As Nancy walked back to Joe's room, she noticed a large group of people standing off to one side of the room, taking notes as well. Wondering what they were doing, Nancy edged over to them, and pretended to also be writing something down to avoid suspicion.

A doctor that was unfamiliar to Nancy was speaking, and ten others stood around him listening intently to what he was saying.

"So if this occurs as we have just seen, all available nurses and doctors are requested to attend the scene of the emergency, provided that they are not already attending to a patient in critical need of care. If you do happen to be working with a patient, ignore the call and continue with your work. The patient is your first priority in that case," the man explained, and several of the people with him and jotted more notes down.

Nancy squinted and read his name badge. Dr Jason Harvey - Head of Intern Training. Suddenly she was interrupted by a voice. "You don't look familiar to me, are you here for training?" Dr. Harvey had noticed her writing, and he gave her a warm smile.

"No I'm actually just looking for room 103," Nancy replied, thinking fast.

"I didn't think you were one of my interns,' Dr. Harvey replied. "If you go down the hall, and turn right, and take the second left, you'll find room 103. It's easy to get lost here if you aren't used to it. Are you one of Dr. Ling's interns?"

"Yes, I am," Nancy fibbed. "I'm actually just doing some work experience, I'm still studying at the moment." She gave him a smile back. "Looks like I could do with some studying of the hospital layout as well!" she joked.

He laughed. "I'm sure you'll be fine after some practice. Nice meeting you, but I must get back to my students now and continue their training."

Nancy said goodbye, and headed down the hall in the direction of room 103. When she was out of site, she ducked around a corner and into a nearby lift. She pulled out her notebook and made a note of Dr. Harvey's name and position, just in case she needed it in the future, and so she could mention it to the Hardy's. Nancy pressed room 459, and headed up to Joe's room.

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Meanwhile, Frank and Joe listened from Joe's room to the commotion that was occurring at the nurse's station. For the last fifteen minutes or so, a woman had been screaming and demanding to speak to the head of surgery.

"I'm sorry, she's unavailable to speak to you at the moment," they heard a nurse reply.

"The doctors here are always unavailable!" the woman yelled. "If they had been available and competent, my daughter would still be here today." Her voice cracked, and she started to cry.

"Well, I presume that is Sue Collins, suspect number one." Frank remarked quietly to Joe.

"Sounds like it,' Joe replied. "To be honest, I really don't think she is the one we are after. I think she is just having a hard time dealing with her grief and looking for someone to blame."

Frank thought about this. "You could be right, it was only recently her daughter passed away, and she hasn't had time to come to terms with it. Particularly if she thinks the doctors were negligent."

As Sue Collins sobbed, a male voice spoke quietly to her. Frank walked over to the door of the room, and noticed a security guard with her. He said something else to her, and Sue nodded and followed him from the room. Glancing over her shoulder to the nurses, she uttered a few final words. "I told you that you would be sorry for this - and now you are finally beginning to realize how serious I was!"

Frank turned back to Joe, who had a grim look on his face. "Are you completely sure she doesn't need further investigation?"

"Maybe a little more," Joe admitted wryly.

There was a knock on the door, and Nancy walked in. "Sorry I was gone so long guys." She explained everything to them about the false alarm and Dr. Phillips's card being used to activate the alarm.

"But how could it be anyone other than him, if he is the only one with access to his card, and he hadn't lost it?" Frank asked.

"I'm not sure," Joe replied. "But if it was him, don't you think that he would have at least had some sort of story about losing his card or having it stolen to cover his tracks?"

"That would make sense," Nancy mused. "But at the moment, nothing in this case makes sense."

"Oh, we almost forgot to tell you about what happened up here while you were gone," Frank said, and then told her about Sue Collins and what she had said as she left.

Nancy frowned. "Great, this just complicates things further. If Sue is behind all this, how did she access Dr. Phillips's card? And further more, does she have the medical background to pull of these incidents?"

"We don't know," Joe said as he yawned. "Do you guys mind if we take a break and talk about this tomorrow?" I'm starting to feel a little out of it from the pills."

Frank nodded. "Sure, I think we need to have a think about what we want to do tomorrow anyway." He touched Joe's arm. "Are you going to be ok? I was actually really surprised you took those, I know you don't like taking medication very much."

"I don't," Joe replied. "But my leg was throbbing badly and I needed something to take the edge of that." He looked up at Nancy. "You're finished your shift now, aren't you?"

She nodded. "You guys should go out for dinner or something and catch up and relax. Maybe talk a little about the case." Joe suggested.

Frank looked at Nancy and raised an eyebrow. "Did you have any plans for tonight?"

"Not really," she answered. "Sounds like a good idea though, and I know a nice place near here."

"Ok, we'll I'll pick you up at about 8:00pm?" Frank offered.

"Sure," Nancy said, as she gave him the directions to where she was staying. "I'm going to get going and take a shower and get changed now, so I'll see you then." She gave Joe a hug. "I hope you feel better tomorrow."

"Thanks Nan, I hope you have a nice night tonight," he murmured.

"Bye Frank, I'll see you later." Nancy gave him a smile and waved as she left.

Frank turned to Joe. "That was pretty smooth."

Joe opened his eyes and gave his brother a grin. "You're welcome."

"Well, I'm going to go now too, as long as you're ok." Frank said.

"I'm sure I will be," Joe answered, as he smelt food wafting down the hall. "I'll see you in the morning sometime and we'll decide what to do from then."

Frank said goodbye to his brother and headed out the door, not noticing the figure hiding behind the door, who had heard every word of their conversation, and everything Nancy had said to them. "So they were the ones hired to investigate," the figure thought to themselves. "They might be for now, but they won't be for much longer if I have my way."

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Thanks for reviewing everyone. To answer a couple of questions:

GENA - this story for now is strictly mystery, there may or may not be some romance in upcoming chapters. The potential is there, but we shall see how things unfold! CUTIEPIE - there will be some more action coming up in the next few chapters in regards to the main characters, now that the person behind all this knows they are investigating. KATIE JANEWAY - That was a good point you made, but in the first chapter, I mentioned that Nancy was only a student nurse, and if you notice, she never really has had to do anything yet that requires expert knowledge. That's how she is getting away with faking it. TO EVERYONE ELSE - thank you for your support, and please continue to review so I know people are still reading and hopefully enjoying this!