TRIXIE CHAPTER 24

David came in and put some magazines on the table, "Some magazines for you to pass your time. How are you?"

"Thanks for the mags, alright getting there but a bit slower this time." Don replied.

"Don, there's a bodyguard for Trixie outside your door, do you know that? I asked him for his ID when I saw him sitting opposite the door, an ex cop, said he was employed by Mr. Cameron to guard his daughter. By the way,
Colby is holding down the fort and checking up the Logan info, he'll come in this evening."

"Tell him not to worry; he doesn't have to come if he's busy. I just want to know the progress.
Bodyguard for Trixie? First time I've heard about it.
Could be his first day on duty? David, can you find out anything further?" Don asked.

"OK, I'll have a word with him. Don, we found out that Logan and Logan are cousins, first cousins."

'They really are Logan and Logan?"

"Yep, the arrested Logan had no Police record. The second one, who is the original one that we knew, is the crook in the family. He's had minor convictions and there was a case against him kidnapping the young boy but the case was suddenly dropped."

"So okay, we'll make this one stick. He's the kidnapper and he managed to rope in his cousin in to help this time?"

'Don…..Don."

"Er. David can you please?"

"OK," David went over to Trixie's bed, "Hi little girl, Don is over there, see he can't come to you, he's tied down."

"Er... Is Don OK?"

"Pixie, I'm over here, I'm OK. Are you alright? Is your hand giving you trouble?"

"No, it's alright. Good morning Don, Good morning mister."

"That's David, Pixie."

"Oh, OK. Good morning David."

"I'll call Clara to come in and give you a hand OK?"

"Yes, thank you, Don."

Don pressed the bell and soon Clara came in and Don pointed to Trixie and she nodded.

"Trixie, we have to go back to your room, your clothes are all there. When you've finished changing and cleaning up, you can come back here, alright?"

"Yes, please. Thank you. See you later Don, David." Trixie climbed out of bed with Clara's help.
She whispered to Clara and went to Don's bedside; she climbed on the bed with Don helping her with his good hand. She sat on his good side.

"Are you sure you're alright? There was lots of blood all over you."

"I'm sorry you have to see that, Pixie, see I'm OK except for this big bandage here."

"Sorry, does it hurt now?" she touched his bandaged shoulder lightly.

"Not so much with the medication here." Don lifted his IV-ed hand.

"OK, see you in a little while," Trixie hugged his neck and whispered, "I wish my daddy was here, he'd get the bad man for you."

"Oh….Oh. Ok thank you, you know that your daddy is delayed?"

"He's always like that, Don, but he will come, my daddy loves us very much."

Don was surprised but he didn't show it, "OK, then off you go with Clara, I'll see you then."

She gave Don a kiss and Clara helped her off the bed much to the amusement of David who stood and watch the exchanged.

'David, make sure the bodyguard follows her."

David and Don were chatting pleasantly when suddenly there was a loud crash outside the door.

David went out to have a look, there was a nurse on the floor and a crashed cart on her leg and other nurses were running towards her.

David went to help her,
The was a Utility man picking up the tall metal rubbish bin and muttering, "sorry, sorry."

The door was partially opened and Don could see a bit from his bed, he thought something's not right. His FBI/Fugitive training kicked in.

'Diversion! Diversion!' it screamed in his head. He wanted to warn David and yelled out "David!"

But David did not hear Don because of the din outside.
Don slowly got out of bed and before he knew it, a man dashed into the room, Don was ready for him as he was standing by the bed. He ripped out his IV and used the stand to ward him off. He held in front of him with the IV bag swinging from it.

The man looked at Don and he closed the door to shut out the noises outside.

"So you are not dead after all. You should be you know.
I know you're the one that caught Logan." He lunged for Don.

Don side step him and he came at Don again and this time he pulled the rod out from his back.

"David!" Don shouted again and then lunged to one side as the rod came down towards him again.
The rod hit the metal stand and it jarred his shoulder, he nearly dropped the stand.
They circled each other like wrestling opponents but they each had something in their hands.

Don was backed to the corner but he managed to pushed him off and tried to jabbed him with his IV stand, the IV bag came loose and sort of slapped at his face.
He flung it away and tried to hit Don with the rod but Don again escaped and he was back towards his bed.

The door burst opened and David came dashing in, both Don and the man turned towards the door.
The man recovered more quickly than Don; he flung the rod at Don and rushed at David.

David was pushed; he lost his momentum and fell to the ground. He got up but the man was out of the door.

David started to run after him but something made him turned back to look at Don.

"Don!"

Don was leaning against his bed; when the man had flung the rod it had hit Don on his head..

There was a cut which was bleeding profusely onto the bed.

David quickly caught hold of him, "No, no, David after him, after him…."

"No, Don, let him go, we'll catch him later." David led him to the sofa and he went to press the bell on Don's bed. There were splotches of blood on the bed.

Soon two nurses came in. They hadn't known that Don was attacked and were appalled at the mess in the room. One of them quickly ran out.

The other nurse ran to Don.

The one who ran out went to get her Day Shift Nurse Supervisor, Yenn. From afar, she got her attention she pointed towards Don's room and said, "Emergency!" and she ran back to the room.
Yenn, along with Jenny and Clara, was very partial to Don, so much so that they treated Don like their very own private patient. She was more of the motherly type and was very familiar with Don. She came in and told her nurses to try to get hold of Dr. Stewart.

She went to Don who was now lying down on the sofa.
She saw his bloody face and she nodded to David to move aside.

"Oh my, bless my soul, what on earth happened?" Head nurse Yenn was calm and she asked the junior nurse standing by, "Lynn, Where's Clara?" Lynn answered,
"She's with Trixie."

Yenn understood and she said nothing, for Trixie was another of their special patients.
Yenn gently pushed Don down to the sofa, when he tried to get up. David came back with a semi wet towel he had taken from the bathroom.

"Thanks! What happened here?"

"Some man created a diversion, he tripped your nurse and I think he pushed the cart onto her. We were all helping her and he slipped in to attack Don. If Don hadn't shouted my name, I would not have known."

"It's alright David, he didn't manage to get me until he threw that rod at me, I was not fast enough to duck."

"OK, dearie, just no talking. Here, let me check, head wounds are often bloody, so it's always scarey with all the blood. There, it's a cut but this time it's a bit deep, we'll see what Dr. Stewart has to say." Yenn said and continued pressing the wound with the towel.

"Now, have you hurt your shoulder? Oh dear, see your hand is bleeding a bit. You tore off the IV?"

"Yea, lucky I did, I knew that the commotion outside could not be a coincidence. In fact I yelled for you to try to warn you but he came in soon after and closed the door." Don said looking at David.

"So sorry Don I didn't hear was helping to get the heavy cart of the nurse."

"No, no….David I am not blaming you, just wanted you to know. It's OK.
Can we cover it up?" Don looked at Yenn hopefully, thinking of his dad and brother.

"No, way Donny-boy, your head will have a big bandage and now we've got to see if you have broken the catheter in your hand. We also have to recheck your shoulder."

"Eh. Didn't catch your name young man." Yenn said looking at David.

"It's David, ma'am."

"Oh no, don't you ma'am me, I'm Head Nurse Yenn, call me Yenn. Please keep an eye on Don, I'll get my girls to clean up here and change the bed sheet."

David laughed and went to sit near Don, "They are very friendly to you!"

"Should be, already here for almost a week, so familiar I feel that I should call them Aunties… clucking round me like mother hens."

David let out a good, loud laugh.
Don also laughed but grimaced in pain.

"Hey take it easy; mother hen will come after me."

"Yea, yea…. Hey I'm still your Boss." Don started to sit up.

"Oh yea?"

David looked at Don and saw that he had gone pale. "Don, Don… are you alright?"

"No...Not feeling so good all of a sudden." Don flopped back onto the sofa.

"Oh gosh… where is mother hen now?" David was straining to look outside the door.

Yenn came in with two other nurses, carrying some linens and another came in with a cart and Dr. Stewart .

David stood up and said, "Don's not feeling too good suddenly."

Yenn and the doctor quickly went up to Don.

"Gurney!" Dr. Stewart shouted after taking a look at Don and his head wound.

Soon they wheeled a semi conscious Don out of the room and Yenn motioned a nursed to follow with Dr. Stewart behind the gurney.

David was frantic with worry when he heard the doctor muttered words like 'procedure room, quick…… head wound and lost blood." and he asked Yenn what was that all about.

Yenn patted his hand and told him not to worry and said,
"Dr. Stewart is taking good care of Don. He might want to do a CT scan and stitch the cut. Oh dear I forgot……….. Mia, you take charge here, make sure the room is cleaned and bed sheet changed when Don gets back here.
I'm going to the procedure room now. Excuse me David."

She was out in a flash. David went out too. He stood outside and didn't know what to do.
He banged his head with his knuckles and took out his cell.

After a while he whispered, "Megan? Shh, shhh ….keep quiet and listen, don't let Alan know you're talking to me, OK? "

"Hi, Chan, yeah you got something for me? OK wait a minute…" Megan covered her phone and turned to her companions by the table, "folks, excuse me for a minute, my office.." the three persons nodded their heads and Megan walk away from the table.

'What's up? David, you're late, Don's supposed to tell you we're at the canteen."

"Megan something happened to Don."

"OMG! What's happened, David?" and David proceeded to tell her what had occurred in Don's room, his version.

Megan quickly turned away from the group and walked a bit further out and went out the gardens, "OMG! David, what am I going to tell Alan?"

Tbc

A/N: My thanks to Mikis