Looking down at the still half filled bowl of soup in front of him Tom frowned and pushed it away looking up at Doug for approval.

"You don't have to finish it." The standing man nodded removing the bowl from the table and taking it to the sink. "At least you ate something."

"Now all we have to do is hope it stays down." Judy smiled taking a seat across from Hanson at the table and studying him. "How are you feeling Hanson?"

"Honestly?" Tom's brow rose up "I'm freezing, my stomach is in pangs and my head is really dizzy...BUT I'm better than I was I can tell you that much."

"Dizzy how?" Doug called back from the sink where he was now washing up the few dirty dishes in front of him.

"Dizzy, dizzy? How many types of dizzy are there?" Hanson cleared his throat, "I'm sure it's going to pass just like the other symptoms have come and gone."

"You can't just shrug these things off." Penhall sighed. "Your in such a fragile state right now that we can't be to careful"

"I'm going to go use the rest room before you two start arguing like your married for the eighteenth time today." Judy shook her head smirking as she stood up and headed into the back of the apartment.

"How many times do I have to tell you everything is going to be fine." The shorter haired man frowned as he spoke studying the other mans back as he spoke.

"I don't know man I just worry..."

"Doug please you-," Tom rose to his feet and took a step forward his voice changing a little as he took another step the world going into a high tailing spin his knees buckling. "Doug?"

"What is it Han-" Penhall turned on his heals just in time to see the other man hit the kitchen floor his eyes closed his face pailing.. "Hanson?" He dropped to his knees quickly scooping him up. "Hanson... Tommy? ...TOM" He tapped the sides of his face lightly.

"Doug?What's going on now is-" Judy rounded the corner her eyes taking in the sight before her... "Tom? Doug what's-"

"Call 911." Doug looked up at her frowning. "Now."

"What hap-"

"DO IT NOW!" He growled as he began checking for a pulse on his friends limp body.

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It seemed like an eternity before the doctor exited the room where officer Hanson was now being held, Fuller and Ioki were quick to join the other two men in the waiting room not long after they had been called. "I thought you told me he was doing better Penhall." Captain Fuller whispered as the two men sat in opposite chairs waiting for any word on their friends condition.

"He was Cap. I swear it, you can even ask Jude, he had even eaten something,..."

"Well then what in the hell caused him to collapse?"

"Maybe I can help you with that one." The Doctor said now hovering over the four bodies in the waiting room clip board in hand.

"How is he doctor?" Harry asked as they all stood up.

"He's going to be just fine."

"He collapsed! How can you say he's going to be just fine?" Penhall snapped.

"Because he is going to be just fine, Officer Hanson collapsed from dehydration... We are currently geiving him a saline drip and as soon as he wakes up we are going to give him some jello and water... he's going to be alright."

"Thank god." Fuller couldn't help but smile as he and the other three breathed out a sigh of relief.

"Now the nurse has filled me in on the background of Tomas' situation that she got from you captqin fuller, and I mustcongratulate you and his friends for what a wonderful job you are doing on nursing him back to health... However the proper thing to do would have been to bring him in here right away, we could detox him here much quicker and.-"

"He's not a fan of hospitals" Doug interupted. "After all it was technically a "doctor" who did this to him."

"Well either way I still think...-" The doctor was cut off by the loud screaming voice coming from Tom's room.

"DOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUG" Tom's words were hardly even recognizable as the panic over took his body and the heart monitor above his bed picked up severely in pace. " NO NO DON'T... DON'T. FULLLLLLER! SOMEONE HELPPPPP PLEASE."

His four friends took off as swiftly as they could down the cooridor toward the sounds of his voice, the doctor behind them.

Penhall was the first one in the doorway taking note of the sweat now pouring down Tommy's face as he sat huddled in a ball on top of the bed his eyes red and spilling with tears as he panted to keep breathing. "DOUUUUUUUG!" he screamed again closing his eyes tightly and mumbling to himself.

"I'm right here Hanson." He jogged over to the bed, "It's alright..."

"WHY THE HELL DID YOU BRING ME HERE!"

"Tommy." Fuller stepped up to the side railing on the bed, "You passed out from dehydration... Doug had no choice but to bring you here."

"How are you feeling officer Hanson?" The doctor attemptted to interject.

Tom's eyes shot up, "Don't you come closer."

"Alright, I won't. I'llstay right here, listen... your friends told me about what happened to you, I want you to understand that your reaction is completely normal, if I were in your shoes I would be feeling the same way too..."

"Don't do this... Don't try to buddy up to me..." Tom growled keeping his arms around himself and finally taking note of the IV in his arm now that his fit of hysteria had passed his eyes darted up to the bag quickly. "What is this what are you doing to me?"

"It's sugar water Hanson, just relax." Doug put his arm out and on to Tom's shoulder, "Just try to relax..."

"Like I was telling you Tom." Fuller began again, "You passed out on your kitchen floor from severe dehydration, your here so that they can hydrate you, nothing more, then we are going to take you right back home I promise."

"Yes, and I promise I'm not going to go anywhere until you do." Doug pulled a chair up next to the bed.

"Me niether." Judy smiled slgithly.

"Or me." Harry took a seat on the edge of the bed patting his friends knee.

"None of us will leave this room Hanson." Fuller told him reassuringly.

Tom's eyes were still cautious as he looked around the room looking from one wall to the next a deep and desperate chill running up his spine as he did so, he felt sick inside and out, physically and emotionally, but Fuller was right... he needed to be here, he wanted to go home, but he needed to be here. "al-alright..." He stuttered out softly.

"Tom." Doug said sternly "Hanson look at me,"

"Hh-hmm?"

"It's going to be alright, we won't leave you alone I promise..."

"I really don't like being here," he admited sheepishly.

"I know, It's just one night though I promise..."

"That's alot to ask of amanwho just spent 2 weeks in a toture hospital you know."

"I assure you your safe here Thomas." The doctor offered quietly. "And your friends may stay... I'll pull the strings so that no one will hassle you about it, if it's going to make you more comfortable."

"I um, I appreciate that doctor." Tom finally exhaled the breath he didn't even know he had been holding and allowed his body to relax settling back into the bed, thankful it was at least slightly more comfotrable.

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There will be two more installments to this story then sadly that will be the end, Thank you so much for your comments, and I am very glad you enjoy it so much.