Stained Red Chapter 7

Note- yet again thanks for the reviews...and thanks for the cool offer sionthede... but my beta reader is back, but you will be my first choice next time she is away ;-)

Benton was walking outside of Carter's room when he heard all of the alarms going off. He ran into the room to find Carter sitting up reaching for something. "Carter are you ok?" he asked as he noticed how pale and scared Carter appeared.

Carter rested back in the bed and held up his left hand. "Sorry it fell off I was trying to reach it"

Benton reached down to replace the fallen piece. He looked at Carter and noticed blood dripping down his arm "Here" he reached to look at Carter's arm "I will start a new IV"

"Sorry I didn't mean to" Carter lowered his head.

"It's ok Carter I understand that it was an accident, but what happened exactly?" Benton asked while replacing the IV.

Carter watched Benton insert the short needle "Nothing really just a bad dream...actually I don't even remember what it was about just that it was...bad" Carter looked away from his arm down at the sheets in front of him wondering what his dream was about trying to think of what scared him.

Benton placed his hand on Carter's "It's ok Carter"

"Yeah...sure" Carter closed his eyes and leaned his head back against his pillow. Benton got up and started to walk towards the door "Dr. Benton?" Carter said barely above a whisper. Benton turned around and took a few steps closer to Carter's bed. "Can you turn the light on?" Carter felt like a child asking such a question, but he didn't want to wake up in the dark again. Benton nodded his head and before walking out of the room he turned on the light.

Carter laid awake in bed wondering about his dream and trying to remember. He fought with himself not to fall asleep, but eventually exhaustion won.

It was all so familiar as he watched the people walk by him as he entered the ER. It seemed real as if he was back at work. Carter walked up to the admit desk but no one was there as he turned around to find anyone everyone was gone. He ran through the halls searching for someone, but he didn't even know who.

Carter searched all of the rooms trying to find this person. The more he ran the more he remembered from his nightmare. Then it dawned on him 'that boy...I have to find him' He searched everywhere but was alone. Then the lights around him began to flicker wildly and it seemed like a strobe light. He started out as the flashes began more then flashes. They were like pictures playing out what he can't remember. With every flash the scene would change slightly. He watched what seemed to be a trauma. Then with a flash everyone was gone and the patient lay still on the gurney halfway out of the doors. With a flash the patient was gone and Carter was alone. All of his memories from his own trauma came flooding back to him.

Mark entered Carter's room where he was asleep and all of a sudden Carter was shaking his head quickly from side to side. Mark tried to wake him up "Carter..." he yelled.

Carter could here his name softly he knew it was Mark he tried to respond but couldn't he felt himself being shaken until he was awake again. Carter's eyes opened quickly and the first thing he saw was Mark's worried face. "Are you ok Carter?"

Carter rested his head on his pillow and closed his eyes for a moment. As he slowly opened his eyes he spoke lightly "I don't know anymore" Mark looked down at him wondering what Carter was thinking. "I had a dream" Carter stopped himself as he remembered what it was about.

"Carter?" Mark asked

"I remember" Carter smiled slightly but it vanished as he began to speak again "that boy"

"What boy?"

"From the trauma his name was umm... Danny?" he said unsure of himself

"Yeah he is fine. He left earlier today"

Carter's eyes opened widely "No! He can't...he...he did it"

"Did what Carter? You're not making any sense" Mark took a seat by Carter's bed as he tried to understand.

"He stabbed me"

Mark was speechless for a moment as it sunk in "But how?" is all he could manage to say.

"During the trauma we were moving Danny to the OR and he had a knife and no one saw anything they were all busy" Carter paused as a thought ran through his mind "Where's the knife?"

Mark stood up "I will be right back Carter I am going to get those cops from the ER up here so you can tell them this ok?" Mark waited till Carter nodded in agreement "It will be ok Carter" he said reassuringly as he left the room.

Note- Sorry for the delay. I will do my best to update this tomorrow and I promise that the next chapter will be more interesting and stuff not slow so read on.