A/N: Alrighty folks. I'm so glad you all left such great reviews for the last chapter! I won't leave you in suspense any longer...well, maybe a little longer...
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"How long has she been in there?" Shane asked impatiently. Cam was sitting nearby. Dustin opted to stay with Hunter until they heard anything about Blake.
"Almost an hour now," Cam replied. Everything seemed to go by in slow motion for them. One of their best friends was presumed dead while the other was lying helplessly down the hall from them.
"Shane Clarke?"
The guys all turned their heads and saw a tall female doctor walking towards them. She sat down with them.
"Tori's stable right now but we had to give her something to stop her contractions," the doctor said.
Shane felt lightheaded. "Contractions?" he got out. The doctor looked over her notes.
"Yes...according to the ultrasound she's nearing the twelfth week of her pregnancy."
"Oh my god..." Cam muttered. The doctor's expression was a little shocked.
"She didn't tell you?"
"I don't even think she knows," Shane said. "Is she awake?"
The doctor's face turned red. "No...I thought she knew...We'll have to wait until she wakes up." The doctor then led them down to Tori's room where Tori was sleeping soundly. "I'll be back to check on her shortly."
The only sound after that was the sound of the monitors...
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Nearly a week passed and Tori was slowly recovering. The news of the pregnancy was a shock to her, but a happy one. They still had no word as to what happened to Blake. His body had not been recovered yet, but everyone thought him dead. Everyone but Tori.
Hunter had begun to lose hope. The news that his brother would have a child cheered him a little, but the more time that passed, the more he thought his brother wasn't coming back. He sat with Tori as her final examination was taking place.
The pregnancy was turning out to be a way in which Tori and Hunter still had a piece of Blake with them, and they clung to that like a life raft. For the first time in months Tori took a good look at her abdomen and saw a definite roundness that she had failed to notice.
"Hunter?" Tori asked. Hunter looked into her tired eyes and gave her a small smile.
"Yeah?"
"Have you heard anything yet?"
Hunter's head fell. "No...nothing yet. Tomorrow will be a week..." Tori reached out and placed his hand and hers on her stomach.
"He's not gone Hunter...not completely." Hunter smiled then. Everyone would get through this...all they could do was hope...
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"You really think it could be him?" a doctor said. Another doctor nodded in agreement.
"Look at the picture and look at our John Doe. He's the only one unaccounted for from that crash last week, and the similarities are astounding." The nurse looked at a picture of a young man, Asian looking, with tanned skin and black hair.
"I think you're right."
"I'll contact the family. See if we can get a match. What's the name?"
"Bradley...Blake Bradley."
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Hunter dropped Tori off at her apartment. The moment she was inside, she went into her room and lay down in her bed. For all the sleeping she had done in the hospital, she still craved the comfort of her own bed. As soon as her head hit the pillow she was asleep.
She was walking along the seashore on a bright sunny day. She looked down to her side and smiled at the blonde haired, brown eyed little boy that held her hand. They continued walking until the little boy broke away and ran towards a figure in the distance.
'Daddy!' he cried.
Tori eyes opened wide and she sat up, resting a hand on her stomach.
Not too far away Hunter was checking his messages.
"Mr. Bradley, I'm calling from St. Lucas' hospital in England. We have a patient here that we believe is your brother, Blake."
Hunter listened to the rest of the message and ran as fast as he could to Tori's apartment and banged on the door.
A sleepy eyed Tori opened the door to find Hunter. "They think they found him." Tori's eyes spilled over with joy. "We have to go to England, like, now." Tori nodded in agreement and they called the others. They all caught the first flight they could. Their family was coming back together...
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Blake was in a fog. A deep, dense, grey fog. He stood up and looked around. Everything was the same. 'Where am I?' he asked himself.
"With us."
Blake turned and saw a figure in front of him. "Mom?" he asked. The woman with curly hair nodded and Blake embraced her. They broke away and tears were in his eyes.
"Am I...am I dead?" he asked nervously. His mother waved her hand and the fog parted a little to reveal a view of Blake lying in a hospital bed unconscious.
"You're not dead, Blake...but you are in a coma."
Blake's mind was a jumble. The last thing he remembered was the plane shaking violently and then a large jolt that sent him flying from his seat. He hit his head on something and was knocked out instantly.
"What happened?"
"There was an accident. As of right now, there are only a few survivors...you being one of them."
Blake looked down at the figure of himself and saw the name on the chart. "But they don't even know it's me!" he cried frustrated. "What if I die and Hunter never finds me? Or Tori?"
"Calm down son," a difference voice said. Blake turned and saw his father standing in front of him. "Hunter will find you...you just have to hold on."
Blake took a deep breath and hugged his father. "Thanks Dad, but how can you be so sure?"
"Because your family is on their way to find you right now," he said.
Blake felt tears welling up in his eyes. They were all coming ot find him...his family... A thought then hit him like a ton of bricks.
"But how will they ID me? Hunter and I aren't biological brothers, and my birth certificate was in my luggage," he said as he sank to his knees. "They can say it's me, but they won't have any concrete evidence...what if I don't wake up?"
"Blake, their will be someone who can prove who you are...Someone that has the same blood as you...someone that is you in a way," his mother said as she motioned back to the image of him lying on the bed.
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"Here he is," the doctor said to Tori and the others as they entered the room. The guys all had a light hold of Tori in a way as they walked towards the man on the bed.
There were bandages on his face and a few tubes in his arms, but there was no mistaking it...this was Blake.
"Oh thank God," Tori said as she broke away from the others and reached for his hand. Tears poured down her face as the others breathed a heavy sigh of relief. Hunter was in tears as well and the guys were all hugging in a happy celebration.
"Bro...Blake, it's Hunter," Hunter said.
The nurses in the room were also moved to tears at the happy reunion. "It's good to see family around," the doctor said. "Right now Blake is in a comatose state, much as he has been for the past week or so." Everyone in the room grew sad again, but they had him back. "Keep talking to him. He may be able to hear you."
The doctor left then and the rangers all stood around Blake's bed in a sort of circle. Tori sat by his side and held his hand in her left. Shane stood next to her, followed by Cam, Dustin, and finally Hunter who had a hold of Blake's left hand.
"We're all here Blake... come back to us," Tori whispered to him. "We're all joined as one in more way than you think. We're not going to let you leave us."
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"How long has she been in there?" Shane asked impatiently. Cam was sitting nearby. Dustin opted to stay with Hunter until they heard anything about Blake.
"Almost an hour now," Cam replied. Everything seemed to go by in slow motion for them. One of their best friends was presumed dead while the other was lying helplessly down the hall from them.
"Shane Clarke?"
The guys all turned their heads and saw a tall female doctor walking towards them. She sat down with them.
"Tori's stable right now but we had to give her something to stop her contractions," the doctor said.
Shane felt lightheaded. "Contractions?" he got out. The doctor looked over her notes.
"Yes...according to the ultrasound she's nearing the twelfth week of her pregnancy."
"Oh my god..." Cam muttered. The doctor's expression was a little shocked.
"She didn't tell you?"
"I don't even think she knows," Shane said. "Is she awake?"
The doctor's face turned red. "No...I thought she knew...We'll have to wait until she wakes up." The doctor then led them down to Tori's room where Tori was sleeping soundly. "I'll be back to check on her shortly."
The only sound after that was the sound of the monitors...
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Nearly a week passed and Tori was slowly recovering. The news of the pregnancy was a shock to her, but a happy one. They still had no word as to what happened to Blake. His body had not been recovered yet, but everyone thought him dead. Everyone but Tori.
Hunter had begun to lose hope. The news that his brother would have a child cheered him a little, but the more time that passed, the more he thought his brother wasn't coming back. He sat with Tori as her final examination was taking place.
The pregnancy was turning out to be a way in which Tori and Hunter still had a piece of Blake with them, and they clung to that like a life raft. For the first time in months Tori took a good look at her abdomen and saw a definite roundness that she had failed to notice.
"Hunter?" Tori asked. Hunter looked into her tired eyes and gave her a small smile.
"Yeah?"
"Have you heard anything yet?"
Hunter's head fell. "No...nothing yet. Tomorrow will be a week..." Tori reached out and placed his hand and hers on her stomach.
"He's not gone Hunter...not completely." Hunter smiled then. Everyone would get through this...all they could do was hope...
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"You really think it could be him?" a doctor said. Another doctor nodded in agreement.
"Look at the picture and look at our John Doe. He's the only one unaccounted for from that crash last week, and the similarities are astounding." The nurse looked at a picture of a young man, Asian looking, with tanned skin and black hair.
"I think you're right."
"I'll contact the family. See if we can get a match. What's the name?"
"Bradley...Blake Bradley."
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Hunter dropped Tori off at her apartment. The moment she was inside, she went into her room and lay down in her bed. For all the sleeping she had done in the hospital, she still craved the comfort of her own bed. As soon as her head hit the pillow she was asleep.
She was walking along the seashore on a bright sunny day. She looked down to her side and smiled at the blonde haired, brown eyed little boy that held her hand. They continued walking until the little boy broke away and ran towards a figure in the distance.
'Daddy!' he cried.
Tori eyes opened wide and she sat up, resting a hand on her stomach.
Not too far away Hunter was checking his messages.
"Mr. Bradley, I'm calling from St. Lucas' hospital in England. We have a patient here that we believe is your brother, Blake."
Hunter listened to the rest of the message and ran as fast as he could to Tori's apartment and banged on the door.
A sleepy eyed Tori opened the door to find Hunter. "They think they found him." Tori's eyes spilled over with joy. "We have to go to England, like, now." Tori nodded in agreement and they called the others. They all caught the first flight they could. Their family was coming back together...
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Blake was in a fog. A deep, dense, grey fog. He stood up and looked around. Everything was the same. 'Where am I?' he asked himself.
"With us."
Blake turned and saw a figure in front of him. "Mom?" he asked. The woman with curly hair nodded and Blake embraced her. They broke away and tears were in his eyes.
"Am I...am I dead?" he asked nervously. His mother waved her hand and the fog parted a little to reveal a view of Blake lying in a hospital bed unconscious.
"You're not dead, Blake...but you are in a coma."
Blake's mind was a jumble. The last thing he remembered was the plane shaking violently and then a large jolt that sent him flying from his seat. He hit his head on something and was knocked out instantly.
"What happened?"
"There was an accident. As of right now, there are only a few survivors...you being one of them."
Blake looked down at the figure of himself and saw the name on the chart. "But they don't even know it's me!" he cried frustrated. "What if I die and Hunter never finds me? Or Tori?"
"Calm down son," a difference voice said. Blake turned and saw his father standing in front of him. "Hunter will find you...you just have to hold on."
Blake took a deep breath and hugged his father. "Thanks Dad, but how can you be so sure?"
"Because your family is on their way to find you right now," he said.
Blake felt tears welling up in his eyes. They were all coming ot find him...his family... A thought then hit him like a ton of bricks.
"But how will they ID me? Hunter and I aren't biological brothers, and my birth certificate was in my luggage," he said as he sank to his knees. "They can say it's me, but they won't have any concrete evidence...what if I don't wake up?"
"Blake, their will be someone who can prove who you are...Someone that has the same blood as you...someone that is you in a way," his mother said as she motioned back to the image of him lying on the bed.
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"Here he is," the doctor said to Tori and the others as they entered the room. The guys all had a light hold of Tori in a way as they walked towards the man on the bed.
There were bandages on his face and a few tubes in his arms, but there was no mistaking it...this was Blake.
"Oh thank God," Tori said as she broke away from the others and reached for his hand. Tears poured down her face as the others breathed a heavy sigh of relief. Hunter was in tears as well and the guys were all hugging in a happy celebration.
"Bro...Blake, it's Hunter," Hunter said.
The nurses in the room were also moved to tears at the happy reunion. "It's good to see family around," the doctor said. "Right now Blake is in a comatose state, much as he has been for the past week or so." Everyone in the room grew sad again, but they had him back. "Keep talking to him. He may be able to hear you."
The doctor left then and the rangers all stood around Blake's bed in a sort of circle. Tori sat by his side and held his hand in her left. Shane stood next to her, followed by Cam, Dustin, and finally Hunter who had a hold of Blake's left hand.
"We're all here Blake... come back to us," Tori whispered to him. "We're all joined as one in more way than you think. We're not going to let you leave us."