Chapter 5
They couldn't believe Danny got hurt, just as he recovered from the ambush. Martin was sitting in the passenger seat as Vivian was driving and Sam was in the back. They were all lost in their own thoughts as they silently drove to the hospital.
Sam's POV
Why did it have to be Danny? Hadn't he already been through enough? Even though he wasn't the one who was shot and almost died in the ambush six weeks ago, he almost got himself killed earlier. He should have waited for back-up. What was wrong with him? Didn't he know that people were here for him? Now he was on his way to the hospital with god knows how many serious injuries. She saw him before he was put on the gurney. He looked almost dead, with his pale complexion and bruised body. He looked so sick and cold; she never thought she'd see someone so brave and strong look like that. Sam silently cried for her friend as she thought about what was going to happen to him.
Martin's POV
Oh, Danny. What have you gotten yourself into? He wished that ambush never happened. He wish he'd just gotten a bit more impatient and decided to drive around the van and everything would've been fine. Now because of the ambush, he got shot, Danny felt guilty and started acting up, resulting to him almost getting himself killed, which caused Jack to yell at him, which made Danny possibly resign. All because of that damn ambush! He wanted to be with Danny, tell him that he was okay and that nothing was his fault. Martin looked out the window so no one could see the tear that escaped his eye.
Vivian's POV
Danny was like another son to her. Her heart broke once she heard he was missing and shattered when they found him in a terrible state. He was too pale and cold to be alive, but Jack had found a pulse and he was on his way to the hospital. Just when things were looking up, they all went to hell again. She and Martin were doing good, recovering from their sick leave and everything was going back to normal. She did notice that Danny seemed a bit quiet when Martin returned. She saw guilt in his eyes. Maybe she could of talked to him, to see what was up. No, what was she thinking? She should of talked to him. He always opened up to her, like when he called her to talk about his brother when he went missing. She felt guilty now that she thinks about it more. When Jack called to tell what happened at the school, she decided that when Danny got back, she would speak to him. But, that never happened, because he never returned. Vivian sighed silently as she pretended to rub her face in exhaustion, when she was really just wiping the tears that began to fall.
They finally arrived at the hospital, five minutes after the ambulance arrived. Jumping out of the car, the team rushed into the hospital, just in time to see Danny being wheeled away to surgery. They saw Jack let go of Danny's limp hand and stare after him. Sam walked up to him and put a hand on his shoulder
"Jack, are you okay?" Sam whispered.
Jack shook his head and turned around, walking to the waiting room area and sat down. Sam sighed and did the same, as did Martin and Vivian. They waited hours to hear any news on Danny, jumped up every time the double doors from the emergency unit opened. About twenty minutes later, the doors opened again, revealing a doctor with blood covered scrubs. This time the team hoped that it wasn't Danny's doctor, seeing that the blood had to have come from him. But their hearts sank when he said Danny's name.
"Danny Taylor's family?" he asked.
The team stood up and approached the doctor.
"Danny's parents are dead and his brother is in jail; we are his family," Jack stated. "Is Danny okay, Dr.-?"
"Bentley. Dr. Bentley. Danny suffered minor hypothermia, and is being given warm intravenous fluids. He also had five broken ribs, one severing his spleen and another puncturing his left lung. The other broken ribs caused a pulmonary contusion. He also obtained a broken left arm, but we set that. We have him on a ventilator, his condition is critical; it's touch and go at this point. We have him in ICU now."
The team was breathless as they got the news. Martin was the first to break the silence.
"C-can we go see him?" he asked shakily.
"Of course, right this way." Dr. Bentley lead them through the ICU doors and down the hall. They stopped at a room in front of the nurse's desk and the doctor gestured to the door. The team turned around and looked through the window and saw who they've been wanting to see for hours. But, their faces grew grim when they saw the appearance of their friend.
Danny was deathly pale, which made the dark circles under his eyes livid. There was a cast on his left arm, and bandages hugging his chest. The worst thing that there was, though, was the tube that was down his throat, connecting to more machines. Sam couldn't hold the tears in any longer. She let them escape, as Jack took her in his arms and hugged her.
"He going to be okay, Sam, Danny won't give up easily. He'll be awake and being Mr. Casanova in no time at all." Jack whispered.
Sam let a sob filled laugh escape as she let go of Jack.
"Only one person is allowed at a time, and only for twenty minutes," said the Dr. as he turned to leave. The team let Sam go first while they left to go to the cafeteria.
Here it goes.
