As Billy finally pulled Keira off of Kyle, all they heard was Dr. Fields yelling, "Hey. Hey!"

They all stopped and looked at him as he continued, "Knock it off or I'm having all of you thrown out of here!"

DK asked him, "How is she, doc? How's Brianne?"

Kyle chimed in, "Who the hell are you?" looking at DK wondering why another guy is asking about HIS girlfriend, HIS property.

Keira struggled w/Billy, "It's none of your damn business you son of a bitch!"

"Fuck you Keira!" Kyle responded.

Billy didn't take too kindly to that remark and got in Kyle's face and was about to say something when Dr. Fields yelled, "HEY!"

Everyone just looked at him when Dr. Fields looked to DK and began.

"She had massive internal bleeding, 3 broken ribs, a ruptured spleen, a concussion and she also broke her right leg just below the knee."

DK began to pace as Kyle kept glaring at DK wanting desperately to know who this guy was that could throw a wrench in everything. Brianne was Kyle's and no-one, not even this Firefighter was going to stop him from having Brianne learn her place w/him.

"We were able to eventually stop the bleeding and repair her spleen. Her ribs will heal in time, as will her leg. But what I'm most concerned with is the injury to her spine."

DK stopped and said, "her spine? What's wrong w/her spine?"

Dr. Fields took a breath and then began. "It seems as though she bruised it and it's swelled. A lot. Doc said when they brought her in that she was in a position that was difficult for him to stabilize her?"

Billy responded, "yeah. Her side of the car is what hit the pole and the door crushed in on her, making it really difficult to cut the car open. We tried to get in through the passenger side, but she was crushed in between the center console and the steering wheel. We had to be real careful with the door with the way she was positioned in the car."

DK was facing the wall w/his hands up against it. He leaned his head against the wall and just closed his eyes. Keira walked up to him and softly rubbed his back. "You ok?" He said nothing. Just tapped his head against the wall. "She's going to make it."

Dr. Fields continued, "we're not sure now long it's going to take for the swelling to go down, so we don't know the extent of that injury."

DK and Keira turned around quickly to face everyone. DK asked, "Will she be able to walk?"

Dr. Fields looked solemnly at him and quietly said, "we don't know. We'll know more when she wakes up."

"When will that be," Keira asked, "When will Brianne wake up?"

Dr. Fields looked at everyone and then back at Keira, "I don't know. She slipped into a coma during the end of the surgery."

Jimmy, Bobby and Keira stood there in shock. Billy began to pace around and DK slid down the wall and crouched on the balls of his feet. Kyle meanwhile, stood there trying to keep the smirk on his face from showing.

Dr. Fields looked down at his hands for a moment leading Billy to notice the expression on his face. "There's more, isn't there. You haven't told us everything have you," Billy asked.

Keira demanded, "What? What's wrong w/her?"

Dr. Fields looked around at everyone, "We came across extensive bruising. Bruising that we feel could not have been sustained in the accident."

"Bruises?" DK asked, standing up and walking over to Dr. Fields.

"Yeah. Old one's and fresh one's."

DK asked, "what kinds of bruises?"

Billy and Keira knew and their blood pressure began to rise. Kyle tried to look as inconspicuous as he could, but then Dr. Fields said the magic words that put everything in motion.

"Bruises that can be sustained from being hit by someone or something. It was almost like she's being abused."

"Abused?" DK asked, "I don't understand, what do you m..."

He wasn't halfway done with his sentence when Keira went straight after Kyle again.

"You son of a bitch! This is all your fault!" she screamed as she lunged at him with fists of fury flying.

Jimmy continued to hold back Kyle while Billy struggled to pull Keira off, "Knock it off, Keira! Stop!" Billy exclaimed angrily.

Kyle yelled at Keira and Billy, "I'm not afraid of you! You can kick my ass all you want, but she's mine and you'll never do anything about it!"

Keira, still struggling w/Billy, yelled, "Like hell! You come near her again you bastard, I'll kill you myself!"

DK was completely confused and became even more so when Billy went after Kyle as soon as Jimmy let go of Kyle. Before anyone knew what was going on, Billy had Kyle on the floor swinging wildly on him, "You piece of shit! I told you to stay away from her!!!"

"WALSH!" Jimmy shouted trying to get him off of Kyle. The only thing Jimmy got in return was the back swing of Walsh's flying fist across his face.

Kyle managed to shift his weight and roll over causing them to slam into the wall and then knock over a blanket cart. They were finally separated by Jimmy and Bobby, followed by security who had come running in upon hearing the commotion. Security threatened to have both of them arrested, but Keira convinced them otherwise where Billy was concerned, while DK continued to stand there stunned. She did convince them to get Kyle out of there.

Walsh continued to struggle in Bobby's grasp to break free & get at Kyle again, "Cool it Billy! Come on man!" Bobby exclaimed holding him back.

"I thought I made it clear to you the last time to stay the hell away from her!" Billy shouted to Kyle.

DK stood there for a second, trying to absorb everything that was going on. First, Brianne is fighting for her life after a car accident and major surgery, then Dr. Fields comes out to tell them about her condition and bruising that looks as though it's coming from physical abuse and now Billy is screaming to this guy about making it clear to stay away from Brianne.

Security escorted Kyle out of the hallway, and Bobby was still holding Walsh back.

DK looked at him, "What the HELL is going on?!"

Bobby let go of Billy and Billy tried to calm down before he started explaining it to DK. But DK started to lose his patience.

"God Dammit Billy, what the hell is going on?!"

Then Billy got a little brokenhearted, that kinda queasy feeling 'cause he knew what he was about to tell his best friend would hurt him badly.

"He was hitting her man. Keira figured it out one night and told me. I lost it and went after him."

DK stood there stunned for a minute, "WHAT?!"

"I'm sorry D., I should have told you."

"You're damn right you should have told me! What the hell were you thinking?!" DK was right up in his face, blowing a gasket.

Then Keira got upset and tried to get in between them. But DK turned on Keira, "And you! You're her best friend for Christ's sake! How could you do this to her?! How could you keep something like this from me?! You let this happen!"

Billy got a little more angry, "Hey! Don't you go after her!"

"Why not?! You both kept me in the dark about this knowing how I felt about Bri. How I STILL feel about her! How could you guys do this?! You guys call yourselves her friends?!"

Then Bobby stepped in and pulled DK back, "Come on man, let's go for a walk."

DK continued screaming at Billy the whole time Bobby was walking him out, "You're supposed to be my best friend! What is this shit?!"

Meanwhile, Kyle was still raising hell with security while they were escorting him out. One of the nurses called for PD, while Bobby was getting DK outside for air. When they got outside, Kyle was screaming and he started yelling across to DK.

"What, Bitch?! You're not as tough as your friend huh?! You wanna piece of this?!"

DK went over and wailed him in the face. The 2 of them got into it pretty good while Bobby and security tried to break the fight up.

55-David pulled up at the hospital to see the fight going on. Faith barely got the car in park when Bosco was already out the door, trying to help Bobby pull them apart.

"Alright, alright, alright! Break it up!"

Faith had gotten there as well, but Bobby and Bosco were able to pull them apart by then.

DK screamed right at Bosco, "the bastard beat her Bosco! He put his hands on her and beat her!"

As Bosco attempted to subdue Kyle, he asked, "who? Who did he beat?"

Kyle was doing everything he could to break free of Bosco and Bosco had had enough. He threw the cuffs on him as Kyle yelled, "He broke my nose!"

Bosco replied, "Shut up!"

DK angrily said, "Brianne! The doc said that she's got bruises all over her. Old and new! And this son of a bitch put them there!"

Kyle struggled and yelled, "You are so full of shit!"

He then got this evil smirk on his face and looked right at DK and decided to 'bruise' DK's heart even more, "Didn't you know that she just loves it rough? Can't tell you how many nights she begged me for it."

Bobby grabbed DK just in time as DK lunged for Kyle calling him every name in the book.

Bobby yelled, "Bosco, get him out of here before I let DK kill him! Or kill him myself!"

At the same time, Bosco was already throwing Kyle in the backseat of the RMP. Kyle yelled, "That bastard broke my nose!"

Bosco replied, "Yeah, well if he didn't, then I will!" and he shoved him in the backseat, slamming the door shut.

Bobby's attempt to keep DK away from the situation failed miserably. DK ended up screaming and cursing his way back over to 55-David. Nearly breaking his hand when he slammed his fist on the back seat window and continued his tirade.

"Don't you EVER come near her again you son of a bitch! You hear me?!" DK shouted while pointing his finger into the window as if he could slam it down Kyle's throat at any second.

"DK!" Bobby shouted trying to pull him away, "Come on man! He's not worth it!"

DK fought him off, "EVER! Don't you EVER or I will kill you!"

"DK BACK OFF!" Bobby shouted grabbing him and pulling him back with all of his might.

Faith could see that she was the only level headed one present. Keeping her demeanor as calm as she could, she stepped in between DK and the RMP window which Kyle was right up against screaming as well.

"Come on DK, let him go."

DK's eyes were spewing fire but he let Faith's words break his spell of pure rage, "We've got it. We can do more than you can. Just let it go."

Bobby made one more attempt to help diffuse the situation, "Come on man. Let's get out of here. Come on."

DK looked back to Faith who had a serious and confident look on her face. A look that she along with Bobby, let DK know that they would handle it. They would definitely and in all ways possible, handle it. DK finally gave in and allowed Bobby to lead him away from 55-David but not without breaking that look from Faith. The look struck him deep down inside allowing him to know that everything would be taken care of.

Faith turned and got into the RMP screaming "Oh, Shut Up!" to Kyle who was still mouthing off. Bobby couldn't help let out a chuckle at how fast Kyle jumped at the sound of Faith's angry voice.

"That son of a bitch!" DK screamed ending Bobby's 2-second chuckle, "He hit her! He put his hands on her Bobby and he God damned beat her!! What the hell?!"

"I know man, I know. I'm sorry." Bobby replied.

"And those 2! Billy and Keira knew about it! And they never said anything!" He looked at Bobby, "Why? Why would they keep that from me? I could have gotten her away from him."

Bobby responded, "I don't know D. But you can't hate them. They're not the one's who did this."

"I should have kicked the living shit out of him when I had the chance!" DK shouted.

Bobby positioned himself right in front of DK so that he had no choice but to look directly at his friend, "And what good would that have done?! When Brianne wakes up, you would be the one in jail, not him. What good would that do her huh? None! Come on, I know how you feel alright?! I wouldn't mind a few shots at him either, but look at who he's in an RMP with right now! Bosco! He'll get the job done! He can get the guy brought in and at the same time, teach him a lesson. For Christ's sake, what does Bosco hate more than anything?! Guys like that piece of dirt. There is no-one here in the entire 5-5 who despises abuse more than Bosco."

DK looked at Bobby and then sighed and just walked around.

"I can't believe it Bobby. How could anyone hurt her like that? How could anyone put his hands on her like that?"

Bobby could see the rage building in his friend once again and decided that they needed a change. They sat down on a bench in a little park just across the street from Mercy and Bobby noticed DK just staring at the ground. Closing his eyes, he took some deep breaths and finally got himself to calm down a little bit. There were others in the park just enjoying the evening and some had music playing w/their candlelit picnic dinners.

One song that caught DK's attention was playing right near them. 'I'm Already There' by Lone Star. He let the words take over everything and upon opening his eyes, he finally had a small smile on his face and Bobby knew that he was thinking about Brianne.

He nudged DK and DK looked over at him and said, "hmm?"

Bobby smiled and said, "Where were you man? I know with Bri., but what were you thinking about?"

DK chuckled and then looked out at the people walking around in the park. He said, "The first time I gave Brianne flowers and also Coney Island."

Bobby moved to sit w/his one arm on the back of the bench and his knee was up on the bench as he listened to DK remember.

"I hadn't called Brianne after the night she and Keira cooked dinner for all of us at the house."

Bobby asked, "How come? You two seemed to hit it off."

"We did. I kissed her on the walk back to her place."

Bobby couldn't understand this one. "Wait. You two were obviously attracted to each other, you kiss her while walking her home and then you don't call her. I don't get it, what am I missing here?"

DK changed his position on the bench to face Bobby. Chuckling, "I was head over heels in love with Bri. from the 1st time I saw her."

Bobby said, "yeah, I could tell at Haggerty's."

"Yeah. Anyway, when I kissed her, I wasn't sure if I had just presumed too much and crossed a line. I didn't call her for a few days after that thinking that she might be upset with me for kissing her like that."

Bobby asked, "Did she kiss you back?"

"Yeah. But Brianne made me feel things that I'd never felt before. Never have since she left. And I was worried that maybe I was too forward or something."

They sat in silence for a second when DK chuckled, "I can still remember the day she and I straightened it out. Actually it was Keira who got the ball rolling. See, .... "