Bad Karma

Carby. Something happens to Abby. Will Carter get to her in time? Will he be able to save her? Read on to find out!

A.N.: I'm not the original author of this story. The original author is carby luva 313. She's decided she doesn't have enough time to write, so she's giving me the honour of finishing it for her. I hope I can do as good a job!

Disclaimer: I do not own ER. It belongs to Michael Crichton and the other members of the production team.

Chapter 3: I Don't Know

Abby Lockhart opened her eyes to darkness. Immediately panicking she tried to move but found she couldn't. She could feel ropes around her arms. She tried to yell out but realized she was gagged. Abby shook with fear as she tried to figure out where she was. How had she gotten here? She could not remember anything. The last thing she recalled happening was saying good- bye to Carter as she left County. Abby felt tears come to her eyes as she thought of Carter. She wondered if he had any idea that she wasn't safe at home.

Carter paced around glancing at Mark who was on the phone. Luckily the ER was pretty empty. Everybody else stood around silently listening to the one- sided conversation.

"Hi this is Dr. Mark Greene. Um I was wondering if you had a woman named brought in early today...Yes I understand you are not supposed to release information but we treated her here at County General... Mm, yeah, okay, thanks anyway." Sighing Mark hung up the phone.

"Well they said she's not there. But even if she was I don't know if they would tell me." He relayed.

"I can't believe I didn't find out what shelter she was going to," Carter said looking at the ground.

Everybody just stood there knowing what they wanted to do but not wanting to be the one to bring it up. Finally Kerry spoke up. "Carter, we have to call the police." Carter didn't look up.

"Battered women shelters aren't going to just release information on where they are and how to get to them." Carter still kept his gaze on his shoes so Weaver went on.

"Not to mention the fact that even if we find this woman we can't just hand her back to her abusive husband!" Carter looked up but avoided everyone's eyes.

"H-he said he would kill her if we call the police. Doesn't that bother any of you??" He was so frustrated he was starting to get angry. They were all just trying to do what was easy. Nobody but him seemed to care about Abby.

"Carter we have to," said Susan so quietly you could barely here her. There were tears threatening to fall from her eyes.

Carter took a deep breath and immediately regretted what he had been thinking. He took a deep breath and tried to calm down. Of course they cared. Carter looked around at all the familiar faces. Some he considered his best friends. Others he didn't but he didn't particularly hate them. They were like a family. Didn't always get along but were usually there when they needed each other. He knew everybody there was praying that Abby would be okay.

Finally he spoke.

"Okay call the police."

Abby sat there doing nothing but wait because it was all she could do. She still had no idea what was going on. She wondered if she would ever get out of here. Knowing she might not she thought about all the people she might never see again. She thought about her mother and her baby brother who she had not been able protect from the disease that had ruined her childhood. She almost smiled as her thoughts drifted to Susan and Chen and all their crazy girl's nights out. And finally she thought about Carter. John Carter, the man she loved more than anything. She felt tears come to her eyes as she wondered if he knew that. Her thoughts were quickly interrupted as she heard footsteps and a door opening. Light flooded into the room and Abby squinted trying to adjust her eyes. A man entered the room. Abby didn't think she had ever seen him before. She looked straight into his eyes trying to block all fear out of her own.

He spoke with a raspy voice that gave her chills.

"Well hello Abby…"

A.N.: Again, full credit to carby luva 313 outside of spell check and re- formatting. Please review, hope you like it! I'll pass the reviews along to her. Julia