Vic walked to Lucas' room, she didn't know how she did it, she didn't remembered getting there, her mind was a mess the only thing she could think of was Lucas, she couldn't lose him, Vic regretted it mentally from all the fights, all the disagreements, she wished she had more time with him to tell him how much she loved him, that's all she wanted,it was just what she needed.

Her eyes stung and she blinked back tears,when she opened the hospital room door, she wasn't ready for this, she wasn't ready to say goodbye, her heart stopped, Vic felt her world
collapsed when she saw him in that hospital bed, he looked bad and
fragile with all those wires and tubes attached to it.

But Lucas smiled as she entered the room, he smiled at Vic with his
smile that lit up the world around him, he smiled and for a moment everything was fine, for a moment Vic forgot all his problems and smiled back to Lucas though her eyes are welling up with tears.

"Hey it's not as bad as it looks." His voice was weak and low, but he replied as soon as he saw her.

"I love you" Vic didn't know what to say, she wanted to say so many things but at the same time she didn't know where to start, she needed to tell him that she was pregnant, she needed to tell her how much she loved him, she needed to say everything she wanted to say to him and never could and now she didn't have time to do it anymore.

"I love you too, eggy," he said softly.

Vic walked over to the hospital bed where he was, she didn't know how she had managed to do it, she didn't even have the strength to keep standing, she just she wanted to cry but couldn't, she needed to be strong for Lucas.

"I tried…I tried to call you," he said with difficulty.

"I know, don't try to talk, don't worry about it. " Vic replied softly, trying to smile as she placed a hand on Lucas's chest.

"I know you tried, sorry for not picking up".

"It wasn't your fault, eggy." He moved his hand to take hers. " I thinkthat we can take our vacation now."

Vic laughed as a few tears rolled down her cheeks, even with pain Lucas was trying to make her laugh.

"Yes, I think so, so much work keeping our secret for nothing."she stated.

"I owe you an answer" He said coughing again.

"Do not worry about it." She replied sniffling.

"It's yes Victoria, of course it's yes"
She smiled feeling her eyes burn with the tears that continued falling down.

"I was really ready to spend the rest of my life with you"she replied through her tears.

"At least I got to spend the rest of mine with you"

Ripley brought his hand up to her cheek and stroked it gently.

"I love you, I love you so much."

Several tears fell from her eyes and Lucas wiped it away with his finger.
Vic moved his hand carefully from her cheek and approached his face to kiss him. The kiss lasted a few seconds, enough until Lucas coughed again. Vic couldn't believe that this was the last their kiss, the last time I was going to feel their lips, the tickle that their beard
did on her face, his hands lightly caressing her curls.

Tears were streaming down her face at that moment, she couldn't stop.
cry, the love of her life was in front of her dying and she couldn't do
nothing to avoid it. She just sat there, sitting on the edge of the bed.
holding her hand and shifting her eyes between Lucas' pale figure in the bed and heart monitor.

Hours passed, Vic hadn't noticed, she was too lost in her thoughts, she only realized when entered the room with two nurses.

"What's happening?" She asked anxiously, still holding Luke's hand.

"We are going to repeat the tests" Dr. Pierce replied without taking her eyes off the cardiac monitor.

"Why?"

"Not wanting to get your hopes up, but there may have been some changes in the his condition, given that he is still alive."

Vic looked at Lucas, sleeping peacefully in the hospital bed, she was trying not to get her hopes up but there was the small possibility that Lucas will survive and Vic needed to hold on to that.

A few minutes passed and Dr. Pierce asked Vic to join her Jennifer, Sullivan, and the rest of their team in the waiting room, Vic got to her feet reluctantly, she didn't want to leave Lucas, she needed to be with him, but even though she did, she kissed his forehead before leaving the room.

Everyone was waiting for her so Dr. Pierce could start talking, Vic ran a hand nervously through her hair, she was a mess of tears and she knew it.

"There has been a slight change in Chief Ripley's conditions.
"Slight?" Jennifer asked interrupting Dr. Pierce.

"Yes, small but significant, his calcium levels have increased, not to the normal value but enough for us to operate on hus heart."

"What?.." Vic asked,still not beliving, Lucas was going to live? Lucas was going to be fine?

She just needed this, this confirmation.

" I'm worried about the state of his heart and lungs, we're going to operate right now, we can't waste any more time."

"Is he going to live?" Sullivan asked.

"I don't know, his heart and lungs are weak,i am sorry, as soon as the surgery is over, I'll be back here with news." she finished speak and left.

Vic wasn't paying attention anymore, she wasn't listening to the people around her talking, she didn't notice when everyone stood up to eat something and get some fresh air, your world had fallen apart, Lucas might not survive, the surgery would take hours and Vic couldn't take it wait all that time with no news.

"Vic, hey," Travis said softly, sitting in the chair next to her. "You need to eat something."

"No, I can not." She replied without looking at him while several tears rolled down her face.

"Come Vic, let's go." He moved his hand to the small of her back.
She shook her head crying and sobbing harder, Travis didn't know what to do to do calm her ,he just stood there gently rubbing her back in the hope that it would help.

A few hours passed and Vic was exhausted from crying, she wanted to move and get up from that chair when a sharp pain in her stomach hit her, Vic had felt that pain before when she found out Lucas was in hospital, the pain got worse and worse and she moaned in pain.

"Vic are you okay?" Travis asked worriedly, his eyes widened when he saw blood running down her legs.

"Vic you are..."

"I'm having an miscarriage" She managed to say before everything went blurry and she passed out from the pain.

Sullivan and Jennifer were anxiously from awaiting news in the waiting room,hours had passed when Dr. Pierce finally walked in.

"The surgery went well, he will be fine." She smiled.

Jennifer and Sullivan stood up and hugged each other tightly, sighing in relief.

"Where's Vic?" Dr. Pierce questioned.

"She must be outside, I'll look for her," Sullivan replied.