Hey guys thanks for the reviews, I hope the suspense was good, and I'm hoping you will like this chapter. Anyways enjoy and let me know what you think. Love Noor! The song I used is called 'How to save a life' by The Fray…really listen to it when you're reading the parts where it is used…it brings the intensity of the chapter better! So 'How to save a life' by The Fray!
Chapter 10: Reaching out into the dark (part 2)
What would you do, if you knew the inevitable was going to happen and you would be the one in the middle of all of it? What would you do, when you know there's a possibility you might die. Would you want to eat and shop till you drop…literally?
'If he dies…you're gonna wish you never woke up today' the man said in a dangerous scary low voice.
Would you want to spend it in bed, watching reruns of Sex and the City, or Friends?
Marissa again put the scalpel to his chest just merely centimetres next to the bullet, she drew in a huge gasp of air, she tried to breath come up for air but the harder she tried the harder it got. 'Oh god…' she said while she cut into the man's chest with a gun pushed into the side of her head.
Or would you be me and keep wishing for someone to safe you, keep wishing and hoping to see those damn bright blue eyes who were suddenly so vividly seen in your head, and only became more brighter and bluer when you tried to think them away. Would you be me and wish for Ryan Atwood Cohen to tell you he choose you?
'Karl…what the hell is going on, is it really a code green?' Ryan asked as he walked into the small hallway where the chief was talking to some police officers, who were trying to tell him what to do. Karl turned around and looked at Ryan he nodded his head, and shook it.
'Well who is it, one of the nurses or patients...?' he asked again as he saw his brother run towards them with a slightly scared and overwhelmed Summer behind him. Karl looked at Ryan and shook his head no.
'It's one of the surgical interns…Marissa Cooper…' Karl informed his best surgeons, not realising that another intern was by their side, but knowing that it would come out eventually.
Ryan felt as if his breath was knocked out of him, he looked at Seth for conformation, to see if his mind was not playing any tricks with him and when Seth squeezed his shoulder lightly he knew, he knew it was Marissa, who was the one that was in life danger.
Seth soon moved over to Summer who had leaned against the wall and when he stood in front of her she felt her knees go weak, so she slid along the wall and landed on the floor, she didn't breath and didn't speak, she made no sound at all. Which scared Seth the most he was soon crouched down on his knees looking at her and trying to see some emotion in her face.
His hand moved to her waist, while he looked into her chocolate brown eyes who were now watery. 'You need to breathe…' he told her he could see her start to breathe and while she did so her hand moved over to his arm and she held it tightly. 'I can't…she's…she's my best friend…she's my best friend…' Summer repeated and Seth nodded his head, while his hand moved to her head and he put his fore head against hers. 'I know…' he told her.
'Uhm…I need…some…some…' Marissa struggled with her words as both hands were in the man's chest she tried to stop his bleeding, but she knew he was losing to much blood, the monitor which she had put him on was also telling her the same she already knew his blood pressure was dropping. 'I need something to stop this bleeding…' she said nervously. Right now she was waiting for the police to come…but she didn't even know people knew she was here under a shot of a gun. Was she invisible, did no one notice she was here in life danger, and if they did why hadn't they done anything yet to help her?
'Well what the hell are you waiting for sweet cakes!' the angry tucker man asked Marissa as he moved to her side his sweaty hands were still holding the gun and pointing them towards her, he knew things got way to messy, they should have never tried to rob a bank, but the needed the money…they had families to take care of.
'I don't know the source of the bleeding…I can't find it…I need someone who is a real surgeon…!' Marissa said. 'I need some help…' she said as she too again became very nervous when she saw the gun that was pointed towards her, she took in a deep breath and held her hands where they were, how was it possible that she was here right now? She shook her head and saw the lights go on in the gallery while three people came through the doors. Seth, Summer and Ryan were looking down on her from the gallery.
'Oh my god…' Summer said as she saw Marissa's tear stained face and her shaking body, her bloody scrubs and her hands inside the chest of the man.
'What are they doing there!' the man yelled at Marissa who shrugged her shoulders indicating she didn't know either.
Seth walked over to the intercom and pushed on the button so that Marissa and the man in the OR were able to hear him. 'Sir…that's one of our interns in there…she's a student and right now she needs some help I could come down there and help here…I am a cardio specialist.' Seth said hoping that the man would fall for it.
He laughed wickedly, did they really think he was that stupid. 'Where's the intercom?' he asked Marissa who nodded her head in the direction of the intercom which was closely by the door, but he could still watch the people in the gallery. 'You stay right where you are…you hear me? If you even dear to come here, this pretty girl won't see much of the day and by much I mean anything.' John said as he looked at Marissa, to see if she didn't try anything stupid.
Seth sighed and again pushed the button so he was heard in the OR. 'Okay…but…uhm I am going to stay here to give her instructions…she has never done this before…' Seth told John who nodded his head, and pushed the button of the intercom on the holder so he didn't have to go over there the entire time, besides he needed to keep an eye on Marissa, Seth did the same as him and sat back down on one of the chairs.
Summer wasn't sitting and neither was Ryan, Ryan was standing in the corner of the gallery he didn't say anything and didn't dear to move. He didn't even take his eye of her or the man with the gun, afraid that if he did something would happen. He kept looking at her silently watching her and him, making sure nothing was about to go wrong.
Summer was almost into the glass, she needed to be close to Marissa, as close as possible, and this was the only way that was possible. She kept watching her thin body shake, her lips chatter against one another, her intakes of deep breathes as she tried to calm herself down, everything Summer saw in so much detail she couldn't not see it; she had to see everything of Marissa, every single thing just in case she was never going to see it again. It wasn't the kind of memories you want to have when you're in love, but just the memories you need to have to force yourself to stay optimistic. She was still standing there right nothing was really going on she wouldn't be shot in one minute time, and her entire life wouldn't change, she was getting out of this alive right?
'Dr. Cohen I can't find the source of this bleeding…he keeps bleeding out…' said Marissa as she took some gauze to suck up some of the blood so she could see some more.
'That's probably where the bullet went through…was it a through and through…?' he asked Marissa.
'No there's no exit of the wound…' Marissa said as she walked.
'And what about his blood pressure…?' Seth asked trying to know as much as he could so he could help her.
Step one, you say, "We need to talk."
He walks, you say, "Sit down, it's just a talk."
He smiles politely back at you;
You stare politely right on through,
Some sort of window to your right
As he goes left and you stay right
Between the lines of fear and blame,
You begin to wonder why you came.
'It is hypotension…it's down to 70…' Marissa said, she knew the signs here, this man had no chance of surviving. His heart beat was also starting to slow down, he probably had blood crops, and then there was also the fact that she could not stop the blood from flowing. 'Damn it! What do I need to do…what do I need to do!?!' Marissa asked scared and frantically.
'Marissa you need to stay calm…' Seth told her and looked at his brother who hadn't said one thing to help him, he just stood there looking at her like some ghost he stood there.
Where did I go wrong?
I lost a friend somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life?
'No calm is an impossibility, you need to help me…' Marissa said as John looked at her shaking body he didn't know what was going on that was his best buddy, the person he could count on…was that intern saying he was dying…and if so why didn't she do anything.
Let him know that you know best,
'Cause after all, you do know best.
Try to slip past his defence
Without granting innocence
Lay down a list of what is wrong,
Things you told him all along
Pray to God he hears you,
And pray to God he hears you.
Both John and Marissa heard the heart monitor started beating frantically…Marissa's brain was about to explode when thinking of what was about to happen. 'Damn it he's in V-fib. I need the paddles…' Marissa said she took her hands away from the patients chest and ran over to the heart paddles. She charged them herself and put them in her patient's chest hoping to make his heart beat constant again…nothing came though, the frantic beeping of the heart monitor didn't stop.
Marissa looked up desperately at Summer, Seth and Ry…where the hell was Ryan? She saw Summer cry and heard John tell Marissa over the intercom to save him. He told her she had to save him…if she wanted to live. Marissa blocked him out though and had only eyes, for Summer who was crying uncontrollably. She saw Seth move towards her and hug her, the way Summer responded to his touch, made Marissa wonder. What had those two done?
'Dr. Atwood Cohen…where the hell do you think you're going?' a police officer asked Ryan as he saw him run towards the OR room where the intern and the escapee were. Ryan didn't answer or even stopped though he kept running towards the scrub room. The police officer immediately said something in his radio but didn't follow Ryan.
The beep had picked up in a monotonous constant form, a flat line was shown on the heart monitor, Marissa let the tears escape her eyes and she took her hands away from the now death body. 'No you can't stop…you got to do something…you got to save him!' John said while pointing the gun at her head, he had his own tears too; he didn't even know how he could be here, in this place threatening a poor young girl with the death.
And where did I go wrong?
I lost a friend somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night,
Had I known how to save a life.
'Sir…I can't…he's gone…there's nothing I can do…' Marissa said as she faced the man who had been threatening to kill her if she let his friend die, and now his friend was dead did that mean that in a matter of seconds she was going to join him.
Ryan was at the door of the OR, he tried to open it but it was locked he pushed against it with his entire body trying to open it, it didn't work again he pushed against it. He saw the men walk towards Marissa while she started to walk to the back probably not even knowing she was walking towards the door.
'You got to do something! You can't stop…he has to live!' John yelled at Marissa who just cried and shook her head. 'He is dead…' she said just above a whisper. John shook his head vigorously. 'No…no…Henry…no…' John said while sobs escaped his lips.
As he begins to raise his voice,
You lower yours and grant him one last choice.
Drive until you lose the road
Or break with the ones you've followed
He will do one of two things:
He will admit to everything
Or he'll say he's just not the same,
And you'll begin to wonder why you came.
Ryan was still trying to open the door while he was knocking on it too, trying to get Marissa's attention. 'Marissa!!!' he yelled waiting for her to look at him, he saw the man scream out of control making it hard for him to be heard.
Where did I go wrong?
I lost a friend somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life?
'You know what that means…' John yelled at her while Marissa cried and shook her head again forcefully. 'No…' she said with a lot of force. 'Please just calm down…' she said through her tears and sobs hoping he would calm down. He didn't do and said some kind of prayer while taking the gun of its safety, Marissa could hear the trigger and saw that the door of the OR room was being pushed open vehemently. Ryan came running towards her and she could hear John say 'I'm sorry!' at the same time Ryan pinned her down his body covering hers that's when she heard the gunshot.
Where did I go wrong?
I lost a friend somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night,
Had I known how to save a life?
How to save a life
How to save a life
That was it I'm really truly hoping you liked it! I can't wait to read your comments! Please let me know what you think! Love Noor