You have to pull through. You're my best friend." Without warning a young nurse walked in with a small tray in her hand. On the tray was a syringe and a small bottle. The nurse took the syringe and pulled some medicine out of the bottle. Avoiding Sydney's face, the nurse began injecting the medicine into Nigel's arm. "Sydney, you need to.Nurse, what are you doing?" Dr. Patcin looked at the bottle of medicine. "These shots weren't supervised, or approved!" The nurse looked at Sydney and took off running, with Syd on her heals. The nurse ran into a packed elevator and the doors closed on Sydney. Syd cursed under her breath and ran down the nearest stairs. The nurse was nowhere to be seen as Sydney hurried back up the stairs. "What happen?" Sydney almost screamed at Dr. Patcin as he rushed Nigel back into the ER. "Something in the medicine that nurse had side affects with other meds already in him. They caused him to go into shock, and he just started these seizures." Sydney looked down the hall as the doctors and nurses wheeled her friend into the ER. Syd couldn't help but wonder if she had sacrificed her best friend for the sake of a relic.