Chapter 10: "The End"

She knew it was the only way that he would wake up, and the sooner he did that, the sooner he could start to recover again.

The hissing of the ventilator filled the room, with the rhythmic beeping of the heart monitor. Luka lay on the bed, his chest rising and falling as oxygen was forced into his lungs. His face was pale, and contrasted with his dark hair and lashes. Kerry Weaver sat in the hard, plastic chair keeping vigil over Luka, holding his hand and keeping him company, hoping and praying that he would wake up soon. She noticed how vulnerable and fragile he looked with various tubes and wires attached to his body; he had 2 bags off blood, an IV, he was attached to a heart monitor and the ventilator tube was sticking out of his mouth, he also had a huge bandage across the top half of his chest. Kerry had seen patients in worse condition, but due to the fact that she knew Luka it made it harder to see him like this.

Kerry was still sitting in the chair, holding Luka's hand when Benton came into the SICU room along with Greene. Benton walked to the head of the bed and took Luka's other hand in his own.

"How's he doing?" Benton asked Kerry, "Good, his fever came down a little, but he still hasn't woken up yet" Greene pulled a chair up and sat beside Kerry,

"He should wake up soon, we need to give the atheistic time to wear off" Greene said as he gave Kerry's arm a squeeze.

Several Hours Later

Greene, Benton and Kerry had been sitting in the room when Luka's eyes started to flicker; Kerry went to the head of the bed, hoping that he was waking up, but her hopes where shattered when the monitors started to bleep loudly, and Luka's body began to convulse violently on the bed, Kerry steadied his head, while Greene held his torso, Benton called the nurse, and then went to help keep him still.

"He's having a Grand Mal Seizure!" Greene shouted over the shrill of the heart monitor.

The nurse came running into the room where Kerry ordered her to get 10 cc's of diazepan. The nurse came running back 2minutes later with the needle in her hand and gave it to Kerry, who injected it into his IV. It took only moments before the drug took effect and the seizure stopped, but the shrill of the heart monitor still filled the room.

"Charge the paddles" Greene shouted, and placed the paddles to Luka's chest. Luka's body lurched off of the bed before falling back down with a dull thud.

45 minutes Later

"Pump that empi in!" Benton shouted as he was performing compressions,

"Charge to 360! Clear!" Greene placed the paddles on Luka's chest and watched as after numerous times being shocked, it fell back down and the heart monitor continued its shrill beeping. Greene looked over at Kerry saw the tears running down her cheeks. He was about to shock Luka again when he felt Kerry's hand cover his; he looked up and saw as she shook her head 'no',

"He's suffered enough…let him be with his family" Greene felt the tears stinging his eyes as Kerry said this and placed the paddles back down. He cleared his throat and looked up at the clock above the bed,

"Time of Death, 12:06 am" he switched off the heart monitor and the room was filled with silence, apart from the sound of the three doctors pulling off there gloves.

Kerry walked to the top of the bed and lifted Luka's hand in her own,

"You can be with your family now, you can finally rest" she kissed his hand before placing it back down on the bed. Benton helped her extubate him, while Greene went down to the ER to tell everyone.

Down in the ER

The ER was not very busy tonight; at admit Frank was standing arguing with Jerry, Abby and Carter where talking, and Susan, Lydia and Halah were gossiping. Carter was the first to notice the presence of Mark Greene.

"Hey, did Luka wake up?" Carter asked and he got worried when Greene frown deepened and he shook his head slowly,

"Tonight Luka suffered a Grand Mal Seizure; we managed to control it but…" Greene was unable to continue past the lump that was forming in his throat,

"But what" Frank asked, having no patience whatsoever,

Greene cleared his throat before continuing, "Luka's heart stopped beating, and we shocked him and tried everything we could for 45 minutes…Luka died at 12:06 am this morning" Greene averted his eyes to the ground as he watched Abby scream and Carter grab her stroking her hair to comfort her, silent tears cascading down his own cheeks.

"Can we go and say goodbye?" Abby asked quietly, sounding nothing like the doctor she was, but more like a lost little girl.

"Sure"

In Luka's Room

Abby was sitting in the chair by the bed holding Luka's hand, Carter sitting at the opposite side. Abby just studied his face; it was extremely pale, his dark hair falling onto it and contrasting as it was so dark. He face was gaunt and slack, his mouth agape and lips pale and dry. If it was not for the coldness of his skin you would think he was sleeping.

"You finally look at peace" Abby said as she placed a kiss on his forehead, and squeezed his hand before leaving the room.

Carter walked to the head of the bed and squeezed Luka's hand,

"Thank you, I will never forget that you died saving my life"

Carter and Abby both exited the room with a final glance back at their friend, glad that he was finally reunited with his wife and children.

That was the end, I decided to end it to concentrate on my other story, Another Dawn, Another Day, because I felt that this story was going nowhere, and that my other one was.

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed it, PLEASE R&R.