Author's Note: Here's another transitional chapter - not long - but moves
the story. Don't really know why I'm apologizing - just my nature I guess.
Also just a quick note (esp to Melody) Please don't be impressed I've been
updating so fast - I wrote most of the story - (including the ending) a
while ago and now just have to backtrack a bit. I'm not sure y'all even
care but so you understand - I wrote most of the Rali filled chapters first
and then worked around them. That's what comes easiest to me as if you
couldn't guess! Now, since it's summer - I finally have some free time to
double check and edit. ;) As always - thx so much for reading & the most
of all for the reviews - Enjoy! - Gracie
Chapter Thirty-five
Ian ran into the ER, his eyes wild. They fell on Kevin, who sat sadly in the waiting room.
"Where is she?" he demanded.
"Which she are you referring to?"
"Collins, I don't have time to fight with you. Lucy damnit."
"Over there. In the room next to Karen."
"Karen?"
"Yes. Karen. She's here too. She was hit by a car."
"Oh my God."
"Ramsey's working on her now."
Ian barely heard that last sentence. He was already on his way in.
"What's going on?"
Chris was sitting on a chair against the wall. His hands idle, his face full of grief.
"Ramsey." Ian tried to get his attention again.
"She had massive internal and cranial bleeding.. It's no use. I've tried everything."
"She's gone?" Ian said unbelievably.
"She's gone." Chris repeated.
"And Lucy?" he asked him then.
"Curtain 2"
Ian walked over and pulled back the curtain. Lucy was speaking, but she was alone in the room.
"Oh my. You look so beautiful. Are you here to take me with you?" she asked.
A voice only she could hear answered "No. It's not your time yet."
"It can't be yours either. You're so young. You have so much to live for."
"I've lived plenty." The voice replied. "In my lifetime I've been blessed enough to save so many lives. That's not going to end. I can still do that now. Starting with you."
"You're my angel."
"That's right. I'm your angel."
"Karen."
Karen? Ian thought. Is that what she was saying? Of course. It made sense. Karen was now an angel.
"Ramsey!" he yelled.
"What?" Chris answered, as he came in the room, his voice dead and cold.
"I need your help."
"What?"
"We need to transfuse Lucy."
"No. Thornhart, not again. I told you. It's no use."
"We need to try it again. With the blood of an angel."
"The blood of a what? OK. You've lost me."
"Karen."
"Karen?"
"Please. I know it's crazy, but so is Port Charles. Since we chose to live here, we have to at least try."
Chris figured it was worth at least trying. He took a deep breath and said, "Let's go."
They wheeled Karen in, began the process and then could only look on and wait.
Kevin paced outside where Lucy slept, feeling more helpless than before. Karen, the one who saved him was gone and Lucy was near death herself. Could things possibly be worse?
Frank looked on sadly from the doors in the ambulance bay. He had done this. He'd destroyed her.
"Oh God, Karen. What have I done? What have I become?" he thought as he turned away.
Back at Lucy's bedside, the two doctors looked on intently as the patient's eyes slowly fluttered open.
"Ian." she said softly.
Chris checked her vitals and nodded at Ian. It had worked.
The two men in the room couldn't be more different, but their thoughts at that moment were exactly the same.
If you had to live in a town full of vampires, at least there were angels to balance the scales a bit. Lucy's life had been saved. It was a miracle.
Chapter Thirty-five
Ian ran into the ER, his eyes wild. They fell on Kevin, who sat sadly in the waiting room.
"Where is she?" he demanded.
"Which she are you referring to?"
"Collins, I don't have time to fight with you. Lucy damnit."
"Over there. In the room next to Karen."
"Karen?"
"Yes. Karen. She's here too. She was hit by a car."
"Oh my God."
"Ramsey's working on her now."
Ian barely heard that last sentence. He was already on his way in.
"What's going on?"
Chris was sitting on a chair against the wall. His hands idle, his face full of grief.
"Ramsey." Ian tried to get his attention again.
"She had massive internal and cranial bleeding.. It's no use. I've tried everything."
"She's gone?" Ian said unbelievably.
"She's gone." Chris repeated.
"And Lucy?" he asked him then.
"Curtain 2"
Ian walked over and pulled back the curtain. Lucy was speaking, but she was alone in the room.
"Oh my. You look so beautiful. Are you here to take me with you?" she asked.
A voice only she could hear answered "No. It's not your time yet."
"It can't be yours either. You're so young. You have so much to live for."
"I've lived plenty." The voice replied. "In my lifetime I've been blessed enough to save so many lives. That's not going to end. I can still do that now. Starting with you."
"You're my angel."
"That's right. I'm your angel."
"Karen."
Karen? Ian thought. Is that what she was saying? Of course. It made sense. Karen was now an angel.
"Ramsey!" he yelled.
"What?" Chris answered, as he came in the room, his voice dead and cold.
"I need your help."
"What?"
"We need to transfuse Lucy."
"No. Thornhart, not again. I told you. It's no use."
"We need to try it again. With the blood of an angel."
"The blood of a what? OK. You've lost me."
"Karen."
"Karen?"
"Please. I know it's crazy, but so is Port Charles. Since we chose to live here, we have to at least try."
Chris figured it was worth at least trying. He took a deep breath and said, "Let's go."
They wheeled Karen in, began the process and then could only look on and wait.
Kevin paced outside where Lucy slept, feeling more helpless than before. Karen, the one who saved him was gone and Lucy was near death herself. Could things possibly be worse?
Frank looked on sadly from the doors in the ambulance bay. He had done this. He'd destroyed her.
"Oh God, Karen. What have I done? What have I become?" he thought as he turned away.
Back at Lucy's bedside, the two doctors looked on intently as the patient's eyes slowly fluttered open.
"Ian." she said softly.
Chris checked her vitals and nodded at Ian. It had worked.
The two men in the room couldn't be more different, but their thoughts at that moment were exactly the same.
If you had to live in a town full of vampires, at least there were angels to balance the scales a bit. Lucy's life had been saved. It was a miracle.