"So, want to tell me what's going on?" Chris asked Hook as the two
of them headed down the hallway. At least it seemed like that the
temperature wasn't as low now, more like what the hospital temperature
nearly was always set at. "You and Louis were both acting funny back
there."
Hook paused before speaking. He had promised not to tell about Louis's eyes but the idea of keeping something from Chris.... He had just promised not to tell Elmer, though, he suddenly recalled. Louis hadn't said anything about not telling Chris.
"Louis got hit in the head with a light when the quake hit. He's having problems with his vision. Everything's basically a blur for him."
Hook told Chris.
Chris's eyes widened in shock at that. She had thought that whatever was going on was probably connected to Lona's condition and definitely hadn't suspected at all that Louis might have been hurt too.
"Wait a minute, you were letting him do the IVs and...."
"Didn't have much choice. We would have lost Lona if he hadn't been able to help." Hook told Chris, dropping to the ground against a wall and motioning for her to join him. He signed slightly as she snuggled back against him.
Chris didn't speak for a moment, thinking over the situation. She knew that what Hook said was right and that they definitely would have lost Lona if the surgery had been delayed at all. When she really thought about it, it had been extremely brave of Louis to try to carry on with his injuries. "Should we have left them, though?" she asked.
"Lona's stable and with the amount of blood that Elmer gave her, I have a feeling she's going to stay that way. I don't think there's going to be anything he can't handle. Both of them will probably be out like lights for hours and hopefully we'll be out of here by then." Hook wrapped an arm around Chris as he spoke, holding her close.
"So, what do you think's wrong with him?" She asked after a moment.
"Louis? Not sure. Probably won't be until we can run a scan.
Could be a small blood clot pressing on the optic nerve, could be swelling,
could be pretty much anything." Hook said with a shake of his head.
"Do you think he'll be okay?" Chris wasn't sure how in the world they would ever tell Elmer if something major was actually wrong with his father. That coming on top of Lona's injuries might turn out to be too much for the younger doctor, she was afraid. And it wasn't only Elmer that worried her. They had been down here a long time. If Louis did have something serious going on then what if the delay in treatment had resulted in some permanent damage?
"It could have. I don't know." Hook said, almost as if he was reading her mind. "All I know is that we can't do anything until we get upstairs and we can't do that unless we either find a way out of here or someone comes down here and finds us."
"And with Stegman on the loose, who knows when that might happen."
Chris said with a shake of her head as she let Hook help her to her feet.
"Well, which way do you want to go to look for a way out?"
"Why don't we head back for the collapse site? I want to take another look at that, see if there's anything we can do to get some of that rubble out of the way ourselves, maybe clear enough to make ourselves heard if someone does come looking." Hook told her after thinking about it for a moment.
"I suppose that's about as good a plan as any." Chris said slowly.
She just hoped that someone would come looking for them soon. She definitely agreed with Hook that Lona was doing much better but she still needed to get upstairs soon for some proper care and Louis needed help as well. Surely someone would come looking for them soon. How long could Steg hide their absence from the rest of the staff?
Hook paused before speaking. He had promised not to tell about Louis's eyes but the idea of keeping something from Chris.... He had just promised not to tell Elmer, though, he suddenly recalled. Louis hadn't said anything about not telling Chris.
"Louis got hit in the head with a light when the quake hit. He's having problems with his vision. Everything's basically a blur for him."
Hook told Chris.
Chris's eyes widened in shock at that. She had thought that whatever was going on was probably connected to Lona's condition and definitely hadn't suspected at all that Louis might have been hurt too.
"Wait a minute, you were letting him do the IVs and...."
"Didn't have much choice. We would have lost Lona if he hadn't been able to help." Hook told Chris, dropping to the ground against a wall and motioning for her to join him. He signed slightly as she snuggled back against him.
Chris didn't speak for a moment, thinking over the situation. She knew that what Hook said was right and that they definitely would have lost Lona if the surgery had been delayed at all. When she really thought about it, it had been extremely brave of Louis to try to carry on with his injuries. "Should we have left them, though?" she asked.
"Lona's stable and with the amount of blood that Elmer gave her, I have a feeling she's going to stay that way. I don't think there's going to be anything he can't handle. Both of them will probably be out like lights for hours and hopefully we'll be out of here by then." Hook wrapped an arm around Chris as he spoke, holding her close.
"So, what do you think's wrong with him?" She asked after a moment.
"Louis? Not sure. Probably won't be until we can run a scan.
Could be a small blood clot pressing on the optic nerve, could be swelling,
could be pretty much anything." Hook said with a shake of his head.
"Do you think he'll be okay?" Chris wasn't sure how in the world they would ever tell Elmer if something major was actually wrong with his father. That coming on top of Lona's injuries might turn out to be too much for the younger doctor, she was afraid. And it wasn't only Elmer that worried her. They had been down here a long time. If Louis did have something serious going on then what if the delay in treatment had resulted in some permanent damage?
"It could have. I don't know." Hook said, almost as if he was reading her mind. "All I know is that we can't do anything until we get upstairs and we can't do that unless we either find a way out of here or someone comes down here and finds us."
"And with Stegman on the loose, who knows when that might happen."
Chris said with a shake of her head as she let Hook help her to her feet.
"Well, which way do you want to go to look for a way out?"
"Why don't we head back for the collapse site? I want to take another look at that, see if there's anything we can do to get some of that rubble out of the way ourselves, maybe clear enough to make ourselves heard if someone does come looking." Hook told her after thinking about it for a moment.
"I suppose that's about as good a plan as any." Chris said slowly.
She just hoped that someone would come looking for them soon. She definitely agreed with Hook that Lona was doing much better but she still needed to get upstairs soon for some proper care and Louis needed help as well. Surely someone would come looking for them soon. How long could Steg hide their absence from the rest of the staff?