Chapter 5 - The Waiting Game
Romano's POV
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"How long you think we're gonna be in here?"
I looked over to see the face of a scared young teenage girl asking me this. She and the other boy were being held hostage along with Elizabeth, Carter and me.
"I don't know. . . Until they have what they want I guess."
She let out a long sigh and settled against the wall where she had been sitting previously.
"I'm Vicky, by the way. Vicky Corrinor. I might as well get to know everyone seeing that we'll probably be in here for awhile." She said to me.
"Robert Romano. Nice to meet you."
We shook hands. . . then there was an awkward silence. . . so I decided to make the best out of the whole situation, and I started talking.
"So. . . how old are you?"
"Oh, I'm eighteen."
"Wow, uh, what are you studying? You know, in school. . . "
"Medicine. I want to be a doctor. I've wanted to be one since I was little. My favorite TV show was "Emergency."
I let out a little laugh.
"Ugh, doctor shows. . . so unrealistic."
"Oh yeah? You a doctor?"
She asked me, a little skeptical. I could see the doubt in her face as her eyes shifted down to where my arm was. . . well, where it was supposed to be.
"I'm a surgeon. Or I used to be."
"Yeah? That's cool. What. . . uh. . . happened?"
"Hah, well, it's as simple as this: I backed into the tail rotor of a chopper."
"Wow." She said sympathetically. "I'm sorry."
"Yeah, me too. They re-attached it, but there was no feeling. . . So eventually I caught the darn thing on fire without even knowing it! So. . . I amputated."
"God. . . "
"Yeah."
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Carter's POV
Dr. Corday and I, along with a little boy, sat next to each other in a corner of Doc's. The boy didn't look more than ten years old. He looked so scared. So I shifted my weight so I could see him better, and I called over to him.
"Hey, I'm John. Do you wanna come sit over here with my friend Elizabeth and me?"
He nodded his head and crawled over next to me.
"What's your name?"
"Bobby. Where's my sister?"
"I think she's with Dr. Romano over there." I said as I pointed over to them.
"Why can't she sit with me?"
"Well, these people don't want us moving around much, and if we do what they want, we'll be out of here faster, okay?"
The boy nodded.
"So it's Bobby huh?"
"Yeah."
"It's a good name." I said to him, trying to comfort him a little.
He looked up at me and I smiled. I hadn't heard that name in awhile.
"Do ya think?" He asked me. "I don't really like it."
"Oh, yeah. It's great. My brother's name was Bobby."
"Really? That's cool!" Bobby said, rather amused.
We talked for a little while, and I think I got both our minds off the situation that was at hand. . . for a while at least.
"Dr. Corday, are you okay?"
She turned her head to me, and I saw that she had been crying.
"I'm fine Carter. And please. . . this isn't work, you can call me Elizabeth."
"Well, you can call me John if you like." I said as we shared grins.
Dr. Romano talked with Vicky while Elizabeth, Bobby, and I talked. We all just waited. Waited for it all to end.
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A/N: Okay, everyone. . . thank you SO much for the reviews. They really make my stories worth writing. OK, so, I have some bad news for you ( I'm leaving for a vacation on the 16th, and won't be back until the 26th, so I won't be able to get chapters up until then. SORRY! But keep reading and reviewing! I WILL have more up after I get home! Thanks! 3 Ella
Romano's POV
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"How long you think we're gonna be in here?"
I looked over to see the face of a scared young teenage girl asking me this. She and the other boy were being held hostage along with Elizabeth, Carter and me.
"I don't know. . . Until they have what they want I guess."
She let out a long sigh and settled against the wall where she had been sitting previously.
"I'm Vicky, by the way. Vicky Corrinor. I might as well get to know everyone seeing that we'll probably be in here for awhile." She said to me.
"Robert Romano. Nice to meet you."
We shook hands. . . then there was an awkward silence. . . so I decided to make the best out of the whole situation, and I started talking.
"So. . . how old are you?"
"Oh, I'm eighteen."
"Wow, uh, what are you studying? You know, in school. . . "
"Medicine. I want to be a doctor. I've wanted to be one since I was little. My favorite TV show was "Emergency."
I let out a little laugh.
"Ugh, doctor shows. . . so unrealistic."
"Oh yeah? You a doctor?"
She asked me, a little skeptical. I could see the doubt in her face as her eyes shifted down to where my arm was. . . well, where it was supposed to be.
"I'm a surgeon. Or I used to be."
"Yeah? That's cool. What. . . uh. . . happened?"
"Hah, well, it's as simple as this: I backed into the tail rotor of a chopper."
"Wow." She said sympathetically. "I'm sorry."
"Yeah, me too. They re-attached it, but there was no feeling. . . So eventually I caught the darn thing on fire without even knowing it! So. . . I amputated."
"God. . . "
"Yeah."
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Carter's POV
Dr. Corday and I, along with a little boy, sat next to each other in a corner of Doc's. The boy didn't look more than ten years old. He looked so scared. So I shifted my weight so I could see him better, and I called over to him.
"Hey, I'm John. Do you wanna come sit over here with my friend Elizabeth and me?"
He nodded his head and crawled over next to me.
"What's your name?"
"Bobby. Where's my sister?"
"I think she's with Dr. Romano over there." I said as I pointed over to them.
"Why can't she sit with me?"
"Well, these people don't want us moving around much, and if we do what they want, we'll be out of here faster, okay?"
The boy nodded.
"So it's Bobby huh?"
"Yeah."
"It's a good name." I said to him, trying to comfort him a little.
He looked up at me and I smiled. I hadn't heard that name in awhile.
"Do ya think?" He asked me. "I don't really like it."
"Oh, yeah. It's great. My brother's name was Bobby."
"Really? That's cool!" Bobby said, rather amused.
We talked for a little while, and I think I got both our minds off the situation that was at hand. . . for a while at least.
"Dr. Corday, are you okay?"
She turned her head to me, and I saw that she had been crying.
"I'm fine Carter. And please. . . this isn't work, you can call me Elizabeth."
"Well, you can call me John if you like." I said as we shared grins.
Dr. Romano talked with Vicky while Elizabeth, Bobby, and I talked. We all just waited. Waited for it all to end.
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A/N: Okay, everyone. . . thank you SO much for the reviews. They really make my stories worth writing. OK, so, I have some bad news for you ( I'm leaving for a vacation on the 16th, and won't be back until the 26th, so I won't be able to get chapters up until then. SORRY! But keep reading and reviewing! I WILL have more up after I get home! Thanks! 3 Ella