Chapter 14: "Make sure"

Benton then left the room and Luka followed him out and made it to the men's bathroom just in time to empty his stomach, glad that no one else was there.

Should have taken composine Luka thought ironically.

Luka walked out of the stall and over to the sink where he splashed cool water onto his face, he dried his face with paper towels and stood for a moment to calm down. He knew that Kerry was going to come looking for him now, Benton was sure to tell her that he thought he 'didn't look well', and then she would ask about who he couldn't save, and he knew that he wouldn't be able to tell her…or anyone. He took a deep breath and left the bathroom.

He walked over to admit where Frank was standing eating his 3rd doughnut.

"Hey Dr Kovac," Frank said, not continuing until he had Luka's attention, "Your patient, a Mr. Spencer, his labs are back" Frank said as he handed Luka the slip of paper.

"Shit" Luka said as he sighed, "Ever had to tell someone that they have cancer?" he said before walking in the direction of exam 6. He opened the door and he knew that this was going to be even worse than expected; Mr. Spencer's wife who was in her late 30's and three children where there, talking and laughing, and here he was going to be the one to destroy that all.

"Mr. Spencer, can I talk to you in private?" Luka said, and the man nodded before telling his wife and children to come back in a couple of minutes.

"Mr. Spencer, we ran some tests and they showed some abnormal cells. We checked this and discovered that you have Leukemia. I'm very sorry" Luka was shocked to see that the man seemed to be taking this all very well, and was even more shocked when the man spoke,

"I know, a few months ago I came to the hospital, thought it was a bug or something, they told me I had at least a year left," the man let out a humorless laugh, "the only reason I came today was because my boss said that if I didn't he would fire me…and I intend on providing for my family for as long as possible, just like normal"

"With treatment you could prolong that time," Luka didn't know what to say to this man, he was obviously determined to try and live a normal life, "Does your family know?" Luka asked, and the man just shook his head before answering,

"I'll tell them when I need to, and right now I don't need to…but thank you doctor, if you could just tell them I have the flu or something, I don't want to worry them" Luka nodded before leaving the room and letting the family go back inside. Luka walked over to admit where he signed off on his chart and lifted up a new one.

45 minutes Later

"I'm calling it, we've been shocking her for 30 minutes, even if we did get the heart pumping again the brain would be dead, and what goods the heart without the brain?" they had been working on a 23-year old Valium OD victim.

"Time off Death, 16:47" Luka said as he stopped compressions and the boyfriend (Robby) came in through the trauma room doors,

"What the fuck do you think your doing! Save her!" Robby said as he walked up to Luka,

"We've done everything we could, I'm sorry" Luka said as he pulled off his gloves and trauma gown,

"No, I don't believe you!" Robby shouted and was about to punch Luka in the face, when Luka quickly moved out of the way and Robby punched his fist into the wall, and screamed as he bust his knuckles open.

"If he doesn't calm down, someone call security" Luka said to Malik as he walked over to Robby trying to calm him down,

"You need to get stitches so calm down and come with me" Luka said and didn't move fast enough this time as Robby punched Luka and he fell to the ground,

"Security!" Malik shouted up the hallway and turned around to see Luka get up and Robby go to hit him again, but Luka blocked it with his arm before being pushed against the wall and be punched in the stomach before two security guards pulled Robby off him and out of the trauma room. Malik saw that Luka was holding his side as he walked,

"Hey man you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine" Luka said as he walked out of the trauma room.

Luka was sitting at admit with his head leaned in his hands, because of a pounding headache when he heard someone calling his name,

"Luka…Luka?" Kerry said before Luka turned to face her, "What happened?" she asked when she saw the purple bruise on his cheek, she walked over and reached out her hand to touch it and Luka pulled back and let out a groan,

"Nothing, a patient died and the boyfriend got angry," Luka said while rubbing his temple,

"What time does your shift end at?" Kerry asked while looking at her watch,

"Not for a few hours" Luka said, the frown on his face deepening,

"Not anymore, go home and take some paracetomol, and get some sleep" Kerry told him, not leaving until he got to his feet.

He walked into the lounge where he met Carter, probably waiting for Abby.

"Hey, what happened to you?" Carter asked while pointing to the spot where the bruise was on his own cheek.

"Just this or everything?" Luka said while sitting down on the couch and putting his head in his hands.

"There's more?" Carter said while he walked over and sat on the couch beside Luka.

"Yeah, I'll see you tomorrow" Luka said as he took off his coat, forgetting that Cater could see his forearms, and put it into his locker.

Carter could not believe what he just saw, where those trackmark's on Lukas arms?

"Yeah, see ya" Carter said, knowing that he was going out have to find out for sure before he told anyone.

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