Extreme Takeover, Holby Edition

Their parents ran the hospital during their life, and now that they're older, it's their turn.

Pairings are Jac/Joseph, Maddy/Linden, Connie/Sam, Diane/Ric and Chrissie/Olly.

Fin

'I love you too Mum,' he said quietly. 'Helena, can I go and sit with Erin?'

'Sure you can,' said Helena. 'Just don't get too angry.'

'I won't,' replied Fin as Helena walked away.

Taking up a seat beside Erin's bed, Fin took her hand and held it, squeezing it gently to show that he was here.

'Hey little sis,' he said softly. 'Mum and Dad should be here soon, they've gone to the chapel to pray for a while. Dad's doing it out of habit, and Mum out of desperation, I think. So I offered to stay down here and wait with you, hope I don't become too annoying.'

Looking at Erin's usually perfected hair becoming wispy and a little bit frizzy around the edges, Fin smoothed down her curls and sighed, 'If you could see what your hair looks like, gosh you'd die of embarrassment. You always did hate the curls you got from mum, said they made you look like Scary Spice. I remember every morning before we went to school, the smell of burning hair coming from your room because you didn't know you had to use serum to stop the damage.'

Chuckling to himself, he said, 'The good days, eh? Before anything particularly bad happened to us, well, to you. You always drew the short straw with life, trouble just managed to find you and sully your life. But what leaves me in awe of you is the way you smile through everything, like nothing affects you. Always staying positive, even through your darkest hours. It broke my heart so see that life always chose you for its hardships, and I vowed to protect you all the way, because you're my baby sister, and I love you more than anything.'

Stopping to consider his thoughts, he said, 'That's why I did what I did. You never even knew it was me, you were relieved that you thought you knew that I hadn't crossed the line. But I did, believe me, I did. 14 years I kept it hidden from you, what I did to that paedophile. Because even though you thought you loved him, that's what he was. You saw that towards the end, when he made you cry a river of tears. That's when I had to stop him.'

Pausing again, he sighed and said, 'You've been so brave through life, tackling things head on, not letting anyone get you down. You've been through so much that you deserve a lifetime of happiness, and I hope that you'll find it, I really do. I just hope it's not with Jay, because you deserve so much better. Maybe the father of your baby will be the one, I don't even know who he is, but he must've been pretty special for you to cheat on Jay, because even though Jay was unreliable, you still saw something in him. That's your saving grace and your downfall, you see the good in everyone, and they end up hurting you. And I always step in. I don't mind, because no sacrifice is big enough for my family, you're the centre of my world. I'd rather be imprisoned for life than see any harm come to you, Mum, Dad, Cassie or the kids.'

He stopped again to recollect his thoughts, and said, 'I don't know why you couldn't have came to talk to us, we'd of listened, we could've got you help. But now it's out in the open, I promise you that you won't have to suffer in silence. We'll get you help, we'll be there for you as you recover, we'll be your shoulders to cry on, like we've always been. I love you Eri, and if we could swap places, I'd take up the offer in a heartbeat. But I can't, so please fight these, please get better.'

He planted a small kiss on the hand that he held, and squeezed it gently once more. A few seconds later, he received a small squeeze in reply.

'Erin!' he exclaimed. 'Come on little sis, do this for your big bro, if you can hear me, open your eyes.'

Erin's eye lids began to flutter gently, and slowly lifted open.