A/N: Thanks to villianbabe and skyfire4 for you reviews of the last
chapter. Hope that you all like this one.
A/N #2: Small cliffy at the end of this chapter. Just letting you all know.
Disclaimer: I don't own Charlie's Angels or its characters. Nor do I own the Cedar-Sinai Hospital, which is a real hospital in LA.
XVIII
Between Life and Death
Anthony and Dylan
He opened his eyes to find a light shining into his left eye. With a growl, Anthony sat up, startling the medic who had been checking on him.
"Are you alright sir?" the startled woman asked.
Standing up, Anthony muttered, "Fine." He spotted Dylan, who was unconscious on the floor, a medic looking at her.
Near the couch, also on the floor, was Ryder, another medic with him.
Not seeing Catherine Crown in the room, Anthony turned and walked out the front door to try and find her. He wanted to stay with Dylan, but he was sure that she wanted him to check on her sister.
He saw an ambulance parked in front of the driveway, it's back doors wide open. He walked over to it, and peered inside. "Oh no," he whispered.
Dylan
I came out of unconsciousness and felt someone squeezing my hand softly. "Anthony?" I whispered, blinking my eyes.
"I'm h-here," he answered.
I sighed and then tried to sit up slowly.
"Sit on the couch," Anthony said. He helped me stand up and walk over to the sofa that Ryder and Catherine had been sitting on earlier.
"Anthony, where's Catherine?" I asked. I had seen Ryder being put on a stretcher and pushed out of the room.
Looking apprehensive, Anthony helped me stand up and led me out of the house and into my car. He didn't say a word, and I knew then that it was bad.
"Anthony," I said as he drove on to the 405 freeway. "Alex and Natalie should meet us wherever it is we're going." I was really scared that wherever was going to be the morgue.
"They know," Anthony said quietly. "I c-called them."
I leaned back into my seat and closed my eyes. For the first time in a long time, I prayed that my sister wasn't dead.
Anthony
He pulled into one of the parking structures at Cedar-Sinai Hospital.
Next to him, Dylan opened her eyes and said, "Don't tell me anything Anthony. I want to see her for myself."
Nodding, he got out of the car and then hurried over to the other side so he could help Dylan get out. He put an arm around her shoulder and then led her towards the hospital.
They were directed to the fourth floor of the building. When they got out of the elevator, they saw that it was a waiting room for the operating rooms. It was empty except for one person. Ryder was sitting in a chair, looking at something he was holding in his hands.
"Ryder," Dylan called out to get his attention.
"Ms. Sanders, Anthony," Ryder said, looking up at them as they sat down in the chairs across from him.
"Are you alright, I saw them taking you out of the house in a stretcher," Dylan asked.
"I'm fine," Ryder answered. "Caty is in there." He murmured the last part and looked at the doors leading to the operating rooms. "They won't tell me what's wrong with her."
When he said that, a doctor suddenly came into the waiting room from the operating rooms.
Dylan
As the doctor walked to us, I found myself clutching Anthony's hand tightly.
"You're the family of Catherine Crown?" the doctor, a young man, asked.
"We are," Ryder answered quickly. "Please, tell us what's happened to her and what's going on!"
"Well, the police said that Ms. Crown was beaten by whoever went into the house," the doctor answered. "As for what's wrong with her medically..." He trailed off and bit his lip for a moment before continuing. "She's in a coma and it's not likely that she'll come out of it."
Someone suddenly screamed out "NO!"
Anthony turned to me, his eyes wide, and I realized that it was me who had screamed.
I started to tremble and then I felt the room start to spin. Then everything went black.
I came to, smelling something awful under my nose. I coughed and opened my eyes.
"Dylan?" Anthony asked, coming into view.
"What happened?" I asked and I tried to sit up.
"You fainted ma'am," the doctor said, stopping me from sitting up. He took out a penlight and shined it into my eyes.
"I'm fine," I snapped, pushing his arm away. I got up and then sat down in the chair I was in earlier.
"Dylan!" Alex and Natalie cried as they got off the elevator. They came into the waiting room, worried expressions on both their faces.
"What happened?" Alex asked as she and Natalie sat down in the chair next to me.
"Anthony said something had happened to Catherine," Natalie said.
I told them quickly what had happened at the house earlier. And then I told them about Catherine.
"Oh god," Alex said, putting an arm around my shoulder.
"I'm sure she'll wake up," Natalie said, putting her arm around my other shoulder.
"Ma'am, you should drink this," the doctor said, handing me a styrofoam cup with water in it.
"What happened?" Alex asked.
"She fainted just before you arrived," the doctor answered. "Excuse me." With that, he left the waiting room.
"You fainted?" Natalie asked. Alex was looking at me in surprise.
"I'm fine you guys," I said. "Don't worry about it." I took a sip of water.
"Dylan," Ryder said, sitting down in a chair across from me. "The doctor said Caty is still in the operating room. She should be out in two hours."
At that we all settled down and waited. Natalie and Alex holding my hands tightly once I had finished drinking the cup of water. Ryder was still sitting across from us, looking down at Catherine's engagement ring that he was holding. Anthony stood at one of the windows behind my seat, looking out and also keeping an eye on me.
Two and a half hours later, another doctor came out and walked over to us. "Ms. Crown is out of surgery, she'll be moved to room 630 on the sixth floor," the doctor said.
We all went over to the elevator and then up to the sixth floor.
A nurse at the desk led us to room 630 and said that only family members could go in and for only five minutes.
"Go on Dylan," Ryder said quietly.
I nodded and let go of Alex and Natalie's hands and walked into the room.
A/N #2: Small cliffy at the end of this chapter. Just letting you all know.
Disclaimer: I don't own Charlie's Angels or its characters. Nor do I own the Cedar-Sinai Hospital, which is a real hospital in LA.
XVIII
Between Life and Death
Anthony and Dylan
He opened his eyes to find a light shining into his left eye. With a growl, Anthony sat up, startling the medic who had been checking on him.
"Are you alright sir?" the startled woman asked.
Standing up, Anthony muttered, "Fine." He spotted Dylan, who was unconscious on the floor, a medic looking at her.
Near the couch, also on the floor, was Ryder, another medic with him.
Not seeing Catherine Crown in the room, Anthony turned and walked out the front door to try and find her. He wanted to stay with Dylan, but he was sure that she wanted him to check on her sister.
He saw an ambulance parked in front of the driveway, it's back doors wide open. He walked over to it, and peered inside. "Oh no," he whispered.
Dylan
I came out of unconsciousness and felt someone squeezing my hand softly. "Anthony?" I whispered, blinking my eyes.
"I'm h-here," he answered.
I sighed and then tried to sit up slowly.
"Sit on the couch," Anthony said. He helped me stand up and walk over to the sofa that Ryder and Catherine had been sitting on earlier.
"Anthony, where's Catherine?" I asked. I had seen Ryder being put on a stretcher and pushed out of the room.
Looking apprehensive, Anthony helped me stand up and led me out of the house and into my car. He didn't say a word, and I knew then that it was bad.
"Anthony," I said as he drove on to the 405 freeway. "Alex and Natalie should meet us wherever it is we're going." I was really scared that wherever was going to be the morgue.
"They know," Anthony said quietly. "I c-called them."
I leaned back into my seat and closed my eyes. For the first time in a long time, I prayed that my sister wasn't dead.
Anthony
He pulled into one of the parking structures at Cedar-Sinai Hospital.
Next to him, Dylan opened her eyes and said, "Don't tell me anything Anthony. I want to see her for myself."
Nodding, he got out of the car and then hurried over to the other side so he could help Dylan get out. He put an arm around her shoulder and then led her towards the hospital.
They were directed to the fourth floor of the building. When they got out of the elevator, they saw that it was a waiting room for the operating rooms. It was empty except for one person. Ryder was sitting in a chair, looking at something he was holding in his hands.
"Ryder," Dylan called out to get his attention.
"Ms. Sanders, Anthony," Ryder said, looking up at them as they sat down in the chairs across from him.
"Are you alright, I saw them taking you out of the house in a stretcher," Dylan asked.
"I'm fine," Ryder answered. "Caty is in there." He murmured the last part and looked at the doors leading to the operating rooms. "They won't tell me what's wrong with her."
When he said that, a doctor suddenly came into the waiting room from the operating rooms.
Dylan
As the doctor walked to us, I found myself clutching Anthony's hand tightly.
"You're the family of Catherine Crown?" the doctor, a young man, asked.
"We are," Ryder answered quickly. "Please, tell us what's happened to her and what's going on!"
"Well, the police said that Ms. Crown was beaten by whoever went into the house," the doctor answered. "As for what's wrong with her medically..." He trailed off and bit his lip for a moment before continuing. "She's in a coma and it's not likely that she'll come out of it."
Someone suddenly screamed out "NO!"
Anthony turned to me, his eyes wide, and I realized that it was me who had screamed.
I started to tremble and then I felt the room start to spin. Then everything went black.
I came to, smelling something awful under my nose. I coughed and opened my eyes.
"Dylan?" Anthony asked, coming into view.
"What happened?" I asked and I tried to sit up.
"You fainted ma'am," the doctor said, stopping me from sitting up. He took out a penlight and shined it into my eyes.
"I'm fine," I snapped, pushing his arm away. I got up and then sat down in the chair I was in earlier.
"Dylan!" Alex and Natalie cried as they got off the elevator. They came into the waiting room, worried expressions on both their faces.
"What happened?" Alex asked as she and Natalie sat down in the chair next to me.
"Anthony said something had happened to Catherine," Natalie said.
I told them quickly what had happened at the house earlier. And then I told them about Catherine.
"Oh god," Alex said, putting an arm around my shoulder.
"I'm sure she'll wake up," Natalie said, putting her arm around my other shoulder.
"Ma'am, you should drink this," the doctor said, handing me a styrofoam cup with water in it.
"What happened?" Alex asked.
"She fainted just before you arrived," the doctor answered. "Excuse me." With that, he left the waiting room.
"You fainted?" Natalie asked. Alex was looking at me in surprise.
"I'm fine you guys," I said. "Don't worry about it." I took a sip of water.
"Dylan," Ryder said, sitting down in a chair across from me. "The doctor said Caty is still in the operating room. She should be out in two hours."
At that we all settled down and waited. Natalie and Alex holding my hands tightly once I had finished drinking the cup of water. Ryder was still sitting across from us, looking down at Catherine's engagement ring that he was holding. Anthony stood at one of the windows behind my seat, looking out and also keeping an eye on me.
Two and a half hours later, another doctor came out and walked over to us. "Ms. Crown is out of surgery, she'll be moved to room 630 on the sixth floor," the doctor said.
We all went over to the elevator and then up to the sixth floor.
A nurse at the desk led us to room 630 and said that only family members could go in and for only five minutes.
"Go on Dylan," Ryder said quietly.
I nodded and let go of Alex and Natalie's hands and walked into the room.