Chapter 17: "Helping"

"It doesn't have to come to that" John Carter spoke for the first time, Luka just shook is head and was about to leave when Benton spoke,

"So what you're just gonna throw your life away?" Luka just walked out the door.

Luka slammed the door of the exam room behind him and headed towards the lounge; he was completely unaware that Benton, Greene and Carter were following him, trying to talk some sense into him. Luka walked over to his locker and swiftly put in the combination just as the other three men entered,

"We are not going to let you throw your life away" Benton said as he placed his hands on his hips, breathing heavily because he was trying to stay calm,

"Your not, I am" Luka said as he pulled his jacket out of his locker and shut it, he walked out of the lounge with the three men following close behind, trying to get him to stay,

"What would your wife and children think?" Carter said, knowing that what he was saying was treading on very thin ice; but seemingly doing the trick as Luka stopped dead in his tracks just outside the ambulance bay, "You can't keep doing this" Greene said knowing that this was the last chance they had of helping Luka,

"You don't know them; you don't know what they would think" Luka said, his voice thick with emotion,

"I know that if you loved them that you would get in that van and get help" Benton said, not knowing the whole story about Luka's family, just what Carter and Mark had told him.

Luka seemed to be thinking of whether or not he should go, opening his mouth slightly as if to reply before he finally walked over to where Carter, Greene and Benton were standing. Greene let out a sigh of relief and got out the keys to his van, "We better get going, the plane leaves in 2 hours"

2 Hours Later

Greene was in the driver's seat, his window opened slightly to keep him awake; Carter was sitting beside him reading an old medical journal that he had found on the front seat. Benton was in the back looking out the left side window and occasionally looking over at Luka out of the corner of his eye; Luka was sitting on the right hand side, staring blankly out of the window, his jacket was pulled tightly around himself but still shivering slightly; he was exhausted from today's events, hell he was exhausted since they died, the only thing keeping him conscious was the scrapping of the wipers off the windscreen.

"I can't believe that the flight was cancelled, now we have to drive all the way there…and in weather like this" Carter said, trying in vain to break the deafening silence that had enveloped the car since they had started their 'journey' back at county, noticing that no-one seemed to try and start a conversation he went back to reading his journal.

30 minutes Later

"I'm gonna stop and get gas here if anybody wants anything?" Greene said as he pulled into 'Pete's Petrol Pump',

"Could you get me something to drink?" Carter said as he pulled out a few dollars and handed them to Greene,

"Anyone else?" Greene said as he looked into the back of the van, and both Luka and Benton shook their heads.

5 minutes later Greene came back with a bottle of coke and water and handed them both to Carter, "I didn't know what to get" Greene said with a slight chuckle as he closed his door against the fierce wind and the ice-cold rain.

They had been driving for a while now when Benton looked over to check on Luka again. He noticed that he was holding his head up with his hand which was leaning on his knee, which made him slightly bent over. He had taken his coat off and now had it draped over his shoulders, but was still shivering. The van drove over something on the road and that seemed to be the final straw for Luka, his face lost all colour and he placed his hand to his mouth, and managed to get out a muffled 'Stop' before Greene pulled the van over to the side of the road. As soon as the van stopped Luka opened the door, his jacket falling from his shoulders, and emptied his stomach onto the side of the road. When he got back into the van, even though he had only been outside for a few moments, he was completely drenched. He leaned his head on the back of the seat and let out a shaky breath,

"Hey are you Okay?" Benton asked, noticing how Luka's eyes were slightly glazed, as if all his energy was being used for staying awake. He nodded his head slowly, not wanting to provoke the headache that was now pounding his head, before he finally let his eyes drift shut.

"Maybe we should stop off at a motel somewhere for the night, let all of us all get some rest" Greene said as he pulled the van from the side of the road and started driving down the road, his concern for Luka having went up.

I hope that you liked that chapter, sorry I haven't been updating lately cause I have been REALLY busy, so I am sorry if this chapter is crap.

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