Chapter 2: Another "Perfect" Day
another flashback
It was a month after Frank had died, and the staff was finally getting used to having him not around. It was just a regular day, wasn't too busy, wasn't too slow. The doctors and nurses were taking care of their patients. The patients would be treated and discharged. Treat and discharge, treat and discharge - that's how the day was going on. Things were going… perfectly, yet again. No troubles, no horrifying traumas yet. It was just a plain old simple day so far. Susan didn't think anything of it, she was just happy that they had a nice simple day ahead of them.
This time it happened in the middle of her shift. She picked up a chart, and looked at the patient's name, Mr. Andrews. She went to curtain area one to go treat and discharge him, like she had been doing all day with other patients. Mr. Andrew's was a pretty big man. He was middle aged, and was complaining of back pain.
Susan steps into Curtain Area One. She sees Mr. Andrews, and walks over to him.
"Hi Mr. Andrews, I'm Dr. Lewis. I see that you're complaining of back pain."
"Yes'serree. Ma'am. Just give me some Demerol, and I should be as good as new."
Mr. Andrews seemed like the typical addict, and indeed he was, as Susan later checked out.
A little while later, Susan comes back to Mr. Andrews. "Mr. Andrews, I'm sorry, but we can't give you any Demerol, we can give you some other painkillers if you'd like."
Mr. Andrew's stares at Susan Lewis. It was a long, creepy stare. Mr. Andrew barges out, but then quickly turns around, knife in hand. Susan sees the knife in Mr. Andrew's hand. The curtain area is closed and nobody can see anything, so she starts screaming, "Help! Security!"
Malik hears Susan's screams, and runs to the curtain area. He sees Mr. Andrews, knife in hand. "Sir, please put the knife down!" Malik tells Mr. Andrews. Mr. Andrews turns around, and before Malik can react, he has a knife stuck in his neck. Security comes, and they handcuff Mr. Andrews.
Abby, Neela, Ray, Carter, and others come over with a gurney. They pick up Malik and rush him to a trauma room…
end of flashback
This is the part where I finish up what happened to Malik and leave you wondering what will happen next, but I think another flashback will do just the trick:
the rest of the flashback
The trauma room is filled with County's best doctors, surgeons, and nurses as they try to fix Malik. The knife had hit an artery, and the surgeons tell everyone that there is no way to repair it. They send their condolences, and leave the ER staff in shock.
It's the second funeral Susan Lewis and the rest of the ER staff had attended in the past month. They can't believe that two of their staff members are gone. It's going to be hard to replace Malik, Susan thinks. Heck, it was hard to find a replacement for Frank.