"County General Hospital this is Samantha, what is your emergency?" The voice of Sam came though the phone.
"Sam, It is Luka. I'm on Red River and 24th. I was coming to work and a girl ran out into the intersection and collapsed. I need an ambulance as fast as possible, I want a room ready for this girl when we arrive." Luka stated into the phone. It should only take a couple of minutes to get the ambulance here for the hospital was just a few more blocks down the road. Luka couldn't help but think, "Maybe that is where she was going?"
"Alright Luka I got Rasgotra to set up the girls room, Barnett just called in the ambulance they should be there soon." Sam answered back after having Luka on hold for a couple of minutes.
"Alright I'll see you there." Luka then hung up the phone turning his attention back to the girl. She looked so frail and the over sized clothes were not helping. The color was beginning to run from her face and her hands were slowly becoming colder. Faintly he heard the seines of the ambulance, but he didn't have to time to wait, if he waited any longer the girl would die because of blood lose. He ran to his car grabbed his scrubs from the passengers seat and ran back to the girl. He ripped his scrubs into pieces and then tied off her arm and head and let the scrubs absorb most of the blood.
Just then the Ambulance arrived and pulled our a stretcher. Two men put her on the stretcher, and began to put her in the ambulance when Luka pulled on the man's left shoulder. "I need you to take that car right there and drive it to County General Hospital." Luka pointed over to his car and threw the paramedic his car keys. The man nodded and then closed the doors to the Ambulance car and hit it twice then ran to Luka's car and followed the ambulance.
When they arrived at the hospital, Luka already had an IV in her. He had searched the girls pockets for any ID of her. Suddenly the Ambuense came to a stop and the doors were open. Neela, Ray, and Sam were waiting for him by the door.
"Her name is Madison Lamkin. That is all we got on her. She collapsed at the intersection from what it looks like is from mainly blood loss from cuts and gashes in the forehead and right arm. Sam i need you to go and see if you can find any more information on Miss Lamkin." Luka instructed as Neela and him wheeled Madison into the room Neela had set up for her.
About 3 hours later they had gotten her stable by giving her blood, stitching up up the gash on her arm and stabling the gash on her forehead. The ER was not to busy today so when ever Luka had time off he would come and just sit in her room trying to coax her out of her sleep. He sat and thought about his family he had lost back in Croatia and how he wish he had children of his own to care for. Luka was interrupted by Sam coming in with a manila folder in her left hand.
"How is she?" She whispered as if she was afraid she wake up the girl.
"Stable. What information do you have on her?" Luka asked, eager to find out about this girl.
"Luka she is a foster child, she lives on Oak Knoll and Danwood. Her foster parents are not the best and neither is the adoption agency that she is in the care of. They are constantly under review by the government because of there lack of effort in finding good families. Few example, about 2 years ago a 5 year old boy was adopted and then 3 months after the adoption was complete the boy was killed by his 'father'. Ever since then this adoption agency has been going down hill. Her foster parents are not the best like i said, they are fostering 5 children including Madison and then 2 of there own children. The house is not that big, 2 bedrooms and 1 bath. She goes to the local High School, her classes are normal except she takes a lot Fine Arts classes." Sam paused for a minute. Luka quickly turned his gaze to Madison she slowly opened her eyes.
In a raspy, scratchy voice she said, "I like choir and art." Sam looked at Luka who nodded to her and then Sam took her cue and turned and left. Luka then turned his attention back to the girl lying in the bed.
"Where am I?" She asked again in the raspy voice.
"Your at the County General Hospital. I'm Dr. Kovac but you can call me Dr. Luka. Do you remember anything before you collapsed?" He questioned.
"The sun," It was very short and to the point.
"Okay, why were you running so fast?" He pushed.
"To get away I had to get away from them. I Just had to." She looked down ashamed that this happened to her and that she was found this way.
"Did they do this to you?" Luka look at her and frowned. She slowly nodded.
"I'm the oldest, I just wanted to protect the littler kids. My foster parent's kids think they can order us around and when we object they go and tell their parents and say we, the foster kids, are doing something bad and then they come down. I stick up for them and I usually get , um, hit."
"Always this bad?" Luka pointed to the cuts on her arm.
"No, never this bad, but my Foster Father he bad been drinking and he had a bad day at work and I stepped in the way and he started and I couldn't fight back. When he turned his back on me I pulled myself off the floor and ran out the front door and sprinted down the street and around the corner. I had to get away, I had to." She started to cry. Suddenly Luka's pager went off, Sam wanted him.
"My nurse needs me really fast. I'll be right back. Are you Hungry? Thirsty?" He asked.
"Hungry." She said as she looked up and smiled. Luka smiled back before he nodded and turn and walked out the door.
"Sam?" Luka questioned.
"I just wanted to give you the rest of her file." She handed it to him turned to walk off. Luka opened the file as he walked toward the Cafeteria to get Madison some food. By the time he reached her room again he had read her file and it was down in the hand he was carrying the tray of food with. He read about how her parents died and how the firemen at the scene believe she witnessed the whole thing even though she was just a baby.
At the Cafeteria he didn't know what she liked and so he got her a few choices. There was Hospital Pizza made with organic vegetables and Goat cheese, also there was Pasta with marinara sauce on top and last there was a salad with Italian dressing. Also he added a cup of fruit and a glass of orange juice to the tray of food.
He slowly backed into the door and then turn to find her sitting up in the bed and watching him. She had Sky blue eyes that looked like it had rained in the middle of the day then the clouds cleared and the sun came out. She had straight dark brown hair that came down past her shoulders.
He placed the food tray on the tray that went over the bed and watch her try all of the food. He started to laugh when she made a face as she tried the pizza.
"It's not the best thing that the Hospital has to offer, but I didn't know what you liked." He stated. Slowly they fell into a comfortable silences as Luka watched her eat her food and as he read so other patients files.
"Dr. Luka, um, your not going to make me go back to my foster parents are you?" Luka looked back towards her. She was picking at her salad, just shifting the pieces of green leaves around not looking up at him.
"Not if you don't want to," Luka said, but the look he got from her when he said that made him think, "If you don't we can get the police in here, they can file a report on child neglect and abuse, and from there you would have to stay in the hospital for a few extra days until we can find you a good foster house for you. Would you like that?" He asked.
"Yes," She looked up at him and smiled, "Yes i would like that a lot." He smiled back at her and they went back to their comfortable silence as she finished eating.
Author's notes:
More to come- But I have Pratices 2 twice a day. So it make take me a couple of days to come up with a new chapter. Untill then do me a favor and tell me what you think?
Luka's a lil outer of Charater...isnt he?
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-Kalani
