Chapter 12

"Tek…..we'll be arriving at Salem port within the hour. There's an ambulance standing by for John. The others will also be taken to the hospital to be checked out." "Thank you" said Tek. ' Well this is it..' he said to himself.

The hour seemed to have passed very slowly. All the 'victims' were placed in a dark vehicle and taken to hospital. John however was taken in the ambulance and rushed to the hospital. His conditioned had worsened over the trip and they were afraid he wasn't going to make it.

"What do we got?" asked Lexie as the paramedics brought John into the hospital. 'Oh my god John…' whispered Lexie. "He fell and got a spike through his leg, he's got a concussion and there's internal bleeding" said the paramedic. "Okay let's get him into surgery, and can someone call Belle Black", said Lexie as she rushed John into the OR.

At the Loft…

"Hello"? asked Belle as she answered her phone. "Is this Belle Black?" asked the nurse. "Yes" "Ms. Black this is nurse Hunter from the Salem Hospital. Your father was brought in minutes ago in very serious condition. He's in surgery right now, but we would ask if you would come down right away." said the nurse as she hung up the phone.
"Belle who was that?" asked Philip as he walked towards her. "My….my dad as brought to the hospital in serious condition……he might die." cried Belle as she fell into Philip's arms. "Come on I'll take you." said Philip helping Belle out to the car.

At the Hospital…

Doctors, had placed all the 'victims' from the island in separate rooms except for family. Marlena and Roman were in one room together, Jack, Jennifer and the baby in another, Caroline and Victor, Doug, Hope and Bo in another and Alice, Abe and Maggie were all in separate rooms. Each one of them was checked out by a doctor, and after wards they were un sure how they were going to break the news to the loved ones in Salem.

Lexie appeared from the OR and was shocked to see all the Salem Stalked Victims alive, standing right in front of her. "Lexie, I know this is shocking to you….but how is John?" asked Marlena holding onto Roman's hands.

Shaking her head, she couldn't believe it. "Ah…he's stable for now…..umm he's lost a lot of blood…you can go and see him if you want", said Leixie pointing over to John's room. "Ah Roman…Kate's here, she's in room 217. I didn't treat her, brought she had lower abdomen pains and……" "Thank you Lexie, I'll go and see her right now", said Roman as he headed to see Kate.

"Lexie….Lexie..where's my dad", cried Belle as she came running towards her. He's in 218 Belle, he's stable now, but there's something you should….." started Lexie but stopped as Belle ran towards her fathers room. Running after her, Lexie caught up with Belle as she stood in shock as to what she was looking at. "know….your mother's alive". Lexie finished. Closing the door, she left Belle and Marlena alone. "Belle…" cried Marlena. "Mom…oh my god Mom…..how…why….oh my god." cried Belle as she ran into her mother's arms. "Oh honey…there will be time for everything I promise…we will talk…but your father needs us right now." said Marlena as she and Belle sat beside John.

Opening the door, Kate looked so peaceful sleeping. "John…John is that you…" whispered Kate. Walking up to her, Roman took her hand in his. "No Kate…it's Roman. John's alive, he's going to be okay." "Roman….Roman your dead….oh Roman there's so much I have to tell you….I love….I love John…." she said closing her eyes, not wanting to see his reaction. "Kate it's okay, I know you love him….he loves you too." Roman said kissing her hand lightly. "Roman I'm sorry we couldn't be happy". Smiling Roman nodded, "Kate, I love you and I always will, but I belong with Marlena and you and John belong together."

"Bo…I need you to explain something to me" said Lexie as she approached him and Tek. "How is everyone alive…I mean…everyone is alive right..including…" "Me" said Abe as he walked out of the exam room. Running to him, she placed a passionate kiss on him. "Oh Abe I love you so much". "Lexie, I love you too..I never stopped loving you." said Abe pulling her into a hug.

"Lexie, we have reason to believe that Tony was involved with this, as well as your father. Tony disappeared before we could ask him anything, but we will find him and Stephano." said Bo.

"Mom, Dad was soo lost without you. Now that your back and alive, we can be a family again." said Belle as she help both her mother and father's hand. Marlena smiled, she didn't have the heart to Belle that I was over between her and John and that John was having a baby with Kate.

"Yes honey..we're a family again."

Walk away if you want to
it's ok, if you need to
you can run, but you can never hide
From the shadow that's creeping up beside you
There's a magic running through your soul
But you can't have it all

(Whatever you do)
I'll be two steps behind you
(Wherever you go)
and I'll be there to remind you
that it only takes a minute of your precious time
to turn around and I'll be two steps behind.

Roman had begun to tell Kate all about the island and who was behind it and that everyone was alive when the doctor came in. "Excuse me Mrs. Roberts, I just thought that I would let you know that the surgery went well", said the doctor. "What about my baby?" asked Kate who held onto Romans hand. Looking at the two of them, the doctor doesn't say anything. Tears began to form and flow down Kate's face, Roman looked in shock, looking at the doctor than at Kate. "Roman….." cried Kate, as Roman held her. 'Could this get any worse' though Roman.

Take the time
to think about it
Walk the line, you know you just can't fight it
Take a look around and see what you can find
Like the fire that's burning up inside me,
There's a magic running through your soul
But you can't have it all

(Whatever you do)
I'll be two steps behind you
(Wherever you go)
and I'll be there to remind you
that it only takes a minute of your precious time
to turn around and I'll be two steps behind.

'Beep Beep Beeeeeep' all of a sudden went the machine that John was hooked up too. Lexie could hear it from the hallway and went running into John's room. "Marlena I need you to take Belle out." "What's wrong with my dad? Is he going to be okay?" cried Belle. "Honey, listen, your father is bleeding internally, we need to get him back into surgery" Marlena helped Belle outside of John's room where every one as standing, tears were falling down from both their faces. "He's going into shock", the nurse said as she continued to watch John's pressure. "Okay, charge the paddles to 200 joules. Clear……"

There's a magic running through your soul
but you, you can't have it all
(Whatever you do)
I'll be two steps behind you
(wherever you go)
and I'll be there to remind you
that it only takes a minute of your precious time
To turn around and I'll be two steps behind.

Two steps behind
yeah, baby
two steps behind
ohh, sugar
two steps behind