Disclaimer: the same as all the chapters before this

Chapter 4: "The Surgery"

With everything said Benton, Halah, Greene and Kerry pushed the gurney into the elevator and brought him up to surgery.

Once inside the elevator Kerry took hold of Luka's hand.

"I wonder what made him start doing it?" asked Halah as she stroked the side of his face, disturbed as how cold he was, due to the blood loss.

"Do what?" asked Greene as he stood at the top of the gurney looking down on Luka, he only realized now how little he actually knew him, well after he comes out of surgery I will fix that, I'll go visit him, get to know him better.

The ding indicated that they had reached their chosen floor.

Kerry and Mark stood in the observatory, watching as Benton and Romano operated on Luka. They could see Halah, standing holding Luka's hand and watching every move the surgeons made.

One minute Benton was removing the bullet, they were getting ready to sew him up and then the shrill noise of the heart monitor could be heard.

Benton's P.O.V

Benton had just finished removing the bullet that had been lodged between the first two ribs of the left side of his chest, dangerously close to his heart.

The next moment the sound of the heart monitor filled the O.R.

"Someone charge those paddles, NOW!" shouted Romano,

"Clear!" he placed the paddles on Luka's chest again that night, if only needed to hold on for another 10 minutes and they would have him in the SICU. Luka's body lurched off the table and landed with a dull thud, the sound of the heart monitor still filling the O.R.

"Clear!"

Romano had to shock Luka three more times before the sound of the beeping of his heart could be heard again.

"Okay, lets close him up" said Benton, he was feeling physically and emotionally exhausted, so much had happened tonight, all he needed was to get Kovac a bed in the SICU and that would be his shift finished. Of course he would stay for a while, make sure everything was okay and then go home.

12.47 am

Abby was pacing in the lounge, Carter watching her from the couch.

"Why haven't I been paged yet, he should be out by now, unless…no, oh what if something's happened and their just not telling me" Abby ranted, and Carter got up off the couch and was about to tell her to calm down when Kerry and Greene walked through the door.

"Is he Okay?" Abby asked no one in particular.

"Sit down and we can talk about it"

Abby sat down on the couch beside Carter, holding his hand, tears running down her cheeks. Kerry and Greene sat at the chairs opposite.

"Luka is out of surgery and in the SICU…he flat-lined up in surgery and Romano had to shock him 5 times to get his heart beating again" Greene said while looking down at his hands, "he lost a lot of blood and the length of time he was unconscious we are not sure if he will make it through until morning"

Abby started to cry and Carter hugged her, tears running down his cheeks also.

"You can go and sit with him if you want" said Kerry while wiping her eyes with the sleeve of her lab coat.

"Sure, what room is he in?" Carter asked, Abby still clinging to him.

"I'll take you there myself, Benton is there with him now in case anything happens" Kerry said as she held the lounge door open.

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