Louis looked up in what he hoped was the direction that Hook and
Christine were in as he finished pulling a sheet over his son. Elmer was
fast asleep now, Lona's hand firmly clasped in his. Louis was glad that he
had been able to sleep, hoping it would allow him a bit of a respite from
his worry over Lona. Maybe by the time that Elmer woke up, they would have
a way out of here. He was sure that once they got Lona upstairs they could
finish patching her up relatively easily. A few days to let that lung heal
and see how the spleen did and she would probably be as good as new.
"Does it feel colder in here to either of you?" Louis asked. That was the one thing that was concerning him a bit, the drop in temperature.
It definitely felt colder to him and he knew that in Lona's condition it wouldn't be good at all if she became too chilled.
"It does feel a little colder." Chris said cautiously as she looked around the room, snuggling up to Hook a bit as she did. "Hook?"
Hook paused before speaking. There was something different but he couldn't quite place what it was, a sound that was so familiar that it was slipping past his brain's ability to lay a finger on it. "Do either of you hear something?" He finally asked, hoping that either Louis or Chris might be able to catch what he was missing.
Louis nodded, tilting his head slightly to try to hear the noise better. "Some sort of humming?" he asked.
"Loud humming." Chris muttered. "Hook, that isn't the...." The sound was familiar, something that she was so used to that she couldn't really place it now.
"The air. It's the air." Hook said flatly as it finally hit him what the noise that he was hearing was. The hospital air system had always emitted a low level hum as it ran and after working there for awhile you just learned to tune it out. The sound was louder now, though, louder than it should be if the air was running at its regular level. "Some idiot has the air turned up full force!"
As he heard Hook's announcement, Louis moved closer to Lona and Elmer, reaching out protectively and adjusting the covers over them,
wishing that he had something else to cover them with. Lona definitely couldn't afford to become chilled now and after the amount of blood he had donated to her, Elmer really couldn't either.
"You don't think that Stegman...." Chris knew Stegman was evil.
After all, he had butchered Mona Klingerman's brain and then stolen her research but for him to do this, to try to kill them.... Well, she supposed Stegman was evil enough to do it but she just couldn't see him being willing to go to the work that an actual murder attempt would involve. Goodness knows that he tried hard enough to avoid as much work as possible in the OR.
"Even Johnny isn't stupid enough to turn the air on full force in the middle of October." Hook said with a shake of his head as he moved around the morgue, looking for some way to cut off the air. Several minutes later he stopped when he realized there was nothing, though. He looked over at Lona and Elmer, trying to work out what to do. "Louis?"
"I don't think we can move Lona right now." She seems stable for the moment and I don't want to take any chances with upsetting that unless we have to." With the damage to the spleen freshly repaired, he knew that there was still a danger that the bleeding could restart if they weren't careful. He reached out, gently patting her free hand for a moment before adjusting the covers over her once more and after a slight pause, shrugging off his lab coat and tucking it around her as well.
Hook nodded as he came over and joined Louis, running his eyes over Lona and Elmer, assessing their conditions. Elmer was definitely paler than normal and it was obvious that the blood loss had weakened him a lot.
Hook was fairly sure that they could get him onto his feet if they had to,
though. Lona was going to be the real problem. After looking her over he had to agree with Louis that they didn't need to try moving her unless there were no other options. At the same time, he knew that they couldn't just stand there and slowly freeze to death. Did anyone even know that they were missing yet or what had happened in the basement? They had no way of knowing.
"I'm going to get some more blankets from the supply closet." Hook said, making up his mind that there was no way that he could just sit there and wait for help, not while he was able to try to do something to change it. "Then I'm going to go back and see if there's anything I can find, any way out of here or something so we can contact someone and let them know what's going on."
"I'm going with you." Chris said firmly as she looked over at him.
She couldn't stand stay there anymore than Hook could, hoping that someone would find them in time. And there was no way that she was letting Hook go into a potentially dangerous situation without her.
"Chris...." Hook didn't want to mention Louis's vision problem unless he had to but he didn't think it was a good idea for him to be left alone to tend Lona and Elmer in his current state.
"Hook, it will be fine." Louis said firmly. "If I have to, I can wake Elmer up but for the moment Lona's stable. The important thing now is getting out of here and Chris will be more help to you trying to do that than she would be here with me. I'll be fine. Just get the blankets and go."
Hook looked at Louis for a moment before making up his mind. He hated to leave and definitely hated for Chris to come with him, didn't want to risk any danger to her almost as much as he didn't want to leave Louis alone in his condition. The did need out of there as soon as possible though and tow people trying to find a way out would be better than one.
"Alright. We'll be right back with the blankets. If anything changes though, yell for us."
"Does it feel colder in here to either of you?" Louis asked. That was the one thing that was concerning him a bit, the drop in temperature.
It definitely felt colder to him and he knew that in Lona's condition it wouldn't be good at all if she became too chilled.
"It does feel a little colder." Chris said cautiously as she looked around the room, snuggling up to Hook a bit as she did. "Hook?"
Hook paused before speaking. There was something different but he couldn't quite place what it was, a sound that was so familiar that it was slipping past his brain's ability to lay a finger on it. "Do either of you hear something?" He finally asked, hoping that either Louis or Chris might be able to catch what he was missing.
Louis nodded, tilting his head slightly to try to hear the noise better. "Some sort of humming?" he asked.
"Loud humming." Chris muttered. "Hook, that isn't the...." The sound was familiar, something that she was so used to that she couldn't really place it now.
"The air. It's the air." Hook said flatly as it finally hit him what the noise that he was hearing was. The hospital air system had always emitted a low level hum as it ran and after working there for awhile you just learned to tune it out. The sound was louder now, though, louder than it should be if the air was running at its regular level. "Some idiot has the air turned up full force!"
As he heard Hook's announcement, Louis moved closer to Lona and Elmer, reaching out protectively and adjusting the covers over them,
wishing that he had something else to cover them with. Lona definitely couldn't afford to become chilled now and after the amount of blood he had donated to her, Elmer really couldn't either.
"You don't think that Stegman...." Chris knew Stegman was evil.
After all, he had butchered Mona Klingerman's brain and then stolen her research but for him to do this, to try to kill them.... Well, she supposed Stegman was evil enough to do it but she just couldn't see him being willing to go to the work that an actual murder attempt would involve. Goodness knows that he tried hard enough to avoid as much work as possible in the OR.
"Even Johnny isn't stupid enough to turn the air on full force in the middle of October." Hook said with a shake of his head as he moved around the morgue, looking for some way to cut off the air. Several minutes later he stopped when he realized there was nothing, though. He looked over at Lona and Elmer, trying to work out what to do. "Louis?"
"I don't think we can move Lona right now." She seems stable for the moment and I don't want to take any chances with upsetting that unless we have to." With the damage to the spleen freshly repaired, he knew that there was still a danger that the bleeding could restart if they weren't careful. He reached out, gently patting her free hand for a moment before adjusting the covers over her once more and after a slight pause, shrugging off his lab coat and tucking it around her as well.
Hook nodded as he came over and joined Louis, running his eyes over Lona and Elmer, assessing their conditions. Elmer was definitely paler than normal and it was obvious that the blood loss had weakened him a lot.
Hook was fairly sure that they could get him onto his feet if they had to,
though. Lona was going to be the real problem. After looking her over he had to agree with Louis that they didn't need to try moving her unless there were no other options. At the same time, he knew that they couldn't just stand there and slowly freeze to death. Did anyone even know that they were missing yet or what had happened in the basement? They had no way of knowing.
"I'm going to get some more blankets from the supply closet." Hook said, making up his mind that there was no way that he could just sit there and wait for help, not while he was able to try to do something to change it. "Then I'm going to go back and see if there's anything I can find, any way out of here or something so we can contact someone and let them know what's going on."
"I'm going with you." Chris said firmly as she looked over at him.
She couldn't stand stay there anymore than Hook could, hoping that someone would find them in time. And there was no way that she was letting Hook go into a potentially dangerous situation without her.
"Chris...." Hook didn't want to mention Louis's vision problem unless he had to but he didn't think it was a good idea for him to be left alone to tend Lona and Elmer in his current state.
"Hook, it will be fine." Louis said firmly. "If I have to, I can wake Elmer up but for the moment Lona's stable. The important thing now is getting out of here and Chris will be more help to you trying to do that than she would be here with me. I'll be fine. Just get the blankets and go."
Hook looked at Louis for a moment before making up his mind. He hated to leave and definitely hated for Chris to come with him, didn't want to risk any danger to her almost as much as he didn't want to leave Louis alone in his condition. The did need out of there as soon as possible though and tow people trying to find a way out would be better than one.
"Alright. We'll be right back with the blankets. If anything changes though, yell for us."