Chapter 10
Truth and Rescue
Monday March 8 2004 9 pm At The Hospital Siren
Krystal: Babe? Baby doll? Baby doll… Mama's here. You're going to be all right. Life's just going to be sweet as a peach again, I promise, honey. You just hang in there.
Joe: Take her into cube four.
Krystal: (talking to unconscious Babe) Ok. Hang in there.
JR walks up to Krystal holding Bess
Krystal - Oh, J.R., thank you so much for bringing my little girl back.
J.R.: I am glad…there both home! I was so worried!
Krystal: I know darling, so was I!
she puts her hand on J.R.'s shoulder, and looks at her granddaughter
Krystal: how's my grandbaby?
J.R.: she's fine and healthy!
Krystal: good!
Krystal looks at JR who is still distraught and is staring at Bess
Krystal: Oh honey (she pulls him in for a hug and is making sure to not hurt Bess; JR excepts; they pull away)
JR – thanks I needed that!
Krystal: I am going to go check on Babe
J.R.: I'll be right there
Krystal: Ok
Miranda cries; Siren
Erica: Bianca! Bianca, sweetie! David, how is she?
David: We have to get her into surgery to stop the bleeding. Page Dr. Hall and prep an OR, STAT!
Erica: Just a moment. I just need one moment, that's all. Bianca, sweetheart? It's mommy. I'm here, honey. I love you.
David: Erica --
Erica: I love you so much, sweetheart, and I'll be right here waiting for you, honey.
David: Erica, we have to get her into surgery.
Erica: I love you, sweetheart.
David: Ok, come on, let's go…
Erica: I love you, baby. Don't ever forget that!
JR with Miranda; getting her checked out
J.R.: Is my daughter all right?
Doctor: She's experienced considerable trauma.
J.R.: I know that, but is she ok?
Doctor: Well, we're running a CBC, an LFT, a baby gram, and an ongoing Apgar. I can give you better answers when the tests are complete. Why don't you visit your wife?
J.R.: not until you can assure me, my little girl is fine!
Doctor- Mr. Chandler…at the moment your wife's condition is more important, go visit your wife, your little girl is going to be fine!
JR – I'll come back and check on her, please keep her safe!
Doctor – I promise!
JR walks to Babe's room; he meets up with Jamie, Amanda and Krystal; Meanwhile Tad and Paul are still talking
Tad: If I were you, I'd shoot for the truth, Paul. If any of us find out your lying, and trying to pull tricks with both of these women, you'll be a dead man! Know where is the other child?
Paul – I told you…when the plane crashed; one of the incubators got thrown in to the bottom of the river!
Tad – which child…The Chandler Baby or Bianca's Montgomery's child?
Paul gets nervous; Tad can see he's lyingPaul – Bianca's child
Tad – so you're sticking with that story!
Paul – what story? It's the truth!
Tad – alright…but I warned you, you'll have a village full of people chasing you to send you to the slaughter
Aidan comes in to view and walks up to Tad and PaulTad- we need to really search around here for any clues. I have this gut feeling something smells fishy…and its name is Paul Cramer…(he looks at Paul)
Aidan – okay…
9:20 pm Krystal, Babe, and JR
Krystal: Oh, baby doll. You don't know what kind of scare you put into me. I haven't been this afraid since -- never. When I think that I almost lost you and that beautiful bundle of baby of yours, I -- Babe?
Babe is waking up; she starts talking
Babe: Baby --
Krystal: Babe?
Babe: My baby -- dead. Little Adam is dead…
Krystal looks at JR
Krystal: No --
Babe: He's gone…
JR - no honey…our little girl is very much alive, she's across the hall getting examined by the doctor. She's beautiful Babe, she's so little and perfect I didn't want to let her out of my sight…but I needed to see you! I needed to make sure your were okay, you scared me honey! I was so worried!
Babe: Bianca -- baby -- they need me.
Krystal: Honey, it's all right…please just get some rest!
Babe: they need me…
Krystal – Bianca is fine…she lost a lot of blood, but she's going to be okay
JR – baby…you need to sleep! I am going to come back and visit, I want to check on Bess…
Babe closes her eyes; and falls asleep; He kisses his wife on the lips and pulls away, he walks over to Krystal's side and they hug
Krystal – don't worry junior…there going to be okay, I'll keep an eye on her!
JR – thanks mom…
They pull away and JR walks out of the room staring at Babe; he walks across the hall to Bess; he walks up to the doctor
J.R.: Are the tests done?
Doctor: Baby Chandler appears to have a fully developed heart and lungs, and her Apgar score was an eight.
J.R.: Well, is that good? Bad? What?
Doctor: Oh, it's very good, especially given that she was a few days early
J.R.: She's all right?
Doctor: By all accounts, you have a perfectly healthy little girl.
JR holds Miranda; and sits down in a rocking chair he looks at her; she is happy and smiling
J.R.: And gorgeous. Hey, just like her mama.
Doctor: All right, Ann is going to take her up for a bath, and after that you can show her off.
J.R.: Yeah. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you, doctor.
Doctor: You're welcome.
9:32 pm Ann walks away with Miranda; Adam walks up to JR; holding a box of chocolate 9:30 pm
Adam: Hello, son Or should I say, "Hello, Dad"?
J.R.: Did you see my daughter?
Adam: Yeah, I caught the nurse down the hall. Got a good look at her. She's a beauty.
J.R.: Yeah.
Adam: Here, here, have one. They're chocolate.
J.R.: Well, thanks, Dad, but I'm not really in the mood.
Adam: Oh, why not, son? You did it. You're the proud father of a dazzling baby girl. You've given me one of the greatest gifts a son could ever give. This is a new life, son -- a new Chandler to welcome into the world.
J.R.: What about Bianca? How can I be happy knowing she lost her daughter, especially after all her and Babe were dreaming for them
Paul and Tad at the crash site
Paul: look you can believe what you want to believe, but I got a baby to find.
Tad: No, first you're going to answer the question. How, out of all the people in this part of the state looking for those two girls, did you manage to be the one to swoop in to save the day? Or almost save the day, considering you did a rather half-assed job.
Paul: You know what? How about some gratitude, huh? Would you rather I'd not shown so Babe could deliver her own baby and her friend could bleed to death?
Tad: No, Paul, I'd rather you tell me how you knew Babe and Bianca were in that particular cabin. And while you're at it, why don't you explain why, when you realized you had two new mothers and their infants in distress, you never radioed back to the hospital.
Paul: You -- you don't know procedure when it's life or death.
Tad: Save your breath. I just phoned the hospital. You weren't following any procedure. As a matter of fact, when I talked to my father, he was under the impression that you were on your way to an emergency in Llanview. But somehow you ended up here. That's a bit of a mystery, isn't it, Paul? I mean, you can understand why I'm curious. Why would you head off on a rescue mission without a medic? Unless, of course, you didn't want any witnesses.
Paul: Well, I don't -- why do you need me? You seem to have it all figured out, huh?
Tad: Not yet. But I'm really good at my job. And either you can tell me the truth, or I'm going to start to dig.
Paul: Fine. You want to know what really happened? I'll tell you.
David, Jack, Erica, and Maggie
Maggie: David, is Bianca ok?
David: She's in surgery.
Maggie: Is it bad?
David: She might have a ruptured artery. We're going to have to wait to see after it's over.
Maggie: "When it's over." Well, when it's over, Bianca's going to come out of surgery and ask where her baby is. David, what are we going to say? What happens if they don't find the baby?
Erica – we have to pray that we find her…
David: Erica is right! Don't do this, ok? The search isn't over yet. Listen, it's late. Why don't you go home, ok? Get some rest. I'll call you. I'll call you right when the surgery is over.
Maggie: I can't. I can't go back to the apartment. It is filled with stuffed toys and baby clothes and little booties. And it's so unfair.
Maggie - David, why is this happening? Why? How could something so hideous possibly happen to the last person on earth who deserves it?
David: You want a reason? There is no reason. I wish to God I could give you an explanation, but I can't…
Jack – we can't give up hope! We need to all have faith that will find Miranda
Kendall: (walks up to Jack, and Erica, and Maggie, and David) Any news?
Jack: Bianca's still in surgery. What about you? Are you all right?
Kendall: Yeah, I'm fine…I'm fine. I just hate that Bianca is so helpless and I can't help her
Jack: we all feel that way. You and Maggie should go rest, will call you when we here something!
Kendall – I can't leave her…
Maggie – me either…
David – then go to the cafeteria, get a cup of coffee and sit there for a while…you guys need to build up some strength, if you're planning on sticking with Bianca.
9:45 pm Kendall and Maggie look at each other
Kendall – fine! Come on Maggie…
Kendall and Maggie walk away; Erica stares at her daughter walking awayErica – I'll be back
Erica walks away and to the hospital chapel
Erica: Dear God, please, please help us.
Tad, Aidan, and Paul talking
Paul: I was waiting for my chopper at the hospital when Babe called. I figured that, you know, it was just another prank from Babe, so I hung up. And then when I was about to leave, Jamie showed, and he wanted to hijack the chopper so he could go look for Babe.
Tad: Yeah, but you refused.
Paul: I couldn't. I had a job to do, all right? I couldn't go AWOL. You know, your dad backed me up.
Tad: Probably because you failed to mention Babe's phone call, didn't you?
Paul: Ok, yeah, I screwed up, yeah. I was in the air, and I couldn't get it out of my mind. I mean, if Jamie was so worried, then maybe Babe's phone call was legit. So on my way to Llanview, I checked it out.
Tad: Again, how'd you know where to look?
Paul: Babe described to me where she was on the phone. I circled around a couple times and I got lucky. I saw her going into a cabin, and I landed. I delivered her baby.
Flashback
Babe screams
Paul: Ok, he's here! He's here...Your boy's here Babe. Your boy's here.
Paul - A happy, healthy girl. Adam Chandler should be giving me a medal. Instead, I'm getting nothing but grief.
Tad: Yeah, you're right, Paul. You're a real humanitarian. So go back to your story. Then what happened?
Paul: Well, Bianca was totally out of it, but I got her and Babe onto the chopper. I put the babies in the incubator, I strapped them in, and I headed back to the hospital.
Tad: And you never radioed ahead to tell them you were coming.
Paul: I had four injured! Two newborns!
Tad: Don't lecture me about how it happened. There's no record you even made a report. It's your job.
Paul: The weather was so bad, and I had four vics onboard. I was afraid that I might lose one, so I got careless.
Tad: You did lose one, because you did get careless.
Paul: What, you don't think I don't know that? Huh? If that baby isn't found, then I got to live with that.
Tad: That's right, Paul. You do.
Paul: Fine. Fine. You know what? If it makes you feel better, then go talk to your chief of staff dad and have me fired. I don't give a damn. I got a baby to find.
Meanwhile Adam and JR are still talking
Adam: Of course I'm concerned about Bianca and her baby. It's a tragedy for her and her entire family.
J.R.: You don't get it, do you? That could be our baby. That could be your grandchild lost in that river. That could be us begging God to spare us from the worst.
Adam: But it wasn't, was it? That is my point. There's no need to dwell on all these morbid what-ifs.
J.R.: But that's what's going on right now, right down the hall, to the people that we love. I keep thinking, what would I feel like -- what would I do if that were my baby?
Adam: Ok, I'm with you on this. I can't imagine a worse hell for Bianca and her family. And I feel for them. I do. But at the same time, we have a healthy miracle that trumped a hell of a lot of odds just to be here. Well, you've got to be allowed to rejoice in that.
J.R.: My baby's waiting. (Ann hands her to JR) Oh. Oh, she's amazing.
Nurse: Be sure to keep her head supported, ok?
J.R.: Hi, there. Hi, there. I'm your daddy. Yes.
Miranda coos Krystal and Babe
Babe's flashbacks
Babe: Miranda's so beautiful. You did real well, Bianca. I'm so proud of you.
Babe: You're so strong.
Babe: Your little girl is just like you -- all heart, just like her mama with that big old heart.
10:01 pm Babe is shaking her head; Back and fourth
Krystal: Babe? Babe, honey –
Babe is crying for her baby and Miranda
Babe – Miranda…Bianca…Little Adam…
Krystal: Shh…(she puts her hand on Babe's head) it will be okay, Baby doll! I promise!
Anita walks in
Krystal: Excuse me? My little girl just seems to be somewhere else, and it's not cloud nine.
Anita: Well, she has a bit of an infection.
Krystal: Is that normal?
Anita: Yes, it's pretty common in new mothers. That's why Dr. Cohen had me hook her up to an IV with plenty of antibiotics to get rid of the bad stuff.
Krystal: Well, she just -- she just looks a little peaked, don't you think?
Anita: I hope I look that good after delivering my friend's baby and then giving birth to my own -- without even an aspirin, in a cabin, in the middle of a storm.
Krystal: She hiked all the way through the woods to get help, too. That's my Babe -- spine of steel underneath all that sparkle. My little mall princess turned out to be quite the pioneer woman, I guess.
Anita: The antibiotics should kick in soon, but what Babe needs more than anything is sleep so her body can recover.
Krystal: That's what I want…and to see her hold her baby in her arms.
Anita: I'd like to see that myself.
Krystal: Oh, Babe. You really knocked yourself for a loop this time. But then you never did anything the easy way, did you?
Babe starts talking again
Babe: Bianca? Bianca.
Krystal: Shh, Shh, Shh -- just let it go, honey. Let it go. It's over. It's all over. Everything's all right. Everything's all right.
Babe – no! Where are you taking him?
Krystal looks confused
Krystal – where is he taking whom? Who's him?
Babe – please, Paul… keep my little boy safe!
Meanwhile At The Chapel
Erica: When Bianca was just a baby, I made a deal with you. She was so sick. I promised you that I would do anything if you let my Bianca live. And you did. But for what? For this, that she should suffer more than any child should? To pay for my sins? To punish me? You haven't gotten enough from me? Is that it? You want more? What? Please, just tell me what I haven't given you, and you can have it. Just tell me what I can give you, and I will give it. Please -- please, God -- I will do anything to make this right for my baby, and her baby!
Kendall walks up to Jack
Jack – there's been no news, I thought you were suppose to rest?
Kendall – the cup of coffee and muffin, were fine!
Jack – I need to talk with you…please sit! (They sit)
Kendall – All right! But I don't want to talk about Erica!
Jack – too bad! I do…
Kendall – I am not going to argue with you!
Jack – good…then don't! Please! Listen to me!
Kendall – fine!
Jack: When you look at Erica, what do you see? A mother who couldn't be there for her daughters, or worse yet, attacked them when they needed her most? Well, let me tell you what I see when I look at Erica. I see a frightened 14-year-old who cannot escape the darkest night of her life. No matter what she does, no matter how she tries, it is there every day trying to pull her back into the blackness.
Kendall: Ok, I get that Erica has issues. I get that. You're looking at one of them. Why can't she just for once focus on Bianca and what Bianca needs?
Jack: That's what she was trying to do. Don't you see that? She was trying to spare the two of you the horror that she had to live through. And she would do anything, Kendall -- she would wrestle with God himself to make sure that that didn't happen. But it did happen. And now Erica feels totally helpless again. Only this time it's not her pain she's trying to stop, its Bianca's.
Kendall: Yes, but that's what we all want. We all want to stop her pain.
Jack: And now I'm going to tell you something you may not believe, but aside from Bianca, Erica's been hit the hardest in all of this. Look at her. Just look at her. She's lost. She's torn apart inside because she could not protect Bianca. That's why she's drinking. That's why she lashed out at Bianca and you and me and all of us. Come on, Kendall. When it comes to shooting first and asking questions second, you would be the one to know.
Kendall: You're amazing. You are. You're amazing. You love Erica so much. And after the way she's been treating you lately -- she hasn't exactly been good to you lately -- how do you do it?
Jack: She's in my heart. She's in my heart. Always has been and always will be. It's as simple as that. Look, we have to -- we have to be a family. I mean, I love you…I love Bianca. We are a family, and we need to act as one, especially if the worst happens here.
Kendall: Hey -- please, Jack, don't say it, ok? Please don't say it. Bianca has fought so hard to give this child a chance.
Jack: Yeah, but she didn't fight alone, now, did she? Hey, what did you do? You risked a prison sentence, the death penalty. And why? So you could give this baby of hers the best life possible.
Kendall: Yeah, I would do it again.
Jack: You're damn right you would. You're damn right. Spoken like a true Kane woman. You're a lot like your mother…you know that?
Kendall: Yeah, so I've been told.
Jack: Yeah, but don't do that. Don't shut down like Erica has. Please? Because, God forbid, if the worst does happen, we're going to have to get through this together. As a family, all turning to each other for support.
10:20 pm At The Chapel Bobby walks in
Bobby: You all right?
Erica: I've been such a fool. All this time I thought that I could escape, as if I had a choice. I could bury myself in my work or I could be Desirée of the desert, and it would all go away. But there's no escape, not from this.
Bobby: They say that God doesn't give us more than we can handle.
Erica: They're wrong. This is too much. I just want to make everything right for Bianca. I just want to make it all better like I did when she was little. But she doesn't come to me anymore. Even if she did, how could I fix this?
Tad and Aidan met up with Jamie, Amanda, and Reggie at the Crash Site
Jamie: Anything out of Paul Cramer's mouth has got to be a lie, Dad.
Tad: Maybe or maybe not. We don't know yet.
Amanda – he told me, that he was going to help two women, one had her baby and one was in labor
Jamie – and he told me, he was going to Llanview
Reggie: Come on, J, we've got a lot more ground to cover.
Jamie: What's to know? The guy cannot be trusted…ask JR and Babe. Who knows what else he might do?
Reggie: Yo, J, forget that guy. No matter how much we beat Cramer down, it's not going to bring back Bianca's baby. Can we go?
Jamie: Dad, there is no way that you believe Paul, right?
Tad: James, Reggie is absolutely right. No matter what you believe about Paul Cramer, for now his story holds up.
Tad: I'm proud of you. I'm proud of both of you for stepping up to help.
Reggie: Well, what else are we going to do? You love, you step up.
Tad: Yeah. But it doesn't make it any easier losing a baby.
Reggie: No, you forget that. Bianca's baby is alive, and I'm going to find it. Aren't you guys going to help me? I mean, she almost lost a baby once, but it lived. It lived! Doesn't that mean something to you two? She needs this baby.
Tad: I know, son.
Reggie: Well, if you know, why the hell are you two still standing here? We got to keep looking. We have to find that baby and bring it back to Bianca where she belongs.
JR and Miranda
J.R.: I can't wait to bring you home…I think your momma would agree with me! When we get home, your going to love it there…
Miranda coos
J.R.: and you're going to love your momma. You're going to love her as much as I do.
Adam walks in to the room
Adam: How is my granddaughter?
J.R.: Have you ever seen anything like her? She's so tiny.
Adam: Yeah, Chandlers don't break easily. Look at you -- you're perfect! Right down to your little fingers and those little -- little ears.
J.R.: Mm-hmm, I am one lucky guy…I get love from two very special ladies, my wonderful wife and my wonderful daughter…
10:27 pm Miranda looks at him; they're staring at each other; JR realizes something!
Adam: What?
J.R.: she has brown eyes! Where did they come from? I know it's not Jamie's baby, he has blue eyes like Tad and Brooke…and she has black hair…that's weird
Adam: sometimes Babies eyes and hair, don't change color till their 6 months old
J.R.: oh all right! (Miranda smiles) Look, she's smiling!
Adam – she's so precious isn't she!
JR – yes she is!
Adam: So her name is Elizabeth Charlotte Rose Chandler
J.R.: right…Bess for short!
Adam: that's after Babe's grandmother's name…right!
J.R.: yeah! Charlotte is after Aunt Lottie?
Adam: Yeah…and Rose after Dixie's mother…your grandmother!
J.R.: Mm-hmm.
Adam: Yeah… I wish you could have met Aunt Lottie; She was a strong, loving woman. And this one's going to be just like her.
J.R.: I think she'll be like all of them…but mostly she'll be fearless like her momma (JR smiles) and who knows maybe she'll get my talents of singing!
Adam – maybe she'll want to be an athlete…just like you also, but she has to be a dreamer like Babe!
JR – I see so much of me and Babe in her…I am so happy already, she just adds to my happiness!
Babe wakes up and is a little groggy; Anita is with her, making sure she's okayBabe: Where is he? I have to see him. Please?
Anita: He's just as anxious to see you, I'm sure.
Babe: Please, bring him to me.
Anita: Just rest. Your husband will be here very soon.
Kendall is outside of Bianca's room; she just got out of surgery
Kendall: Can't you tell me anything?
Nurse: The doctor will answer all your questions. She should be fine.
Kendall: Fine.
Kendall: You look so peaceful. Please, please, let them find her baby. Please, God, don't take her from Bianca. Please don't take this baby from us.
10:35 pm Krystal and David talking
Krystal: Any word on Bianca's baby?
David: No. Nothing.
Krystal: Well, then, there's still hope.
David: That baby was Bianca's hope.
Krystal: Well, as far as I'm concerned, hope is very much alive.
David: After the rape, I didn't think Bianca would ever come back to us. She was so withdrawn, so lost. I even found her standing on the ledge of a rooftop. I'll never know what she intended to do that day, but I know what ultimately saved her life. It was that baby. When Bianca chose to keep that little girl, she chose not only to save that baby's life but her own. That tiny soul gave her something to live for.
Krystal: Babies are powerful medicine.
David: So what's going to get her through it now, huh? Her dreams? Which ones? The ones where she rocks her baby to sleep at night? Or the one where she tells her little girl the stories about frogs and princesses and happy endings?
Krystal: I can't imagine.
David: Well, what, then? Huh? Bianca's going to wake up. She's going to feel her little girl in her arms. She's going to smell her baby's smell. And for one instant she's going to convince herself that it was all a dream, some terrible nightmare, that her baby's sound asleep in the next room. But in the quiet of her own room, in that stillness, it's all going to come back to her. She's going to remember. Her baby's gone. That little girl she never got to see grow up was just a dream, a vanishing vapor. And she's going to wonder what's going to get her through the next moment.
Krystal: I'm so sorry.
David: For what?
Krystal: The little girl that you lost.
David: I never said that.
Krystal: You didn't have to.
Bianca: Miranda? Miranda?
Krystal: Just stay strong.
Erica: Oh. Oh, Joe? Joe --
Joe: Yes?
Erica: Bianca hasn't regained consciousness.
Krystal: Is my little girl going to be all right? Are those drugs working?
Joe: I will answer all your questions as best I can. But which one of you wants to come to my office first?
Krystal: Listen, Doc, our girls are just like sisters now. There's nothing you can say to me that Erica can't hear.
Erica: Same for me. Please, just tell us. Please tell us, Joe.
Joe: All right. Bianca -- we're very lucky she was found when she was. If she had been there much longer without medical attention, she could have bled out. But as it is, she is stable. She's healing nicely, and we expect a full and complete recovery.
Erica: Oh, thank you.
Joe: And by the way, Babe did a very fine job.
Erica: Thank you. Thank you, Joe. But Bianca's baby still hasn't been found, and -- do you think that -- that Bianca could still have children?
Joe: She should have no trouble conceiving again.
Krystal: Well, I guess Babe should consider midwiving. She did a pretty good job, huh?
Joe: Yeah, she did a pretty good job.
Krystal: Well, please, don't keep me in suspense. I mean, you got any good news for me? I could welcome any of it. My Babe's on the mend, too, right?
Joe: I'm afraid that Babe is not responding the way we hoped.
Kendall and Ryan are talking
Kendall: They didn't find anything?
Ryan: Not yet.
Kendall: Well, it's been -- it's been all night. They going to call the search off?
Ryan: What? No. No, I'm -- I'm looking downriver below the falls. Aidan and Tad are still out there with the state police. They're going to call anything off until they have something -- something to report.
Kendall: Bianca would be very grateful to all of you.
Ryan: And as much I love Bianca, I'm not doing this just for her.
Kendall: I'm glad Bianca doesn't know Miranda's missing.
Ryan: Yeah. It's better this way.
Kendall: Yeah. Won't be for long. Breaking -- breaking the news to her --
Ryan: That's going to be incredibly difficult, yes.
Kendall: She's going to ask questions that no one wants to answer, or no one even can answer for sure. You know,
Bianca's -- Bianca's made all the toughest choices for all the right reasons. And then she went -- she had to give birth in the middle of nowhere -- no doctors, no nurses.
Ryan: No Lamaze coach.
Kendall: I know, I should have been there. Ryan, I should have been there for her, but I had to go and I had to have it out with Erica. I -- I let her down. Bianca -- I let -- I let Bianca down, I let my niece down, and because of me they're probably dead, Ryan!
Ryan: No, you just stop, Kendall! I will not let you do this to yourself.
Ryan: From the first day in the cemetery, when I found out Bianca was pregnant, you took me on. You took on the entire world. Nobody -- nobody has been more devoted to Bianca and her baby than you.
Kendall: Miranda.
Ryan: Yeah. You have a lot invested in Miranda. I know that you love her. You love her just as much as you love Bianca.
Kendall: It's like -- it's like I knew who -- I knew this tiny person. I knew who she was deep in her soul. Miranda was going to be the best part of Bianca and the best part of me, too.
Ryan: And she still could be. Ok? Don't -- don't you give up. This is not over yet.
Kendall: Oh --
Ryan: Hey, Kendall, you have to believe. You have to believe. I know it's very difficult for you to have trust in anything, but you have to have some faith. Ok, miracles happen all the time. Miranda could still be alive.
Adam is with Bess; and Brooke walks in
Brooke: Congratulations.
Adam: Oh. Beautiful, isn't she?
Brooke: Gorgeous.
Adam: she is a survivor already, she has tons of people who love her…will be able to protect her, from anything and anyone!
Brooke: exactly!
Adam: I will give everything I have to protect my granddaughter…Elizabeth Charlotte Rose Chandler
Brooke: Bess is one lucky little girl, she has been through so much and she isn't even a day old yet!
Adam – she is so beautiful and innocent! I want her to be happy, I already see us spending time together, me and Bess, and you! Were taking her to the park, and buying her ice cream…were spoiling her like grandparents, should spoil there grandchildren.
Brooke – but not too much, we still have to obey her parents!
Adam – JR and Babe won't mind…
Brooke – but still, she is there child…
Adam: she's already 100 Chandler … To survive that -- that hideous birth with no doctor?
Brooke: And Babe doesn't get any of the credit?
Adam: a helicopter crash! She's a Chandler, all right.
Brooke: Any word about Bianca's baby?
Adam: No, not yet.
Brooke: Well, how is Babe doing? Ruth said something about an infection.
Adam: she has a infection? Is it serious?
Brooke – you haven't heard…
Adam – I am sorry, I am just so mesmerized by my granddaughter
Brooke – well…I think we should go see how she is doing!
Adam – fine!
Back to Krystal and Erica; Adam and Brooke walk up to them
Joe: The infection is still strong, and her temperature is rising.
Krystal: What's it going to take? What's it going to take to help her?
Joe: We're going to treat the infection more aggressively, that's all.
Krystal: Worst-case scenario, ok? Just don't hold back.
Joe: No need to think along those lines.
Krystal: Because I want to know, I will do whatever it takes, anything it takes to help her. Just -- what are we talking about here?
Joe: Right now we want to avoid septicemia.
Krystal: Septicemia? People die from septicemia.
Joe: No, no, no, no, no -- you're jumping the gun, believe me. The doctor is going to try another antibiotic, hoping that it will be more effective.
Krystal: Hoping? Hoping?
Joe: We're still going to be closely monitoring your daughter. At the present time, that's all we can do.
Krystal: Yeah.
Adam – money is not an issue…I want you to take good care of my daughter in law, and granddaughter! I want them in perfect health
Joe – don't worry Adam, were working on it! They'll be out of here in no time!
Adam – good!
Krystal: You got to fight this, Babe. You got to fight this with everything that you've got.
Erica: Krystal, that may have sounded dire, but Joe would never let anything happen to her.
Krystal: Doctors can only do so much.
Erica: Right. The rest is up to what we have inside, who we are, and Babe happens to be an exceptionally determined young woman.
Krystal: What if -- what if God's just, like, pulling a job trip on me -- testing me, you know, to see how much I can take, to see how I can handle being without my --
Erica: No, no, no, no, no. Babe's baby wasn't spared just so you could lose your little girl.
Krystal: Sounds like you think there's a rhyme or reason for these kinds of things. Like he has a bigger plan?
Erica: No, I'm -- I'm not so sure about that myself.
Krystal: Well, until all this, I -- I rarely doubted it.
Erica: I know this. Thanks to Ba - -- thanks to Babe, Bianca is alive. And we are not going to let Babe go, Krystal. I swear to you, she's going to be all right.
Krystal: Well, for now, I am going to take your word for that. That's about all I can do.
Erica: Thank you, Babe, for taking such good care of Bianca.
Babe: Mama?
Krystal: Yeah.
Babe: Oh, Miss Kane --
Krystal: Babe -- Babe, you're doing great, honey. You're doing just great. But the doctor wants you to keep quiet, so why don't you just -- why don't you just try to get back to sleep?
Babe: No -- Miss Kane, I have to talk to you about Bianca and the baby.
Krystal: Honey -- honey, there's going to be plenty of time for that later. Bianca is doing just fine. And your baby is, too, ok? So you just concentrate on that and you just -- you just get some sleep, ok?
Babe: No -- now, before it's too late.
10:55 pm Back To Ryan and Kendall
Ryan: Listen, the baby was in one of those portable incubators. She could still be snuggled in there right now, waiting to be found.
Kendall: Oh, Ryan, that's such a long shot.
Ryan: No, those things are very sturdy, ok? Somebody could have found it and taken it to a clinic. Or maybe they couldn't get that far because of the flood and they brought it home. She could be safe in somebody's home.
Kendall: You make me want to believe, Ryan. You do.
David: What a surprise.
Kendall: Still nothing?
David: No, nothing. But we haven't given up hope.
Kendall: Bianca would be very grateful. I'm -- I'm going to go back to the hospital. I want to be there when Bianca wakes up.
Ryan: Ok, you give her our love, ok?
David: Don't let her give up hope. Tell her that we haven't, ok?
Kendall: Yeah, I'll do my best.
David: Boy, you really are a piece of work, Lavery. We're all out there trying to find Bianca's baby, and you're in here coming on to her sister.
Ryan: I don't know what kind of BS you're trying to pull here, David, but I don't want to hear it.
David: No, no, no, don't play stupid with me, all right, Ryan? You know that you've already broken Kendall's heart once.
Ryan: Oh, and, what, you were there to pick up the pieces?
David: No, I was there to tell her that you weren't worth one tear. And now what are you doing? Playing the same games with
Greenlee. I'm not going to let you get away with it!
Ryan: No, you don't tell me what to do about anyone --
David: I am telling you!
Ryan: Or anything!
David: Stay away from Kendall, stay away from Greenlee!
Ryan: And I'm telling you, you go to hell!
Tad: Ryan! Hayward! They're signaling from downriver. I think they found something.
Ryan: What?
Maggie is beside Bianca; Maggie is talking to Anita; Lena walks in
Maggie: Well?
Anita: There's no hidden info, Maggie. Bianca's going to be --
Lena: Bianca. Oh, my God -- Bianca.
Maggie: Lena, Bianca's --
Lena: She's -- she's unconscious.
Maggie: Yes, but she's going to wake up soon, right?
Anita: Yeah, we expect a full recovery.
Lena: Oh, my God. Thank God. Bianca, you'll be fine. You'll be all right.
Anita: I'll -- I'll check back in later.
Anita walks out of the room
Lena: The baby? Miranda.
Maggie: What are you doing?
Lena: I should have been here. You should have called me.
Maggie: I tried!
Lena: Not hard enough!
Maggie: It's not like you were across town, Lena.
Lena: They do have cell phone service in Chicago.
Maggie: I tried to get your cell phone number.
Lena: It's in Bianca's book!
Maggie: When they recovered her totally wet purse, I'm sorry if my first thought was not her address book. I was more concerned with if she was alive or not. It got a little crazy. I'm sorry. Look, even if you had been in Pine Valley, there wasn't anything any of us could do. It all just happened. There was the flood, the storm. We couldn't even reach either of them. We didn't even know anything until after the helicopter crashed. And then Bianca was so bad off. And her baby…my God, her baby
Lena looks at Maggie
Lena – what is your problem?
Maggie – I don't have a problem…
Lena – it sounds like you do!
Maggie – my problem is…your blaming me for not focusing all my attention on you. Bianca was my first priority!
Maggie gets up and walks out of the room; Lena is talking to Bianca
Lena: I'm sorry. I would have given anything to be with you. But I'm here now, whatever happens. You'll -- you'll get through this. I'll do whatever you want, whatever you need. Oh, my God. I love you so much.
Ryan, Tad, Jamie, Aidan, and Jack all our at the crash site. Reggie went home. Erica is waiting in the hospital with Krystal. Adam and Brooke went home, Adam is calling people and he is going to the crash site. JR is beside his sleeping wife, while Miranda is also asleep. Kendall is with Maggie, and Amanda there also around Bianca's room. David is around somewhere.