"What's going on?" asked Frank, as a team of doctors and nurses rushed past the room Joe was staying in.

Nancy stood up. "I better go with them and just check it out, other wise people will get suspicious if I remain here. Last time this happened, there had been a serious accident with multiple casualties and they needed all the help they could get to stabilize the survivors."

She left the Hardy's and joined several doctors and nurses in the elevator who were heading to the front desk to assist. "Does anyone know what's happened?" Nancy inquired.

One young doctor shrugged his shoulders. "I haven't heard anything yet." The elevator came to a holt, and Nancy and the other staff members rushed over to where a large number of people were standing.

Nancy walked caught sight of a familiar person in the crowd, Dr. Phillips, the doctor that had assisted Joe earlier on. "What's happened?" she asked him.

Dr. Phillips turned to face her. "Well, it doesn't appear that anything has happened," he replied with a concerned expression. "There was no incident."

"What do you mean? Who raised the alarm then?" Nancy questioned. "My understanding is that for this procedure to take place, someone has to activate the silent emergency alarm by using their staff identification card, and the message is then passed on to the staff at the front desk who initiate the call over the PA system for available doctors."

Dr. Phillips nodded, and strained to read her name tag. "That's correct, uh Mandy, that is our standard procedure here."

"So if we find out whose card was used, we can see who was behind the initial alarm and find out what the reason was for all this." Nancy mused.

"Exactly, but that won't be necessary. As you are aware, I am the head of this department, and it is my duty to ensure that everything runs smoothly, other wise it reflects poorly on myself. So I took the liberty of checking our computer system and tracing the card that was used activate the alarm." Dr. Phillips replied.

Nancy waited for him to continue, but he remained pensive. "So who's card was it?" she inquired.

Dr. Phillips sighed and looked up at Nancy. "Mine," he answered. "But I never made that call."

"Do you still have your card?" Nancy was shocked at the revelation Dr. Phillips had made. Suddenly Dr. Phillips became agitated. "You certainly ask a lot of questions for someone that is only new here, and for someone that has very little experience," he said suspiciously.

Oh God, Nancy thought to herself. He thinks I had something to do with it. She smoother her hair back with one hand and gave him a small smile. "I'm sorry if I seemed rude to you, or asked to many questions. It's just that this is something a little out of the ordinary that you don't come across every day." She covered.

Dr. Phillips visibly relaxed when he heard this. "I'm sorry, I'm just under a lot of pressure at the moment." He admitted. "I'm sure you would have heard that there have been a few incidents around here lately. The strange thing is, no one has a clue what is going on, or who is responsible for them, but they all seem to be happening in my department!"

This was news to Nancy. She hadn't realized that all the incidents had been occurring in the accident and emergency department, she had figured that they had been across all departments of the hospital. To her, Dr. Phillips seemed genuinely upset and puzzled over the incidents, but she wasn't sure she could trust him yet. He could well be the person responsible, and she didn't want him to know she was investigating.

"To answer your question from before, I still have my card on me which is why I can't understand how anyone else could have used it to activate the alarm." Dr. Phillips continued. He sighed again, and glanced at his watch. "I have to get going now, I'm due in surgery in ten minutes." He excused himself, and then dashed down the hallway.

Nancy pulled the small notebook from her pocket and jotted down the events of the day and the information Dr. Phillips had given her. She was going to have to have a talk with the Hardy's about this to see what they thought.

AN - Sorry this was a short chapter, I just wanted to keep the story updated regularly for those reading. I hate it when people take ages to update, and I figured that something was better than nothing! I have a few exams at the moment, so please be patient! Please also R&R and give me some feedback, it would make my day!