Dr Robert Romano was making his way as inconspicuously as he could, through the hellhole that was the ER. He wanted to get upstairs and into the sanctum that was his office, without being waylaid; he was not in the mood to talk to anyone this morning. Just as he made it to the elevator doors, he heard Kerry Weaver calling out his name and groaned inwardly.

"Robert have your heard anymore about the extra funding we've requested for more nurses?"

"Kerry I told you yesterday…you'll hear when…" Robert stopped mid sentence, as he saw something out the corner of his eye, that his mind registered as dangerous and sickened him to his stomach. Without thinking, he knocked Kerry to the floor, before shielding a little girl with his body. He felt a sharp pain slam into his shoulder and then again to his chest. Looking down at himself, he saw a pool of crimson begin to stain his shirt before he felt himself fade to black as his head connected hard with the floor.

Kerry pulled herself together and struggled to stand. She was about to ask Robert what the hell he thought he was playing at when she froze in horror…she saw two police officers nearby open fire on a gunman who seemed to be aiming straight at her. He crashed to the ground in front of her…

When all the shooting stopped, Kerry raised her head and looked quickly around. She saw the gunman and could tell straight away he was dead as his vacant eyes stared straight back at her. She saw the little girl who had been stood nearby them waiting for the elevator, now crying into her mother's arms. She looked herself over and breathed a sigh of relief that she seemed to be ok.

Then she saw Robert. He was lying on the floor unconscious and bleeding heavily.

Her medical training kicked in and she went over to him checking for a pulse; she let out a sigh of relief as she found one.

"Dr Carter get a gurney over here now!" she screamed…

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Dr Corday groaned to herself…she had been paged down to the ER yet again. The doors swished open and she wondered what the hell was going on when she stepped out of the elevator into chaos. There were police offices all over the place, taping off the area in front of her, screaming at her not to contaminate the field. She looked down to the floor and registered with horror a gold stethoscope covered in blood. She heard Abbey frantically shouting out her name and felt bile rose up into her throat as the implication of everything struck her…

"Dr Corday we need you in trauma one NOW!"

As she ran, though the doors she could not believe the scene in front of her………Robert was lying on the gurney bleeding heavily.

She stood momentarily frozen in shock before she managed to find her voice "What happened?"

"Its Dr Romano he's been shot twice, once though the shoulder and once though the chest. He's loosing a lot of blood," replied Dr Weaver.

Just then, the heart monitor flat lined and Elizabeth rushed forward.

"Clear!" She shouted as she grabbed the paddles, and shocked him…. nothing….

"Clear!" she called again.

Everyone in the room breathed a sigh of relief as the tell tale beep returned and they got him back.

"We need to get him up to surgery NOW before the bullets do any more damage!"

TBC

R&R