~*~Chapter 11~*~

"Well, if it isn't Frick and Frack," Scott said walking into the interrogation room.

The boys sat there silently as Scott pulled up a chair and sat on it backwards. Scott pulled the baggie of weed from his inner coat pocket, and flopped it down on the table "So are you two going to tell me this was for Science class or something?"

Todd shuffled uncomfortably in his chair, "Umm no Mr. Baldwin sir, ahh..."

Seth, being much cooler then Todd interrupted, "Ah...come on, it's just pot. It's not like it's anything hard or anything."

Scott pushed back from the table angrily, and walked over to Seth. He leaned down so his face was mere inches from that of Seth's, "I wouldn't be so nonchalant about all this, pretty boy." Scott lowers his voice to barely over a whisper "You're going to Sing Sing, you do know what they do to pretty boys in Sing Sing, don't ya?"

Scott backed off from Seth, as he heard Mac walking in the direction of the interrogation room. Scott smiled as the door slowly crept open, "Ah, Commissioner Scorpio, did you bring me a present?"

Mac reached into his pocket, and pulled out a plastic evidence bag with a joint in it and handed it to Scott. "Is this what you sent me to find?"

Scott turned back to the boys, "So boys, do you want to guess where we found this little gem?" Scott turned away from the table to peer out the room's window. "We found it in Jessie's car...you know...the one that she was driving when she put my daughter in a coma!"

The door to the interrogation room flew open, as a frantic desk clerk burst into the room. Scott turned around to face the clerk "What is it now, don't you see we're busy in here?" The clerk paused a moment, before he answered nervously "Sorry, sir, but we just got a call from GH, they're taking Karen off of life support." Scott chinned dropped. He was visibly shaken by the news. Once in his life he couldn't imagine having any kids, now he couldn't stand the thought of losing his oldest child. Scott turned back to the boys "You better hope she lives, or you'll both fry!"

As Scott rushed out of the door, Mac watched the two boys for a minute. "Do you two know what involuntary vehicular homicide is?" he asked with a pause "If I were you, I would call your lawyers."

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Scott rushed into Karen's room where Tony was writing notes on her chart. "Get away from my daughter, Tony..."

Rhonda grabbed Scott's arms in an attempt to calm him down, "Scott..."

Ignoring what Rhonda had to say, he pushed her off of him and continued toward Tony, "You're not turning off anything. You're not going to kill my daughter..." he said in his rage.

"Scott, Karen had a DNR in her file...She doesn't wish to be kept alive," he began to explain to Scott.

"I don't care if she has the Declaration of Independence in her file..."

"Scott, SCOTT..."Rhonda said taking hold of him and spinning him around to make him look at her, tears running down her face. "Scott. There is nothing more that they can do. She signed the DNR."

"No...Rhonda...no, how can you give up on our daughter like that?"

"I'm not giving up, Scott. I'm respecting her wishes."

Reluctantly coming to terms with the decision, Scott turned to Tony "so what is going to happen when you turn that off?" he asked.

"We ran one final EEG test to determine if there was still brain activity."

"Well, what does that mean?" Scott asked.

"According to the test, she does have brain activity. With that in mind, when we disconnect the ventilator, it all will be up to her a that point. She will either begin breathing on her own, or...."

"she'll die..." Chris finished Tony's sentence as he entered the room with tears welling up in his eyes.

Scott looked at Rhonda and then Tony with rage burning inside of him, trying not to let it show. "I need to find Serena first, she's going to want to see her sister one last time."

Tony nodded as Scott ran out of the door.

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Rhonda stood off to the side of the room for a minute and watched as Chris sat next to Karen's bed holding her hand. She finally moved to Karen's bedside and gave her a gentle kiss. "I'm sorry Karen," She said with tears building up in her eyes. "I'm sorry for every moment of your life that I screwed up. I love you." She said then left the room to give Chris a few final minutes alone with his wife.

"Well Karen..." Chris began once he was alone. "Oh. This is killing me Karen. What right do you have to do this to me. I hope you realize what you're doing here. You're leaving that little girl's future in the hands of me and your father." Chris turned his head a way for a moment choking back the tears. "I took out all the pictures of our wedding day. I needed to see your smiling face. You we're so happy. Happy ever after. Please tell me that this is not real, Karen. I can't find a reason to let go, Karen. But you signed that damn paper. YOU SIGNED THAT DAMN PAPER!" he shouted, sobbing uncontrollably.

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Scott turned around hearing Chris' shout. He ran up to the Karen's door, but was stopped by Rhonda. "Get out of my way, Rhonda," he urged trying to push her off to the side.

"No, Scott..."

"I need to be in there..."

"No you don't, not right now..."

"But she's my daughter. Now get out of my way..."

"But Chris is her husband. Give him the time that he needs."

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"I wake up, crying at night, Karen. Screaming your name. I'm sorry, sweetheart. I love you...." Chris looked up at Tony with tear filled eyes. He nodded to let Tony know that it was time.

Tony turned off all of the machines and removed the chest tube. As Karen's chest stopped rising and dropping, Chris put his head down as he realized she did not start breathing on her own.

Through the window, Scott noticed that Tony had turned everything off. As he looked at Chris, he also realized that Karen did not start breathing on her own. "Nooo..." he screamed finally pushing Rhonda out of his way and bursting into Karen's room. "TURN THAT BACK ON, TONY. NOW!" he shouted running to Karen's bedside reaching for her hand. As he turned to argue with Tony, he felt a slight pressure on his hand. He quickly turned back to Karen to witness her body jump slightly as she grasped for air and began to breath.