Summary: Ray and Sarah get on with their daily life. Featuring the much-anticipated wedding of Abby and John. Sequel to Breath of Life. Please read it before, or it gets confusing…
Disclaimer: ER is not mine. If it were, then Carter would not be leaving. And Abby and Carter would be married already. And I would be with Ray…
Author's Note: Sorry that it took so long, but I went on vacation with my family for a month so I couldn't write. I hope you like it.
Beat of Life
Ray paced outside the doors that entered the surgical area. His head was filled with one thought that just kept going through his head. I can't loose her, was the only thing his brain said. The only thing his heart said too. He hadn't even noticed Abby or John come up, both looking weary from the battle they had waged downstairs.
"Ray," Abby whispered, putting her hand on his shoulder. She looked him in a both puzzled and caring way. He knew what she was asking.
"She crashed downstairs. They barely got her stable to get up here. She got two. One in her shoulder, one in her lung." He replied automatically, not taking his eyes off the door. "She's already been in there for an hour. It went into her lung." He reiterated. Tears started to roll down his face. Abby guided him to a chair.
"They brought in Mia in critical to." John said informing him of his sister's friends. "Luka and Neela got Chandra and Arya. Both have minor injuries in comparison. Mia was shot in the stomach and the tibia, Chandra in the foot, and Arya had her shoulder grazed and through her elbow. Chandra and Arya will be up here in a few minutes. Luka and Neela were no match for those two."
The door to the OR area swung open. All three doctors looked up and prepared themselves for the news. They shot right back down when it turned out to be a scrub nurse, finishing her shift.
"Ray, why don't we go get some coffee from downstairs. It's going to take more then an a couple hours. We'll just go get coffee and come right back upstairs. I promise. " John tried to coax him out of the chair. Ray didn't budge. John left in search of the hot brewed beverage he craved so much, with orders for on for Abby and intentions of one for Ray.
The elevator doors opened up and into the waiting room entered Chandra and Arya, along with their parents and boyfriends, who had escaped injury, as well as Sarah's boyfriend. They all sat down next to Ray, waiting for news about their friends. A few minutes later Mia's parents stepped of the same elevator. They talked briefly to the clerk at the front desk then took seats near the rest. They looked panicked.
An older and portly man walked through the doors. He talked briefly to the clerk at he desk and followed her finger to where she pointed. He stopped in front of Mia's parents.
"Mr. And Mrs. Rainy, I'm Dr. Anspaugh. Your daughter suffered from gun shot wounds to the stomach and lower leg bone. We were able to remove both bullets repair all the damage. Right now your daughter is in recovery and will be moved to surgical ICU in a few hours. You can see her there." He left them to bask in their good news. Chandra and Arya hugged but turned their full attention to worrying about Sarah.
Carter returned with three cups of coffee and offered sympathetic looks to Ray. They sat quietly sipping and gulping for an hour longer, till their cups became empty. Ray took up his pacing again for what seemed like an eternity.
Finally after 3 and a half more hours, Dubenko came through the doors.
"Ray, Abby, Carter." He started. "We've removed the bullets and repaired the hole in her lung. She'll require more surgery to repair the damage done to her shoulder, but that can be done at a later date. She fought through it. She's in surgical ICU now. You can go see her." He added as he turned away.
Author's Note: And I'll leave it there. Now if you would like more…I'm pretty sure you know what to do, but if you don't, it involves the little purply, blue button. So yeah, oh and Thank You's go to Thought(Chandra), Caliga(Mia) and SaphyJones(Arya).