Thanks to everyone for reading, This is the penultimate chapter and you'll be pleased to know Harrison finally gets what he deserves :)

Chapter 10

Michaela froze her hands trembling above the wound which she was stitching. She lowered the needle and thread to the table, trying to fathom the feeling she was currently experiencing

"Dr Mike?" her patient asked staring at her curiously.

"Excuse me" Michaela whispered, she exited the treatment area.

Out in the hallway her strange feeling continued, intensifying, rolling across her in waves, "Katie" her daughter's names escaped her lips. Something was happening with her daughter; she knew it, her little girl was in trouble, in pain. Michaela could feel Katie calling for her. Michaela broke into a run; faster than she had ever ran in her life. She crossed the space between the hospital and her old clinic so quickly it felt as through her feet had not even touched the ground.

"Katie" she called turning the handle of the door. It was locked. Alarm continued to rise in her. Sully only ever locked the door when the office was empty, yet she knew her daughter was inside, she was compelled to be here. A low moan sounded from inside the room. From the octave used Michaela could tell it was a man and that it was not Sully. Panic rose within her and she began hammering on the door, screaming her daughter's name.

"Ma" a small pained voice called out to her. Michaela took a step back from the door. She ran at it, forcing her shoulder into wooden surface with all her weight behind it. The door did not budge. Desperate she tried again and a third time. With her fourth attempt the door gave and she burst into the room. Though the man on the floor was closest to her, the only thing Michaela saw in focus was Katie, the rest of the room blurred.

"Ma-aaah" Katie's cry became elongated as another pain gripped her, her voice going high and turning into a scream. Michaela sped to her daughter; Katie's small figure slumped against the wall, her face cut and covered with blood and sweat.

Tenderly Michaela kissed Katie's damp forehead. "It will be alright sweetheart" her voice was shaky and she struggled to keep from crying.

"Ma it's him" Katie mumbled her eyes drifting to her mother's face "Make him go away"

Michaela kept her gaze on her little girl "We'll get you to the hospital, you don't need to worry anymore, it will be alright"

"Dr Mike?" the confused voice of one of Hank's girls drifted across the room. The girl took one look at Michaela cradling her daughter and the bleeding man on the floor and pivoted on the spot. "Get a chair" she screamed out to her colleagues "And the guns" The young prostitute rushed to assist the doctor and her daughter. "Here" she held out her thin shawl to Michaela "use this for her head"

A cacophony of running feet punctuated the room as the rest of the girls in Hank's employment burst into the room. Two of them carrying a chair with sturdy wooden arms, the other two holding weapons; a pistol and a shotgun. "Here get her in the chair" the young woman guided Michaela. Carefully they raised Katie into the chair. "I'll help you get her to the hospital" the woman told Michaela. "Don't worry about him" she nodded at Harrison, who Michaela noticed for the first time "If he moves the girls will shoot him"

Simon assessed the young girl, a frown forming as he took in the status of the labour and the gasping breaths that Katie was taking. It had appeared to him that Michaela medical expertise had completely left her as she came to terms with what was happening to her daughter and she was failing to notice the worrying sounds that Katie was making.

Michaela winced as Katie let out a scream of pain, her young frame shaking with the tremendous event it was being forced through. Michaela soothingly ran her hand down Katie's face "You are going to be fine Katie"

Katie stared up at her mother with fear laden eyes "It's hurts Mommy, make it stop" her voice was tiny.

Michaela bit back her tears "I know sweetheart, I know it hurts, just try and breathe, remember how I showed you" Michaela took some deep breaths, coaxing Katie to copy her as another pain hit.

"Katie" Simon said gently as he approached the head of the bed. "I need you to tell me if anywhere else hurts?"

"My whole body hurts" Katie cried shaking her voice frantic.

"Katie I need you to calm down, think past the pain of the baby, does anywhere else hurt?" Simon looked at Michaela for help as Katie squirmed on the bed. "She needs to calm down Michaela"

"Katie" Michaela mopped her daughter's brow "Can you try and relax for me please sweetheart, it will hurt less if you relax"

Katie shook her head violently too overcome to comply with her mother's request "Ma" she grasped her hand out for Michaela "Mommy help me"

Michaela brushed Katie's blonde hair from out of her face "Katie you need to tell me what else hurts so Simon can treat you, so we can help you"

Katie let out a cry as Simon placed the bell of his stethoscope on her stomach. His frown deepened.
"Michaela, please get her to calm down"

Michaela shot her employee a look of complete contempt. "Tell me how should I do that Simon? How should I tell my daughter after all she has been through to be calm on the most painful day of her life?"

Simon swallowed, he knew that anything Michaela was saying was heat of the moment should be discounted. He also knew that he needed to appeal to the doctor in her, get Dr Quinn out in the room as opposed to Michaela the mother "The baby is distressed Michaela, I'm concerned for Katie's breathing" he took a deep breath psyching himself for what he was about to say "I think we should do a caesarean"

"What!" Michaela was shocked

"It's for the best Michaela, she can't cope at this early stage and if we want a happy outcome"

"A happy outcome" Michaela repeated slowly.

"You know what I mean Michaela" The two doctors stared each other down, neither one refusing to back down.

Katie took a loud and rattling breath, her hand groping at her side "I can't breathe"

Simon turned away from Michaela and studied the area that Katie was holding. Dark bruises were forming on her chest. "Katie did you fall? Did you hit your side?" Simon asked quickly. Katie barely able to pant her way through the next pain nodded her head. Simon frowned, his focus on the young girl's bulging jugular vein. "Tension pneumothorax" he whispered to himself. "Michaela we are doing a caesarean section. No arguments," Simon reached beneath Katie lifting her into his arms "You have to let me do this if you want her to stand a chance"

Michaela nodded slowly, tears flowing down her drawn cheeks. She followed Simon out of the room the nurses and interns busying around him as the young doctor called out orders as he moved to the operating room with Katie in his arms.

Sully leapt from his horse, terrified by the broken doorway to his office.

"KATIE" he called for his daughter as he rushed into the room. He came to a halt, his mind processing the sight of Harrison bleeding on the floor with two of Hank's girls standing over him guns trained at his head. Sully let out an anguished bellow and raised his arm ready to charge at the man who had tortured and damaged his daughter.

"SHE'S HAVING IT" Hank yelled as he swaggered into the room. His shout was enough to stop Sully from acting; he swung his blue eyes up to Hank. Hank nodded at Sully "Your little girl needs you Sully. Monster ain't going anywhere, me and my girls will see to that. Get over there" Hank reached out to Sully pulling and pushing him from the room. "Get." He shoved Sully out onto the street "Get going"

Hank watched as Sully stumbled away. Slowly Hank sauntered back into the room, he held out his hand indicating to the girl beside him that he wanted his pistol.

Hank knelt beside Harrison, his face twisted into a snarl. "She got you good" he made an appraising account of the injuries that Katie had inflicted upon the despicable man "I'll make you a deal, if you're still alive in the morning we'll get ya a trial and ya can beg for your sorry life." He lowered his mouth to Harrison's ear, dropping his voice so that only Harrison could hear him "I want to make sure though that that ain't going to happen." Hank pushed the pistol against Harrison's crotch, his finger tensing on the trigger "Just wanna make sure you can't hurt anyone like you hurt Katie"

Sully felt as if his heart would break when he saw Michaela. She was sat slumped on the floor of the hospital her eyes fixed on a point in the wall, tears rolling down her cheeks. He lowered himself to the floor beside the figure of wife and took her despondent form into his arms

"Oh Sully" Michaela sobbed into his chest.

Tenderly Sully rocked her back and forth, frightened to let go of her, needing her to be close in this most dreadful of times.

"Dr Mike" The worried parents looked up at Evelyn who stood gently holding a blanket wrapped bundle. "Would you like to meet your grandson?" The young nurse knelt beside them. With great care she placed the tiny baby into Michaela's arms.

Michaela gasped as she took the weight of the baby into her arms "Sully, he looks like Katie" she whispered, gently rocking the baby as his tiny red face scrunched up slightly. Sully smiled down at the baby experiencing an emotion he had not expected to feel, the feeling of love. The feeling coursed through him like lightening, the same aching love that he had felt the first time he had seen Katie. Love which meant he would protect this little boy with his life.

Katie's eyes fluttered open, she groaned softly as she felt the pull of stitches in her now still, aching and relatively flat abdomen. Her left hand reached for her side, where she felt the sting of yet more stitches.

"Easy now" a voice spoke to her. Blearily Katie tried to make out the owner, the moving shapes in front of her failing to pull into focus. "You did so well" the voice came again, followed by the sensation of a gentle kiss from a pair of rough lips. Her father's lips.

"Poppy" Katie mumbled, calling him by the name she had used as a child. She blinked several times her dry eyes filling with moisture, the shapes in the room drifting into images, the room becoming clear.

"Hey there" Sully whispered brushing her hair from her face

"Where's Ma?"

Sully smiled and flicked his eyes over to the corner of the small recovery room.

Katie stared in the direction to where her mother sat in a chair a small wrapped bundle in her arms. "Would you like to see?" Michaela asked gently, unsure of how Katie would react to the baby or if she would even want to see him. Michaela waited patiently for Katie's answer, strangely content with the tiny baby boy in her arms. She wanted whatever decision to be made to be Katie's, for her daughter to decide how she dealt with the arrival of her son. Slowly Katie nodded. Gently as so not to alarm Katie Michaela approached the bed, her face was warm with love but she was prepared to move away if it became too much for the young girl. She held out the baby so Katie could see his face.

"It's a boy" Katie said, without being prompted. Michaela smiled; with the baby wrapped up the way he was there was no way for her to know the baby was a boy. It was simply down to the fact that Katie knew her baby.

"Yes Sweetheart it's a boy" Michaela positioned herself on the bed, holding the baby within Katie's reach. Slowly the young girl pulled back the blanket the baby was wrapped in to reveal his hands. She placed her left index finger into his right hand and he seized it. Michaela beamed at the expression of wonder on her daughter's face.

"Does he have to go to Boston?" Katie asked after a few moments.

Michaela looked up at Sully, "Not if you don't want him to" he told his little girl, leaning forward and kissing her softly. "He can stay here with us"

Katie smiled and sank back into the pillows of the bed her eyes fixed on the baby "I'd like that"

Michaela smiled at Sully, happiness and love flowing out of her, Sully returned her smiled before leaning forward towards Katie "He gotta name?" his strong hands gently stroking the baby's soft cheek, "Can't keep calling him he"

Katie contemplated the question, her gaze not leaving the baby's face "I never thought about it" she sighed "I figured someone else would name him, his real Ma and Pa"

"You are his real Ma" Michaela smiled and bent over so that she could place the baby in Katie's arms.

Katie accepted the small baby into her arms. Holding the baby awkwardly she looked up at her parents, her eyes filling with tears "I don't know how to be a Ma"

"You got plenty of help" Sully leant forward and kissed her gently "Me and your Ma had plenty of practice" he smiled at Katie trying to get her to smile. His gentle joke was lost on Katie and she returned her gaze to the little boy in her arms. Michaela rose from the bed, nodding to Sully to move away and let their daughter bond with her son. Sully wrapped his arms around Michaela's waist, pulling her in tight to him. "Do you think we'll be able to do this?"

Michaela kissed him gently on the cheek "I think we will do fine" she leant into his chest, her hand resting tenderly against his chest.

"Joshua" Katie spoke, making her parents to turn towards her. "I think I'd like to name him Joshua. That's if you like it?"

"Joshua Sully" Michaela sounded it out "That's a strong name. I like it a lot. In fact" she moved to the bed, carefully sitting beside her daughter so as to not to jar Katie's stitches "I think it's perfect"